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Tuesday Overnight Open Thread (3/12/24)
Quote I “Today, I am announcing that I will depart Congress at the end of next week. I look forward to staying involved in our political process, as well as spending more time in Colorado with my family.” Rep. Ken Buck (RINO-CO
Quote II "And I’m so proud of all the women in the outdoors now who are making that more cool or popular. So proud of us, I think we’re doing great." Hannah Barron
Quote III “Congressman, I have no such aspirations, I can assure you. And I can tell you that partisan politics had no such part what-so-ever in my work. It had no place in the investigative steps that I took. It had no place in the decision that I made. And it had no place in a single word of my report,” Special counsel Robert Hur
Quote IV "A lot of times, a jury will nullify the law while thinking they followed it.... At the end of the day, the jury has to decide: Is this guy a criminal, or is he a good neighbor? I could see the jury saying, 'This guy is a good neighbor.' Clay Conrad, a partner at Looney, Smith & Conrad
NSFW-LANGUAGE ALERT
No shit hole here. I'm hoping a seasoned political veteran such as Steven Colbert takes a leave of absence to assist.
Haiti’s leader to resign as gangs run rampant through country engulfed in crisis
Do you remember that Paris Climate treaty? I'm not the only one who has forgotten.
No big North Sea fossil fuel country has plan to stop drilling in time for 1.5C goalNo word if John F-ing Kerry will fly over on his private jet to wag his cowardly finger at the guilty drilling parties.
UK, Germany, Netherlands, Norway and Denmark have failed to align oil and gas policies with Paris pledges, say campaigners
Hate crime? Perhaps. But if you are going to run with the big dogs you better learn how to lift your leg, especially in this situation.
Cops: Man Beat Victim After Trans Discovery
Defendant thought his wrestling opponent "was a girl," police say
MARCH 11--A violent assault this morning occurred after an Iowa man--thinking that he was horsing around with a girl--learned that the individual was “a transgender person,” according to cops who say the victim was left covered in blood and required hospital treatment. Investigators say that after Justin Farrior Lewis, 35, spent time last night at an American Legion hall in an Iowa City suburb, he invited people he met there to his home. Based on Facebook postings, Lewis (seen above) appears to be a U.S. Army veteran. While inside the residence, Lewis “engaged in a physical wrestling match” with an opponent “the defendant thought...was a girl,” according to criminal complaints which detail the 2:30 AM incident.
The Boss covered this topic the other day. Here is Mark Dice's take.
On this day: March 12, 1971 - The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band played the first of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York. Both shows were recorded and released as The Allman Brothers live double album, which became the groups breakthrough album. Thisdayinmusic.com
Born on this day: March 12,1940 - Al Jarreau
American singer and musician Al Jarreau. He received a total of seven Grammy Awards and Jarreau is best known for his 1981 album Breakin' Away. He also sang the theme song of the late-1980s television series Moonlighting. He died of respiratory failure on February 12, 2017 at the age of 76, just two days after announcing his retirement. Thisdayinmusic.com
STANDISH, MI — Inmates trying to break out of prison is nothing new. Breaking into a former maximum security facility though? That’s something law enforcement in Arenac County had to contend with over the weekend.
Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.
Police Officers Save Choking 4-Year-Old Using A Special Device Today's good news story comes from Austin, Texas. Two police officers are being lauded as heroes for their prompt response that saved a 4-year-old boy from a life-threatening situation.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at March 12, 2024 10:01 PM (GIu0F)
Starlink Group 6-44 - LC-39A - KSC
SpaceX targets March 13 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Scheduled for Mar 13, 2024
Lift-Off is scheduled for 7:29 p.m. EDT ,
23:29 UTC (00:29 CET, March 14).
Backup opportunities are available til 11:59 p.m. EDT.
Following stage separation, the first stage will land on an autonomous drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
https://tinyurl.com/4zh6vzj3
Posted by: Ciampino - Not laughing. You must be laughtose intolerant? at March 12, 2024 10:02 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at March 12, 2024 10:02 PM (GIu0F)
Posted by: From about that Time at March 12, 2024 10:02 PM (4780s)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 12, 2024 10:02 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:02 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 12, 2024 10:03 PM (QGaXH)
'evening
Posted by: Braenyard at March 12, 2024 10:03 PM (+w6RN)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 12, 2024 10:04 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at March 12, 2024 10:04 PM (duT0u)
Nothing wrong with a strong woman.
Yo, Hannah; throw that fish back!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:05 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 12, 2024 10:04 PM (XV/Pl)
A Tesla won't.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 12, 2024 10:05 PM (QXQ4l)
Pay extra to get Smith or Conrad. Looney is nuts.
Posted by: mikeski at March 12, 2024 10:06 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at March 12, 2024 10:06 PM (GIu0F)
Nothing wrong with a strong woman.
Yo, Hannah; throw that fish back!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:05 PM (ynpvh)
The world needs moar Hannah Barrons.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 12, 2024 10:06 PM (QXQ4l)
>>A Tesla won't.
I bet the Land Cruiser could tow the Tesla across the lake.
It would be awesome if it was at night and the glow from the underwater chemical fire would illuminate the woods.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 12, 2024 10:07 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 12, 2024 10:07 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, My Two Cents at March 12, 2024 10:07 PM (MvA9C)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 12, 2024 10:08 PM (sAmhv)
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Geez! A whiff of cannibalism and everybody runs away!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 12, 2024 10:08 PM (FVME7)
>>A Tesla won't.
I bet the Land Cruiser could tow the Tesla across the lake.
It would be awesome if it was at night and the glow from the underwater chemical fire would illuminate the woods.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 12, 2024 10:07 PM (XV/Pl)
That be about as pretty as our ice going out today on the lake.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 12, 2024 10:08 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:09 PM (9yWhg)
Thanks MH
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at March 12, 2024 10:09 PM (OinN3)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
Morganna, The Kissing Bandit, also had some.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 12, 2024 10:09 PM (c+w3Q)
Posted by: Some Rat at March 12, 2024 10:09 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 12, 2024 10:10 PM (IG4Id)
Hey, jim (in Kalifornia). Hope you are doing as well as can be expected.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:09 PM (9yWhg)
Oh, complications, as always. Set date for FIL's funeral, trying to get arrangements all in place. Still having my moments over wife's passing.
Same old.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:10 PM (ynpvh)
Defendant thought his wrestling opponent "was a girl," police say
I warned y'all
Posted by: Tone Loc at March 12, 2024 10:11 PM (ibTVg)
My son and his wife have 4 children age 4 to 11. I sent them a LifeVac.
Posted by: Poor, But Proud at March 12, 2024 10:12 PM (V5BDR)
Defendant thought his wrestling opponent "was a girl," police say
I warned y'all
Posted by: Tone Loc
No shit.
Posted by: Ray Davies at March 12, 2024 10:12 PM (IG4Id)
Police Officers Save Choking 4-Year-Old Using A Special Device
Upon arrival at the scene, Officer Schroeder swiftly took charge of the situation, utilizing his personal anti-choking device, known as LifeVac. The device, acting like a plunger, proved instrumental in dislodging the obstructing candy and restoring the young boy's ability to breathe.
So those Saturday morning cartoons where Granny used the toilet plunger to get Tweety out of Sylvester's gullet..... that would have worked?
Posted by: mikeski at March 12, 2024 10:12 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Some Rat at March 12, 2024 10:13 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 12, 2024 10:04 PM (XV/Pl)
A Tesla won't.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 12, 2024 10:05 PM (QXQ4l)
We could ask Mitch McConnell's sister in law.
Well, could have last week, maybe.
Posted by: Methos at March 12, 2024 10:13 PM (Dnobf)
Posted by: Eromero at March 12, 2024 10:13 PM (NxC5+)
The old ways are best.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 12, 2024 10:14 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Methos at March 12, 2024 10:14 PM (Dnobf)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 12, 2024 10:14 PM (+w6RN)
She was in Texas; why wasn't she armed? Shoot the windas!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:14 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Equity Uber Alles at March 12, 2024 10:15 PM (V5BDR)
Starlink Group 6-44 - LC-39A - KSC
SpaceX targets March 13 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Scheduled for Mar 13, 2024
Lift-Off is scheduled for 7:29 p.m. EDT ,
23:29 UTC (00:29 CET, March 14).
Backup opportunities are available til 11:59 p.m. EDT.
Following stage separation, the first stage will land on an autonomous drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
https://tinyurl.com/4zh6vzj3
Posted by: Ciampino - Not laughing. You must be laughtose intolerant? at March 12, 2024 10:02 PM (qfLjt)
ALL BY GIRLS!!! WE NEED GIRLS IN STEM!!!
Posted by: Weather Girls virtue signaling in purple on March 14 at March 12, 2024 10:15 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Some Rat
Mariel Boat lift 2.0, Frere.
Posted by: Ray Davies at March 12, 2024 10:15 PM (IG4Id)
Posted by: Eromero
I should have used that excuse. As it turns out, I didn't need to! Sorry (not sorry) about your luck Mary Jo.
Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy - the Liar of the Senate at March 12, 2024 10:15 PM (c+w3Q)
You’ve had a lot of stuff to deal with lately. God be with you and your family.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:16 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: Eromero at March 12, 2024 10:13 PM (NxC5+)
On a long trip, the Google talking app (my kid had) was pissed off with my wife and kept hitting on me. When I told her to fk off, next thing you know it wants me to make a left turn where there is only cliff...in front of parked police cars.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:16 PM (ynpvh)
The "crack the whip" technique is effective but really hard on the patient.
Posted by: Some Rat at March 12, 2024 10:16 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 12, 2024 10:16 PM (63Dwl)
You’ve had a lot of stuff to deal with lately. God be with you and your family.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:16 PM (9yWhg)
Yup. Heart attack Monday (but we didn't know it), died early Saturday. Most of the immediate family was around him when he passed. I have to handle his legal affairs now.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:17 PM (ynpvh)
1. The Ukrainians conducted some raids across the border in the northeast, presumably for propaganda purposes and to pull Russian forces away from the current front lines. It did not go well for them.
2. In response to Macron's threats of sending troops into Ukraine, the French Army leaked reports which say the Ukrainians have already lost, and there isn't anything that can be done about it.
3. The Ukrainians continue to telegraph that they will try an amphibious assault at the mouth of the Dneiper River, perhaps in hopes that NATO will come to their rescue by occupying Odessa. See #2 above.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 12, 2024 10:18 PM (CUv7Y)
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I'm still trying to figure out how you're a billionaire, and an in-law of the US Senate Minority Leader and you
A) Have no security detail
B) Drive your own car
Posted by: Methos at March 12, 2024 10:18 PM (Dnobf)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 12, 2024 10:18 PM (0EOe9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
That sign is underwater. And written in fish.
Posted by: mikeski at March 12, 2024 10:18 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 12, 2024 10:16 PM (63Dwl)
Lakes are tricky; they sometimes want to expand their empire.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:18 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 10:18 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: huerfano at March 12, 2024 10:19 PM (qeiBW)
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I'm still trying to figure out how you're a billionaire, and an in-law of the US Senate Minority Leader and you
A) Have no security detail
B) Drive your own car
Posted by: Methos at March 12, 2024 10:18 PM (Dnobf)
She knew the truth about Hillary?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:19 PM (ynpvh)
Because you took the opportunity to cop a feel, or because you didn't?
