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Ain't No ONTs In The Apocalypse
Hello Horde! Welcome to Thursday's ONT. I know we tend to focus on the issues facing us here in the US, but we are not the only country with a crime problem.
”Compassion”
Drugs 1 - Oregon 0
With the nightly riots in Portland entering their seventh month and the air ringing with chants of “DEFUND THE POLICE!,” citizens were asked that November to vote on Ballot Measure 110, the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act. Offering addicts a soft landing rather than jail time - those possessing and using hard drugs in public would face no penalty other than a possible $100 citation, waived should the user voluntarily enter drug treatment - was in step with the year's anti-carceral mood. Its passage would also give Oregonians the distinction of being the first state in the nation to fully decriminalize drugs. Dozens of organizations supported Measure 110, from the editorial board of The Oregonian to the Oregon ACLU. Harm reduction advocates saw Measure 110 as a “humane, effective approach that will save lives” and a positive step toward granting bodily autonomy to those who chose to do drugs. Portland’s newly elected progressive district attorney Mike Schmidt said Measure 110 “sends a clear message of strong public support that drug use should be treated as a public health matter rather than a criminal justice matter.” Measure 110 passed with 59 percent of the vote. “For us, it's like this dream happened,” said the executive director of the New York-based nonprofit Drug Policy Alliance, which had pumped an estimated $5 million into getting Measure 110 passed. Meanwhile those living the dream saw an effort meant to help addicts act instead as an accelerant. Fatal opioid overdoses skyrocketed, especially from fentanyl. The number of homeless in Portland swelled to 6300. Violent crime spiked before dipping in 2023. People stopped going downtown, both because of the perception of danger and because it was too sad, seeing hundreds of people dope-sick, smoking fentanyl under blankets, shooting up in the park, stepping over used syringes and the foil and straws distributed free by advocates of harm reduction. Oregonians started having second thoughts, started wondering if their impetus to help was making things worse.Self inflicted wounds.
Sorry About That. Wanna Kill Yourself? Canadian Doctors Admit Covid ‘Booster’ Shot Paralyzed Woman, Offer to Euthanize Her to ‘Make Up for It’
Canadian doctors have admitted that a Covid “booster” shot from Moderna is responsible for a young Ontario woman now being paralyzed for the rest of her life.One of my wife's friends lost her husband yesterday. He just up and died at 42. She administered CPR, but to no avail. Now here's a sad commentary on today's world: What do you think my first question was? Answer: Was he vaccinated? How? Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen
37-year-old mother Kayla Pollock is now paralyzed from the neck down after receiving the mRNA injection and says her life has become a “living hell.”
According to a report from The Liberty Daily, however, doctors have offered to “make up for it” by euthanizing the young mom.
The doctors suggested that Pollock should apply for Canada’s controversial Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program and said they would help her application get accepted.
A radio station in Alabama was forced to go silent after thieves stole its 200-foot radio tower and other equipment from a building. The station, WJLX, sent a landscaping crew to the site Friday morning for spring cleaning, only to find the 200-foot radio tower gone. When a crew member called the station’s general manager to break the news, he was in disbelief. “What do you mean the tower is gone? Are you sure you’re in the right place? I actually used more colorful words than that,” Brett Elmore recounted to NBC News. “He said there’s wires all over the ground and the tower is gone.”How on Earth do you steal a 200 ft radio tower? I mean, I'm sure they chopped it up and carted it off, but still... Anyone have any idea what the scrap value of a tower like that would be? Respect
Nessun dorma
Back story: Pavarotti was supposed to perform the aria at the 1998 Grammy Awards. As the time came for him to go on, he told the producers that he couldn't do it. He was sick and unable to sing. In stepped the Queen of Soul.
Something needed to be done to fill that time. With a full orchestra and choir on hand, ideally, someone should sing “Nessun dorma.” One version of the story alleges that Sting was suggested to take Pavarotti’s place. He vehemently declined. The next thought was to ask Aretha to perform “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.” Then, someone remembered that Aretha performed the song just two days earlier, and Ehrlich decided to take a shot in the dark and ask Aretha to perform the aria. Ken Ehrlich has said that he can count on one hand the number of times he left his post during his decades-long tenure producing the Grammys. This was one of those times. He has often recalled running up the stairs to Aretha’s dressing room and making the request. After agreeing to the task at hand, Aretha recalled sitting quietly while surrounded by bedlam. A boombox was located so she could sit and listen to the recording of the rehearsal and hear the score. She met with the conductor and exchanged notes. Before she knew it, Ken was holding her hand and escorting her down the stairs and to the stage. During a post-show interview on the Grammys red carpet, Aretha revealed that she received the request to perform “about eight minutes” before she took the stage. EIGHT. When they arrived, Aretha marveled at the staging. Ken has said that it’s one of the largest groups of musicians he ever had on a Grammy stage at once. As she prepared to take the stage, she squeezed his hand and said “Oooo. This is gonna be fun.”You can see the performance at the link. It's not perfect, but on eight minutes warning, with an orchestra and chorus she had never even practiced with? Astonishing.
They Want WWIII So Bad With Friends Like the GOP Establishment, Ukraine Doesn’t Need Enemies
It's always nice to have the useless likes of dopey Thom Tillis, smarmy Mitt Romney, and lib-symp John Cornyn lecturing us about how we need to spend endless unaccountable money on Ukraine with no articulated strategic objective, as opposed to defending our own border, and how if we don't agree we must love Vladimir Putin and blah blah blah blah blah. These guys are totally hard-core opponents of the Russians, which is really butch. I and a lot of the people they are insulting actually served in the Cold War, but somehow we are expected to defer to these guys on Russia? They're taking a hard line against Vladimir Putin even as they take no line on the border, and they are surprised and offended that their party is rejecting them.Another fine rant by Kurt Schlichter. And speaking of WWIII, I want to recommend the books Mongol Moon and A Dance of Devils. They were written by Mark Sibley, who is a friend of mine (who is remarkably good-natured about being teased because it took him 3 years to write the sequel), and it's the WWIII scenario that scares the juices out of me: EMP. Suddenly we're back in the 18th century with 330 million people and no food producing or distributing system in place. Hell, I could survive for a good long time on what I've got in my freezers, but after an EMP attack? No freezers. Ooops. Frighteningly good books, I recommend them highly, almost as good as what Clancy wrote, albeit a lot shorter. Remember, ain't no tacos in the Apocalypse. Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by John Deere:
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Ciampino - ROCKET SCIENCE once again at February 29, 2024 09:59 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 29, 2024 09:59 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Robert at February 29, 2024 10:00 PM (82JiD)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 29, 2024 10:00 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Ciampino - Numero uno at February 29, 2024 10:01 PM (qfLjt)
Howdy, Weird Dave. Haven't been on one of your ONTs in quite a while. Hope you and Gingy are well!
Posted by: Doof at February 29, 2024 10:01 PM (eNASR)
Posted by: Ciampino - Numero uno - foist at February 29, 2024 10:01 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at February 29, 2024 10:02 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 29, 2024 10:02 PM (o33NW)
Posted by: Don Black at February 29, 2024 10:02 PM (geLO8)
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Huh. This is the second week in a row you've recommended a book. You should come hang out with us on the Sunday Morning Book Thread!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 10:03 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: TRex at February 29, 2024 10:03 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: mindful webworker - bemazed at February 29, 2024 10:03 PM (/pKMv)
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Canadian compassion is like Democrat justice.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 29, 2024 10:03 PM (FVME7)
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"Look, we screwed up and only partially killed you. Give us a chance to finish the job properly!" -- Canadian "Health" Care
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 10:05 PM (BpYfr)
1. No big battlefield news today. The Russians slowly push forward, and sometimes the Ukrainians can hold them back.
2. Macron announced that France would send "support" troops to Ukraine, whereupon Sholtz of Germany said "Big deal. The UK already has Special Forces on the ground there." This announcement caused much outrage, as it was supposed to be a secret.
3. The above, along with the tiny size of Germany's last arms shipment, hints that Germany might be considering changing sides.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 29, 2024 10:06 PM (CFtGR)
"Hell yes, we'll put you in solitary confinement for refusing a covid shot."
Posted by: the same harm reduction advocates at February 29, 2024 10:06 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 29, 2024 10:06 PM (Angsy)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
"I'm not dead yet!"
-- Not quite yet Zombie Kayla Pollock
Posted by: Tonypete at February 29, 2024 10:07 PM (o33NW)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 29, 2024 10:07 PM (z+89e)
Posted by: Don Black at February 29, 2024 10:02 PM (geLO
Get that little guy to the Tx MoMe! I want to see him shoot!
Posted by: Doof at February 29, 2024 10:07 PM (eNASR)
"You first, assholes."
