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7 ‘Holy Grail Of Shipwrecks’: Recovery Of 18th-Century Spanish Ship Could Begin In April

The San José, sunk in 1708, has been at the center of a dispute over who has rights to the wreck, including $17bn in booty

Since the Colombian navy discovered the final resting place of the Spanish galleon San José in 2015, its location has remained a state secret, the wreck – and its precious cargo – left deep under the waters of the Caribbean.

Efforts to conserve the ship and recover its precious cargo have been caught up in a complicated string of international legal disputes, with Colombia, Spain, Bolivian indigenous groups and a US salvage company laying claim to the wreck, and the gold, silver and emeralds onboard thought to be worth as much as $17bn.

When Colombia tried to auction off part of the bounty to fund the colossal costs of recovering the ship, Unesco and the country’s high courts intervened.
https://tinyurl.com/t6pe9h3t

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 07:33 PM (2yu8s)

8 I am watching Food City 500 and damn, the place is empty. They used to get 100k

Posted by: Jamaica at March 18, 2024 07:33 PM (IG7T0)

9 The picture on top is....?

Posted by: pookysgirl, genuinely curious at March 18, 2024 07:34 PM (dtlDP)

10 on previous: spot-on Salty!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 18, 2024 07:34 PM (PFYt9)

11 The Diving Bell is awesome, I would love to try that out

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2024 07:34 PM (fwDg9)

12 Of course WSJ, of course.

Trump Defends ‘Bloodbath’ Comment as Political Storm Grows
The Biden campaign links Trump’s rhetoric at a Saturday rally to the Jan. 6 attack and other civil unrest

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 18, 2024 07:35 PM (jtTfW)

13 First in Ace
First in farts.

Wow!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2024 07:35 PM (W/lyH)

14 Wheel of Fortune is still fun.

Posted by: Blutarski at March 18, 2024 07:36 PM (Cp1vk)

15 The picture on top is....?
Posted by: pookysgirl, genuinely curious at March 18, 2024 07:34 PM (dtlDP)

Kinda pointy.

Posted by: Robert at March 18, 2024 07:36 PM (Z2yLo)

16 Close friend of mine is making "that call" tomorrow. He's had his dog for 16 years. She hasn't the strength to walk and you can see the weariness in her eyes. It's hard to handle, but he knows he can't let her suffer.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 18, 2024 07:37 PM (KAi1n)

17 #7 Ha, ha! The Guardian strikes again!

"This article was amended on 18 March 2024. The Mary Rose was in the navy of Henry VIII, not “Henry XIII”. Also, it was likely to have been sunk by its instability during combat, rather than as a direct result of French fire, as an earlier version suggested."

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 07:37 PM (2yu8s)

18 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 18, 2024 07:38 PM (T4tVD)

19 Photo looks like a long exposure with cars driving around the butte.

That is a really nice butte, by the way.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 18, 2024 07:38 PM (jtTfW)

20 Hurry for Utah.

Posted by: The Utes at March 18, 2024 07:38 PM (nvKZ7)

21 Every elephant just needs a good kick in the butt.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 18, 2024 07:38 PM (KAi1n)

22 Kinda pointy.

Posted by: Robert at March 18, 2024 07:36 PM (Z2yLo)

I think the stream that's reflecting the starlight is smooth, though.

Posted by: pookysgirl, genuinely curious at March 18, 2024 07:39 PM (dtlDP)

23 Hurray for Utah. Fake Injuns can't spell.

Posted by: The Utes at March 18, 2024 07:39 PM (nvKZ7)

24 I'd go to work in the diving bell, and wear short shorts while doing it.

Posted by: Bob Bovino at March 18, 2024 07:39 PM (V5BDR)

25 >>>Biker dogs.

Biker? I think that old fart was driving a Rascal.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 18, 2024 07:40 PM (klJTj)

26 Awww, the url gave it away. I was hoping to get specifics from The Boss.

Posted by: pookysgirl, too good at detecting at March 18, 2024 07:41 PM (dtlDP)

27 If you've never Googled the dry valleys of Antarctica, I recommend it. Until I heard about them, I thought the continent was just a huge mass of ice and snow, but the valleys are just, as the name implies, more or less completely dry. The photos are striking.

Posted by: Paco at March 18, 2024 07:41 PM (njExo)

28 Counting up the pussy with the catbacus.

Posted by: DaveA at March 18, 2024 07:41 PM (FhXTo)

29 Omygoodness the elephant who came back to say thank you.

Posted by: m at March 18, 2024 07:42 PM (o3SCB)

30 ICYMI: Another video of the sharpshooting dog.

hahahahaha!

Posted by: m at March 18, 2024 07:43 PM (o3SCB)

31 Ewok dogs.

Even worse than the movie!

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2024 07:44 PM (iziT8)

32 At one point today I counted 9 contrails across the sky.
All in a row.
Either the guv'mint's trying to kill us, or a lot of folks going south.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2024 07:45 PM (W/lyH)

33 the dry valleys of Antarctica,
are a better place to live than Mars.

Posted by: DaveA at March 18, 2024 07:45 PM (FhXTo)

34 Omygoodness the elephant who came back to say thank you.
Posted by: m

Bro! Thanks for not hittin' me in the sack with that thing!

Posted by: the elephant at March 18, 2024 07:45 PM (DgGvY)

35 If you've never Googled the dry valleys of Antarctica, I recommend it. Until I heard about them, I thought the continent was just a huge mass of ice and snow, but the valleys are just, as the name implies, more or less completely dry. The photos are striking.

Posted by: Paco at March 18, 2024 07:41 PM (njExo)

Well yeah, the penguins got thirsty!

Posted by: pookysgirl, mom to a huge penguin fan at March 18, 2024 07:45 PM (dtlDP)

36 6 His name is "King."

Surely, you chessed.
Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2024 07:33 PM (DgGvY)

Ha!

Posted by: m at March 18, 2024 07:47 PM (o3SCB)

37 Close friend of mine is making "that call" tomorrow

Getting dusty in here.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 18, 2024 07:47 PM (yNjpK)

38 >>>9 The picture on top is....?

Utah, but I don't know where specifically. I closed the tab before I got all the deets.

Posted by: ace at March 18, 2024 07:48 PM (KRtlO)

39 Oh, it's on, baby~!

@GregAbbott_TX
SCOTUS temporarily halted enforcement of SB 4 but Texas is still using its authority to arrest illegal immigrants for criminal trespass and other violations of law.
We continue building the wall, use NG to erect razor wire barriers to repel migrants & buoys remain in river.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 18, 2024 07:48 PM (IG4Id)

40 How about a game of catch?

Would you like to play a game?

Posted by: WOPR at March 18, 2024 07:48 PM (QNSds)

41 Crazy Ivan.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 18, 2024 07:49 PM (QNSds)

42 34 Omygoodness the elephant who came back to say thank you.
Posted by: m

Bro! Thanks for not hittin' me in the sack with that thing!
Posted by: the elephant at March 18, 2024 07:45 PM (DgGvY)

After the video cuts off at the end, I wonder if he slipped back into the ravine.

Posted by: m at March 18, 2024 07:50 PM (o3SCB)

43 Until today I had no idea we have people stationed down in Antarctica to feed the sharks.

I always assumed sharks found their own food.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 18, 2024 07:50 PM (guGkK)

44 Awww... elephants are the best.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 18, 2024 07:51 PM (NpAcC)

45 Is this your dream job:

Penguin counters wanted at remote post in Antarctica: ‘Training will be provided’ for ‘varied tasks’.

Those hired to work at Port Lockroy will be tasked with “running the charity gift shop, fundraising, a British Antarctic Territory Post Office, annual maintenance and upkeep of the historic buildings and artifacts, wildlife observations and many other varied and challenging tasks.