I picked the peanut up from the floor across the room and gave it back. Still not grateful.
Posted by: huerfano
Some people.
Posted by: mikeski at March 12, 2024 10:20 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at March 12, 2024 10:20 PM (wpJDK)
Posted by: huerfano at March 12, 2024 10:19 PM (qeiBW)
Sometimes you wonder if you did the right thing...
"Hey, I'm taking out my cell phone to video this for EweToob!"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:20 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at March 12, 2024 10:20 PM (wpJDK)
Got his horns sawed off, eh?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:21 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 12, 2024 10:21 PM (ibTVg)
We could ask Mitch McConnell's sister in law.
Well, could have last week, maybe.
Posted by: Methos at March 12, 2024 10:13 PM (Dnobf)
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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 12, 2024 10:22 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: Zeera the ungoverened at March 12, 2024 10:22 PM (Z3n5G)
Posted by: Eromero at March 12, 2024 10:22 PM (NxC5+)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:22 PM (9yWhg)
And Biden plans to move half of Haiti to Florida, to "save the day"? Sure, why not?
Posted by: illiniwek at March 12, 2024 10:22 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Zeera the ungoverened at March 12, 2024 10:23 PM (Z3n5G)
Yay SpaceX!
Posted by: Zeera the ungoverened at March 12, 2024 10:22 PM (Z3n5G)
I saw your name and thought, "Planet of the Apes"? No, that's Zira. Sounds da same but spelt differn't.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:23 PM (ynpvh)
Seems.... "irregular" to me. Maybe McConnell could shed some light on it? Or not.
Either way... DGAF
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 12, 2024 10:24 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Eromero at March 12, 2024 10:22 PM (NxC5+)
Probably fit her entire arm in her mouth and out her gills.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:24 PM (ynpvh)
That would be only seven million people, and it would turn Florida blue, which of course is the whole point.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 12, 2024 10:24 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 12, 2024 10:24 PM (CUv7Y)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33"
Plus there is always the Air Biden option so they can avoid the lines at the border.
Posted by: Ripley at March 12, 2024 10:25 PM (PTDkx)
Posted by: Swallow My Pride at March 12, 2024 10:25 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:22 PM (9yWhg)
Thanks. Been a crappy year so far. Can't wait for November...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:25 PM (ynpvh)
Some people.
Posted by: mikeski at March 12, 2024 10:20 PM
I'm a heterosexual woman. I know what boobs feel like because I have them.
Posted by: huerfano at March 12, 2024 10:25 PM (qeiBW)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 12, 2024 10:24 PM (CUv7Y)
Deep down, they're kinda the same.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:25 PM (ynpvh)
@ChrisMurphyCT
A new study showing that 4 out of 5 Democratic candidates don't talk about billionaire and corporate power.
Democrats cannot win if we just talk about programs.
We need to tell a story - about how the concentration and wealth & power is ruining America.
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Commies gonna commie.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 12, 2024 10:26 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Unsynchronized at March 12, 2024 10:26 PM (aw2/Z)
The "crack the whip" technique is effective but really hard on the patient.
Posted by: Some Rat at March 12, 2024 10:16 PM (vJiyU)
You're too damn nice at times.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 12, 2024 10:26 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 12, 2024 10:24 PM (CUv7Y)
The Uni-Party GOP Establishment has a thousand ways to keep the graft flowing!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 12, 2024 10:27 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Swallow My Pride at March 12, 2024 10:25 PM (V5BDR)
French toast, too. That's because CBD doesn't use maple syrup on them.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:27 PM (ynpvh)
Some people.
Posted by: mikeski at March 12, 2024 10:20 PM
I'm a heterosexual woman. I know what boobs feel like because I have them.
Posted by: huerfano at March 12, 2024 10:25 PM (qeiBW)
In ways no man will ever know, I'm sure.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:28 PM (ynpvh)
...
I'm a heterosexual woman. I know what boobs feel like because I have them.
Posted by: huerfano at March 12, 2024 10:25 PM (qeiBW)
You go by huerfano instead of huerfana. Interesting.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:29 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:29 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Unsynchronized at March 12, 2024 10:29 PM (aw2/Z)
>>I lost count of how many GOP members have left the House. Is it tied between Ds and Rs now?
It's hysterical to think, as someone pointed out, that the GOP has put themselves into a position whereby if every member is not on the floor or present, the Donks could have a majority and have a snap vote, vacate the chair and install Jeffries as SOH, they could also ram through legislation, change rules.
If it all wasn't so scary it would be gut busting funny.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 12, 2024 10:29 PM (XV/Pl)
Attractive tomboys have been on the top of guy’s wish lists for a long time.
Posted by: polynikes at March 12, 2024 10:29 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: huerfano
Well, now, you're just cheating.
Posted by: Ray Davies at March 12, 2024 10:30 PM (IG4Id)
@ChrisMurphyCT
A new study showing that 4 out of 5 Democratic candidates don't talk about billionaire and corporate power.
Democrats cannot win if we just talk about programs.
We need to tell a story - about how the concentration and wealth & power is ruining America.
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Commies gonna commie.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
Dems don't talk about it because even a cursory look will show that the hands of billionaires and corporate power are way up the Dems asses.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 12, 2024 10:30 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 12, 2024 10:30 PM (0Htd1)
I wonder if all these 72 hour deodorant commercials aren't prepping us for water rationing and lack of first world hygiene practices.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2024 10:30 PM (wp4uL)
That would be only seven million people, and it would turn Florida blue, which of course is the whole point
diabolical. It's ridiculous. One party rule. It's their goal. And they'll stop at nothing to achieve it. Communism. Marxism. Stalinism. They are shameless
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at March 12, 2024 10:31 PM (duT0u)
Attractive tomboys have been on the top of guy’s wish lists for a long time.
Posted by: polynikes at March 12, 2024 10:29 PM (MNhXM)
Indeed. So many interests you can share.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:31 PM (ynpvh)
If they can hang on it will be a good thing. Getting rid of the fake conservatives is a good thing.
Posted by: polynikes at March 12, 2024 10:31 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 12, 2024 10:30 PM (0Htd1)
And in Kali today, that'd be a trip to jail for Mom and CPS involvement.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:31 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: No Tackle Required at March 12, 2024 10:32 PM (V5BDR)
I wonder if all these 72 hour deodorant commercials aren't prepping us for water rationing and lack of first world hygiene practices.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2024 10:30 PM (wp4uL)
Wait for Sonic Showers like on Star Trek? Oh, those wouldn't work without electricity...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:32 PM (ynpvh)
>>Anyone still think the Republicans are going to come riding to our rescue? Herd em all into the Capital building. Chain the doors shut and release the Kraken.
All the Donks have to do is concentrate on flipping the remaining seats in California and New York and the can take back control of the house.
While I can't predict exactly what the next decade is going to be, it more than likely is going to be akin to a Haitian Cannibal Warlord than a Shining City On A Hill.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 12, 2024 10:32 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: No Tackle Required at March 12, 2024 10:32 PM (V5BDR)
Well, I'm sure a large number of Morons here would rather canoodle with Hannah that noodle with Hannah.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:33 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:34 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come
Plus the Donks have declared war on the middle class.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 12, 2024 10:34 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 12, 2024 10:34 PM (TSQkU)
Oh, complications, as always. Set date for FIL's funeral, trying to get arrangements all in place. Still having my moments over wife's passing.
Same old.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:10 PM (ynpvh)
----
Commiserations Jim.
Posted by: Ciampino - It's the way t is. at March 12, 2024 10:34 PM (qfLjt)
>>Anyone still think the Republicans are going to come riding to our rescue? Herd em all into the Capital building. Chain the doors shut and release the Kraken.
All the Donks have to do is concentrate on flipping the remaining seats in California and New York and the can take back control of the house.
While I can't predict exactly what the next decade is going to be, it more than likely is going to be akin to a Haitian Cannibal Warlord than a Shining City On A Hill.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 12, 2024 10:32 PM (XV/Pl)
Do burning buildings and Teslas count?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:34 PM (ynpvh)
>>If they can hang on it will be a good thing. Getting rid of the fake conservatives is a good thing.
At this point, all hanging on means is that the ratchet turns slower.
The fact that the Donks just keep muscling along, with precious little stopping them is supremely demoralizing.
The fact that the GOP is an illegitimate political party and will not or cannot be dislodged or replaced is even more demoralizing.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 12, 2024 10:36 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:29 PM
And I wasn't an orphan when I started using this name. I used to get all my online nics and passwords from a gas well map of the San Juan Basin that was on the wall next to my desk. Thousands to choose from.
Posted by: huerfano at March 12, 2024 10:36 PM (qeiBW)
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They'll come riding to rescue their piece of the action.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 12, 2024 10:36 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:37 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 12, 2024 10:34 PM (FVME7)
FIFY
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 10:37 PM (8sMut)
Retiring slowly, one by one to throw the House to the Dems before the election certification in January.
It's an insurance policy in case Trump somehow wins.
Posted by: Last Days of the Republic at March 12, 2024 10:37 PM (2H6dp)
I wonder if all these 72 hour deodorant commercials aren't prepping us for water rationing and lack of first world hygiene practices.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2024 10:30 PM (wp4uL)
Speak for yourself Nurse. I certainly won't have that problem.
Posted by: John Lurch Kerry at March 12, 2024 10:38 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: polynikes at March 12, 2024 10:38 PM (MNhXM)
It's a young country. With a pliable population. Lots of time to try new things.
Sort of depends on whether the existing population is on board or not. Remains to be seen...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 12, 2024 10:39 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:29 PM
And I wasn't an orphan when I started using this name. I used to get all my online nics and passwords from a gas well map of the San Juan Basin that was on the wall next to my desk. Thousands to choose from.
Posted by: huerfano at March 12, 2024 10:36 PM (qeiBW)
Ah. Hope the passwords had coordinates added to them. LOL
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:40 PM (ynpvh)
102 Nice ONT, Mis Hum. Thanks!
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 12, 2024 10:34 PM (TSQkU)
Thanks LRob.
Posted by: John Lurch Kerry at March 12, 2024 10:40 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 12, 2024 10:41 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 10:41 PM (PZo5T)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 12, 2024 10:41 PM (QXQ4l)
I hate when that happens. I blame my age and short-term memory.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:41 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 12, 2024 10:36 PM (XV/Pl)
The House has improved since Johnson became Speaker. I haven’t given up yet.
Posted by: polynikes at March 12, 2024 10:41 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: Squab, Sir? at March 12, 2024 10:42 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: huerfano at March 12, 2024 10:42 PM (qeiBW)
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 10:41 PM (PZo5T)
April 8th.
https://tinyurl.com/5csw8a5z
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:42 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: lin-duh
Are you discovering you have WAY more friends that you ever thought possible?
Posted by: Some Rat at March 12, 2024 10:43 PM (vJiyU)
Sho nuff, I choked on the damn thing.
I had enough time to run downstairs to where my dad was. By the time I got to him, I was blue in the face.