Posted by: mikeski at February 29, 2024 10:09 PM (DgGvY)
Now, now. Who are we to judge these folks' preferred lifestyle choices? OW! OMG, what did I just step on...?
😵
Posted by: mindful webworker - freedom's just another word at February 29, 2024 10:10 PM (/pKMv)
Posted by: mikeski at February 29, 2024 10:11 PM (DgGvY)
Who would you trust more to fly your airplane, that little dude in a few years, or a diversity hire?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 29, 2024 10:11 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Shovel and Shut Up! at February 29, 2024 10:13 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: runner at February 29, 2024 10:13 PM (V13WU)
Who would you trust more to fly your airplane, that little dude in a few years, or a diversity hire?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
What is this trust thing of which you speak, your betters just know instinctively what's best for you and it is consequence free DIVERSITY!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 29, 2024 10:14 PM (hOUT3)
"You first, assholes."
Posted by: mikeski at February 29, 2024 10:09 PM
CHS: We've arranged for a euthanasia appointment to make you feel better about the paralysis.
Poor paralyzed lady: Do I only get to pick my medical administrator, or can I do more than that?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 29, 2024 10:14 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: davidt at February 29, 2024 10:14 PM (SYTee)
Who would you trust more to fly your airplane, that little dude in a few years, or a diversity hire?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
Not only would that young man know what a 10mm socket is, his little hands could reach between the engine and the fender wells to grab the six of them you've dropped and are now laying atop the skid plate.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 29, 2024 10:14 PM (o33NW)
Posted by: raimondo at February 29, 2024 10:14 PM (7EgmA)
Posted by: Mr. Brown Jeans at February 29, 2024 10:15 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 29, 2024 10:16 PM (R4t5M)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
"I'm not dead yet!"
-- Not quite yet Zombie Kayla Pollock
Posted by: Tonypete at February 29, 2024 10:07 PM (o33NW)
Mostly dead isn't completely dead.
Posted by: Miracle Max at February 29, 2024 10:16 PM (F6Xpw)
Rman - you Mom says Hi. Also, the line is alot shorter now - almost your turn again.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 29, 2024 10:16 PM (o33NW)
Posted by: museisluse at February 29, 2024 10:18 PM (QB7Xf)
What would happen if you started an airline and ran commercials that said all of your cockpit crews were picked on the order they qualified in training. Explicitly state that we do not care at all about skin color, or any other innate characteristics. We only choose the best to fly you and your family.
I think the NYT, CNN, Maddow and the usual harpies would scream about your racism. Meanwhile, all of the normal people with at least a modicum of intelligence would book flights on that airline.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 29, 2024 10:19 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: SFGoth at February 29, 2024 10:20 PM (KAi1n)
( it wouldn't be a round number if it were exchanged in Yen either. $1.50US is 226y )
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 29, 2024 10:21 PM (IG4Id)
the Japanese criminal junior high school principle.
This is what happens when your society still has an understanding of the concept of honor, something so many in this country have apparently abandoned by accepting corrupt politicians and looting mobs as being just one of those things!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 29, 2024 10:21 PM (hOUT3)
That would be tremendous but any airline considering that would be brow beaten into not doing it.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 29, 2024 10:21 PM (roH4R)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 29, 2024 10:14 PM
That is exactly how I learned to fix things. My father definitely needed long skinny arms to reach dropped items, hold a wrench through a narrow gap, etc.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 29, 2024 10:21 PM (HlyYF)
The TFL off-road guys broke the FWD transfer case on their TRD Off-Road Tacoma by driving, get this, Off-Road over a patch of ice.
Toyota also "redesigned" the sub frame by making it lighter, ie, cheaper and simply welded a little additional steel to some of the higher stress points.
Also, the 4 cylinder turbo charged engine delivering a whopping 278 horsepower while delivering a grand total of 1MPG in gas savings over the previous 6 cylinder, is gutless and sounds like a cat being strangled and is overall, too high strung, which is going to lead to longevity issues.
Allegedly, the new 4 runner is going to be based on this platform, so it looks like Toyota reliability is being sacrificed to the EPA/CARB gods.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 29, 2024 10:22 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Weirddave at February 29, 2024 10:22 PM (6/M8P)
Posted by: mindful webworker - knows his stuff at February 29, 2024 10:22 PM (/pKMv)
Posted by: irongrampa at February 29, 2024 10:23 PM (KATBx)
Well said!
I liked it better when DIE stood for
Diligence
Integrity
Excellence
but each of those qualities requires hard work, so...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 29, 2024 10:23 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Miracle Max at February 29, 2024 10:16 PM (F6Xpw)
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If you and your wife were Canadian, the line "Chocolate coating makes it go down easier" takes on a very dark meaning...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 10:24 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 29, 2024 10:21 PM
Screw them. That would be the beauty of it.
All of the bad press would actually drive normies to book tickets. Free advertising, bitches!!!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 29, 2024 10:24 PM (HlyYF)
"Ryu Shimazu, a 35-year-old construction worker, was found guilty of obstructing business operations and causing property damage by bringing a communal container of pickled ginger directly to his mouth and eating from it in a video that was shared widely online."
2 years, 4months in jail.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 29, 2024 10:24 PM (IG4Id)
Posted by: Old Man Adams at February 29, 2024 10:24 PM (V5BDR)
Counter Proposal: How's about we chuck you feet first into an industrial wood chipper?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 29, 2024 10:25 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Quite the interesting reversal considering last time Germany switched sides on a pact involving Russia it was 1941.
Posted by: SFGoth at February 29, 2024 10:26 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at February 29, 2024 10:27 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: JQ at February 29, 2024 10:28 PM (njWTi)
I was there last June for a work dinner. The California guys were very happy I was carrying.
Posted by: Beartooth at February 29, 2024 10:28 PM (LjgPm)
they let you fight, then penalize you for fighting
Posted by: Don Black at February 29, 2024 10:28 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: Roy at February 29, 2024 10:29 PM (z+ik4)
Posted by: Weirddave at February 29, 2024 10:22 PM
Would they?
I would definitely have some black pilots, female pilots, etc.
I have known some very smart black people during my academic work. The smartest of them HATED to be in a system of affirmative action.
In that system, no one knew if you were actually there on merit or were a diversity hire dumbass. I think they would love to be in a system where everyone knew they graduated at the top of their pilot training class.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 29, 2024 10:29 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Beartooth at February 29, 2024 10:30 PM (LjgPm)
they let you fight, then penalize you for fighting
Posted by: Don Black at February 29, 2024 10:28 PM (geLO
It's a tax!
Posted by: Linesman John Roberts at February 29, 2024 10:30 PM (z+ik4)
Blabbermouth: DISTURBED's DAVID DRAIMAN Defends Israel In War Against Hamas: 'No One Wishes For A True Ceasefire More Than Us'
https://tinyurl.com/2bwabsu5
Posted by: Robert at February 29, 2024 10:30 PM (clDM5)
I'm not particularly an Aretha fan, BUT - have a listen to her singing in the link. Fantastic while being way outta her park!
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 29, 2024 10:30 PM (TSQkU)
One interesting thing the Japanese do is they don’t fire their white collar managers. They just assign them to an empty office with nothing to do and wait for them to quit. They may have changed how they do things as that was 25 years ago that I learned that .
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at February 29, 2024 10:31 PM (MNhXM)
Counter Proposal: How's about we chuck you feet first into an industrial wood chipper?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 29, 2024 10:25 PM (XV/Pl)
Can we set the wood chipper on low speed?
Posted by: Miracle Max at February 29, 2024 10:32 PM (F6Xpw)
Here it's another cold day here after our unusual heat wave. but tomorrow March arrives there are 70s predicted in a few days. Crazy for N IL.
On another note, dinner is pizza from Aldi. They seldom have this bit it's mozzerella, mushrooms and mascarpone. We doctor it up w/ pepperoni and more cheese. It's awsome.
Posted by: Farmer at February 29, 2024 10:32 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Farmer at February 29, 2024 10:32 PM (55Qr6)
Mama Cozzi? It's good and inexpensive
Posted by: Roy at February 29, 2024 10:33 PM (z+ik4)
Posted by: mindful webworker - ole at February 29, 2024 10:34 PM (/pKMv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 29, 2024 10:34 PM (63Dwl)
I'd laugh harder except I live in Washington.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 29, 2024 10:35 PM (W/lyH)
Not bad for a grunt.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 29, 2024 10:37 PM (W/lyH)
Biden shut in Keystone Pipeline on day one, taking oil off of the market. He also blocked leasing on federal lands. All of Western Europe has essentially banned fracking.
Russia gets something like 60% of its hard currency from the sale of oil and gas. As the West strangles their own supplies, Putin makes bank.
Further, the West is raising their own internal energy costs making almost all manufacturing no longer near parity with international competitors.