Posted by: fd at March 18, 2024 07:51 PM (vFG9F)

46 Porky pines are silly critters.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 07:51 PM (ecxfm)

47 awww gee, SFGoth, I got no words for that kind of heartbreak.
I hope my prayers will help, somehow.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 18, 2024 07:51 PM (PFYt9)

48 Reporting in the good news is that I'm in the middle of nowhere. The bad news is that everything is expensive as hell.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, home of the $22 burrito at March 18, 2024 07:51 PM (7NKxb)

49 The picture on top is....?

Utah, but I don't know where specifically. I closed the tab before I got all the deets.
Posted by: ace

I bet it's been standing there for more than 4 hours. It should see a geologist.

Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2024 07:51 PM (DgGvY)

50 43 Until today I had no idea we have people stationed down in Antarctica to feed the sharks.

I always assumed sharks found their own food.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 18, 2024 07:50 PM (guGkK)

baby shark doo doo doo doo doo doo

Posted by: m at March 18, 2024 07:51 PM (o3SCB)

51 43 Until today I had no idea we have people stationed down in Antarctica to feed the sharks.

I always assumed sharks found their own food.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 18, 2024 07:50 PM (guGkK)

Survival of the fattest?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 18, 2024 07:52 PM (hOUT3)

52 If so, something is seriously wrong with you.

Posted by: fd at March 18, 2024 07:52 PM (vFG9F)

53 Sharks still follow the route of the Antarctic slave ships.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 18, 2024 07:53 PM (aD39U)

54 52 If so, something is seriously wrong with you.
Posted by: fd at March 18, 2024 07:52 PM (vFG9F)

?

Posted by: m at March 18, 2024 07:55 PM (o3SCB)

55
Antarctica is not for you.

That's for sure!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2024 07:55 PM (63Dwl)

56 Remember reading in a NatGeo before I ditched a lifelong subscription, that a creek forms most years in these dry areas in their summer, though it rarely gets above freezing the sun warms rocks and melts water enough for a creek to run.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2024 07:55 PM (fwDg9)

57 Utah, but I don't know where specifically. I closed the tab before I got all the deets.

Posted by: ace at March 18, 2024 07:48 PM (KRtlO)

Ah, okay. Well, I'm sure I won't get 1 million plus hits if I search "famous Utah rock formation"....

Posted by: pookysgirl doesn't mind looking up geographic features at March 18, 2024 07:55 PM (dtlDP)

58 Personally I'm Proarctica.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2024 07:55 PM (iziT8)

59 "?
Posted by: m"

See #45

Posted by: fd at March 18, 2024 07:56 PM (vFG9F)

60 Sharp shooting dog needs to get into a drinking game

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2024 07:57 PM (fwDg9)

61 "fretful porpentines" (h/t Shakespeare) were mostly left alone in the Norf Woods because someone lost, hungry, & un-equipped could still catch & kill one for survival food.

jeesh, we complain about our lives but imagine what it must be like to spend all of your days as a porcupine ... just sayin' ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 18, 2024 07:57 PM (PFYt9)

62 Penguin counters wanted at remote post in Antarctica: ‘Training will be provided’ for ‘varied tasks’.

Those hired to work at Port Lockroy will be tasked with “running the charity gift shop, fundraising, a British Antarctic Territory Post Office, annual maintenance and upkeep of the historic buildings and artifacts, wildlife observations and many other varied and challenging tasks.
Posted by: fd at March 18, 2024 07:51 PM

If you read the whole thing, they discuss the mephitic downside of the job. Some people simply cannot abide the stench.

Plus, the pay isn't exactly stellar. No clue about their dental plan; probably a string and a doorknob.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2024 07:57 PM (a3Q+t)

63 Simply Mahvalass Dahling

Report: Laid-off Hollywood Executives Panic as Jobs Vanish — ‘This Is a Full-Scale Depression’
Middle aged businessman looking out a bright office window

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 07:57 PM (djLbh)

64 I'll count penguins as long as I get weekends off.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 18, 2024 07:58 PM (guGkK)

65 Ah, okay. Well, I'm sure I won't get 1 million plus hits if I search "famous Utah rock formation"....

Posted by: pookysgirl

==

In the Ute language, Utah means "place where outsiders will someday come to see rocks"

Posted by: Chase and Mimzi, Proud Republicans at March 18, 2024 07:58 PM (8AONa)

66 It's probably from Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, btw.

Posted by: pookysgirl doesn't mind looking up geographic features at March 18, 2024 07:59 PM (dtlDP)

67 Question: Do I have to supply my own clicker?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 18, 2024 07:59 PM (guGkK)

68 Oh, it's on, baby~!

@GregAbbott_TX
SCOTUS temporarily halted enforcement of SB 4 but Texas is still using its authority to arrest illegal immigrants for criminal trespass and other violations of law.
We continue building the wall, use NG to erect razor wire barriers to repel migrants & buoys remain in river.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 18, 2024 07:48 PM

abbot can do anything he wants to and biden will do nothing to stop him but file endless lawsuits. biden is terrified that abbot will continue to defy him and dare biden to do something about it.

Over a month since the courts ruled that the razor wire at the Eagle pass park that Texas took over to build a forward deployed base for national guard troops to use was illegal and the Federal government had sole authority over it and ordered Texas to depart. Yet abbot and the Texas NG are putting in more and more razor wire every day.

biden is impotent in Texas and he knows it. He threw down the illegal alien gauntlet and abbot picked it up and smacked him in the face with it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 18, 2024 07:59 PM (QNSds)

69 Love the "healing a horse with malformed legs" video. That was awesome!

Posted by: redridinghood at March 18, 2024 07:59 PM (NpAcC)

70 Off, GOPe sock

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 18, 2024 08:00 PM (8AONa)

71 Yeah I don't think the elephant was coming back to thank them. Like a Lefty and probably will try to sue them now.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2024 08:00 PM (GzpNE)

72 so, basically, the Antarctic Base Handyman, with the 17th or 23rd task on The List being "go down to the edge of the ice and count the penguins".

innit?

amirite?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 18, 2024 08:01 PM (PFYt9)

73 I did an image search and it looks like it's Valley of the Gods, Utah.

Posted by: ace at March 18, 2024 08:01 PM (KRtlO)

74 No clue about their dental plan; probably a string and a doorknob.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2024 07:57 PM

Hey if that was good enough for the Three Stooges, by golly, it's good enough for me. Where do I sign up?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 18, 2024 08:01 PM (QNSds)

75 Still very close to home tomorrow but seem to be up at 4am no matter when alarm is set.
Hope you all have a great evening

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2024 08:02 PM (fwDg9)

76 And that little horse was me.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2024 08:02 PM (iziT8)

77 A competitor in the Alone survival show caught and ate a porcupine once, I'm pretty sure.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 08:03 PM (2yu8s)

78 Yeah I don't think the elephant was coming back to thank them. Like a Lefty and probably will try to sue them now.
Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2024 08:00 PM (GzpNE)
******
Nah, that would be the jackass.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 18, 2024 08:03 PM (NpAcC)

79 Was happy to see the horse rehabilitation, thought that wasn't possible, maybe because the horse was still very young and growing.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2024 08:03 PM (fwDg9)

80 4 No clue about their dental plan; probably a string and a doorknob.

Posted by: Duncanthrax

=====

What's your point? It's cost effective.

Posted by: The NHS at March 18, 2024 08:03 PM (8AONa)

81 'Nite Skip !

