Daily Techy News 13 April 2024

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Google is threatening to stop providing news links to California after California announced legislation charging companies that provide news links to California. (The Verge)

It's obvious to everyone that this is what will happen if these stupid laws pass, but they still pass these stupid laws.

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After winning its antitrust suit against Google over Play Store restrictions, Epic Games has asked the judge to hand them the keys. (Thurrott)

Basically.

Epic wants Google to allow developers and users to choose their own payment methods.

Google wants to keep taking its cut of every sale, of course. It's slightly less avaricious on that regard than Apple, but only slightly.
If a 4TB SD card isn't enough for you Western Digital has announced a 368TB portable SSD. (Notebook Check)

Well, kind of portable. It weighs 28 pounds.
Asus has announced a new 32" 8K monitor. ( Notebook Check)

It has not announced a price, but the existing 4K model costs $3000, so this one will not be cheap.

Disclaimer: Not squirrel.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2024 04:03 AM (fwDg9)

2 Not sure who is up right now.
And I shouldn't be

Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2024 04:04 AM (fwDg9)

3 I do have some strawberries to eat up, oatmeal or on pancakes

Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2024 04:08 AM (fwDg9)

4 fried egg sizzling in the pan

Posted by: Ciampino - is it an iSkull ? at April 13, 2024 04:10 AM (qfLjt)

5
My solution: Let's just nuke Google from orbit. It's the only to be sure. Also, Apple.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 13, 2024 04:12 AM (w6EFb)

6 First all-electric tugboat in US history rolls out at San Diego port: 'Demonstrates where the maritime industry can go'

https://tinyurl.com/558r3e8t

Eeeek! It's an ET

Posted by: Ciampino - is it an ET? at April 13, 2024 04:15 AM (qfLjt)

7 When that tugboat's batteries run out it will require a really long extension cord to the Tesla Charging Station. /s

Posted by: Ciampino - it's an ET at April 13, 2024 04:18 AM (qfLjt)

8 I understand in my own little way why Jesus needed to get away in a boat. No, I am not comparing myself to Jesus except in being tired, and Im not dealing with crowds, but just one event after another and people who are in need in one way or another.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2024 04:18 AM (cY/yC)

9 Zoetis’s stock falls 8% after report that its arthritis shots may have sickened pets

https://tinyurl.com/yz9xnvwe

Posted by: Ciampino - oopsie! at April 13, 2024 04:19 AM (qfLjt)

10 w00t

Posted by: m at April 13, 2024 04:19 AM (o3SCB)

11 It looks like a EV

Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2024 04:21 AM (fwDg9)

12 Roku says 576,000 accounts breached in cyberattack

https://tinyurl.com/yc3z3jay

Posted by: Ciampino - oopsie! oopsie! at April 13, 2024 04:21 AM (qfLjt)

13 >>>Disclaimer: Not squirrel.

If not squirrel, then what?

Posted by: m at April 13, 2024 04:21 AM (o3SCB)

14 Christian devotional:

The God of order:

https://tinyurl.com/23hu8uhe

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2024 04:21 AM (cY/yC)

15 So who is ACTUALLY paying for these student loans, Joe? Daily Mail reveals who is footing Biden's $150 BILLION bid to 'buy votes' by wiping debt

https://mol.im/a/13302129

Posted by: Ciampino - Ultimately us? at April 13, 2024 04:23 AM (qfLjt)

16 Roku says 576,000 accounts breached in cyberattack

https://tinyurl.com/yc3z3jay
Posted by: Ciampino

I had read on how they did this. I guess I have to quit using the same password on so many sites.

Password1234 will now be Password12345

Morning all!

Posted by: Bruce at April 13, 2024 04:25 AM (DeG4V)

17 16 I guess I have to quit using the same password on so many sites.

Password1234 will now be Password12345

Morning all!
Posted by: Bruce at April 13, 2024 04:25 AM (DeG4V)

You spoilt it by telling us!

Posted by: m at April 13, 2024 04:28 AM (o3SCB)

18 You spoilt it by telling us!
Posted by: m

Well, you're not going to tell anyone, are you?