He, being an Ear Nose and Throat doctor, knew exactly what was going on. Grabbed me by my ankles, lifted me up, smacked me hard between the shoulder blades, and wooof out came the quarter.
Removing foreign bodies were a specialty of his practice.
By his had, and the grace of God I’m here today to tell the story
Posted by: browndog puts nothing in his mouth at March 12, 2024 10:43 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Don Black at March 12, 2024 10:44 PM (oCjPU)
Posted by: Squab, Sir? at March 12, 2024 10:42 PM (V5BDR)
Squab indeed. Very popular at some Chinese restuarants.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:44 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: huerfano at March 12, 2024 10:42 PM (qeiBW)
I knew someone in HS that accidentally got a chocolate-covered cherry stuck in HER nose. Yeah, was a gal, not a guy. Story is, as she put it in her mouth to eat, someone said something funny and she snorted...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:45 PM (ynpvh)
>>Do burning buildings and Teslas count?
Ersatz Camp of The Saints Meets Revelations 20:9: And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and lo they were warming themselves by the chemical fires and burning office furniture, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 12, 2024 10:45 PM (XV/Pl)
Wednesday Night
Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.
Thursday
Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 7 to 11 inches possible.
Historically, March is Colorado's snowiest month
Posted by: Don Black at March 12, 2024 10:45 PM (oCjPU)
Charge them to rent a space.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 10:46 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: lin-duh
Are you discovering you have WAY more friends that you ever thought possible?
Posted by: Some Rat at March 12, 2024 10:43 PM (vJiyU)
At $89.99 plus sales tax and lodging tax it's quite a steal. Good on you lin-duh. Charge 'em like the tourist trash they are.
j/k I don't know your SIL
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 12, 2024 10:46 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:47 PM (9yWhg)
https://tinyurl.com/5csw8a5z
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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I forgot my sarc tag jim. I'm in central Texas, I'd have to live under a rock not to know. Our population is expected to explode for several days. By hundreds of thousands... schools are out, my office is closed, grocery stores are bracing themselves, counties have declare emergencies, etc....
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 10:47 PM (PZo5T)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:47 PM (9yWhg)
Dad Joke:
Did you know that people eat more bananas then apes?
That's because most folks don't eat apes.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:48 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: huerfano
Go on. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at March 12, 2024 10:48 PM (WXNFJ)
https://tinyurl.com/5csw8a5z
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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I forgot my sarc tag jim. I'm in central Texas, I'd have to live under a rock not to know. Our population is expected to explode for several days. By hundreds of thousands... schools are out, my office is closed, grocery stores are bracing themselves, counties have declare emergencies, etc....
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 10:47 PM (PZo5T)
Oh. Well, at least you didn't rip the /SARC tag off of your mattress...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:49 PM (ynpvh)
Very good animation of the eclipse path here:
https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/
If you can, by all means, take this in. A total eclipse is a amazing thing to see. We were in the path of totality here in Simpsonville, SC for the 2017 eclipse.
To see the Sun's corona in twilight lighting with stars and planets normally obscured during the day is just beautiful.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 10:49 PM (w6EFb)
SIL is a bit of a leech...
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 10:50 PM (PZo5T)
Posted by: Poofters Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead at March 12, 2024 10:50 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:50 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: huerfano at March 12, 2024 10:25 PM (qeiBW)
Sharing is caring.
Posted by: RickZ at March 12, 2024 10:50 PM (emlEe)
Posted by: polynikes at March 12, 2024 10:50 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: Eromero at March 12, 2024 10:51 PM (NxC5+)
Posted by: Occasional Short-term Miklos at March 12, 2024 10:51 PM (v+0wn)
Very good animation of the eclipse path here:
https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/
If you can, by all means, take this in. A total eclipse is a amazing thing to see. We were in the path of totality here in Simpsonville, SC for the 2017 eclipse.
To see the Sun's corona in twilight lighting with stars and planets normally obscured during the day is just beautiful.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 10:49 PM (w6EFb)
Here's a great picture.
https://tinyurl.com/mrz6nfvf
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:51 PM (ynpvh)
SIL is a bit of a leech...
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 10:50 PM (PZo5T)
Well, that sucks.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:51 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:52 PM (9yWhg)
To see the Sun's corona in twilight lighting with stars and planets normally obscured during the day is just beautiful.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 10:49 PM (w6EFb)
Out in the middle of nowhere on that day, in WY. 1145 AM.
I thought I (for a moment) that I might be hyping the eclipse too much. I was wrong.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 10:52 PM (8sMut)
Does the road end in water, or at the water? Nitpicky linguists must ask.
Thanks for the ONT, MisHum.
Greetings from MiladyJo's hospital room, where she is recovering from hip fix #2. Not quite the Six Million Dollar Woman, but, wow, man! Titanium hips! Seriously, thankful we live in an age of such medical miracle.
How was your day?
Posted by: mindful webworker - miracle & wonder at March 12, 2024 10:53 PM (LTuPV)
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 10:53 PM (PZo5T)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
It's the ONT and we're a bunch of Morons - and you're surprised?
Posted by: Tonypete at March 12, 2024 10:53 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: huerfano
youtube.com/watch?v=2AYnz86FK8c
Posted by: JQ at March 12, 2024 10:54 PM (njWTi)
Posted by: Don Black at March 12, 2024 10:54 PM (oCjPU)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:55 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 10:55 PM (PZo5T)
Posted by: lin-duh at March
You could always say you already have a house full.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2024 10:55 PM (lq7Sk)
Heh. You don't count for that. You've got a space, always. It's any of these Johnny come lately types I is talkin' 'bout.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 10:55 PM (w6EFb)
Send in the Clintons!!! Please. Hillary could easily feed a family of ten.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Unsynchronized at March 12, 2024 10:55 PM (aw2/Z)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
It's the ONT and we're a bunch of Morons - and you're surprised?
Posted by: Tonypete
Al tits are Victory Tits
Some are more Victorious than others
Posted by: Miklos defers to AlextheChick at March 12, 2024 10:56 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 12, 2024 10:34 PM (FVME7)
The Dems don't look too kindly on the working/lower classes, either.
Posted by: RickZ at March 12, 2024 10:56 PM (emlEe)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 12, 2024 10:57 PM (WXNFJ)
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Very funny jim! I had one in green back in the day.
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 10:55 PM (PZo5T)
Don't you wonder...with a name like that, they should've been all black, like Mr. Ford's original cars?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:57 PM (ynpvh)
I would like to see my niece and have my kids see her. She's only 9.
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 10:57 PM (PZo5T)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I might arrive late, but my name ain't Johnny.
Posted by: Miklos always arrives in time for dinner at March 12, 2024 10:57 PM (v+0wn)
For a real solar corona picture, look up the images, of which there are many. But they do not justice to seeing it with your own eyes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 10:58 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:59 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:52 PM
Nope, I'm old and they ran out of perk years ago.
Posted by: huerfano at March 12, 2024 11:00 PM (qeiBW)
The fact that the GOP is an illegitimate political party and will not or cannot be dislodged or replaced is even more demoralizing.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 12, 2024 10:36 PM (XV/Pl)
Our two-party system is a corrupt failure. I'm not sure having temporary coalitions among various parties is the way to go, either. But it might create more inertia, which in government is usually a good thing as in no rush to fund Ukraine, e.g.
Posted by: RickZ at March 12, 2024 11:00 PM (emlEe)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I might arrive late, but my name ain't Johnny.
Posted by: Miklos always arrives in time for dinner at March 12, 2024 10:57 PM (v+0wn)
At the cemetery today, I came across the last name of Shurley. I guess the
"Surely you're joking"
"No, and don't call me Shirley"
wouldn't work...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 11:00 PM (ynpvh)
Surprised the camera still works.
Anyway... we're not far from the April eclipse area of totality. Presuming it's not overcast. Should be a good show if it's nice.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 12, 2024 11:01 PM (Q4IgG)
They live in Portland so not many opportunities to see them. My brother has to work and watch their dogs and my nephew is going to stay home with him.
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 11:01 PM (PZo5T)
While I can't predict exactly what the next decade is going to be, it more than likely is going to be akin to a Haitian Cannibal Warlord than a Shining City On A Hill.
Especially when the debt bomb finally explodes.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 12, 2024 11:01 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: polynikes at March 12, 2024 11:01 PM (MNhXM)
I managed to get some, have no idea where they are now. Probably donated to Haiti.
Posted by: Miklos was actually in Haiti in somewhat better, but also shithole days at March 12, 2024 11:01 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at March 12, 2024 11:02 PM (a/7LW)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2024 11:02 PM (lq7Sk)
Tazed him while screaming "stop resisting"?
Posted by: Like an electroconvulsive Heimlich at March 12, 2024 11:03 PM (tczCu)
Posted by: polynikes at March 12, 2024 11:01 PM
Remember when Liberia took President Johnson out on the beach and popped a cap in his ass? Nary a soul that day said 'I agree with Mr. Johnson!'. That dayt.
Posted by: Eromero at March 12, 2024 11:04 PM (NxC5+)
Posted by: a dude in MI at March 12, 2024 11:04 PM (+I6Y/)
wouldn't work...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
I had a cow-orker in New Orleans named Shirley.
She would tell outrageous (but in NOLA, probably true) stories.
My standard response was " Shirley, you're joking".
Posted by: Miklos liked New Orleans at March 12, 2024 11:04 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at March 12, 2024 11:02 PM (a/7LW)
RINOguard?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 12, 2024 11:05 PM (w6EFb)
Clear, chilly in the morning, but hitting the 70s or 80s by 1500 with little humidity.
Of course you can also have horrendous overcast skies like anything else, but something like I described is a real possibility.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:05 PM (8sMut)
I just used my welding helmet lens.
I did get flashed there at the end looking at the thing right at 3rd contact.
Due to the irregular shape of the Moon and the various mountain ranges, you can get some cool light effects at the contact moments.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 11:05 PM (w6EFb)
Fortunately, only 170,000 tourists showed up. The roads only had traffic moving very slowly, and there were no reports of cannibalism.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 12, 2024 11:05 PM (CUv7Y)
Posted by: mindful webworker - miracle & wonder at March 12, 2024 10:53 PM (LTuPV)
Says its a boat ramp... so I'd say IN the water.
Posted by: Hysterical History at March 12, 2024 11:06 PM (xaFKb)
You can get a bit of breeze in the eclipse shadow as well. Didn't really notice that here at the time, but it can happen. Cooling off in the shadow and air starts moving.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 11:06 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: a dude in MI at March 12, 2024 11:04 PM (+I6Y/)
Looking like dawn/dusk in all directions, all 360 degrees around you.
Also, right before totality it starts getting dimmer and then, boom, the lights go out, suddenly. That does not happen in nature. Not usually, anyway.
Anticipate a temp drop of about 20-30 degrees.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:07 PM (8sMut)
Oh, in that Great American Eclipse animation of the path of the shadow, note the irregular shape of the shadow. That is an accurate representation based on the Moon's irregular shape and surface features.
Believe me, it takes some high-powered cipherin' to do that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 11:08 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
So.
You have met Darleen.