Posted by: JT at March 18, 2024 08:03 PM (T4tVD)

82 I missed something. I though SB4 was going into effect.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2024 08:04 PM (YFoj8)

83 It's the Valley of the Gods.

In Utah.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2024 08:04 PM (iziT8)

84 @GregAbbott_TX
SCOTUS temporarily halted enforcement of SB 4 but Texas is still using its authority to arrest illegal immigrants for criminal trespass and other violations of law.
We continue building the wall, use NG to erect razor wire barriers to repel migrants & buoys remain in river.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 18, 2024 07:48 PM (IG4Id)

Anything to get more face time on Fox News!

Posted by: Gov Abbott at March 18, 2024 08:04 PM (8sMut)

85 Ghillie-suit addition:

https://tinyurl.com/b54x9972
IMAGE

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 08:04 PM (2yu8s)

86 You'll see, I'll keep my gavel speaker...

(hic)

Posted by: Dade Phelan, Drinker of the TX House at March 18, 2024 08:05 PM (8sMut)

87 I’m hoping for a bigly big bloodbath of Hamassholes in Gaza.

Posted by: Montec at March 18, 2024 08:05 PM (4+s9S)

88 I have nothing but respect for King Harv, but I'm thinking that he might cut down on the caffeine a little bit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2024 08:06 PM (XeU6L)

89
So theres this..

Longtime Democrat Consultant Plans to Die on Thursday
By Assisted Suicide

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:06 PM (djLbh)

90 Ancient monuments revealed!

Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays
Known as the sphinxter.

https://tinyurl.com/8smdbjjr
IMAGE

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 08:06 PM (2yu8s)

91 So there's this..

Longtime Democrat Consultant Plans to Die on Thursday
By Assisted Suicide

But not Carvell

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:07 PM (djLbh)

92 62 Penguin counters wanted at remote post in Antarctica: ‘Training will be provided’ for ‘varied tasks’.

Those hired to work at Port Lockroy will be tasked with “running the charity gift shop, fundraising, a British Antarctic Territory Post Office, annual maintenance and upkeep of the historic buildings and artifacts, wildlife observations and many other varied and challenging tasks.
Posted by: fd at March 18, 2024 07:51 PM

If you read the whole thing, they discuss the mephitic downside of the job. Some people simply cannot abide the stench.

Plus, the pay isn't exactly stellar. No clue about their dental plan; probably a string and a doorknob.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2024 07:57 PM (a3Q+t)

The penguins must be counted in the name of national security.

Posted by: Military Intelligence at March 18, 2024 08:07 PM (8sMut)

93 Aviation history:

https://tinyurl.com/crm9ae65
IMAGE

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 08:07 PM (2yu8s)

94 Longtime Democrat Consultant Plans to Die on Thursday
By Assisted Suicide
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:06 PM (djLbh)

Maybe he'll start a trend.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 18, 2024 08:08 PM (R4t5M)

95 "I’m hoping for a bigly big bloodbath of Hamassholes in Gaza. "

It is sad that they're all backed into that little itty bitty corner like that.

Damn shame.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2024 08:08 PM (iziT8)

96 So there's this..

Longtime Democrat Consultant Plans to Die on Thursday
By Assisted Suicide

But not Carvell
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:07 PM (djLbh)

Carville will just return to his homeworld.

Posted by: Sleepy Joe Biden at March 18, 2024 08:08 PM (aD39U)

97 Arizona and Utah have some amazing slot canyons

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2024 08:08 PM (YFoj8)

98 The penguins must be counted in the name of national security.

Posted by: Military Intelligence at March 18, 2024 08:07 PM

What if the penguins move around while you are trying to count them? Are you issued a club? Is deadly force authorized?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 18, 2024 08:09 PM (QNSds)

99 Dogs dance better than I do.

Posted by: Eromero at March 18, 2024 08:09 PM (NxC5+)

100 " ... probably a string and a doorknob. "

iffen yer lucky.

remote appendectomies over the internet are for Real People, not "the help".

it actually sounds like a job I could do; I used to watch Benjamin Stein do autopsies in the theater while eating my lunch 40+ years ago, and there isn't much equipment I couldn't fix otherwise ...

am I gonna apply? ohellno! use my remaining life force to kayak the Apostle Islands this summer is moar like it.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 18, 2024 08:09 PM (PFYt9)

101 Shoot the penguins with a paintball gun as you count them

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2024 08:10 PM (YFoj8)

102 Gol Dang Oblowme sashaying around London by his lonesome.. Missed the opportunity to 'meet' him.

Just In: Barack Obama Caught on Video Entering Home of UK Prime Minister—Why?

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:11 PM (djLbh)

103 Just In: Barack Obama Caught on Video Entering Home of UK Prime Minister—Why?
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:11 PM (djLbh)

Butt secks.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 18, 2024 08:12 PM (aD39U)

104 and there you have it in a nutshell!

(P. G. Woodhouse)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 18, 2024 08:13 PM (PFYt9)

105 If Northernlurker is still around, drag racing is still a thing. The NHRA is still around and doing reasonably well.

Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 18, 2024 08:13 PM (sAmhv)

106 No visit to King Chuck? Racist!!

Posted by: Montec at March 18, 2024 08:13 PM (4+s9S)

107
Butt secks.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 18, 2024 08:12 PM (aD39U)

You know it looks like it for real.. All no SS or Big Mike all sneaky like..

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:14 PM (djLbh)

108 Carvell -- death by ice cream!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 08:14 PM (2yu8s)

109 Just In: Barack Obama Caught on Video Entering Home of UK Prime Minister—Why?
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:11 PM (djLbh)

Offering surrender? Providing information on the biolabs he helped fund? Arranging sanctuary?

Posted by: Kindltot at March 18, 2024 08:14 PM (D7oie)

110 The penguins must be counted in the name of national security.
Posted by: Military Intelligence at March 18, 2024 08:07 PM

What if the penguins move around while you are trying to count them? Are you issued a club? Is deadly force authorized?
Posted by: Mister Scott

You get a box of tiny toques to put on them as you count them. And you're helping keep the penguins warm in the cold weather.

Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2024 08:15 PM (DgGvY)

111 *ahem*

Posted by: Cookie Puss at March 18, 2024 08:15 PM (V8he0)

112 What if the penguins move around while you are trying to count them? Are you issued a club? Is deadly force authorized?
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There given dance-card numbers like in 1920's marathon dance contests.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 08:15 PM (2yu8s)

113 amazing slot canyons

Used to date... Oh heck.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 18, 2024 08:16 PM (yNjpK)

114 43 Until today I had no idea we have people stationed down in Antarctica to feed the sharks.

I always assumed sharks found their own food.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 18, 2024 07:50 PM (guGkK)
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Did you really think that all the bodies ended up in the East River?

Posted by: Ciampino - NJ is not a cemetery? at March 18, 2024 08:16 PM (qfLjt)

115 Do Mike and Barry ever go anywhere together?

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2024 08:16 PM (iziT8)

116
Butt secks.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 18, 2024 08:12 PM (aD39U)

I think his genealogy was traced back to the royals

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:16 PM (djLbh)

117 giving a briefing and passing information on the Avian influenza that was bio-engineered and accidentally released in 2012?

Looking for help for "an old flame" in Pokeystan?

Posted by: Kindltot at March 18, 2024 08:16 PM (D7oie)

118 I think his genealogy was traced back to the royals
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:16 PM (djLbh)

WE WAS KANGZ!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 18, 2024 08:17 PM (aD39U)

119 Just In: Barack Obama Caught on Video Entering Home of UK Prime Minister—Why?
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Worse than that, U.S. Ambassador Jane Hartley too.

Insider Corner @insiderscorner 4h
Barack Obama departs from 10 Downing Street alongside Jane Hartley, the US ambassador to the UK, following an unexpected meeting.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 08:17 PM (2yu8s)

120 113 amazing slot canyons

Used to date... Oh heck.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 18, 2024 08:16 PM (yNjpK

All fun and games until you have to chew your are off..