Morning m!

Posted by: Bruce at April 13, 2024 04:32 AM (DeG4V)

19 I looked at all the stuff where I use the same password and I really do need to start changing some of those.

Posted by: Bruce at April 13, 2024 04:33 AM (DeG4V)

20 Beautiful Christian worship song:

"There is none like you."

https://tinyurl.com/ew78tvjt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2024 04:34 AM (/n1pk)

21
I got an Asus in 2015 and I definitely saw the Best Buy guy secretly grinning at this idiot girl who sprang a couple thou for a laptop.

I've still got the thing, I've upgraded the HD to an SD and I use the Adobe Creative Cloud on it quite handily. The whole thing is sturdy as hell yet cool and sleek. It has the most touchable keyboard ever with backlit keys. I love it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2024 04:34 AM (lCaJd)

22
I looked at all the stuff where I use the same password and I really do need to start changing some of those.
Posted by: Bruce

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If my LastPass app ever fails, I'm dead.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2024 04:35 AM (lCaJd)

23 A daring goat and a rescue:

https://tinyurl.com/4sduy367

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2024 04:38 AM (/n1pk)

24 If my LastPass app ever fails, I'm dead.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

How much does it cost?

Posted by: Bruce at April 13, 2024 04:41 AM (DeG4V)

25 Still trying to decide to get up or not

Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2024 04:45 AM (fwDg9)

26 I decided to give Tmobile 5g internet a try. 15 day free trial will alllllmost get me to the install (maybe) date of May 1 of ATT.

So far it's great (knock wood) and gives me all the speed I need. I have 8 devices hooked up to it, 3 of them Rokus and no problems so far.

Posted by: Bruce at April 13, 2024 04:46 AM (DeG4V)

27 Still trying to decide to get up or not
Posted by: Skip

If you can get someone to bring you a cup of coffee, stay in bed.

Posted by: Bruce at April 13, 2024 04:47 AM (DeG4V)

28 18 You spoilt it by telling us!
Posted by: m

Well, you're not going to tell anyone, are you?
Posted by: Bruce at April 13, 2024 04:32 AM (DeG4V)

It's Bob at the NSA I'd be worried about.

Posted by: m at April 13, 2024 04:49 AM (o3SCB)

29
How much does it cost?
Posted by: Bruce

============

I have the free version. The drawback (for me) with the freebie is that you can't back up your data to another device.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2024 04:52 AM (lCaJd)

30 16 Morning all!
Posted by: Bruce at April 13, 2024 04:25 AM (DeG4V)

New house, new hash, eh?

Posted by: m at April 13, 2024 04:53 AM (o3SCB)

31 New house, new hash, eh?
Posted by: m

Yeah, it cost a couple extra bucks, but I'm worth it.

It's probably from switching to TMobile

Posted by: Bruce at April 13, 2024 04:58 AM (DeG4V)

32 Oh oh, I broke the thread

Posted by: Bruce at April 13, 2024 05:19 AM (DeG4V)

33 Good morning! It's a very pleasant 62 on the patio here in Cowtown, headed for 81. Gonna be a good day to get in the yard and do some landscaping.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 13, 2024 05:24 AM (YRsIm)

34 Mornin'

I'm down to two people on my shift. Came in last night and found out that security walked the guy I had been working with out the door. Clearance revoked. No reason given. He'd been here 6 years. No idea what happened. So, it was just me tonight. The third wheel of the shift is on leave. There was a guy from another office here, but he was asleep most of the night. He'd been up since 0600 yesterday. Got to have at least two people here.

Yay.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 13, 2024 05:32 AM (S8cdb)

35 It's obvious to everyone that this is what will happen if these stupid laws pass, but they still pass these stupid laws.
===

Have we met?

