Daily Tech News 8 March 2024

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The worst person in the world just made a good point: EU Bookburner General Thierry Breton has confirmed his agency is investigating Apple over its decision to cancel Epic Games' developer account. (Tech Crunch)

Apple did this specifically to prevent Epic Games opening its own app store as is permitted under the new EU regulations.

Breton pointed out that the regulations that force Google and Apple to open up their platforms also forbid those companies from using pretexts to keep their platforms effectively closed.

As we've seen, the EU isn't shy about fining American companies billions of dollars, because for them it's free money.

And it's reached a point where I don't blame them. Watching one group of communist bleed another group of communists dry is better entertainment than you can find almost anywhere.

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JEDEC has published the specifications for next-generation graphics memory, GDDR7. (AnandTech)

GDDR7 is 50% faster than GDDR6 - because it uses trinary.

Thunderbolt 5 (and the horribly named USB4 Version 2.0) also use trinary.

With GDDR7 the data inside the chip is still ones and zeroes, but the interface uses 1, 0, and -1.

The spec also supports chip sizes up to 64Gb - including intermediate sizes at 24Gb and 48Gb - though only 16Gb is expected initially.
The House Commerce Committee has voted 50-0 to force Bytedance to divest TikTok to some other owner not directly under the thumb of the Chinese Communist Party. (Ars Technica)

TikTok got its insane userbase to contact their congressmen - or just any random congressmen - and threaten to unalive themselves if the app was banned, but this had shockingly little effect. (Engadget)

(Not that TikTok's userbase is that much different to any other social platform. People are dumb.)

Worth noting that TikTok is banned in China.

All Tech Companies Suck Rant of the Day

I just bought a Moto G54 because (a) Motorola phones run a pretty clean version of Android, (b) it has a headphone jack and a microSD slot, (c) it has pretty good specs, with 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, an FHD+ screen, dual A78 cores and six A55 cores, and a 50 megapixel main camera with image stabilisation, and (d) it was dirt cheap at under $130 including sales tax and delivery.

Turns out they make you jump through hoops and void your warranty if you want to unlock the bootloader and install a fully open source operating system but with all the other nonsense going on I'm finding it hard to get outraged. Yeah, it's sucky behaviour, but what am I going to do, pay four times as much for a three year old iPhone that is locked down harder than Motorola could ever dream of?

But Not as Much as a Certain Vtuber Company Video of the Day

Nijisanji's standard contract has leaked - the English language version, since it's a Japanese company - and though it's quite long it all boils down to two simple points:

1. We own you.
2. We owe you nothing.

There's a clause in there that if you are deemed to have "betrayed" the company, they can not only fire you without further notice but claw back everything they have paid you for the past twelve months.

There's another clause that they can force their vtubers to make appearances and issue press releases - which I suspect is what they used on Elira in the infamous hostage video - and another where they can force you to relocate at your own expense.

Oh, and there's another clause that they can change the contract at any time and the next time you stream you are automatically considered to have accepted the new terms. Of course, streaming is the only way you can make money, but see points 1 and 2 above.

People still sign up for this because big vtubers make good money - solid six figures after YouTube and the agency take their cuts - but that's limited to Hololive (which has forty talents with over a million subscribers each) and a handful of others. Smaller corporations and independent channels have a tough a hard time of it.

Secret Lives of Vegetables Video of the Day

Two of those handful of others are Filian - who hosted the annual vtuber awards recently - and Dokibird, who broke out of Nijisanji and kicked off much of the recent drama, both very successful independent vtubers.

Here Dokibird explains to Filian explain what is really going on.

Disclaimer: Nijisanji is basically a cat in corporate form.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone TGIF

Posted by: Skip at March 08, 2024 04:00 AM (fwDg9)

2 Besides Friday, job very close to home and donut shop is on the way

Posted by: Skip at March 08, 2024 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

3 So, what happens when (if?) American companies don't pay EU-levied fines?

Does Brussels pout and stamp its feet?

Posted by: JQ at March 08, 2024 04:03 AM (njWTi)

4 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 08, 2024 04:05 AM (omVj0)

5 Evening and morning to all the satellites and research stations across the system! (Yeah, even you people on Titan. I'm not worried, I'll be outta here before you get this message. Light speed lag is really a thing.)

Anyway! 'Tis Friday. What do *you* have planned for the weekend?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 08, 2024 04:08 AM (omVj0)

6 If intertubenets goes down, I won't GAF. Mostly. It really is a time-suck, but helps me keep sanity in spite of 'real life' at the moment. Cat videos have their uses, LOL

Hubby would suffer, as he's truly hooked on teevee. Can't blame him much, he's disabled and teevee is his Window on the World.

Posted by: JQ at March 08, 2024 04:09 AM (njWTi)

7 3 So, what happens when (if?) American companies don't pay EU-levied fines?

Does Brussels pout and stamp its feet?
Posted by: JQ

Depends on the company.

Twitter said "yeah, whatever" and closed its European offices and laid everybody off. The EU told them they couldn't do that, but the offices remain closed and the staff remain unemployed.

Apple is in a tougher position because unlike a social media platform its products could be banned from sale in Europe.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 08, 2024 04:11 AM (BLOW1)

8 Time for shut-eye now. :heart: all you Morons!

Gonna plant some seeds this weekend, get early start on the garden!

G'night, all. Take care.

Posted by: JQ at March 08, 2024 04:12 AM (njWTi)

9 Night JQ!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 08, 2024 04:12 AM (BLOW1)

10 I stretched and did my calisthenics. Good enough.

This morning I'm taking my coffee in one of the blue enameled camping mugs I bought on eBay. Not sure I like it for everyday. I know I won't be able to microwave it to reheat my coffee as I do with china mugs; it's enameled metal. A nice change from the usual, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 08, 2024 04:12 AM (omVj0)

11 Thanks, Pixy!

Hahaha, love 'X' and Elon... suck it, EU.

Apple? Meh. Couldn't happen to a nicer company. Pffft!

Posted by: JQ at March 08, 2024 04:13 AM (njWTi)

12 Okay, really goodnight now LOL

Posted by: JQ at March 08, 2024 04:14 AM (njWTi)

13 GDDR sounds a bit like East Germany.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 08, 2024 04:18 AM (KAi1n)

14 Get a judgment in Europe then try to enforce it here under enforcement of foreign judgments law?

Posted by: SFGoth at March 08, 2024 04:20 AM (KAi1n)

15 I should do a stretch program, it would help me

Posted by: Skip at March 08, 2024 04:24 AM (fwDg9)

16 I should do a stretch program, it would help me
Posted by: Skip at March 08, 2024

***
Skip, it helps the tightness I often have in my back when I get up. There's a long-running syndicated program called Classical Stretch with a former ballerina, Miranda Esmonde-White. Her various routines are stretches for flexibility and strength. I've added a few of her stretch moves to my warm-up and wakeup routines.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 08, 2024 04:29 AM (omVj0)

17 A young Morgan Fairchild is on a 1977 Barnaby Jones on MeTV right now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 08, 2024 04:30 AM (omVj0)

18 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 08, 2024 04:30 AM (W3T6M)

19 >>Breton pointed out that the regulations that force Google and Apple to open up their platforms also forbid those companies from using pretexts to keep their platforms effectively closed.