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:18 PM (djLbh)

121 57 Utah, but I don't know where specifically. I closed the tab before I got all the deets.

Posted by: ace at March 18, 2024 07:48 PM (KRtlO)

Ah, okay. Well, I'm sure I won't get 1 million plus hits if I search "famous Utah rock formation"....

Posted by: pookysgirl doesn't mind looking up geographic features at March 18, 2024 07:55 PM (dtlDP)
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You could narrow it down by adding 'with the thing that goes up' ...!

Posted by: Ciampino - It goes up on top at March 18, 2024 08:18 PM (qfLjt)

122 Do penguins walk around like a chicken if you cut off the heads?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 18, 2024 08:18 PM (yNjpK)

123 Barky went to have the Brits bring up the independent mandating of a two state solution . They brought this up a month ago now The US a.d the Brits will take it to the UN

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2024 08:18 PM (YFoj8)

124
Just In: Barack Obama Caught on Video Entering Home of UK Prime Minister—Why?
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It!

Selling Girl Scout cookies.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2024 08:19 PM (63Dwl)

125 >>Just In: Barack Obama Caught on Video Entering Home of UK Prime Minister—Why?

We talk a lot about the terms globalist and nationalist but I don't think we talk enough about what they really mean. They aren't just words.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2024 08:19 PM (LkLld)

126 chew your are off..

So you don't wake her up?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 18, 2024 08:20 PM (yNjpK)

127 I think I need to drink more.

I don't really think I'm trying.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 18, 2024 08:20 PM (XV/Pl)

128 The dry valleys of Antarctic are home to katabatic winds
Some people believe those winds are responsible for the Dyatlov Pass Incident because they are believed to cause our of control emotions.

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 18, 2024 08:21 PM (6z9Vj)

129 true dat BH ... my old backpack had a laminated newspaper article wire-tied into the flap about some joker who got into one; dint wanna back up, so tried to climb out; fell, broke, died leaving a journal.

Do. Not. Want.

I feel sometimes for all of the optimists who have died to help me chart a (reasonably) safe course through these last few decades.

thx.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 18, 2024 08:21 PM (PFYt9)

130 All those cats in one place. How do you keep the place from smelling like cat p*ss 24-7?

Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2024 08:21 PM (oaGWv)

131 I nominate chuck Schumer to be the burger meister of any new Pali state.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 18, 2024 08:22 PM (8AONa)

132 126 chew your are off..

So you don't wake her up?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 18, 2024 08:20 PM (yNjpK

Well for a two bagger yes but Coyote Ugly not so much

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:23 PM (djLbh)

133 I think his genealogy was traced back to the royals
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:16 PM (djLbh)

damned typewriter companies getting their fingers into everything

Posted by: Kindltot at March 18, 2024 08:23 PM (D7oie)

134 Deets on the penguin poop smelling positions:

https://tinyurl.com/y98b7kyt

Specifies you must be a British citizen.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2024 08:24 PM (a3Q+t)

135 BTW, the Palace has denied rumours today that King Charles had died.

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 3h
JUST IN - King Charles is not dead, Buckingham Palace refute rumors

And related ...
Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 1h
BREAKING: Kate Middleton seen out shopping with prince William as rumors intensify - TMZ

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 08:24 PM (2yu8s)

136 131 I nominate chuck Schumer to be the burger meister of any new Pali state.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 18, 2024 08:22 PM (8AONa)

Huh So Schumer is going to manage a McDonalds in the new Pali state?

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:25 PM (djLbh)

137 Israel has to go for Biden to keep Michigan.

Posted by: Jamaica at March 18, 2024 08:25 PM (IG7T0)

138 Ok I looked up panda dogs. They're just white chows with dyed fur. The fad started in China.

Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2024 08:25 PM (oaGWv)

139 Katanatic winds is what happens when you cut a cabbage/egg salad fart while you cat’s sitting on your lap.

Posted by: Eromero at March 18, 2024 08:25 PM (NxC5+)

140 o well then, not a brit citizen, so sorry
(not)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 18, 2024 08:25 PM (PFYt9)

141
I nominate chuck Schumer to be the burger meister of any new Pali state.
Posted by: 2009Refugee

The Gauleiter of Gaza

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2024 08:26 PM (63Dwl)

142 I think his genealogy was traced back to the royals
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:16 PM (djLbh)

anyways, the birth certificate was actually done on a Selectric

Posted by: Kindltot at March 18, 2024 08:26 PM (D7oie)

143 Leading Report @LeadingReport 37m
BREAKING: Gov. Abbott’s response to the SCOTUS decision to indefinitely block Texas from enforcing a law to allow state officials to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally:

“SCOTUS temporarily halted enforcement of SB 4 but Texas is still using its authority to arrest illegal immigrants for criminal trespass and other violations of law.

We continue building the wall, use NG to erect razor wire barriers to repel migrants & buoys remain in river.”

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 08:27 PM (2yu8s)

144 lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 18, 2024 08:27 PM (PFYt9)

145 Need to crash (and hopefully not burn) early tonight. I'm driving and shepherding 5th graders around for a Math Bee tomorrow along with Pooky. It'll just be a handful of kids, but it's the first one ever for these kids and the first time their school has participated in this particular one, so... it'll be challenging. At least the kids will have the hour-long car ride to strategize.

(And yes, Pookette's Future Boyfriend will be on the team. They have a "friendly rivalry" going.)

Posted by: pookysgirl, wife to a Math Dad at March 18, 2024 08:28 PM (dtlDP)

146 meh, g'night everyone !

seeya onna tech thread, momentarily ... big hike tomorrow.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 18, 2024 08:29 PM (PFYt9)

147 Fancy what work, to stand amid hundreds of the birds, all screaming round you, so as almost to deafen you, tumbling them here and there, and picking up their eggs as fast as you can gather them! It is really amusing sport. I must remind you the kicking them over with our soft moccasins does not hurt them in the least, and the next day they will have just as many eggs.

Posted by: Penguin Counting Facts at March 18, 2024 08:29 PM (vFG9F)

148 Leading Report @LeadingReport 3h
BREAKING: Former President Trump has threatened to impose 100 percent tariffs on Chinese cars made in Mexico once reelected, double the 50 percent he stated previously.

“Mexico has taken, over a period of thirty years, 34 percent of the automobile manufacturing business in our country.

“Let me tell you something to China, if you’re listening President Xi … those big monster car manufacturing plants that you’re building in Mexico right now, and you think you’re going to get that, you’re going to not hire Americans, and you’re going to sell the cars to us, no, we’re going to put a 100 percent tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not going to be able to sell those cars if I get elected.”
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Mind you, a Moron claimed the car would still be a cheap $24,000 IIRC from an earlier thread.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 08:29 PM (2yu8s)

149 43 Leading Report @LeadingReport 37m
BREAKING: Gov. Abbott’s response to the SCOTUS decision to indefinitely block Texas from enforcing a law to allow state officials to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally:

“SCOTUS temporarily halted enforcement of SB 4 but Texas is still using its authority to arrest illegal immigrants for criminal trespass and other violations of law.

We continue building the wall, use NG to erect razor wire barriers to repel migrants & buoys remain in river.”
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 08:27 PM (2yu8s)

Trump called Abbott "Let the Bloodbath begin.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:30 PM (djLbh)

150 The eggs vary much in size, from a large hen’s egg to a goose’s. They mostly lay two at once. Their nests are sometimes close together, so you can soon pick up a lot. They stand in pairs, each couple at their nest to defend it, and some will not give up till they have been kicked away two or three times. They can give a good sharp bite, if they get hold of you.