Posted by: California at April 13, 2024 05:38 AM (RIvkX)

36 Finally moving

Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2024 05:43 AM (fwDg9)

37 Good morning morons

Local TV news is a wasteland.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2024 05:43 AM (RIvkX)

38 Big Navy deletes tweet of skipper shooting rifle with scope mounted backwards...

https://tinyurl.com/mvz47y5u

Hahahahahahahaha... some people need to be shitcanned.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 13, 2024 05:45 AM (YRsIm)

39 I saw that of Navy Capt, worse than Barky with a shotgun

Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2024 05:49 AM (fwDg9)

40 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at April 13, 2024 05:49 AM (86W+h)

41 Evening and morning to all the satellite stations of AoSHQ this morning! How's the weather on Europa and Titan? (Yeah, I know, it'll be a long time before I hear back from *those* guys. Plus, you know, cold.)

Slept pretty well last night, so being up before the alarm is not bad at all. Coffee first; then I have to feed the beasts. Little Dagny is back home from "spring kitten camp" at Miss Linda's, where she made herself quite popular. L. says she's a "courteous" and "well-mannered" house guest. ("Courteous"? That is a new one on me as applied to any cat.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 05:50 AM (omVj0)

42 Fen, I know what you mean about getting away from other people. It's also that we need to see something other than the same well-worn paths from home to work and the grocery and back. Some new landscape, even if it is another city. I hope you can find something to recharge yourself!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 05:50 AM (omVj0)

43 Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 13, 2024 05:32 AM (S8cdb)

Sorry for the work stresses.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2024 05:51 AM (oRJHK)

44 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 05:50 AM (omVj0)

Thanks, dear one.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2024 05:52 AM (TBZtM)

45 When a paper-pushing REMF does something silly with a gun, it's all Ha Ha Ha look at the dummy, but if Captain Blast Thickneck with the 5th Roll-In-Hot-And-Ruin-Your-Day Division screws up on his paperwork, no one's busting his balls.

It just ain't fair, i tells ya.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2024 05:55 AM (GkFGh)

46 It's raining hard and the forecast is rain all day. It will be too bad if special olympics is canceled this morning, it is one of Boy F's few opportunities to do something of his own without me or Mrs. F. around.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2024 05:56 AM (RIvkX)

47 From the info in that Google story re CA news, it sounds like when Google pulls out of places that attempt to legislate its news links, Google eventually returns and pays publishers anyway. So it seems the laws win in the end and Google has to pay publishers for all that free money Google earns off their product. Nothing "stupid"about that in the end IMHO. Sacramento is a gang of retarded monkeys but anything that takes corrupt behemoth Google down a notch is good news.

Posted by: Son of Dad at April 13, 2024 05:56 AM (8JB5s)

48 39 I saw that of Navy Capt, worse than Barky with a shotgun
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2024 05:49 AM (fwDg9)

I thought he was brave and stunning.

https://is.gd/2HQM2m

Posted by: Gersh Kuntzman at April 13, 2024 06:02 AM (PiwSw)

49 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 13, 2024 06:02 AM (ju2Fy)

50 Sorry Captain, but our tugboats are all being charged right now. You will have to navigate that big cargo ship through that narrow channel, just don't hit the bridge abutments, please.
And if you have a fire, you will have to wait until we get longer extension cords to put your fire out.

Posted by: Colin at April 13, 2024 06:02 AM (/z/eU)

51 50

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 13, 2024 06:02 AM (ju2Fy)

52 dagnabbit

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 13, 2024 06:02 AM (ju2Fy)

53 Had coffee on but not turned up to high

Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2024 06:03 AM (fwDg9)

54 >>> 51 50

Someone doing gubmint math.

