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Rahna Epting, the executive director of MoveOn
Quote III “I think it’s quite rich you guys pursue criminal investigations and put people in jail for not showing up [but then order your own employees to also not show up]. You all are making a bunch of arguments that you would never accept from any other litigant,” Judge Ana Reyes
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No good deed goes unpunished. Just hours after withdrawal, five rockets launched by Hamas at southern Israel./a>
IDF withdraws ground troops from south Gaza, leaving just one brigade in whole enclave
Military sees targeted raids with new intel as more effective way to fight Hamas; Rafah plans not affected, since op there would in any case need major call-up of fresh reserve forces
The Democrats need more John Fettermans and less Chuck Schumers.
Sen. John Fetterman unloads on squatters, says they have 'no rights': 'I am not woke'
Fetterman told the New York Post, 'I am not woke'
Showing off for your girlfriend? Well, he certainly will never top this.
DEATH SMASH Model, 21, and DJ boyfriend killed in 155mph fireball Ferrari crash as £100k supercar smashed into motorway guard rail
The only identifiable detail at the scene were two distinctive gold watches
Typical politician/bureaucrats. "You know that thing I did in your mouth? I promise I won't do it again. Swearsies!"
Here's a gentle reminder of the assurances given to us by the Biden administration and Democrats in Congress. "These resources are absolutely not about increasing audit scrutiny on small businesses or middle-income Americans. As we've been planning, our investment of these enforcement resources is designed around the Department of the Treasury's directive that audit rates will not rise relative to recent years for households making under $400,000," wrote IRS commissioner Charles Rettig in an August 2022 letter to concerned senators. Janet Yellen was even more adamant. "Contrary to the misinformation from opponents of this legislation, small business or households earning $400,000 per year or less will not see an increase in the chances that they are audited," she wrote in a letter to Rettig.
I wish all of the luck and success in the world to Tony Bobulinski's lawsuit against a congresscritter who is pure vermin.
Former Hunter Biden Associate Tony Bobulinski Sues Rep. Dan Goldman For Defamation Tony Bobulinski, a former Biden family business associate and witness in an ongoing Republican-led impeachment investigation, has filed a lawsuit against Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) accusing the lawmaker of defamation.
I'm happy to see that NYC has their law enforcement priorities straight. Now, if they would only arrest, convict and sentence real law breakers.
The NYPD is unleashing barnacles to battle parking pirates. The department this week said it will begin using “windshield boots” — a 17-pound device that attaches to a vehicle’s windshield like a barnacle and remains there until a scofflaw pays their tickets — on illegally parked trucks. The contraption is also known as a Barnacle Device for its commercial-grade suction cups that attach to glass with 1,000 pounds of force, making it impossible to remove — like the sticky crustaceans on their oceanic hosts, officials said
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Man arrested after staying 80 nights in hotel and being unable to pay bill
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Some Rat at April 07, 2024 10:01 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Ciampino - It's a choo-choo train at April 07, 2024 10:01 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Some Rat at April 07, 2024 10:01 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 07, 2024 10:01 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 07, 2024 10:01 PM (qPw5n)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 07, 2024 10:02 PM (as3uC)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 07, 2024 10:03 PM (3e3hy)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 07, 2024 10:03 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 07, 2024 10:03 PM (qPw5n)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 07, 2024 10:03 PM (3e3hy)
Here I thought it was from your comrades in Watersmeet.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 07, 2024 10:04 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 07, 2024 10:04 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: TRex at April 07, 2024 10:04 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 07, 2024 10:03 PM (0eaVi)
No need to apologize. Was Mr. H using a cheap disposable lighter?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 07, 2024 10:05 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 07, 2024 10:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 07, 2024 10:06 PM (V8he0)
CBS News
@CBSNews
Hyper-sexual "zombie cicadas" that are infected with sexually transmitted fungus expected to emerge this year.
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At first I blamed Biden, but it might have been Bill Clinton.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 07, 2024 10:06 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 07, 2024 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 07, 2024 10:06 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
I'm gonna need a MUCH bigger dog!
Posted by: Some Rat at April 07, 2024 10:07 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 07, 2024 10:07 PM (3e3hy)
Getting ready to see the eclipse tomorrow (fortunately I live in the totality zone and the weather forecast is looking good). I just hope it doesn't tear open the New Madrid fault line and unleash the destroyer. If it does, it's been nice knowing some of you.
Posted by: Dr. T at April 07, 2024 10:08 PM (g0Y4p)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 07, 2024 10:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 07, 2024 10:07 PM (3e3hy)
Nah, not that I know of.
I just like poking fun at various communities.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 07, 2024 10:08 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 07, 2024 10:10 PM (U3L4U)
@CBSNews
Hyper-sexual "zombie cicadas" that are infected with sexually transmitted fungus expected to emerge this year.
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At first I blamed Biden, but it might have been Bill Clinton.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 07, 2024 10:06 PM (FVME7)
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But how will this affect trans sex workers in Indonesia?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 07, 2024 10:10 PM (RIvkX)
The Hill
@thehill
Former President Clinton is penning a new memoir focused on his life after leaving the White House, promising a candid look at his successes and "mistakes" that he "made along the way."
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I was thinking of possible titles.
What Hillary Doesn't Know Won't Hurt Her
Human Humidor
Turning Out the Intern
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 07, 2024 10:10 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 07, 2024 10:03 PM (0eaVi)
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He was using a CBD candle wasn't he?
Posted by: Ciampino - It's a choo-choo trainer at April 07, 2024 10:10 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
No kidding. Why stop with just the airport?
Posted by: Some Rat at April 07, 2024 10:11 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: The Completely Loyal Residents Of Dearborn, Michigan! at April 07, 2024 10:12 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 07, 2024 10:10 PM (RIvkX)
They can't possibly be more affected by Bill Clinton than they already have been.
Posted by: Dr. T at April 07, 2024 10:12 PM (g0Y4p)
“Just like we organized against No Labels, we’re going to organize against [Kennedy]. His run, like No Labels, is nothing more than a spoiler.”
Rahna Epting, the executive director of MoveOn
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Yay! You won against roadkill.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 07, 2024 10:12 PM (sAmhv)
But since the total number of small businesses and households in Biden's America is dropping dramatically, it's good to know the audit rates will be stable.
Oh...
Wait...
Posted by: Diogenes at April 07, 2024 10:13 PM (W/lyH)
I'm so sick of hearing about the eclipse.
Yes I have eclipse glasses.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 07, 2024 10:13 PM (3e3hy)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
No kidding. Why stop with just the airport?
Posted by: Some Rat at April 07, 2024 10:11 PM (vJiyU)
You're telling us!
Posted by: The A's at April 07, 2024 10:13 PM (g0Y4p)
Posted by: lin-duh at April 07, 2024 10:13 PM (I6rgD)
And they are completely loyal!