Posted by: Penguin Counting Facts at March 18, 2024 08:31 PM (vFG9F)

151 (And yes, Pookette's Future Boyfriend will be on the team. They have a "friendly rivalry" going.)
Posted by: pookysgirl, wife to a Math Dad at March 18, 2024 08:28 PM

Is Pookette or pookysgirl making the selection of the Future Boyfriend?

Have you considered asking HordeSource(tm) for advice?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2024 08:31 PM (a3Q+t)

152 As if it wasn't expected:

@DavidShafer 13m
Here is the joint motion that President Trump and I filed today asking Judge McAfee to issue a certificate of immediate review. We want the Georgia Court of Appeals to immediately take up the disqualification of District Attorney Fani Willis.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 18, 2024 08:32 PM (IG4Id)

153 Barky went to have the Brits bring up the independent mandating of a two state solution . They brought this up a month ago now The US a.d the Brits will take it to the UN

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2024 08:18 PM

Yep that and to force Israel into a "cease fire" before we get too close to the election. If Israel is still stomping on hamas in October/November biden loses big time.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 18, 2024 08:33 PM (QNSds)

154 Fani is going to be able to find her ass with both hands because somebody's gonna hand it to her

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2024 08:34 PM (YFoj8)

155 Is Pookette or pookysgirl making the selection of the Future Boyfriend?

Have you considered asking HordeSource(tm) for advice?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2024 08:31 PM (a3Q+t)

I asked you guys for advice on when Pooky should demonstrate his shooting skills a few nights ago. (Now, so it's seared into the boy's memory, or upon entering high school, so it's fresh?)

Posted by: pookysgirl has never been a teenage boy at March 18, 2024 08:34 PM (dtlDP)

156 They can give a good sharp bite, if they get hold of you.
Posted by: Penguin Counting Facts at March 18, 2024 08:31 PM

They also have 2 ranging weapons, projectile vomit of semi-fermented fish, and a deadly spray of liquid faeces.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2024 08:34 PM (a3Q+t)

157 The Jaromir Jagr bobblehead incident remains under investigation.

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 18, 2024 08:34 PM (6z9Vj)

158 Mind you, a Moron claimed the car would still be a cheap $24,000 IIRC from an earlier thread.
Posted by: andycanuck

$24K after the tariff?

Then I'm sure it'll be the best, most-reliable $12K Chinese-designed car on the road.

Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2024 08:34 PM (DgGvY)

159 The Jaromir Jagr bobblehead incident remains under investigation.
Posted by: Northernlurker

* nods *

Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2024 08:36 PM (DgGvY)

160 They should have handed out mullet wigs instead of Jagr bobbleheads.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 18, 2024 08:37 PM (R4t5M)

161 Oblowme wandering around the globe all presidenty and shit.

Fuck him. Right out in the open.. Dude is not worried about the Logan Act one bit.

I have had it with the two tier bullshit. Ima buy a new BB gun
if they keep persecuting PDT..

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 18, 2024 08:38 PM (djLbh)

162 An hour after you buy a Chinee you want another one.

Posted by: Eromero at March 18, 2024 08:38 PM (NxC5+)

163 Good evening! Just finished grilled chicken breast, green beans and salad. Simple, but good after teaching. The wind is something else out there.

The little dancing dog was hysterical.

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2024 08:39 PM (ZdaMQ)

164 Then I'm sure it'll be the best, most-reliable $12K Chinese-designed car on the road.
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It's a Lada car!

[Actual Lada advertising tag in Canada when they began being imported to the West!]

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 08:39 PM (2yu8s)

165 Yep that and to force Israel into a "cease fire" before we get too close to the election. If Israel is still stomping on hamas in October/November biden loses big time.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 18, 2024 08:33 PM (QNSds)

I wonder what financial records were picked up when the IDF took that Hamas datacenter

Posted by: Kindltot at March 18, 2024 08:39 PM (D7oie)

166 I asked you guys for advice on when Pooky should demonstrate his shooting skills a few nights ago. (Now, so it's seared into the boy's memory, or upon entering high school, so it's fresh?)
Posted by: pookysgirl has never been a teenage boy at March 18, 2024 08:34 PM

Fifth grade's what, 11 years old? You might consider Pooky teaching him how to shoot, and bonding over that.

If the point is to demonstrate potential consequences of dishonoring or breaking pookette's heart, hight school is probably better.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2024 08:40 PM (a3Q+t)

167 Northernlurker - from pet thread, yes i borrowed the nickname little ball of hate from NHL legend Pat Verbeek. And then I had to explain to wife and kids who Pat Verbeek was.

They rolled their eyes, but agreed it was a good way to describe her.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 18, 2024 08:40 PM (8AONa)

168 162 An hour after you buy a Chinee you want another one.

Posted by: Eromero at March 18, 2024 08:38 PM (NxC5+)
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Well you may need it to tow the first one.

Posted by: Ciampino - a tow train? at March 18, 2024 08:40 PM (qfLjt)

169 What's with all the penguin hate?

They're cute. They are feisty. They are much more dedicated to their offspring than 90% of humans.

They don't bother anyone. They are happy, sweet critters who make most normal people smile.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08:40 PM (7hNYp)

170 And before you say THEY SMELL BAD!

Well, your shit don't smell like roses, Duncanthrax.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08:41 PM (7hNYp)

171 68
'biden is impotent in Texas and he knows it'

It pleases me more that he is defying the supreme court.

I'm so sick of their grandiose power grabs.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 18, 2024 08:41 PM (roH4R)

172 Harrumph!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08:41 PM (7hNYp)

173 LOL Kindltot, we'll never know ...

rly g'night everyone

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 18, 2024 08:41 PM (PFYt9)

174 Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08:40 PM

That's exactly why Big Penguin spreads so much propaganda to get people to believe.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2024 08:42 PM (a3Q+t)

175 Penguins are great! Please send more penguins.

Posted by: the leopard seals at March 18, 2024 08:43 PM (J8VrE)

176 You wouldn't say that if confronted with a snarling vicious rabid penguin.

Posted by: fd at March 18, 2024 08:44 PM (vFG9F)

177 After the stories in the past few days of the jealousy between Biden and Obama, I'm imagining a press gaggle where they shout at Biden, "How do you feel about Obama negotiating behind your back?" "Did Obama tell you what he was going to do?" Etc. You can all be must more clever than I.

Posted by: Wenda at March 18, 2024 08:44 PM (G1K9S)

178 Bugs Bunny taught me that penguin tears form into little ice cubes. And some of them just want to go back to their homes in New Jersey.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 18, 2024 08:46 PM (8AONa)

179 It's a Lada car!
[Actual Lada advertising tag in Canada when they began being imported to the West!]
Posted by: andycanuck

Those dealerships need to pick up a second marque, so they can sell a Lada-Tata.

Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2024 08:47 PM (DgGvY)

180 After the first few DOT crash tests, the Chinks will finally learn you can't build a $12,000 car with drywall.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 18, 2024 08:47 PM (0EOe9)

181 Pookysgirl,

Pookette should not be alone with a boy at all at her age. Group dates to the movies where they are dropped off and picked up by a parent or going to the mall are all I would allow.