Posted by: fluffy at April 13, 2024 06:07 AM (86W+h)

55 So, Denver is going to pull a few million from the police and fire departments to spend on illegal aliens. That ought to work out well for them. I am so glad we left CO.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 13, 2024 06:14 AM (YRsIm)

56 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at April 13, 2024 06:14 AM (PFYt9)

57 A short morning pipe with my coffee: some Sherlock Holmes blend, a Virginia tobacco in a recipe that dates back to Doyle's time, in a short curved bulldog-shape pipe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 06:15 AM (omVj0)

58 So I am thinking of exploring Knocker's Hole for my hike tomorrow.

Posted by: fluffy at April 13, 2024 06:17 AM (86W+h)

59 Remarkably fresh and cool outside. Won't last for long, but it's nice right now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 06:18 AM (omVj0)

60 Just changed my Roku password. Sad since Roku has made some decent changes and I've been enjoying their Live TV. They've been struggling financially and I hope this doesn't set them back.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 13, 2024 06:20 AM (2NHgQ)

61 Heading to lake house today. Much cleaning and yardwork to start on. Good wx though. Sunny and high of 75.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 13, 2024 06:20 AM (ju2Fy)

62 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 13, 2024 06:32 AM (dg+HA)

63 The oldest grand daughter likes to work in the garden almost as much as grandpa. So today I'm gonna take her to the nursery to get one of those straw hats with the wide brim she can wear while she's out there and some work gloves, but also some slow release fertilizer, some mulch, and something for the hanging basket in the shade. But mostly for a hat.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 13, 2024 06:37 AM (YRsIm)

64 Good morning! Let’s all finish our biscuits and coffee, smoke that morning cigarette, and hit the flightline. Enemy aircraft have been sighted. Happy hunting and may GOD be with you.
- WW II wing commander

Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2024 06:39 AM (o2ZRX)

65 G'morning, all.

Community yard sale starts in a little over an hour, and Mrs VIA has stuff to put out on the driveway.

But first......coffee.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 13, 2024 06:42 AM (a1415)

66 Good morning! Let’s all finish our biscuits and coffee, smoke that morning cigarette, and hit the flightline. Enemy aircraft have been sighted. Happy hunting and may GOD be with you.
- WW II wing commander
===
Lucky Strikes?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2024 06:43 AM (RIvkX)

67 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 13, 2024 06:37 AM (YRsIm)

Awww! That's sweet!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2024 06:43 AM (ymNCe)

68 In a couple of hours I need to officiate at a memorial service.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2024 06:44 AM (ymNCe)

69 Good morning! Let’s all finish our biscuits and coffee, smoke that morning cigarette, and hit the flightline. Enemy aircraft have been sighted. Happy hunting and may GOD be with you.
- WW II wing commander
===
Lucky Strikes?
Posted by
Yes, green pack.

Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2024 06:45 AM (o2ZRX)

70 Breakfast is pretty much my usual: a microwaved beef & bean chimichanga with some sharp cheddar atop it, with scrambled eggs seasoned by paprika and chili powder. There's some spice to both, but it's not fiery as when I used to mix Santa Fe green chile into my eggs. That required some honey or some chocolate to cool the burning afterward. And those are not good for me.

Yeah, I spoon a little honey into the first cup of coffee in the morning, but a guy's got to have *something* to look forward to, right?

Linda suggested we have breakfast tomorrow at the last Shoney's in town, which is breakfast and lunch only now and has a good buffet. A shame how that solid old chain has fallen, at least around here. Do you still have a Shoney's where you are?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 06:47 AM (omVj0)

71 Those WW II guys were lower case gods. Life is never so sweet as when death is near you..

Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2024 06:47 AM (o2ZRX)

72 Lucky Strikes?
Posted by
Yes, green pack.
Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2024

***
"Lucky Strike Green has gone to war!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 06:48 AM (omVj0)

73 Ohhhhhh, OJ is room temperature, kept seeing comments but didn't really believe it

Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2024 06:48 AM (fwDg9)

74 mornin yall. It's soapbox derby day, now known as "Gravity Races". The don't use soapboxes anymore, I guess because they are made of cardboard now. Anyway, there will be thrills and spills, and crashes into hay bales. Hopefully nobody gets shot.

Posted by: fd at April 13, 2024 06:48 AM (vFG9F)

75 Good morning! Let’s all finish our biscuits and coffee, smoke that morning cigarette, and hit the flightline. Enemy aircraft have been sighted. Happy hunting and may GOD be with you.
- WW II wing commander
Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2024

***
I read this in Gregory Peck's voice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 06:49 AM (omVj0)

76 "Do you still have a Shoney's where you are?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,"

There is one about 30 miles from here. They have a decent buffet, but last time I went it was over $15 with a drink. That was probably the last time I will go.