Just not to us.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 07, 2024 10:13 PM (YAtuc)
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Is dicking 12 year-old girls a "mistake"? I'm thinking probably not.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 07, 2024 10:14 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Ciampino - Attention span? at April 07, 2024 10:14 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 07, 2024 10:06 PM (bo7UB)
Me too!
Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at April 07, 2024 10:15 PM (RJAZT)
The barnacle also superglues parachute to the back, which can deploy once the barnacle has detached. The deluxe model includes a device that pushes the recipient away from the barnacle in mid-flight. Because this requires pre-launch charging with liquid nitrogen, most barnacles will be the base model.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 07, 2024 10:16 PM (VNX3d)
And the Warriors, and the Raiders.
Not so long ago, Oakland had three big-league teams.
After this year, zero.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 07, 2024 10:16 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
You cannot answer that question until you know the party affiliation!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 07, 2024 10:16 PM (hOUT3)
I'm guessing I shouldn't even bother checking out that wiener hound for the 10mm sockets, should I?
Posted by: Tonypete at April 07, 2024 10:16 PM (WXNFJ)
Gas pump jokes are going to be a crack up.
Posted by: scampydog at April 07, 2024 10:16 PM (41CYW)
While that is a great job for a dog, we also know that Dachshunds are German dogs, and we also know how great German mechanics are....
So, an even better idea.
Posted by: GWB at April 07, 2024 10:16 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 07, 2024 10:05 PM (QXQ4l)
Nope, a big-ass Franklin. Shipped it all the way to England he did.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 07, 2024 10:17 PM (0eaVi)
The government could figure it out, even with the intentionally obscure system we have in place, and send you their estimate allowing you to dispute if you wanted.
Or you know, just move to something rational like a flat tax.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 07, 2024 10:17 PM (ibTVg)
Posted by: Ciampino - Attention span?
Heh! Imagining the trail of tools from the garage to the point of lost contact.
Posted by: Some Rat at April 07, 2024 10:17 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Ciampino - Attention span? at April 07, 2024 10:14 PM (qfLjt)
Those tools serve 2 purposes.
1) Tool for the purpose.
2) Anchor for the wiener dog
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 07, 2024 10:17 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 07, 2024 10:18 PM (VNX3d)
The warning comes during a steady uptick over the last two years at gas stations along Hegenberger Road and 98th Avenue, just east of the 880 freeway. Thieves are aggressively targeting rental cars in particular, knowing that the stations, the closest to the airport’s rental car return center off of Doolittle Drive 2 miles away, are frequented by tourists driving vehicles filled with luggage.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 07, 2024 10:18 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 07, 2024 10:17 PM (ibTVg)
It is harder to be selectively punitive with a flat tax, so...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 07, 2024 10:18 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 07, 2024 10:06 PM (bo7UB)
Me too!
Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at April 07, 2024 10:15 PM (RJAZT)
***SNORT***
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 07, 2024 10:18 PM (QXQ4l)
Well, that just means he'll get MORE free nights. Of course, the decor will change slightly.
Posted by: GWB at April 07, 2024 10:19 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 07, 2024 10:17 PM (ibTVg)
It is harder to be selectively punitive with a flat tax, so...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3)
… or a simple sales tax.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 07, 2024 10:19 PM (VNX3d)
Shoulda claimed to be a newcomer.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 07, 2024 10:20 PM (ibTVg)
Objectively consumption taxes and tariffs are better then penalizing people for working through an income tax...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 07, 2024 10:20 PM (ibTVg)
Welp, they went out with a bang.
Hysni Qestaj?
Gesundheit!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 07, 2024 10:20 PM (WXNFJ)
I wonder how far back that joke goes, even before the Three Stooges?
Posted by: GWB at April 07, 2024 10:20 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at April 07, 2024 10:21 PM (SYTee)
I wonder how far back that joke goes, even before the Three Stooges?
Posted by: GWB at April 07, 2024 10:20 PM (69JzL)
Abe, Jake & Issac all agree.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 07, 2024 10:22 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 07, 2024 10:23 PM (VNX3d)
He got a job as a pump jockey at a local gas station. He only lasted there a week. It seems every time he'd start to fill a customer's tank, he'd yank out the nozzle and spray the gas all over the side of the car.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 07, 2024 10:23 PM (k70+I)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 07, 2024 10:24 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Ciampino - Attention span? at April 07, 2024 10:14 PM (qfLjt)
If you have squirrels IN your garage, you have bigger problems than your wrenches wandering off.
Posted by: GWB at April 07, 2024 10:24 PM (69JzL)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 07, 2024 10:25 PM (0Htd1)
Of course they would. They wouldn't lower any other taxes, of course.
Oregon doesn't have a sales tax, and Oregon Democrats have been trying to get one for decades. More money for The Hive.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 07, 2024 10:25 PM (YAtuc)
What's to stop one with a length of fine piano wire from just Slicing the Cheese under it, against the glass?
Or, a very hard, thin knife, just simply to break the seal?
I don't think they thought this through. Had they done so, it wouldn't be a "Barnacle" device.
It would be a Limpet Mine.
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 07, 2024 10:26 PM (e6UQI)
Posted by: Brown Shoes Don't Make It at April 07, 2024 10:27 PM (V5BDR)
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Isn't that just squatting? Which I understand is protected now.
Posted by: Cosda at April 07, 2024 10:27 PM (AYhr7)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2024 10:28 PM (ixVYR)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 07, 2024 10:25 PM (YAtuc)
Funny how once it is enacted, the sales tax always needs to be a little higher next year, for the common good, of course
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 07, 2024 10:28 PM (hOUT3)
Depends on how politically connected the owner is
Posted by: 18-1 at April 07, 2024 10:28 PM (ibTVg)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Control tower doubles as a minaret.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 07, 2024 10:29 PM (l3R2Q)
Welp, they went out with a bang.
Hysni Qestaj?
Gesundheit!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 07, 2024 10:20 PM (WXNFJ)
Dead guy wasn't a real disc jockey, just a knob-twiddler in a night club. And an idiot. Mostly an idiot. Too bad about the cute girl.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 07, 2024 10:30 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 07, 2024 10:10 PM (RIvkX)
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or writing a sure fire federal grant application.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 07, 2024 10:30 PM (z+89e)
Oregon Democrats got around the unwillingness of the voters to pass a sales tax by passing a gross receipts tax, both state-wide and in Portland.
"It's not a sales tax, it's a tax on sales!
They're completely different!"
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 07, 2024 10:31 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: Doofnagel at April 07, 2024 10:32 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2024 10:32 PM (ixVYR)
Posted by: Montec at April 07, 2024 10:32 PM (l3CKw)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 07, 2024 10:33 PM (wTs+0)
Hezbollah handles the security at the Beirut Airport (really), so the Dearborn Airport would already have trained security people that they could hire.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 07, 2024 10:33 PM (YAtuc)
Doubt you'll buy many super cars at 100K now days
Posted by: javems at April 07, 2024 10:33 PM (LmKI9)
Posted by: Montec at April 07, 2024 10:33 PM (l3CKw)
If the weiner dog was REALLY good, it would pass the appropriate tool to the mechanic . . . . . . .