DURING SANCTIONS, THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY HAS GROWN ENOUGH TO PASS THE ECONOMY OF GERMANY!
(It's not funny, even though it is all in caps.)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 29, 2024 10:37 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 29, 2024 10:14 PM (o33NW)
*slaps self in head*
So THATS where they went to!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 29, 2024 10:38 PM (W/lyH)
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Affirmative action is an insult and it denigrates the achievements of those who have the faculties to succeed without it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 29, 2024 10:38 PM (bo7UB)
I've known two people to die from the clot shot, both under 50. I know zero people that died from COVID.
I suspect somewhere around 60 or so...everyone under that age faced more danger from the clot shot then COVID itself.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 29, 2024 10:39 PM (ibTVg)
I'm about 22% of the way through the final volume of Malazan Book of the Fallen (The Crippled God).
Adjunct Tavore has just hinted at her mad plan to save the world from the Forkrul Assail, who are attempting to cleanse the world of humanity. "Justice" they call it.
She's playing her cards *very* close to her chest, as she knows that if anyone actually knew her real plan, all of her allies would abandon her in an instant.
Shit just got real.
We now return you back to your regularly scheduled ONT shenanigans.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 10:39 PM (BpYfr)
Oregon and Washington are once again spending millions of dollars to study a replacement for the Interstate bridge. Price tag is approaching $2 billion.
Posted by: Beartooth at February 29, 2024 10:40 PM (LjgPm)
Not bad for a grunt.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 29, 2024 10:37 PM (W/lyH)
Reminded me that Schlichter praised Fetterman again today based on Fetterman’s compassion defense he made on behalf of Bobert’s 18 year old kid who was just arrested.
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at February 29, 2024 10:41 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: Don Black at February 29, 2024 10:41 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 29, 2024 10:38 PM (bo7UB)
You need to be more niggardly with your use of terms such as denigrate. They can be taken the wrong way.
Posted by: Roy at February 29, 2024 10:42 PM (z+ik4)
They've chosen Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) to give the SOTU response to Biden. (I have no objections to Britt, btw.)
Why not... TRUMP?
Would that be sensational, or what?
Ratings go through the roof, & the TV audience gets to compare & contrast the two UP CLOSE.
There will never be a Presidential Debate, because Biden's handlers aren't dumb enough to permit one. But this could've been the next best thing to it.
Posted by: mnw at February 29, 2024 10:42 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: mindful webworker - honorable at February 29, 2024 10:42 PM (/pKMv)
(It's not funny, even though it is all in caps.)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
YOU'RE NOT BEN ROTHLESBERGER
Posted by: SFGoth at February 29, 2024 10:42 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 29, 2024 10:34 PM
Can I get the California judge that said it is not justice to only prosecute one side of the political divide?
I would just run more ads: "We are the safest airline in the U.S. The FAA hates us due to having the best pilots, so they subject us to 3x as many inspections as the other airlines. Come fly with us to get your family safely to their destination!"
Now I get all of the normies that hate over-reaching bureaucrats!
I truly think sticking it in their faces is our best defense against the encroaching fascism. Alinsky Rule #4.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 29, 2024 10:43 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: The Goat community at February 29, 2024 10:43 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 29, 2024 10:43 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 29, 2024 10:43 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 29, 2024 10:44 PM (RIvkX)
Modern medicine is great, but so much of it depends on electricity.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at February 29, 2024 10:44 PM (ET1Q8)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 29, 2024 10:45 PM (FD5dr)
(It's not funny, even though it is all in caps.)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
YOU'RE NOT BEN ROTHLESBERGER
Posted by: SFGoth at February 29, 2024 10:42 PM
Agreed. Bathroom rapes are not really my "thing".
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 29, 2024 10:45 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at February 29, 2024 10:46 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 29, 2024 10:44 PM
I think one goat could take care of that for much less $.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 29, 2024 10:47 PM (HlyYF)
Why not... TRUMP?
Would that be sensational, or what?
Ratings go through the roof, & the TV audience gets to compare & contrast the two UP CLOSE.
There will never be a Presidential Debate, because Biden's handlers aren't dumb enough to permit one. But this could've been the next best thing to it.
Posted by: mnw at February 29, 2024 10:42 PM (NLIak)
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I've been thinking the same thing...
Trump responding to Biden's SOTU would be EPIC. Which is why the GOPe will never allow it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 10:47 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at February 29, 2024 10:46 PM (MNhXM)
Switch to the Gorilla channel instead.
Posted by: Roy at February 29, 2024 10:47 PM (z+ik4)
Alas, Babylon.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 29, 2024 10:48 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Televise on pay per view and give the proceeds to the woman and her family.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 29, 2024 10:48 PM (9VasJ)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 29, 2024 10:45 PM (FD5dr)
It was pretty obvious to me but I didn’t know why until you just explained.
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at February 29, 2024 10:48 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at February 29, 2024 10:46 PM (MNhXM)
Switch to the Gorilla channel instead.
Posted by: Roy at February 29, 2024 10:47 PM
Can we have the gorillas negotiate with the Democrats instead of the GOPe?
We would get better results, AND it would certainly be much more entertaining television!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 29, 2024 10:49 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at February 29, 2024 10:46 PM (MNhXM)
I think let is definitely the key word there. McCarthy was right!
Posted by: a dude in MI at February 29, 2024 10:50 PM (+I6Y/)
Never ever forget that the institutional GOP is NOT on "our" side!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 29, 2024 10:50 PM (hOUT3)
Why not... TRUMP?
Would that be sensational, or what?
Ratings go through the roof, & the TV audience gets to compare & contrast the two UP CLOSE.
There will never be a Presidential Debate, because Biden's handlers aren't dumb enough to permit one. But this could've been the next best thing to it.
Posted by: mnw at February 29, 2024 10:42 PM (NLIak)
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I think if I were Trump I'd schedule a televised rally at the same time as the GOPe's response to FJB...Why not troll both the Dems and the GOP at the same time?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 10:52 PM (BpYfr)
https://tinyurl.com/5fdxuw6y
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #113 at February 29, 2024 10:53 PM (qfLjt)
Answer: Was he vaccinated?
The thing about it is, I do not blame the people who got the vax. At least initially. They fell for the biggest mass media hysteria and secret squirrel mindfuck in human history. I feel bad for the Canadian woman and your wife's friend.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 29, 2024 10:54 PM (di6C2)
Where's the line?
I dunno.
But I'm pretty sure it's hanging from a gibbet somewhere between "stealing a half-dollar cup of joe" and "forcibly injecting your neighbor with spooky, untested chemicals, and then paying her restitution for her resultant paralysis with a shot of potassium chloride to the heart."
It's gotta be somewhere in there.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 10:54 PM (0FoWg)
Posted by: Beartooth
Don't bother. After the Free States Army gets the Blue refugees from Seattle to flee to Portland, we're going to blow the bridges.
We're going to need a seaport on the West coast, and Frisco and LA are too close to Aztecia.
Posted by: General Kurtz, Commander, FSA at February 29, 2024 10:55 PM (CFtGR)
I would definitely have some black pilots, female pilots, etc.
I have known some very smart black people during my academic work. The smartest of them HATED to be in a system of affirmative action.
Please note, I am not saying that there aren't talented black pilots, or female pilots, etc. I'm saying that unless their ratios naturally came out close to the population in your color blind hiring process, you'd be wide open to being prosecuted. Disparate Impact is a horrible doctrine that exists only to perpetuate the perception of racism where none exists, but it's a club the left wields enthusiastically.
Posted by: Weirddave at February 29, 2024 10:55 PM (6/M8P)
Why not... TRUMP?
Would that be sensational, or what?
Ratings go through the roof, & the TV audience gets to compare & contrast the two UP CLOSE.
There will never be a Presidential Debate, because Biden's handlers aren't dumb enough to permit one. But this could've been the next best thing to it.
Posted by: mnw at February 29, 2024 10:42 PM (NLIak)
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Im sure Britt is GOPe
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 29, 2024 10:55 PM (2fIO4)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 10:54 PM (0FoWg)
I'd say closer to stealing coffee than the other.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 29, 2024 10:56 PM (di6C2)
MATT TAIBBI: I Wrote What? Google’s AI-Powered Libel Machine.
https://instapundit.com/634632/
Just read the quoted portions. It's kind of hilarious.
Posted by: Robert at February 29, 2024 10:57 PM (5cMaD)
Posted by: Weirddave at February 29, 2024 10:55 PM
Can't a boy dream?
I am rapidly getting tired of our Fascist Democrat overlords.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 29, 2024 10:58 PM (HlyYF)
The GOPe doesn't have a reliable majority within the GOP Senate caucus any longer. Sometimes it goes one way & sometimes the other.
Imagine Trump giving the SOTU response with HIS invited guests-- the families of victims murdered by illegal aliens.