Posted by: fd at April 13, 2024 06:51 AM (vFG9F)

77 Disclaimer: Not squirrel.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM
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Not here...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 13, 2024 06:52 AM (BpYfr)

78 Old age has caught up with Clint Eastwood. I wonder if he has another movie in him.

Posted by: fd at April 13, 2024 06:53 AM (vFG9F)

79 Linda suggested we have breakfast tomorrow at the last Shoney's in town, which is breakfast and lunch only now and has a good buffet. A shame how that solid old chain has fallen, at least around here. Do you still have a Shoney's where you are?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 06:47 AM (omVj0)
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Nope. It was turned into a Denny's many a year ago...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 13, 2024 06:54 AM (BpYfr)

80 I love a breakfast buffet but powdered eggs upset my system for some reason.

Love some sunny-side up, love some Benedict, love some hash browns, love some smoked fish, love some scones, love it all.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2024 06:56 AM (RIvkX)

81 Shoney’s had good pie and waitresses just like your family.

Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2024 06:57 AM (o2ZRX)

82 A long time ago I had a friend that worked as a cook at a Shoney's. That was when they still had the plastic Big Boy out front. I would go in there and order what I called the "Big Greaser" and he would fix me the best steak sandwich you ever had.

That guy went on to become a lawyer.

Posted by: fd at April 13, 2024 06:57 AM (vFG9F)

83 Thanks Fen.

60 Just changed my Roku password. Sad since Roku has made some decent changes and I've been enjoying their Live TV. They've been struggling financially and I hope this doesn't set them back.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

I love my Roku stick. Very useful. I didn't know about the struggling financially part. Not surprised. All those streaming services are struggling right now.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 13, 2024 06:59 AM (sAmhv)

84 15 So who is ACTUALLY paying for these student loans, Joe? Daily Mail reveals who is footing Biden's $150 BILLION bid to 'buy votes' by wiping debt'

It's a write off, Jerry. They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at April 13, 2024 07:00 AM (dg+HA)

85 We found a little Mexican place in the neighborhood shopping center down the road from us. Migas, chilaquiles, eggs and chorizo...all the good stuff. Not a buffet, but pleno relleo and muy rico. Not expensive and they tolerate my spanglish.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 13, 2024 07:00 AM (YRsIm)

86 Old age has caught up with Clint Eastwood.
Posted by: fd

At 94 he seems to still be alive and mentally all there... seems like a win when you compare him to some denizens of Washington DC.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 13, 2024 07:00 AM (n99CU)

87 And good morning to all.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 13, 2024 07:00 AM (n99CU)

88 Well well well:

"Fake meat can cause real health risks — experts call for caution amid plant-based craze"

What a surprise. Bring on the lawsuits.

Posted by: fd at April 13, 2024 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

89 Do you still have a Shoney's where you are?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024
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Nope. It was turned into a Denny's many a year ago...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 13, 2024

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Denny's vanished from here some years ago, after Katrina I think. There might be one out in the suburbs, but the closest shop to me transitioned (ha!) into an IHOP (which now stands for "Incredible House of Prices").

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 07:02 AM (omVj0)

90 "At 94 he seems to still be alive and mentally all there... seems like a win when you compare him to some denizens of Washington DC.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron "

Yes he does, but the physical decline is obvious. 94 years is hard on a body.

Posted by: fd at April 13, 2024 07:03 AM (vFG9F)

91 Usta luv OJ's tweets. Guy was a real cut up.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 13, 2024 07:04 AM (dg+HA)

92 Old age has caught up with Clint Eastwood.
Posted by: fd
*
At 94 he seems to still be alive and mentally all there... seems like a win when you compare him to some denizens of Washington DC.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 13, 2024

***
Didn't John Ford direct his last movie when he was 90-something?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 07:04 AM (omVj0)

93 "Didn't John Ford direct his last movie when he was 90-something?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius"

At 94 I hope to be able to at least direct a spoon to my mouth.