Posted by: Miklos is not as much of a fool as they say at March 12, 2024 11:08 PM (v+0wn)
Rotten Tomatoes gave it 10% . I thought it was pretty interesting. I guess I’m not one to give movie recommendations.
Posted by: polynikes at March 12, 2024 11:08 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: a dude in MI at March 12, 2024 11:09 PM (+I6Y/)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 11:09 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: mindful webworker - miracle & wonder at March 12, 2024 10:53 PM (LTuPV)
Says its a boat ramp... so I'd say IN the water.
Posted by: Hysterical History at March 12, 2024 11:06 PM
Maybe McConnell's SIL would have survived if she was driving one of those James Bond submersible Lamboguineas.
Posted by: Eromero at March 12, 2024 11:09 PM (NxC5+)
Posted by: lin-duh
Are you discovering you have WAY more friends that you ever thought possible?
Posted by: Some Rat at March 12, 2024 10:43 PM (vJiyU)
When I lived in Kansas I couldn't get friends or family to visit. Transferred to Boston and had so many friends and family showing up that I had A, B, or C tours.
A: I took you everywhere in Boston and a good chunk of New England.
B: I took you around Boston and gave advise on what to see in New England.
C: Took you to Boston and gave you a city and New England maps.
Posted by: Beartooth at March 12, 2024 11:09 PM (LjgPm)
I wish it were my brother coming or at least coming with. I'm just resentful because he's having to work for her to come. She doesn't have a job and doesn't do anything around the house. They really can't afford it... but if they stay with me it's only the price of the plane tickets since I'll feed them while they're here.
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 11:09 PM (PZo5T)
Fortunately, only 170,000 tourists showed up. The roads only had traffic moving very slowly, and there were no reports of cannibalism.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 12, 2024 11:05 PM
I kept topping off my car in WY on my way up and I am glad I did.
That little convenience store in Orin Jct, WY was most likely cleaned out (Exit 126, Jct of US 18/I-25). I went in there as the sun went down on August 20. That place was MOBBED.
The next day it took me 10 hours to get back down to Denver. But it was worth it.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:10 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: lin-duh at March
Leeches suck!
Posted by: Apply salt or a lit cigarette to remove at March 12, 2024 11:10 PM (tczCu)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 12, 2024 11:05 PM (CUv7Y)
There's no Superdome in Idaho nor was gay hysteric Shepard Smith up in Idaho covering the story.
Posted by: RickZ at March 12, 2024 11:10 PM (emlEe)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2024 11:11 PM (gSZYf)
Posted by: Beartooth
Imagine if you'd had a pickup.
Posted by: Miklos knows pickup owners have many, if sporadic friends at March 12, 2024 11:12 PM (v+0wn)
Democrats cannot win if we just talk about programs.
We need to tell a story - about how the concentration and wealth & power is ruining America.
-
Commies gonna commie.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 12, 2024 10:26 PM (FVME7)
———
Really? I’m not a commie yet I find the concentration of wealth and power in this country obscene.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 12, 2024 11:12 PM (2fIO4)
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 10:47 PM (PZo5T)
Us, too. We're stocking up on groceries and filling the cars well in advance. The hospital and clinic will be closed except for the emergency room and already checked in patients- no PT, no testing, etc.
We live across from the education complex, so lots of open space around us.
Should be interesting.
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at March 12, 2024 11:12 PM (jN2/U)
A couple of counties in Texas have declared a "disaster" event for the eclipse. I thought that was stupid, then began to think. You have some small ruralish counties which are suddenly going to get a YUGE influx of tourists in.
A good bit of those people are going to have medical emergencies and such, requiring EMS and all that.
Yep, it could be a disaster.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 11:12 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: lin-duh
Be sure to mention that you are now Strict Vegan
Posted by: Miklos suggests at March 12, 2024 11:13 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:13 PM (sE4sa)
A couple of counties in Texas have declared a "disaster" event for the eclipse. I thought that was stupid, then began to think. You have some small ruralish counties which are suddenly going to get a YUGE influx of tourists in.
A good bit of those people are going to have medical emergencies and such, requiring EMS and all that.
Yep, it could be a disaster.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 11:12 PM (w6EFb)
WY seemed to handle things. And I guarantee you that state's population surged into the millions.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:14 PM (8sMut)
They tried to green up downtown but it’s still a dump because of these ‘do gooders’ who aren’t doing anybody any good.
Posted by: polynikes at March 12, 2024 11:16 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: Miklos
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Did you miss the part where they're from Portland?
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 11:16 PM (PZo5T)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:52 PM (9yWhg)
I've missed this place.......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 12, 2024 11:16 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Miklos
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Did you miss the part where they're from Portland?
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 11:16 PM (PZo5T)
Sample menu:
breakfast - bacon & eggs
lunch - BLTs
dinner - bacon cheeseburgers
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 12, 2024 11:18 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 12, 2024 10:52 PM (9yWhg)
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It isn't too late to divert the discussion to Sydney Sweeney, is it?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:18 PM (sE4sa)
Anticipate a temp drop of about 20-30 degrees.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:07 PM (8sMut)
***
Then sacrifices, wanton violence, dogs and cats living together, in sin.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 12, 2024 11:18 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 12, 2024 11:19 PM (LYUD/)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 12, 2024 11:12 PM (2fIO4)
Envy, hatred and resentment in America are seen as great moral virtues.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:19 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Miklos
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Did you miss the part where they're from Portland?
Posted by: lin-duh
Umm
Be sure tell them about your paleo All Beef Diet and ask to bring only plastic straws and recyclable polyester clothing
Posted by: Miklos re-suggests at March 12, 2024 11:19 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 12, 2024 11:19 PM (LYUD/)
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No Soliciting
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:20 PM (sE4sa)
If you ever make it out to Portlandia, lemme know. It's about a 2 1/2 hour drive for me and I'd come down and have lunch with you if you had the time.
Portland used to be a fantastic town.
Oh well.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2024 11:20 PM (AYe1h)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2024 11:20 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 12, 2024 11:18 PM (W/lyH)
Oh, quit spreading rumors! Dogs start walking upright on two legs.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:20 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2024 11:20 PM (tkR6S)
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Lemme guess. Asbestos-infused linoleum?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:22 PM (sE4sa)
Posted by: Miklos has about three singles cash money at March 12, 2024 11:22 PM (v+0wn)
Ha! They aren't actually vegan or vegetarian but it wouldn't bother them since they are use to be surrounded by it. Now my other brother and his family are from Olympia and may still be vegan and gluten free.... they are dirty hippies!
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 11:22 PM (PZo5T)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:18 PM (sE4sa)
How does Sydney Sweeney look in a pencil skirt?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:22 PM (8sMut)
Ha! They aren't actually vegan or vegetarian but it wouldn't bother them since they are use to be surrounded by it. Now my other brother and his family are from Olympia and may still be vegan and gluten free.... they are dirty hippies!
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 11:22 PM (PZo5T)
Take 'em to Salt Lick BBQ. : o )
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:23 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at
What does it take there to get laid?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Miklos has Questions at March 12, 2024 11:23 PM (v+0wn)
I'd be more likely to get up there to visit you than them!😁
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 11:23 PM (PZo5T)
It isn't too late to divert the discussion to Sydney Sweeney, is it?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:18 PM (sE4sa)
It's never too late. Ever.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 12, 2024 11:24 PM (2ds6i)
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Miklos has Questions
$20. Same as in town.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2024 11:24 PM (AYe1h)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
AI image generators may have some utility after all.
Posted by: Miklos might at March 12, 2024 11:24 PM (v+0wn)
I'd be more likely to get up there to visit you than them!😁
Posted by: lin-duh at March
I have a guest room!
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2024 11:24 PM (AYe1h)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:19 PM (8sMut)
Yeah wealth is growing here because it can easier than any other place in the world.
One of my favorite Churchill quotes.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
Posted by: polynikes at March 12, 2024 11:24 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:22 PM (8sMut)
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Woof.
That's how she looks.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:25 PM (sE4sa)
A good bit of those people are going to have medical emergencies and such, requiring EMS and all that.
Yep, it could be a disaster.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 11:12 PM (w6EFb)
Like Woodstock but without the good music?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 12, 2024 11:25 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: nurse ratched
$23 according to the Federal Reserve inflation index.
Posted by: Miklos checks facts at March 12, 2024 11:25 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at
What does it take there to get laid?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Miklos has Questions at March 12, 2024 11:23 PM (v+0wn)
***
Near as I can tell, AOP has been stripping and getting laid in someone's kitchen.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 12, 2024 11:26 PM (W/lyH)
Nothing wrong with a strong woman.
Yo, Hannah; throw that fish back!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 10:05 PM (ynpvh)
Muzzie scrunt. The only physical labor they do is tote around a bomb vest.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2024 11:26 PM (tkR6S)
There are much better BBQ places than the salt lick. Besides that place will be swarming with eclipse tourists!
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 11:27 PM (PZo5T)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 12, 2024 11:27 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: polynikes at March 12, 2024 11:27 PM (MNhXM)
Then sacrifices, wanton violence, dogs and cats living together, in sin.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 12, 2024 11:18 PM (W/lyH)
The new season's shows on Netflix?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 12, 2024 11:27 PM (2ds6i)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2024 11:20 PM (tkR6S)
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Lemme guess. Asbestos-infused linoleum?
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When does the Sunburst shag carpet get installed?
Posted by: scampydog at March 12, 2024 11:27 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 12, 2024 10:08 PM (QXQ4l)
did the ice tinkle like thousands of tiny chimes? I heard that once. magical.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2024 11:28 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Diogenes
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
Posted by: Miklos bets AOP has been "Strummin' on Old Banjo" at March 12, 2024 11:28 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2024 11:28 PM (4PLHt)
Posted by: person in Haiti at March 12, 2024 11:30 PM (v+0wn)
Speaking of accents, per the discussion that came up in a thread yesterday, where I mentioned this cunning linguist who could pinpoint where you were born (or learned to talk) to about 20 miles.
I remembered something from when I was in elementary school in the '70s. There a kid, friend of mine and the gang there, and this was a bout 4th or 5th grade. The kids parents were Brits, but he was born here in the Greenville area.
He talked just like we did. Except when he talked to his parents. He would then switch to a perfect, proper British accent of his parents. There is a word for this, "bidialeticalism".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 11:30 PM (w6EFb)
I substituted "billions" and read that in a Carl Sagan voice.
Posted by: Miklos does stuff like that at March 12, 2024 11:32 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 12, 2024 11:32 PM (QGaXH)
The drums have just stopped beating
Posted by: person in Haiti at March 12, 2024 11:30 PM (v+0wn)
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Just get in the pot, you big baby.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:32 PM (sE4sa)
The kid did this accent switching automatically. He couldn't really control it. WHen he talked to us, he talked like we did. We he talked to his parents, he talked like they did.
I would love to know what happened to him, and if can control that now. He had two, truly native accents programmed into him as he learned to talk.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 11:32 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: scampydog at March 12, 2024 11:32 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:19 PM (8sMut)
Yeah wealth is growing here because it can easier than any other place in the world.
