The Morning Report: 5/23/2024

House GOP claims Hunter Biden lied under oath multiple times during congressional deposition

What is really pathetic is that it is entirely unsurprising, and America has become inured to a rambling, nasty, senile old fool as the leader of our country.
White House issues a whopping nine corrections to Biden's NAACP speech transcript

Perhaps she has read the tea leaves and has figured out that Trump is the leader of the Republican party, and crapping on him is not a recipe for political success.
Nikki Haley endorses Trump for president

Harrison Butker said nothing remotely controversial unless you are a rabid feminist, and woke lunatic without any ability to comprehend obvious truths.
Andy Reid, Who Loves Cheeseburgers, Thinks Harrison Butker Controversy Is A Nothing Burger

It's not a failure for Biden and the votes he is pursuing in Michigan and Minnesota. In fact, I wonder whether some of that Hamas money ends up paying operatives in Dearbornistan and Little Mogadishu?
Pentagon Tacitly Admits Biden's Gaza Pier Stunt Is A Total Failure

I'm shocked! Who would have guessed that Zelensky was a conniving graft artist whose interest in democracy and freedom was a subterfuge?
Zelensky's Prolonged Presidency Proves Americans Were Sold A Lie On Ukraine

Wow...this one is an even easier boycott! Hydrox cookies are fine, and I'm sure there are dozens of generics available.
Is Oreo About to Be the Next Bud Light?

Luckily, the useful idiots of the 4th Estate are profoundly stupid and can't even do basic math. But this one is an "own goal" of epic proportions!
Socialist Website Criticizes Walmart Over "Starvation Wages" -- But Walmart Often Pays More Than They Do

The ICC is sh*t. It always was, and always will be. It is a tool for bien pensant Euro-trash to pretend to dunk on America, Israel, and the occasional Western country that stumbles into aggressively conducting a military operation. But they have no teeth!
Moral Cretins at the ICC

And finally, one more data point that proves our culture is broken.
Mom Goes Ballistic When Her Kid Doesn't Win Award At School Event

Sefton is doing fine. His surgery went well yesterday, and he is now trying to get his nurses to bring him a Martini. He should be back soon!

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter]

Posted by: CBD at 05:57 AM

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1 Thank you, CBD

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 23, 2024 06:03 AM (a1415)

2 Good morning again dear horde and thanks cbd and VIA for nooding

b"h for JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2024 06:06 AM (RIvkX)

3 There is an unkind part of my character that wishes all these PFLAG people who want to sexualize kids would choke on a rainbow colored cookie. I guess I should pray for their conversion instead. Let kids be kids, not possible participants in your sexual fantasies and voyeuristic fantasies!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2024 06:06 AM (aA+9j)

4 Membeh the fight for democracy in Ukraine? Yeah, neither does President-for-Life Zelensky.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2024 06:08 AM (RIvkX)

5 Hiya

Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 06:08 AM (T4tVD)

6 Is the top pic a video feed of the newsroom at the Times?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2024 06:09 AM (RIvkX)

7 BET: Trump gives Stinky Haley a cabinet post. Use history as your guide when wagering.

In '17 some of his worst detractors during the campaign did the same and suddenly it was Bestest Friends (McConnell flipped, got Trump's endorsement, the Grahamnesty, etc, etc, etc)

Actually, sorry - nevermind. Everything he does is incredible. If he doesn't drain the swamp, let's rats in who undermine him, just STFU)

Posted by: Son of Dad at May 23, 2024 06:09 AM (8JB5s)

8 Hydrox are the Kaboom of Chocolate Sandwich Cookies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2024 06:10 AM (RIvkX)

9 House GOP claims Hunter Biden lied under oath multiple times during congressional deposition

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My favorite part is where there are actual records of crimes left and right with this president, but Trump said pussy.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 23, 2024 06:11 AM (w67Ex)

10 What do Boeing, UVa, and present day U.S. governance have in common?

Answer: They are institutions that I used to admire greatly. Now… not so much.

Posted by: Fenderbender at May 23, 2024 06:12 AM (r72iY)

11 In '17 some of his worst detractors during the campaign did the same and suddenly it was Bestest Friends (McConnell flipped, got Trump's endorsement, the Grahamnesty, etc, etc, etc)

Actually, sorry - nevermind. Everything he does is incredible. If he doesn't drain the swamp, let's rats in who undermine him, just STFU)
Posted by: Son of Dad

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Good point and you've changed my mind. I no longer care what groceries or Ukraine or illegals cost, I'm voting for Biden.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 23, 2024 06:12 AM (w67Ex)

12 Republicans are mad because Hunter lied to them. Fuck those people in particular. I'd propose that the same rules and penalties apply to them when they lie about voting for spending bills, or anything else they speak about when they're in session.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 23, 2024 06:14 AM (YRsIm)

13 CBD, where did you get a picture of my old workplace?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 23, 2024 06:16 AM (PiwSw)

14 Is DDG search engine down for anyone else?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 23, 2024 06:16 AM (a1415)

15 What do Boeing, UVa, and present day U.S. governance have in common?

Answer: They are institutions that I used to admire greatly. Now… not so much.
Posted by: Fenderbender

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Well sure, but they had excluded blacks and women before the 1970s with disastrous results.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 23, 2024 06:16 AM (w67Ex)

16 Not news, but this is one my schedule for today. I am going to write a letter to the President of the school which my son graduated from and tell him that I liked
the graduation ceremony, was glad there were no protests, that I appreciated the students speaking instead of an "imported" speaker, and that maybe next time in the interest of DEi they could have a white male speak since the majority of their students or pretty close to it ( there may be more women than men) are white males and golly gee, white men are capable of doing good and great things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2024 06:16 AM (jhXXl)

17 and that maybe next time in the interest of DEi they could have a white male speak since the majority of their students or pretty close to it ( there may be more women than men) are white males

--

"I don't think you understand how DEI works, ma'am."

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 23, 2024 06:17 AM (w67Ex)

18 Mornin’, All.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 23, 2024 06:17 AM (v6JzV)

19 VIA, got "there was an error displaying search results" both for search term, "trump" and to make sure no hanky panky, "biden"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 23, 2024 06:18 AM (PiwSw)

20 ""there was an error displaying search results"

That's what I've been getting for the last hour or so, too.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 23, 2024 06:19 AM (a1415)

21 Fen, I think the idea that "white men can do good things" is possibly the worst thing imaginable you can say within the DEI worldview.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 23, 2024 06:19 AM (PiwSw)

22 White men are responsible for the bulk of everything good and that people want and need is absolutely forbidden to be noticed, much less discussed.

It's literally the point of DEI.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 23, 2024 06:21 AM (w67Ex)

23 Looks like Microsoft is having a huge issue this morning.

Effects DDG, too.

https://tinyurl.com/36x7ezp5

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 23, 2024 06:21 AM (a1415)

24 Imagine a woman creating a better product and only needing to pay her 70% of the male rate and NOT hiring or promoting her.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 23, 2024 06:22 AM (w67Ex)

25 Martinis are an essential component for speeding up the healing process.

That's just basic SCIENCE!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2024 06:23 AM (BpYfr)

26 Fen, maybe you should just say that it would be nice to have a speaker who was selected based on their character and achievements without regard to their sex or color, or whatever other criteria they use.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 23, 2024 06:23 AM (YRsIm)

27 The college President probably wouldn't tell me that,

. The people chosen all gave very
fine speeches and seemed like nice, intelligent young people, but there were white men whom I noticed graduated with honors in agricultural or animal sciences or even business who, no doubt could have given encouraging speeches too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2024 06:24 AM (XkYcA)

28 Morning again, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo (ju2Fy) at May 23, 2024 06:24 AM (ju2Fy)

29 I knew Congress was impotent when Eric Holder was found in Contempt of Congress and nothing happened to him.

Posted by: No one of any consequence. at May 23, 2024 06:24 AM (VuZH8)

30 >>Wow...this one is an even easier boycott! Hydrox cookies are fine, and I'm sure there are dozens of generics available.

Wow, indeed!
And I had no idea Kraft was now Mondelez International.
The company has its origins as Kraft Foods Inc., which was founded in Chicago in 1923. The present enterprise was established in 2012 when Kraft Foods was renamed Mondelez and retained its snack food business, while its grocery business was spun off to a new company called Kraft Foods Group. The name is derived from the Latin word mundus ("world") and delez, a fanciful modification of the word "delicious.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 06:26 AM (cCVOS)

31 25 Martinis are an essential component for speeding up the healing process.

That's just basic SCIENCE!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2024 06:23 AM (BpYfr)

Science!

Posted by: That guy from the Thomas Dolby song that I can't look up because DDG is down at May 23, 2024 06:26 AM (PiwSw)

32 Fen, in order for DEI to be effective, people who look like you must be hidden from view.

It's part of the 'Inclusion' part of the name.

Or is it the 'Diversity' part?

Either way.......

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 23, 2024 06:26 AM (a1415)

33 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 23, 2024 06:23 AM (YRsIm)

That's what they did, ( and that's probably a better way of phrasing it) but since white men seemed to be overlooked I think they should be included too.
This is not just a concern for me. I know somebody who works there ( white male) and has for about 30 years who is somewhat concerned about his job because he yelled at a woman of color because of some stupid decision she made without consulting people in the dept who actually should have the imput. She's an administrative type.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2024 06:29 AM (KXu8V)

34 This is the daily art thread, right?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 23, 2024 06:29 AM (Y/ecs)

35 The people chosen all gave very
fine speeches and seemed like nice, intelligent young people, but there were white men whom I noticed graduated with honors in agricultural or animal sciences or even business who, no doubt could have given encouraging speeches too.

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Ah, you're getting closer to the truth.

White men are expected to do these things without fanfare or celebration. Matter of fact, if white men CAN'T do these things with apparent ease then they're viewed as failures or less-thans. They're white men so they're capable and it's just a given.

While women and blacks are celebrated because...

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 23, 2024 06:29 AM (w67Ex)

36 ***Nikki Haley endorses Trump for president***

Slut or dumb broad I don't know...maybe both.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 06:31 AM (K7/OQ)

37 Is Oreo About to Be the Next Bud Light?
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Please don't overlook WalMart:

https://tinyurl.com/5e46msvw

(X)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 23, 2024 06:31 AM (Y/ecs)

38 I know somebody who works there ( white male) and has for about 30 years who is somewhat concerned about his job because he yelled at a woman of color because of some stupid decision she made without consulting people in the dept who actually should have the imput. She's an administrative type.

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If he had thought to smack her she might be interested in having a few babies with him. Just noting her incompetence and inability to do her job, though? Yeah, his job is probably at risk.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 23, 2024 06:32 AM (w67Ex)

39 This is gonna shock everyone, I know.

Baltimore's Primary election was last Tuesday.

And several races are still undecided due to not having counted all the ballots yet.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 23, 2024 06:32 AM (a1415)

40 We saw in your historical documents that White Men Can't Jump.

Posted by: Mathesar at May 23, 2024 06:32 AM (6gW4D)

41 The Quant search engine also seems to be down.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 23, 2024 06:33 AM (PiwSw)

42 Bing is also down.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 23, 2024 06:35 AM (PiwSw)

43 ***[J.J.] is now trying to get his nurses to bring him a Martini.
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Some of those nurses do good work. J.J., glad you're doing well.
See you soon.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 06:35 AM (K7/OQ)

44 Slut or dumb broad I don't know...maybe both.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 06:31 AM (K7/OQ)
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I never fell for her shtick.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2024 06:35 AM (RIvkX)

45 DDG is down

Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 06:36 AM (K7/OQ)

46 Thanks for the JJ update CBD !

Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 06:36 AM (T4tVD)

47 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 23, 2024 06:37 AM (dg+HA)

48 Those browsers got so overloaded with adverts and bs they choked and croaked.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 06:37 AM (K7/OQ)

49 Bing is also down.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

What about Bob Hope ?

Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 06:37 AM (T4tVD)

50 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2024 06:39 AM (Q4IgG)

51 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Serving customers.

When I got up this AM, there were THREE Ducks eating my birdseed.

Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 06:39 AM (T4tVD)

52 Fen, this book well may become a textbook on DEI in the future.

https://is.gd/mZqPiq

cc: Perfessor

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 23, 2024 06:39 AM (PiwSw)

53 What about Bob Hope ?
Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 06:37 AM (T4tVD)
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Who?
-everyone under 40

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2024 06:40 AM (RIvkX)

54 Sefton is doing fine. His surgery went well yesterday, and he is now trying to get his nurses to bring him a Martini.
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Won't the martini splatter if it goes to JJ's head?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 23, 2024 06:40 AM (Y/ecs)

55 Good Morning

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 23, 2024 06:41 AM (ENQN6)

56 When I got up this AM, there were THREE Ducks eating my birdseed.

They need to get back to work and fix their search engine.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 23, 2024 06:43 AM (mH6SG)

57 Bing is also down.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

What about Bob Hope ?
Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 06:37 AM (T4tVD)
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What about Lesley-Anne?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 23, 2024 06:43 AM (Y/ecs)

58 What do Boeing, UVa, and present day U.S. governance have in common?

Answer: They are institutions that I used to admire greatly. Now… not so much.
Posted by: Fenderbender at May 23, 2024 06:12 AM (r72iY)
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Willowed, regarding Boeing:

https://tinyurl.com/mw6694vt

(DM)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 23, 2024 06:44 AM (Y/ecs)

59 Hiya, JT, people over at Pixy's left some interesting breadcrumbs.

Tucker interviews the founder of Blackwater:
https://tinyurl.com/ppn2269h

and VDH burns down Democrats with Trump for 10minutes
https://tinyurl.com/mshh8c3n

Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 06:45 AM (K7/OQ)

60 Haley endorses President Trump? It’s like ‘Baby, I didn’t really love those other guys, it was just money. And the secks.’

Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2024 06:46 AM (o2ZRX)

61 Bing is also down.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

What about Bob Hope ?
Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 06:37 AM (T4tVD)

Let's hit the road!

Posted by: Dorothy Lamour at May 23, 2024 06:46 AM (6gW4D)

62 I would bring Sefton a martini.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2024 06:47 AM (9GsUI)

63 If it involves Gaza, it must be a shit-show.

It's in the by-Laws.

https://tinyurl.com/yvy84ecm

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 23, 2024 06:49 AM (a1415)

64 I know he's paid to say this sort of thing and maintain these Ideals, but I still think it's sort of cute that VDH thinks the (R)s are going to go after Biden in any meaningful way.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 23, 2024 06:50 AM (w67Ex)

65 When my aunt was dying of cancer, she had drinks in her hospital room for herself and guests. She was an M.D. and it was 1966.

Posted by: No one of any consequence. at May 23, 2024 06:53 AM (VuZH8)

66 >>>>>>I never fell for her shtick.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2024 06:35 AM (RIvkX)
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Neither did i. When I lived in SC she was not well liked among the regular people. Maybe she’s hedging her bets in a Scott VP and running for Senate with Trumps endorsement.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly election sevant at May 23, 2024 06:54 AM (NHqkf)

67 You know how you can tell the Republicans aren't gonna go after Biden? Cause they're not going after Biden now.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 23, 2024 06:55 AM (YRsIm)

68 "Go after" = support, endorse, and help elect

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 23, 2024 06:55 AM (w67Ex)

69 Elon Musk RTs Riley Gaines who posts a clip of Cruz destroying a super-woke Biden Admin judicial nominee:

x.com/elonmusk/status/1793540037021430099

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 23, 2024 06:55 AM (Y/ecs)

70 Hiya, JT, people over at Pixy's left some interesting breadcrumbs.

Tucker interviews the founder of Blackwater:
https://tinyurl.com/ppn2269h

and VDH burns down Democrats with Trump for 10minutes
https://tinyurl.com/mshh8c3n
Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 06:45 AM (K7/OQ)

Thanks Brain !

Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 06:56 AM (T4tVD)

71 thx for the JJ update, CBD!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2024 06:58 AM (tQtDb)

72 oh, and outstanding picture up top! I guessed it was a newsroom

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2024 06:59 AM (tQtDb)

73 Raining pretty good here with THUNDER !

Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 06:59 AM (T4tVD)

74 I noticed yesterday that the new abomination of a film about Trump being celebrated at Cannes was written by the same leftist smear merchant who wrote the book on Roger Ailes and my father -- Gabriel Sherman. He's done well for himself with his lies.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 23, 2024 07:00 AM (1YqpR)

75 Looks Nvidia is going to do a 10:1 split, so just buy 1 or 2 shares, wait for it to split and then buy a crap ton more. If you didn't catch the Nvidia train the first time this will be your opportunity.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2024 07:00 AM (XV/Pl)

76 Let's see how Joe does on Saturday.

https://tinyurl.com/5x2pwkxn

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 23, 2024 07:01 AM (a1415)

77 Looks Nvidia is going to do a 10:1 split, so just buy 1 or 2 shares, wait for it to split and then buy a crap ton more. If you didn't catch the Nvidia train the first time this will be your opportunity.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2024 07:00 AM (XV/Pl)

Nvidia ?
The tattooed lady ?

Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 07:02 AM (T4tVD)

78 I guess this means we are all voting for Trump now.

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2024 07:03 AM (vFG9F)

79 In "blow to China," Javier Milie looking to the US for defense cooperation, Epoch Times reports. Be very careful, Javier. Very careful. China might prove safer.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 23, 2024 07:03 AM (1YqpR)

80 Portland booted the Soros DA for a leftard DA.
They also passed every single one of the tax increases including a dime on gas and 3.5% increase in property taxes so POOR PEOPLE hardest hit.
They're dumb as rocks up there.

Posted by: torabora at May 23, 2024 07:04 AM (LrE+o)

81 I know he's paid to say this sort of thing and maintain these Ideals, but I still think it's sort of cute that VDH thinks the (R)s are going to go after Biden in any meaningful way.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 23, 2024 06:50 AM (w67Ex)
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I didn't hear that, I heard the Democrats think that the Republicans will go after the junta.

But if your point is that VDH does not recognize the Republicans are part of the junta, I agree.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2024 07:04 AM (RIvkX)

82 @77

>>The tattooed lady ?

No, graphics card company, they've had a good runup but now there stock is too much expensive for the average retail investor at 1k a share. So they split 10:1, the share goes to 100 dollars or thereabouts and the runup can begin again.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2024 07:05 AM (XV/Pl)

83 >>>>>>Let's see how Joe does on Saturday.

https://tinyurl.com/5x2pwkxn
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 23, 2024 07:01 AM (a1415)
***********
That is a rogue’s gallery of speakers. One America hater after another. It’s grim to say the very least.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 23, 2024 07:05 AM (NHqkf)

84

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 23, 2024 07:05 AM (5hfjS)

85 Dudes with guns are not a match for dude with drones.
_Eric Prince

Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 07:08 AM (K7/OQ)

86 79 In "blow to China," Javier Milie looking to the US for defense cooperation, Epoch Times reports. Be very careful, Javier. Very careful. China might prove safer.
Posted by: Ordinary American

Yea.

https://youtu.be/oCpwd0ARx6Q?si=cySf5YTl-FdK7H6g

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 23, 2024 07:08 AM (sAmhv)

87 AP reports high energy biscuits have reached starving Palistinians. $320 million dollars worth of biscuits. No sign of Jesus Christ to stretch them out to feed everyone. Apparently cannibalism is on the plate so that's what Joe was rambling on about.

Posted by: torabora at May 23, 2024 07:11 AM (LrE+o)

88 Almost fergot !

Have a good one and stay safe Skip !

Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 07:11 AM (T4tVD)

89 Nikki Haley to arrive in Israel for solidarity visit
Nikki Haley will tour Gaza border communities, visit war-struck areas in northern and southern Israel, during her upcoming visit.
-Israel National News
===

FFS she is campaigning for a post!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2024 07:11 AM (RIvkX)

90 Trump's in the Bronx this afternoon. Some say there will be riots some say there will be cheers.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 07:12 AM (K7/OQ)

91 AP reports high energy biscuits have reached starving Palistinians. $320 million dollars worth of biscuits. No sign of Jesus Christ to stretch them out to feed everyone. Apparently cannibalism is on the plate so that's what Joe was rambling on about.
Posted by: torabora at May 23, 2024 07:11 AM (LrE+o)

No ass crackers ?

Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 07:12 AM (T4tVD)

92 In an alternate universe, Joe is the guy at left next to the column and NON-doctor Jill is the woman at center.

Posted by: Gref at May 23, 2024 07:14 AM (5fDan)

93 ===

FFS she is campaigning for a post!
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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She's reprehensible, she won't get one. Maybe Siberia.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 07:14 AM (K7/OQ)

94 Joe's going to tell the West Point graduates he was admitted to Annapolis but drove semi trucks instead between life guard gigs. And his Uncle was eaten by cannibals. Such is the state of our 'government'.

We really don't deserve to survive.

Posted by: torabora at May 23, 2024 07:15 AM (LrE+o)

95 The 10 minute VDH clip is part of a longer hour video he released five or six days ago - danged if I can find the link.

Posted by: 13times at May 23, 2024 07:15 AM (Pmzap)

96 Prayers up for our VMom !

Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 07:15 AM (T4tVD)

97 @94

>>We really don't deserve to survive.

He'll probably tell them, You wouldn't believe how many West Point Men I have in the Whitehouse bossing me around.

Which, ironically, would probably not be a lie.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2024 07:17 AM (XV/Pl)

98 I expect to hear about a lot more of stuff like this:

"Supervisor for the Macon-Bibb Board of Elections told WGXA News on Wednesday several districts across the county distributed incorrect ballots to voters on election day. Two weeks before the election the Board of Elections told a WGXA reporter they were updating the system to rectify district mix-ups. Turns out any efforts they made to fix the ballot issues didn't work."

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2024 07:17 AM (vFG9F)

99 Mini Linzer tarts. Apricot or raspberry?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2024 07:18 AM (RIvkX)

100 Baby Momma Chimp Out at the fake ass awards ceremony was incomplete without the poo flinging and violence usually associated with such an event.

She not only fails as a mother but also needs to work on her fake outrage techniques.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 23, 2024 07:18 AM (HopJA)

101 The board of elections says ""The staff here is responsible for getting each voter into the proper spot, but there are so many voters and so many streets, getting everything can be a complicated process,"

Did I mention that these people are almost exclusively democrats?

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2024 07:19 AM (vFG9F)

102 >>>Be very careful, Javier. Very careful. China might prove safer.
Posted by: Ordinary American
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President of Mexico, Salinas, said, Mexico, so far from God, so close to America.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 07:19 AM (K7/OQ)

103 @98

>>I expect to hear about a lot more of stuff like this:

Our elections are a joke, Iraqi Blue Finger Elections have more validity then ours.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2024 07:19 AM (XV/Pl)

104 "Supervisor for the Macon-Bibb Board of Elections told WGXA News on Wednesday several districts across the county distributed incorrect ballots to voters on election day. Two weeks before the election the Board of Elections told a WGXA reporter they were updating the system to rectify district mix-ups. Turns out any efforts they made to fix the ballot issues didn't work."
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2024 07:17 AM (vFG9F)
====

"Something suddenly came up!"
-Marsha Brady

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2024 07:19 AM (RIvkX)

105 apricot, beyond a doubt!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2024 07:20 AM (tQtDb)

106 When I hear that the Navy SEAL program has been penetrated by DEI, then I'll know we're truly finished.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 23, 2024 07:20 AM (1YqpR)

107 >>AP reports high energy biscuits have reached starving Palistinians. $320 million dollars worth of biscuits.

Fast forward a few months: IDF soldiers discovered tunnels constructed with high energy biscuits were used in the latest kidnapping of several Israelis. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 07:21 AM (cCVOS)

108 "Supervisor for the Macon-Bibb Board of Elections told WGXA News on Wednesday several districts across the county distributed incorrect ballots to voters on election day. Two weeks before the election the Board of Elections told a WGXA reporter they were updating the system to rectify district mix-ups. Turns out any efforts they made to fix the ballot issues didn't work."
-

The proper answer here is that this county is disqualified from this election, the end. Sorry. Here's the name of the person that did it.

The next obvious answer is voting DAY, not month or season.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 23, 2024 07:21 AM (w67Ex)

109 We have election-styled events.

Posted by: 13times at May 23, 2024 07:21 AM (Pmzap)

110 What puts the “ape” in “apricot?”

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 23, 2024 07:22 AM (v6JzV)

111 High energy biscuits for low energy bigots.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 23, 2024 07:22 AM (w67Ex)

112 *It's not a failure for Biden and the votes he is pursuing in Michigan and Minnesota*

The two state solution

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 23, 2024 07:22 AM (BiDT9)

113
I did good in skool from kindergarden through 11th grade and I din' get no trophies!

I'ma comin' for you, Marquette School Board!

REPARATIONS!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 23, 2024 07:22 AM (xG4kz)

114 I have a hard time understanding how a floating (temporary) pier cost $320M. *

*Not really

I'm not at all surprised it has been a complete and total failure. Someone(s) in our DoD pocked cash as a result and, of course, The Big Guy got his 10% Which was likely the entire reason that floating failure was built.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2024 07:22 AM (Q4IgG)

115 Election season ftw

Posted by: A dude in MI at May 23, 2024 07:22 AM (/6GbT)

116 the Navy SEAL program has been penetrated by DEI

Wouldn't those be Navy Otters?
Might be best expressed in limerick form.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 23, 2024 07:23 AM (zdLoL)

117 "The proper answer here is that this county is disqualified from this election, the end. Sorry. Here's the name of the person that did it."

They took ownership and are reviewing procedures. Promotions all around.

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2024 07:23 AM (vFG9F)

118 She made the apricot filling herself too.

Sorry, Herself.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2024 07:23 AM (RIvkX)

119 Unless there are criminal penalties available to the House, this is much ado about nothing. Until Congress votes itself a SWAT team and a jail, I'll ignore them.

So I'm seeing the complete destruction of Justice in the Trump trials, then Schumer congratulates the Biden junta of subverting justice further by passing through the Communist controlled Senate 200 more demonic judges.

I am so black pilled now.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 07:24 AM (iruKY)

120 The House is about to count to ten, Hunter. 1.... 2.....

Posted by: Ribbed at May 23, 2024 07:24 AM (iFMeW)

121 >> Two weeks before the election the Board of Elections told a WGXA reporter they were updating the system to rectify district mix-ups. Turns out any efforts they made to fix the ballot issues didn't work."

Weaponized incompetence.

Elections are scheduled and predictable, there is no reason for there to be unresolved issues/system updates within 2 weeks of an election. They have this chaos because it hides the vote theft. People no longer expect things to run well, which enables the fraud.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 07:25 AM (cCVOS)

122 Good morning CBD and horde

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2024 07:26 AM (gcN43)

123 The Judiciary has been obviously corrupted.

cit. Chief Justice of the United States

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2024 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

124 >>The board of elections says ""The staff here is responsible for getting each voter into the proper spot, but there are so many voters and so many streets, getting everything can be a complicated process,"

"You had ONE job. . . ."

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 07:28 AM (cCVOS)

125 Sefton is doing fine. His surgery went well yesterday, and he is now trying to get his nurses to bring him a Martini.

Asking for a martini doesn't sound like it went well. Now, if he'd asked for a scotch we could start the celebrations.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 07:28 AM (IUd0M)

126 Also, good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 07:28 AM (IUd0M)

127 Texas RNC guy Matt Rinaldi reported he voted for Trump in the primary but someone hacked the voting records and discovered he voted for DeSantis.

Posted by: torabora at May 23, 2024 07:29 AM (LrE+o)

128 Search engines are down. weird.

Posted by: 13times at May 23, 2024 07:29 AM (Pmzap)

129 Nikki Haley's political career is dead. Her only hope of retaining any sort of grift was to keep her campaign running and hope that Trump was either in prison or booted off the GOP ballot.

She's the perfect "throw-away" Republican candidate to use in the upcoming election (if Trump's not able to run.) She would lose with grace and a pocketbook full of cash.

I haven't totally counted her out of the race. The GOP has time and again demonstrated they hate us and are truly aligned with the Democrats.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2024 07:29 AM (Q4IgG)

130 Thanks CBD!

I watched the video of Nikki Haley “endorsing” Trump (not so much an endorsement; she just admitted she would vote for him… didn’t urge anyone else to do so)…. I could barely get through it. I really can’t stand her…. She’s as annoying as Kamala in her own way. Just oozes insincerity and grift

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2024 07:29 AM (xT8gx)

131 I'd say they've gone above and beyond Bud Lite:

In October, Oreo co-sponsored PFLAG's 2023 National Convention in Washington, D.C. First Lady Jill Biden kicked off the four-day event in an opening address that preceded PFLAG's plenary session on combatting "book bans," which was led by the American Library Association (ALA)'s president Emily Drabinski, a self-avowed "Marxist lesbian." U.S. Assistant Health Secretary Dr. Richard "Rachel" Levine was also a speaker there on the "Courageous Love in Trans Healthcare" panel.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 07:30 AM (cCVOS)

132 The $320M Hamas pier is just the tip of the dildo; the Republicans in Congress also voted to send nine billion dollars worth of "humanitarian" aid to Hamas; supposedly because the speaker prayed about it and Jesus told him to.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 23, 2024 07:30 AM (9yUzE)

133 Pedophilic Hollywood is throwing Kevin Spacey under the bus allowing the "Unmasked" documentary out. Better than nothing but if Spacey wants to really hit back, he should go down in flames with all guns blazing by letting the world know who else is in there, what he knows about al those partners in crime, who knew what he was doing & when, who covered up for him. He won't of course so he'll be the punching bag for getting unveiled while it continues.

Posted by: Son of Dad at May 23, 2024 07:31 AM (8JB5s)

134 "Best i can do is a paper cup full of rubbing alcohol and a pickle from the canteen. "

"I'll take it. "

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 23, 2024 07:32 AM (+yhUM)

135 the Navy SEAL program has been penetrated by DEI

At this point, I don't care what happens to the Party Military in terms of effectiveness. Kinetic warfare is so Last Century and the new arts are in 5th generation warfare which is currently being comprehensively applied to We The People from a myriad of sovereign nations, particularly China and Babylon DC.

Just divide the fiat currency among Raytheon, GD, the usual grifters and middle-men and put all serving members on permanent paid leave. Whatever we are actually building is just given to our enemies either in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria or wherever.

It was only about the money, why pretend to have a national self-interest or defense?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 07:32 AM (iruKY)

136 Get better JJ

Posted by: Plainoldtoast at May 23, 2024 07:32 AM (5eTV7)

137 Imagine a woman creating a better product and only needing to pay her 70% of the male rate and NOT hiring or promoting her.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Men don't care about women's accomplishments, only looks and not nagging at May 23, 2024 06:22 AM (w67Ex)

The issues with Apollo 13 would never have happened but for the fact that the black ladies who performed all the science at NASA had to walk 30 miles to go to the bathroom.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 07:32 AM (IUd0M)

138 The fraud isn't going to be the pier itself. It's going to be the many billions of stuff supposedly delivered to Gaza but actually fell off the back of the ship. More will be stolen than delivered after delivery and most of the delivered will be stolen.

Posted by: torabora at May 23, 2024 07:33 AM (LrE+o)

139 They have this chaos because it hides the vote theft. People no longer expect things to run well, which enables the fraud.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 07:25 AM (cCVOS)

Wasn't there just a great big stupid census they made a big to do over?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 23, 2024 07:33 AM (+yhUM)

140 Matt's Super Cremes are far superior to oreos. just sayin'

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2024 07:34 AM (tQtDb)

141 >>Better than nothing but if Spacey wants to really hit back, he should go down in flames with all guns blazing by letting the world know who else is in there, what he knows about al those partners in crime, who knew what he was doing & when, who covered up for him.

Kevin Spacey is the one whose accusers keep ending up dead, right? If Spacey strikes back, it won't be loud IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 07:34 AM (cCVOS)

142 138 The fraud isn't going to be the pier itself. It's going to be the many billions of stuff supposedly delivered to Gaza but actually fell off the back of the ship. More will be stolen than delivered after delivery and most of the delivered will be stolen.
Posted by: torabora at May 23, 2024 07:33 AM (LrE+o)

I guess that many book deals and speaking fees would just look silly.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 23, 2024 07:34 AM (+yhUM)

143 Speaking of fake republicans… and a blast from the past: I ran into a Mona Charen piece linked at RCP this morning. I remember Charen as a semi-regular conservative on the Sunday AMs in the 90s (Meet the Depressed with Tim Russert). I liked her; she was usually arguing the right side, intelligent and a handsome woman to boot.

She fell off my radar screen. Now? At the Bulwark and just a quick glance confirms she has a bad case of TDS….. sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2024 07:35 AM (xT8gx)

144 Ukraine doesn’t have to have elections to prove it loves Democracy! We have war!

Posted by: Ribbed at May 23, 2024 07:36 AM (Ectld)

145 The $320M Hamas pier is just the tip of the dildo; the Republicans in Congress also voted to send nine billion dollars worth of "humanitarian" aid to Hamas; supposedly because the speaker prayed about it and Jesus told him to.

Of course. This is what Stage IV cancer looks like when it metastasizes.

Maranatha

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 07:36 AM (iruKY)

146 Good Morning. This Smotrich guy really gets it. As finance minister he is working on cutting off all banking access and withholding all taxes from the sandrats in the PA/PLO.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 23, 2024 07:36 AM (DgFxa)

147 Never trust a politician crying about Jesus.

Posted by: Ribbed at May 23, 2024 07:37 AM (Ectld)

148 ***Nikki Haley endorses Trump for president***

Slut or dumb broad I don't know...maybe both.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 06:31 AM (K7/OQ)

She looked around and saw that all the other bitter clinger NTs are unemployed and she's trying to rehabilitate herself.