"Welcome to the party, pals!"
-- Telecom companies who are required to provide network access to their competitors

Posted by: Lizzy at March 08, 2024 04:34 AM (6IDWi)

20 Morning all!

Some good news. We have a contract on our house. All cash offer. YAY!

Bad news, Monday we have the buyers inspection.

Posted by: Bruce at March 08, 2024 05:01 AM (vd8XM)

21 Not seeing much on the Lies about the Union speech except he was juiced up yelling a lot and probably didn't say one thing that was true.

Posted by: Skip at March 08, 2024 05:04 AM (fwDg9)

22 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 08, 2024 05:09 AM (ju2Fy)

23 Did I break the blog?

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 08, 2024 05:21 AM (ju2Fy)

24 Guess everyone's tired after watching SOTU last night. I missed it. Went to bed at 6.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 08, 2024 05:23 AM (ju2Fy)

25 Nope. Just quiet this morning.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 08, 2024 05:23 AM (W3T6M)

26 I'm waiting for dayshift to stroll into the shop.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 08, 2024 05:23 AM (W3T6M)

27 Spent 6 hours on the road yesterday. 4 hrs of it in rain.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 08, 2024 05:24 AM (ju2Fy)

28 Good morning! Day two of the Generac installation will commence around 0900 and they say it'll take 6-8 hours to replace the electrical panel (1968 model) and bring it up to standards for todays code. And it's gonna rain again today. So I'm gonna figure 8-10 hours with no electricity.

And the plumber still needs to come and hook up the gas line to the generator. And they still need to run the new 50A service line to the back yard and install the disconnect out there.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 08, 2024 05:27 AM (YRsIm)

29 Morning OldDawg. Rain driving wears you out. Never like finding the limits of adhesion.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 08, 2024 05:28 AM (BHL6B)

30 Sorry to misspell your nick OldDog. I had Huskies on the brain.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 08, 2024 05:30 AM (BHL6B)

31 So I'm gonna figure 8-10 hours with no electricity.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

Can they hook you up to a generator while you wait for the new generator?

Posted by: Bruce at March 08, 2024 05:30 AM (vd8XM)

32 Did the Rezident Retard actually say if Trump were elected we would die and so would our country?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 08, 2024 05:33 AM (YRsIm)

33
I'm reading through the AoS comments from the peeps who watched the SOTU address last night. Basically the consensus is, Biden lied, lied some more, made up some stupid statistics, slurred half the speech, was barely coherent, and was high as a kite on methamphetamine.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 08, 2024 05:35 AM (RKVpM)

34 Good morning morons

Local TV news reports a tire fell off a United jet taking off from SFO for Japan yesterday. The tire fell in the employee parking lot destroying several cars.

This is how we become Venezuela.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 08, 2024 05:35 AM (RIvkX)

35 "Using what God provides"- A devotional based on a passage from The Book of Exodus and also with mention of the city hall in Brisbane, Australia. 🙂 Devotional appropriate for both interested Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/4b8tuh3f

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2024 05:36 AM (lcBBy)

36 F. Joe: "Check the numbers!"

We have, Mushbrain. You did this, all of it.

And yes: Katie Britt, in the words of one of you, does look like Jennifer Love Hewitt's hot older sister.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 08, 2024 05:36 AM (omVj0)

37 Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 08, 2024 05:35 AM (RKVpM)

Quite the summary. I laughed. Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2024 05:37 AM (lcBBy)

38 Posted by: Bruce at March 08, 2024 05:30 AM (vd8XM)

Bruce, they're gonna replace the panel so the distribution circuits have to be disconnected. We're gonna take the opportunity to go shop for a hot tub.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 08, 2024 05:39 AM (YRsIm)

39 Bruce, they're gonna replace the panel so the distribution circuits have to be disconnected. We're gonna take the opportunity to go shop for a hot tub.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

When life hands you lemons....

Posted by: Bruce at March 08, 2024 05:42 AM (vd8XM)

40 I only watched a bit of the speech. Even if you had no idea that he was cognitively impaired, you'd probably know that something was wrong as he didn't speak in a normal tones with modulation. At least what I listened to was all a "shout fest"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2024 05:42 AM (kx016)

41 Mister Jarhead, I’m also looking for a hot tub and just started research. It’s bewildering. May I ask what brand you are leaning toward and why?

I’ve only looked at “Hot Spring “ so far.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 08, 2024 05:43 AM (BHL6B)

42 So far just seeing reactions of Sundowner,

Posted by: Skip at March 08, 2024 05:43 AM (fwDg9)

43 I only watched a bit of the speech. Even if you had no idea that he was cognitively impaired, you'd probably know that something was wrong as he didn't speak in a normal tones with modulation. At least what I listened to was all a "shout fest"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2024

***
In the immortal words of Chuck Berry: "Campaign shoutin' like a Southern diplomat"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 08, 2024 05:44 AM (omVj0)

44 Did the Rezident Retard actually say if Trump were elected we would die and so would our country?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 08, 2024 05:33 AM (YRsIm)
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More or less.

He declared war on America within the first minute of SOTU, which was extraordinary.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 08, 2024 05:47 AM (BpYfr)

45 And yes: Katie Britt, in the words of one of you, does look like Jennifer Love Hewitt's hot older sister.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 08, 2024 05:36 AM (omVj0)
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Which is a bit weird since Britt is three years younger than Hewitt...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 08, 2024 05:49 AM (BpYfr)

46 God's unfailing love. A Christian devotional based on a passage from Ephesians and dealing with a woman concerned with her mother's illness:

https://tinyurl.com/yh2bnhub

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2024 05:50 AM (kx016)

47 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 08, 2024 05:52 AM (dg+HA)

48 Posted by: Pete Bog at March 08, 2024 05:43 AM (BHL6B)

Just my two cents. The mechanical portions don't seem to vary too greatly, so the boards and controls become key. And no wooden frames. We had a Legacy model in CO and it performed well.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 08, 2024 05:52 AM (YRsIm)

49 I just bought a Moto G54

-

(searches, sees that it's not sold here and that there is no U.S. equivalent, with a "Power 5G " being nearly close to almost the same but who knows which year that is or when it changed)

What a stupid time to be alive.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's luxuriously hairy nipples - Alex Jones Was Right at March 08, 2024 05:53 AM (k1AR8)

50 Fairly sure it's above freezing, higher 50s today

Posted by: Skip at March 08, 2024 05:55 AM (fwDg9)

51 So far just seeing reactions of Sundowner,
Posted by: Skip

HE SHOULD BE IN BED

Posted by: Unkind Aunr Doctor Miklos-Jill at March 08, 2024 05:56 AM (v+0wn)

52 Thanks. Wouldn’t have thought about that as I’ve never had one. Ergonomically speaking are the built in recliner seats functional?

