Daily Tech News 9 March 2024

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Apple has reinstated Epic Games' developer account as abruptly and with as little discussion as they terminated it in the first place. (Epic Games)

Guess multi-billion-dollar fines have that effect.

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Dating app Bumble lost a third of its Texas workforce after - operative word, after - Texas passed abortion restrictions. (Tech Crunch)

I wonder if there could have been any other contributing factors.
Dating app Bumble laid off a third of its staff amid mounting losses. (Tech Crunch)

Huh.
Need a reasonably priced switch with 20 2.5Gb ports, four 10Gb ports, and two 40Gb ports? MikroTik's catchily named CRS326-4C+20G+2Q+RM might fit the bill. (Serve the Home)

With the 40Gb ports that's a pretty good deal for an MSRP of $999.

It also has console and management ports, and can even act as a router, though its processor is relatively slow and the routing throughput is sub-gigabit.
TSMC is set to receive $5 billion in "incentives" from the CHIPS act for its planned fab expansion in Arizona. (Tom's Hardware)

That's against a total cost for this project of $40 billion, so your tax dollars are probably not being completely flushed down the drain.
Fine tune a 70B AI model at home. (Answer.AI)

All you need is two RTX 4090s.
It's not just you: Even Google can't make WiFi work. (Reuters)

Staff and Google's newest 600,000 square foot office space have been advised to work from the cage next door if they need network access.

Disclaimer: I'm just surprised that it didn't catch fire.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Howdy!

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:02 AM (njWTi)

2 youtube.com/watch?v=_jCuroTbqBI

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:03 AM (njWTi)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 04:03 AM (fwDg9)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 09, 2024 04:03 AM (W3T6M)

5 Have to work, hopefully a few hours only.
Saudi Arabia Grand Prix at 10am

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 04:04 AM (fwDg9)

6 So, bought a burner phone for vacation use. Have new security cam system that has to run through google home. Never got ads, but now, after letting kid download one game, I sometimes get ads blocking view of the cam app. How to get rid of them?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 09, 2024 04:04 AM (0eaVi)

7 I wonder if there could have been any other contributing factors.

Yes, of course, but you can't use those to wave one's Virtue in your face, so 'abortion restrictions' it is.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 09, 2024 04:06 AM (W3T6M)

8 Huh indeed.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 09, 2024 04:06 AM (W3T6M)

9 "Dating" apps... REEK of desperation

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:11 AM (njWTi)

10 "I think it's time that ya'll start to think about gettin' by, without that need to go out and find somebody to love"

youtube.com/watch?v=RGNT2d4BhGQ

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:15 AM (njWTi)

11 https://youtu.be/JylbxFYc83k?si=k7pyzv_Ab2QDviBW

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 09, 2024 04:17 AM (W3T6M)

12 after letting kid download one game, I sometimes get ads blocking view of the cam app. How to get rid of them?

Posted by: OrangeEnt

A friend let his daughter use his laptop for a few days, and it seems she downloaded just about every game there is. Slowed the laptop to a unusable crawl. High schools need to demonstrate that plugging up a computer with mostly useless games isn't a good idea. I helped him delete most of the shit, and now he is back to having a usable laptop. At least if wasn't porn.

Posted by: Colin at March 09, 2024 04:18 AM (/z/eU)

13 Good morning morons

4 hours sleep. Pathetic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 04:18 AM (RIvkX)

14 Local TV news reports Zara and The North Face are closing their Union Sq locations..

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 04:23 AM (RIvkX)

15 youtube.com/watch?v=G3ceb5OVG7k

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:26 AM (njWTi)

16 youtube.com/watch?v=G3ceb5OVG7k
Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:26 AM (njWTi)
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Disco sucks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 04:27 AM (RIvkX)

17 Wow. Union Square was *the* high-falutin' shopping spot

Sad

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:28 AM (njWTi)

18 I helped him delete most of the shit, and now he is back to having a usable laptop. At least if wasn't porn.
Posted by: Colin at March 09, 2024 04:18 AM (/z/eU)

Thing is, I didn't allow most permissions. I'm not sure what allows ads to show up on the google home app when it didn't before she downloaded a game. Irritating when trying to get to the vid feed and have an ad sit on the screen blocking the view for ten seconds.

Am I going to have to do a factory reset on the phone? Pixy?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 09, 2024 04:29 AM (0eaVi)

19 Huh. Never really thought of that one as "disco" but I guess you're right.

The theme was *Too Late*

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:30 AM (njWTi)

20 On old tablet had chess game, would get ads popping up doing anything else. Haven't done it on this tablet and don't get them

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 04:31 AM (fwDg9)

21 Am I going to have to do a factory reset on the phone?
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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I'd start with that.

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:33 AM (njWTi)

22 It's too late baby, now it's too late.
But we really did try to make it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 04:39 AM (RIvkX)

23 I'd start with that.
Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:33 AM (njWTi)

I was thinking that. All the stuff I wanted can be saved to the sd chip I put in it. All the other stuff can be redone.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 09, 2024 04:41 AM (0eaVi)

24 It's too late baby, now it's too late.
--------

Yes. But, such low-hanging fruit....

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:42 AM (njWTi)

25 Disco sucks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 04:27 AM (RIvkX)

Blondie got played in discos. A few other bands, too. There was a rock/disco crossover along with Motown-soul/disco crossovers. Kool & The Gang's 'Celebration' can go with just about any setting. Had the band play it at my wedding.

Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at March 09, 2024 04:43 AM (emlEe)

26 OOPS! Sorry, (literally) dead sock.

Posted by: RickZ at March 09, 2024 04:44 AM (emlEe)

27 Arutz Sheva reporting 5 people in Gaza killed by a US aid air drop yesterday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 04:44 AM (RIvkX)

28 All the stuff I wanted can be saved to the sd chip I put in it. --OrangeEnt
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I'd do the reset, and check video *without* the chip, first. If you can.