It should be noted, in case you couldn't stomach listening to her, that she said Trump was horrible but Biden was worse and it was super important for Trump to "hold our enemies to account" which, I assume, means continue funneling money to Super Democracy Ukraine.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 07:37 AM (IUd0M)

149 >>Ukraine doesn’t have to have elections to prove it loves Democracy!

Ukraine also does not need an independent media, or freedom of religion, or opposing political parties. How's that for a "Democracy," eh?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 07:38 AM (cCVOS)

150 IIRC most of the "aid" sent to Gaza was stolen right off the trucks. Not one package of food, water, whatever was received by a Gaza resident.

But, and I really believe this, how many weapons and ammo are being shipped to that pier with our knowledge and ARE making it to Hamas?

Bet it is not none.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2024 07:38 AM (Q4IgG)

151 Never trust a politician crying about Jesus.
Posted by: Ribbed at May 23, 2024 07:37 AM (Ectld)

Every rule has an exception:

If they're shouting out "Jesus!" at the sight of a drum of hot tar and a gaylord full of chicken feathers...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 23, 2024 07:38 AM (+yhUM)

152 Smotrich also has all the euroweenies knickers in a twist over this move and will be the main topic of discussion at the G7.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 23, 2024 07:39 AM (DgFxa)

153 Pretty sure that's the exact sort of democracy they mean when they say "Our Democracy (TM)"

Posted by: Ribbed at May 23, 2024 07:39 AM (Ectld)

154 >> Sefton is doing fine. His surgery went well yesterday, and he is now trying to get his nurses to bring him a Martini. He should be back soon!

This is great news! He’s in my prayers

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2024 07:39 AM (xT8gx)

155 God is good. Taken care of our treasure. Hurry back JJ.

Posted by: Virginia Hudson at May 23, 2024 07:39 AM (D8xjm)

156 Nacho Democracy

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 23, 2024 07:40 AM (+yhUM)

157 >>Nikki Haley endorses Trump for president

Maybe Trump should double-up on security?
One can assume she hasn't officially ended her candidacy for a reason...

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 07:40 AM (cCVOS)

158 @Warai-otoko I concede the point.

Posted by: Ribbed at May 23, 2024 07:40 AM (Ectld)

159 When my aunt was dying of cancer, she had drinks in her hospital room for herself and guests. She was an M.D. and it was 1966.
Posted by: No one of any consequence. at May 23, 2024 06:53 AM (VuZH

If you're dying, why not. They gonna say it's bad for your health?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 07:41 AM (IUd0M)

160 I'm going to Trump's Bronx rally today. If you don't hear from me again you can guess why.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2024 07:41 AM (Gse2f)

161 the funniest/most pathetic thing about that pier in Gaza is that it only got build because the administration was embarrassed when a C-17 pilot accidentally squashed a few Palestinians.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 07:41 AM (S6gqv)

162 I could barely get through it. I really can’t stand her…. She’s as annoying as Kamala in her own way. Just oozes insincerity and grift

Same. Hopefully she is nowhere near the second Trump admin

Posted by: Ex GOP at May 23, 2024 07:42 AM (GpUII)

163 Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2024 07:41 AM (Gse2f)

Looking forward to the after action report.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 23, 2024 07:42 AM (YRsIm)

164 "and a handsome woman to boot."

Never trust a "handsome" woman. Ever.

Posted by: Outside of Life at May 23, 2024 07:42 AM (89Sog)

165 I'm going to Trump's Bronx rally today. If you don't hear from me again you can guess why.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2024 07:41 AM (Gse2f)
----
Crushed to death in the mosh pit?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2024 07:42 AM (si1C0)

166 Harrison Butker said nothing remotely controversial unless you are a rabid feminist, and woke lunatic without any ability to comprehend obvious truths.

Butker's speech did nothing except challenge the pagan practices of western society.

Pagans often sacrificed their babies to appeal for greater wealth and prosperity to their pagan gods. This is at the root of feminism. Forego having a family in favor of a "career".

Most other leftist movements are rooted similarly. Environmentalists similarly call for humans to sacrifice their children for better weather. Abortionists take feminism even further, sacrificing actual babies for prosperity.

But Christ asked us to do something different, to lay down our own lives in favor of our brother.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at May 23, 2024 07:43 AM (mAN5b)

167 Someone mentioned the SEALs and DEI penetration of same above…. I’ve noticed recently in my YouTube ratholes that there’s a thriving commentariat out there amongst former special forces….. it’s quite catty. They insult and accuse and throw mud back and forth. Now Jocko Willink, a prominent former SEAL has been (informally on those channels) accused of war crimes and inflating his body count. All these warriors would be better off retiring with dignity and not saying a word publicly…. But former SF is apparently a decent grift these days

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2024 07:44 AM (xT8gx)

168 No, graphics card company, they've had a good runup but now there stock is too much expensive for the average retail investor at 1k a share. So they split 10:1, the share goes to 100 dollars or thereabouts and the runup can begin again.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2024 07:05 AM (XV/Pl)

And this is important because the institutional investors cannot manipulate the market to extract wealth from retail investors if the retail investors cannot get in the market.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 07:45 AM (IUd0M)

169 I'm going to Trump's Bronx rally today. If you don't hear from me again you can guess why.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2024 07:41 AM (Gse2f)

Out of curiosity, how are you getting there? Drive? Subway? Bus?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 23, 2024 07:45 AM (pVWRI)

170
Turns out any efforts they made to fix the ballot issues didn't work.

That takes real skill, Georgia.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 23, 2024 07:46 AM (xG4kz)

171 I'm going to Trump's Bronx rally today. If you don't hear from me again you can guess why.
Posted by: Ignoramus

You stormed the Capitol building?

Posted by: Ribbed at May 23, 2024 07:46 AM (Ectld)

172 Biden has now cancelled $167 billion in student loans.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 23, 2024 07:46 AM (ENQN6)

173 "Looks Nvidia is going to do a 10:1 split,"

It's part of the AI bubble. Market bubbles start with something positive and then runaway with positive feedback loops. But that can't last forever. Then you short.

I learned this from George Soros' book. Before he shifted to subverting government officials for inside information to play an even bigger game.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2024 07:46 AM (Gse2f)

174 I went to a Trump rally in South Ga after the election in 2019. They made us ride shuttle buses to the event. While I was on the bus I was thinking "You know, they could reroute these buses to a camp somewhere and drop us all off".

I started checking exits and watching the route the bus was taking, just in case.

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2024 07:47 AM (vFG9F)

175 Is DDG search engine down for anyone else?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

********

Looks like it's returning "no results" for any search

Posted by: Muldoon at May 23, 2024 07:47 AM (991eG)

176 162 I could barely get through it. I really can’t stand her…. She’s as annoying as Kamala in her own way. Just oozes insincerity and grift

Same. Hopefully she is nowhere near the second Trump admin
Posted by: Ex GOP at May 23, 2024 07:42 AM (GpUII)

I think she's figured out that her former neverTrump consultants and advisors sold her a bill of goods about her chances, and now she's figured out her only hope is to try to suck up and make nice with Trump. Who knows what he'll do, he's always been a sucker for anyone who flatters him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 07:47 AM (S6gqv)

177 Nikki Haley to arrive in Israel for solidarity visit
Nikki Haley will tour Gaza border communities, visit war-struck areas in northern and southern Israel, during her upcoming visit.
-Israel National News
===

FFS she is campaigning for a post!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2024 07:11 AM (RIvkX)

Trump could nominate her to be Ambassador to India. It would fulfill Son of Dad's dire predictions, she'd feel right at home, and no one would give a shit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 07:47 AM (IUd0M)

178 Trump's rally is two miles from me. Taking the subway

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2024 07:48 AM (Gse2f)

179 Biden has now cancelled $167 billion in student loans.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 23, 2024 07:46 AM (ENQN6)

Did he?

Or did he instruct Treasury to churn out $167 billion more BidenBux and pay the actual debt off with it?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 23, 2024 07:48 AM (+yhUM)

180 I’ve noticed recently in my YouTube ratholes that there’s a thriving commentariat out there amongst former special forces….. it’s quite catty. They insult and accuse and throw mud back and forth.

I have noticed that, as well. It would appear that fifteen minutes of interwebz fame is irresistible.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 23, 2024 07:49 AM (mH6SG)

181 "Is DDG search engine down for anyone else?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
********
Looks like it's returning "no results" for any search
Posted by: Muldoon "

I am down. Also, I always lie.

Posted by: DDG at May 23, 2024 07:49 AM (vFG9F)

182 Succinct, satisfactory news blurp, CBD. Thanks for the update on JJS.

G'mornin', y'all. Let's make this day a great one.

Posted by: mindful webworker - at first at May 23, 2024 07:50 AM (3gMUY)

183 Forgiving student loans is a very expensive way to buy votes, no?

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2024 07:50 AM (Gse2f)

184 Perhaps Haley will get the Romney treatment.

Posted by: davidt at May 23, 2024 07:50 AM (SYTee)

185 hmm, bing has gone down hard, and DDG is wounded.
Begun, the Corporate Wars have!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 07:50 AM (S6gqv)

186 Duck duck Going
Duck Duck Going
Duck Duck Gone

Posted by: Muldoon at May 23, 2024 07:50 AM (991eG)

187 >>Forgiving student loans is a very expensive way to buy votes, no?

He's buying activists.
Which pro-Palestine protests most effective right now?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 07:51 AM (cCVOS)

188 Is DDG search engine down for anyone else?

CoPilot also went kaput.

Now imagine a company that depends on AI from these OpenAI companies, the data centers that depend on massive amounts of electricity and network communications in a world where politicians are working 24/7 to destroy the power, and neo-luddites are tearing down network systems.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 07:52 AM (iruKY)

189 "Forgiving student loans is a very expensive way to buy votes, no?
Posted by: Ignoramus "

Biden doesn't care. It's not his money. He will be taking the dirt nap none too soon anyway and so will never see or suffer the consequences. On this Earth, anyway.

Posted by: DDG at May 23, 2024 07:52 AM (vFG9F)

190 We're just doing a security test of the internet search systems.

Nothing to be concerned about.

Posted by: Bob from NSA at May 23, 2024 07:52 AM (SYTee)

191 Ukraine also does not need an independent media, or freedom of religion, or opposing political parties. How's that for a "Democracy," eh?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 07:38 AM (cCVOS)

Does that differ significantly from the US?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 07:53 AM (IUd0M)

192 Blessings and martinis to JJ. Heal well, heal swiftly.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 23, 2024 07:53 AM (/6R5H)

193 You would think that those in the SF community would prefer to maintain a low profile.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 23, 2024 07:53 AM (mH6SG)

194 Isn't "Flowers For Algernon" actually the story of AI?

Posted by: Marty at May 23, 2024 07:54 AM (991eG)

195 It is ok. Just a hiccup. Proceed as usual. All is well, comrade.

Posted by: AI DDG at May 23, 2024 07:54 AM (vFG9F)

196 Brave search engine is working.

Posted by: olddog in mo (ju2Fy) at May 23, 2024 07:54 AM (ju2Fy)

197 >>Duck duck Going
Duck Duck Going
Duck Duck Gone

Duck, Duck, Down!!

What the flock?!
Got egg on their face!
Gonna be a hefty bill to fix it. . ..

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 07:55 AM (cCVOS)

198 hmm, bing has gone down hard, and DDG is wounded.

In my work, I use the heck out of AI tools (mostly to augment my work product). One vendor has expanded their AI source to include Google AI.

Just recently Microsoft was pushing its CoPilot at its Build Conference. Bad timing to have their product die when they are trying to convince CIOs/CTOs and architects to leverage more of the CoPilot product.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 07:56 AM (iruKY)

199 Nabisco's been on the List for years- they pulled a stunt where they put trannies on the package for Mother's Day.
I guess they think it's safe to do it again.

I do miss Triscuits, though.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 23, 2024 07:56 AM (IZjwR)

200 What's the connection between climate change, Gaza and $50,000,000 of (y)our hard-earned tax payer dollars?

(X)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 23, 2024 07:56 AM (Y/ecs)

201 t is ok. Just a hiccup. Proceed as usual. All is well, comrade.

I'm going to blame Trump and Climate Change™ just to be sure.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 07:57 AM (iruKY)

202 What's the connection between climate change, Gaza and $50,000,000 of (y)our hard-earned tax payer dollars?

(X)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 23, 2024 07:56 AM (Y/ecs)
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Oops. Linky:

https://tinyurl.com/29xaxwuh

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 23, 2024 07:57 AM (Y/ecs)

203 What's the connection between climate change, Gaza and $50,000,000 of (y)our hard-earned tax payer dollars?

Congress?

Posted by: Ribbed at May 23, 2024 07:57 AM (IHRQq)

204 @173

>>It's part of the AI bubble.

I mean perhaps, but regular people have been making fortunes off of tech for a long time, even through tech bubble bursts

MS stock was 25 bucks in 2011, if you bought just 10k worth of it then, you're sitting on 200k today.

The US stock market has been one of the greatest wealth generators the world has ever seen.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2024 07:58 AM (XV/Pl)

205 I’ve noticed recently in my YouTube ratholes that there’s a thriving commentariat out there amongst former special forces….. it’s quite catty. They insult and accuse and throw mud back and forth.

I think the GWOT increased the size of the specops community by something like 10x. Add to that the way that the generals would spend them like water and you end up with a lot of people who shouldn't have been there.

Eyepatch McCain is a former SEAL.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 07:58 AM (IUd0M)

206 Nabisco's been on the List for years- they pulled a stunt where they put trannies on the package for Mother's Day.
I guess they think it's safe to do it again.

And while they are at it, might as well add bugs into the ingredients list.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 07:59 AM (iruKY)

207 "If you're dying, why not. They gonna say it's bad for your health?"

Like that very well shot hospital stairwell scene in "Flight" where the sick cancer patient is bumming smokes off of Denzel Washington and the junkie chick.

Very memorable scene in a kind of "meh" movie.

Posted by: pawn at May 23, 2024 07:59 AM (QB+5g)

208 179 Biden has now cancelled $167 billion in student loans.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 23, 2024 07:46 AM (ENQN6)

Did he?

Or did he instruct Treasury to churn out $167 billion more BidenBux and pay the actual debt off with it?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 23, 2024 07:48 AM (+yhUM
Creative accounting. Numbers on paper which mean nothing, never happened. In the Navy we called it ‘trickfcuking the mumbers’.

Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2024 08:00 AM (o2ZRX)

209 I liked Flight. Obviously endorsed by AA, but I thought it was a good story.

Posted by: Ribbed at May 23, 2024 08:00 AM (Ectld)

210 Just recently Microsoft was pushing its CoPilot at its Build Conference. Bad timing to have their product die when they are trying to convince CIOs/CTOs and architects to leverage more of the CoPilot product.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 07:56 AM (iruKY)

Nah. 95% of the people whose titles start with 'C' are idiots who got where they are through means other than technical competence.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 08:00 AM (IUd0M)

211 You would think that those in the SF community would prefer to maintain a low profile.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 23, 2024 07:53 AM (mH6SG)

The guy who supplied the Bin Laden kill shot; forgot his name but that guy was all over Fox News for awhile. Of course he was retired by then. I also remember him in the news during the covid scam; IIRC he was on a flight, probably a little drunk and he refused to wear a mask. Remember the mask wars on airplanes during covid? Good times….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2024 08:00 AM (xT8gx)

212 Yandex is probably getting a workout this morning.

Posted by: pawn at May 23, 2024 08:01 AM (QB+5g)

213 Eyepatch McCain is a former SEAL.

Looking at his Freedom Index score at The New American (John Birch Society publication), Eyepatch McCain would have served the US better if he was KIA as a SEAL.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 08:01 AM (iruKY)

214 Martini? Better consist of Bombay!

Posted by: Danimal28 at May 23, 2024 08:01 AM (klw0w)

215 "Eyepatch McCain would have served the US better if he was KIA as a SEAL."

Texas really needs to do better on their Senators. Not that Louisiana is much better.

Posted by: Ribbed at May 23, 2024 08:02 AM (Ectld)

216 "They gonna say it's bad for your health?"

Hey, it was 1966. My first doctor was a former WWII Flight Surgeon, and he'd smoke in the hospital room during a consultation. Was pretty careful around oxygen, though.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 23, 2024 08:04 AM (zdLoL)

217 Every time a major website goes down… especially when AoS glitches (like this past weekend) the thought that the IC is cracking down does cross my mind…. Sorry NSA Bob, you’re not trusted….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2024 08:04 AM (xT8gx)

218 Texas really needs to do better on their Senators. Not that Louisiana is much better.
Posted by: Ribbed at May 23, 2024 08:02 AM (Ectld)

Hey. We've got Cruz who is pretty great (compared to other GOP Senators) and mumblemumblemumble.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 08:05 AM (IUd0M)

219 Nah. 95% of the people whose titles start with 'C' are idiots who got where they are through means other than technical competence.

I remember when Java was getting all of the Hot & New press in the IT trade magazines and the Charlie level people at JCPenney made the executive decision to abandon all of the years of combine experience of their entire IT staff in C, VB and RPG to use Java.