And yes, I'd still be watching. No hanky panky.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08:47 PM (7hNYp)

182 Also, it was likely to have been sunk by its instability during combat, rather than as a direct result of French fire, as an earlier version suggested."
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 07:37 PM (2yu8s)

Like a tranny, then?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2024 08:47 PM (tkR6S)

183 Penguins are Colonizers!

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2024 08:47 PM (YFoj8)

184 And before you say THEY SMELL BAD!

Well, your shit don't smell like roses, Duncanthrax.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08:41 PM

Don't forget, everything smells better in Texas, nurse.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2024 08:48 PM (a3Q+t)

185
After the stories in the past few days of the jealousy between Biden and Obama, I'm imagining a press gaggle where they shout at Biden, "How do you feel about Obama negotiating behind your back?" "Did Obama tell you what he was going to do?" Etc. You can all be must more clever than I.
Posted by: Wenda

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Hey, I like your imagination. How about just confabulating something, the way Joe does? "What's your response to Obama asking you to step down so Newsom can run?" "Does your wife intend to get even with Anna Wintour for her comment?"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's office at March 18, 2024 08:48 PM (Xwngz)

186 Don't forget, everything smells better in Texas, nurse.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Axshully, no. No it doesn't. Poop is poop and it never smells better that poop

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08:49 PM (7hNYp)

187 Bugs Bunny taught me that penguin tears form into little ice cubes. And some of them just want to go back to their homes in New Jersey.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 18, 2024 08:46 PM (8AONa)

Could you help a fellow American who's down on his luck?

Posted by: Humphrey B. at March 18, 2024 08:49 PM (J8VrE)

188 lol, Wenda, as if ...

still, it would be grand, wouldn't'it?

lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 18, 2024 08:50 PM (PFYt9)

189 How about if Obama endorses Trump.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08:50 PM (7hNYp)

190 If you think your home insurance is spiking now, just wait until they find out a car with a Li-ion battery pack, built to Chinese standard, is in your garage.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 18, 2024 08:51 PM (8AONa)

191 Livecam from Huffington Post's offices.

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🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2024 08:51 PM (V13WU)

192 Fifth grade's what, 11 years old? You might consider Pooky teaching him how to shoot, and bonding over that.

If the point is to demonstrate potential consequences of dishonoring or breaking pookette's heart, hight school is probably better.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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I hope he also teaches Pookette to shoot!

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 18, 2024 08:52 PM (1eY81)

193 La cucaracha, la cucaracha,
Ya no puede caminar;
Porque no tiene, porque le falta
Marihuana que fumar

Las muchachas son de oro;
Las casadas son de plata;
Las viudas son de cobre,
Y las viejas hoja de lata.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 18, 2024 08:52 PM (JKdu1)

194 Former PM Cameron is now the Foreign Minister and a rabid anti-semite

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2024 08:52 PM (YFoj8)

195 Holy shit.

You no longer need to pass the Bar exam to get your law license in Washington State.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08:56 PM (Tjd07)

196 Eurabia.

Posted by: Eromero at March 18, 2024 08:57 PM (NxC5+)

197 169 What's with all the penguin hate?

They're cute. They are feisty. They are much more dedicated to their offspring than 90% of humans.

They don't bother anyone. They are happy, sweet critters who make most normal people smile.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08:40 PM (7hNYp)

In 1950, Pilgrim State Hospital had 16,000 residents and 4,500 staff. A city unto itself. Generated it's own steam and electricity. Had a fire department.

Our country was great then, and we knew how to protect decent, God-fearing, law abiding, society from the abject penguinphobia so rampant today. These people are running around loose!

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at March 18, 2024 08:57 PM (V5BDR)

198 nurse, coming to your profession soon.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2024 08:58 PM (YFoj8)

199 You no longer need to pass the Bar exam to get your law license in Washington State.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08:56 PM (Tjd07)
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You'd have lawyers who can't tell a Manhattan from a Martini!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 18, 2024 08:58 PM (DeFcY)

200 195 Holy shit.

You no longer need to pass the Bar exam to get your law license in Washington State.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08

Wow. This should work out well. I assume law school is still required?

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2024 08:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

201 Ben Had,
I'm afraid you're not wrong.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08:58 PM (Tjd07)

202 A senior Hamas official told CNN that he cannot provide any assurances about the wellbeing of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, but rejected a United Nations special representative’s finding that there is “clear and convincing information” that some of them have been sexually abused.

Utter bullshit from this monster. "Naim rejected defining Hamas’ attacks as terrorism, falsely claiming that his organization does not target civilians." At least ISIS and al-Qaeda took responsibility for their actions.

At the same time, there are people globally who run around accusing Israel of committing a genocide. And always make distinctions between Hamas and Civilians.

Not only globally, but right here on DU. I see post here quite frequently how Israel is committing "genocide" when they quite obviously don't know the meaning of genocide.

I condemn all that use religion as a weapon. I've no use for violence from either side. I condemn Hamas and BiBi and his Ultra Conservative fighters equally. I condemn antisemitism and Islamophobia too.

"Just like Mandela." That’s how one of our more active members put it.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 18, 2024 08:59 PM (ycI94)

203 189 I often think if Retardo hangs in there as the Dem nominee, a lot on the left will be silently supporting PDT's win. Retardo equals four years with things being so fucked up the party will be destroyed for twenty years. A PDT win equals maybe a chance for a comeback.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 18, 2024 08:59 PM (0EOe9)

204 Axshully, no. No it doesn't. Poop is poop and it never smells better that poop
Posted by: nurse ratched
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My grandma once had to send a stool sample through the mail. She sniffed it, said to herself, "this smells like shit," and sprayed it with Foxfire perfume...

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 18, 2024 08:59 PM (1eY81)

205

At age 6 I was sodomized by a penguin during a field trip to the zoo.

It ...changed me... Forever...

Posted by: Don Lemonparty at March 18, 2024 09:00 PM (AEVXd)

206
Today, the 18th, is technically the last day of Winter, and astronomical Spring begins tomorrow, the 19th, but just barely for Eastern time zones and west. It will occur at 11:06PM EDT tomorrow.

It's still the 20th in Zulu. The vernal equinoxes in leap years this century are going to get earlier and earlier by a few years and a couple of decades, it will push it to the 19th in UTC. That will then rest in 2100, with the skipped leap year.

Since 2000 was a leap year per the Gregorian 400 year cycle, we'll have centuries years of leap years every 4 years, without skipping, and so that starts to push the equinox quite early after 2000.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 18, 2024 09:00 PM (w6EFb)

207 195 Holy shit.

You no longer need to pass the Bar exam to get your law license in Washington State.

Posted by: nurse ratched
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Credentialism, what's it good for?
Absolutely nothing.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 18, 2024 09:00 PM (JKdu1)

208 Lincoln practiced law, never passed a "bar exam"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 18, 2024 09:01 PM (PFYt9)

209 Remember. Penguins always have the Leopard Seal of Approval.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2024 09:01 PM (e6UQI)

210 Spam Waffle

Spauffle

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 18, 2024 09:01 PM (ENQN6)

211 Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2024 08:47 PM (YFoj

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BH, my phone picked a heck of a time for the batteries to die. Sorry about that!

Posted by: Weasel at March 18, 2024 09:01 PM (JwHpX)

212 Mrs. E just asked if doctors would need a license. I said nope, a license is jus an idea.

Posted by: Eromero at March 18, 2024 09:02 PM (NxC5+)

213 It's a Lada car!

[Actual Lada advertising tag in Canada when they began being imported to the West!]
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 08:39 PM (2yu8s)

I knew a woman in Calgary who bought a Lada. Used to tease her about it unmercifully. She would get quite defensive. One day, driving back to Calgary from a trip to Banff, she hit a bad bump on Hwy. 1, and all four springs broke right there. Actually felt a little sorry for her.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2024 09:02 PM (tkR6S)

214 200 195 Holy shit.

You no longer need to pass the Bar exam to get your law license in Washington State.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08

Wow. This should work out well. I assume law school is still required?
Posted by: Piper

I mean...the bar exam just tests knowledge of legal precedent, procedures, and application, which isn't really applicable in most Blue states. You just need you BA from college to memorize the grievance hierarchy, and get some practice applying oppression/victim buzzwords, use some AI, and you're set!