One of my favorite Churchill quotes.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
Posted by: polynikes at March 12, 2024 11:24 PM (MNhXM)
Except we aren't seeing wealth being concentrated through hard work, ingenuity or merit, but rather through government intervention. We have a heavily fascist/corporatist economy run by a relative handful of oligarchs who stomp on actual free market dynamics at every turn, and work hand in glove with government to pick winners and losers, as pull the ladder up with them in once they've ascended so the plebs can't get anywhere. The capitalism/socialism aphorism is a false dichotomy when we have a decidedly non-capitalist, non-free-market economy.
Posted by: It's a oligarchic bureau-kakistocracy at March 12, 2024 11:32 PM (tczCu)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 12, 2024 11:33 PM (CUv7Y)
Posted by: Don Black at March 12, 2024 11:33 PM (oCjPU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2024 11:34 PM (RIvkX)
30 or so years ago, I could do pretty well on that.
Not today, because of homogenization of accents.
Which reminds me-Da Guvna Henruh has two younger brothers. Neither talk like Henruh.
Posted by: Miklos used to be more capable in some ways at March 12, 2024 11:35 PM (v+0wn)
Long time mister!
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2024 11:28 PM (4PLHt)
Yeah, too long.
I am ready for my punishment for being away.
Please be gentle.
Or on second thought, don't.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 12, 2024 11:37 PM (2ds6i)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 12, 2024 11:37 PM (o7PU1)
There are much better BBQ places than the salt lick. Besides that place will be swarming with eclipse tourists!
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 11:27 PM (PZo5T)
You may sneer upon it being a local. But I like Stubb's as well. The only thing about it that sucks is that it's downtown.
(Um, name a place that WON'T be swarming with eclipse tourists that weekend?)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:37 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 12, 2024 11:38 PM (MeG8a)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2024 11:38 PM (RIvkX)
Bass SOLO!
Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 12, 2024 11:38 PM (MeG8a)
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An Indian shoots out the lights.
*too much Petty?*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:39 PM (sE4sa)
Posted by: It's a oligarchic bureau-kakistocracy at March 12, 2024 11:32 PM (tczCu)
Because Government Is Too Bloody Big.
Not to mention Americans reward connections over merit. They love to chirp "It's not what you know it's WHO you know!" Never mind that thinking leads to EXACTLY what you describe.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:40 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Haiti at March 12, 2024 11:40 PM (hSwza)
No redeeming qualities whatsoever.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2024 11:34 PM (RIvkX)
Sadly, 20 years ago it was a fantastic place to spend a few days away from the grind.
These days, you have to toss your shoes after walking their streets.
Still, the lefties who live in the suburbs don't really see much of a problem.
Sigh.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 12, 2024 11:40 PM (2ds6i)
FUN FACT: You don't have to live like a refugee.
Don't be petty.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 12, 2024 11:27 PM (63Dwl)
Tom.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:41 PM (8sMut)
I am ready for my punishment for being away.
Please be gentle.
Or on second thought, don't.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 12, 2024 11:37 PM (2ds6i)
If you want rough nurse, just mention how much you admire river otters.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 12, 2024 11:41 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:40 PM (8sMut)
===
I hire people I know because I am sure of what they can do.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2024 11:41 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: lin-duh
Be sure to mention that you are now Strict Vegan
Posted by: Miklos suggests at March 12, 2024 11:13 PM (v+0wn)
Feed cereal to the troops!
Posted by: Gen. Mills at March 12, 2024 11:42 PM (w6EFb)
(Um, name a place that WON'T be swarming with eclipse tourists that weekend?)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
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Hey, I like Rudy's so no stones are being thrown.
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 11:42 PM (PZo5T)
Bien sur!
Posted by: Haiti
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sushi hominid
Posted by: Braenyard at March 12, 2024 11:42 PM (o7PU1)
Sadly, 20 years ago it was a fantastic place to spend a few days away from the grind.
These days, you have to toss your shoes after walking their streets.
Still, the lefties who live in the suburbs don't really see much of a problem.
Sigh.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 12, 2024 11:40 PM (2ds6i
You know, I visited Portland 20 years ago after visiting the OR state capitol at Salem. I liked it. Went to the Columbia store downtown and bought some gear, even.
I shudder to think what has become of Portland now.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:43 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Eromero at March 12, 2024 11:44 PM (NxC5+)
Posted by: Don Black at March 12, 2024 11:44 PM (oCjPU)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
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Austin is catching up quickly!
Posted by: lin-duh at March 12, 2024 11:45 PM (PZo5T)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:22 PM (sE4sa)
Vinyl plank.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2024 11:45 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: lin-duh
Be sure to mention that you are now Strict Vegan
Posted by: Miklos suggests at March 12, 2024 11:13 PM (v+0wn)
If she was she probably would at every opportunity that presented itself.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 11:45 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Don Black at March 12, 2024 11:44 PM (oCjPU)
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And there was much rejoicing.
Yay.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:45 PM (sE4sa)
Speaking of accents, per the discussion that came up in a thread yesterday, where I mentioned this cunning linguist who could pinpoint where you were born (or learned to talk) to about 20 miles.
There was this guy named Robert Easton:
https://tinyurl.com/2ykhv6tv
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 12, 2024 11:45 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 12, 2024 11:46 PM (W/lyH)
Anticipate a temp drop of about 20-30 degrees.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:07 PM (8sMut)
***
Then sacrifices, wanton violence, dogs and cats living together, in sin.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 12, 2024 11:18 PM (W/lyH)
The Aztecs had a solution to it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 11:46 PM (ynpvh)
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The intercession of St. Blaise??
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 12, 2024 11:46 PM (2yu8s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2024 11:45 PM (tkR6S)
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LVF, I hope.
*sniff*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:46 PM (sE4sa)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 12, 2024 11:47 PM (o7PU1)
Posted by: Eromero
Damn Straight
Posted by: Miklos at Maurice Bessinger's Piggy Park Old South BBQ at March 12, 2024 11:47 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: person in Haiti at March 12, 2024 11:30 PM (v+0wn)
Uh-oh. Bass solo pending.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2024 11:47 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Eromero at March 12, 2024 11:47 PM (NxC5+)
Long enough for the Northwest moss growing on the north side of my head to dry up and disappear.
Even better, I missed the Lyin' Biden speech, and also the rich beautiful people show where they laughed and sneered at half of American population instead of handing out awards.
Yeah, a good week all around.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 12, 2024 11:47 PM (2ds6i)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 12, 2024 11:49 PM (2ds6i)
That used to really piss me off as a young man. Now, I just say, fuck those idiots.
Now, I actually encourage the stereotypes, even try to act all Deliverance some times, so as to discourage more of those people from moving in down here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 11:49 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2024 11:50 PM (S6gqv)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 12, 2024 11:47 PM (o7PU1)
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It should be. It comes tight out of the East River.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:50 PM (sE4sa)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2024 11:45 PM (tkR6S)
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Did you use one of those vinyl floor cutters? AKA the time and frustration saver tool.
Posted by: scampydog at March 12, 2024 11:50 PM (41CYW)
You know, I visited Portland 20 years ago after visiting the OR state capitol at Salem. I liked it. Went to the Columbia store downtown and bought some gear, even.
I shudder to think what has become of Portland now.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 12, 2024 11:43 PM (8sMut)
You are an average looking white dude. 50/50 odds you would make it out alive today.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 12, 2024 11:51 PM (2ds6i)
Posted by: Arlo and Co. at March 12, 2024 11:51 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:52 PM (sE4sa)
To be fair, when the deli first offered to make my sandwich with a hard roll I indicated to them I'd rather a fresh roll.
Posted by: polynikes at March 12, 2024 11:52 PM (GzpNE)
Posted by: scampydog at March 12, 2024 11:50 PM (41CYW)
No, I used a table saw. Zip, zip, all done.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2024 11:52 PM (tkR6S)
Bloody autocornholing
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:52 PM (sE4sa)
Heh. I like that better than autocucumber.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 11:52 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Eromero at March 12, 2024 11:52 PM (NxC5+)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 11:32 PM (w6EFb)
I would assume that Brit accent to be RP (Received Pronunciation, a made-up accent for the BBC and public school). Which is native, in a manner of speaking.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 12, 2024 11:52 PM (w6EFb)
I am ready for my punishment for being away.
Please be gentle.
Or on second thought, don't.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 12, 2024 11:37 PM (2ds6i)
If you want rough nurse, just mention how much you admire river otters.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 12, 2024 11:41 PM (W/lyH)
ROFL
True.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 12, 2024 11:53 PM (2ds6i)
Bloody autocornholing
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:52 PM (sE4sa)
Heh. I like that better than autocucumber.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 11:52 PM (ynpvh)
Or is that what you use the autocucumber for? Autocornholing?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 11:53 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Eromero
Damn Straight
Posted by: Miklos
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You might find this guy interesting. He regularly roasts the local city council. Very well-spoken, very well-read. He does not pull his punches.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._K._Edgerton
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 12, 2024 11:53 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2024 11:54 PM (ynpvh)
That used to really piss me off as a young man. Now, I just say, fuck those idiots.
Now, I actually encourage the stereotypes, even try to act all Deliverance some times, so as to discourage more of those people from moving in down here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Southerners have a better sense of humor. Including laughing at stereotypes. Hell, Hee-Haw is still in syndication.
Posted by: Miklos had a redder neck when he had convertibles at March 12, 2024 11:54 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Refined Taste at March 12, 2024 11:55 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2024 11:56 PM (S6gqv)
Go here and plug in your exact coordinates:
https://tinyurl.com/4z87j8
That will (attempt) to generate exact timings for your coordinates.
I'd be interested to see how accurate this it. Eclipse timings are very tricky, and that's because of the "stochastic" wig-woggling of the Erf's rotational axis, and the Chandler wobble.
Just a wee bit of error there can make for large differences in exact timings for a given location. The main thing is "delta-t", the difference between ephemeris time, and UT1 (mean solar time), but the directional changes of the Erf's axis and Chandler wobble affect it as well.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 12, 2024 11:56 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Refined Taste at March 12, 2024 11:55 PM (V5BDR)
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Tell me you have Formica counter surfaces. Lie to me if you have to,
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 12, 2024 11:56 PM (sE4sa)
Posted by: Poor, But Proud at March 12, 2024 10:12
Seconded. So that's why the local station, wllt, 94.3, was playing Go All the Way today. I'll give them credit they play some eclectic songs that I like.
IIRC GATW came out in 1972-3. A very pop song that was for some reason was popular w/ HS girls I knew at the time.
Despite that it lead to nothing in my case so no, I didn't have a kid b. 1973. True story.
Posted by: Farmer at March 12, 2024 11:56 PM (55Qr6)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._K._Edgerton
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc
Thank you
Godspeed to him
Posted by: Miklos from his Old Mama's side is a True Son, and damn proud of it at March 12, 2024 11:57 PM (v+0wn)
Bloody autocornholing
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Just last Friday my brother was using an Apple phone [don't know the iteration] to search for "ant traps" and it kept on autochanging 'ant' to 'any' even when he typed it out without using autosuggest.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 12, 2024 11:58 PM (2yu8s)
Posted by: Cicero
My beach trailer house has original nifty 50s formica.
That it stayed was a Condition of Purchase.