Problem, the tools, libraries all sucked; Microsoft was trying to take-over that market with J++ (which led to C#) and the entire staff had a cumulative development experience in this language/platform of zero years.

All this while attempting to prevent a Y2K disaster.

I made obscenely huge coin during this phase of foolishness.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 08:05 AM (iruKY)

220 @174

*fistbump*

always have a plan, and be prepared for e&e

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2024 08:06 AM (tQtDb)

221 Fair enough. I'll give you Cruz.

Posted by: Ribbed at May 23, 2024 08:06 AM (Ectld)

222 was just exchanging posts on X with someone who's glad Labour will be taking over in England soon, but who is realistic enough to know that the UK is now locked into permanent economic decline no matter what policies are followed. "Reality is, a stagnant economy combined with an aging population and a welfare system that demands constant growth mathematically drives the country in only one direction."

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 08:06 AM (S6gqv)

223
The press: Should the President of the United States protect the country's citizens?

The press secretary: Why should he?

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2024 08:07 AM (vFG9F)

224 Nvidia stock in 2012 was around 4 bucks, if you bought 10k then it would be worth 2.3M today.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2024 08:08 AM (XV/Pl)

225 "Eyepatch McCain would have served the US better if he was KIA as a SEAL."

Texas really needs to do better on their Senators. Not that Louisiana is much better.
Posted by: Ribbed at May 23, 2024 08:02 AM (Ectld)

I don’t know who your other senator is, but I love John Kennedy! As for Texas we have Cruz (I grade him a B minus) and Cornyn is an F, we failed there. Popcorn time would be if Ken Paxton primaried that guy; it’d be bloody but I think Paxton would beat him. But it won’t happen…. I think Paxton wants to be Trump’s AG then Governor of Texas post-Abbott

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2024 08:08 AM (xT8gx)

226 Those rats up top were given to me by the Count. He said I could have them.

Posted by: Renfield aka Dwight Fry at May 23, 2024 08:08 AM (V5BDR)

227 The press: Should the President of the United States protect the country's citizens?

The press secretary: Why should he?
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2024 08:07 AM (vFG9F)
---
Alternate scenario:

The Press: Should the President of the United States protect Ukraine's citizens?

The Press Secretary: Of course! It's in his job description.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2024 08:09 AM (si1C0)

228 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)

229 Yes. Oreo should be Bud Light'd.

But, hard to boycott something I'm already not buying.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:10 AM (Zz0t1)

230 As a self-proclaimed cookieholic, I can proudly say I can't boycott Oreos any more than I already do, because they are nasty cookies. I didn't even like them as a kid. But speaking to the point, I will never, ever understand a corporation's compulsion to get involved in terribly controversial or deeply divisive political issues. Just sell your sh*t! I can only assign blame to all the brainwashed leftist young idiots that are now making these corporate decisions, regardless of financial fallout. They just don't seem to care about that.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 23, 2024 08:10 AM (mupln)

231 ... but who is realistic enough to know that the UK is now locked into permanent economic decline no matter what policies are followed.

To be fair, UK has been on the permanent economic/social/political/religious decline since WW2, some might say WW1 was the end of the UK.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 08:11 AM (iruKY)

232 People were still smoking in hospital rooms when our second was born in 1979.
They quit by '83, when #3 was born.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 23, 2024 08:11 AM (IZjwR)

233 The biggest political obstacle in Texas is that the Bush Family Machine has still been throwing around lots of money and influence, and the Chamber of Commerce Republicans (who are the same people as the C of C democrats 40 years ago) don't care for actual conservative politics at all. This was what the impeachment fight with Ken Paxton was all about; but Paxton won, and his enemies lost.
On that note, watch - the runoff primary election for Dade Phelan, Speaker of the Texas House and Paxton's most vocal enemy, is in a couple of days. If he loses (and I hope he does!) that will be a huge blow for the GOP-e in Texas. I don't know if a sitting Speaker has ever been tossed out of office by his constituents.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 08:11 AM (S6gqv)

234 >>Yes. Oreo should be Bud Light'd.

But, hard to boycott something I'm already not buying.

Chances are good you're buying something else the conglomerate is selling.
Kraft/Mondelez just keeps acquiring other food companies.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 08:11 AM (cCVOS)

235 It's World Turtle Day. 🐢

Posted by: redridinghood at May 23, 2024 08:12 AM (NpAcC)

236 Thanks for your hard work, CBD, on this and other threads!

I saved that top pic. It's got a Blade Runner kind of barely-hanging-on-to-civilization look.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2024 08:12 AM (J2vNu)

237 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2024 08:12 AM (nJUfO)

238 If you watch Kennedy, he says a lot of good things and is very entertaining, but he votes for the establishment every time. He's all about the soundbites.

Posted by: Ribbed at May 23, 2024 08:12 AM (Ectld)

239 I think Paxton wants to be Trump’s AG

Even a heavily GOP Senate will not allow Paxton to be Trump's AG.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 08:13 AM (iruKY)

240 Good for Andy Reid. I didn't know anyone in the NPCFL had it in him to say he doesn't care about the woke thing of the moment.

I would fully expect him to say "as a body-positive whale-American who loves gay sex and racial humiliation, I'm horrified that one of my players refused to affirm the empowerment of women as sexless worker drones who sacrifice their biological imperatives on the altar of corporate balance sheets, the American Way.

I join the League in their call for his 200 game suspension, and the removal of his feet, hands, face, and testicles. We Are All In This Together."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2024 08:13 AM (0FoWg)

241 "It's World Turtle Day."

The one that's carrying the Earth around on it's back?

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2024 08:13 AM (vFG9F)

242 Looks like some more drama ahead for Space Fans. SpaceX is floating June 1 as a possible launch date for IFT-4. Get ready for some FAA foot dragging.

I'm ready for the FAA to say were too busy keeping America safe from Boeing.

Posted by: pawn at May 23, 2024 08:14 AM (QB+5g)

243 Even a heavily GOP Senate will not allow Paxton to be Trump's AG.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 08:13 AM (iruKY)

Because he will do his job appropriately and we just can't have that.

Plus, I'd be interested to see who'd be in the running to replace him in Texas. He's seriously needed down here to stop the leftist takeover and corruption of everything.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)

244 Interesting piece of artwork above. I kind of like it.

Posted by: Tuna at May 23, 2024 08:15 AM (oaGWv)

245 If you watch Kennedy, he says a lot of good things and is very entertaining, but he votes for the establishment every time. He's all about the soundbites.
Posted by: Ribbed at May 23, 2024 08:12 AM (Ectld)

He's a Kennedy, so........We don't like royal families in this country.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:16 AM (Zz0t1)

246 I can only assign blame to all the brainwashed leftist young idiots that are now making these corporate decisions, regardless of financial fallout. They just don't seem to care about that.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 23, 2024 08:10 AM (mupln)

That and each generation's need to push the envelope to distinguish themselves from the fogies. We may be running out of envelopes to push.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 23, 2024 08:16 AM (IZjwR)

247 Why is the commentary before the links, so we have to guess what is being responded to? Weird.

Posted by: spindrift at May 23, 2024 08:16 AM (OgD1G)

248 I already stopped buying Oreos a few years ago when they jumped on the pride / tranny bandwagon. As CBD said, Hydrox or generics are good enough!

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:17 AM (I5AAM)

249 I think this may be why Oreos are all-in on the rainbow stuff:

Mondelez’s largest shareholders are Vanguard, BlackRock, Capital Group and State Street Global Advisors. . .

ESG, baby!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 08:17 AM (cCVOS)

250 Chances are good you're buying something else the conglomerate is selling.
Kraft/Mondelez just keeps acquiring other food companies.
Posted by: Lizzy

Regrettably my favorite cracker is Triscut. Looks like generic from now on.

Posted by: Tuna at May 23, 2024 08:17 AM (oaGWv)

251 I'm not at all surprised it has been a complete and total failure. Someone(s) in our DoD pocked cash as a result and, of course, The Big Guy got his 10% Which was likely the entire reason that floating failure was built.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2024 07:22 AM (Q4IgG)

I helped assemble that pier off the coast of Moorehead City, NC in 1993. It's been around a while.

Posted by: Reforger at May 23, 2024 08:18 AM (B705c)

252 Dirty Blvd is among the worst songs ever written.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:19 AM (W9Uro)

253 Morning Horde, thx CBD. Keeping JJ in prayers. Reports this AM are that one of the Jordanians who tried to breach Quantico came into the country illegally in SD. Wonder if the King is helping us with info

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2024 08:19 AM (SaBu/)

254 Oreos now have a churro flavor.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 23, 2024 08:20 AM (2QA3G)

255 ...and holy crap.
Woke up and there is 3-4" of snow in the yard.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:20 AM (W9Uro)

256 Chances are good you're buying something else the conglomerate is selling.

--

And I've noticed over the last decade or so that the big conglomerates are vacuuming up every smaller brand they can get their hands on, until everything we buy, eat or drink is under control from 2 or 3 mega corps.

Break them up...like Ma Bell.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 23, 2024 08:20 AM (mupln)

257 Paxton's political enemies chased him for 9 years with a felony fraud case which would have given him decades in prison, keeping it going but never bringing it to trial. 2 months ago, with the case finally ready to go to trial, they agreed to drop all the charges if Paxton would agree to do 100 hours of community service and take 15 hours of online legal ethics courses. Paxton was not required to make any plea.

that sounds like a Babylon Bee headline, but that's what actually happened.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 08:20 AM (S6gqv)

258 Dirty Blvd is among the worst songs ever written.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:19 AM (W9Uro)

*Zombie has entered the chat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

259 Dirty Blvd is among the worst songs ever written.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:19 AM (W9Uro)

Lou Reed's music in general -- yuck.

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:21 AM (I5AAM)

260 Heh. I remember when the LAUSD "expert" who lectured children that eating well and avoiding junk food was racism turned out to be a PR flack from Mondelez. Planting her to promote obesity and diabetes to children as positive cultural values, and demonize healthy habits as white supremacy was... inspired.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2024 08:21 AM (0FoWg)

261 257 Paxton's political enemies chased him for 9 years with a felony fraud case which would have given him decades in prison, keeping it going but never bringing it to trial. 2 months ago, with the case finally ready to go to trial, they agreed to drop all the charges if Paxton would agree to do 100 hours of community service and take 15 hours of online legal ethics courses. Paxton was not required to make any plea.

that sounds like a Babylon Bee headline, but that's what actually happened.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 08:20 AM (S6gqv)

Well theoretically that's why the right to a speedy trial is in the Constitution.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 23, 2024 08:22 AM (eYoxG)

262 >>Lou Reed's music in general -- yuck.

Yep. He has always sucked dick. And he has always sucked as a musician as well.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:22 AM (W9Uro)

263 I sincerely doubt that the average newsroom is that organized and has that few rats.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:22 AM (d04cU)

264 Oreos now have a churro flavor.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 23, 2024 08:20 AM (2QA3G)

They taste like that busty lady from back the 70s/80s who always said Kootchie Kootchie Koo??

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:22 AM (I5AAM)

265 I thought Lou Reed's songs were hot garbage, too.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 23, 2024 08:23 AM (2QA3G)

266 White House issues a whopping nine corrections to Biden's NAACP speech transcript
++++
Why?

That's a serious question. Why do they bother?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:23 AM (d04cU)

267
Yep. He has always sucked dick. And he has always sucked as a musician as well.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:22 AM (W9Uro)

"Well, it's a good thing the children are sheep."

- - - - Lou Reed Swimming in a Scrooge McDuck Gold Coin Pool

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

268 Lou Reed's claim to fame is that he was in a band with a fuckable bassist.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:23 AM (W9Uro)

269
I like Paxton as Trumps AG. Doesn't it take a simple majority for confirmation?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 23, 2024 08:24 AM (RKVpM)

270 CBD left out the most interesting news about JJS. He now speaks exclusively in Cockney rhyming slang-the podcasts are going to be so cool.

Posted by: Here Comes Barney Rubble at May 23, 2024 08:24 AM (V5BDR)

271 >>Lou Reed's music in general -- yuck.

Yep. He has always sucked dick. And he has always sucked as a musician as well.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:22 AM (W9Uro)

Similar to Dylan, other artists perform his songs (either solo or Velvet Underground) WAAAAAAYYY better

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:24 AM (I5AAM)

272 ... I would fully expect him to say "as a body-positive whale-American who loves gay sex and racial humiliation, I'm horrified that one of my players refused to affirm the empowerment of women as sexless worker drones who sacrifice their biological imperatives on the altar of corporate balance sheets, the American Way. ...
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2024 08:13 AM (0FoWg)
++++
As long as you don't make it clear that you're being sarcastic, you have a great future in woke statement-writing. Other than the fact that you used a tad too many real words, this is indistinguishable from the genuine product.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:25 AM (d04cU)

273 Lou Reed's claim to fame is that he was in a band with a fuckable bassist.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:23 AM (W9Uro)

Hey! Thanks for your support!

Posted by: Randy Jackson at May 23, 2024 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

274 White Zombie had a fuckable bassist. She was trailer park hot.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 23, 2024 08:25 AM (2QA3G)

275 Dylan was great up until 1965-66 or so.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:25 AM (W9Uro)

276 251 I'm not at all surprised it has been a complete and total failure. Someone(s) in our DoD pocked cash as a result and, of course, The Big Guy got his 10% Which was likely the entire reason that floating failure was built.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2024 07:22 AM (Q4IgG)

I helped assemble that pier off the coast of Moorehead City, NC in 1993. It's been around a while.
Posted by: Reforger at May 23, 2024 08:18 AM (B705c)

The problem isn't the physical structure of the pier (although it is little more than a glorified fishing dock) The problem is that Biden and Blinken promised No Boots on the Ground in Gaza, so there are no armed personell to defend the offloading point. The IDF offered to secure it, but they didn't want that either. And nobody else will send their troops to Gaza (haven't checked to see whether Iran offered to send troops in to help out Biden.)

so what happens is that loaded trucks are driven off the pier into the hands of local thugs who are waiting for them (Hamas, of course) and everything going through is stolen instantly. And the Biden admin says "too bad so sad, our hands are tied."

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 08:26 AM (S6gqv)

277 275 Dylan was great up until 1965-66 or so.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:25 AM (W9Uro)

Dylan was great until he opened his mouth and pretended he could sing, too, not just write.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 08:27 AM (S6gqv)

278 Heh. I remember when the LAUSD "expert" who lectured children that eating well and avoiding junk food was racism turned out to be a PR flack from Mondelez. Planting her to promote obesity and diabetes to children as positive cultural values, and demonize healthy habits as white supremacy was... inspired.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2024 08:21 AM (0FoWg)
+++++
That story was so astonishing - even to a cynic like me - that I genuinely believe that the reason it didn't become a mega-story is not because of censorship, but rather that it died on the vine because too many people ignored it in order to avoid falling into a fugue state.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:27 AM (d04cU)

279 They taste like that busty lady from back the 70s/80s who always said Kootchie Kootchie Koo??
Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:22 AM (I5AAM)

Elvira!!! No wait. I trying to put a face on who...

Okay big boobs.. look up.

I can remember the boobs but not her name or face..

Posted by: Reforger at May 23, 2024 08:27 AM (B705c)

280 I always preferred Chips Ahoy to Oreos as a kid. I haven’t eaten cookies in years… I do love brownies though. Any generic brand in the bakery section at the market

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2024 08:27 AM (xT8gx)

281 I was just remarking to a coworker the other day that Lou Reed was a horrible musician. He was also a total piece of shit as a human being, too.

Lou Reed lucked out, big time. There was a moment when anyone who was remotely connected to Andy Warhol was automatically blessed by the A&R men, and everyone in the biz was required to "like" them, on pain of being thought unsophisticated - and Lou Reed was there for that moment.

Absent Warhol, record companies would have sold Lou Reed to a circus before signing him (or the Velvet Underground) to a record deal.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2024 08:28 AM (0FoWg)

282 Great news about JJ, and thanks for a fine morning report today!

Posted by: Happy at May 23, 2024 08:28 AM (8wFql)

283 They taste like that busty lady from back the 70s/80s who always said Kootchie Kootchie Koo??
Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:22 AM (I5AAM)

Elvira!!! No wait. I trying to put a face on who...

Okay big boobs.. look up.

I can remember the boobs but not her name or face..

Posted by: Reforger at May 23, 2024 08:27 AM (B705c)

Charo.

Posted by: Randy Jackson at May 23, 2024 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)

284 >>Dylan was great until he opened his mouth and pretended he could sing, too, not just write.

The Tangled up in Blue on The Bootleg Series Vol I (might be II?) is immaculate.