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 18, 2024 09:02 PM (ycI94)

215 Not only globally, but right here on DU. I see post here quite frequently how Israel is committing "genocide" when they quite obviously don't know the meaning of genocide.
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Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 09:02 PM (2yu8s)

216 Weasel, I think we covered most everything anyway.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2024 09:03 PM (YFoj8)

217 Again cognitive dissonance is a Leftist mental illness that they can't kick.

Russia attacks Ukraine and they don't want any ceasefire or agreement that gives up anything to Russia. They have lavished praise and money on Zelensky. They have given more money to Ukraine in one year than they have given to Israel in 20 years.

Hamas attacks Israel and they want Israel to agree to a ceasefire and to give in to demands made by Hamas. They also want Israel to dump their Leader in the middle of the war.

Psychopaths with no shame and no self awareness.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2024 09:03 PM (GzpNE)

218 You no longer need to pass the Bar exam to get your law license in Washington State.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08:56 PM (Tjd07)

But you can't open-carry a lawyer. Have to be in airtight bags.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2024 09:05 PM (tkR6S)

219 Lincoln practiced law, never passed a "bar exam"
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 18, 2024 09:01 PM (PFYt9)

I think that Lincoln never went to law school but did pass an exam to get his license. Reading for the Law was the name for this process, I think.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 18, 2024 09:06 PM (aD39U)

220

Credentials be racis, yo!

Yo mama don't have no degree in pulling a back door train, but she pull it jus fine!

Posted by: Prof. Jobobo, Afrophysicist at March 18, 2024 09:07 PM (AEVXd)

221 195 Holy shit.

You no longer need to pass the Bar exam to get your law license in Washington State.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 08:56 PM (Tjd07)
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So let's see. No more LSATs, Harvard Law School: no one fails, everyone gets an A or A+, now no more bar exams .... why not just take a high school grad with a C, and give him/her a shingle without bothering with all that stuff?

Posted by: Ciampino - a tow train....? at March 18, 2024 09:07 PM (qfLjt)

222 It stands to reason that someone who doesn't go to law school but passes the bar should also be eligible for a law license.

Posted by: Moron Robbie- 80% positives in a mate to a man is a soulmate, the same 80% to a woman is settling at March 18, 2024 09:08 PM (Wg1x4)

223 So, like, we're gonna sue the state until they give us free pot. And a bag of Doritos.

Posted by: All The New Lawyers at March 18, 2024 09:08 PM (8AONa)

224 You no longer need a license to pilot an Airliner. .

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2024 09:08 PM (GzpNE)

225 It stands to reason that someone who doesn't go to law school but passes the bar should also be eligible for a law license.
Posted by: Moron Robbie- 80% positives in a mate to a man is a soulmate, the same 80% to a woman is settling at March 18, 2024 09:08 PM (Wg1x4)

...and the question, Alec, is "why are there no Irish lawyers?"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2024 09:10 PM (tkR6S)

226 It was a simpler time.

Abraham Lincoln, who attended school for less than a year, became a lawyer under an Illinois law enacted in 1833. This law stated that to be a lawyer someone had to "obtain a certificate procured from the court of an Illinois county certifying to the applicant's good moral character." Lincoln actually went to the Illinois Supreme Court to get his certificate. On September 9, 1836, a license to practice law was issued to Abraham Lincoln by two of the justices of the Illinois Supreme Court. Later, in a more formal session, on March 1, 1837, Lincoln appeared before the clerk of the Illinois Supreme Court and took an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and of Illinois. Lincoln swore he would "in all things faithfully execute the duties of Attorney and Counselor at Law." Lincoln was then formally enrolled as an attorney licensed to practice law in all the courts of the state of Illinois.

https://bityl.co/Opuo

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 18, 2024 09:10 PM (aD39U)

227 The law is an ass, so I'm going to study ass.

Posted by: A law studant at March 18, 2024 09:10 PM (vFG9F)

228 Posted w/o comment:

"If we have a Democratic majority in the House and the Senate and control of the White House, we can make huge strides for the American people.

Make health care more affordable. Secure funding for more housing. Protect our planet with landmark climate legislation. Safeguard reproductive rights. Appoint judges who will protect the rule of law and defend our Constitution. Protect voting rights. The list goes on."

-- Adam Schiff, (D-CA)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2024 09:10 PM (a3Q+t)

229 I really like looking at long exposure videos of the Milky Way. Some of the 4k videos are so detailed you can make our nebulas, distant galaxies, etc. I suspect 8k video on a true 85" 8k TV would be mind blowing in it's detail.

There is also a mind blowing video of the Andromeda Galaxy that is too amazing for words.

https://youtu.be/udAL48P5NJU?si=7eh95xu6hXkCBpbh

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 18, 2024 09:11 PM (++4z6)

230 You'd have lawyers who can't tell a Manhattan from a Martini!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 18, 2024 08:58 PM (DeFcY)
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Okay, that's serious shit right there!
I'll have a Martinus, if I wanted more than one then I would have asked for them. (Wayne & Shuster "Rinse The Blood Off My Toga" or "Caesar's Assassination")

Posted by: Ciampino - a tartuga at March 18, 2024 09:12 PM (qfLjt)

231 You'd have lawyers who can't tell a Manhattan from a Martini!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 18, 2024 08:58 PM

Shaken or stirred?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2024 09:13 PM (a3Q+t)

232 There is also a mind blowing video of the Andromeda Galaxy that is too amazing for words.

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Thanks for this. I hunt somewhere where I can often look up and see the Milky Way, and I'm really fond of the moment.

Related: I was playing Red Dead 2 and out roaming around at night, and they added the Milky Way to the sky. That game is impressively well thought out.

Posted by: Moron Robbie- 80% positives in a mate to a man is a soulmate, the same 80% to a woman is settling at March 18, 2024 09:13 PM (Wg1x4)

233 But you can't open-carry a lawyer. Have to be in airtight bags.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2024 09:05 PM (tkR6S)

What if you have an assault lawyer?

Posted by: DaisyB at March 18, 2024 09:14 PM (AbL8c)

234 https://youtu.be/udAL48P5NJU?si=7eh95xu6hXkCBpbh
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

Request for clarification good sir, in the phased lens array secondary refocusing system, where do you insert the albino clitoris?

Posted by: Prof. Jobobo, Afrophysicist at March 18, 2024 09:14 PM (AEVXd)

235 Back in the 1830s a high school diploma required more knowledge and critical thinking skills to be shown than many masters degrees now.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2024 09:14 PM (WYTai)

236 Since Lincoln became a Illinois State Representative in 1834, I guess getting a certificate in 1837 wasn't that hard.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 18, 2024 09:14 PM (aD39U)

237 And Lincoln always had partners. Never a solo practice.

Now I am starting to wonder if ole Abe was a rainmaker.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 18, 2024 09:15 PM (aD39U)

238 "If we have a Democratic majority in the House and the Senate and control of the White House, we can make huge strides for the American people.

Make health care more affordable. Secure funding for more housing. Protect our planet with landmark climate legislation. Safeguard reproductive rights. Appoint judges who will protect the rule of law and defend our Constitution. Protect voting rights. The list goes on."