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 07, 2024 10:34 PM (TSQkU)
Posted by: scampydog at April 07, 2024 10:34 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2024 10:32 PM (ixVYR)
They blew their Seals?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 07, 2024 10:34 PM (e6UQI)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2024 10:32 PM (ixVYR)
Atlanta lost a hockey team twice. Will they go for a hat trick?
Posted by: Montec at April 07, 2024 10:34 PM (l3CKw)
Posted by: Montec at April 07, 2024 10:36 PM (l3CKw)
I wonder if the "Do Not Insert..." decals are working, or nor?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 07, 2024 10:05 PM (RIvkX)
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Are you asking for a friend?
Posted by: Ciampino - Attention span at April 07, 2024 10:36 PM (qfLjt)
"C*mstains On My Pillow Where Your Sweet Head Used to Be," by Kinky Friedman and His Texas J*wboys;
"Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in Bed," also by Mr. Friedman;
"Too Drunk to F**k," by the Dead Kennedys.
Posted by: mnw at April 07, 2024 10:37 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: LA Zoo signs at April 07, 2024 10:38 PM (l3R2Q)
I don't think they thought this through. Had they done so, it wouldn't be a "Barnacle" device.
It would be a Limpet Mine.
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 07, 2024 10:26 PM (e6UQI)
It doesn't look to me like it would be anyway hard to defeat the device. Just pierce the seal at the center fold with a sharp knife blade, or drill a hole in the yellow plastic with a cordless drill. And it won't even work on older vehicles with small or sharply-curved windshields.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 07, 2024 10:38 PM (tkR6S)
They are playing in Oakland this year, and then moving to a minor league field in Sacramento for a few years, while the stadium in Las Vegas is finished.
Oakland's baseball stadium is close to the airport, so it has the same outrageous crime problem that the airport has.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 07, 2024 10:38 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: Montec at April 07, 2024 10:36 PM (l3CKw)
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I thought it was a done deal. They're dropping the Tropicana in October to clear the space for their new ballpark.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 07, 2024 10:39 PM (k70+I)
But I'm thinking this is like an EITC. An easy way for the Ds to give money to folks who didn't earn enough to have to pay any state income tax.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 07, 2024 10:40 PM (wTs+0)
Posted by: Can't Pay My Rent at April 07, 2024 10:40 PM (V5BDR)
Wait! So now, Coffee Black is playing baseball?
Oh, never mind - you wrote "Tropicana", not 'Tropics".
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 07, 2024 10:40 PM (TSQkU)
If the weiner dog was REALLY good, it would pass the appropriate tool to the mechanic . . . . . . .
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 07, 2024 10:34 PM (TSQkU)
Thumbs dammit. I don't have thumbs.
Posted by: Rex, The Wiener Doggeh at April 07, 2024 10:41 PM (QXQ4l)
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My 2021 return was audited and I received a huge, for me, tax bill, with penalties, a couple of months ago. I can assure you I gross a lot less than 400K. Fortunately they fucked up and admitted it.
Posted by: javems at April 07, 2024 10:41 PM (LmKI9)
The minor league team in Sacramento will still be playing there, so there will be a whole lot of baseball in Sacramento for a few years.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 07, 2024 10:42 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: LRob
"No, no, no! I said the METRIC crescent wrench!
Posted by: Mechanic at April 07, 2024 10:43 PM (SYTee)
And now we know why Jumpin' Jack Flash had a Gas Gas Ass.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 07, 2024 10:44 PM (e6UQI)
Small timers! Ribbon clerks!
WE lost not just one, but TWO NFL teams!
Go big or go home.
The only people who should ever talk about "our team" are the owners thereof.
Posted by: Rams & Cardinals (mnw) at April 07, 2024 10:45 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: You think this is poop on the nozzle?!? at April 07, 2024 10:46 PM (r5cAY)
Gas pump jokes are going to be a crack up.
Posted by: scampydog at April 07, 2024 10:16 PM (41CYW)
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That's an orific play on words.
Posted by: Ciampino - It's an official orifice at April 07, 2024 10:47 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: gourmand du jour, home of the $22 burrito at April 07, 2024 10:49 PM (MeG8a)
Posted by: You think this is poop on the nozzle?!? at April 07, 2024 10:46 PM (r5cAY)
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Puts lighting your farts on a whole different entertainment plane.
"And for my next act, I give you the historic eruption of Vesuvius!"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 07, 2024 10:49 PM (k70+I)
"And for my next act, I give you the historic eruption of Vesuvius!"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 07, 2024 10:49 PM (k70+I)
"The Aristocrats!"
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 07, 2024 10:51 PM (RJAZT)
Posted by: These Fish Sticks Are Hard As Tits at April 07, 2024 10:53 PM (Somy5)
I could be wrong but isn't that where these guys hailed from?
https://tinyurl.com/bdhpwcc7
Posted by: TeeJ at April 07, 2024 10:54 PM (dWUm0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2024 10:28 PM (ixVYR)
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Unfortunately, they type of person that would do either probably struggle to read the warning label...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 07, 2024 10:54 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: The Optimized Bunghole at April 07, 2024 10:54 PM (r5cAY)
Posted by: TeeJ at April 07, 2024 10:54 PM (dWUm0)
Shoulda claimed to be a newcomer.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 07, 2024 10:20 PM (ibTVg)
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Can one claim squatter's rights in a hotel? After all the room WAS vacant!
Posted by: Ciampino - It's an official orifice for Klingons at April 07, 2024 10:55 PM (qfLjt)
I'm still pissed off at the complete incompetence of the Oakland fire department, thirty-three years later.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 07, 2024 10:55 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Same struggles they had with the thermometer.
Posted by: scampydog at April 07, 2024 10:56 PM (41CYW)
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Is the pump in CA ???
Posted by: runner at April 07, 2024 10:57 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 07, 2024 10:54 PM (BpYfr)
I don't know if it's true, but I once read a third of the cost of a step ladder goes to pay the lawyers who write the warning stickers that the ladder comes plastered with.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 07, 2024 10:57 PM (RJAZT)
Posted by: Can't Pay My Rent at April 07, 2024 10:40 PM (V5BDR)
That is basically the whole plot of "Room Service" with a dash of "let's put on a show". One of my faves.
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at April 07, 2024 10:58 PM (jN2/U)
Posted by: 18-1 at
I got here late because I was working on my taxes. The dog kept coming up to me wanting attention. When I'm working on taxes is not a good time to come to me for treats.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 07, 2024 10:59 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: davidt at April 07, 2024 10:59 PM (SYTee)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 07, 2024 10:59 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
The terrorists have won, if we can't put a gas pump nozzle up our asses!!