After that early era, though....Dylan should have stuck with the pen.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:28 AM (W9Uro)

285 The one that's carrying the Earth around on it's back?
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2024 08:13 AM (vFG9F)
******
Yeah.... Mitch McConnell.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 23, 2024 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

286 ... so what happens is that loaded trucks are driven off the pier into the hands of local thugs who are waiting for them (Hamas, of course) and everything going through is stolen instantly. And the Biden admin says "too bad so sad, our hands are tied."
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 08:26 AM (S6gqv)
++++
"This utterly predictable outcome is a total surprise!"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:28 AM (d04cU)

287 Strike one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)

288 I've heard both Dylan and Reed described as poets who thought they could sing.

I dislike them both. As poets and/or singers.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2024 08:29 AM (Q4IgG)

289 And I've noticed over the last decade or so that the big conglomerates are vacuuming up every smaller brand they can get their hands on, until everything we buy, eat or drink is under control from 2 or 3 mega corps.

Break them up...like Ma Bell.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 23, 2024 08:20 AM (mupln)
---
When you start backtracking the different products and who owns them, you do find that only about SIX corporations produce something like 95% of the consumable products we buy. It's insane.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2024 08:29 AM (si1C0)

290 I always preferred Chips Ahoy to Oreos as a kid. I haven’t eaten cookies in years… I do love brownies though. Any generic brand in the bakery section at the market
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2024 08:27 AM (xT8gx)

Chips Ahoy are made from the stuff that was squished out when making drywall

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:29 AM (I5AAM)

291 277 275 Dylan was great up until 1965-66 or so.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:25 AM (W9Uro)

Dylan was great until he opened his mouth and pretended he could sing, too, not just write.

Ha! Dylan's been great for his entire career.

Posted by: Happy at May 23, 2024 08:29 AM (8wFql)

292 Dirty Blvd is among the worst songs ever written.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:19 AM (W9Uro)
Lou Reed's music in general -- yuck.
Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:21 AM (I5AAM)
260 Heh. I remember when the LAUSD "expert" who l

And the colored girls go
"Doo do doo do doo do do doo..."

Posted by: Zombie Lou Reed, I was in love with a Shemale at May 23, 2024 08:29 AM (HopJA)

293 Lou Reed is the Heroin Addict Tranny Hooker's Randy Newman.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:30 AM (W9Uro)

294 Hydrox are the Kaboom of Chocolate Sandwich Cookies.

Other way around. Hydrox was first by 4 years, Oreo is a copy with better marketing.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 23, 2024 08:30 AM (FD5dr)

295 @255

>>...and holy crap.
Woke up and there is 3-4" of snow in the yard.

Tell me you live in Colorado without telling me you live in Colorado.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2024 08:30 AM (XV/Pl)

296 Charo.
Posted by: Randy Jackson at May 23, 2024 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)

Yeah. That's it...

Posted by: Reforger at May 23, 2024 08:30 AM (B705c)

297 Lou Reed is the Heroin Addict Tranny Hooker's Randy Newman.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024

LOL. Nailed it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2024 08:30 AM (0FoWg)

298 >>Tell me you live in Colorado without telling me you live in Colorado.

Montana. It's still snowing.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (W9Uro)

299 I'm not going to get into a debate about Dylan's voice, buy he's one of the greatest songwriters of the last 100 years.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (XV/Pl)

300
I hate ear mongers with a passion.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (RKVpM)

301 When you start backtracking the different products and who owns them, you do find that only about SIX corporations produce something like 95% of the consumable products we buy. It's insane.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2024 08:29 AM (si1C0)

All the world's big news orgs are owned by something like 6 companies.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

302 ... Lou Reed lucked out, big time. There was a moment when anyone who was remotely connected to Andy Warhol was automatically blessed by the A&R men, and everyone in the biz was required to "like" them, on pain of being thought unsophisticated - and Lou Reed was there for that moment. ...
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2024 08:28 AM (0FoWg)
++++
If you're ever in Pittsburgh and feel like spending some money to have a bad time, go to the Warhol museum. As you're walking through, you will have ample opportunity to consider major and important questions like, "just how long has American culture been rotten to the core?"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (d04cU)

303 Been watching a lot of YouTube channels about Ukraine war. The Russians are grinding the Ukrainians into dust. Russians are attacking in several different sectors and and ukes don't have enough troops to fill the gaps. We'll have to shift to the rebuild phase to keep the war grift going

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (SaBu/)

304 Strike one.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)

Duuuuuuudddde -- you've had more strikes than the Teamsters

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (I5AAM)

305 It's also...
Chardonnay Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 23, 2024 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

306 >>I'm not going to get into a debate about Dylan's voice, buy he's one of the greatest songwriters of the last 100 years.

He was. For a brief period.

But he hasn't done anything good for over 50 years or so.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:32 AM (W9Uro)

307 I'm not going to get into a debate about Dylan's voice, buy he's one of the greatest songwriters of the last 100 years.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (XV/Pl)

Dylan, much like Springsteen, should've NEVER started singing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

308 They taste like that busty lady from back the 70s/80s who always said Kootchie Kootchie Koo??
Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:22 AM (I5AAM)

Elvira!!! No wait. I trying to put a face on who...

Okay big boobs.. look up.

I can remember the boobs but not her name or face..

Posted by: Reforger

Charo - María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza

Elvira - Cassandra Peterson - natural redhead soul stealer

Sad I even know this.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2024 08:33 AM (nJUfO)

309 Is there a month when it doesn’t snow in Montana?

Beautiful state, but snow in late May is ridiculous.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 23, 2024 08:34 AM (v6JzV)

310 If you're ever in Pittsburgh and feel like spending some money to have a bad time, go to the Warhol museum. As you're walking through, you will have ample opportunity to consider major and important questions like, "just how long has American culture been rotten to the core?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Exactly.

He's buried in Bethel Park. Very unassuming family grave. With 12 cameras pointed at it 24/7.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 23, 2024 08:34 AM (2QA3G)

311 Actual numbers from the Pentagon spokesman a couple days ago:
Total amount of relief supplies offloaded at the Gaza pier; 569 tons.
Amount of supplies stolen that did not reach their intended destination: 569 tons.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 08:34 AM (S6gqv)

312 Dylan's voice was fine when he was ripping off Woody Guthrie.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:34 AM (W9Uro)

313 Duuuuuuudddde -- you've had more strikes than the Teamsters
Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (I5AAM)

Haven't got past strike one in quite some time. It's like crack. You can't just stop cold turkey......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

314 Good morning, CBD.
Good morning, Horde.

Thanks for the little update on J.J.
Very happy to hear it went well.

Posted by: Inogame at May 23, 2024 08:34 AM (53oGX)

315 Thanks for the good news about JJ.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 23, 2024 08:35 AM (h2KMk)

316 Dylan's voice was fine when he was ripping off Woody Guthrie.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:34 AM (W9Uro)

"What a GREAT idea!!!"

- - - - Tom Petty

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

317 >>Is there a month when it doesn’t snow in Montana?

You might get a July without snow.
But you will see it in late August above 7-8k pretty regularly.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:35 AM (W9Uro)

318 He's buried in Bethel Park. Very unassuming family grave. With 12 cameras pointed at it 24/7.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 23, 2024 08:34 AM (2QA3G)
++++
Are the cameras his final piece of "art" or is it because his gravesite is frequently vandalized by those returning the favor for what he did to the culture?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:35 AM (d04cU)

319 I like Paxton as Trumps AG. Doesn't it take a simple majority for confirmation?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 23, 2024 08:24 AM (RKVpM)

Remember back during Trump's first two years when the GOP Senate stalled the picks he wanted unless they were corrupt/corruptible and McConnell wouldn't recess because then Trump could make recess appointments?

Yeah, it only take a simple majority.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 08:35 AM (IUd0M)

320 All the world's big news orgs are owned by something like 6 companies.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

and former high level CIA officials are on the boards of every single one of them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 08:36 AM (S6gqv)

321 Yep, 4 inches of wet snow and power is it out. Spring in MT is fabulous..

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 23, 2024 08:36 AM (bQU2q)

322 Wakes up.scratches
Looks around
Dang. Time zone changes suck.
Good to hear about JJ.
Goes looking for coffee

Posted by: Diogenes at May 23, 2024 08:36 AM (L14eD)

323 Dylan, much like Springsteen, should've NEVER started singing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

Bruce should be beaten to death with his own guitar.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 23, 2024 08:36 AM (2QA3G)

324 Dylan has a face for radio and a voice for songwriting.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 23, 2024 08:37 AM (seACy)

325 Bruce should be beaten to death with his own guitar.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 23, 2024 08:36 AM (2QA3G)

I find your terms acceptable.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

326 @307

>>But he hasn't done anything good for over 50 years or so.

I'm a Dylan fan, so I would have to disagree with that, but I would agree his most essential work came out in the 60's and 70's.

World Gone Wrong, Time Out of Mind, Tempest and Shadows in The Night are really good albums.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2024 08:37 AM (XV/Pl)

327 >>4 inches of wet snow and power is it out.

Yeah. Power was out here for 3-4 hours.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:37 AM (W9Uro)

328 >> ear monger Churchill

Ear monger? Haha…. That reminds of the Seinfeld episode about Jerry dating that “Chinese” woman; at one point she says something is “ridicurous”… or another one where Elaine says some guy is a “svenJolly”…. In both cases causes Jerry to double take

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2024 08:37 AM (xT8gx)

329 What's so great about Oreos? Wallpaper paste between two pieces of stylized charcoal.
They're popular simply because of their portability and shelf stability. Kind of a dessert MRE for five year olds.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2024 08:37 AM (dg+HA)

330 Duuuuuuudddde -- you've had more strikes than the Teamsters
Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (I5AAM)

Haven't got past strike one in quite some time. It's like crack. You can't just stop cold turkey......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

Because you reset the count on every thread. Do it per day and you'd be out before Ace wakes up

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:38 AM (I5AAM)

331 Lay Lady Lay was good. It also highlights the fact that Dylan's later horrible singing was purposeful.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2024 08:38 AM (0FoWg)

332 Has J.J. gotten his biopsy report back yet?

Posted by: redridinghood at May 23, 2024 08:38 AM (NpAcC)

333 The Working Girls - 1974
Cassandra Peterson's (Elvira) first credited movie role and her only onscreen nude scene. She was 23.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2024 08:38 AM (nJUfO)

334 >>Bruce should be beaten to death with his own guitar.

He has just about the perfect guitar for that. Tele makes a good bludgeon.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:38 AM (W9Uro)

335 Speaking of museums, if you're ever in Western New York, do yourself a favor and go to the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY. It's spectacular.* The exhibits and layout are quite good and it's an interesting visit. It's also a standout as a museum, in terms of museums and how they work. Glass is tricky to exhibit and light well or clearly and they do an amazing job of it. It's a fine example of museums as such, along with having good things inside it.

* True as of 2007, when I was there.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:38 AM (d04cU)

336 Montana. It's still snowing.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (W9Uro)

I lived in Montana for a couple years. Two years before I moved there the Fourth of July parade got snowed out.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 08:39 AM (IUd0M)

337 >>Cassandra Peterson's (Elvira) first credited movie role and her only onscreen nude scene. She was 23.

One of these days I will have all 3 of her pinball machines.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:39 AM (W9Uro)

338 Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (SaBu/)

If you find Erik Prince believable, Pooty Poot will probably crush lil Z this year. According to him, the battle fields are reminiscent of the Somme with Uke casualties numbering in the hundreds of thousands.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 23, 2024 08:39 AM (YRsIm)

339 "Supposably"

Posted by: Ross from Friends at May 23, 2024 08:39 AM (dg+HA)

340 When you start backtracking the different products and who owns them, you do find that only about SIX corporations produce something like 95% of the consumable products we buy. It's insane.

Then you discover that all of these SIX corporations are owned by Blackrock, State Street and Vanguard

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 08:40 AM (iruKY)

341 and former high level CIA officials are on the boards of every single one of them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 08:36 AM (S6gqv)

Jason Whitlock was on Glenn Beck's show and said he believes a majority of the successful rap artists are CIA plants who have no talent and are only in place because they've been compromised and can be manipulated to indoctrinate and compromise others.

The P Diddy thing has him the black Jeffery Epstein with cameras everywhere and footage of everyone during their nefarious doings.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)

342 >>Cassandra Peterson's (Elvira) first credited movie role and her only onscreen nude scene. She was 23.

One of these days I will have all 3 of her pinball machines.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:39 AM (W9Uro)

Only here at AOSHQ would the following stream occur...
Oreos > Churros > Charo > Elvira nude > Pinball

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:41 AM (I5AAM)

343 After having these at a wedding, I forever will make @ladyinthewildwest version of homemade Oreo cookies. They are incredible and make the store ones taste like garbage.

Posted by: Paisley at May 23, 2024 08:41 AM (ny1NG)

344 Been watching a lot of YouTube channels about Ukraine war. The Russians are grinding the Ukrainians into dust. Russians are attacking in several different sectors and and ukes don't have enough troops to fill the gaps. We'll have to shift to the rebuild phase to keep the war grift going
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (SaBu/)

I saw a video a few months back where someone said that all the western military "experts" were saying that Russia was failing because they didn't understand that Russia didn't care how long the war took. As long as Ukraine can force it's people to the front to die for western politicians retirement fund, Russia will continue killing them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 08:41 AM (IUd0M)

345 Because you reset the count on every thread. Do it per day and you'd be out before Ace wakes up
Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:38 AM (I5AAM)

Not true.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

346 Only here at AOSHQ would the following stream occur...
Oreos > Churros > Charo > Elvira nude > Pinball
Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:41 AM (I5AAM)
++++
It's because we're all renaissance men.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:42 AM (d04cU)

347 Speaking of museums, if you're ever in Western New York, do yourself a favor and go to the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY. It's spectacular.*

Problem is, the museum is behind the Iron Curtain.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 08:42 AM (iruKY)

348 DC_Draino
@DC_Draino

Here are 2 big lies mainstream media has pushed this week:

Red Lobster didn’t go bankrupt because of “endless shrimp”. It went bankrupt b/c a hedge fund bought and sold all its real estate and leased it back at exorbitant prices.

The “unified reich” hoax is just that - a hoax. The actual image is a mock newspaper clipping from the WW1 era.

Did you fall for any of these?

Posted by: redridinghood at May 23, 2024 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

349 I'm not sure how there are even military age males left in Ukraine. Who wants to suffer pointlessly so that fat, elderly homosexual pedophiles in the Chesapeake Bay can buy more yachts? You'd think they'd run away by now.

American boys figured this out and quit signing up years ago.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2024 08:43 AM (0FoWg)

350 Is Oreo About to Be the Next Bud Light?

I doubt it. From the article, Oreo has been radical woke since at least 2020 and has faced zero consequences.

They went all-in supporting BLM in 2020. They have gone all-in supporting PFLAG (Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays network) and gender dysphoria child sexual mutilation since 2021. They have gone all-in supporting porn in libraries and schools. They even support Hamas through their partnership with the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner. And they push for Net Zero policies.

This is basically a microcosm of everything going on in western civilization. Oreo's parent organization is Mondelez International. Mondelez is a member of the WEF. Everything goes back to the WEF and their control over corporations. And the corporations' control over numerous products and businesses.

Oreo has been radical woke for at least 4 years now, with zero consequences. What makes anyone think it will suddenly get the Bud Light treatment? People gave up Bud Light, because they said it was lousy beer. No one will be giving up Oreos.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 23, 2024 08:44 AM (P5BPp)

351 ... Who wants to suffer pointlessly so that fat, elderly homosexual pedophiles in the Chesapeake Bay can buy more yachts? ...
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2024 08:43 AM (0FoWg)
++++
I'll take "Bleakest Statements About American Politics" for $500, Alex.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:44 AM (d04cU)

352 >> remember when the LAUSD "expert" who lectured children that eating well and avoiding junk food was racism turned out to be a PR flack from Mondelez. Planting her to promote obesity and diabetes to children as positive cultural values, and demonize healthy habits as white supremacy was... inspired.

Wow. Oddly impressive.
Kinda like Kotex being the founding sponsor of that Free Tampons activist group.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 08:44 AM (cCVOS)

353 If you're ever in Pittsburgh and feel like spending some money to have a bad time, go to the Warhol museum....

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (d04cU)

And / or go to Primanti Brothers for possibly the most overrated sandwich experience ever.

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:44 AM (I5AAM)

354 >>Speaking of museums, if you're ever in Western New York, do yourself a favor and go to the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY. It's spectacular

That is a great museum. There are a bunch of really cool small museums all around the East Coast.

Winterthur (sp?) in Delaware is a good one.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:44 AM (W9Uro)

355 Doesn’t the Elvira chick play for the other team now?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 23, 2024 08:45 AM (v6JzV)

356 Primanti sandwiches suck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 23, 2024 08:45 AM (2QA3G)

357 Only here at AOSHQ would the following stream occur...
Oreos > Churros > Charo > Elvira nude > Pinball
Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:41 AM (I5AAM)
++++
It's because we're all renaissance men.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

You can't say we don't have varied interests.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2024 08:45 AM (nJUfO)

358 Good news about JJ

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 23, 2024 08:45 AM (Aoykm)

359 Meanwhile, at Reuters, an overripe old chestnut: "The cement industry is responsible for about 8% of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions. Startup Tao Climate says that by building houses from hemp, it can slash the carbon footprint of new homes." It's a plant, man!