I was a little surprised by the cost. 18k all in was quite a bit more than I had anticipated.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 08, 2024 05:57 AM (BHL6B)

53 It's literally going to take me only 5 minutes to get to work but should stop for a splash of gas and donuts 🍩

Posted by: Skip at March 08, 2024 05:59 AM (fwDg9)

54 Posted by: Pete Bog at March 08, 2024 05:43 AM (BHL6B)

Ain't insomnia grand!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 08, 2024 05:59 AM (gSZYf)

55 https://tinyurl.com/mtx8vu2n
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Thanks Skip !

Posted by: JT at March 08, 2024 06:02 AM (T4tVD)

56 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at March 08, 2024 06:02 AM (86W+h)

57 I should do a stretch program, it would help me
Posted by: Skip at March 08, 2024 04:24 AM (fwDg9)

Ya wanna be taller ?

Posted by: JT at March 08, 2024 06:03 AM (T4tVD)

58 Hi CBD!

I'll be visiting the Connecticut River Valley the week after next.

Posted by: fluffy at March 08, 2024 06:03 AM (86W+h)

59 #46

If you're going to take a look at the devotional, consider another translation for the Ephesians passage, because that one is a mess. They translate it as "every ethnic group" instead of " whole family". You mean God created all ethnic groups? What a revelation!!/sarc . The KJV is better.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2024 06:04 AM (pVT7c)

60 Posted by: Pete Bog at March 08, 2024 05:57 AM (BHL6B)

The recliner seat is a must for the wife, not so much for me, but yes having jets that direct the flow onto you thighs and calves is nice. Ours was a three person sized tub and it set us back about 5k.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 08, 2024 06:04 AM (YRsIm)

61 JT no just want joints to get moving

Posted by: Skip at March 08, 2024 06:05 AM (fwDg9)

62 BREAKING

Philadelphia Fed ups GDP based on Skip

>SkipCorp alone produces 6.8 % of state Productive Economic Activity<

Posted by: Mikosian Analysis at March 08, 2024 06:05 AM (v+0wn)

63 >>> stop for a splash of gas and donuts

Skip wins the Manliest Moron award.

The rest of us wash them down with coffee.

Posted by: fluffy at March 08, 2024 06:07 AM (86W+h)

64 Mazel tov Bruce on selling your house

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 08, 2024 06:09 AM (RIvkX)

65 I'll be visiting the Connecticut River Valley the week after next.

Posted by: fluffy at March 08, 2024 06:03 AM (86W+h)

Mud season!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 08, 2024 06:10 AM (gSZYf)

66 CBD, I’ve heard you can sleep when you get old. Ain’t working so far.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 08, 2024 06:10 AM (BHL6B)

67 Ya wanna be taller ?
Posted by: JT

How Hi are Ya

Taller than average

Posted by: Miklos bumps his head on things at March 08, 2024 06:11 AM (v+0wn)

68 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Awaiting customers.

Whoever coined the phrase " The early bird gets the worm" never met da boids in my 'hood.

Posted by: JT at March 08, 2024 06:12 AM (T4tVD)

69 Interesting observation. Mike Johnson nodding in affirmation that spending more money on 'lil Z is a priority. Fuckin GOP is worthless.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 08, 2024 06:13 AM (YRsIm)

70 CBD, I’ve heard you can sleep when you get old. Ain’t working so far.
Posted by: Pete Bog

Get older

Eventually is works.

Posted by: Miklos is not getting any younger neither at March 08, 2024 06:14 AM (v+0wn)

71 Skip wins the Manliest Moron award.

The rest of us wash them down with coffee.
Posted by: fluffy at March 08, 2024 06:07 AM (86W+h)
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Must be one of those days where he needs a bit more octane in order to wake up.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 08, 2024 06:15 AM (BpYfr)

72 stop for a splash of gas and donuts

Skip wins the Manliest Moron award.

The rest of us wash them down with coffee.
Posted by: fluffy

Wait til he lights a fart !

Posted by: JT at March 08, 2024 06:16 AM (T4tVD)

73 >>> Mud season!

The forecast is for freezing most every night, so the snow (if there is any) will be crusty.

Posted by: fluffy at March 08, 2024 06:17 AM (86W+h)

74 You know you are officially old when you meet one of your kid's college professors and she- a lovely and soft spoken woman-could easily be the age of your kid.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2024 06:18 AM (53MTM)

75 Hey! Abe Lincoln was murdered by an illegal. There, I said it. Now fuck off.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at March 08, 2024 06:19 AM (vFG9F)

76 Taller than average
Posted by: Miklos bumps his head on things at March 08, 2024 06:11 AM (v+0wn)

Easily done. Move where people are shorter. An Inuit village or the Australian outback. Avoid the Netherlands.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 08, 2024 06:21 AM (BHL6B)

77 Good morning.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 08, 2024 06:21 AM (INVmw)

78 As a neko-grrl Pixy Misa I take offense at you comparing me to Nijisanji... ^_-;

But yeah Legal Mindset totally takes that contract apart. There is the clause where if Nijisanji contacts you, the signed VTuber, you must answer immediately even if you are otherwise engaged.

Then there is the one time monetary offer if Nijisanji thinks you need better equipment they will pay the VTuber roughly $1,333US for the equipment. And I am reading 1,333 as almost spelling 'leet.'

You sign that bottom line and you owe your soul to the Nijisanji store.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 08, 2024 06:21 AM (4fO2x)

79 Ours was a three person sized tub and it set us back about 5k.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

For anyone that hasn't owned a hot tub/spa be aware the larger your spa the more heat you lose sitting in it. And all that extra space for the other people you thought would use it with you... after you're married it'll just be you and the better half.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 08, 2024 06:25 AM (INVmw)

80 In more somber and sad news from Japan.

The creator of Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama, has passed away at the age of 68.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 08, 2024 06:25 AM (4fO2x)

81 And spouse's old man comment was "It would be hard to take a class with her. You couldn't hear anything.she said My response: " The college students have better hearing than you do."😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2024 06:27 AM (53MTM)

82 EU Bookburner General Thierry Breton has confirmed his agency is investigating Apple over its decision to cancel Epic Games' developer account. (Tech Crunch)

The only way to win is not to play

Posted by: GlobalMiklosCorp at March 08, 2024 06:27 AM (v+0wn)

83 Time for me to hit the road to the electron mines. Later!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 08, 2024 06:31 AM (omVj0)

84 Have a good one and stay safe Skip !

Posted by: JT at March 08, 2024 06:31 AM (T4tVD)

85 Good morning early risers.

It's another puppy morning!