Anyway, I hope to see a new, on message, focused DJT this time around. Don't punch down or get distracted:
Immigration, Inflation; Are you better off? Do you feel safer? Keep it tight, tight, tight.
Posted by: mnw at February 29, 2024 10:58 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 29, 2024 10:58 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 29, 2024 10:55 PM (2fIO4)
Oh yeah. She worked for Richard Shelby for years and then ran the Business Council of Alabama.
She's GOPe with like four e's.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 29, 2024 10:59 PM (aD39U)
https://tinyurl.com/5fdxuw6y
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #113 at February 29, 2024 10:53 PM (qfLjt)
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I wonder if she can appeal considering the CIA gave what had to be classified info about their secret bases to the NYT.
If the DoJ doesnt investigate and require the NYT to reveal its sources, then obviously they are engaged in political retribution.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 29, 2024 10:59 PM (2fIO4)
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"Look, we screwed up and only partially killed you. Give us a chance to finish the job properly!" -- Canadian "Health" Care
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 10:05 PM (BpYfr)
Yes. True evil. But Ontario is a socialist shithole.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 29, 2024 11:00 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Beartooth
Don't bother. After the Free States Army gets the Blue refugees from Seattle to flee to Portland, we're going to blow the bridges.
We're going to need a seaport on the West coast, and Frisco and LA are too close to Aztecia.
Posted by: General Kurtz, Commander, FSA at February 29, 2024 10:55 PM (CFtGR)
***
Years ago the two states were playing screw the other about taxes and vehicle tags, my buddies and I were at Ft Lewis near Tacoma and we drafted up an invasion plan for Oregon. It was actually kind of fun.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 29, 2024 11:00 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 29, 2024 11:00 PM (W/lyH)
You will be viewed as liberators..
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 29, 2024 11:01 PM (aD39U)
TRUMP endorsed Britt in the primary, so what evidence is there that "she's GOPe"?
I preferred her Black Hawk Down opponent myself, but the people of AL spoke, & Britt beat him fair & square.
Posted by: mnw at February 29, 2024 11:01 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Schedule it at the same time as FJB gives the SOTU and compare audience sizes.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 29, 2024 11:02 PM (CFtGR)
Posted by: Weirddave at February 29, 2024 10:55 PM
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If you believe in the bell curve stuff then you can statistically determine the number of qualified candidates.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 29, 2024 11:02 PM (2fIO4)
Posted by: Methos at February 29, 2024 11:03 PM (Dnobf)
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Bag of Holding.
Posted by: Methos at February 29, 2024 11:03 PM (Dnobf)
Kamala.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 29, 2024 11:04 PM (di6C2)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 29, 2024 11:02 PM (CFtGR)
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Have a big rally at the Lincoln Memorial and tell everyone to bring your guns and pitchforks and we'll show those bastards what a real insurrection looks like.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 29, 2024 11:04 PM (2fIO4)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 29, 2024 10:44 PM
I think one goat could take care of that for much less $.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 29, 2024 10:47 PM (HlyYF)
Sheeps are better for grass, goats need shrubbery (and they're fine if it's not too expensive).
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 29, 2024 11:06 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Cookie at February 29, 2024 11:06 PM (6piUq)
Evening all
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 29, 2024 11:07 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 29, 2024 11:06 PM
Helena's goat: Bring me a shrubbery!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 29, 2024 11:08 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 29, 2024 11:08 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 29, 2024 11:07 PM
More importantly ... neither does he!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 29, 2024 11:09 PM (HlyYF)
I preferred her Black Hawk Down opponent myself, but the people of AL spoke, & Britt beat him fair & square.
Posted by: mnw at February 29, 2024 11:01 PM (NLIak)
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Anyone who was a staffer in DC is suspect. but i give her this, she didnt vote for the ukraine bill
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 29, 2024 11:09 PM (2fIO4)
Posted by: Fani "Gorilla Grip" Willis at February 29, 2024 11:10 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at February 29, 2024 10:48 PM (MNhXM)
An audit of the electricity bills for the transmitter would answer those questions.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 29, 2024 11:11 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
Yes, the lovely Mrs. is in a similar situation. We'd have water and game is nearby along with wood for heating.
But meds - yeah, big trouble.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 29, 2024 11:11 PM (o33NW)
Buddy just sent me a link of a video of a vigil held in Georgia for Laken Riley. Thousands in attendance!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 29, 2024 11:11 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 29, 2024 11:00 PM (W/lyH)
Beartooth's marauders will cut I-5 to the south of Portland at the Wilsonville bridge.
Posted by: Beartooth at February 29, 2024 11:11 PM (LjgPm)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 29, 2024 11:00 PM (W/lyH)
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You will be viewed as liberators..
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 29, 2024 11:01 PM (aD39U)
"Liberators." Like how Ukrainians viewed the Nazis in '41-42.
Or would one be just trying to get a Canadian Parliament standing 'O'?
Posted by: RickZ at February 29, 2024 11:13 PM (emlEe)
There's nothing there not to like at this point.
Posted by: mnw at February 29, 2024 11:15 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 29, 2024 11:16 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: mnw at February 29, 2024 11:18 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 29, 2024 11:00 PM (W/lyH)
Beartooth's marauders will cut I-5 to the south of Portland at the Wilsonville bridge.
Posted by: Beartooth at February 29, 2024 11:11 PM (LjgPm)
***
Actually if I were to update the plans, I'd rotate it 90 degrees and shut off Western Oregon and Washington from the east side. It would be a lot easier and the Marauders could seize and hold the wineries around McMinnville.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 29, 2024 11:18 PM (W/lyH)
Life is pretty harsh.
I got fired from Starbucks just because I was shooting up and doing pedo stuff in the WOMENS restroom while doing Voter Registration Outreach.
ON MY BREAK
Posted by: Blue haired pierced obese trans-Miklos at February 29, 2024 11:18 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 11:19 PM (0FoWg)
Posted by: Ian S.
I was going to say the same thing, but searched to see if it was already discussed.
there is NO WAY the engineers did not check the over air signal daily. There are VU meters on every board showing the on air signals.
My guess was that the tower was in need of serious maintenance (they are inspected regularly by specialized companies) and the owner said F. it.
The FCC used to take you license if you did not use the band. Not sure they still do, but the the bandwidth is worth money so only an idiot would screw this up so bad.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at February 29, 2024 11:19 PM (TXW+U)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 29, 2024 11:20 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 29, 2024 11:16 PM (S5+ge)
A "MAGAT" Senate Minority Leader would be interesting what with dealing with Bride of Chucky. Somehow, I don't think Paul would be stream rolled into a Ukraine/Border Wall funding bill, 'the greatest thing since sliced bead' or so The Turtle said.
Posted by: RickZ at February 29, 2024 11:20 PM (emlEe)
Posted by: CppThis at February 29, 2024 11:20 PM (PZvjL)
Posted by: Blue haired pierced obese trans-Miklos at February 29, 2024 11:18 PM (v+0wn)
Pppffttt!
Well there's the problem. If you couldn't figure a way to do it on company time, who needs ya?
(And blue hair is sooooo 2022.)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 29, 2024 11:21 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 29, 2024 11:23 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Blue haired pierced obese trans-Miklos at February 29, 2024 11:24 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 29, 2024 11:24 PM (CFtGR)
Posted by: Miss Lindsey at February 29, 2024 11:24 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 29, 2024 11:24 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Carried by a European of African swallow?
Posted by: They call me...Tim at February 29, 2024 11:25 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Just do his own SOTU, later, either in response to both parties' statements, or just flat-out not-a-response but as if he were President.
Posted by: mindful webworker - as if at February 29, 2024 11:26 PM (/pKMv)
Alas, Babylon.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)
I enjoyed that book.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 29, 2024 11:26 PM (PGK1w)
Poor Miklos - we hardly knew ye
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
Had to
Government job
Posted by: Miklos got bills and 'Leens to pay at February 29, 2024 11:27 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
Had to
Government job
Posted by: Miklos got bills and 'Leens to pay at February 29, 2024 11:27 PM (v+0wn)
I'm guessing Admiral Levine's aide?
Posted by: Diogenes at February 29, 2024 11:28 PM (W/lyH)
I imagine there are a lot of people who don't know that the information they are getting from the internet is manipulated to guide their thinking.
I'm not sure how to get people to think for themselves.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 29, 2024 11:29 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Miss Lindsey at February 29, 2024 11:24 PM (4I/2K)
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Yes, go get your shinebox.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 29, 2024 11:30 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Well said.
I feel terrible for the victims. Nothing but prayers and sympathy.