Posted by: gp Abides at May 23, 2024 08:45 AM (MvF+J)

360 Good news concerning J.J.!!

Thanks CBD.

Verse for the Day:

"For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."
— Romans 8:38-39

Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2024 08:46 AM (Edo3/)

361 Doesn’t the Elvira chick play for the other team now?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 23, 2024 08:45 AM (v6JzV)

Her career was sputtering mightily, so yes, she came out as a carpet muncher mistakenly thinking anyone cared.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

362 Meanwhile, at Reuters, an overripe old chestnut: "The cement industry is responsible for about 8% of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions. Startup Tao Climate says that by building houses from hemp, it can slash the carbon footprint of new homes." It's a plant, man!
Posted by: gp Abides at May 23, 2024 08:45 AM (MvF+J)
++++
What's hemp's performance as a high-wear construction material over a 50-year period?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:46 AM (d04cU)

363 What's so bad about carbon?

Posted by: I gotta ask at May 23, 2024 08:47 AM (dg+HA)

364 @348

>>I saw a video a few months back where someone said that all the western military "experts" were saying that Russia was failing because they didn't understand that Russia didn't care how long the war took.

At this point, I believe the Uke/Russia war and it's continuance is simply a gentleman's agreement between Zel, Putin and Western Masterminds to allow plausible deniability for Western Governments looting their treasuries and spreading their filthy lucre around to the well connected.

When every drop has been wrung, they will bust out the joint and let Zel toddle off to "exile" somewhere in the Caribbean to sip mojitos.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2024 08:47 AM (XV/Pl)

365 Who hasn’t faked an illness to get a sponge bath? Get well soon Sefton.

Posted by: Sean at May 23, 2024 08:47 AM (/92YE)

366 Speaking of museums, if you're ever in Western New York, do yourself a favor and go to the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY. It's spectacular.*

Problem is, the museum is behind the Iron Curtain.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

I second this recommendation. You can also take a glass blowing class there. Fantastic.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2024 08:47 AM (Edo3/)

367 I'm not sure how there are even military age males left in Ukraine. Who wants to suffer pointlessly so that fat, elderly homosexual pedophiles in the Chesapeake Bay can buy more yachts? You'd think they'd run away by now.

American boys figured this out and quit signing up years ago.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2024 08:43 AM (0FoWg)

I've heard reports, who knows if they're even remotely truthful or not, that the borders are closed to military age men and press gangs go around to offer them the choice of going to the front to die for the glory of Zelensky or being shot on the street. Unless you're carrying a card saying that your daddy is important, you can expect to die.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 08:47 AM (IUd0M)

368 But speaking to the point, I will never, ever understand a corporation's compulsion to get involved in terribly controversial or deeply divisive political issues.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 23, 2024 08:10 AM

The parent company that owns Oreo is a member of the WEF. The WEF is demanding these actions from the companies with which they work and the companies then force every business they control to push these things as well.

The WEF and ESG and CRT and all these powerful corporations destroying businesses need to be destroyed. First, people need to realize they are the ones behind it. Instead, people seem to blame the businesses like Oreo and such instead of blaming the corporations and WEF which control them and force them to support radical policies.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 23, 2024 08:48 AM (P5BPp)

369 I mentioned this morning that Bing had gone down around 4 AM EDT. It's back up now.

This thing with search engines taking a dump is strange and concerning.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 23, 2024 08:48 AM (/HDaX)

370 >> Speaking of museums, if you're ever in Western New York, do yourself a favor and go to the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY. It's spectacular

That is a great museum. There are a bunch of really cool small museums all around the East Coast.

Winterthur (sp?) in Delaware is a good one.
----------------
Fenton Art Glass - Williamstown, WV

They're defunct now, but I thought the museum was still open.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2024 08:49 AM (Q4IgG)

371 356 Primanti sandwiches suck

How about a Vegemite Sandwich?

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 23, 2024 08:49 AM (Aoykm)

372 >>Oreo has been radical woke for at least 4 years now, with zero consequences. What makes anyone think it will suddenly get the Bud Light treatment? People gave up Bud Light, because they said it was lousy beer.

The problem may be that we now have companies that are nearly "too big to boycott."
Modelez owns Cliff bars, Candbury, Tate's Cookies, and more.

Also, if you look at the leadership of Mondelez, its CEO is Belgian. Companies who were once American - or at least started in America (e.g. Apple and Google) - are definitely no longer "American" in any sense of the word. Why be shocked they are promoting values that corrupt and destroy us? For all we know that's the point. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 08:49 AM (cCVOS)

373 362 All I know is, I ain't makin rope no more, man!

Posted by: gp Abides at May 23, 2024 08:49 AM (MvF+J)

374 On that note, watch - the runoff primary election for Dade Phelan, Speaker of the Texas House and Paxton's most vocal enemy, is in a couple of days. If he loses (and I hope he does!) that will be a huge blow for the GOP-e in Texas. I don't know if a sitting Speaker has ever been tossed out of office by his constituents.

Posted by: Tom Servo

also watch the races of those who voted to impeach. One is running for Grainger's seat.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 23, 2024 08:50 AM (lTGtQ)

375 On the other side of the river in Corning, there is also the Rockefeller Museum. Never went there.

Highly endorse the Glass Museum.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 23, 2024 08:50 AM (2QA3G)

376 371 356 Primanti sandwiches suck

I haz sadz. The concept was so promising.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 23, 2024 08:50 AM (PiwSw)

377 Doesn’t the Elvira chick play for the other team now?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Since 2002.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2024 08:50 AM (nJUfO)

378 Since 2002.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2024 08:50 AM (nJUfO)

Because she suddenly realized she was born that way.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

379 Montana. It's still snowing.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 08:31 AM (W9Uro)

Yeah. That weather system moved through here a couple days ago and dumped snow on the passes.

Chilly and cloudy today.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2024 08:51 AM (5Skxj)

380 Correction: at the moment, Bing's front end is up but the images function is down.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 23, 2024 08:52 AM (/HDaX)

381 Knights of Columbus sues Biden administration for
religious discrimination after denying Memorial Day Mass.

tinyurl.com/mtj7bcnh

Posted by: redridinghood at May 23, 2024 08:52 AM (NpAcC)

382 DDG is still down, but you can use a bang* (the exclamation mark) to go to other search engines.

*I am fully aware of the comedic possibilities of this term.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 23, 2024 08:52 AM (PiwSw)

383 Is DDG search engine down for anyone else?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 23, 2024 06:16 AM (a1415)

Having issues with Bing, as well, this morning. Hmmm.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at May 23, 2024 08:52 AM (iODuv)

384 @367 there a videos of Ukrainian government goons grabbing neb off the streets to send them to the front. There also are vids of men being stopped at the border trying to get into Romania or Poland and being dragged back . Zelensky youth and elderly Volksturm can't be far behind

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2024 08:52 AM (SaBu/)

385 Meanwhile, at Reuters, an overripe old chestnut: "The cement industry is responsible for about 8% of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions. Startup Tao Climate says that by building houses from hemp, it can slash the carbon footprint of new homes." It's a plant, man!
Posted by: gp Abides

What's hemp's performance as a high-wear construction material over a 50-year period?
Posted by: Joe Mannix

No idea. But house fires?

We were gonna put it out, but we got high.
Shit firemen said.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2024 08:53 AM (nJUfO)

386
*I am fully aware of the comedic possibilities of this term.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 23, 2024 08:52 AM (PiwSw)

Bang = !

Splat = *

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

387 Elvira is a '51 model.

Posted by: But I don't do math at May 23, 2024 08:53 AM (dg+HA)

388 Chances are good you're buying something else the conglomerate is selling.

Kraft / Mondelez just keeps acquiring other food companies.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 08:11 AM

Yep. From the article:

During the height of the George Floyd riots in 2020, Oreo, Ritz Crackers, Chips Ahoy! (all products of Nabisco, a subsidiary of Mondelēz)...

Nabisco has a lot of products.

https://bit.ly/3wNcoNc

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 23, 2024 08:53 AM (P5BPp)

389 The cement industry is responsible for about 8% of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions.

Ironically, paving the world over is great for plants!

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 23, 2024 08:53 AM (iruKY)

390 Wanna hurt big confection companies? Learn to bake.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 23, 2024 08:53 AM (Aoykm)

391 @335 Corning Museum is wonderful. You only need a couple of hours. Master glass blowers show off their art. We went as a break in a family road trip

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2024 08:54 AM (Gse2f)

392 "Portland booted the Soros DA for a leftard DA.
They also passed every single one of the tax increases including a dime on gas and 3.5% increase in property taxes so POOR PEOPLE hardest hit.
They're dumb as rocks up there.
Posted by: torabora"

The gas tax , or what is left after the bureaucracy takes it's part, will be used to help people who are struggling, partially because of massive property taxes. Or is the other way around?

Everybody will have less money except the govt.

Posted by: Ripley at May 23, 2024 08:54 AM (JojsZ)

393 Regrettably my favorite cracker is Triscut. Looks like generic from now on.
Posted by: Tuna at May 23, 2024 08:17 AM (oaGWv)

Which are, more than likely, made in the same plant. Just more insect pieces.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at May 23, 2024 08:54 AM (iODuv)

394 Qwant is down, too.

Methinks there's a heretofore not-discussed backend commonality because everything is a combination of bullshit and evil and stupid.

Russia's Yandex is still up.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:54 AM (d04cU)

395 The cement industry is responsible for about 8% of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions.

It's amazing that with all the warming, it still gets damn cold in a lot of places every winter.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

396 Ah Chips Ahoy! Bill Kristol's favorite cookie.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 23, 2024 08:54 AM (PiwSw)