Posted by: Miklos also has degree in History at March 12, 2024 11:59 PM (v+0wn)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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I never tried to outsmart nobody; it was easier to outdummy them. Dizzy Dean.
Always liked that quote when dealing with some.
Posted by: scampydog at March 13, 2024 12:00 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: JackWayne at March 13, 2024 12:00 AM (5kkOB)
Posted by: torabora at March 13, 2024 12:02 AM (ixrF4)
They tried to green up downtown but it’s still a dump because of these ‘do gooders’ who aren’t doing anybody any good.
I was walking downtown Houston today There aren't nearly as many homeless as pre-Covid. Don't know where they went exactly, but central downtown has half or less of what it once did. The ones I did see were not malnourished exactly. Feeding them is a mistake. Making it easier to be a derelict is a mistake. The couple I passed who were camped out next to the Catholic cathedral had two really nice looking dogs. They were well fed too. Summer is going to be hard on them. You can see the elements already are hard on them. But it is pretty obvious drugs are the big factor.
Posted by: I wish things were different but my father had a saying about wishing at March 13, 2024 12:03 AM (hpb+5)
That is true. When people think they're smarter than you, they let their guard down, and they will tell on themselves so to speak, make absolute fools of themselves even.
The trouble with that is you've got let your ego go. Just act dumb. I can do that now. WHen I was younger, the ego thing would really get in the way.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 12:04 AM (w6EFb)
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"Trailer house"?
I am intrigued.
My mom had this house that was an add-on to a trailer down in ole Meh-hee-co when I was but a mere teen.
Had some fun times down there.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2024 12:04 AM (sE4sa)
I never tried to outsmart nobody; it was easier to outdummy them. Dizzy Dean.
Always liked that quote when dealing with some.
Posted by: scampydog a
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My uncle snuk into the ball park and talked Dizzy into pitching him a few. Said it almost broke his hand.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 13, 2024 12:07 AM (o7PU1)
Posted by: Miklos is pleasing for assist with your issue at March 13, 2024 12:09 AM (v+0wn)
Some wisdom my late Daddy gave me years ago when I was a young buck, getting full of myself with all the book learnin' what I done learned.
He said, son, no matter how smart you are, or think you are, no matter how much you think you know about something, there's always gonna be this old dumb looking SOB out there who you think is just dumb.
But yet, he's gonna know more about something that you do. And he will make a fool out of you, if you let him.
That was sage advice.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 12:14 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2024 12:14 AM (NxC5+)
Posted by: Eromero at March 12, 2024 11:52 PM (NxC5+)
#14 welder's glass. The sun will turn lime green with it.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 13, 2024 12:16 AM (8sMut)
Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2024 12:14 AM (NxC5+)
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I'll bring my banjo.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2024 12:16 AM (sE4sa)
Posted by: Eromero
I am nervous about zoos.
The last time I was Riverbanks Zoo, they tried to keep me.
Posted by: Miklos scratches armpits, looks for chicks who like Red Butts at March 13, 2024 12:18 AM (v+0wn)
Same as it’s always been since the country was founded and possibly even more so at that time.
Posted by: polynikes at March 13, 2024 12:19 AM (MNhXM)
Posted by: Eromero
I'm in.
Know a better bait store than Wally's though.
Posted by: Miklos notes that the drough of March is perced to the roote at March 13, 2024 12:20 AM (v+0wn)
But yet, he's gonna know more about something that you do. And he will make a fool out of you, if you let him.
That was sage advice.
Posted by: publius
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"You'll probably find
that it suits your book
to be a bit cleverer
than you look.
Observe that the easiest
method by far
is to look a bit stupider
than you are.”
― Piet Hein
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2024 12:20 AM (XeU6L)
Yep, #14 shade to be safe. In 2017, I used a #12, darkest I had. It was fine, but not really "safe".
This time, we're gonna get about 80% coverage, and I'm gonna use my auto-darkening helmet, with adjustable shade. It will go a bit up above #14.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 12:20 AM (w6EFb)
I made a lifelong resolution back when South Viet Nam collapsed, and then the Shah's govt fell, that I would NEVER, EVER fail to get out of a place while the getting was good. No re-education camps for me or mine. The best escape is the earliest one.
I never had to do it, but I keep the idea in the forefront of my world view.
I've preached it to my kids: NEVER assume things will always go along OK somehow. just because they always have before.
Posted by: mnw at March 13, 2024 12:22 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: Miklos scratches armpits, looks for chicks who like Red Butts at March 13, 2024 12:18 AM (v+0wn)
I had a membership to the San Diego Zoo. It was great.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist - they have creams for that, you know at March 13, 2024 12:22 AM (w6EFb)
I bet.
Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2024 12:23 AM (NxC5+)
method by far
is to look a bit stupider
than you are.”
― Piet Hein
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc
I can try that
There were no classes in Austic Aspergers School
Maybe online?
Posted by: Miklos is on some kind of Spectrum at March 13, 2024 12:23 AM (v+0wn)
I wished I had known where to find that exact timing site I linked above back in 2017. Back then, for timings, I used data for "Simpsonville, SC" from some place. That was based on the exact coordinates of whatever the center of Simpsonville was supposed to be.
Timings were off by tens of seconds, and most of that was due to the difference in location. I'd love to see just how accurate this could be for an exact location.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 12:24 AM (w6EFb)
I can try that
There were no classes in Austic Aspergers School
Maybe online?
Posted by: Miklos
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Overalls, and a Farmall cap work well.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2024 12:25 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Miklos is thinkin Poor Man's Surf and Turf at March 13, 2024 12:25 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Did you hack my computer's webcam?
Posted by: Miklos wears shoes only when advisable at March 13, 2024 12:27 AM (v+0wn)
I preach this everyday. A thing never happens until it happens. ‘It can’t happen here’? The words of a fool.
Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2024 12:27 AM (NxC5+)
I made a lifelong resolution back when South Viet Nam collapsed,
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Planning on catching the last helo out is a bad strategy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2024 12:27 AM (XeU6L)
Do not tell everyone about how everything is lost, until you have at least taken a stand and opposed it.
https://tinyurl.com/2yjrejwk
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 13, 2024 12:28 AM (zdLoL)
Speaking of accents, back in April of '08, my mother's big sister died, and my mother and I went out to Alameda, CA, where she lived, to handle her affairs, funeral service and all that.
First day we got there, my mother and I ate at some joint there. We were talking. When we talked, I noticed a silence would descend over the whole damned place. We were being stared at.
The waitress kept coming over and asking if we needed anything. She finally said, "I just love to hear you talk!"
IN my younger days, that would've bothered me. But then, I just went with it. They think I'm Rhett fucking Butler or something. Well, I'll just be Rhett Butler, then.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 12:32 AM (w6EFb)
It has local application too. Neighborhood starting to change? Accountants say, "First loss is the best loss," I believe.
I'm never gonna be the last white homeowner left.
Posted by: mnw at March 13, 2024 12:33 AM (NLIak)
I feel sorry for people who have to wear shoes.
Or pants
Posted by: Miklos has just upped his Redneck Credentials at March 13, 2024 12:34 AM (v+0wn)
Something else I noticed out there in Alameda, with my aunts friends, and their friends, especially the young ones, the women.
They just melted and died when I would say "ma'am". You know, "Oh, yes ma'am" or " 'Scuse me, ma'am" -- that kind of thing.
I mean shit, that just well...had an effect on them.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 12:35 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: RickZ at March 13, 2024 12:36 AM (emlEe)
Surely they must have thought their world was ending. Had to have been absolute terror.
Posted by: irongrampa at March 13, 2024 12:39 AM (KATBx)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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A corn boil and pork chop feed can solve nearly every problem.
Posted by: scampydog at March 13, 2024 12:39 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 13, 2024 12:40 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Eromero
Give a man a fish, he will eat for a day and demand more the next day.
Grandaddy teaches a boy to both fish and shoot, fewer difficulties.
Posted by: Miklos HAS NO INHERITED FIREARMS (official statement) at March 13, 2024 12:40 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: irongrampa at March 13, 2024 12:39 AM (KATBx)
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Meh. We've seen worse.
Posted by: The Hittites at March 13, 2024 12:41 AM (sE4sa)
Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2024 12:27 AM (NxC5+)
I am not a fool!
Posted by: Sinclair Lewis, Author of 'It Can't Happen Here' at March 13, 2024 12:42 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
A lot of Okies (and from other places too) went to Cali in the 30s.
Maybe there was some retro linguistic recollection.
Posted by: Miklos only speculates at March 13, 2024 12:42 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 13, 2024 12:43 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: mnw at March 13, 2024 12:45 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: mnw at March 13, 2024 12:22 AM (NLIak)
Ditto.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 13, 2024 12:48 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: rather lazy Haitian chef under some pressure at March 13, 2024 12:48 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: NC Ref at March 13, 2024 12:49 AM (7g6Or)
See "Nightfall" by Asimov. It was a short story about a society on a planet in a multi-star system that never saw night.
Except one about every 2000 years, when cycles would conspire that there was only one sun in the sky over one hemisphere, and then a total eclipse of the star by their moon.
Society broke down experiencing night for the first time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 12:50 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miklos, who actually worked in the Superdome at March 13, 2024 12:50 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: NC Ref at March 13, 2024 12:50 AM (7g6Or)
Posted by: mnw at March 13, 2024 12:45 AM (NLIak)
He probably really, really wanted to have Stalin "happen" here.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2024 12:50 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Zombie Ramses II at March 13, 2024 12:52 AM (hpb+5)
Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for an evening.
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
And you will have lunch for the next day.
Posted by: Haitian Cannibal Gangs at March 13, 2024 12:52 AM (CUv7Y)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 13, 2024 12:54 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: NC Ref
My No Trespassing sign says "Road or Driver Ends Here"
Posted by: Miklos, who is rationally paranoid at March 13, 2024 12:54 AM (v+0wn)
Part of the plot was there were some scientists that figured it out. There was going to be darkness, and the historical record showed signs that civilization would rise and then collapse in this 2000 year cycle.
So, they prepared for it, and set up something with artificial light to preserver islands of sanity (on a planet without night, there was no need for much artificial light).
Night came. But then they saw starts, millions and billions of stars. The scientists were not prepared for that. Their theories had their universe being very small. The stars pulled their rug out from under them, and the scientists went even more bat-shit crazy than everyone else.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 12:54 AM (w6EFb)
I am not a fool!
Posted by: Sinclair Lewis, Author of 'It Can't Happen Here'
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You Can't Go Home Again
Posted by: Thomas Wolfe at March 13, 2024 12:54 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: mnw at March 13, 2024 12:45 AM (NLIak)
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Drive by the road sign semi-regulary, "Home of Sinclair Lewis." Always the same, simple thought. What a dick.
Posted by: scampydog at March 13, 2024 12:55 AM (41CYW)
No, it ends in 'D'.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars
Pedantism at it's BEST!
Posted by: Miklo's at March 13, 2024 12:55 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 13, 2024 12:55 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: GPS Unit Model KK569 . . . at March 13, 2024 12:57 AM (4Winp)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 12:58 AM (wjjYr)
Posted by: mnw at March 13, 2024 12:45 AM (NLIak)
The difference between Stalin and Hitler is so negligible as to be nonexistent. A few turn of the 20th Century muckrakers were socialists, including Upton Sinclair and his exposé on the meat-packing industry.