Posted by: Rosasharn at March 08, 2024 06:32 AM (PzBTm)

86 Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 08, 2024 06:25 AM (INVmw)

We kept out hot tub at 104 year round and kept the cover on it when no one was using it. The additional kW's on the electric bill weren't intolerable. Chemicals and water evaporation were the bigger expenditures. Water in CO is as expensive as electricity is in TX.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 08, 2024 06:33 AM (YRsIm)

87 Biden is going to get Americans killed by parking them offshore at Gaza. A drone swarm will overwhelm defence and at least one will get thru. That's all they will need.

Posted by: fd at March 08, 2024 06:34 AM (vFG9F)

88 The additional kW's on the electric bill weren't intolerable. Chemicals and water evaporation were the bigger expenditures. Water in CO is as expensive as electricity is in TX.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

You were smart to go with a small one. We keep ours at a lower temp so we can sit in it longer. At the last house we used it in the morning for drinking coffee before work and at night for a glass of wine. Here we've been using it in the AM (I retired).
I agree the electricity usage seems to go unnoticed; but, water seem to just evaporate!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 08, 2024 06:38 AM (INVmw)

89 Democrat reaction to Bidens speech seems strangely muted. I see more MTG criticism than puppet praise.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 08, 2024 06:38 AM (KXsyo)

90 @69

>>Fuckin GOP is worthless.

That's kind of been there moto for a while now.

It was clear to anyone that had eyes to see that by 2007 they had become a dog sh*t political party.

I mean, it is what it is, they're all we got and what we got is a goofball, illegitimate political party.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 08, 2024 06:40 AM (XV/Pl)

91 G'morning, all.

Gaza......

I guess one could park an LHD a few miles off the coast, and ferry supplies into a secure area set up on the beach in Gaza.

LHD's are already using vehicle mounted drone defense systems by chaining a Marine drone defense capable vehicle on the flight deck of the LHD.

Other than that, it's gone be a shit show.

And either way, it simply prolongs the war.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2024 06:40 AM (a1415)

92 Democrat reaction to Bidens speech seems strangely muted. I see more MTG criticism than puppet praise.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

So you're saying the media is focusing on the conservative reaction rather than the speech or speaker.
In other words: normal MSM/lib technique

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 08, 2024 06:40 AM (INVmw)

93 Democrat reaction to Bidens speech seems strangely muted. I see more MTG criticism than puppet praise.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

So you're saying the media is focusing on the conservative reaction rather than the speech or speaker.
In other words: normal MSM/lib technique
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 08, 2024 06:40 AM (INVmw)
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It's all they got. They know they cannot defend FJB's "speech" on its merits as it was entirely random, pointless gibberish with no unifying theme or message.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 08, 2024 06:42 AM (BpYfr)

94 And either way, it simply prolongs the war.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2024 06:40 AM (a1415)
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So, a Win-Win

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 08, 2024 06:42 AM (RIvkX)

95 @7

>>Apple is in a tougher position because unlike a social media platform its products could be banned from sale in Europe.

If I were Apple, I would tell the EU to pound sand, the idea that Apple can't control who operates and under what conditions in their walled garden is preposterous.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 08, 2024 06:43 AM (XV/Pl)

96 I did not know Tik-Tok is banned in China.

Its weird that China is more concerned with data privacy than America, at least in this one instance.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 08, 2024 06:45 AM (8CMl+)

97 "So, a Win-Win"

yeh...sort of like the US airlifting supplies into Berlin around March-April 1945.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2024 06:46 AM (a1415)

98 Snape of the Funyun? wha?

LOL

G'mornin' everyone!

Friday, Joy of Man's Desiring!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 08, 2024 06:48 AM (PFYt9)

99 So how do we square the circle on the confirmation of Da Joos being raped, both alive and dead, and the insistence on proportional response?

That seemed to be a big thing on the Left, for a while.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2024 06:48 AM (a1415)

100 NBC keeps hoping Old Joe can be an effective candidate,

Overall, the speech was a clear, and effective, effort to convey to the public and to his party that he is a candidate ready for a fight in November.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 08, 2024 06:49 AM (KPjEa)

101 TGIF

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 08, 2024 06:50 AM (ENQN6)

102
Democrat reaction to Bidens speech seems strangely muted.

He didn't promise to give away enough free shit. I guess he's saving that for after the convention, if he lasts that long.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 08, 2024 06:52 AM (RKVpM)

103 I didn't watch the Rezident Retard but what little I've see of his ramblings and demagoguery this morning just reinforces my belief that the deep state is terrified of PDTS and those who would support him. Terrified animals will do anything to escape the threat.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 08, 2024 06:53 AM (YRsIm)

104 For those who didn't watch the SOTU, it was like listening to an angry drunk

that's the impression that occurs to me this morning

Posted by: Don Black at March 08, 2024 06:54 AM (oCjPU)

105 NBC keeps hoping Old Joe can be an effective candidate,

Overall, the speech was a clear, and effective, effort to convey to the public and to his party that he is a candidate ready for a fight in November.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 08, 2024 06:49 AM (KPjEa)
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It's amazing how many people have access to FJB's stash of good drugs...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 08, 2024 06:55 AM (BpYfr)

106 Good Morning. Listened to the screed on the radio. In all the post analysis it has not been mentioned that he threatened the Supreme Court. The rest was a campaign speech.
The Republican response was just embarrassing. What idiot thought a squeeky voiced, Barbie was a good choice.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 08, 2024 06:56 AM (NUtkz)

107 looks icy outside

Posted by: Don Black at March 08, 2024 06:56 AM (oCjPU)

108
like listening to an angry drunk

Have you ever heard people say that dogs take on the personality of their owners? Think about Joe's german shepard who bites everyone around it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 08, 2024 06:57 AM (RKVpM)

109 Why the sturm und drang over the factory warranty on a rooted $130 phone?

If it bricks, it gets tossed. You'll spent at least twice the value of the phone jacking around with the "warranty."

Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at March 08, 2024 06:58 AM (MkuC5)

110 "Have you ever heard people say that dogs take on the personality of their owners? Think about Joe's german shepard who bites everyone around it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 08, 2024 06:57 AM (RKVpM) "

Boom! Egg-zackley!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 08, 2024 06:59 AM (PFYt9)

111 "Rivian Automotive said Thursday that it’s halting plans for a yet-to-be-constructed $5 billion plant in Georgia — the same day it launched a budget-conscious electric vehicle designed to rival Elon Musk’s Tesla."