Then, see if the offending ads reappear *after* reinstalling the chip.

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:45 AM (njWTi)

29 youtube.com/watch?v=xqSBQFJRKq8

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:47 AM (njWTi)

30 I think I can get in whenever I want so going to finish coffee and get going

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 04:48 AM (fwDg9)

31 Posted by: RickZ at March 09, 2024 04:44 AM (emlEe)
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True.

I denounce you anyway.

The fight against disco is eternal!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 04:50 AM (RIvkX)

32 youtube.com/watch?v=xqSBQFJRKq8
Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:47 AM (njWTi)
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Ha! I remember that one.

Country music sucks too

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 04:54 AM (RIvkX)

33 youtube.com/watch?v=uRo426va26I

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:54 AM (njWTi)

34 I'd do the reset, and check video *without* the chip, first. If you can.

Then, see if the offending ads reappear *after* reinstalling the chip.
Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:45 AM (njWTi)

I just put the chip in after it started to save clips from the cam in case I did a factory reset. Shouldn't have anything to do with the chip. Have a new tablet to view the cams and the ads don't show up there, but I need to phone for vacation.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 09, 2024 04:57 AM (0eaVi)

35 Yeah, reset the phone. Hope that solves it.

And keep that phone away from da kid!!

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 05:00 AM (njWTi)

36 One of my siblings uses smartphone as wifi hotspot for the whole household (lives rural) 3 kids...

Wonders why all the spam? LOL

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 05:06 AM (njWTi)

37 I wanted to see Biden gutted like a fish. Instead I got Britt's shmaltzy mush.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 09, 2024 05:09 AM (o7yL0)

38
Staff and Google's newest 600,000 square foot office space have been advised to work from the cage next door if they need network access.

Goggle staff in cages? Well, alrighty, then! Three hots and a cot for you! Don't be live!

This prison privatization trend is making some really encouraging gains.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 09, 2024 05:09 AM (xG4kz)

39 One of my siblings uses smartphone as wifi hotspot for the whole household (lives rural) 3 kids...

Wonders why all the spam? LOL
Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 05:06 AM (njWTi)

I have to use wifi for the cams, or the phone carrier. Once vacation is over, it goes back in the box until kid is old enough to get a phone. Thanks for the input.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 09, 2024 05:09 AM (0eaVi)

40
Local TV news reports Zara and The North Face are closing their Union Sq locations..
Posted by: San Franpsycho

*wails*
Now where will all the street shitters get their DEI "allyship" training?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 09, 2024 05:13 AM (xG4kz)

41 Not raining yet but it's coming
Forward Dog 9 hitting a short road at least
See you from there

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 05:14 AM (fwDg9)

42 This prison privatization trend is making some really encouraging gains.

The High Priests of the Cult of Google, keeping KlIMaTe ChaNGe in mind with everything they do!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 09, 2024 05:14 AM (W3T6M)

43
Rand Paul talks about Fauci and the Covid cover up.: “I’ve been married 33 years as of last week and I get home and I think you know, when I knock on the door my wife lets me in. I think she’ll have my slippers, maybe a hug and a kiss, maybe a martini and you know what I usually get when I get home. I open the door and you know what she says to me, how come...

https://t.ly/jYa29

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 09, 2024 05:14 AM (RKVpM)

44 I wanted to see Biden gutted like a fish. Instead I got Britt's shmaltzy mush.
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 09, 2024 05:09 AM (o7yL0)
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I just saw some clips and holy moly what a fail.

Republicans haz feelz you guys, like I'm serial.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 05:15 AM (RIvkX)

45 43: The traitor John Brennan isn't in jail, why will Fauci be in one. Good luck Rand Paul, but it's not happening.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 09, 2024 05:17 AM (W3T6M)

46 Eh, I remember walking around a junkie sprawled out in the NE crosswalk at Union Square in 1984. I lived about 6 blocks west from there and it was always kinda dicey.

Posted by: 13times at March 09, 2024 05:18 AM (MElkR)

47
I open the door and you know what she says to me, how come...

Mrs. Paul's a keeper! She makes some banging fish sticks, too!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 09, 2024 05:18 AM (xG4kz)

48
Mrs. Paul and the Gorton's Fisherman walk into a bar ...

... the barkeep asks them, "How are things out in the sticks?"

Ba-dum! Sssssss!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 09, 2024 05:20 AM (xG4kz)

49 Have to work, hopefully a few hours only.
Saudi Arabia Grand Prix at 10am
Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 04:04 AM (fwDg9)

Are they driving camels ?

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 05:25 AM (T4tVD)

50 Hiya

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 05:25 AM (T4tVD)

51 Whelp, no need to put my FIL on the prayer list for later this morning; he passed away shortly after minding. RIP, Dad. May you, Mom, and my wife be reunited in glory.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 09, 2024 05:25 AM (ynpvh)

52
Saw a poll on X where Rand Paul is overwhelmingly #1 choice to replace McConnell.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 09, 2024 05:26 AM (RKVpM)

53 Midnight. Damn keyboard/fingers.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 09, 2024 05:26 AM (ynpvh)

54
Sorry to see that Jim, how old was he?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 09, 2024 05:28 AM (RKVpM)

55 Condolences Jim.

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 05:30 AM (T4tVD)

56
Bumble has lost a third of its Texas workforce in the months since the state passed the controversial abortion SB 8 (Senate Bill , also known as the Texas Heartbeat Act, over a year ago. This new data point was shared by Bumble’s Interim General Counsel, Elizabeth Monteleone, speaking on a panel this afternoon at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas.

Spoken before the gathering of lackwits at SXSW. You are not leading off with your brightest, are you, Bumble?

If that is your name. What is it you'd say you do here?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 09, 2024 05:30 AM (xG4kz)

57 Condolences and Prayers for you and your family Jim.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 09, 2024 05:31 AM (yVmie)

58 55 Condolences Jim.