Posted by: fd at April 13, 2024 07:05 AM (vFG9F)

94 Western Digital's 368 TB "SSD"

Ok, so my hatred and jealously are perfectly in balance here...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2024 07:06 AM (IG4Id)

95 Re: John Ford: no, apparently his last major film was Cheyenne Autumn, released when he was 70. Seven Women, which I've never seen, was his last film in '65, when he was 71.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 07:07 AM (omVj0)

96 So who is ACTUALLY paying for these student loans, Joe? Daily Mail reveals who is footing Biden's $150 BILLION bid to 'buy votes' by wiping debt'
*
It's a write off, Jerry. They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at April 13, 2024

***
"You don't know what that means, do you?"

"No, Jerry. But the companies do. And they're the ones writing it off!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 07:09 AM (omVj0)

97 Welp. Time for me to shave. If I time it right, I can wash the car on the way to the barbershop. Maybe I can stop in at Aldi on the way back and do most of my grocery shopping.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 07:10 AM (omVj0)

98 Mornin' all.
Missed ya'll during Lent.

Like Cowtown, looks like it will be a great day to do the garden. Interspersed with re-filling the freezer with various cooked meats.

Mr. S has to go to Dallas to finish up the taxes. On his birthday, too. But he will have lunch with his sisters and go see his mom, so that will be nice.
So, I am going to the genealogy meeting for him, to drop off papers and pick up the magazine.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at April 13, 2024 07:11 AM (jN2/U)

99 Seriously lackibg sleep, as doggeh had to gonpoo at 2 am and I didn't fall back to sleep until 4

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 13, 2024 07:17 AM (Ka3bZ)

100 Been very windy all night and continues

Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2024 07:17 AM (fwDg9)

101 Denny's vanished from here some years ago, after Katrina I think.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 07:02 AM (omVj0)

There's one in Italy, at the truck stop we hit on the way home from Dallas.
Still waiting for the Hillsboro Buck-ees to open. They're having 'supply problems' it seems...

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at April 13, 2024 07:17 AM (jN2/U)

102 There's one in Italy, at the truck stop we hit on the way home from Dallas.
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum

That sounds like a long drive.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2024 07:20 AM (IG4Id)

103 Still waiting for the Hillsboro Buck-ees to open. They're having 'supply problems' it seems...
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at April 13, 2024

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There's a Buc-ees in AL on my direct route to Evansville. I'm looking forward to stopping there and experiencing it. They have ethanol-free gas, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 07:22 AM (omVj0)

104 Morning peeps

Looks like it's going to be fairly nice today. Forecast high of 71 and sunny. The grass (weeds) will love it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2024 07:22 AM (Q4IgG)

105 Have they caught P.Diddy yet?

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 13, 2024 07:23 AM (R/m4+)

106 105 Have they caught P.Diddy yet?

As soon as I find the plane.

Posted by: Don Lemon at April 13, 2024 07:25 AM (dg+HA)

107
OJ Simpson, "I got mine" after getting the vax and three boosters. Then got turbo prostate cancer.

Anyway...

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 13, 2024 07:26 AM (RKVpM)

108 There's one in Italy, at the truck stop we hit on the way home from Dallas.
Posted by: sal

That sounds like a long drive.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

You just take the tunnel the pResident built, no malarky!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 13, 2024 07:26 AM (n99CU)

109 Six stabbed to death; another five wounded/injured in knife attack at Australian shopping mall. Attacker fatally shot by the cops.

https://tinyurl.com/a5ppe3y6

PM shuts down speculation on motive
By Millie Roberts; 2h ago
"The AFP commissioner has made it clear that speculation, certainly from myself, would be unhelpful at this time.