Posted by: Dan Savage, that nasty.......guy at April 07, 2024 11:00 PM (tjZg/)
Posted by: Can't Pay My Rent at April 07, 2024 10:40 PM (V5BDR)
That is basically the whole plot of "Room Service" with a dash of "let's put on a show". One of my faves.
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at April 07, 2024 10:58 PM (jN2/U)
I don't get it.
Posted by: George Kaplan at April 07, 2024 11:00 PM (5fDan)
Posted by: Ciampino - Attention span? at April 07, 2024 10:14 PM (qfLjt)
If you have squirrels IN your garage, you have bigger problems than your wrenches wandering off.
Posted by: GWB at April 07, 2024 10:24 PM (69JzL)
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Well no. Most people work with the door open for light and air. The squirrels are outside (usually).
Posted by: Ciampino - imagine acorns at April 07, 2024 11:00 PM (qfLjt)
Is it a dachshund? Did it have pencils and stuff in the backpack? Or a copy of the entire IRS tax code?
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 07, 2024 11:00 PM (TSQkU)
Posted by: runner at April 07, 2024 11:01 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at April 07, 2024 11:02 PM (jN2/U)
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Robert, Robert he's our man
Robert Kennedy'l take a stand
He's the Democrat for the people
All the rest just think you're sheeple
Goooooooo Robert
Posted by: Braenyard at April 07, 2024 11:02 PM (eGNbo)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 07, 2024 11:03 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2024 10:32 PM (ixVYR)
I told you, there's no there there ...
Posted by: zombie Gertrude Stein at April 07, 2024 11:03 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah
We're out east of Columbus, where it is supposed to be 99.7% of totality.
We might drive up to Sunbury (about a half hour) to get into 100% totality.
I have eclipse glasses from the 2017 Eclipse I went to in Tennessee, but we couldn't find any today for my wife, so I could just wear my welder's helmet and look at the Sun, or make eclipse glasses from a pop-tart wrapper
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at April 07, 2024 11:03 PM (tjZg/)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Control tower doubles as a minaret.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 07, 2024 10:29 PM (l3R2Q)
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.... and guard tower with .50cal.
Posted by: Ciampino - imagine an acorn gun at April 07, 2024 11:04 PM (qfLjt)
They're completely different!"
Posted by: The ARC of History!
I have relatives who don't understand that increasing taxes on businesses is actually going to affect customers.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 07, 2024 11:04 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: runner at April 07, 2024 11:05 PM (V13WU)
Could get ya crop dusted, machine gunned and have ya hanging on for dear life at Mt Rushmore.
Posted by: TeeJ at April 07, 2024 11:05 PM (dWUm0)
This firm I'm with does not have smooth sailing ahead. Adm Josh Painter might be warming up in the wings.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 07, 2024 11:06 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: A face in the crowd..
Sunbury, gateway to Galena.
I do miss the old RR, now bike path, from Cols north up along RT. 3 though.
Too mountainous here for these old legs to bike too far.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 07, 2024 11:06 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: LA Zoo signs at April 07, 2024 11:08 PM (l3R2Q)
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at April 07, 2024 11:03 PM (tjZg/)
I saw they were selling glasses at menards of all places. I saw the 2017 in total, so I wont make the effort of viewing and probably chill outside and watch the effects
Posted by: a dude in MI at April 07, 2024 11:08 PM (+I6Y/)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 07, 2024 11:08 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: runner at April 07, 2024 11:05 PM (V13WU)
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That's what Kepler used, IIRC.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 07, 2024 11:08 PM (k70+I)
Posted by: These Fish Sticks Are Hard As Tits at April 07, 2024 10:53 PM (Somy5)
Good luck, I hope there's a hole in the clouds at the right time for you! I have a very sweet spot available for free near the centerline but the forecast there is total overcast. It's a three hour drive. I've decided to not go. I decided it's not worth the gas and the traffic jams for cloudy darkness at noon. I may regret not going.
Posted by: Gref at April 07, 2024 11:09 PM (5fDan)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
The terrorists have won, if we can't put a gas pump nozzle up our asses!!
Posted by: Dan Savage, that nasty.......guy at April 07, 2024 11:00 PM (tjZg/)
A scene coming soon in Zoolander III
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 07, 2024 11:10 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 07, 2024 11:10 PM (sJHOI)
Portland told businesses that they could just add the new 1% gross receipts tax to the bill as a surcharge, and then a scum-sucking "progressive" attorney successfully sued a business that did precisely that (class action, naturally).
Can't imagine why so many stores are closing in Portland.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 07, 2024 11:10 PM (YAtuc)
Guess it really is past my bedtime.
Oops days report.
Two keeper crappie, 3 small crappie. I small white bass and a 14" channel cat. While fighting wind that was putting white caps on a large creek.
Didn't feel like cleaning just two crappie so turned em back when leaving.
Posted by: TeeJ at April 07, 2024 11:12 PM (dWUm0)
Posted by: LA Zoo signs
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We would like a word.
Posted by: Pump N Munch Convenience Stores at April 07, 2024 11:13 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 07, 2024 11:13 PM (eGNbo)
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I must have missed it. When did it become illegal for a business to incorporate its costs into its pricing?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 07, 2024 11:14 PM (k70+I)
Posted by: LRob in OK
Nope. A beagle, who cares about sniffing, eating, and being petted.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 07, 2024 11:14 PM (0Htd1)
But I'm thinking this is like an EITC. An easy way for the Ds to give money to folks who didn't earn enough to have to pay any state income tax.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 07, 2024 10:40 PM (wTs+0)
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WA state keep hawking a tax credit for low income families. But we don't have income tax here, so I'm guessing it's for sales tax? I don't know.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 07, 2024 11:15 PM (FzDG4)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 07, 2024 11:15 PM (S6gqv)
The Mexican cartels have branched out into time share scams. Quite elaborate operations.
Posted by: mnw at April 07, 2024 11:15 PM (NLIak)
My house was 95% totality in 2017, so we went 15 miles south to be in complete totality.
We stood by the car as totality ended, and drove away just after it ended. As we left (it was a farm with several hundred people present), other people started running for their cars, as it dawned on them how bad traffic was going to be.
Got home in three hours, which I figured was pretty good - it could have been considerably worse.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 07, 2024 11:15 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: LA Zoo signs
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We would like a word.
Posted by: Pump N Munch Convenience Stores at April 07, 2024 11:13 PM (41CYW)
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Posted by: Squirt N Scoot at April 07, 2024 11:16 PM (k70+I)
The attorney successfully argued that explicit bill surcharges were illegal under Oregon law.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 07, 2024 11:17 PM (YAtuc)
The Mexican cartels have branched out into time share scams. Quite elaborate operations.