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 05:30 AM (T4tVD)

Been a rough year. I was with him and his kids and their families in the hospital when he passed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 09, 2024 05:31 AM (ynpvh)

59 May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 05:33 AM (RIvkX)

60 54
Sorry to see that Jim, how old was he?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 09, 2024 05:28 AM (RKVpM)

about 90. Had a heart attack Monday, just couldn't stabilize him, even after stents put in his worst coronary artery. Got the to point where they could give him no more medicines or his heart would give out, and they interfered with his pain meds, so we went palliative and cut off the non-pain, non-anxiety meds. He went relatively fast after that.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 09, 2024 05:34 AM (ynpvh)

61
There are a variety of laws in Texas that I think many people find incompatible with living a healthy life and being their authentic self,” added Monteleone,

I guess their authentic selves place disposing of one's conception products on par with blowing one's nose.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 09, 2024 05:35 AM (xG4kz)

62
Well 90 is a good run. My Dad almost made it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 09, 2024 05:36 AM (RKVpM)

63 well, I need some sleep. Was a very long day for me starting 20+ hours ago. I'm gonna try to get a few hours of sleep before morn.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 09, 2024 05:36 AM (ynpvh)

64
Prayers for you, your FiL, and his family, Jim.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 09, 2024 05:37 AM (xG4kz)

65 Evening and morning to all the research stations scattered across the Solar System! (Well, all except you guys out on Nereid. You know what you did, and if you don't *I'm* certainly not going to tell you.)

'Tis Saturday! About 63 F., going for less humid today and tomorrow; it might well be the last really good weekend as far as weather around here until November. (Which I don't plan to see from this zip code anyway.) I might work out this a.m., and/or go out to breakfast; and if the sun comes out and dries the streets, maybe wash the car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 05:43 AM (omVj0)

66 My condolences to you, Jim. This has been a rough year for you.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 05:44 AM (omVj0)

67 I'm very sorry for the terrible year you're having, jim. My thoughts and prayers are also with you. My Dad made it to his 91st birthday and then passed the very next day.

Posted by: Halfhand at March 09, 2024 05:44 AM (fRfT8)

68 There are a variety of laws in Texas that I think many people find incompatible with living a healthy life and being their authentic self,” added Monteleone,

Aborting babies is good cardio? These f'n people. They talk and say nothing. Just bumper sticker virtues.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 09, 2024 05:45 AM (W3T6M)

69 Condolences, Jim. It's been a rough time for you lately.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 09, 2024 05:46 AM (W3T6M)

70 Kittuh's report, Wolfus? You are staff after all.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 09, 2024 05:47 AM (W3T6M)

71 I took care of my lease issues yesterday without troubles. On the other hand, Miss Linda continues to be resolutely unenthusiastic about relocating. I've been considering Evansville, IN, for a while, and pointed out to her the large modern zoo there and listings for consignment stores, both of which are important to her.

Nor was she excited about any of the houses I've shown her on Realtor. There's one on sale right now that, if I were shown it by the agent, I would say right away, "Let's do it. What's the next step?" Her reaction: "Pretty."

I dunno what to do. But I'm going.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 05:50 AM (omVj0)

72 Kittuh's report, Wolfus? You are staff after all.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 09, 2024

***
I like to think of myself as a trusted manservant or family retainer! They're fine, though I can tell they're hungry. Usually I feed them every morning about this time. Big black Stirling tried to wake me at 1:30 this morning, and I discouraged him until I woke for real. Dagny the Silent Siberian is trotting between kitchen and living room, wondering where the chow is.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 05:53 AM (omVj0)

73 ...Her reaction: "Pretty."

I dunno what to do. But I'm going.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 05:50 AM (omVj0)
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I made Mrs. F. move once. She was willing but ultimately hated not being in San Francisco.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 05:56 AM (RIvkX)

74 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 09, 2024 05:59 AM (dg+HA)

75 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Just beginning to get light here....so, no customers yet.

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 06:02 AM (T4tVD)

76
Talking about bird baths, I noticed that if I put bird seed in the bird bath under about an inch of water the birds find it and are happy to peck away at it, but the squirrels leave it alone.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 09, 2024 06:03 AM (RKVpM)

77 I made Mrs. F. move once. She was willing but ultimately hated not being in San Francisco.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024

***
That's my problem. She is stuck to this dump like moss on a tree. She must be able to see all the problems it has, and yet . . . I've made it clear I don't want to do this without her. But I've also said, "I've got the funds and the freedom to flee, something I've wanted for twenty years; and I'm going."

She'd have to sell her condo. And I don't know if anyone would buy even a nice a place in a complex that may soon be sold and may even be torn down.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 06:05 AM (omVj0)

78 Talking about bird baths, I noticed that if I put bird seed in the bird bath under about an inch of water the birds find it and are happy to peck away at it, but the squirrels leave it alone.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 09, 2024 06:03 AM (RKVpM)

Huh !

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 06:08 AM (T4tVD)

79 JT we are planning to install a birdbath in our yard. Any advice to avoid rookie mistakes?

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

80 Talking about bird baths, I noticed that if I put bird seed in the bird bath under about an inch of water the birds find it and are happy to peck away at it, but the squirrels leave it alone.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Huh !
Posted by: JT

The squirrels don't do sprouts.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 09, 2024 06:10 AM (yVmie)

81 Big piece done, it's a start

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 06:12 AM (y0PB5)

82 The squirrels don't do sprouts.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

In my experience the birds will eat ANYTHING !
Except lettuce.
(Picture 2 birds talking..."What's THIS ? LETTUCE ? This guy must think we're FAT !"

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 06:14 AM (T4tVD)

83 Jim my condolences, nothing but bad news piling on for you

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 06:14 AM (y0PB5)

84 Have a good one and stay safe Skip !

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 06:15 AM (T4tVD)

85 JT we are planning to install a birdbath in our yard. Any advice to avoid rookie mistakes?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

You're asking the wrong guy. Mebbe Google birdbath questions.