-- Adam Schiff, (D-CA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2024 09:10 PM (a3Q+t)

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I'll comment. Let's hope that bugged-eyed bastard gets killed by an illegal alien running a red light at 70mph.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 18, 2024 09:16 PM (++4z6)

239 PA district justices don't need a law degree. I think there is a short course they have to take once elected. My last guy was a retired cop. Their constables have a deal where they are kind of on piece work, compensated through the fees for their services (like $45 to tape an eviction notice on a door).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 18, 2024 09:17 PM (0EOe9)

240 Shaken or stirred?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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I prefer to shake my lawyers.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 18, 2024 09:17 PM (1eY81)

241 "If we have a Democratic majority in the House and the Senate and control of the White House, we can make huge strides ~~for~~ on the American people...."
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fixed it for ya

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 18, 2024 09:18 PM (1eY81)

242 No, Abe did argue cases, hundreds of them. Even one before the USSC.

He lost.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 18, 2024 09:19 PM (aD39U)

243 It's weird that we never have observed the heliosphere bubble right outside our solar system because there is no light . Our 70's probes have sent back info that it's full of magnetic fields fighting against each other but not much other info.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2024 09:20 PM (GzpNE)

244 PA district justices don't need a law degree. I think there is a short course they have to take once elected. My last guy was a retired cop. Their constables have a deal where they are kind of on piece work, compensated through the fees for their services (like $45 to tape an eviction notice on a door).
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 18, 2024 09:17 PM (0EOe9)

There is a judicial college in Reno NV that does courses on the law for judges, a number of Justice of the Peace and related type positions use it for continuing legal education and application of the law

Posted by: Kindltot at March 18, 2024 09:20 PM (D7oie)

245 241 "If we have a democratic majority we better collect all the guns real quick like before the rubes figure out what we're going to do to them".

Adam Schiff

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 18, 2024 09:21 PM (0EOe9)

246 You don't need to be a lawyer to be a SC justice right?

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2024 09:21 PM (GzpNE)

247
Reignmaker

Posted by: Moron Robbie- 80% positives in a mate to a man is a soulmate, the same 80% to a woman is settling at March 18, 2024 09:22 PM (Wg1x4)

248 233 But you can't open-carry a lawyer. Have to be in airtight bags.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2024 09:05 PM (tkR6S)

What if you have an assault lawyer?

Posted by: DaisyB at March 18, 2024 09:14 PM (AbL8c)
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Is he wearing boots or tactical loafers?

Posted by: Ciampino - does his thingy go up? at March 18, 2024 09:23 PM (qfLjt)

249 You don't need to be a lawyer to be a SC justice right?
Posted by: polynikes
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I dunno, but I know that it's optional to know what a woman is.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 18, 2024 09:23 PM (1eY81)

250 Shaken or stirred?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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I prefer to shake my lawyers.
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 18, 2024 09:17 PM

O_o

I'm right here, you know.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2024 09:23 PM (Wnv9h)

251 244 Lawyer friend of mine in PA had a study guide for District Justices.Real big pamphlet or short book, take your pick.He kept it around as a handy quick reference for things that come up and you have a brain freeze.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 18, 2024 09:26 PM (0EOe9)

252 I think magistrates are that way in NC because I was asked if to consider it once and I don't have that background. The job was like a 3rd-shift judge to make decisions for law enforcement. It sort of freaked me out that it was something I could potentially be hired to do.

Posted by: Moron Robbie- 80% positives in a mate to a man is a soulmate, the same 80% to a woman is settling at March 18, 2024 09:28 PM (Wg1x4)

253 Porto da Cruz, built when people wanted to make the approach to a city as difficult as possible for land-based invaders.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 18, 2024 09:31 PM (F4/ux)

254 Lawyer friend of mine in PA had a study guide for District Justices.Real big pamphlet or short book, take your pick.He kept it around as a handy quick reference for things that come up and you have a brain freeze.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 18, 2024 09:26 PM (0EOe9)

Ask him to show you the section that allows a traffic-court judge to throw Donald Trump off the GOP primary ballot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2024 09:32 PM (tkR6S)

255 About 43 minutes

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 7-16
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB
SpaceX targets Monday, March 18, for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Liftoff is targeted for 7:20 p.m. PDT (02:20 UTC, 03:20 CET March 19), with backup opportunities available until 11:49 p.m. PDT.

https://tinyurl.com/4kc9xskh Livestream
https://tinyurl.com/yc6zzxtv Launch Pad

Posted by: Ciampino - on time at March 18, 2024 09:35 PM (qfLjt)

256 Watching another Boeing United Airlines issue in real time. UAL 14 Newark to London flying in circles on radar. Now returning to Newark due to tech issue.

Unreal.

Posted by: Truthbomb at March 18, 2024 09:37 PM (kCF/A)

257 Watching another Boeing United Airlines issue in real time. UAL 14 Newark to London flying in circles on radar. Now returning to Newark due to tech issue.

Unreal.
Posted by: Truthbomb at March 18, 2024 09:37 PM (kCF/A)

Return to Newark?
I'd rather ditch.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2024 09:42 PM (W/lyH)

258 Return to Newark?
I'd rather ditch.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2024 09:42 PM

With no wheels, we can make that happen.

Posted by: J. Random UA Flight at March 18, 2024 09:44 PM (a3Q+t)

259 Return to Newark?
I'd rather ditch.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2024 09:42 PM

With no wheels, we can make that happen.
Posted by: J. Random UA Flight
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I'm on it!

Posted by: Loose Emergency Door Plug at March 18, 2024 09:49 PM (1eY81)

260 257 Watching another Boeing United Airlines issue in real time. UAL 14 Newark to London flying in circles on radar. Now returning to Newark due to tech issue.

Unreal.
Posted by: Truthbomb at March 18, 2024 09:37 PM (kCF/A)

DEI in action, and that's a good thing!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 18, 2024 09:50 PM (hOUT3)

261 Have we discussed KBJ and her gripe the 1sr amendment hamstrings the gov?

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2024 09:53 PM (ZdaMQ)

262 DEI in action, and that's a good thing!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 18, 2024 09:50 PM (hOUT3)

Justice Jackson agrees.
Apparently the 1st Amendment is an obstacle to government.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2024 09:54 PM (W/lyH)

263 158 Mind you, a Moron claimed the car would still be a cheap $24,000 IIRC from an earlier thread.
Posted by: andycanuck

$24K after the tariff?

Then I'm sure it'll be the best, most-reliable $12K Chinese-designed car on the road.

Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2024 08:34 PM (DgGvY)

Trump can unleash the power of Big Government against them and mandate impossible-to-pass safety and environmental requirements, with vaguely defined testing procedures that no one can understand, let alone meet.

Posted by: BillyD at March 18, 2024 09:55 PM (F6Xpw)

264 Mahalia Jackson>>>>>>>>>>>Affimative Action Jackson

Posted by: 2008 is calling at March 18, 2024 09:56 PM (iNp3L)

265 Only 30 more years of these moronic statements ft rom KJB

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2024 09:58 PM (YFoj8)

266 750-pound alligator seized from home near Buffalo, NY.

Anyone seen browndog tonight??

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 18, 2024 09:59 PM (2yu8s)

267 What's really weird is back when Barky was in office we all noticed how he was put there with a MSM media campaign, showed nothing in his previous life that pointed to any abilities beyond melatonin and speech reading, and couldn't function without a teleprompter. An obvious puppet candidate. If he actually running things behind the scenes, what sort of secret global Bond villain conspiracy IS this anyway? Are there really no masterminds at all?

Posted by: Film critic at March 18, 2024 10:08 PM (3/XaG)

268 238 "If we have a Democratic majority in the House and the Senate and control of the White House, we can make huge strides for the American people.

Make health care more affordable. Secure funding for more housing. Protect our planet with landmark climate legislation. Safeguard reproductive rights. Appoint judges who will protect the rule of law and defend our Constitution. Protect voting rights. The list goes on."

-- Adam Schiff, (D-CA)

And if you buy new Blue Toothpaste, all the babes won't be able to keep their hands off you!

Posted by: azjaeger at March 18, 2024 10:14 PM (3/XaG)

269 sign in

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 19, 2024 12:45 AM (2yu8s)

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