Posted by: mnw at April 07, 2024 11:15 PM (NLIak)
A buy-in promotion offer you can't refuse.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 07, 2024 11:18 PM (4I/2K)
I couldn't agree more!
Posted by: Arthur Koestler (mnw) at April 07, 2024 11:19 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 07, 2024 11:19 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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No Lear jet to Nova Scotia?
Posted by: Carly Simon has the sadz at April 07, 2024 11:20 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: LA Zoo signs
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We would like a word.
Posted by: Pump N Munch Convenience Stores at April 07, 2024 11:13 PM (41CYW)
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Posted by: Squirt N Scoot at April 07, 2024 11:16 PM (k70+I)
Oil change? We'll have you in and out.
Posted by: Lickety Lube at April 07, 2024 11:20 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 07, 2024 11:21 PM (RIvkX)
Carbondale, BTW, is the only place to be in the path of totality for both the 2017 and 2024 eclipses.
Posted by: Nemo at April 07, 2024 11:21 PM (S6ArX)
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 07, 2024 11:21 PM (FzDG4)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 07, 2024 11:21 PM (RIvkX)
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Some places around here have a surcharge for the kitchen staff.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 07, 2024 11:22 PM (FzDG4)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Was in Minneapolis last week. Noticed some such nonsense on my bill. Minneapolis so badly wants to be in California.
Posted by: scampydog at April 07, 2024 11:23 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Arthur Koestler (mnw) at April 07, 2024 11:25 PM (NLIak)
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 07, 2024 11:26 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 07, 2024 11:26 PM (0Htd1)
It doesn't look to me like it would be anyway hard to defeat the device. Just pierce the seal at the center fold with a sharp knife blade, or drill a hole in the yellow plastic with a cordless drill. And it won't even work on older vehicles with small or sharply-curved windshields.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 07, 2024 10:38 PM (tkR6S)
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But then not only would you still have to pay the parking fine, but also for a new device plus a probable 'tampering/ destruction of city property' fine as well.
Posted by: Ciampino - they'll get you coming and going at April 07, 2024 11:27 PM (qfLjt)
Thanks for the ONT! After reading the comments of the week, I am remind just how clever this crowd can be.
Posted by: Piper at April 07, 2024 11:29 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 07, 2024 11:30 PM (9yWhg)
The trend of people shoving gas nozzles up their ass will Kum-n-Go.
Posted by: LA Zoo signs
I say WaWa!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 07, 2024 11:30 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Bonzo Tyler at April 07, 2024 11:30 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Miklos, who attended his Jazz Funeral (AKA massive party) at April 07, 2024 11:32 PM (7KVXA)
Almost every restaurant here adds a 4% surcharge for "health care" or some such b.s.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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I'd love it if they would say "4% surcharge for shit you voted for."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 07, 2024 11:33 PM (lCaJd)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 07, 2024 11:04 PM (0Htd1)
Relatives with degrees from the Ivy League in Economics? Or just readers of the NYTimes?
Posted by: RickZ at April 07, 2024 11:33 PM (emlEe)
Posted by: BourbonChicken
This is not actually Hungarian.
Posted by: Miklos, Unfooled at April 07, 2024 11:33 PM (7KVXA)
Posted by: Ciampino - they'll get you coming and going at April 07, 2024 11:27 PM (qfLjt)
Unless they have a video of me removing the device, I will just contend that I never saw it on my car, and if anything was placed there, it must have been removed by a third party.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 07, 2024 11:34 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 07, 2024 11:34 PM (lCaJd)
Thank you for being Atlas, holding the blog up.
You and CBD are the blog stalwarts. Huzzah!
If ace does the Morning report we are officially in a new universe.
Also, thanks for posting my hasty thoughts on Comments of the Week. Sally Fields never got that accolade, and she missed out.
And finally, that dog is so heartwarming. Man's helper, indeed.
Based on the last pictures... Pro Tip: Do not fill your car in San Francisco.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 07, 2024 11:34 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 07, 2024 11:04 PM (0Htd1)
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Are you related to Paul Krugman?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 07, 2024 11:34 PM (k70+I)
What I don't get is: so they put on the barnacle, which can't be removed, and the driver can't drive off, either, because it blocks the front windshield.
So they want the car to just SIT there forever... or what?
What's the end game?
Posted by: mnw at April 07, 2024 11:35 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: The Optimized Bunghole at April 07, 2024 10:54 PM (r5cAY)
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Depends.
You mean the gas additive or GasX?
Posted by: Ciampino - We have ignition at April 07, 2024 11:35 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 07, 2024 11:08 PM (9yWhg)
"We do, however have some Ray Charles Specials over here. Leftovers from Black History Month."
Posted by: RickZ at April 07, 2024 11:35 PM (emlEe)
Posted by: Miklos, economist of the Better Sort at April 07, 2024 11:37 PM (7KVXA)
Shame about the car.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at April 07, 2024 11:37 PM (1CbNj)
Posted by: mnw at April 07, 2024 11:35 PM (NLIak)
Extortion. Same as the "choak peare".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 07, 2024 11:37 PM (tkR6S)
I hope your wife is getting better.
The Delta-IV Heavy launch is now scheduled for Tuesday, 11:53 CDT.
Take care.
Posted by: Gref at April 07, 2024 11:41 PM (5fDan)
What I don't get is: so they put on the barnacle, which can't be removed, and the driver can't drive off, either, because it blocks the front windshield.
So they want the car to just SIT there forever... or what?
What's the end game?
Posted by: mnw at April 07, 2024 11:35 PM (NLIak)
A tow job with mega fees.
Posted by: RickZ at April 07, 2024 11:41 PM (emlEe)
Plus, they're trying to collect on previous unpaid tickets.
Why not just tow the vehicle, as in the olden times?
Repo Man-- clever little film that was, btw.
Posted by: mnw at April 07, 2024 11:42 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Miklos, with best Harry Dean Stanton look at April 07, 2024 11:45 PM (7KVXA)
Posted by: mnw at April 07, 2024 11:47 PM (NLIak)
Plus, they're trying to collect on previous unpaid tickets.
Why not just tow the vehicle, as in the olden times?
Repo Man-- clever little film that was, btw.
Posted by: mnw at April 07, 2024 11:42 PM (NLIak)
You have to scan the device with your smart phone, assuming you have a smart phone. Then you pay the extortion via the phone, and they send you an unlock code to punch into the device's key pad. That releases it, and then you drop the device into a special drop box, to get back some of the ransom you paid.
The city (or parking lot) gets more profit per ransom event than by using tow trucks. It's not about freeing up scarce parking spots; it's all about collecting ransom.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 07, 2024 11:48 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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First time I read about that device changed my worldview.