OTOH, anyone who demanded *others* get vaccinated ... well they got to be really stupid, or evil. (probably both.) The pro-mandate people can die in a fire. Especially if there were in a position of power.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at February 29, 2024 11:30 PM (TXW+U)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 29, 2024 11:31 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 29, 2024 11:31 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 11:31 PM (0FoWg)
Appropriate
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 29, 2024 11:32 PM (S5+ge)
He's a 71-yr-old (uh-oh) physician. He's pretty MAGA, but nobody hates him.
Posted by: mnw at February 29, 2024 11:33 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 11:31 PM (0FoWg)
Letitia James, Fani Willis, and Tracey whatshersnatch dance Swine Lake.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 29, 2024 11:34 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at February 29, 2024 11:34 PM (bR5zc)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Oooooo!!!!
Ballerina decolletage.
That could be a challenge for Joe Mannix.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 29, 2024 11:34 PM (W/lyH)
"You look at what this governor NEWSCUM from California. Isn't that his name, NEWSCUM? What he's done to California is unbelievable.”
https://tinyurl.com/27cvvbvp
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #114 at February 29, 2024 11:34 PM (qfLjt)
"You look at what this governor NEWSCUM from California. Isn't that his name, NEWSCUM? What he's done to California is unbelievable.”
https://tinyurl.com/27cvvbvp
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #114 at February 29, 2024 11:34 PM (qfLjt)
I think DJT reads the HQ.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 29, 2024 11:36 PM (tkR6S)
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Probably will not major in Mass Communications.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 29, 2024 11:36 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 29, 2024 11:37 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 29, 2024 11:37 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Dani Targarrian, Mother of Dragons at February 29, 2024 11:39 PM (CFtGR)
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #114 at February 29, 2024 11:34 PM (qfLjt)
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I like it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 29, 2024 11:39 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Pink haired pierced obese Miklos at February 29, 2024 11:40 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 29, 2024 11:40 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 29, 2024 11:40 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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He must be hearty.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, waxing pedantic at February 29, 2024 11:40 PM (XeU6L)
So, yeah... time to snooze, actually. G'nite y'all.
💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - snoozin' time at February 29, 2024 11:40 PM (/pKMv)
We had our own Cute Creature Cafe in the office today. The CEO's Instagram-model wife showed up with her dog. One of those itty bitty things that yaps. But DANG that dog was cute! Friendly, sociable little critter that couldn't get enough of the humans and ran right up to you for free.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 29, 2024 11:40 PM (wjjYr)
https://tinyurl.com/2xsd62jh
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #115 at February 29, 2024 11:41 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Jesuit-Bolshevik Father Miklos at February 29, 2024 11:42 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 29, 2024 11:42 PM (S5+ge)
I'm watching a Katie Porter for Senate (DiFi's replacement) commercial. She looks like Phyllis from The Office.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 29, 2024 11:42 PM (wjjYr)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 11:31 PM (0FoWg)
Letitia James, Fani Willis, and Tracey whatshersnatch dance Swine Lake.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 29, 2024 11:34 PM (tkR6S)
Whew! I told y'all I'm good.
Posted by: Ghetto Girl Mayor Tiffany Henyard at February 29, 2024 11:42 PM (emlEe)
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #116 at February 29, 2024 11:43 PM (qfLjt)
And...it is good to see someone doing science that doesn't seem to just support the latest leftist dogma.
But one point amused me, she was asked about opposition she's run into with her work and she pointed out its mostly come from feminists who argue that even giving empathy to fathers, let alone arguing for the importance of their role in raising children, is taking something from women...as if empathy is a zero sum game.
What an odd world we live in isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 29, 2024 11:44 PM (ibTVg)
The usual suspects turned in early. Checks arrive tomorrow, and they want to be first in line at the Valu-Rite.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 29, 2024 11:45 PM (CFtGR)
Not for long, my friend. Not for long.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at February 29, 2024 11:45 PM (w6EFb)
How devastating? Why no news?
Posted by: Derak at February 29, 2024 11:45 PM (KOooo)
https://mol.im/a/13141191
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #116 at February 29, 2024 11:45 PM (qfLjt)
Is Katie the one that got in trouble for trying to get her female intern to have sex with her and doing creepy things like brushing the intern's hair while she herself was naked?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 29, 2024 11:46 PM (ibTVg)
Police officer and process server killed, 2 hurt during eviction turned shooting in Independence
- Ciampino
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Officer Allen, who had been with the Independence police department for two years
and a member of law enforcement for much longer, is survived by his wife, two kids and his parents. Mack, an employee of the Jackson County courts for 12 years, is survived by his fiancée.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 29, 2024 11:46 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Darrius "Honeydick" Sweetcum, Esq. at February 29, 2024 11:46 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at February 29, 2024 11:46 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 29, 2024 11:40 PM (wjjYr)
some very good friends of mine had this little bitty dog, a miniature Pinscher, called Hana (Japanese for "pretty" I was told). Their son had married a Japanese woman, and they got that little dog, and when the marriage broke up, guess who wound up with the dog. I would show up, knock on the door, and Hana would raise an unholy ruckus, until Gerry or Yvonne opened the door, at which time Hana would leap off the floor, right into my arms. I'd put her in a pocket, and we'd drive a mile down the road to the Gainford Hotel, and have a beer there. Everyone in the hotel knew her.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 29, 2024 11:47 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
Easy for you people, with your gardens, wells, and septic tanks
Posted by: the non-existant Lousy Quarter Acre at February 29, 2024 11:49 PM (v+0wn)
These guys went out to the tower site and looked around:
https://youtu.be/bqIysr3o_vY
They're not convinced the story relayed by the station manager is accurate.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 29, 2024 11:49 PM (dZVON)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 29, 2024 11:44 PM (ibTVg)
You call it odd, I call it extremely fucked up. Lesbians are being accused of transphobia for not dating a woman with a penis, e.g. For far too many of our pols, the Ukraine border is more important than our own border. Pretty fucked up world, if'n you ask me.
Posted by: RickZ at February 29, 2024 11:49 PM (emlEe)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 29, 2024 11:50 PM (S5+ge)
I'd put her in a pocket, and we'd drive a mile down the road to the Gainford Hotel, and have a beer there. Everyone in the hotel knew her.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I bet that dog knew when you were coming!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 29, 2024 11:52 PM (wjjYr)
https://youtu.be/bqIysr3o_vY
They're not convinced the story relayed by the station manager is accurate.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 29, 2024 11:49 PM (dZVON)
Link just hangs, Blanco.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 29, 2024 11:52 PM (tkR6S)
I don't.
I'd prefer that he act Presidential for 6 months... and win.
Here's where the Electrical Collage stands at the moment:
1) Takes 270 to win.
2) To get there, Orange needs 33 more votes than he got last time,
3) Trump leads well outside the MOE in 3 states which Biden carried last time: GA: AZ & NV. That's 27 votes.
4) According to the RCP avg of all polls, Biden leads by one point in PA. Trump leads by 1-2 points in WI, well within the MOE.
5) That leaves MI. RCP sez Trump leads in MI by 3 points. That lead is borderline MOE. MI would get Trump over 270.
6) When RFK, JR & the others are included, Trump runs better than he does in the H2H polls, by and large.
So. Don't call anybody scum, & go to MI a lot and talk about "Are you better off?" instead.
Posted by: mnw at February 29, 2024 11:53 PM (NLIak)
That horse left the barn long, long ago.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 29, 2024 11:53 PM (V8he0)
https://mol.im/a/13141077
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #117 at February 29, 2024 11:55 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 29, 2024 11:52 PM (wjjYr)
She probably did. Her folks' home was more or less on my way to and from most of the northern Alberta and B.C. wells that I worked at, so I would stop by on my way through. Sometimes stay overnight if the trip was a 2-day one. Poor little Hana came to a bad end; she got eaten by a Rottweiler that got loose from a home a quarter mile away.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 29, 2024 11:55 PM (tkR6S)
Perhaps. I can't be the only one who wants traditional roles.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 29, 2024 11:56 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 29, 2024 11:56 PM (dZVON)
How awful!
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 29, 2024 11:57 PM (S5+ge)
https://mol.im/a/13139511
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #118 at February 29, 2024 11:57 PM (qfLjt)
https://tinyurl.com/ybj86nwm
Posted by: Ciampino
After leaving Hollywood for Washington State in the 1970s, Whitfield, in her 40s, returned to college to earn a degree in communications. She later worked as a steward for clean water at the Department of Ecology for the State of Washington, and served as an activist and community organizer to fight climate change, transparency in political campaign financing, fair electoral systems, voter registration in swing states, and caring for the un-housed, among other causes.