Suck it Kemp, you stupid asshole. How much taxpayer money did you waste on this pile of crap so far?

Posted by: fd at March 08, 2024 06:59 AM (vFG9F)

112 @104

>>that's the impression that occurs to me this morning

As has been said, the speech wasn't for you or me, it was for his base, the retard AWFL's in Northern Virginia, to scare POCS, to scare granny, and to generally vomit out red meat to motivate, agitate and divide delivering a message that the Klan, Orange Hitler and Big Landlord are coming to take their Snickers and Muh Bortions.

As a polemic, it probably worked out better than they hoped for.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 08, 2024 07:00 AM (XV/Pl)

113 Why is google evil? Here's why: Set up new video security system. Cams operate through Google Home. No problems for a couple of days. Now, at the most inopportune times when accessing the cams to see who's trespassing, I get a stupid ad that won't go away for ten seconds. What causes me to get the ads that I didn't before? Using the burner phone I bought, but allowed her to download a game from google play.

Anyway to fix, or just reset the phone to factory and keep things off of it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 08, 2024 07:00 AM (0eaVi)

114 like listening to an angry drunk
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Have you ever heard people say that dogs take on the personality of their owners? Think about Joe's german shepard who bites everyone around it.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 08, 2024 06:57 AM (RKVpM)
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Well said

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 08, 2024 07:02 AM (tW/dO)

115 So how do we square the circle on the confirmation of Da Joos being raped, both alive and dead, and the insistence on proportional response?

I'm not entirely clear why people who have no skin in the game are somehow the sole authority on how those with the most to lose should defend themselves against further danger.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 08, 2024 07:03 AM (TfEvu)

116 I skipped the SOTU and worked on building a model with 50 million teeny tiny parts.

My sanity thanks me.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 08, 2024 07:04 AM (4fO2x)

117 Anyway! 'Tis Friday. What do *you* have planned for the weekend?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 08, 2024 04:08 AM

I promised a friend that I'd help her with her printer.

Pray for me.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 08, 2024 07:05 AM (iZEhM)

118

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 08, 2024 07:05 AM (X4yCj)

119
I'm not entirely clear why people who have no skin in the game are somehow the sole authority on how those with the most to lose should defend themselves against further danger.

Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.

But the biggest assholes in real life are the dumbest people.

/ not directed at you, of course

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 08, 2024 07:07 AM (RKVpM)

120 A friend told me recently that Google revenues have doubled in the last three years. Imagine, at their already massive scale, finding such huge opportunity to double in size in three years.

Thats what Google has dedicated itself to doing; what started life as a simple search and surveillance company is now a leviathan.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 08, 2024 07:07 AM (Y9ksT)

121 Well, UPS still can not find my shipped tax return documents.

Nor do they seem to care.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2024 07:07 AM (a1415)

122
And that is the reason, boys and girls, why we now have millions of clowns referring to themselves as having "tomato" gender.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 08, 2024 07:08 AM (xG4kz)

123 Nothing better than watching commie on commie ass rape.

Dirty euros do it the best!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 08, 2024 07:09 AM (/SHEi)

124 Have you ever heard people say that dogs take on the personality of their owners? Think about Joe's german shepard who bites everyone around it.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 08, 2024 06:57 AM (RKVpM)

Sound theory.

I work professionally with protection dogs. I've been thinking about these GSDs and the reasons, and have been listening to other trainers speculate. One possibility (my preferred one) is that the dogs, by genetic draw, are somewhat insecure and inclined to fear bite as a coping mechanism to the chaos and lack of clear handler leadership in their lives (which these dogs generally require). Once a fearful dog bites and succeeds in seemingly "solving" its problem (driving the object away or inciting a fearful reaction of its own), the behavior is reinforced.

An experienced trainer I respect proposes that the dogs recognize their owner's (Joe Biden) feebleness and are overreacting to the "threats" around him as protection.

I think it's more a matter of the chaos around them and their total lack of leadership to help them deal with it compounded with poor guardian breed genetics. That is, I wonder how much actual time Biden has with them at all.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 08, 2024 07:09 AM (5K33v)

125

(partial list)
Artists performing at 2024 Cheyenne Frontier Days:

July 24: Machine Gun Kelly
July 25: T-Pain and Ludacris

Posted by: Don Black at March 08, 2024 07:10 AM (oCjPU)

126 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 08, 2024 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

127 Overall, the speech was a clear, and effective, effort to convey to the public and to his party that he is a candidate ready for a fight in November.

and

Democrat reaction to Bidens speech seems strangely muted.

I'm guessing the main mission of whatever Biden presented that I didn't waste my time on to hear, was targeted at muting those in the Uniparty who think he is not fit for another four years and will be crushed by Trump if the cheat is below 20% fraud.

I hope that Biden's handlers were successful in duping the Party fools to squelch any talk of the 25th, Hitlary, Newsome or Big Mike.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 08, 2024 07:12 AM (TfEvu)

128 I skipped the SOTU and worked on building a model with 50 million teeny tiny parts.

My sanity thanks me.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 08, 2024 07:04 AM (4fO2x)

Didja count them ?

Posted by: JT at March 08, 2024 07:12 AM (T4tVD)

129 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 08, 2024 07:13 AM (DeFcY)

130 Anyway! 'Tis Friday. What do *you* have planned for the weekend?

I spent last weekend dethatching the lawn, throwing down some fertilizer, burning weeds and harvesting lawn chocolate. This weekend, I'm looking forward to prepping the ground to put in some honeysuckle along the back fence, and some flowering yucca along the side of the house.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 08, 2024 07:13 AM (YRsIm)

131 Missed the SOTU address. Did he take off his glasses and yell for everyone to get out of the room but Schumer, Pelosi, Himmler, and Bormann?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 08, 2024 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

132 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2024 07:13 AM (a1415)

133 Anna Puma

We already know you are smart. You don't have to sell us again.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 08, 2024 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

134 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Hope crime goes down with permit-less CC.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 08, 2024 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

135 If they think Biden well, good for them. I'm glad. I want him on the ticket.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 08, 2024 07:16 AM (5K33v)

136 Dons nomex. JJ is going to be a flamethrower today

Posted by: A dude in MI at March 08, 2024 07:17 AM (/6GbT)

137 Morning peeps

Disappointed there was no eye bleed last night.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 08, 2024 07:17 AM (Q4IgG)

138 An experienced trainer I respect proposes that the dogs recognize their owner's (Joe Biden) feebleness and are overreacting to the "threats" around him as protection.

No kidding. Dogs are highly mimetic. That is a reason why many people "introduce" their dogs to strangers or the pet's owners will shake hands and talk calmly and friendly to someone to lower the dog's defenses.

A dog can sense the owner stiffening up when approaching some stranger who is unfamiliar to both of them.