"We should allow the investigators to go about their work," the PM said.
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Aussie Federal Police; and obviously a Muzzie given the left-lib P.M.'s worries.
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In short:
+Six people are dead after a stabbing attack at one of Sydney's busiest shopping centres on Saturday afternoon.
+A police inspector who was nearby tracked the offender and shot him dead when he raised a knife at her.
+Several more people, including a small child, were taken to hospital. Some victims sustained critical injuries.
https://tinyurl.com/ydvcmdet

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 13, 2024 07:27 AM (vtyCZ)

110 That P Diddy story is weird. It also seems to have been swept off the front page of "newz" sites.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2024 07:28 AM (Q4IgG)

111 Boker Tov Patriots

Hey they even hinted at the name of the killer down under?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 13, 2024 07:30 AM (pVWRI)

112 #109 It looks like it's up to eight wounded.

"Eight others who were stabbed by the man, including a nine-month-old child, remain in hospital and some are in a critical condition."

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 13, 2024 07:31 AM (vtyCZ)

113
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2024 07:32 AM (2WOOS)

114 Have they even hinted at the name of the killer down under?
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No.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 13, 2024 07:34 AM (vtyCZ)

115 That's not a knife. THIS is a knife!

Posted by: Too soon? at April 13, 2024 07:34 AM (dg+HA)

116 #114 addendum:

||Police Commissioner Karen Webb said police believed they knew who the man was but he had not been formally identified.

She said the man was known to police and, while the motive was unclear, early indications suggested the attack was not related to terrorism.

"There's no suggestions anyone was targeted but that could change," she said.||

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 13, 2024 07:34 AM (vtyCZ)

117 Hey they even hinted at the name of the killer down under?
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Robert Spencer's feed with pic:
twitter.com/jihadwatchRS/status/1779097829618667603

"The attacker was shot and killed by a lone police officer who was directed into the mall by people fleeing the scene at Bondi Junction, a major commercial area in eastern Sydney…."

GB that cop.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2024 07:35 AM (IG4Id)

118
Six stabbed to death; another five wounded/injured in knife attack at Australian shopping mall. Attacker fatally shot by the cops.

Knife or Scimitar? You kill that many people they had their arteries cut. Tradition in a certain religion.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 13, 2024 07:37 AM (RKVpM)

119 "A large number of emergency vehicles and personnel arrived at the scene after receiving triple-0 calls."

9-1-1 there like it's 9-9-9 in the UK.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 13, 2024 07:38 AM (vtyCZ)

120 Have they even hinted at the name of the killer down under?
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No.

Which tells you everything you need to know.

Posted by: Halfhand at April 13, 2024 07:38 AM (NWTm7)

121 That's not a knife. THIS is a knife!
Posted by: Too

Bang.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 13, 2024 07:39 AM (n99CU)

122 That P Diddy story is weird. It also seems to have been swept off the front page of "newz" sites.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2024 07:28 AM (Q4IgG)

Yup...funny that.

Posted by: Bmore Bridge Destroyed By Red China at April 13, 2024 07:39 AM (R/m4+)

123
Knife or Scimitar? You kill that many people they had their arteries cut. Tradition in a certain religion.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

It's a knife. When... when the f has anyone been attacked with a scimitar in the last 100 years?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2024 07:40 AM (IG4Id)

124 Nothing about 'allahu akbar' shouts, reported at least; so maybe a crazy white [or Abo!] guy instead?

They know he is was 40-years-old apparently.

I guess they'll have to ban knives now as they did [legal] handguns and alot of longarms.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 13, 2024 07:41 AM (vtyCZ)

125 Have they even hinted at the name of the killer down under?
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No.
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 13, 2024 07:34 AM (vtyCZ)
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Great opportunity to rush to judgement!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2024 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

126 Robert Spencer's feed with pic:

Posted by: weft cut-loop

Surprised the perp doesn't have a bruise on his forehead.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 13, 2024 07:42 AM (n99CU)

127 Call us.

Posted by: Scimitar Depot at April 13, 2024 07:42 AM (dg+HA)

128 9-1-1 there like it's 9-9-9 in the UK.
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 13, 2024 07:38 AM (vtyCZ)

*lights candle for Herman Cain*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2024 07:43 AM (di6C2)

129 We're not having a good run with ships these days...

... 26 barges broke free in Pittsburg and were seen drifting down the Ohio River. I think some have been recovered, but not before doing damage to a local marina.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2024 07:43 AM (Q4IgG)

130 Robert Spencer's feed with pic:
twitter.com/jihadwatchRS/status/1779097829618667603

Looks like he could be Amish or a Lutheran

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 13, 2024 07:44 AM (YRsIm)

131
It's a knife. When... when the f has anyone been attacked with a scimitar in the last 100 years?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2024 07:40 AM

They're intentionally not showing what is in his hand in photo released by police. This is my initial conspiracy theory of the morning. More to follow...