Ho Boy - Hollyweird.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 29, 2024 11:58 PM (o33NW)
Reminds me of the mayor of Atlanta who told us all that the important part in all this wasn't some illegal killing a girl but Trump saying mean things about illegals...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 29, 2024 11:59 PM (ibTVg)
https://mol.im/a/13141077
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #117 at February 29, 2024 11:55 PM (qfLjt)
That Ibarra creep looks like a pinhead.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 29, 2024 11:59 PM (tkR6S)
https://tinyurl.com/ybj86nwm
Posted by: Ciampino
After leaving Hollywood for Washington State in the 1970s, Whitfield, in her 40s, returned to college to earn a degree in communications. She later worked as a steward for clean water at the Department of Ecology for the State of Washington, and served as an activist and community organizer to fight climate change, transparency in political campaign financing, fair electoral systems, voter registration in swing states, and caring for the un-housed, among other causes.
Ho Boy - Hollyweird.
Posted by: Tonypete
Mary Cloggenstien hardest hit.
Posted by: Miklos so suspects at February 29, 2024 11:59 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 01, 2024 12:00 AM (S5+ge)
Oh, count me in. Just sayin' that it won't happen until things collapse and the only option is to start all over again.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 01, 2024 12:00 AM (V8he0)
Posted by: Miklos so guesses at March 01, 2024 12:01 AM (v+0wn)
https://youtu.be/bqIysr3o_vY
They're not convinced the story relayed by the station manager is accurate.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 29, 2024 11:49 PM (dZVON)
Link just hangs, Blanco.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 29, 2024 11:52 PM (tkR6S)
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Here
https://tinyurl.com/yc54pcc6
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #119 at March 01, 2024 12:01 AM (qfLjt)
Sounds like she's the Washington Generals of prosecuting attorneys!
Where I practiced the trade, since we pitch & you catch, any time there was an NG verdict, that was an aberration.
Posted by: mnw at March 01, 2024 12:01 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: Miklos "Jeff" Spicoli at March 01, 2024 12:01 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: mnw at February 29, 2024 11:53 PM (NLIak)
Dude here gets it. If Trump is to win the general election, his job between now and then must be to convince people who haven't already zealously pledged themselves to his cause that he's the right guy.
Posted by: CppThis at March 01, 2024 12:02 AM (PZvjL)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 29, 2024 11:56 PM (dZVON)
Ewetoob is owned by the Gurgle. Wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that they mork with referrals from "reich wing" sites.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 12:02 AM (tkR6S)
It's thirteen thirty-seconds, you prancing Kansas City faggot.
Kee-rist, you're as bad as that commie down the road with his Cue-boater. Grab a shovel and get back down in the hole.
Just a reminder of what life with real men was.
You were either there for it, or you weren't.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 01, 2024 12:05 AM (zdLoL)
https://tinyurl.com/bdzyyef7
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #120 at March 01, 2024 12:07 AM (qfLjt)
I don't expect to see it, but I'd like to see Trump choose a running mate who soothes and reassures the jittery independents-- like Ben Carson.
Now, Carson's no brain surgeon, I know. What? He IS a brain surgeon? Never mind, then.
Posted by: mnw at March 01, 2024 12:12 AM (NLIak)
Suddenly in the middle of a session it started to use Edge to open URLs in Skype (and nowhere else). Checking online it seems it's a common problem where Microsoft has tweaked something. I guess not enough users were making use of Edge.
Anyone know a fix?
I've tried resetting in Default Apps, no good.
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #121 at March 01, 2024 12:14 AM (qfLjt)
https://tinyurl.com/yc54pcc6
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #119 at March 01, 2024 12:01 AM (qfLjt)
That worked. Pretty clear to see that the site had been abandoned for years.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 12:14 AM (tkR6S)
I'm available.
Posted by: Zombie Curtis LeMay at March 01, 2024 12:15 AM (CFtGR)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 01, 2024 12:15 AM (2fIO4)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 01, 2024 12:18 AM (CFtGR)
Posted by: the non-existant Lousy Quarter Acre at February 29, 2024 11:49 PM (v+0wn)
No well or refrigeration without electricity. But we have some alternatives, even if they're inconvenient.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 01, 2024 12:19 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Guy Wire at March 01, 2024 12:19 AM (V5BDR)
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #121 at March 01, 2024 12:14 AM
Microsoft delenda est?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2024 12:19 AM (HlyYF)
https://mol.im/a/13141191
Posted by: Ciampino
The Grift. The Grift never changes.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 01, 2024 12:19 AM (PGK1w)
Well, they should just say that they hate penises, no matter what is wagging it.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 01, 2024 12:21 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 01, 2024 12:19 AM
What is the static water level in your well?
A manual pumping option is always a good backup to have.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2024 12:21 AM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 01, 2024 12:19 AM (w6EFb)
You can have refrigeration without electricity. There are refrigerators that run on propane and even kerosene. You should be able to find a kerosene fridge from a hardware dealer that caters to the Amish market. They have a continuously-burning kerosene lamp, the chimney of which is the "hot" side of an absorption cooling unit. With a little effort, you could make it work on gas generated from making charcoal, or even hot air made from a solar collector.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 12:26 AM (tkR6S)
A manual pumping option is always a good backup to have.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2024 12:21 AM (HlyYF)
I don't know, and Publius is napping on the couch. I do know it's 300+ ft deep.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 01, 2024 12:28 AM (w6EFb)
That video of Biden leaving the room after his border remarks is brutal. All the border patrol agents in the background are clearly pissed at him then a press guy yells out asking if he thinks he bears any responsibility for the Riley death.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
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Where is it?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 01, 2024 12:29 AM (wjjYr)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 01, 2024 12:29 AM (jg5Rp)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2024 12:21 AM (HlyYF)
A wind turbine is a good choice for well pumping. Build a water tower, and have the wind fan run a pump to fill it. When the tower becomes full, a float device shuts off the wind fan ( by folding the tail vanes). Old, old tech, used on farms for a century or more.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 12:29 AM (tkR6S)
Well, they should just say that they hate penises, no matter what is wagging it.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
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Heh, my favorite MAGA YouTube lesbian, Arielle Scarcella, keeps saying, "I know what I like! B**bs and v@@@@@s!"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 01, 2024 12:31 AM (wjjYr)
Where is it?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 01, 2024 12:29 AM (wjjYr)
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Saw that one of him side by side with Trump. Devastating.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 01, 2024 12:31 AM (jg5Rp)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 01, 2024 12:28 AM (w6EFb)
A piston pump downhole, with a pumpjack on the surface, and sucker rods to connect the pumpjack to the pump. The pumpjack is counterweighted to balance the standing column of water in the casing, so the power source has to lift only the additional few feet of water column made by the pump's stroke. It's how oilfield pumps work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 12:34 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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One of the sites to see in Big Bend National Park. The old Sam Nell ranch, I believe, --- remnants of it from the turn to the 20th century, the wind pump is still active. Just a trickle and right there in the middle of the desert it's all green. Something like 100 foot square.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 01, 2024 12:36 AM (jg5Rp)
Posted by: Weirddave at March 01, 2024 12:37 AM (wBFQd)
Saw that one of him side by side with Trump. Devastating.
Posted by: Braenyard
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I want to be devastated, too! Where is it?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 01, 2024 12:38 AM (wjjYr)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 12:29 AM
Most of our old wind mills are now standing idle in my part of the country. The repair parts cost more than a set of solar panels with a submersible pump.
Bummer, because I loved watching the old ones pump water when I was a kid.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2024 12:40 AM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 01, 2024 12:36 AM (jg5Rp)
There are still working wind pumps to be seen out here in the Arizona desert, and back home in Alberta, too. It is an ideal application for wind power. Have a big enough storage tank, and it will tide you over a stretch of wind-free days.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 12:40 AM (tkR6S)
I am looking forward to driving season. I want to go to Bryce Canyon and other places.
I'm bringing my camera.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 01, 2024 12:45 AM (MeG8a)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 01, 2024 12:29 AM (wjjYr)
———
The Hill has it on YouTube, watch the last 30 seconds.
The Border Patrol agents in the background look like hostages.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 01, 2024 12:46 AM (2fIO4)
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at March 01, 2024 12:47 AM (sRfrW)
Then I saw a pair of cowboys with a chain saw and a pick axe, busting up the ice and chucking it over the side so the cattle could get some water.
Don't know if the cattle will lick the ice chunks when the tank re-freezes?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2024 12:48 AM (HlyYF)
Posted by: raimondo at February 29, 2024 10:14 PM (7EgmA)
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Hey Boo, you wanna hump-hump?
Posted by: Fani Willis at March 01, 2024 12:52 AM (Hf7Ki)
Canola oil is usually dispensed in a pressurized can like PAM.
Used in small quantities, I think it is OK.
The advantage is that it burns at a higher temperature. The disadvantage is that, yes, it is a seed oil.
If you had used olive oil it would have burned sooner, same with butter.