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 06:18 AM (T4tVD)

86 ZOD IMPERIAL.

Posted by: ZOD at March 09, 2024 06:19 AM (5HQE5)

87
If you have large dogs in the neighborhood running free they'll put their paws up on the bird bath to get a drink and knock it over. If bird bath is over hard surface like cement it will probably break.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 09, 2024 06:25 AM (RKVpM)

88 JT we are planning to install a birdbath in our yard. Any advice to avoid rookie mistakes?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I take a run at this one.
Don't put the birdbath close to any platform cats can use to stage a bird assault. The cat will sit and wait for a bird to land in a particular spot and pounce, albeit up, down, or sideways.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 09, 2024 06:25 AM (yVmie)

89 It's important to have a place for us to store our hockey equipment.

Posted by: Woodstock at March 09, 2024 06:29 AM (dg+HA)

90 Powerline Week In Pictures:

https://is.gd/qp2VwJ

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 09, 2024 06:32 AM (PiwSw)

91 >>87 If you have large dogs in the neighborhood running free they'll put their paws up on the bird bath to get a drink and knock it over. If bird bath is over hard surface like cement it will probably break.

If you have large drunks in the neighborhood running free they'll put their faces in the bird bath to get a drink and will knock it over. If the bird bath is over a hard surface like cement they will fall and crack their skulls open and walk away laughing with blood streaming down their face and you willl photograph this and share it with us via a tiny url.

Posted by: ZOD at March 09, 2024 06:32 AM (5HQE5)

92 Long ago came to the conclusion some people should not be allowed to do things

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 06:36 AM (y0PB5)

93
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 09, 2024 06:40 AM (kQ2Qm)

94 Talking of catching fire, happening on Kauai: Big Fire at a green energy plant just outside of Lihue, per county. No road closures at this time. ⁦

https://tinyurl.com/593vtzc6

Posted by: Ciampino - Update #151 at March 09, 2024 06:44 AM (qfLjt)

95 My condolences to you and your family Jim. I’m hoping for better days ahead for you.

Posted by: Moonbeam at March 09, 2024 06:46 AM (rbKZ6)

96 I made my birdbath from the bracket that held the bottom of a washing machine. It had a YUGE hole in the center which I closed with several flat washers.

I bolted it to a metal fencepost in the corner of my yard.

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 06:49 AM (T4tVD)

97 Bumble fumbles running its one night stand app - blames Republicans. Because you don't replace the ENTIRE C-suite and lay-off 1/3 of the workforce when they're doing such a great job. It's those darn conservatives.

Posted by: Java Joe at March 09, 2024 06:50 AM (WaLgG)

98 Long ago came to the conclusion some people should not be allowed to do things
Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 06:36 AM (y0PB5)

Me too.

Some of those people were my supervisors.

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 06:53 AM (T4tVD)

99 "Something to offer" A widower from Oklahoma reflects on a a passage from 1st Corinthians, learning to cook and his Christian faith:

https://tinyurl.com/4deb62x5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 09, 2024 06:54 AM (ThSoW)

100 Thank you!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 06:58 AM (RIvkX)

101 Starving kittens dumped at tram stop in box

https://tinyurl.com/3ejeyjan

Posted by: Ciampino - Update #152 at March 09, 2024 07:00 AM (qfLjt)

102 IHOP and Applebee's May Join Forces to Open 'Co-Branded' Restaurants.
In the olden days, when I could still afford to eat out for special occasions, birthdays, anniversaries and the like, our Applebee's was great. And we don't have an IHOP so that would be good.

https://tinyurl.com/yu3nh7vk

Posted by: Ciampino - Update #153 at March 09, 2024 07:04 AM (qfLjt)

103 " The Simple Life"

A reflection on a passage from the Book of Proverbs by the rabbi's daughter at IFCJ:

https://www.ifcj.org/learn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 09, 2024 07:04 AM (ThSoW)

104 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 09, 2024 07:04 AM (ju2Fy)

105 Happy Saturday

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 09, 2024 07:05 AM (ENQN6)

106 I view this as a net positive for TX:

“We — since SB 8 — have seen a reduction in our Texas workforce by about a third. Those employees are choosing to move elsewhere,” she told the audience at the event. “There are a variety of laws in Texas that I think many people find incompatible with living a healthy life and being their authentic self,” added Monteleone, suggesting that not all the departures may be tied directly to this specific piece of legislation, but possibly to several other Texas laws or proposed laws that don’t sit well with Bumble’s employees.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 09, 2024 07:05 AM (s5ZnM)

107 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 09, 2024 07:07 AM (DeFcY)

108 Morning peeps

Man, it sure has been gloomy here this week. Another overcast day filled with drizzle and fog.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 09, 2024 07:09 AM (Q4IgG)

109 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2024 07:09 AM (pVWRI)

110 Basketball player Shaquille O'Neal helps out struggling kid:

https://tinyurl.com/y469vyds

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 09, 2024 07:10 AM (ThSoW)

111 Wow, imagine if our otherwise corrupt Congress here in the US actually came down on Google etc al with billions in fines for both anti-competitive and politically biased practices. EU sure seems to have Apple similarly by their .. apples. But, after all, Jim Jordan has campaign coffers that need filling by Google, FB, Apple so it's a worthwhile tradeoff.

Posted by: Son of Dad at March 09, 2024 07:11 AM (8JB5s)

112 Hiya Cap'n Grampa !

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 07:11 AM (T4tVD)

113 13 Good morning morons

4 hours sleep. Pathetic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 04:18 AM (RIvkX)

GM: could you need a CPAP?

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at March 09, 2024 07:12 AM (5wSwv)

114 mornin yall. More leftys should drive Tesla submarines.

Posted by: fd at March 09, 2024 07:17 AM (vFG9F)

115 Back from my workout. I was thinking of driving out for breakfast to a grill I haven't visited in some years that opens early. But their website doesn't list any prices for their menu items. No go.