397 Speaking of museums, if you're ever in Western New York, do yourself a favor and go to the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY. It's spectacular.*
* True as of 2007, when I was there.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:38 AM (d04cU)
~~~~~

Very true. I've been there many, many times. One of my brothers was an exec there so naturally my house is full of Corningware, Corelle, and even Steuben glass. It is fascinating to watch the Steuben artisans.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 23, 2024 08:54 AM (3ImbR)

398 @335 Corning Museum is wonderful. You only need a couple of hours. Master glass blowers show off their art. We went as a break in a family road trip
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2024 08:54 AM (Gse2f)
++++
Heh, that's how I ended up going there, too. "Hmmm, that looks interesting. Let's stop and look around."

Great choice.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:55 AM (d04cU)

399 My grandfather drove an Audi Volksturm in the late 60s. Thing used more oil than gas.

Posted by: Car Geezer at May 23, 2024 08:55 AM (dg+HA)

400 nurse is gonna love this painting, filled with otters!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 23, 2024 08:57 AM (a3Q+t)

401 "The cement industry is responsible for about 8% of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions."

And how much of that is from construction-mad China.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2024 08:57 AM (Gse2f)

402 @384 thanks. I assumed the reports were true because it jibes with other things I've heard/seen. Good (for certain values of good) to know that reporter was telling a truth.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 23, 2024 08:57 AM (IUd0M)

403 Meanwhile, at Reuters, an overripe old chestnut: "The cement industry is responsible for about 8% of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions

If you add up all the ridiculous, unsubstantiated claims about contributions from various sectors of the economy (agriculture, transportation, commercial, gas stoves, tourism, govt, etc...) it comes to at a least 800% .

Which may explain why global warming is so bad.

Posted by: Ripley at May 23, 2024 08:58 AM (JojsZ)

404 >>*I am fully aware of the comedic possibilities of this term.

"Hold my beer!?"
-- Interobang

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 08:59 AM (cCVOS)

405 So, basically, considering its scenery and its weather, Montana is in the upper righthand corner of the hot/crazy matrix of states.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 23, 2024 08:59 AM (v6JzV)

406 Then: Karl Spengler saying he has a mix of Kentucky bluegrass and Maui. You can play 18 then get stoned to the bejesus.
Now : hemp houses you can sleep in and then roll up and get stoned

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2024 08:59 AM (SaBu/)

407 Also, if you look at the leadership of Mondelez, its CEO is Belgian. Companies who were once American - or at least started in America (e.g. Apple and Google) - are definitely no longer "American" in any sense of the word. Why be shocked they are promoting values that corrupt and destroy us? For all we know that's the point. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 08:49 AM

Exactly. It is the point. And unfortunately, the majority of people are not looking this deeply into the situation. They just see "Oreo is going woke" and reflexively just say "then I'm boycotting Oreo!" Not even realizing that Oreo is not the problem. The parent company Melendez and the WEF are the problems. They are the ones using Oreo, which they own, to spread their radical agenda.

As with everything else, they don't care about the product. They are using it only to spread their agenda. If they succeed, great. If they don't and the company is destroyed, they don't care, because they only care about the agenda, not the company. In fact, they probably enjoy destroying American companies through the help of Americans boycotting the company. Using Americans to destroy America.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 23, 2024 08:59 AM (P5BPp)

408 >> Meanwhile, at Reuters, an overripe old chestnut: "The cement industry is responsible for about 8% of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions

Data Centers and the Server Farms dwarf that.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 09:00 AM (W9Uro)

409 You can go the rest of your life without breathing.

Posted by: And stop emitting all that ruinous C02 at May 23, 2024 09:00 AM (dg+HA)

410 >>So, basically, considering its scenery and its weather, Montana is in the upper righthand corner of the hot/crazy matrix of states.

It's awful here. Tell everyone you know.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 09:00 AM (W9Uro)

411
Data Centers and the Server Farms dwarf that.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 09:00 AM (W9Uro)

They're building specific DC's strictly for data mining. They use more energy than some cities.

But that's not a problem.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)

412 Yay for good Sefton surgery

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 23, 2024 09:02 AM (gNz8y)

413 Data Centers and the Server Farms dwarf that.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 09:00 AM (W9Uro)

They're building specific DC's strictly for data mining. They use more energy than some cities.

But that's not a problem.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)
---
AI-powered DCs are even worse as they use tremendous amounts of water in addition to the energy requirements.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2024 09:02 AM (si1C0)

414 In my little corner of Texas I will be voting against the republican incumbent weasel who voted to impeach Paxton in the runoff… I’ll probably vote early today or tomorrow.

It appears this weasel is desperate; he got significantly fewer votes than his challenger in the first primary but there’s a runoff because the challenger didn’t get to 50%. I get around 3 mailers in my mailbox from the weasel every day…. He must be just bleeding through money he’s getting from the Bush machine. Man do I hope he loses along with Phelan….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2024 09:02 AM (xT8gx)

415 Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 23, 2024 09:02 AM (gNz8y)

How are YOU doing?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

416
It's amazing that with all the warming, it still gets damn cold in a lot of places every winter.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 08:54 AM

A month or so one of the cob's put up a video refuting climate change. But not entirely. Their data seemed to indicate the upper temps were not as often, and the severe lows were not as often. The claim they were making is the planet, if anything, is becoming more moderate.

I tested by planting some stuff three weeks earlier then 'last frost' traditional date. It worked, no frost. I'll end up with more crops this summer because of the head start.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 23, 2024 09:02 AM (RKVpM)

417 Meanwhile, at Reuters, an overripe old chestnut: "The cement industry is responsible for about 8% of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions

Data Centers and the Server Farms dwarf that.
Posted by: garrett

If you can still get 30 year mortgages on oceanfront properties, the oceans aren't rising.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2024 09:03 AM (nJUfO)

418 >>They're building specific DC's strictly for data mining. They use more energy than some cities.

I was talking to a friend in the Tech Industry and he insists that real-time filters, like for video, are the biggest burners of all.

Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2024 09:03 AM (W9Uro)

419 Russia's Yandex is still up.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:54 AM (d04cU)

Charo is alive and kicking, and she says her Spandex is still up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 09:04 AM (S6gqv)

420 Switched search engines… as a test, Yahoo works fine.

Posted by: tubal at May 23, 2024 09:04 AM (PCK5/)

421 >>As with everything else, they don't care about the product. They are using it only to spread their agenda. If they succeed, great. If they don't and the company is destroyed, they don't care, because they only care about the agenda,

Except it would be almost impossible to kill Mondelez at this point - it's so big.

And even if you did, the biggest shareholders are the same biggest shareholders of most (all) huge, multinational conglomerates: Vanguard, BlackRock, Capital Group and State Street Global Advisors. These companies are bigger than governments, and in fact, are directing governments at this point.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 09:04 AM (cCVOS)

422 Other way around. Hydrox was first by 4 years, Oreo is a copy with better marketing.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 23, 2024 08:30 AM

I just watched the History Channel "Foods that Built America" episode on this the other day. The CEO of Nabisco forced out brothers Joseph Loose and Jacob Loose. They had been the creators of many of the products for the original Nabisco conglomerate. But instead of being defeated, they started their own company Sunshine Biscuits to go against Nabisco and created the first sandwich cookie, which they named Hydrox.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 23, 2024 09:04 AM (P5BPp)

423 A California mother was slapped with a fine worth $88,000 after her kids mistakenly collected clams — thinking they were picking up seashells — on the beach without a fishing license.
A judge knocked it down to 500.

tinyurl.com/y62z6cf8

Posted by: redridinghood at May 23, 2024 09:05 AM (NpAcC)

424 There's a common theme to much of what ails us. We identify a problem (often fabricated) and then we're exhorted to take action that you have to know won't be effective at solving the problem, or we fuck up the execution.

The Gaza pier is an example. Cutting emissions while China is going gangbusters is another.

This from a country that won WWII from a standing start in four years, nine months.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 23, 2024 09:05 AM (Gse2f)

425 Southern Appalachia is a toilet. A real armpit. The weather is bad (too hot!) and the people are all inbreeds. There is no economic opportunity, and communicable diseases are a real problem due to the lack of plumbing and public sanitation. Also, the bears have adapted to a diet of mainly human meat.

Tell everyone you know.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2024 09:05 AM (0FoWg)

426 Harrison Butker said nothing remotely controversial unless you are a rabid feminist, and woke lunatic without any ability to comprehend obvious truths.

20 years ago no one cared what a sportsball player said AND what he said would have been considered completely normal for a sportsball player (and most Americans)

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2024 09:06 AM (ibTVg)

427 Switched search engines… as a test, Yahoo works fine.
Posted by: tubal at May 23, 2024 09:04 AM (PCK5/)

How's ASK JEEVES doing?

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 09:06 AM (I5AAM)

428 Every staff meeting should have cookies and milk.

Posted by: It would be awesome at May 23, 2024 09:06 AM (dg+HA)

429
How's ASK JEEVES doing?
Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 09:06 AM (I5AAM)

Carpal tunnel from all the $10 handies under the bridge.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 09:07 AM (Zz0t1)

430 In a controlled experiment, two houses were built, one with a hemp foundation, the other foundation with a composite blend of jute, sisal, and kapok. After one year, the hemp house had sunk 22 cms, while the JSK house sank a mere 15 cms, a 32% performance improvement! Choose JSK for your next construction project!

Posted by: The Jute/Sisal/Kapok Consortium at May 23, 2024 09:07 AM (MvF+J)

431 I used to be a thing.

Posted by: Altavista at May 23, 2024 09:07 AM (dg+HA)

432 AI-powered DCs are even worse as they use tremendous amounts of water in addition to the energy requirements.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2024 09:02 AM (si1C0)

An interesting note I saw somewhere the other day - a lot of large corps are abandoning the "green energy" move because they're realizing that it can never reliably supply the power they need to run this high profit, energy intensive facilities. They were all in on it as long as they thought they could make massive profits by having to rebuild the energy sector from top to bottom. But almost no one dared to question the party line and ask "but will it work?"

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 09:08 AM (S6gqv)

433 I do miss Triscuits, though.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 23, 2024 07:56 AM (IZjwR)

Aldi has a decent version, if there are any Aldis near you.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 23, 2024 09:08 AM (XjtdB)

434 There's a common theme to much of what ails us. We identify a problem (often fabricated) and then we're exhorted to take action that you have to know won't be effective at solving the problem, or we fuck up the execution.

The point is the media sound bite and more importantly the graft.

I've run through this with lefty LIVs over and over how in many cases we have implemented dozens of solutions to some problem the left claims MUST BE SOLVED NOW and...it never gets any better. So why will this next one work?

BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING! And the we here means "the government" and the something is "spend money".

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2024 09:08 AM (ibTVg)

435 Southern Appalachia is a toilet. A real armpit. The weather is bad (too hot!) and the people are all inbreeds. There is no economic opportunity, and communicable diseases are a real problem due to the lack of plumbing and public sanitation. Also, the bears have adapted to a diet of mainly human meat.

Tell everyone you know.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

He's right you know. Locals even say "Good Morning" to strangers and inquire about their Mommas! Stay away!!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2024 09:08 AM (Edo3/)

436 Corning Museum is wonderful. You only need a couple of hours. Master glass blowers show off their art. We went as a break in a family road trip
Posted by: Ignoramus

When I was a kid we lived in Parkersburg, WV for a number of years. We were in a short drive distance from 3 glass factories, Viking, Blenko and Fenton. I have vivid memories of visiting the Fenton factory a number of times. Back then they let you onto the factory floor to watch the glass blowers. It was fascinating. More fascinating for a little girl, was the retail shop where you could buy all sorts of little sparkly seconds for pennies.

Posted by: Tuna at May 23, 2024 09:09 AM (oaGWv)

437 garrett is correct, MT is beautiful but just too many issues. Snow, grizzly bears, snow, black bears, snow, surly moose and snow. Don't even think of taking the chance and moving here.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 23, 2024 09:09 AM (2NHgQ)

438 Trump asked black Americans last election "what do you have to lose" and really this should be a winning argument - why?

Because every time the left claims they will fix something by spending some more money it just makes things worse.

So...try the opposite.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2024 09:10 AM (ibTVg)

439 Maybe Yahoo search is too insignicant to be attacked. It still gets you to the HQ though…

Posted by: tubal at May 23, 2024 09:10 AM (PCK5/)

440 Carpal tunnel from all the $10 handies under the bridge.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 09:07 AM (Zz0t1)

*considers the risk/reward of acquiring a $10 handy*
*keeps considering*

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 09:10 AM (I5AAM)

441 Hydrox > Oreos anyway. Unfortunately, I can only get Hydrox through Amazon.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 23, 2024 09:10 AM (3ImbR)

442 I already stopped buying Oreos a few years ago when they jumped on the pride / tranny bandwagon. As CBD said, Hydrox or generics are good enough!
Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 08:17 AM (I5AAM)

Haven't seem Hydrox on the shelves in a very long time in any of the major supermarkets here.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at May 23, 2024 09:11 AM (iODuv)

443 For those of us in Texas there are wonderful Mocha filled sandwich cookies made by HEB!

Posted by: Anna at May 23, 2024 09:11 AM (ZiaCc)

444 considers the risk/reward of acquiring a $10 handy*
*keeps considering*
Posted by: Doof

Carpal tunnel affects grip strength. You may want to seek out a handy from a Parkinson's patient.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2024 09:11 AM (qQ8au)

445 Hail Hydrox!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 23, 2024 09:11 AM (PiwSw)

446 When I was a kid we lived in Parkersburg, WV for a number of years. We were in a short drive distance from 3 glass factories, Viking, Blenko and Fenton. I have vivid memories of visiting the Fenton factory a number of times. Back then they let you onto the factory floor to watch the glass blowers. It was fascinating. More fascinating for a little girl, was the retail shop where you could buy all sorts of little sparkly seconds for pennies.
Posted by: Tuna at May 23, 2024 09:09 AM (oaGWv)
++++
I never did Fenton, but I have done the Blenko tour a couple of times. Worth doing. Real craftsmen and artisans doing their thing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 09:11 AM (d04cU)

447 *considers the risk/reward of acquiring a $10 handy*
*keeps considering*

Hey sailor, those are always free at Casa de la Fluke...as long as you don't mind waiting a bit of course

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 23, 2024 09:12 AM (ibTVg)

448 Thanks CBD.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * goat whisperer at May 23, 2024 09:12 AM (7WZom)

449 My USPS Informed Delivery service has let me know I am getting a letter from Mike Pence today.

Can't wait!!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2024 09:12 AM (Edo3/)

450 It's really astounding (still) that the Texas House was so inbred, and so contemptuous of it's constituents, that they thought they could easily get away with impeaching Paxton.

And Paxton is about to show what real political power is - it's not what you say, it's not even about what you do in office (too much). It's about going to your opponents districts in election season and running successful campaigns to get them thrown out of office. Now that's what earns respect, grudging or otherwise.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 09:12 AM (S6gqv)

451 Carpal tunnel affects grip strength. You may want to seek out a handy from a Parkinson's patient.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2024 09:11 AM (qQ8au)

That is some out of the box thinking! Well played!

Posted by: Doof at May 23, 2024 09:12 AM (I5AAM)

452 Except it would be almost impossible to kill Mondelez at this point - it's so big.

And even if you did, the biggest shareholders are the same biggest shareholders of most (all) huge, multinational conglomerates: Vanguard, BlackRock, Capital Group and State Street Global Advisors. These companies are bigger than governments, and in fact, are directing governments at this point.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 09:04 AM

Yep, I get that. I don't know what the answer is.

But I don't think the answer is to continuously boycott these foreign-controlled American businesses that have no choice in the matter of their policies. They are slaves to the WEF, Vanguard, Blackrock, etc. I don't think the boycotts achieve anything in stopping the agenda. All they do is put formerly good American businesses out of business. Which is what these foreign conglomerates want.

They are really in a no-lose situation. They either get to use the American businesses they control to push their agenda or they get to destroy an American business because Americans boycott it.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 23, 2024 09:12 AM (P5BPp)

453 There's a bunch of data services down this morning. Not just search engines. My internet is up, but the ISP I subscribe through is down.

*scratches head

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2024 09:12 AM (Q4IgG)

454 Another day, another death threat:

Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer 11h
BREAKING:
The person who just threatened to assassinate President Trump goes by the name “Kathryn Grace Jordan”, and she is followed by Democrat US Senator @amyklobuchar Amy Klobuchar, who supports @JoeBiden!

This person needs to be arrested by @SecretService ASAP! They said they plan to “shoot to kill” when they see President Trump in the Bronx tomorrow.

Their bio says they live in NYC and Palm Beach.

I just sent this to the Secret Service.

Cc: @elonmusk I see this person has a Premium account. You should send their ID information to Secret Service.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 23, 2024 09:13 AM (ZdexC)

455 Did you know that hydroxes are related to elephants?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 23, 2024 09:13 AM (v6JzV)

456 447 *considers the risk/reward of acquiring a $10 handy*
*keeps considering*

It's all about the moisturizing.

Posted by: Prince Harry at May 23, 2024 09:13 AM (PiwSw)

457 And unfortunately, the majority of people are not looking this deeply into the situation. They just see "Oreo is going woke" and reflexively just say "then I'm boycotting Oreo!" Not even realizing that Oreo is not the problem. The parent company Melendez and the WEF are the problems. They are the ones using Oreo, which they own, to spread their radical agenda
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 23, 2024 08:59 AM

Thank goodness people aren't realizing that Melendez and the WEF aren't the problem!

Posted by: Big Penguin at May 23, 2024 09:13 AM (a3Q+t)

458 It's about going to your opponents districts in election season and running successful campaigns to get them thrown out of office.

In 2024 I'd argue there is one more step. Find a reason to prosecute them as well. Any process crime will do.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2024 09:13 AM (ibTVg)

459 Southern Appalachia is a toilet. A real armpit. The weather is bad (too hot!) and the people are all inbreeds. There is no economic opportunity, and communicable diseases are a real problem due to the lack of plumbing and public sanitation. Also, the bears have adapted to a diet of mainly human meat.

Tell everyone you know.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

He's right you know. Locals even say "Good Morning" to strangers and inquire about their Mommas! Stay away!!
Posted by: Tonypete

They're even nice and polite at the post office. Can't have that. Don't come.

Posted by: Tuna at May 23, 2024 09:13 AM (oaGWv)

460 Good morning, all! Nice surprise, CBD.

Only 9 corrections to Biden's NAACP speech transcript?! C'mon Man. O & Slick Willie greased the skids for FJB's appearance at the historical NAACP dinner during the NYC fundraiser back in March, I imagine. Not all script mistakes are accidental but, even if FJB flubbed it, as one dinner attendee said, "To hear him say all the things he's done and the things he's not getting credit for and to be here and have other people hear those things, that's an honor." WXYZ Detroit (ABC), May 19. 🤷‍

Aside from the messy historical dinner, and the White House fixing FJB's public boo-boos in the official speech prior to posting, most important is this: NAACP dot org: Black American Policy Recommendations for Biden-Harris Administration.

>Haley finally endorses Trump. The local progressives are delighted; she is much more desirable then PDT and DeSantis, the latter in particular.

Zelensky's Prolonged Presidency. Who was surprised? Little grifting rat b*stard, imo.

‘Now is not the time’ Zelensky’s term should have ended on May 20. Here’s how Ukrainians feel about him staying in power without an election. May 21, 2024, Source: Meduza

Cont'd

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at May 23, 2024 09:13 AM (NFX2v)

461 In part, "Before the full-scale war began, the next elections were scheduled for March 31, 2024. But now, they’ve been postponed due to martial law, which will be in effect in Ukraine until at least August 11." Maybe.

BTW: During the war, Zaluzhnyi (General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, then the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces) became the second most popular person in Ukraine, and some Ukrainian experts suggested that Zaluzhnyi could pose serious competition to Zelensky if he decided to run for office. On February 8, amidst these discussions, Zaluzhnyi was dismissed from his post as Ukraine’s top commander. On May 9, Zelensky appointed him as ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Of course, that's our Z! Note that the Ukrainians are also displeased over the new Ukraine Mobilization Law 'that just went into effect." Why should its conscription age go from 27 to 25 & have penalties for noncompliance? Russia has a lack of administrative workers thanks to war. Z saves those in Ukraine and the US supports them. Not to worry, sooner or later, Z will have the West doing every single thing.