Capitalism was being abused back then, with corporate trusts ruling the economic roost, not unlike the America of the early 21st Century. Socialists had good fodder for anti-capitalist books at that time. Today, we see the love of socialism in our youth, idiots though they are, thanks to capitalism today being corrupted and rigged by our elites.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
Posted by: RickZ at March 13, 2024 12:58 AM (emlEe)
Bushnell!
(No, not too soon)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
Tasty
I'll bring pancakes
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at March 13, 2024 12:58 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Miklos, who is rationally paranoid at March 13, 2024 12:54 AM (v+0wn)
LOL Game Over
Please insert $0.25 to continue
Posted by: NC Ref at March 13, 2024 12:59 AM (7g6Or)
Posted by: Miklo's at March 13, 2024 12:55 AM (v+0wn)
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*ahem*
"Pedantry"
Please
Posted by: The AoSHQ House Pedant at March 13, 2024 12:59 AM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Miklos,
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Cookbook? Who needs a cookbook?
Posted by: Whaleship Essex survivors at March 13, 2024 01:00 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 13, 2024 01:00 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Miklo's
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No, this is pedantism at ITS best.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Not all apostrophe-based jokes work.
My bad
Posted by: Mik\los at March 13, 2024 01:00 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 13, 2024 01:00 AM (KAi1n)
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Fuck Mars.
There. I said it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2024 01:02 AM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Miklos, who makes New Words just because he can at March 13, 2024 01:02 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Martians Don't Surf at March 13, 2024 01:03 AM (hpb+5)
Posted by: Hershey at March 13, 2024 01:03 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 13, 2024 01:00 AM (KAi1n)
Will there be an earth-shattering Kaboom?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2024 01:04 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Mighty Aphrodite at March 13, 2024 01:04 AM (4Winp)
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
Bushnell!
(No, not too soon)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
Tasty
I'll bring pancakes
Posted by: Rachel Corrie
I'll bring an army!
-- George Patton
You brute!
-- Michelle Fields
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 13, 2024 01:04 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 13, 2024 01:00 AM (KAi1n)
Sign up now to party with the aliens!
Just sign the anal probe release form.
Posted by: RickZ at March 13, 2024 01:04 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: Martians Don't Surf
DON'T.OPEN.THE.TRUNK.
Posted by: Miklos in best Harry Dean Stanton Repo Man voice at March 13, 2024 01:05 AM (v+0wn)
To raise your keed.
Posted by: Elton John at March 13, 2024 01:05 AM (sE4sa)
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Magnetic north is headed to Siberia faster than a scalded dog.
Some scientists says this is portent of polar magnetic shift.
Its happened before.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 13, 2024 01:07 AM (o7PU1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
So.
We will all be Kaboom Kids.
Posted by: Miklos is suddenly depressed at March 13, 2024 01:07 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 13, 2024 01:07 AM (KAi1n)
There. I said it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Don't worry folks. It's only a cartoon.
Posted by: Marvin The Martian at March 13, 2024 01:07 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 13, 2024 01:07 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 01:08 AM (w6EFb)
I'd like to know what the extremes are in this 2.4 million-year cycle, and when we're scheduled to hit the next one.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 01:08 AM (wjjYr)
Yeah, except for that private property thing.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 13, 2024 01:09 AM (8sMut)
I'd like to know what the extremes are in this 2.4 million-year cycle, and when we're scheduled to hit the next one.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 01:08 AM (wjjYr)
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There's one in every crowd.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2024 01:09 AM (sE4sa)
-- The Martian
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
And don't get me started on these fish sticks, which are harder than Martian tits.
Posted by: Miklos tips jaunty beret to the Guy wic fixed Opinions about tits and Fish Sticks at March 13, 2024 01:10 AM (v+0wn)
The fine, respectable journalists at The Guardian touted the book as having "accurately predicted the rise of Donald Trump."
Posted by: mnw at March 13, 2024 01:10 AM (NLIak)
https://tinyurl.com/2xzfgyrr
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 01:08 AM (w6EFb)
Needless to say, the article finishes with a Klimate Kultist pooh-poohing the whole idea.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2024 01:12 AM (tkR6S)
I'd like to know what the extremes are in this 2.4 million-year cycle, and when we're scheduled to hit the next one.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Is this desire to know based perhaps on an obsessional need to lay out one's hair washing schedule over a prolonged period of time?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 13, 2024 01:13 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Archer at March 13, 2024 01:13 AM (rskKm)
Look up the "Lyapunov time" of the solar system. This is related to the long term stability of the solar system.
The solar system is chaotic. At some point, no matter how well you know the initial conditions, the evolution will become unpredictable (total loss of significance for any finite calculation).
The Lyapunov time is a measure of this. After that time, things become increasingly unpredictable. Best estimate of that for the solar system is about 5 million years (but could be in the hundreds of millions of years).
Anyway, for these reasons, I'm a bit skeptical about claims of cycles and resonances on millions of years time scales.
It might be true, don't get me wrong, but at this time, such is just guess work and maybe pattern recognition. Past behavior is no guarantee of future results past Lyapunov times.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 01:14 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 13, 2024 01:09 AM (8sMut)
Hitler allowed private property, as long as it was used for the benefit of the State.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2024 01:14 AM (tkR6S)
Haiti -- Showing Gazans How to Thoroughly Fook Up One's Living Location For Getting Close To Two Hundred Fifty Years Now
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 13, 2024 01:16 AM (xG4kz)
Some scientists says this is portent of polar magnetic shift.
Its happened before.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Matter of fact, 2024 has been pegged as the year it will happen. Now there's a potential Black Swan event for you. I'm not sure whether it would mean a landslide for Biden, a landslide for Trump, or a general conflagration.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 01:17 AM (wjjYr)
I hope it will be the UN's white helmet boys this time, & not the USMC.
Posted by: mnw at March 13, 2024 01:18 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: Archer at March 13, 2024 01:18 AM (rskKm)
Posted by: Archer
No cheese or fries though.
Free machete with an order of ten or more
Posted by: Miklos was in Haiti when it was less bad at March 13, 2024 01:19 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 01:17 AM (wjjYr)
Magnetic pole reversals have happened regularly for as far back as can be determined, and there is little or no evidence of catastrophes or mass extinctions associated with them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2024 01:19 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Miklos al-Bundy at March 13, 2024 01:20 AM (v+0wn)
Is this desire to know based perhaps on an obsessional need to lay out one's hair washing schedule over a prolonged period of time?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars
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well, I need to buy a new fridge soon, and maybe I'll skip the 3-year warranty.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 01:21 AM (wjjYr)
I hope it will be the UN's white helmet boys this time, & not the USMC.
Posted by: mnw at March 13, 2024 01:18 AM (NLIak)
El Salvador's President Bukele has said he can do the job, as long as he is invited to do it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2024 01:22 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars
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well, I need to buy a new fridge soon, and maybe I'll skip the 3-year warranty.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
This makes perfect sense
Posted by: the CDC at March 13, 2024 01:22 AM (v+0wn)
France still intervenes occasionally in its former French-speaking colonies in West Africa, though-- when all else fails & the UN gives its blessing.
Posted by: mnw at March 13, 2024 01:23 AM (NLIak)
Re what I'll call solar system "orbital resonances":
https://tinyurl.com/mypp3ka
Scroll down, and you'll see a list of possible resonances. There is an interesting Erf-Venus and Erf-Mars resonance possibility. The latter would have to do with that above ocean thing.
Again, chaos, stochasticity, Lyapunov and all that. In that list you'll see a probability that the resonance is real, and not just a random artifact.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 01:24 AM (w6EFb)
Magnetic pole reversals have happened regularly for as far back as can be determined, and there is little or no evidence of catastrophes or mass extinctions associated with them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I understand the power grid could fail here and there.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 01:24 AM (wjjYr)
Posted by: mnw at March 13, 2024 01:25 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: Archer at March 13, 2024 01:13 AM (rskKm)
Well, you get lots of burgers out of 5 guys...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2024 01:25 AM (ynpvh)
Some scientists says this is portent of polar magnetic shift.
Its happened before.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Matter of fact, 2024 has been pegged as the year it will happen. Now there's a potential Black Swan event for you. I'm not sure whether it would mean a landslide for Biden, a landslide for Trump, or a general conflagration.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 01:17 AM (wjjYr)
"What's wrong with this damned compass?"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2024 01:26 AM (ynpvh)
A magnetic pole reversal will go something like this. The Erf dynamo has a strong dipole moment, the dominant component of the Erf's magnetic field.
During a pole reversal, that dipole moment goes to zero, the but magnetic field does not. Dominant term will be quadrupole, and it will be crazy. There will be two "north poles" and two "south poles" slipping and sliding over the planet. Then, it will recover, the dipole moment will come back, but with the opposite polarity.
COmpasses will point south, not north.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 01:27 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2024 01:27 AM (ynpvh)
Fun fact, the earth's north magnetic pole is magnetically south. We named the "north pole" of a magnet as the one that points north, and hence the earth's north magnetic pole is magnetically south polarity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 01:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius
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Depending on what you call 'South' and 'North'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2024 01:29 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2024 01:27 AM (ynpvh)
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Okay, don't start with the pole-ish jokes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2024 01:30 AM (sE4sa)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 01:17 AM (wjjYr)
Why not all three? We'll have two presidents, one in D.C., one at Mar-a-Lago, just like the two popes centuries ago, one in Rome and one in Ravenna. Let the games begin!
Posted by: RickZ at March 13, 2024 01:31 AM (emlEe)
Modelling of the "dynamo" that generates a planet's magnetic field is a complex mess. But I remember some model they came up with was able to reproduce this pole shifting behavior pretty well with the historical record.
The duration of the pole shift transition is "about 1000 years" or maybe a bit longer. IOW, there will be a 1000 year period of the crazy quadrupole magnetic field.
The low bar estimate for that duration is about 100 years.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 01:31 AM (w6EFb)
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Hakeem Jeffries is one vote closer to the Speakership.
Posted by: Jimmy Two Times at March 13, 2024 01:31 AM (xverI)
Posted by: Miklos thinks the das from the Sellers of Magical Crystals would fund this at March 13, 2024 01:31 AM (v+0wn)
Fun fact, the earth's north magnetic pole is magnetically south. We named the "north pole" of a magnet as the one that points north, and hence the earth's north magnetic pole is magnetically south polarity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 01:28 AM (w6EFb)
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Holy shit. Are you saying the Earth has been upside down this entire time?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2024 01:32 AM (sE4sa)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2024 01:26 AM (ynpvh)
Judging by the geologic record, the field reversals are pretty darned quick. There does not appear to be any duration at all to the null period. If the null lasted for weeks or months, there would be some record, somewhere, in seabed lavas at spreading ridges, as evidenced by rock with a zero paleomagnetic field. AFAIK, none has yet been found.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2024 01:32 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Helpful Miklos at March 13, 2024 01:33 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Archer at March 13, 2024 01:18 AM (rskKm)
Serious question: Would you want the French to fix anything besides a croque monsieur?