Maybe I'll go to my nearby favorite place, or even better, save $$ and eat at home!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 07:21 AM (omVj0)

116 "Dating" apps... REEK of desperation

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:11 AM

I guess you're someone who's been in a stable relationship for decades and can't imagine what it's like for an introvert mostly homebody to try to find romance. Maybe that's what you mean by desperation. C'est la vie.

I used Bumble for a while. While it fewer scammers and pros than some others, Bumble's claim to fame was that the woman had to make the initial contact and, well, most of the women weren't clear on that point.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 09, 2024 07:21 AM (iZEhM)

117 13 Good morning morons

4 hours sleep. Pathetic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 04:18 AM (RIvkX)

GM: could you need a CPAP?
Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at March 09, 2024 07:12 AM (5wSwv)

Or a CRAP ? aka an El Poopador ?

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 07:22 AM (T4tVD)

118 Joe Mannix must be consulting on the Powerline Week In Pictures. Todays closing girl picture is a keeper.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 09, 2024 07:28 AM (7RUmD)

119 Tomorrow i will no longer be getting up at 4:30. It'll be 5:30 and much better.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 09, 2024 07:29 AM (7RUmD)

120 Prayers ascend for Jim and his in-laws.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not Kill at March 09, 2024 07:30 AM (gxokI)

121 Good Morning Morons and today is my birthday 73 years

Posted by: vic at March 09, 2024 07:31 AM (A5THL)

122 Or a CRAP ? aka an El Poopador ?
Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 07:22 AM (T4tVD)
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That's a country I would not visit.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 09, 2024 07:32 AM (DeFcY)

123
happy birthday, Vic

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 09, 2024 07:32 AM (kQ2Qm)

124 JT that's what I am talking about
Can be snack time after get these 2 locks on

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 07:32 AM (y0PB5)

125
Good Morning Morons and today is my birthday 73 years

Posted by: vic at March 09, 2024 07:31 AM

Birthday greetings, vic.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 09, 2024 07:34 AM (RKVpM)

126 HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIC !

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 07:34 AM (T4tVD)

127 G'morning, all.

Prayers for Jim and his family for the loss of his FiL, early this morning.
( I believe Jim has signed off for now to try to get some sleep)

And....Happy Birthday, Vic!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 07:35 AM (a1415)

128 Vic, Happy Birthday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nm37gzDnk0

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 09, 2024 07:36 AM (DeFcY)

129 Heavy rain forecast for all day today.

That should help to wash some of the tree jizz off of everything.

At least another two weeks of clouds of yellow pollen blowing across the highways every time the wind blows.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 07:38 AM (a1415)

130 Billionaires in America are worth a collective $5.2 trillion dollars. Which means Biden could confiscate every single penny from them, and it wouldn't even cover a fiscal year. The US spent $6.3 trillion in FY2023.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 09, 2024 07:38 AM (ENQN6)

131 Cast iron is heating up.
Eggs & bacon.
Coffee with little Fireball.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 09, 2024 07:38 AM (dg+HA)

132 Byeeee.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 09, 2024 07:40 AM (DeFcY)

133 Happy Birthday, Vic 🎂

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 09, 2024 07:40 AM (Q4IgG)

134 Mornin' Horde. I have an appointment with the tax people today.

In other totally unrelated news I also plan to go to the range today.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 09, 2024 07:40 AM (1eY81)

135 Happy birthday, young man!
I hope you have a wonderful day, Vic.

Posted by: old chick at March 09, 2024 07:40 AM (sOete)

136 Vic and JJS have the same birthday!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 09, 2024 07:41 AM (PiwSw)

137 Happy birthday Vic!

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 09, 2024 07:41 AM (1eY81)

138 "n other totally unrelated news I also plan to go to the range today."

Indoors?

Or are you not getting this monsoon that we are having down here?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 07:42 AM (a1415)

139 Happy Birthday, Vic!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 09, 2024 07:42 AM (sAmhv)

140 "Vic and JJS have the same birthday!"

That happens more often than one would think, around here.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 07:43 AM (a1415)

141 VIA, indoors, yes. I don't think we're going to have rain all day today as forecast, but still way too soggy to do anything outside. Trail running is right out.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 09, 2024 07:44 AM (1eY81)

142 Fuchs has never talked publicly about her taping of the phone call; she learned, after the fact, that Florida where she was at the time is one of fifteen states that requires two-party consent for the taping of phone calls.
But when she was called before a Fulton County special grand jury convened by Fani Willis, she was granted immunity and confirmed the taping, according to three sources with direct knowledge of her testimony.

In GA not FLA!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 09, 2024 07:44 AM (ENQN6)

143 JJ's birthday too? Fine, quality people were born in March. Some exceptions of course: My birthday is tomorrow.

I'll be double nickel.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 09, 2024 07:45 AM (sAmhv)

144 Just a random thought as I am going through SOTU commentary and clips --

Anybody else remember Castro and his marathon rants?

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 09, 2024 07:45 AM (MIKMs)

145 "Vic and JJS have the same birthday!"

That happens more often than one would think, around here.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 07:43 AM (a1415)

It's downright uncanny, that.

Mornin' folks!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 09, 2024 07:46 AM (4I/2K)

146 Happy birthday Puddleglum!

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 09, 2024 07:47 AM (1eY81)

147 "Anybody else remember Castro and his marathon rants?"

I believe that Canada has time limits in place for political leaders making speeches.

Oh, wait.....

THAT Casto.