Scorch. It's all about the scorch.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 01, 2024 12:54 AM (MeG8a)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2024 12:48 AM (HlyYF)
I don't know, but there is a stock tank out in the desert near here that has goldfish in it. Big bastards, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 12:54 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at March 01, 2024 12:55 AM (sRfrW)
I want to be devastated, too! Where is it?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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It's on X, it was posted on an earlier thread by andycanuk, I think.
It's a split screen, Trump talking to the BP and the president walking with them on the right. They were at the border at the same time.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 01, 2024 12:57 AM (jg5Rp)
Scorch. It's all about the scorch.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 01, 2024 12:54 AM (MeG8a)
Great Value canola oil is 7.56 per gallon at WalMart. Wesson Oil sells canola. The stuff is everywhere. Basically, it's generic cooking oil; neither exceptionally healthy, nor exceptionally bad.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 01:01 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 01, 2024 01:01 AM (jg5Rp)
In small quantities it is probably harmless, or very close to harmless. Even useful.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 01, 2024 01:06 AM (MeG8a)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 01, 2024 01:01 AM (jg5Rp)
Sounds like a smart move. Canola is bland. The canola plant is an efficient way of turning sunlight into an edible cooking oil. If I were making a batch of French Fires for me or friends, I'd use lard. Because lard makes glorious french fries. And the french fries that Five Guys make with peanut oil are pretty darned good, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 01:06 AM (tkR6S)
Can't afford fancy oils like peanut or coconut. Don't do any deep frying (sadz!)
Kirkland microwave popcorn (at 90% power, for fewer seconds than label specifies) for us!
Used to make popcorn on stovetop, in heavy pan with Wesson oil. Alas, I am too impatient for that! LOL. Also, I have granny's old popcorn box, for making it over open fire. Challenging, but do-able.
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:10 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 01, 2024 01:10 AM (MeG8a)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:13 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:14 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:10 AM (njWTi)
I don't deep fry. However, I use peanut oil for stir-frys. I can get the wok scorching hot, add the oil and it doesn't burn.
Posted by: Ghetto Girl Mayor Tiffany Henyard at March 01, 2024 01:18 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:19 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 01:19 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:20 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:21 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:14 AM (njWTi)
Now that is the first time I have ever heard that. Freezing works for flour, why not popcorn? (Yeah, 'works' for different reasons.)
Posted by: Ghetto Girl Mayor Tiffany Henyard at March 01, 2024 01:21 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:23 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 12:34 AM (tkR6S)
Better than drinking out of a filthy hoofprint.
Posted by: JT at March 01, 2024 01:24 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:20 AM (njWTi)
I have to say, sesame oil is not for stir-frying as it doesn't take high heat well. It is a condiment oil, for that sesame flavoring. I add it to my stir-fry sauces, but not in a great amount. About the only thing I cook in sesame oil is pea pods with garlic and ginger; that's not a long cook.
Posted by: Ghetto Girl Mayor Tiffany Henyard at March 01, 2024 01:25 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 01, 2024 01:27 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: JT
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I'm getting tired of hearing about this.
Posted by: La Boeuf at March 01, 2024 01:28 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 01, 2024 01:27 AM (KAi1n)
You need sufficiently high temps to carmelize and mailliardize food. It creates those yummy compounds.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 01:29 AM (ynpvh)
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Hmmm. Well, I don't have a wok and cannot get high enough heat for *real* stir-fry... I fake it. Haven't noticed any "off" taste, but I'm just a redneck anyhow.
RickZ, you gonna leave that sock on all night?
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:30 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2024
Publius is napping on the couch.
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LOL at the double entendre.
Posted by: SFGoth at March 01, 2024 01:31 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: RickZ at March 01, 2024 01:31 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 01:01 AM (tkR6S)
I've heard that canola is the vilest of seed oils. Read a description of how it's processed (which I've now forgotten). Impression: danger.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 01, 2024 01:31 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 01, 2024 01:32 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 01:01 AM (tkR6S)
I've heard that canola is the vilest of seed oils. Read a description of how it's processed (which I've now forgotten). Impression: danger.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 01, 2024 01:31 AM (w6EFb)
That was it's sibling, Rapeseed Oil.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 01:33 AM (ynpvh)
https://tinyurl.com/yx3rxnuw
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 01:35 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 01, 2024 01:37 AM (Sgq8y)
https://tinyurl.com/ysta5nn4
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 01:38 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 01:38 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:41 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 01:41 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 01:42 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:42 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 01, 2024 01:43 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:44 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 01:44 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 01:42 AM (ynpvh)
I spent the first eighteen years of my life there.
Posted by: JT at March 01, 2024 01:44 AM (T4tVD)
I didn't get my little crop "bagged" quickly enough. Oops.
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:47 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:44 AM (njWTi)
Better than mine. Couldn't figure it out, so tried Hebrew...came up with "Will Swell": ינפוח
LOL. Well, had a 10 lb weight hit my knee and drop on my foot...swelling. And hurt my hand SOMEHOW two days ago...center of palm swelling. so maybe apt.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 01:48 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 01:42 AM (ynpvh)
I spent the first eighteen years of my life there.
Posted by: JT at March 01, 2024 01:44 AM (T4tVD)
T4tVD? Afraid to tell you what I read that as...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 01:49 AM (ynpvh)
Hi JQ and jim in kalifornia, I hope that you are doing ok, this is going to take some time, I think.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 01, 2024 01:50 AM (Sgq8y)
Hi JQ and jim in kalifornia, I hope that you are doing ok, this is going to take some time, I think.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 01, 2024 01:50 AM (Sgq8y)
I'm doing okay. Wife passed more than a month ago now, burial was over three weeks ago. Not so much of the...painful stuff today. Keeping mostly busy cleaning, bills, clearing stuff, when I decide not to stay in bed and fight the feeling to stay in bed.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 01:52 AM (ynpvh)
My hash usually changes once a year & it's almost time for it to do so again. Spring sometime, I guess?
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:52 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 01, 2024 01:54 AM (jg5Rp)
Everything from the day he passed (in Feb) until about Labor Day, was a blur. Got drunk every night and cried myself to sleep. Amazing I didn't lose my job, really.
But I was younger then, and had fewer coping skills.
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:57 AM (njWTi)
That just brought back a funny memory. Maybe 20 yrs ago we were flying w/ another couple to Mexico. Had a couple of drinks and we were playing cards across the aisle, pitch or euchre.
Well if you don't follow suit when you have to you have renigged. Of course our friend Nance caught such an offense and loudly announced...you are a renigger! Ooops.
Posted by: Farmer at March 01, 2024 01:58 AM (55Qr6)
Everything from the day he passed (in Feb) until about Labor Day, was a blur. Got drunk every night and cried myself to sleep. Amazing I didn't lose my job, really.
But I was younger then, and had fewer coping skills.
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 01:57 AM (njWTi)
I've avoided drinking (other than the single glass of wine in my wife's honor when I took to the kids out with me for our anniversary). Certain songs and talking about it, well, still fresh. Not as intense and often as it was, but if I'm in the car or alone in my room, I let it happen. I miss my wife, and when I grieve, I grieve. It is what it is for now. Not working (on family leave), so one less stressor.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 01:59 AM (ynpvh)
That just brought back a funny memory. Maybe 20 yrs ago we were flying w/ another couple to Mexico. Had a couple of drinks and we were playing cards across the aisle, pitch or euchre.
Well if you don't follow suit when you have to you have renigged. Of course our friend Nance caught such an offense and loudly announced...you are a renigger! Ooops.
Posted by: Farmer at March 01, 2024 01:58 AM (55Qr6)
If you refuse to pay up, are you a niggardly renigger...?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 02:02 AM (ynpvh)
Pisses me off, that if we were a same-sex couple, even un-"married", I would've gotten 2 weeks of 'bereavement' leave.
Pfft.
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:07 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 01, 2024 02:10 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 02:10 AM (ynpvh)
Pisses me off, that if we were a same-sex couple, even un-"married", I would've gotten 2 weeks of 'bereavement' leave. Pfft. Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:07 AM (njWTi)
My boss got sick of me calling in Bored, told me if I did that again, I'd be fired.
So, I called in Dead, and filed to use my Bereavement time.
They said I could be off then, for an eternity.
Whuuuu???
/s
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 01, 2024 02:12 AM (e6UQI)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 01, 2024 02:10 AM (Sgq8y)
Debbie, you can call me anytime. Wife and I were together only 26 years, but what I would have given for 26 more.
Email me at SanDiego_SoCal_Meet at hot mail
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 02:13 AM (ynpvh)
Ah yes, I know that joke well. The version I heard:
"I used up all my sick and vacation days, so I called in dead".
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 02:14 AM (ynpvh)
Yeah, I took a week of PTO. Had no problem getting it OK'd on short notice, thankfully.
Those were some rough days/weeks/ months
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:16 AM (njWTi)
Yeah, I took a week of PTO. Had no problem getting it OK'd on short notice, thankfully.