So in Biden's case, I would wager that he is routinely humiliated by his family and staff - ergo the uncomfortable lies about Joe's aggressiveness to the staff. They lie about everything

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 08, 2024 07:17 AM (TfEvu)

139 If they think Biden well, good for them. I'm glad. I want him on the ticket.
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 08, 2024 07:16 AM (5K33v)

Concur. Has any presidential candidate ever croaked while on the campaign trail for re-election?

Joe will make history!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 08, 2024 07:18 AM (/SHEi)

140 Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk explains:

“Nobody could have anticipated the consequences of our October 7th attack.

We didn’t expect a barbaric world war to be launched against us”

FAFO

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 08, 2024 07:19 AM (ENQN6)

141 Concur. Has any presidential candidate ever croaked while on the campaign trail for re-election?
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Wm. Henry Harrison barely survived past the inaugural. That must count for something.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 08, 2024 07:20 AM (DeFcY)

142 Chronical of High Ed

Even more worrisome, Republican politicians have recently shown their skill at calling attention to campus problems that resonate strongly with the public.

campus problems
Anit Semitism
Segregation
Racism

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 08, 2024 07:22 AM (ENQN6)

143 Posted by: rhennigantx at March 08, 2024 07:19 AM (ENQN6)

That's some weapons grade dumbassery there, or he's just lying through his teeth. Or both. Either way, it sucks to be him. Him and his entire government need to be destroyed.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 08, 2024 07:22 AM (YRsIm)

144 Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk explains:

“Nobody could have anticipated the consequences of our October 7th attack.

We didn’t expect a barbaric world war to be launched against us”

FAFO
Posted by: rhennigantx

Hey Mousa, we'd like to meet and see if we can come to an agreement. Where can we meet?
~IDF

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 08, 2024 07:22 AM (INVmw)

145
Joe has to run on his record which has been financially devastating to the poor and middle class. People remember just four years ago when they had money to spend, and didn't have tapped out credit cards.

Personally, I was forced into paying off a second mortgage when interest rates took off, and another large expenditure which severely reduced any slight financial cushion I might have had. It is going to take years to rebuild in my case. I'm sure tens of millions are in a helluva lot worse shape then I am.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 08, 2024 07:23 AM (RKVpM)

146 This weekend, I'm looking forward to prepping the ground to put in some honeysuckle along the back fence, and some flowering yucca along the side of the house.

My neighbor's dead tree collapsed onto my yard about a month ago and they finally got around to having someone deal with the remains (I did all that I could do with a 14" chainsaw). I was getting to the point where I would rent a Bobcat to move it to my burn pile but his crew showed up. I asked them where they were going to dump the wood, they said in a landfill, I volunteered my burn pile which was Right Near There, they figured it would save time and money.

An hour later, the neighbor comes storming up to my door screaming and yelling that it isn't my business about the tree and that since they were paying for the removal I had absolutely no say on how they should deal with it.

I'm now going to wait for the winds to be in the right direction where the smoke envelopes their house. It was a big tree, lots to burn.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 08, 2024 07:23 AM (TfEvu)

147 Even more worrisome, Republican politicians have recently shown their skill at calling attention to campus problems that resonate strongly with the public.
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Oh noes! Guilty of NOTICING!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 08, 2024 07:24 AM (DeFcY)

148 You can’t worry about voiding the warranty of a $130 phone.
If it gets bricked, buy another one.
$130 for a phone is, as you noted, dirt cheap.
Not worth beefing about.

I’ll probably buy one.

Posted by: Cowboy Wally at March 08, 2024 07:26 AM (wMS25)

149 I'm now going to wait for the winds to be in the right direction where the smoke envelopes their house. It was a big tree, lots to burn.
Posted by: Unknown Drip

Them paying for removal was due to their property damaging your property, vs. getting sued to get told to do the same by a judge.
If the wood was on your property it is yours.
May you have a very favorable breeze soon.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 08, 2024 07:26 AM (INVmw)

150 Divide by Zero

It's not just the waste of money, although we have a lot of that.

Think of how deep talent is in a society. The Dems and Reps are wasting that talent. Those able to fix things are sidelined for those that are unable to fix stuff.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 08, 2024 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

151 Rep. Dan Goldman (Tyrant, NT):
"We all agree with the First Amendment, but the problem is the First Amendment is not absolute. There are limits. And what this committee has been trying to do is to chill the federal government from monitoring what is going on on social media."

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 08, 2024 07:27 AM (ENQN6)

152 Mornin' y'all. To my everlasting regret, I listened to FJB's angry rant (with Viva Frei commentary). It was epically horrible, but even without the slurring and shouting at 1.5x speed, there were a couple truly bizarre moments that stood out to me.

He said something about how shameful it was for Alabama to shut down IVF (I admit I have no idea WTF he was talking about). Immediately followed by Roe v Wade and wimmens must have freedoms to slaughter babies.

Then he mentioned Laken Riley, but it sounded like he called her Lincoln Riley. "Oh sure she was killed by an illegal but how many are killed by legals?" WTAF???

I'll never voluntarily listen to this venal and stupid man again.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 08, 2024 07:28 AM (1eY81)

153 "Hope crime goes down with permit-less CC."

It's permit-less open carry.

Plus voluntary training held for free twice per month in every county.

Not too bad.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2024 07:28 AM (a1415)

154 The biggest lie last night was when the president pronounced the state of the union to be 'strong, and getting stronger'.

That's a lie. It isn't, and it isn't.

Posted by: Don Black at March 08, 2024 07:28 AM (oCjPU)

155 Captain Obvious

Good morning. May your cats bring happiness to you every day.
The posting of that Picard video is implied, but not carried out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 08, 2024 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

156 Boker Tov Patriots

Was last night angry old man night?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 08, 2024 07:29 AM (pVWRI)

157 Anyway! 'Tis Friday. What do *you* have planned for the weekend?

-

Oiling a K&N filter.

(this is a callback to a joking conversation from a couple of days ago)

Posted by: Nikki Haley's luxuriously hairy nipples - Alex Jones Was Right at March 08, 2024 07:29 AM (k1AR8)

158 Hiya Screamie !

Posted by: JT at March 08, 2024 07:30 AM (T4tVD)

159 Good morning. May your cats bring happiness to you every day.
The posting of that Picard video is implied, but not carried out.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 08, 2024 07:29 AM (u82oZ)
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Thank you. The cats are resting after having an exhausting breakfast, and the video is in my head, now.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 08, 2024 07:30 AM (DeFcY)

160 The biggest lie last night was when the president pronounced the state of the union to be 'strong, and getting stronger'.