Never-mind

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 07:47 AM (a1415)

148 Another young man! Happy birthday eve, Puddleglum!

Posted by: old chick at March 09, 2024 07:48 AM (sOete)

149 Just a random thought as I am going through SOTU commentary and clips --

Anybody else remember Castro and his marathon rants?
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 09, 2024 07:45 AM (MIKMs)
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FJB could barely last an hour. I doubt he has the energy or stamina to match Castro...Didn't he go on television for several hours a day or something?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 09, 2024 07:49 AM (BpYfr)

150 posta be warmer and suny tidday

Posted by: Don Black at March 09, 2024 07:50 AM (oCjPU)

151 Was Joe proposing a 25% annual wealth tax on billionaires? Or was he proposing a cut to the top marginal rate down to 25%? I don't understand what he was getting at. But at any rate... $4-500B over 10 years ain't shit.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 09, 2024 07:51 AM (s5ZnM)

152 Oddly enough, the President that compares the murder rate of legal immigrants to illegal immigrant refuses to compare the murder rate with blunt instruments, including hammers to the murder rate using Modern Sporting Rifles.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 07:52 AM (a1415)

153 Pravda and Izvestia were amateurs:

https://is.gd/11XEtY

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 09, 2024 07:53 AM (PiwSw)

154
Biden called illegals illegal. That is all.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 09, 2024 07:53 AM (RKVpM)

155 "Dating" apps... REEK of desperation

Posted by: JQ at March 09, 2024 04:11 AM

I guess you're someone who's been in a stable relationship for decades and can't imagine what it's like for an introvert mostly homebody to try to find romance. Maybe that's what you mean by desperation. C'est la vie.

I used Bumble for a while. While it fewer scammers and pros than some others, Bumble's claim to fame was that the woman had to make the initial contact and, well, most of the women weren't clear on that point.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 09, 2024 07:21 AM (iZEhM)

Heh. They probably need some man-splaining.

My last foray into dating apps brought home the idea that a fortress of solitude is preferable over meeting the delusional requirements so very many women of a certain age do emphatically state in their profiles.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 09, 2024 07:55 AM (4I/2K)

156 Last dating app I used was AOL

Posted by: Don Black at March 09, 2024 07:56 AM (oCjPU)

157 The US spent $6.3 trillion in FY2023.
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 09, 2024 07:38 AM (ENQN6)

6.3 trillion. And what did all that money buy?

A nation of layabouts led by an octogenarian brain dead fool.

America, Land Of The Broke and Home Of The Freebie.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 09, 2024 07:58 AM (R/m4+)

158 "Biden called illegals illegal. That is all."

And the Left was outraged, not at the fact that a young woman was brutally murdered by someone in the country illegally, where prior contact could have allowed for his removal and deportation.

No....they were outraged that Dumb-ass referred to him by the more accurate term of 'Illegal'.

Yeh, that frosted their asses right there, more than anything that this person did to her.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 07:58 AM (a1415)

159 Biden called illegals illegal. That is all.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Which is proof that it is all bullshit. Everyone knows exactly what it is.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 09, 2024 07:58 AM (s5ZnM)

160 Decided on breakfast at home: a scrambled seasoned egg and a green chili burrito with cheddar and chili powder on top. Pretty much what I have for breakfast 3-4 times a week, but it's never not good.

Might go out to Aldi today. And I have a new Shell gas card; time to test it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 07:59 AM (omVj0)

161 Biden said he told Netanyahu they needed to have a come to Jesus meeting. Put aside for a minute that it's probably a lie (He can't help himself; he's a liar and a faux tough guy). Biden told a Jew that they needed to have a come to Jesus meeting.
He's so stupid that he doesn't even know how stupid he is.

Posted by: Wally at March 09, 2024 08:00 AM (dxp4v)

162 Homeless asylum seekers are moving into new apartments meant (initially) just for this population. The legislature approved enough funding for two years of rent. However, once people are able to work, they need to put 30% of their income to rent.

I said this the other day. Suburban area will be where they move illegals. Using state or county moneys to build apartments in suburb and then use fed money to house illegals. Also look for illegal that claim asylum to get green card and be DECLARED a protected class of worker that governments must give first priorities.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 09, 2024 08:02 AM (ENQN6)

163 Last dating app I used was AOL
Posted by: Don Black at March 09, 2024

***
Remember when Yahoo! has personal ads? And, if you lived in a city, the local free "arts & entertainment" paper would occasionally sponsor singles mix events? And so did some local churches, dances and the like?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 08:03 AM (omVj0)

164 I'm not too sure that labeling an 81 year old's speech as 'Fiery' plays well with anyone who has had to care for a dementia suffering elderly family member.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:03 AM (a1415)

165 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 07:59 AM (omVj0

You live on the edge, don't you?

Posted by: dantesed at March 09, 2024 08:04 AM (xJqeY)

166 Yeh, that frosted their asses right there, more than anything that this person did to her.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 07:58 AM (a1415)

Dems do not care if dead young women are stacked like cord wood as they want 20 million Big Govt dependent voters.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 09, 2024 08:04 AM (ENQN6)

167 "I said this the other day. Suburban area will be where they move illegals. Using state or county moneys to build apartments in suburb and then use fed money to house illegals. Also look for illegal that claim asylum to get green card and be DECLARED a protected class of worker that governments must give first priorities. "

Beginning to see that in the counties surrounding Baltimore city.

Well, except for the two hotels that Baltimore is buying, to house the homeless.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:05 AM (a1415)

168
I'm not too sure that labeling an 81 year old's speech as 'Fiery' plays well with anyone who has had to care for a dementia suffering elderly family member.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:03 AM

Start getting 'fiery' in an assisted living facility and they escort you out the door for good.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 09, 2024 08:07 AM (RKVpM)

169 "Dems do not care if dead young women are stacked like cord wood as they want 20 million Big Govt dependent voters."

I would challenge any Democratic leader to argue against your statement.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:07 AM (a1415)

170 GM: could you need a CPAP?
Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at March 09, 2024 07:12 AM (5wSwv)
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LOVE my CPAP

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

171 Mazel tov vic on your 273rd birthday!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 08:10 AM (RIvkX)

172 You live on the edge, don't you?
Posted by: dantesed at March 09, 2024

***
Considering the chances I take just driving in this town, kind of, yeah.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 08:10 AM (omVj0)

173 That Powerline Pictures thing, thank you for the early morning laughs. I loved the sammich plans (last picture)

Posted by: Ciampino - Update #154 at March 09, 2024 08:11 AM (qfLjt)

174 > "I said this the other day. Suburban area will be where they move illegals. Using state or county moneys to build apartments in suburb and then use fed money to house illegals. Also look for illegal that claim asylum to get green card and be DECLARED a protected class of worker that governments must give first priorities. "

Beginning to see that in the counties surrounding Baltimore city.