Posted by: Bonzo Tyler at April 07, 2024 11:48 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Piper at April 07, 2024 11:49 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Piper at April 07, 2024 11:51 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: mnw at April 07, 2024 11:51 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Piper at April 07, 2024 11:49 PM (ZdaMQ)
Sawdust, Elmer's glue, and saccharine might be sort of tasty, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 07, 2024 11:51 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 07, 2024 11:52 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: mnw at April 07, 2024 11:52 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: mnw at April 07, 2024 11:51 PM (NLIak)
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The Lamprey is next. It will attach directly to your wallet.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 07, 2024 11:53 PM (k70+I)
Posted by: Piper
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Never had monk fruit but keep seeing it on keto readings. How is it? What, if anything is it similar to?
Posted by: scampydog at April 07, 2024 11:53 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 07, 2024 11:53 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: polynikes at April 07, 2024 11:54 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Like me?
Posted by: the wretched, neglected and unloved Panhard at April 07, 2024 11:54 PM (7KVXA)
Posted by: Piper
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Never had monk fruit but keep seeing it on keto readings. How is it? What, if anything is it similar to?
Posted by: scampydog
It is made from homosexual monks.
Posted by: Miklos cannot recommend at April 07, 2024 11:56 PM (7KVXA)
Posted by: polynikes at April 07, 2024 11:54 PM (MNhXM)
They don't. The car owner does, by paying the ransom. It may be a "legal" ransom, but ransom is what it is.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 07, 2024 11:56 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: mnw at April 07, 2024 11:56 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Miklos vaguely recalls at April 07, 2024 11:57 PM (7KVXA)
The Panhard has a roof over its head. So there's that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 07, 2024 11:58 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: RickZ
I took an economics class in high school. It was an elective, so most people, including my siblings, didn't take it. My relatives don't need to read the NYTimes, because tv news is just as bad.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 07, 2024 11:58 PM (0Htd1)
There's another more extensive photo update #246 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.
Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all
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Posted by: Ciampino - kittens kittens kittens at April 07, 2024 11:58 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: polynikes at April 07, 2024 11:54 PM (MNhXM)
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A couple hundred clams will do it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 07, 2024 11:58 PM (k70+I)
Posted by: mnw at April 07, 2024 11:59 PM (NLIak)
ALSO LIVE STREAMING!! - Now most nights as well
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Posted by: Ciampino - kittens kittens kittens
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Cute li'l furballs.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 08, 2024 12:01 AM (lCaJd)
Never had monk fruit but keep seeing it on keto readings. How is it? What, if anything is it similar to?
Posted by: scampydog at April 07
Allulose is definitely closer to a sugar taste than monk fruit. Monk fruit is sweet, but it’s got a unique flavor profile. In terms of other sweeteners keto followers like, it doesn’t cause the gastro issues of xylitol, which is good. It’s also not toxic to dogs like xylitol. It doesn’t have the bitterness of stevia, but it’s still just an interesting taste.
Posted by: Piper at April 08, 2024 12:02 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: mnw at April 08, 2024 12:03 AM (NLIak)
My wife keeps pointing to these lively houses in the Oakland hills that are dropping in value and saying we should buy one with a view of the bay. Talked to my financial adviser about that and she, who lives in Oakland in those very same hills, told me about all her friends who have had home invasion robberies.
Thank God for Burn Loot Murder!
Posted by: Justin Pinochet Castreau at April 08, 2024 12:04 AM (V8yYW)
At the grand opening they had to call the police to shut it down because too many people showed up and was causing traffic problem.
But the business has slowed because the chicken sucks and over priced.
Posted by: polynikes at April 08, 2024 12:05 AM (MNhXM)
Posted by: Piper
You could do a cooking show on food network called "Pretty Okay, Not Horrible" recipes. It would be for people like me who decide to cook something using whatever I find in the cupboard or fridge.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 08, 2024 12:05 AM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Piper
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Thanks Piper. Much nicer response than Miklos. His was funnier, however. I'll give the monk fruit a try (not the gay Monk brand).
Posted by: scampydog at April 08, 2024 12:05 AM (41CYW)
We ALL wanna see Owlbert in the Pet Thread, please.
Posted by: mnw at April 07, 2024 11
Okay! I will send pics of him this week. Making a reminder note now, because I keep forgetting until Saturday morning, and then it’s too late.
He was around yesterday, but didn’t visit today. I expect he will be here tomorrow to explain himself.
Posted by: Piper at April 08, 2024 12:06 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: polynikes at April 08, 2024 12:07 AM (MNhXM)
You could do a cooking show on food network called "Pretty Okay, Not Horrible" recipes. It would be for people like me who decide to cook something using whatever I find in the cupboard or fridge.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 08, 2024
I could really do this. I could also do a “It sounded great in theory, but no” cooking show.
Posted by: Piper at April 08, 2024 12:08 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: mnw at April 08, 2024 12:09 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: polynikes at April 08, 2024 12:10 AM (MNhXM)
Posted by: mnw at April 08, 2024 12:10 AM (NLIak)
You have to scan the device with your smart phone, assuming you have a smart phone. Then you pay the extortion via the phone, and they send you an unlock code to punch into the device's key pad. That releases it, and then you drop the device into a special drop box, to get back some of the ransom you paid.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 07, 2024 11:48 PM (tkR6S)
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That special dropbox, pour some used engine oil in there as well. Probably mess up the suction cup. Check for a snoop webcam first.
Posted by: Ciampino - Report your car as stolen at April 08, 2024 12:10 AM (qfLjt)
It must be a hoot.
(I denounce myself.)
Posted by: mnw at April 08, 2024
He would appreciate this sense of humor. His name is Owlbert, after all. I wonder if that is how he introduces himself to other owls now….This post may be the sign I should go to bed!
Posted by: Piper at April 08, 2024 12:12 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: mnw at April 08, 2024 12:09 AM (NLIak)
There is a Great Horned Owl that hangs out near my place in Alberta. It roosts in my shop sometimes, if I leave the door open. I do have some pics from a few years ago. One time, it flew past my head close enough that I could feel the breeze from its wings. I would not consider it a pet, though, just an interesting neighbor. Owls eat rodents, so they are Goodlife.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 08, 2024 12:13 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 08, 2024 12:14 AM (0Htd1)
Posted by: mnw
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Had an owl buzz me in a deer stand. Elevated with four corner posts, half walls - partially open air stand with a tin roof overhead. Right at sun up the sonofabitch flew under the roof, through the stand. I hit the deck and let out a stream of words that are not meant for Sunday's.
Posted by: scampydog at April 08, 2024 12:15 AM (41CYW)
Cats & Rockets
You could write a book: "How to Make A Miserable Day Infinitely Worse"
Posted by: mnw at April 08, 2024 12:16 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: Ciampino - Report your car as stolen at April 08, 2024 12:10 AM (qfLjt)
Heh. Or some Thermite.