Still standing with Israel & its IDF. (Its twitter feed is informative.)

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at May 23, 2024 09:13 AM (NFX2v)

462 Carpal tunnel affects grip strength. You may want to seek out a handy from a Parkinson's patient.
Posted by: nurse ratched

That's terrible!

*secretly jots a few quick notes down*

Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2024 09:14 AM (Edo3/)

463 Power is back on, however still snowing. The Bitterroot s/b in the 50's later today so the snow won't last on the ground. It's been a very long season of snow and cold.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 23, 2024 09:14 AM (2NHgQ)

464 The person who just threatened to assassinate President Trump goes by the name “Kathryn Grace Jordan”, and she is followed by Democrat US Senator @amyklobuchar Amy Klobuchar, who supports @JoeBiden!

The lefty that tried to assassinate Justice Kav got...community service? or something like that. Just threatening is going to get no attention from Biden's government.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2024 09:15 AM (ibTVg)

465 An interesting note I saw somewhere the other day - a lot of large corps are abandoning the "green energy" move because they're realizing that it can never reliably supply the power they need to run this high profit, energy intensive facilities. They were all in on it as long as they thought they could make massive profits by having to rebuild the energy sector from top to bottom. But almost no one dared to question the party line and ask "but will it work?"
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 09:08 AM (S6gqv)
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Nuclear power, of course, can easily provide all of their energy needs for the foreseeable future.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2024 09:15 AM (si1C0)

466 There's a bunch of data services down this morning. Not just search engines. My internet is up, but the ISP I subscribe through is down.

*scratches head
Posted by: Martini Farmer

My DDG is working fine. No problems so far.

Posted by: Tuna at May 23, 2024 09:15 AM (oaGWv)

467 >>>>Tell everyone you know.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2024 09:05 AM (0FoWg)
********
You forgot the fundamentalist Christians running amok and terrorizing people. For your own sake, please stay away.

Posted by: Rufus T Firefly at May 23, 2024 09:15 AM (zTuEV)

468 >> Southern Appalachia is a toilet. A real armpit. The weather is bad (too hot!) and the people are all inbreeds. There is no economic opportunity, and communicable diseases are a real problem due to the lack of plumbing and public sanitation. Also, the bears have adapted to a diet of mainly human meat.

Tell everyone you know.

Sounds like a terrible place. Just terrible.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 09:16 AM (cCVOS)

469
BTW: During the war, Zaluzhnyi (General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, then the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces) became the second most popular person in Ukraine, and some Ukrainian experts suggested that Zaluzhnyi could pose serious competition to Zelensky if he decided to run for office

During the US Civil War, the US still held an election and the former commander of the army was the opposition candidate. So...it can be done.

But the point isn't to save muh Democracies! Its to save muh graft.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2024 09:16 AM (ibTVg)

470 Tuna. DDG still down for me.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 23, 2024 09:17 AM (2NHgQ)

471 Oreos vs Hydrox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xtxs2bCiRQ

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at May 23, 2024 09:17 AM (iODuv)

472 What's so bad about carbon?
Posted by: I gotta ask

Well, it's responsible for all life on Earf so obviously it must be bad.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2024 09:17 AM (IG4Id)

473 Break them up...like Ma Bell.

If big grocers like Kroger didn't use "shelf space agreements" instead of selling product as their profit center, smaller local producers wouldn't need anybody broken up.

I've personally wrong out the details with two innovative local food packagers (sassafras tea concentrate, and a marinade) who cannot afford the rent to offer their product in big grocery chains. They sell well at the butcher shop and mom/pop stores, so far. We've had a marketing crisis going on for a generation, and we're too dumb to see it right in our faces.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 23, 2024 09:17 AM (zdLoL)

474 When my son started stocking groceries as a teen here in TN, he said, "Mom, Southerners ARE nicer! Northerners are all 'WHERE's this?! WHERE's that?!' and Southerners are like, 'Honey, can you help me find...?'"

Posted by: skywch at May 23, 2024 09:17 AM (uqhmb)

475 Carpal tunnel affects grip strength. You may want to seek out a handy from a Parkinson's patient.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 23, 2024 09:11 AM (qQ8au)
++++
A man and a woman met on the links at a retirement home. As is quite common in retirement communities, one thing led to another the two ended up becoming intimate. This went on for a few weeks. Suddenly, the man missed the tee time and the woman went to check in on him. She let herself into the apartment and found him deep inside the woman from the apartment across the hall.

She broke down crying and demanded, "Roger, why? Why are you doing this to me? What does she have that I don't?"

He lustily sighed and said, "Parkinson's!"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 09:17 AM (d04cU)

476 .. so what happens is that loaded trucks are driven off the pier into the hands of local thugs who are waiting for them (Hamas, of course) and everything going through is stolen instantly. And the Biden admin says "too bad so sad, our hands are tied."
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 08:26 AM (S6gqv)
++++
"This utterly predictable outcome is a total surprise!"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 08:28 AM

That's a scene early in the movie "Blackhawk Down". They showed an American Blackhawk circling above an area where UN was trying to distribute food to the locals. Warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid's people showed up and shot up a bunch of the locals to get them away from the UN trucks of food. Then declared that they were taking all the food in the name of Mohammed Farah Aidid.

The American soldiers in the Blackhawk wanted to intervene to help, but their orders were to not intervene unless they were shot at themselves.

That was 1993, Battle of Mogadishu. Nothing has changed in 30 years...

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 23, 2024 09:18 AM (P5BPp)

477 The top picture.

So what happens when AI figures out that human beings have a miserable existence.

Will they White Knight us to a better future as AI sees it?

Posted by: pawn at May 23, 2024 09:19 AM (wlbIL)

478 When my son started stocking groceries as a teen here in TN, he said, "Mom, Southerners ARE nicer! Northerners are all 'WHERE's this?! WHERE's that?!' and Southerners are like, 'Honey, can you help me find...?'"
Posted by: skywch

JFK famously quipped that Washington, DC was a city of Northern charm and Southern efficiency.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 23, 2024 09:19 AM (v6JzV)

479 When my son started stocking groceries as a teen here in TN, he said, "Mom, Southerners ARE nicer! Northerners are all 'WHERE's this?! WHERE's that?!' and Southerners are like, 'Honey, can you help me find...?'"
Posted by: skywch

When you spend 30 minutes helping shoppers find something in the grocery store, and you don't work there, you're in the South.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2024 09:19 AM (nJUfO)

480 453 An online ham radio database I rely upon, LotW, has been down for nine days. Yesterday, there was general flakiness on several sites I visited. For the first time, I'm reconsidering my decision to devote my whole life to surfing the web. It's no fun when it's unreliable.

Posted by: The Jute/Sisal/Kapok Consortium at May 23, 2024 09:20 AM (MvF+J)

481 When you spend 30 minutes helping shoppers find something in the grocery store, and you don't work there, you're in the South.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2024 09:19 AM (nJUfO)

I have done similar at one point or another.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)

482 He lustily sighed and said, "Parkinson's!"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

I don't get it (really). What's the connection between Parkinson's and sex?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 23, 2024 09:21 AM (v6JzV)

483 When my son started stocking groceries as a teen here in TN, he said, "Mom, Southerners ARE nicer! Northerners are all 'WHERE's this?! WHERE's that?!' and Southerners are like, 'Honey, can you help me find...?'"

I remember talking with an Amazon CS guy years ago. He gave me an example from each region in the country:

West Coast: Hey man, like, uh, I was hoping to like get my book you know? Do you know like when it might come? Like uh no rush you know?

South: Well hello sir! I was very excited about the book I ordered. In fact [insert 10 minute story about why the customer is interested in the book] so could you let me know when I will get it?

The Northeast: Hey f*cker where the f*cking f*ck is my damn f*cking book.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2024 09:21 AM (ibTVg)

484
I don't get it (really). What's the connection between Parkinson's and sex?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 23, 2024 09:21 AM (v6JzV)

The shakes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

485 When you spend 30 minutes helping shoppers find something in the grocery store, and you don't work there, you're in the South.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2024 09:19 AM (nJUfO)
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Or possibly Wisconsin. I'm pretty sure Charlie Berens has a video where he does this...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2024 09:22 AM (si1C0)

486 481 When you spend 30 minutes helping shoppers find something in the grocery store, and you don't work there, you're in the South.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2024 09:19 AM (nJUfO)

I have done similar at one point or another.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 23, 2024 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)

We do that sort of thing here too…

Posted by: tubal at May 23, 2024 09:22 AM (PCK5/)

487 When my son started stocking groceries as a teen here in TN, he said, "Mom, Southerners ARE nicer! Northerners are all 'WHERE's this?! WHERE's that?!' and Southerners are like, 'Honey, can you help me find...?'"
Posted by: skywch

See?! Young folks, even teen women, will hold the door open for us 29 year olds.

I can't even!!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2024 09:22 AM (Edo3/)

488 What about Bob Hope ?
Posted by: JT
===
Who?
-everyone under 40
Posted by: San Franpsycho

=====

I am so 29 years old that I got to see him live at a USO show. Maybe ten feet away from me and the other twenty or so people that he did the show for. Great guy, glad I got to meet him and shake his hand.

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 23, 2024 09:22 AM (MsrgL)

489 I don't get it (really). What's the connection between Parkinson's and sex?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 23, 2024 09:21 AM (v6JzV)
++++
Vibration.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 09:22 AM (d04cU)

490 What's hemp's performance as a high-wear construction material over a 50-year period?

You might better ask, why is concrete's performance as a high-wear construction material over a 50-year period so shitty?
Maybe a little hemp mixed in would help. That horsehair plaster sure seems to hold up.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 23, 2024 09:22 AM (zdLoL)

491 When you spend 30 minutes helping shoppers find something in the grocery store, and you don't work there, you're in the South.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2024 09:19 AM (nJUfO)
-

I wish someone would have told me when I was visiting. I would have made a list and found a spot to sit down and wait for my cart to return full.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 23, 2024 09:22 AM (Y/ecs)

492 With most all the search engines fargled and other things starting to come apart, I'm placing my bet on Chinese hackers.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 23, 2024 09:23 AM (/HDaX)

493 "If you can still get 30 year mortgages on oceanfront properties, the oceans aren't rising.
Posted by: rickb223 "

If you can still get 30 year mortgages the world is not ending in 10 (Actually I think we are down to

Posted by: Ripley at May 23, 2024 09:23 AM (JojsZ)

494 You might better ask, why is concrete's performance as a high-wear construction material over a 50-year period so shitty?
Maybe a little hemp mixed in would help. That horsehair plaster sure seems to hold up.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 23, 2024 09:22 AM (zdLoL)
++++
Something tells me that's not what the hemp growers are promoting. I guess I could go read the article and find out.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 23, 2024 09:23 AM (d04cU)

495 Chris Murphy
@ChrisMurphyCT

Republicans tried to pass a bill tonight to address the fake "immigrant crime wave" that does not exist and is made up by Republicans to breed fear and resentment of immigrants.

I went to the floor to object. Here's what I said.

tinyurl.com/y7pz4fxn

Posted by: redridinghood at May 23, 2024 09:23 AM (NpAcC)

496 Or possibly Wisconsin. I'm pretty sure Charlie Berens has a video where he does this...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

A woman at church the other day asked me "Is there a bubbler in the hall?"

It took me a minute. .

Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2024 09:23 AM (Edo3/)

497 490 Reinforce concrete with bug legs and antennae, byproducts of the bugfood industry.

Posted by: The Jute/Sisal/Kapok Consortium at May 23, 2024 09:24 AM (MvF+J)

498 Art NOOD

But not nude art.

I know, disappointment.

Posted by: Brother Tim, no longer a Cylon at May 23, 2024 09:24 AM (OUMaO)

499 Anything bookmarked is still accessible.. interesting.

Posted by: tubal at May 23, 2024 09:24 AM (PCK5/)

500 Not nude nood repose.

Posted by: Glenn John at May 23, 2024 09:24 AM (gRSaB)

501 A woman at church the other day asked me "Is there a bubbler in the hall?"

It took me a minute. .
Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2024 09:23 AM

Ah, yes, the bubblah.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 23, 2024 09:25 AM (3PkCM)

502 "Sefton is doing fine. His surgery went well yesterday, and he is now trying to get his nurses to bring him a Martini. He should be back soon!"

Wonderful new! Prayers continue for J.J. & his family and also for all the Horde who've requested, or could use, prayer.

USA Today, in part from its article on May 21st, "The moon will be full at 9:53 a.m. EDT on Thursday, May 23. It will be below the horizon at this time. Therefore, take a look on Wednesday and Thursday nights to get the best view of the full flower moon, the Old Farmer's Almanac said."

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at May 23, 2024 09:25 AM (NFX2v)

503 "When you spend 30 minutes helping shoppers find something in the grocery store, and you don't work there, you're in the South.
Posted by: rickb223"

If you help at you are definitely not Michelle Obama

Posted by: Ripley at May 23, 2024 09:25 AM (JojsZ)

504 492 With most all the search engines fargled and other things starting to come apart, I'm placing my bet on Chinese hackers.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 23, 2024 09:23 AM (/HDaX)

I'm betting on everything that's down depending on one key node somewhere that no one ever mentioned could affect everything.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 09:25 AM (S6gqv)

505 For the first time, I'm reconsidering my decision to devote my whole life to surfing the web. It's no fun when it's unreliable.
Posted by: The Jute/Sisal/Kapok Consortium

Mebbe they blew a seal with the last sun spot event.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2024 09:25 AM (IG4Id)

506 I don't get it (really). What's the connection between Parkinson's and sex?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 23, 2024 09:21 AM

Interpolating from nurse ratched's comment, their grip strength is better than carpal tunnel sufferer's.

Mom just went "Hmmmm" when I asked.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 23, 2024 09:25 AM (a3Q+t)

507 Jason Whitlock was on Glenn Beck's show and said he believes a majority of the successful rap artists are CIA plants who have no talent and are only in place because they've been compromised and can be manipulated to indoctrinate and compromise others.

Diddy was never thought by anyone, especially rap fans, to be talented. But he was magically rich and successful overnight in exactly the same inexplicable way as Epstein.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 23, 2024 09:25 AM (FD5dr)

508 nood art.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2024 09:26 AM (IG4Id)

509 >>I never did Fenton, but I have done the Blenko tour a couple of times. Worth doing. Real craftsmen and artisans doing their thing.

Never, been, but Blenko glass is gorgeous.
The Simon Pearce store and workshop in Quechee, VT is great.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 09:26 AM (cCVOS)

510 Get well soon JJ. You are missed.

Posted by: Xipe Tptec at May 23, 2024 09:26 AM (kzHlT)

511 "If you can still get 30 year mortgages on oceanfront properties, the oceans aren't rising.

If there was an opposition party, or an independent media, this is a point they'd be making endlessly.

Congressman Jones argued today for draconian legislation to stop global warming, "We only have 10 years left to stop the end of the world!!!" He also bought an ocean front mansion last year with a 30 year mortgage. Neither Congressman Jones or his bank answered questions as to why this purchase happened since the mansion will be flooded before then according to Congressman Jones.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2024 09:26 AM (ibTVg)

512 I haven't heard anything on P Diddy for some time...is he still on the run?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2024 09:27 AM (ibTVg)

513 "Mom, Southerners ARE nicer!"

Somebody hasn't learned what "Bless your heart" really means.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 23, 2024 09:28 AM (zdLoL)

514 Toronto is getting a WNBA franchise [indifference on my part] but for some strange reason Justin is on-stage and made a speech [active hate].

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 23, 2024 09:28 AM (ZdexC)

515 >>@ChrisMurphyCT

Republicans tried to pass a bill tonight to address the fake "immigrant crime wave" that does not exist and is made up by Republicans to breed fear and resentment of immigrants.

Oh my, how many times can he tell us it's not in one sentence?
"fake"
"does not exist"
"is made up"

Something something protests too much, eh?
Bad persuasion there, buddy.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2024 09:29 AM (cCVOS)

516 The leftists clamor for "15-minute cities." We had tons of them, once upon a time. But the Leftist aren't interested in helping them out -- because they are mostly in rural flyover America.

Admittedly, these towns were initially destroyed by the Chamber of Commerce Republicans who were clamoring for offshoring manufacturing for the cheap labor: Textiles, lightbulbs, car parts, et al, et al, et al....

But the tree-hugging leftists helped them: Better to destroy the environment ENTIRELY in China and third world countries, than to carefully screw it up here. Shut down mining and steel mills!

And now the open border idiots are helping flood the small rural flyover towns with fentanyl and other drugs.

I recently visited the small town in which I grew up in the rural midwest. You could shop there without leaving town when I was a kid. Now your option is pretty much Dollar General. But it really was a "15-minute city."

The same people who who helped destroy sorts of towns in the Central Valley -- are building their "ideal 15-minute city" in the Central Valley. Why not just help FIX the dead and dying towns with their billions of dollars?

Posted by: Someone Else at May 23, 2024 09:30 AM (IrqeV)

517 I'm placing my bet on Chinese hackers.

Spel-Chek also down. That went in as "Chinese hookers."

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 23, 2024 09:30 AM (zdLoL)

518 #514 And Ontario's "RINO" leader, Doug Ford too. More shit. [Although he's on the far-end of the dais out of camera shot.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 23, 2024 09:30 AM (ZdexC)

519 I don't get it (really). What's the connection between Parkinson's and sex?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 23, 2024 09:21 AM (v6JzV)

The shakes.
Posted by: Sponge

Doesn't require batteries.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 23, 2024 09:31 AM (nJUfO)

520 art nood

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 23, 2024 09:32 AM (ZdexC)

521
There's an expression in my neck of the woods of 'knee high by the fourth of July' as a measure of where a corn crop should be. It's not even June yet and the corn I planted early is already knee high.

I may start another couple rows for later season harvest.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 23, 2024 09:34 AM (RKVpM)

522 I'm betting on everything that's down depending on one key node somewhere that no one ever mentioned could affect everything.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 09:25 AM (S6gqv)

I'd buy that. I remember the AT&T datacenter explosion from a few years back.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 23, 2024 09:34 AM (/HDaX)

523 MilkBarTV
@TheMilkBarTV

The ultimate COVID vaccine backflip & coming to the light compilation!

https://bit.ly/3yygJob

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 23, 2024 09:39 AM (P5BPp)

524 Anybody notice the picture/shrine to George Floyd on the wall at the school?

Posted by: NovaSoon at May 23, 2024 09:40 AM (P1Zgh)

525 Thanks for the Sefton update and for filling in.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at May 23, 2024 09:42 AM (xaNfJ)

526 Merchan's game is to convict Trump no matter how ridiculously bad his actions are - so Trump has a "Felony" conviction to give the Dems a talking point for the election.

Trump's attorney, in the closing arguments ought to point out the possibility of "jury nullification". Of course that would be an automatic mistrial... Oops, Sorry about that.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at May 23, 2024 09:43 AM (CecP5)

527 They are going to turn up the violence this summer BEFORE the election, just like they did in 2020. We are going to be locked down by Biden under Martial Law - since they'll blame US for THEIR violence. COUNT ON IT.

The Antifa crowd wearing Hamas towels now will put on Red Hats and burn cities like in 2020. This will be the theater to allow Biden to declare us violent insurrectionists, and lock everyone down under martial law. Absolutely predictable.

And please don't quote the Insurrection act, since when do Democrats care about laws or the Constitution? What are you going to do write a letter of Reprimand for Joe Biden's permanent record, or put him on double secret probation?

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at May 23, 2024 09:58 AM (CecP5)

528 The ultimate COVID vaccine backflip & coming to the light compilation!

https://bit.ly/3yygJob

As soon as the truth came out that the Clot Shot didn't in fact "stop the spread" all pressure to get it should have ended. Remember the argument was that they could force you to take it so that the disease would stop spreading.

And the fact that the pressure to take it went UP after it came out the argument was based on a lie (not a mistake, the data was faked) told you everything you needed to know about how nefarious this whole drive was

Posted by: 18-1 at May 23, 2024 09:59 AM (ibTVg)

529 Harvard facing its second lawsuit since October 7th. Louis B Brandeis Center For Human Rights suing Harvard for allowing harassment and violence against Jewish and Israeli students. Good!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2024 10:08 AM (XkYcA)

530 Just praying JJ’s path report comes out safe.

Posted by: epador at May 23, 2024 10:39 AM (1JtC2)

531 Nic update

Posted by: ShainS -- Future Secretary of Retribution candidate at May 23, 2024 10:48 AM (VXJx/)

532 This was an excellent MR, CBD. Those are some big shoes you're filling. They fit just fine.

Posted by: creeper at May 23, 2024 10:51 AM (M6moH)

533 Do you know that the Cardinals have been founded as the Morgan Athletic
Club in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run skilled soccer team within the
United States?

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