Well, except for the two hotels that Baltimore is buying, to house the homeless.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
______________

We are seeing a HUGE number of apartments going around here... south of Louisville, KY. Big, multi-building complexes that can house thousands. I suspect we'll be experiencing some "cultural enrichment" soon.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 09, 2024 08:13 AM (Q4IgG)

175 In the latest move to increase the amount of money that the state can take from residents, Maryland is considering taxing funeral costs previously untaxed.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:14 AM (a1415)

176 I've been reading, lurking, and posting here for about 5 years, but have avoided the Sunday Book Thread because of the onerous pants regulation. Do flannel pajama pants qualify? They seem to be fine for some people shopping in Food Lion, Wally World, and the like.

Posted by: Trying To Fit In at March 09, 2024 08:14 AM (V5BDR)

177 "Do flannel pajama pants qualify? They seem to be fine for some people shopping in Food Lion, Wally World, and the like."

But of course they do.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:15 AM (a1415)

178 Declare the pennies on your eyes.

Posted by: Taxman at March 09, 2024 08:16 AM (SYTee)

179 Maryland is considering taxing funeral costs previously untaxed.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:14 AM (a1415)

Bring out your dead taxes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 09, 2024 08:16 AM (ENQN6)

180 I would love to see a federal law requiring that every identified and arrested suspect reported in the media have their citizenship or immigration status listed in the first two sentences of the news article.

I don't care if the suspects name is George Washington, or their immutable physical characteristics lean toward European features.

Every one of them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:18 AM (a1415)

181 BREAKING: In 2020, Congress passed a law ordering @POTUS to finish President Trump’s border wall.

We just obtained a court order blocking him from illegally using your tax dollars on pet projects while the border remains open.

Biden must use the funds to finish the border wall.

AGs of Texas and MO.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 09, 2024 08:19 AM (ENQN6)

182 175 In the latest move to increase the amount of money that the state can take from residents, Maryland is considering taxing funeral costs previously untaxed.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:14 AM (a1415)

I propose property tax on the grave itself, so that the state's money lust can be sated in perpetuity. Shouldn't be able to escape the clutches of politicians just by expiring.

Posted by: Capitol Capers at March 09, 2024 08:20 AM (V5BDR)

183 "Do flannel pajama pants qualify? They seem to be fine for some people shopping in Food Lion, Wally World, and the like."

But of course they do.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:15 AM (a1415)
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If they're good enough for Safeway or riding Muni they're good enough for the perfesser.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

184 Maryland is considering taxing funeral costs previously untaxed.

If I remember correctly you can not add a sales tax on a service (for example a doctors or mechanics labor), you can only tax a product such as a casket.

Chitcago tried the Dr. tax years ago and it was declared illegal and had to refund all the money collected.

Posted by: Cicero skip at March 09, 2024 08:21 AM (4ezYQ)

185 The Trump "Deep State" ad could use less kinetic production effects and pounding music. The original Paul Harvey version was effective because it was so spare.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 09, 2024 08:21 AM (tf4XU)

186 "Bring out your dead taxes."

Lets see... the cart has annual registration fees.

We can implement a milage tax as well.

Cart driver now gets a $15.00 starting minimum wage.

And on it goes.

And clean air tax if we cremate them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:22 AM (a1415)

187 thehill.com/opinion/4517470-dei-killed-the-chips-act/

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at March 09, 2024 08:22 AM (/QIWP)

188 Have yourself recycled into Soylent green to avoid the dirt tax.

Posted by: fd at March 09, 2024 08:23 AM (vFG9F)

189 "Biden must use the funds to finish the border wall. "

So they believe in the rule of law.

How quaint.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:24 AM (a1415)

190
There are some funny videos set to clown music of Speaker Johnson rolling his eyes throughout Joementia's speech.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 09, 2024 08:24 AM (RKVpM)

191 Imma whine up some blueberry pancakes for breakfast.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

192 "I propose property tax on the grave itself, so that the state's money lust can be sated in perpetuity. Shouldn't be able to escape the clutches of politicians just by expiring."

And a little annual tax sticker to put on the lower right corner of the headstone every year.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:25 AM (a1415)

193 There are some funny videos set to clown music of Speaker Johnson rolling his eyes throughout Joementia's speech.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 09, 2024 08:24 AM (RKVpM)

I see he didn't tear it to shreds. Interesting if he had, as a stunt, just to elicit the expected hypocritical outrage and throw it in their faces.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 09, 2024 08:26 AM (tf4XU)

194 161 Biden said he told Netanyahu they needed to have a come to Jesus meeting. Put aside for a minute that it's probably a lie (He can't help himself; he's a liar and a faux tough guy). Biden told a Jew that they needed to have a come to Jesus meeting.
He's so stupid that he doesn't even know how stupid he is.
Posted by: Wally at March 09, 2024 08:00 AM (dxp4v)

I'll bet that was a carefully planned line by his propagandists, a way of giving the "come to Jesus meeting" line to lefties to use and thus dimimish or confuse it's meaning and use by actual Christians. Yes, Biden is a criminal and a stupid, angry old man, but his handlers know their business.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at March 09, 2024 08:26 AM (QN7a1)

195 129 Heavy rain forecast for all day today.

That should help to wash some of the tree jizz off of everything.

At least another two weeks of clouds of yellow pollen blowing across the highways every time the wind blows.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 07:38 AM (a1415)

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Why are trees white at Rend Lake?

https://tinyurl.com/529fdune

Posted by: Ciampino - Update #155 at March 09, 2024 08:27 AM (qfLjt)

196 @162

>>I said this the other day. Suburban area will be where they move illegals.