That Barnacle is such naked, barefaced extortion that I would not be at all surprised to see some Robin Hood-like vigilantes spring up to anonymously sabotage them. Once they cease being profitable, cities will abandon them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 08, 2024 12:17 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April
Owlbert isn’t really a pet, either. He lives in the wild. But he thinks he wants to be a pet. I love his hoot until he gets inpatient and it turns into this sqwacking noise, close to what they make when they capture a squirrel for sushi, but more sqwackier and faster. On that note, I am headed to bed. Have a great night, everybody!
Posted by: Piper at April 08, 2024 12:19 AM (ZdaMQ)
So last Friday...one of our clients...high on Meth (presumed)
attacked our office building bearing a knife against our security officer and it escalated into this client breaching our primary front door with a chair through our glass door and then breaching our secondary steel door with windows , destroying our lobby LAPD was so painfully slow.. and I retreated to my office on the second floor and made a plan to ambush his ass with a 3 punch hole puncher and 2 weighted scotch tape dispensers + I had my USMC folder 6 inch blade...but being Commiefornia if I had indeed wasted his pathetic ass...I would be the one going to prison...
Thankfully LAPD showed up and "BEANBAGGED" his ass into submission...though my workplace has been destroyed by this MF and we cany go back to our workplaces .
Posted by: Nightwatch at April 08, 2024 12:22 AM (TDvv2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 08, 2024 12:23 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
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They have attachment issues.
Posted by: scampydog at April 08, 2024 12:25 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 08, 2024 12:27 AM (9yWhg)
Apply it to every City Vehicle to be found.
With great frequency and verve.
The Mayor's Car? Barnacled. TV Reporting Van? Barnacled. Dog Catcher's Truck? Barnacled. And, etc.
Teach 'em to "love" their own aquatic parasites.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 08, 2024 12:29 AM (e6UQI)
Posted by: scampydog at April 08, 2024 12:25 AM (41CYW)
Heh. Just paint the Barnacle with TBTF anti-fouling paint. It would obscure the QR code, so the victim could not ransom his car, and once the paint was found to be TBTF, it would call for a Hazmat crew to remove it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 08, 2024 12:29 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Nightwatch at April 08, 2024 12:22 AM (TDvv2)
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Hold that thought. And keep writing things down.
I might write a screenplay.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 08, 2024 12:29 AM (lCaJd)
WebMD
https://tinyurl.com/bdea4bpn
Hey you can drop a tablet in the water to put hydrogen in it!
Some manudcturers add potassium - hey maybe that's how they get hydrogen in there: K + H2O -> KOH + H2
How can these braniac doctors believe this shit?
Posted by: Ciampino - How about hydrogen peroxide water? at April 08, 2024 12:30 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: gourmand du jour, home of the $22 burrito at April 08, 2024 12:30 AM (MeG8a)
I will tell you for sure...the most amped up I have ever been since I was robbed at gunpoint by Black Teenager's in Oakland back in 1983
Posted by: Nightwatch at April 08, 2024 12:33 AM (TDvv2)
Posted by: Ciampino - How about hydrogen peroxide water? at April 08, 2024 12:30 AM (qfLjt)
I doubt the human body can metabolize hydrogen. It might make your farts lighter, though.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 08, 2024 12:35 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: polynikes at April 08, 2024 12
I am getting another degree in Functional Nutrition, and the way different foods affect our gut biomes, both positively and negatively is fascinating. Especially quantities- like this teaspoon is okay, but once you hit 1/4 cup of food X, lookout! Splenda starts its life as corn and an enzyme turns it into allulose. I am curious to read this study to find out where it starts to mess with gut and why they think it does.
Okay, really going to bed now.
Posted by: Piper at April 08, 2024 12:36 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Nightwatch
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83 was a good year other than you being robbed. Risky Business, Uncommon Valor, and..... in theme with tonight, Total Eclipse of the Heart were released. Thanks internet.
Posted by: scampydog at April 08, 2024 12:37 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Nightwatch at April 08, 2024 12:33 AM (TDvv2)
Was robbed at gunpoint by two yutes back in '83 also, couple of doors down from the stoop of my building. The one thing I remember going through my head when he stuck a chrome-plated small caliber revolver in my belly was, 'Please Lord, don't let him sneeze.' In the milliseconds where the thought happened, I figured if he sneezed he'd have a muscle spasm reaction, pulling the trigger. Stupid stuff, right?
Posted by: RickZ at April 08, 2024 12:40 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: RickZ
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Not stupid at all. Had a sawed off shotgun pointed in my face back in 85. Learned a little something about wrong place, wrong time. I asked him if he was serious, this isn't the movies. He wasn't impressed and robbed me.
Posted by: scampydog at April 08, 2024 12:47 AM (41CYW)
Yes...I surmised a kinda rusty looking 380 auto pointed at my face,,,but his hand was shaking so much I just used my quiet voice and gave him everything he wanted...I was so smooth to save my life that night.
And HERE I AM.
Posted by: Nightwatch at April 08, 2024 12:49 AM (TDvv2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Heh. I see what you did there.
Posted by: scampydog at April 08, 2024 12:53 AM (41CYW)
Michael Moore as The Hindenburg.
Oh, the Huge Flaming Manatee!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 08, 2024 12:59 AM (e6UQI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
And make lighting farts easier, too.
Posted by: The Hindenburg at April 08, 2024 12:59 AM (RJAZT)
Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Educational Warning Stickers.
But what if I want to ensure that my farts light up?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 08, 2024 12:59 AM (IOMYY)
Posted by: scampydog at April 08, 2024 12:59 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 08, 2024 01:01 AM (RJAZT)
They're so much fun to read! Maybe not fun to find and collect.
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 01:03 AM (o3SCB)
If I had gone with my takedown plan and disabled this client to the point of truly incapacitating him.
The way LA is rolling right now...
I would be the bad guy.
Posted by: Nightwatch at April 08, 2024 01:04 AM (TDvv2)
Posted by: scampydog at April 08, 2024 12:59 AM (41CYW)
Star Chief was a pretty car, but MGA is swoopy. And they had that nifty banjo steering wheel, too. Good luck on your ventures!
I am tired. Long day today. Going to hit the sack. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 08, 2024 01:05 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
There's next sunday's comment of the week. What marketing genius decided to name a sweetner "Saccharine"? Does not sound like something i want in my body.
Posted by: SFGoth at April 08, 2024 01:08 AM (KAi1n)
How do the police remove the ‘barnacle’?
Posted by: polynikes
They boot its ass over to "Morning Joe".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 08, 2024 01:08 AM (IOMYY)
Posted by: SFGoth
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Agree. First time I heard the word saccharine in the 70's I thought it was a poison. First impression may have been accurate.
Posted by: scampydog at April 08, 2024 01:17 AM (41CYW)
@CBSNews
Hyper-sexual "zombie cicadas" that are infected with sexually transmitted fungus expected to emerge this year.
-
At first I blamed Biden, but it might have been Bill Clinton.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 07, 2024 10:06
Thanks for my biggest chortle today. Tho the day is young and hopefully there will be more ahead in the ONT.