--

I assume it's like "democracy"

Union = government

Posted by: Nikki Haley's luxuriously hairy nipples - Alex Jones Was Right at March 08, 2024 07:30 AM (k1AR8)

161 "We all agree with the First Amendment, but the problem is the First Amendment is not absolute. There are limits. And what this committee has been trying to do is to chill the federal government from monitoring what is going on on social media."

Says who? By what authority does this turd have to declare by fiat that the First Amendment doesn't say what it says and then go about emending it through simple majority legislation or bureaucratic code, rather than through the usual Amendment process?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 08, 2024 07:30 AM (TfEvu)

162 >Oh noes! Guilty of NOTICING!

Posted by: Captain Obvious

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then comes pouncing
then... oh then comes that horrible high-pitched seizing

Posted by: Don Black at March 08, 2024 07:31 AM (oCjPU)

163 We all agree with the First Amendment, but the problem is the First Amendment is not absolute.

--

There it is.

The union is strong and getting stronger.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's luxuriously hairy nipples - Alex Jones Was Right at March 08, 2024 07:31 AM (k1AR8)

164 "The biggest lie last night was when the president pronounced the state of the union to be 'strong, and getting stronger'. "

Onion.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2024 07:31 AM (a1415)

165 Oiling a K&N filter.

Posted by: Nikki Haley

Well that'll take so much time you have trouble following the hobby thread!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 08, 2024 07:32 AM (INVmw)

166 Onion.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2024 07:31 AM (a1415)
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I like a good Walla Walla Sweet.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 08, 2024 07:32 AM (DeFcY)

167 Missed the SOTU address. Did he take off his glasses and yell for everyone to get out of the room but Schumer, Pelosi, Himmler, and Bormann?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 08, 2024 07:13 AM (u82oZ)
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Oh, man, a Downfall parody of the SOTU would be *epic!*

It was an absolute train wreck from start to finish. Anyone on the fence who watched it is NOT going to vote for that man.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 08, 2024 07:32 AM (7fElN)

168 The biggest lie last night was when the president pronounced the state of the union to be 'strong, and getting stronger'.

They never are required to provide empirical evidence. Sort of like claims to White Supremacy, Climate Change and dozens of genders.

That basement train set is their reality.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 08, 2024 07:32 AM (TfEvu)

169
I had a tree of mine come down on my neighbors lot. I got out my chainsaw and began cutting it up. I know he has a wood stove so when he eventually appeared I asked him if he would want the wood, as I have plenty. He said sure so I asked if I could stack it nearby, a few feet away. He agreed. He ended up buying a tarp to cover the wood, which was probably close to a cord.

The old 'do onto others' kinda thing. I would never wait a month to clean up a mess from my property onto someone else's.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 08, 2024 07:33 AM (RKVpM)

170 Nevergiveup

Good morning!

See my post at 131.

Another Moron Dentist, natural fake, wrote a book about The US Naval Dental Corps in the 1980s Wearing the Cat. Seems to be drenched in sexual activities. Who knew? Maybe there will be more Good Order and Discipline as I move into the later pages of the book.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 08, 2024 07:33 AM (u82oZ)

171 I also heard some of the congratulations the clapping seals gave him as he meandered out of the room -
"on fire"
"phenomenal"
"knocked it out of the park"
"kicking ass and taking names"

That was the most depressing part for me. How low do you have to be to lick Joe Biden's boots?

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 08, 2024 07:35 AM (1eY81)

172 >Anyway! 'Tis Friday. What do *you* have planned for the weekend?
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oh wow, long list
watch hockey
LATimes crossword
fish n' chips for dinner tonight
have to empty the dishwasher
make my bed (just kidding. I'm a grown ass man- I don't have to make my bed if I don't want to.)
So yeah- pretty busy.

Posted by: Don Black at March 08, 2024 07:35 AM (oCjPU)

173 Morning. Was last night JJ's birthday party?

Probably hung over.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 08, 2024 07:35 AM (q7hip)

174 The old 'do onto others' kinda thing. I would never wait a month to clean up a mess from my property onto someone else's.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 08, 2024 07:33 AM (RKVpM)
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A lot of big trees and branches came down during the blizzard here last January. Arborists were really busy; the roaring of the woodchippers in my neighborhood was epic.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 08, 2024 07:35 AM (DeFcY)

175 Anyway, I made an appointment to do taxes tomorrow morning and I'm super in the mood to do that.

Range time will be necessary this weekend.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 08, 2024 07:36 AM (1eY81)

176 Morning. Was last night JJ's birthday party?

Probably hung over.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 08, 2024 07:35 AM (q7hip)
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Any of us who played the SOTU drinking game last night are also hung over.

Or dead.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 08, 2024 07:36 AM (7fElN)

177 Trump's rebuttal was pretty good. It's over on the twatter

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 08, 2024 07:36 AM (q7hip)

178 How low do you have to be to lick Joe Biden's boots?
Posted by: screaming in digital

They are liberals so that bar is *extremely* low.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 08, 2024 07:36 AM (INVmw)

179 And what this committee has been trying to do is to chill the federal government from monitoring what is going on on social media."
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 08, 2024 07:27 AM (ENQN6)

That's just beautiful. We the people are "chilling" the federal government? The moral inversion is complete.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 08, 2024 07:36 AM (5K33v)

180 115 So how do we square the circle on the confirmation of Da Joos being raped, both alive and dead, and the insistence on proportional response?

I'm not entirely clear why people who have no skin in the game are somehow the sole authority on how those with the most to lose should defend themselves against further danger.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 08, 2024 07:03 AM (TfEvu)

Once you rape, torture, and kill kids, there's no such this as proportional response b/c any response you make will not be enough...so all of the playbook is open.

Hamas should have realized that...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 08, 2024 07:36 AM (exHjb)

181 this = thing (and I need to drink more coffee)...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 08, 2024 07:37 AM (exHjb)

182 Any of us who played the SOTU drinking game last night are also hung over.

Or dead.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 08, 2024 07:36 AM (7fElN

Was it one drink per random spacey pause?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 08, 2024 07:37 AM (q7hip)

183 Any of us who played the SOTU drinking game last night are also hung over.

Or dead.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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I had no booze in the house. If I'd gotten blind drunk I'd have lost fewer brain cells than listening to that drivel.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 08, 2024 07:37 AM (1eY81)

184 >I also heard some of the congratulations the clapping seals gave him as he meandered out of the room -

----

one MOCOC* likened Joe to a Southern preacher
said 'you got us all fired up'

*Member of Congress of color

Posted by: Don Black at March 08, 2024 07:37 AM (oCjPU)

185 {{{ screaming in digital}}}

Boot lickers all. We should never let them forget that.

Hope you are well, and have all your preps to visit Great Britianstan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 08, 2024 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

186 Hamas should have realized that...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 08, 2024 07:36 AM (exHjb)
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They were counting on the world's hatred of Jews to back them up. And they weren't entirely wrong.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 08, 2024 07:38 AM (DeFcY)

187 I wonder why EUrocrats are less responsive to Silicon Valley's gigantic bribes than American politicians and regulators?