Well, The Junta is letting in anywhere from a Wyoming at the low end and a Delaware at the high end worth of illegal immigrants into the country every three months or so, they gotta do something with them.

There is going to be a point where we go over that edge, and the point is going to be soon.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 09, 2024 08:27 AM (XV/Pl)

197 Is Google not able to buy enough politicians in the EU to avoid these hassles? They don't seem to have that problem here and I find it hard to believe that the euros are less corrupt than our band of criminals.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 09, 2024 08:28 AM (aD39U)

198 "Why are trees white at Rend Lake? "

Gives me an idea for a method for a method of imposing a legal death sentence.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:29 AM (a1415)

199 @192

>>And a little annual tax sticker to put on the lower right corner of the headstone every year.

And it should be means tested and graduated, rich people should pay more for their plots, and while we're at it, throw a carbon offset tax, fat people pay more as they have more carbon to offset. Also, POCs should pay less or have their plots subsidized.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 09, 2024 08:30 AM (XV/Pl)

200 "And it should be means tested and graduated, rich people should pay more for their plots, and while we're at it, throw a carbon offset tax, fat people pay more as they have more carbon to offset. Also, POCs should pay less or have their plots subsidized. "

But any person murdered by an Illegal should get a tax offset.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:32 AM (a1415)

201 176 I've been reading, lurking, and posting here for about 5 years, but have avoided the Sunday Book Thread because of the onerous pants regulation. Do flannel pajama pants qualify? They seem to be fine for some people shopping in Food Lion, Wally World, and the like.

Posted by: Trying To Fit In at March 09, 2024 08:14 AM (V5BDR)
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Yes but you can't wear them a la gangsta, with the waist below the buttockial area.

Posted by: Ciampino - No ass cracks please #155 at March 09, 2024 08:33 AM (qfLjt)

202 I think the illegals are going to start getting involved in politics soon, if they're not already. I don't mean voting, I mean running for office. I expect many of our current politicians to be run out of their offices by these "newcomers." It's a natural extension of their invasion... take over government.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 09, 2024 08:34 AM (Q4IgG)

203 176 I've been reading, lurking, and posting here for about 5 years, but have avoided the Sunday Book Thread because of the onerous pants regulation. Do flannel pajama pants qualify? They seem to be fine for some people shopping in Food Lion, Wally World, and the like.

Posted by: Trying To Fit In at March 09, 2024 08:14 AM (V5BDR)
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Yes but you can't wear them a la gangsta, with the waist below the buttockial area.
Posted by: Ciampino - No ass cracks please #155 at March 09, 2024 08:33 AM (qfLjt)

I don't think Al Capone wore his that way.

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 08:35 AM (T4tVD)

204 "I don't mean voting, I mean running for office. I expect many of our current politicians to be run out of their offices by these "newcomers." It's a natural extension of their invasion... take over government."

I believe there have been changes to some local election laws to allow for exactly that.

Hard to be a colonizer without a colonial form of government.

https://tinyurl.com/y246n2yc

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 08:37 AM (a1415)

205 @202

>>take over government.

This is going to have to happen, it's the natural result of bringing in 16M people in a very short period of time.

People is power, and 16M people can wield a lot of power, that's over a third of the black population of the US alone, and you can see how much power they wield.

They next decade is going to make the maxim, May You Live In Interesting Times, seem quaint.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 09, 2024 08:38 AM (XV/Pl)

206 There is java.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 09, 2024 08:40 AM (dg+HA)

207 It will be amusing to see some of the politicians who've rallied behind the illegals run out of office. I suspect they'll put up a fight...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 09, 2024 08:40 AM (Q4IgG)

208
Not many realize this but the eponymous first album by Buttockial Area was considered a commercial success.

Posted by: Cliff Clavin at March 09, 2024 08:42 AM (RKVpM)

209 They don't seem to have that problem here and I find it hard to believe that the euros are less corrupt than our band of criminals.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 09, 2024 08:28 AM (aD39U)

Ours are cheaper to buy though. Still hard to believe that, when flush with John's life insurance, I could have just *bought* Blunt and the local R representative instead of offering my family to be used for campaign material as an example of how ObamaCare hurt regular people (which they didn't take me up on).

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 09, 2024 08:43 AM (XjtdB)

210 208
Not many realize this but the eponymous first album by Buttockial Area was considered a commercial success.

Posted by: Cliff Clavin at March 09, 2024 08:42 AM (RKVpM)
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They only played wind instruments, if I'm not mistaken .......

Posted by: Ciampino - Nates nates, nothing but nates at March 09, 2024 08:52 AM (qfLjt)

211 "They only played wind instruments, if I'm not mistaken ......."

Guy in the front row played the Water Organ, I believe.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 09:02 AM (a1415)

212 Noodus caffeiniana

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 09:26 AM (omVj0)

213 I've used Bumble. Its fundamental flaw is its selling point: Women initiate contact.

Um, women don't like to do that, by and large.

So, Bumble attracts a few stronk women who think they want a man to take the back seat in the relationship.

When they find a man who's willing to do that, they slowly begin to hate him for never taking the initiative.

Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at March 09, 2024 10:13 AM (ZgT0x)

214 43 Rand Paul talks about Fauci and the Covid cover up.: “I’ve been married 33 years as of last week and I get home and I think you know, when I knock on the door my wife lets me in. I think she’ll have my slippers, maybe a hug and a kiss, maybe a martini and you know what I usually get when I get home. I open the door and you know what she says to me, how come...

https://t.ly/jYa29
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 09, 2024 05:14 AM (RKVpM)

LOL he's a good man.

Posted by: m at March 09, 2024 11:31 AM (o3SCB)

215 129 tree jizz
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2024 07:38 AM (a1415)

!!!

Posted by: m at March 09, 2024 11:54 AM (o3SCB)

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