Those were some rough days/weeks/ months
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:16 AM (njWTi)
Everytime one of my kids were born, I'd use up all my vacation days to spend with the wife and newborn. I'd always be the first to change diapers (meconium--nasty, sticky stuff) and give baths. With son #1, of the 4 first baths I gave him, he showered me twice. I learned...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 02:18 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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I wasn't able to have children of my own BUT! I had a little brother, 10yrs younger. Lotsa diaper changes...
You put the old diaper *over that lil sprikler* while doing the cleanup & placing the new diaper. LOL.
But you know that. Now.
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:21 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 01, 2024 02:21 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:21 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:22 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 02:02
I would imagine so, LOL. We had fun back in the day, that may have actually been said at some point. We were young once.
Posted by: Farmer at March 01, 2024 02:23 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 01, 2024 02:21 AM (Sgq8y)
::: raises drink, to Joe :::
May they be together in the presence of God. Amen.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 02:24 AM (ynpvh)
He didn't believe me when I told him how good the care was over there, which isn't uncommon when I tell that story. Seems nobody expects the Spanish inn physician.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 01, 2024 02:24 AM (NRLvq)
Posted by: Farmer
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And, once, people (generally) were not so pitifully weak and hypersensitive
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:25 AM (njWTi)
Wife's uncle passed away early January.
Wife passed mid-late January.
Son's "friend's" grandmother passed away a few days ago (burial today).
Lost contact with a cousin that was supposed to come to wife's funeral (I hope he and his family are okay)
Lousy year so far.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 02:26 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Weirddave at March 01, 2024 02:24 AM (NRLvq)
Hah! Good one.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 02:27 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:30 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Farmer
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And, once, people (generally) were not so pitifully weak and hypersensitive
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:25 AM (njWTi)
Sticks and stones vs words. Not only hypersensitive, but won't tolerate a dissenting opinion. Nazi pussies.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 02:31 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: vic at March 01, 2024 02:33 AM (A5THL)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 01, 2024 02:33 AM (Sgq8y)
Ugh. All too common.
My sister is one of those, don't know where she got that attitude-- all the rest of us turned out ok.
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:33 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 02:34 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:34 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 02:35 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:35 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 01, 2024 02:35 AM (PGK1w)
Sis thinks anyone who likes DJT, is *in a cult*
It's projection, alllllll the way down...
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:37 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Farmer at March 01, 2024 02:37 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 02:37 AM (ynpvh)
Weirdave, glad you got well. jim, debbie, hang in there God is with you and so are we.
Checking out for the night, y'all have a good evening.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 01, 2024 02:38 AM (jg5Rp)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:39 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: vic at March 01, 2024 02:42 AM (A5THL)
Checking out for the night, y'all have a good evening.
Posted by: Brainard
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I found it! On X.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 01, 2024 02:42 AM (bR5zc)
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As long as you actually get up, go to toilet, do yer bidness *there*... it's all good!
Don't fall for those bathroom dreams, nosirree
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:44 AM (njWTi)
well he is better than that cornyn SOB.
Posted by: vic at March 01, 2024 02:46 AM (A5THL)
Wonder what the rationale for three years is?
Posted by: Seems Arbitrary at March 01, 2024 02:48 AM (NcCWh)
Can't do that 'cause I am chair-bound
Posted by: vic at March 01, 2024 02:49 AM (A5THL)
Posted by: vic at March 01, 2024 02:50 AM (A5THL)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 01, 2024 02:51 AM (PGK1w)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:25 AM (njWTi)
Sticks and stones vs words. Not only hypersensitive, but won't tolerate a dissenting opinion. Nazi pussies.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 01, 2024 02:31
Indeed, once in a while I pause for a sec, can I say "Gals" or would someone be offended?
J/K, f them. I'm gonna speak the way I always have. I do have a good story about my SIL at the time of their parents internment. It was around Columbus Day and she started in about "Indigenous Peoples Day".
Don't start w/ me bitch and there won't be any.
Posted by: Farmer at March 01, 2024 02:53 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: vic
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Ooops. Sorry. Wasn't aware of that...
Hope you are doing well otherwise.
(You did us all a great service, with VNN for those many years. Thank you.)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:53 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 03:00 AM (njWTi)
Years ago, I had a perpetual *friendly, pseudo-animosity thing* with a cow orker. He was a smart-assed, mouthy young male. I, a mid-thirties single (and not too impressed with mouthy young males) female.
Our daily greeting?
Him: "Mornin' bitch!"
Me: "Fuck off, _______" (his first name)
And NOBODY GAVE A DAMN. Nobody went complaining to HR, no hassles.
Those were the days!
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 03:07 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: vic at March 01, 2024 02:49
Sorry to hear that vic, but glad to see you posting here. Hope you have some support coming in to help. When Dad had some health issues this summer we were able to get some health workers in to assist.
Your dedication to the morning news is legendary. How many yrs did you do that consistently? Good to hear from you, glad you are online and keeping an eye on AOS.
Posted by: Farmer at March 01, 2024 03:12 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: vic at March 01, 2024 03:15 AM (A5THL)
The theft of the radio tower: Astonishing, yes. But Dashiell Hammett said that as a Pinkerton operative, he was once sent to investigate the theft of a Ferris wheel. I'd guess those are *designed* to come apart into big sections, so they can be loaded on trucks for the next venue of the carnival or fair . . . but that always sounded like a big big job. I guess the copper in the tower would be the attraction to the thieves?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 03:26 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 03:29 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: vic at March 01, 2024 03:30 AM (A5THL)
And NOBODY GAVE A DAMN. Nobody went complaining to HR, no hassles.
Those were the days!
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024
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JQ, I expect that department called itself "Personnel" in those days, too! I've noticed that when a bureaucracy reinvents itself, its name always gets longer. Personnel -> Human Resources -> Workforce Resource Management, etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 03:33 AM (omVj0)
Back when your interview was with an actual department head or shift manager, not some 20-something, fresh-outta- kollidge schmuck what knows *nothing* about the job itself
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 03:36 AM (njWTi)
*
Wonder what the rationale for three years is?
Posted by: Seems Arbitrary at March 01, 2024
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Hey, if it means the owner is offering an otherwise solid house at a low price because of that, it wouldn't bother me in the least. If you dig back far enough, probably every older home has seen some death.
A house with a poltergeist would put me off, I admit, but mainly because they're noisy and troublesome. A quiet ghost appearing at the top of the stairs now and then? Pffft. "A good morning to you, Sir Roderick. How was 1826?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 03:37 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 03:07
Indeed. I'm hearing the theme song for Archie Bunker.
Posted by: Farmer at March 01, 2024 03:38 AM (55Qr6)
Back when your interview was with an actual department head or shift manager, not some 20-something, fresh-outta- kollidge schmuck what knows *nothing* about the job itself
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024
***
And the term itself, "Personnel," was perfectly neutral as well. Why get rid of it?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 03:39 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 03:40 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 03:41 AM (njWTi)
Songs that made the Hit Parade
Guys like us, we had it made
Those were the days
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 03:43 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 03:47 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 03:48 AM (njWTi)
Everybody pulled his weight
Gee our old LaSalle ran great
Those. Were. The. Daaaayyyyyyssss!
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 03:49 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 02:53 AM (njWTi)
Seconded !
Posted by: JT at March 01, 2024 03:49 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: JT at March 01, 2024 03:50 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 03:51 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 03:52 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 01, 2024 03:55 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: JT at March 01, 2024 03:55 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 03:55 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Pete Bog at March 01, 2024 03:57 AM (BHL6B)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 03:57 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 03:58 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 03:58 AM (omVj0)
The Carol Burnett Show
Perry Mason
Wild Wild West
Aw, jeez. Simpler, more trusting, times...
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 04:00 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 04:00 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 04:01 AM (omVj0)
My work here is done
Posted by: Skip at March 01, 2024 04:01 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 04:00 AM (njWTi)
I suspect they didn’t seem simpler to my parents who were navigating those times as adults. Social unrest, foreign entanglements, inflation and corruption in DC.
Geez. Nothing changes.
Posted by: Pete Bog at March 01, 2024 04:03 AM (BHL6B)
Posted by: vic at March 01, 2024 04:05 AM (A5THL)
Posted by: JQ at March 01, 2024 04:13 AM (njWTi)
<Liked it!
Posted by: puppyish at March 01, 2024 06:04 AM (eBzKz)
Posted by: Candidus at March 01, 2024 08:02 AM (+B0EC)
Its worth noting that there's exactly as much actual evidence for an ionosphere airburst causing civilization-ending EMP as there was for nuclear winter and the Mahattan Project causing a runaway nitrogen fusion reaction in the atmosphere: none. Like those others, it's wild-ass speculation that's been leveraged to scare people.
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