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 13, 2024 07:44 AM (RKVpM)

132 Looks like he could be Amish or a Lutheran
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

Hmmm... Shaker or Quaker even!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 13, 2024 07:46 AM (n99CU)

133 It's time for common sense scimitar laws.

Posted by: Karen McAfwfl at April 13, 2024 07:46 AM (dg+HA)

134 Aussie stabbing spree:

at least the killer didn't have a gun

Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2024 07:46 AM (oCjPU)

135 Australia has strict gun laws that regulate the ownership, possession and use of firearms. The laws vary by state and territory, but generally require a genuine reason, a licence, a safety training certificate, and a safe storage for each firearm. Self-protection is not a valid reason to own or use a firearm in Australia. Handguns are illegal without a licence and have been so before the National Firearms Agreement of 1996.

Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2024 07:48 AM (oCjPU)

136 Thanks for the link, CrotchetyOldJarhead.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 13, 2024 07:49 AM (vtyCZ)

137 Hmmm... Shaker or Quaker even!
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Society of Friends, my ass!!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 13, 2024 07:50 AM (vtyCZ)

138 Close the scimitar show loophole!

Posted by: Karen McAfwfl at April 13, 2024 07:50 AM (dg+HA)

139 9-1-1 there like it's 9-9-9 in the UK.
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 13, 2024 07:38 AM (vtyCZ)
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According to this informational video, the UK changed its emergency number some years ago:

https://youtu.be/HWc3WY3fuZU?si=FSE8vCwDCiKGDWNU

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 13, 2024 07:50 AM (BpYfr)

140 nood emt

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 13, 2024 07:50 AM (vtyCZ)

141 Australia has strict gun laws that regulate the ownership, possession and use of firearms. The laws vary by state and territory, but generally require a genuine reason, a licence, a safety training certificate, and a safe storage for each firearm. Self-protection is not a valid reason to own or use a firearm in Australia. Handguns are illegal without a licence and have been so before the National Firearms Agreement of 1996.
Posted by: Don Black at April 13, 2024 07:48 AM (oCjPU)
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Well thank goodness, otherwise the death toll would have been higher!
/every leftist

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2024 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

142 We are going to charge google a small fee for news links.
The fee will need a new state agency to administer. But the agency will be funded by the fee.
Well, the fee doesn't quite cover the costs of the agency. We will have to raise the fee.
Hmmmm. The agency is still underfunded. We will have to raise income taxes.
Close the agency? Are you crazy? 25,000 Californians will lose their jobs! Who will provide those essential services?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 13, 2024 07:52 AM (56mBG)

143 Denny's vanished from here some years ago, after Katrina I think. There might be one out in the suburbs, but the closest shop to me transitioned (ha!) into an IHOP (which now stands for "Incredible House of Prices").
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 07:02 AM (omVj0)
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The Denny's transitioned into an IHOP here as well. Shoney's closed down, Denny's took their spot, and IHOP took Denny's old spot.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 13, 2024 07:53 AM (BpYfr)

144 >>>There's a Buc-ees in AL on my direct route to Evansville. I'm looking forward to stopping there and experiencing it. They have ethanol-free gas, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 13, 2024 07:22 AM (omVj0)
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There’s a Buc-ees outside Florence SC. The first time I went in there i was just amazed at the place. They have just about everything a traveler would want. Big draw are the huge spotless bathrooms.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 13, 2024 08:00 AM (Z8Xq7)

145 145

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