Posted by: RickZ at March 13, 2024 01:34 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: Cicero
We done tole you peoples.
Posted by: The Rosicrucians at March 13, 2024 01:34 AM (v+0wn)
I wanted a rhinestone and stud setter.
And a bottle, jar and jug cutter.
But no.
We were poor.
Posted by: Miklos has long-standing Issues at March 13, 2024 01:37 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: RickZ at March 13, 2024 01:31 AM (emlEe)
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Pffft. Pikers.
Posted by: Matilda vs Stephen at March 13, 2024 01:37 AM (sE4sa)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 12:35 AM (w6EFb)
I rate this as true.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 13, 2024 01:39 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: RickZ
Croque Monsieur Royale
Posted by: Miklos in best Pul Fiction voice at March 13, 2024 01:39 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 12:35 AM (w6EFb)
I rate this as true.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
TRUST THE EXPERT
Posted by: Miklos thinks this merits NIH funding at March 13, 2024 01:40 AM (v+0wn)
Surely they must have thought their world was ending. Had to have been absolute terror.
Posted by: irongrampa at March 13, 2024 12:39 AM (KATBx)
Maybe a lot of them stared themselves blind, since there was no one to warn them.
*wonders if they have a crescent sun burned forever on their retinas*
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 13, 2024 01:41 AM (w6EFb)
During the pole reversal transition, the Erf's magnetic field does not go to zero, it's just the dominant dipole component (dominant north-south) goes to zero.
There is a still a magnetic field, it's just quadrupole (4 pole) and bouncing all around.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 01:41 AM (w6EFb)
Mostly, in the Northern Hemisphere.
Gonna capsize the entire planet, faster than Hank Johnson can say "Guam".
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 13, 2024 01:41 AM (e6UQI)
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It definitely opened some doors for me.
Posted by: The One-Eyed Man at March 13, 2024 01:42 AM (sE4sa)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 01:17 AM (wjjYr)
Why not all three? We'll have two presidents, one in D.C., one at Mar-a-Lago, just like the two popes centuries ago, one in Rome and one in Ravenna. Let the games begin!
Posted by: RickZ at March 13, 2024 01:31 AM (emlEe)
Don't forget the time with FOUR popes, who each excommunicated the other four. How deep in hell do you go when you've been tripled-excommuncated by popes?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2024 01:42 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: publius
So
Do the Planetary Hokey-Pokey
Posted by: Miklos has been known to dance at March 13, 2024 01:43 AM (v+0wn)
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
We must defer to the Expert on Capsizement.
Posted by: Miklos apologizes in advance at March 13, 2024 01:44 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2024 01:42 AM (ynpvh)
Hillary will find out. She triple-executes lots of people, just to make sure they kill themselves.
Posted by: RickZ at March 13, 2024 01:45 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2024 01:26 AM (ynpvh)
Judging by the geologic record, the field reversals are pretty darned quick. There does not appear to be any duration at all to the null period. If the null lasted for weeks or months, there would be some record, somewhere, in seabed lavas at spreading ridges, as evidenced by rock with a zero paleomagnetic field. AFAIK, none has yet been found.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2024 01:32 AM (tkR6S)
Problem is trying to interpret how fast "fast" is.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2024 01:45 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2024 01:46 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Miklos is regretfully uninformed at March 13, 2024 01:47 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2024 01:46 AM (XeU6L)
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Nay.
Just Rome and Avignon.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2024 01:47 AM (sE4sa)
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It's Bell, Book and Candle for you, Clyde.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2024 01:48 AM (sE4sa)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2024 01:46 AM (XeU6L)
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Nay.
Just Rome and Avignon.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2024 01:47 AM (sE4sa)
Constant-Nopole sounds like an magnetic pole issue.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2024 01:48 AM (ynpvh)
Fun fact, the earth's north magnetic pole is magnetically south. We named the "north pole" of a magnet as the one that points north, and hence the earth's north magnetic pole is magnetically south polarity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Jim, this may explain what's wrong with your damned compass, while reversing the poles in your brain.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 01:49 AM (wjjYr)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 13, 2024 01:51 AM (V8he0)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Terrible name for a stripper.
Posted by: Miklos or Tiffani Gold for cash moneys at March 13, 2024 01:51 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2024 01:51 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2024 01:51 AM (XeU6L)
Are they attracted to each other, or find each other repellent?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2024 01:52 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Pole dancer says, I find you all strangely attractive.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2024 01:52 AM (XeU6L)
(Note, pole, not Pole).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2024 01:53 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Terrible name for a stripper.
Posted by: Miklos or Tiffani Gold for cash moneys at March 13, 2024 01:51 AM (v+0wn)
Or someone who HATES Polish people.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2024 01:53 AM (ynpvh)
COmpasses will point south, not north.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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And in the meantime? During the thousand-year dipole "moment"? Where do they point then?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 01:54 AM (wjjYr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc
Buddhist bartender says
Ohm...Ohm...Ohm
Posted by: Blind Monk Miklos of Shaolin at March 13, 2024 01:54 AM (v+0wn)
Bet HE could've given yer compass a spin! Maybe tumble some 'ettes Gyros, in the bargain!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 13, 2024 01:54 AM (e6UQI)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Would it shock you if Van de Graff came in and tipped the dancer twenty bucks?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2024 01:54 AM (sE4sa)
Damn. Looks like it's gonna be another sleepless night for me. Howdy, night owls. Hope y'all are doing well.
Posted by: Notorious BFD
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Come in! What's on your mind? I'm wondering why Merrick Garland didn't grant the White House request to snip out the parts about Biden's Brain from the Hur report.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 01:55 AM (wjjYr)
Damn. Looks like it's gonna be another sleepless night for me. Howdy, night owls. Hope y'all are doing well.
Posted by: Notorious BFD
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Come in! What's on your mind? I'm wondering why Merrick Garland didn't grant the White House request to snip out the parts about Biden's Brain from the Hur report.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 01:55 AM (wjjYr)
Maybe Biden's outlived his usefulness and Garland doesn't want to be the patsy.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2024 02:00 AM (ynpvh)
I remember seeing a good simulation of the pole flip. All I could find now is this:
https://tinyurl.com/27wfmygy
That is sort of a mess. It's about 40,000 yr time span. Wait till close to the end, and stop and start single framing advancing. You'll see the quadrupole phase. You'll see two north and south poles coming of the planet there, briefly.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 02:01 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2024 02:01 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 01:54 AM (wjjYr)
The great seafloor tape recorder does not seem to record any periods of null or "confused" magnetic orientation. Leastwise, not on a scale we can see. If there were any thousand-year periods of confused magnetics, we should find at least some one to two meter bands of lava rock with erratic paleomag.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2024 02:01 AM (tkR6S)
Along the direction of the local field. You will have two norths and two souths during the transition. But they will be moving all around.
So, during that transition, a local compass will point God knows where, but it will point somewhere, and move around with time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 02:02 AM (w6EFb)
https://tinyurl.com/27wfmygy
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I expected a photo of an attractive female pole vaulter.
Am Dissapoint.
Posted by: Miklos will happily refund the cost of this comment at March 13, 2024 02:04 AM (v+0wn)
during that transition, a local compass will point God knows where, but it will point somewhere, and move around with time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Unfortunately, jim has gone to bed and will never know what's happened to his damned compass.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 02:12 AM (wjjYr)
Posted by: Amen at March 13, 2024 02:13 AM (hpb+5)
Maybe Biden's outlived his usefulness and Garland doesn't want to be the patsy.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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It's getting pretty blatant then.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 02:14 AM (wjjYr)
The term "moments" and all that is a bit of physics jargon. Look it up, if interested. There are lot of "moments". Like moments of inertia. YOu can do an "expansion" of a general field in terms of the "multipole moments", which are powers of two, monopole, dipole, quadrupole, octopole, 16-pole, 32-pole, etc.
For your basic quadrupole field, take four bar magnets, and arrange them in a 90 degree cross configuration. Two north poles at top and bottom, and two south poles to the left and right.
That's taking four dipoles to cancel just right right and make a pure quadrupole. You can take four monopoles, as you can with electric charges and make a much simple pure quadrupole.
Four charges in square configuration, alternating + and - at each vertice.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 13, 2024 02:19 AM (w6EFb)
That's taking four dipoles to cancel just right right and make a pure quadrupole. You can take four monopoles, as you can with electric charges and make a much simple pure quadrupole.
Four charges in square configuration, alternating + and - at each vertice.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I thought he was pre-law
Posted by: My Delta name is Miklos (tri-Delt is Tiffani) at March 13, 2024 02:22 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 13, 2024 02:12 AM (wjjYr)
You know, this pending pole reversal would be a fine opportunity for "citizen science". Design a simple little 3-axis magnetometer, using fluxgates, or maybe proton precession. Whatever works for cellphones and the windshield compasses in cars. Set it on a shelf, and plug it into your computer's USB port, and install logging software made to flange up to the magnetometer. Set it to record a reading on 3 axes once a minute as long as the computer runs. If any axis shows a large delta between readings, switch to once per second until it stabilizes again. Periodically upload the logs to a central database.
With millions of these rigs located all over the industrialized world, you could obtain some really fine granular data as the reversal progresses ( or doesn't).
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2024 02:23 AM (tkR6S)
With millions of these rigs located all over the industrialized world, you could obtain some really fine granular data as the reversal progresses ( or doesn't).
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Think about that. Without being bound by what has been.
Posted by: Kamala, watching water, which is a liquid! A liquid! Imagine! at March 13, 2024 02:26 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2024 01:14 AM (tkR6S)
Yep.
Now how did Stalin view private property?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 13, 2024 02:30 AM (8sMut)
Now how did Stalin view private property?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
He wanted it all for himself.
Posted by: Ray Davies at March 13, 2024 02:34 AM (IG4Id)
Posted by: RickZ
Ravenna? Ohio? I mean, nice town but why? It's got a decent golf course (Windmill Lakes) but lots of town in Ohio do.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 13, 2024 02:36 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 13, 2024 02:30 AM (8sMut)
Hitler allowed the illusion of private property, but would happily seize anything should the State demand it.
Stalin did not even allow the illusion of private property.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2024 02:39 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2024 02:40 AM (tkR6S)
Stalin did not even allow the illusion of private property.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2024 02:39 AM (tkR6S)
And this was effective for Hitler to get to power. He managed to get support from private business owners that feared even the SPD getting into power because he would at least permit private ownership to continue. Stalin would just shoot you.
Hence this thing about their being little difference between Hitler and Stalin is nonsense. BUT they do occupy the two sides of the coin of EVIL.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 13, 2024 02:42 AM (8sMut)
Posted by: Miklos should do that and would if he knew how at March 13, 2024 02:49 AM (v+0wn)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
There's a gendered cycles joke in their but i'll refrain.
Posted by: SFGoth at March 13, 2024 03:11 AM (KAi1n)
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Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 13, 2024 03:50 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Skip
I could just lay against the screen hoping for something different.
Posted by: Ray Davies at March 13, 2024 03:50 AM (IG4Id)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 13, 2024 03:51 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 13, 2024 04:09 AM (sAmhv)
NOOD!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 13, 2024 04:09 AM (sAmhv)
But we're so close to ...
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