Posted by: Farmer at April 08, 2024 01:17 AM (55Qr6)
IS TO WATCH IT AT NIGHT.
Night Horde
Posted by: Nightwatch at April 08, 2024 01:29 AM (TDvv2)
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2024 01:33 AM (fwDg9)
There is a post that kills a thread...I've been close in the past.
Actually...I've killed a few.
Posted by: Nightwatch at April 08, 2024 01:37 AM (TDvv2)
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip
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She sounds like a pre-surrenderer in a Howard Dean voice played backward on a 33 LP.
Posted by: scampydog at April 08, 2024 01:39 AM (41CYW)
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What, "Zimbabwe Zombie Cannibal Oakland International Airport" wasn't available?
I saw Zimbabwe Zombie Cannibal open for ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 08, 2024 01:42 AM (KtoBc)
Posted by: ShainS
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Mugabe and Nkomo at the Lancaster House?
Posted by: scampydog at April 08, 2024 01:46 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: gourmand du jour,
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Think I'm going to get some cameras. Not doorbell cameras though.
Nobody rings doorbells anymore. They knock.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 08, 2024 01:46 AM (eGNbo)
IS TO WATCH IT AT NIGHT.
Night Horde
Posted by: Nightwatch at April 08, 2024 01:29 AM (TDvv2)
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[Obligatory joke first seen here some years ago on the Saturday Night ONT:]
An engineer, a priest, and a doctor are trying to enjoy a round of golf. Ahead of them is a group playing so slowly and inexpertly that in frustration the three ask the greens-keeper for an explanation.
“That’s a group of blind firefighters,” they are told. “They lost their sight saving our clubhouse last year, so we let them play for free.”
The priest says, “I will say a prayer for them tonight.”
The doctor says, “Let me ask my ophthalmologist colleagues if anything can be done for them.”
And the engineer says, “Why can’t they play at night?”
Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 08, 2024 01:49 AM (KtoBc)
Posted by: scampydog at April 08, 2024 01:46 AM (41CYW)
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Well-played, scampy. * golf clap *
Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 08, 2024 01:52 AM (KtoBc)
I had a roommate from Rhodesia for the one summer that I spent at college as an intern for one of the Chemistry professors.
As soon as the morning alarm sounded, he was out of bed. The very first thing that he did was to light up his first cigarette of the day.
Yes, cigarette smoking was allowed in dorm rooms back in the day
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 08, 2024 02:00 AM (IOMYY)
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2024 01:33 AM (fwDg9)
Wrong link, Skip.
https://directorblue.blogspot.com
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 02:15 AM (o3SCB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2024 02:17 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: scampydog at April 08, 2024 02:21 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 02:15
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More direct link for Top 20 Tweets.
https://is.gd/lfoJeH
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2024 02:30 AM (ju2Fy)
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 02:32 AM (o3SCB)
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 02:35 AM (o3SCB)
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 02:32
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Agree.
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2024 03:01 AM (ju2Fy)
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 02:15
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More direct link for Top 20 Tweets.
https://is.gd/lfoJeH
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2024 02:30 AM (ju2Fy)
Thanks for the link.
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 03:06 AM (o3SCB)
Posted by: Puddelglum at work at April 08, 2024 03:22 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Puddelglum not at work at April 08, 2024 03:22 AM (sAmhv)
Morning Wolfus. Talk about insomniacs, you woke up early but I haven't been to bed yet. My sleep schedule is all messed up lately.
But when I do lay down Butterscotch, the 16 yo tortie will eventually join me and sleep under my arm or on top of me. She does help me in getting good rest, very soothing, well most of the time.
Posted by: Farmer at April 08, 2024 03:24 AM (55Qr6)
But when I do lay down Butterscotch, the 16 yo tortie will eventually join me and sleep under my arm or on top of me. She does help me in getting good rest, very soothing, well most of the time.
Posted by: Farmer at April 08, 2024
***
Hello, Farmer,
Stirling the great black cat sleeps with me at least part of every night. When he feels me stir, beyond the usual turning over or whatever, he chirps and starts bumping against me.
Yeah, about four hours' sleep, though I had about ninety minutes on Sunday afternoon. I'll go work out lightly in a bit. Tonight I'll try to catch up.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2024 03:29 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Puddelglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 08, 2024 03:30 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2024 03:29 AM (omVj0)
Stirling
"When he feels me stir"
heh
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 03:31 AM (o3SCB)
Drove my sister back home this morning.
Spent time with an Aunt.
Had to change out a flattening tire (where the hell did it pick up that thick piece of wire?)
Drove back home with spare (to late to get tire fixed)
Got back home less than an hour ago.
Off to bed soon; another fun day tomorrow.
Night all.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 08, 2024 03:34 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: JQ at April 08, 2024 03:34 AM (njWTi)
-ling | liNG |
suffix
1 forming nouns from nouns, adjectives, and verbs (such as hireling, youngling).
2 forming nouns from adjectives and adverbs (such as darling, sibling, underling).
3 forming diminutive words: gosling | sapling.
• often with depreciatory reference: princeling.
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 03:35 AM (o3SCB)
Posted by: JQ at April 08, 2024 03:39 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2024 03:40 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2024
*
Stirling
"When he feels me stir"
heh
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024
***
He was named for a pipe tobacco, a 1950s British race car driver, a town and county in Scotland, or all three. I can also make a pun to say he is "a cat of sterling character."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2024 03:41 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2024 03:40 AM (fwDg9)
Was it something we said?
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 03:43 AM (o3SCB)
Hyper-sexual "zombie cicadas" that are infected with sexually transmitted fungus expected to emerge this year.
Hmmm, an idea for a horror movie! Kind of like Last of Us + Caligula! Off to the Perv Caves!!!
Posted by: Pervs of PHub at April 08, 2024 03:44 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 03:44 AM (o3SCB)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 08, 2024 03:49 AM (sAmhv)
Every. Single. Thing. is about sex or some kink or other, anymore. Jeez.
Does anyone else get tired of it? I'm no longer disgusted, just totally bored.
Posted by: JQ at April 08, 2024 03:49 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2024 03:41
That is freaky. The town I work in for the historical society is named Sterling. Supposedly named after James Sterling.
However the other story is that it was named after Stirling Scotland as some early settlers were from there. Then it was changed to an e because of the connotation of Sterling being of good quality.
The kicker is...I have an old document from ca 1837 where Harrisburg and Chatham agree to merge and become the town of "Stirling".
Posted by: Farmer at April 08, 2024 04:09 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: JQ at April 08, 2024 04:11 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at April 08, 2024 04:17 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 04:23 AM (o3SCB)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 08, 2024 04:23 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 04:24 AM (o3SCB)
Posted by: m at April 08, 2024 04:24 AM (o3SCB)
Shoppers at Sam's Club break into a spontaneous version of a Christian praise song, "Awesome":
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