Perhaps it's not about the money. Maybe it's about blackmail, and not nearly as many are totally compromised. Just a thought.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice, Snow Roach at March 08, 2024 07:39 AM (0FoWg)

188 Any of us who played the SOTU drinking game last night are also hung over.

Or dead.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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I had no booze in the house. If I'd gotten blind drunk I'd have lost fewer brain cells than listening to that drivel.
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 08, 2024 07:37 AM (1eY81)
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I had to get up early today to go to work. That put a damper on me.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 08, 2024 07:39 AM (DeFcY)

189 Hope you are well, and have all your preps to visit Great Britianstan.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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I haz new passport, plane ticket, and paid all but $650 of the trip cost. Mom will stay with one of my cousins for the whole 2 weeks I'm gone. Just have to arrange for the feline tyrant.

Big hugs to you!

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 08, 2024 07:39 AM (1eY81)

190 one MOCOC* likened Joe to a Southern preacher
said 'you got us all fired up'

*Member of Congress of color
Posted by: Don Black at March 08, 2024 07:37 AM (oCjPU

As if anyone needed more proof that it was a highly unusual, hyper partisan stump speech, not a SOTU.

What else are you gonna do when the SOTU is 'cataclysmic'.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 08, 2024 07:39 AM (q7hip)

191 How low do you have to be to lick Joe Biden's boots?
Posted by: screaming in digital

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Peanut butter and high school kids?
- Joe and Jill

Posted by: Nikki Haley's luxuriously hairy nipples - Alex Jones Was Right at March 08, 2024 07:40 AM (k1AR8)

192 Byeeee.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 08, 2024 07:40 AM (DeFcY)

193
A lot of big trees and branches came down during the blizzard here last January. Arborists were really busy; the roaring of the woodchippers in my neighborhood was epic.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 08, 2024 07:35 AM

There's some infestation killing off the ash (I think) in this area. Trees dropping even under windless conditions. Massive 70 to 100 foot tall trees. Lost power last week, twice already this year due to trees. I never thought of it until I saw a map recently but I actually live inside of the Appalachian mountain range. Twenty miles outside of Philadelphia.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 08, 2024 07:41 AM (RKVpM)

194 Report: Five killed by aid packages airdropped by US
At least five dead, multiple injured, after suffering direct hits from humanitarian aid packages airdropped by the US.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 08, 2024 07:41 AM (pVWRI)

195 I mean do any of these dumbasses in DC or the media ever stop and think, "Hey I've got Joe Biden's dick in my mouth. Maybe I should reevaluate my life choices?" Are they all getting their 10% out of the deal?

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 08, 2024 07:41 AM (1eY81)

196 194 Report: Five killed by aid packages airdropped by US
At least five dead, multiple injured, after suffering direct hits from humanitarian aid packages airdropped by the US.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 08, 2024 07:41 AM (pVWRI

I thought that only happened in Call of Duty.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 08, 2024 07:41 AM (q7hip)

197 Have a great day, everyone. Last work time before Spring Break.

Which, except for a planned trip to Abilene with NotSoThoreau, seems to be packed with chores.

May you all rise above the dementia and incoherence in our Capital City.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 08, 2024 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

198 194 Did they drop any turkeys? Was Les Nessman covering the story?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 08, 2024 07:42 AM (0EOe9)

199 "How low do you have to be to lick Joe Biden's boots?
Posted by: screaming in digital"

"Lower than a snake's belly" is a good descriptor.

Posted by: fd at March 08, 2024 07:43 AM (vFG9F)

200
JJ
SEFTON
YOUR THE NEXT ONE UP

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 08, 2024 07:43 AM (ENQN6)

201 Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 08, 2024 07:41 AM (pVWRI)

What did they do? Stand directly underneath the aid package as it came down??

Posted by: dantesed at March 08, 2024 07:43 AM (88xKn)

202 >Report: Five killed by aid packages airdropped by US
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we're killing them with kindness
what a perfect metaphor for Biden's Handlers' America
we fuck up everything we touch

Posted by: Don Black at March 08, 2024 07:43 AM (oCjPU)

203 Sorry y'all. I woke up in a very foul mood this morning. Will try to #BeBetter

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 08, 2024 07:44 AM (1eY81)

204 Le NOOD

It be here!!!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2024 07:44 AM (a1415)

205 Can we spare a minute to note that Epic Games is majority owned by China and responsible for the current trend of games being turned into woke casino gambling shitshows? Kinda like TikTok, except they want your credit card details first.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 08, 2024 07:45 AM (FD5dr)

206
Woke influencer lists all of the "terrifying" things that Trump will do if he wins and accidentally made him the most epic campaign ad ever.

https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1766062378095894546

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 08, 2024 07:46 AM (RKVpM)

207 194.In reality, the five were likely killed by Hamas. Hamas stole most of the aid packages, loaded them on a truck, and made off with them. I saw video of a very large truck with the usual suspects sitting on top waving their AK’s in triumph at air drops.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 08, 2024 07:48 AM (8TxXb)

208 Pixy is unfair to Apple, calling them communists. They are regular capitalists who VIRTUE SIGNAL as communists. To make extra capital.

Posted by: Kevin at March 08, 2024 08:53 AM (As/lK)

209
Okay, my wife just read MTG's lips.

It's "Laken Riley. Say her name. Correctly."

Which he did not.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 08, 2024 08:54 AM (RKVpM)

210 So, which open-source Android-replacement OS do you use?

Posted by: mngiggle at March 08, 2024 09:35 AM (UaLwK)

211 104 For those who didn't watch the SOTU, it was like listening to an angry drunk

that's the impression that occurs to me this morning
Posted by: Don Black at March 08, 2024 06:54 AM (oCjPU)

Yes. Agreed.

Posted by: m at March 08, 2024 09:39 AM (o3SCB)

212 I'm curious how/whether Nijisanji's treatment of its vTubers differs from Japanese agencies' treatment of idols generally. From what little I know of Japanese pop culture this seems pretty par for the course.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at March 08, 2024 10:39 AM (0Go0g)

213 211 104 For those who didn't watch the SOTU, it was like listening to an angry drunk

that's the impression that occurs to me this morning
Posted by: Don Black at March 08, 2024 06:54 AM (oCjPU)

More like your senile Grandpa

Posted by: It's me donna at March 09, 2024 11:25 AM (Akjoo)

214 And speaking of Newsom and China, whatever happened to that billion dollars he gave to a Chinese company for Covid masks?

https://tinyurl.com/4tkb97wz

Posted by: PJ at March 09, 2024 11:31 AM (G1dq6)

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