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Biden's "Biggest Achievement" Was Spending $1.2 Trillon on "Infrastructure."
How Surprised Would You Be to Learn That Almost No Infrastructure Has Been Built?
a) Not surprised at all, I am reasonably well-informed
b) Somewhat surprised, I don't keep up with the news c) Completely surprised -- my pronouns are Zey/Zem d) What are you talking about? I identify as a marmot and I am part of a polymorphously perverse polycule with various sexual weaselsDon't worry, everybody -- they spent a lot on Government Infrastructure and Racial Infrastructure. Almost as good as real infrastructure. You will remember that Trump also tried to get an infrastructure bill through -- but Democrats refused to vote for it, to deny him any kind of a success. Let's see how the Sage of Scranton did with $1.2 trillion that he set on fire and which we'll never see again.
Spoiler!
As Obama was true of Obama's "infrastructure stimulus" -- which produced almost nothing except a few bike paths and dog parks in blue cities -- the purpose of this "infrastructure spending" was just another massive heist of money from Republicans to pour into Democrat precincts.
Rampant inflation and President Joe Biden's favoring of left-wing policies are contributing to a lack of progress on his landmark infrastructure law, analysts told the Daily Caller. Two and a half years after Congress ratified the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in November of 2021, there has been very little concrete progress on new roads or bridges. The trillions of federal dollars the Biden administration has poured into the economy may actually be hindering the completion of the infrastructure that Biden promised to build, analysts told the Caller. "Right now, the inputs cost 31 percent more than they did in January 2021," David Ditch, a senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, told the Daily Caller. "They've been flat for, frankly, about two years at this point, but they increased so dramatically right away that even though the amount of available money for highway projects is much higher now than it was in 2021, the value of that spending is lower." The lack of headway undercuts Biden's campaign messaging on "transforming our crumbling transportation infrastructure -- including roads and bridges, rail, aviation, ports, and inland waterways." The Biden campaign touted it as "the largest infrastructure plan since President Eisenhower's interstate highway system." The federal government has granted $454 billion to states across 56,000 projects, according to the White House. This commitment of taxpayer dollars would seem to make good on one of Biden's marquee campaign promises to deliver new bridges and roads to the nation. But of the 10 bridge and highway projects with the most money allocated from the bill, only one -- the $1.6 billion Penn Station Access project -- has broken ground on major construction.
...So I guess seven in three years means your right on track for those 50,000 in ten years?
One of Biden's most touted campaign initiatives was to "rebuild our crumbling roads, bridges and ports," a line he has repeated ad nauseam, including when he introduced former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg to be his Transportation Secretary. Biden tapped Buttigieg, a move he lauded as "precedent-busting," to help "revitalize the nation's infrastructure," according to Politico. Buttigieg touted the bill's expenditures as "some of the most meaningful investments in infrastructure we've ever seen in this country." However, despite Biden making electric vehicles and net zero carbon emissions a tentpole campaign promise, Buttigieg seemed unable to explain why the administration has made so little progress during a recent media appearance. "The Federal Highway Administration says only seven or eight charging stations have been produced with a 7.5 billion investment that taxpayers made back in 2021. Why isn't that happening more quickly?" CBS's Margaret Brennan pressed Buttigieg during a May appearance on CBS's Face The Nation. Buttigieg maintained that the administration's goal was still to produce 500,000 chargers by 2030.
People always complain that European public infrastructure is outstanding, but Americans won't pay for such public works. The reason is simple: The Democrat Party steals this money in enormous unprosecuted heists. We know damn well that we get NOTHING for our "infrastructure spending," until a bridge actually collapses, and then they spend like crazy to rebuild the bridge at a furious and unsafe speed. The money is all stolen. Stop telling us what we're getting for our trillions. We know what the trillions buys: Obamaphones for welfare addicts and foreigners. The public might actually support "public" spending if it were actually spent on public goods for public use and was not just poorly-disguised wealth transfers to Democrat constituencies.
And while Buttigieg has remarked that infrastructure projects take time, Ditch noted the uniquely stubborn nature of Biden's bill. "The 2009 Obama stimulus package was sold in part as funding 'shovel-ready' projects, which ended up being a dud due to red tape and delays. The Biden Administration had over a decade to learn from those mistakes and instead leaned into the red tape by adding extra mandates for ideological purposes. Worse, the amount of money in the 2021 infrastructure package was dramatically larger than the comparable portion of the 2009 stimulus, so the damage is far greater," Ditch argued.
WATCH: CBS’s Margaret Brennan laughs in Pete Buttigieg’s face when he is unable to explain why only 7 or 8 electric vehicle charging stations have been built despite the Biden admin spending $7.5 BILLION to build chargers. pic.twitter.com/BmFK17Dk5O
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) May 26, 2024
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Until yesterday, my wive and I have eaten at restaurants once or twice a week as a way to contribute to the local economy; but, butt, until November we shall be dining at home to contribute to the discomfort of the libtards who work as servers.
Posted by: Marooned at June 07, 2024 02:20 PM (kt8QE)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:21 PM (GBKbO)
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Grifting. It's the only thing our ruling class can do.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 07, 2024 02:22 PM (JMAcK)
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Afternoon.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2024 02:22 PM (1Yy3c)
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Nooded
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at June 07, 2024 02:24 PM (iSfV4)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:24 PM (GBKbO)
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FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:24 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ... at June 07, 2024 02:25 PM (+yplR)
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Owebama's third term.
He spent a trillion on infrastructure and 5 highways in blue shitholes got resurfaced.
He spent a trillion on infrastructure and 5 highways in blue shitholes got resurfaced.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:25 PM (Zz0t1)
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Another thing Trump can bring up at the debate.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 07, 2024 02:25 PM (lEGrV)
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And by "Infrastructure", they mean hookers and blow.
So I don't think the hoard can get pissed about that.
So I don't think the hoard can get pissed about that.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:25 PM (krQz2)
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e) None of the above/Trump said grab 'em by the puthy
Posted by: BurtTC at June 07, 2024 02:25 PM (jiM1N)
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I think we've sat in a restaurant twice since January 2020.
Posted by: ... at June 07, 2024 02:25 PM (+yplR)
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Dumb Q: How much of the $1.2 Trillion was actually for infrastructure?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at June 07, 2024 02:26 PM (iSfV4)
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It only went to non-racist highways, sorry.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:26 PM (krQz2)
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The only way to save this country is for the ruling class to start fearing mobs and the gallows.
Since that isn't going to happen, the only way to survive will be a partition and divorce.
Since that's not happening either, we're just screwed. Start learning Mandarin.
Since that isn't going to happen, the only way to survive will be a partition and divorce.
Since that's not happening either, we're just screwed. Start learning Mandarin.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 07, 2024 02:26 PM (JMAcK)
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Just started watching The Boys on Amazon.
Pretty good so far.
Elizabeth Shue is getting older, but she is still hot.
Pretty good so far.
Elizabeth Shue is getting older, but she is still hot.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 07, 2024 02:26 PM (ufFY8)
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"Covid stimulus" was an even bigger grift than the Ukraine fraud. The former all was stolen, the latter *just* 70-80 percent.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at June 07, 2024 02:26 PM (KSNKu)
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Dumb Q: How much of the $1.2 Trillion was actually for infrastructure?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at June 07, 2024 02:26 PM (iSfV4)
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Remember, the Dems told us "infrastructure" can have many meanings. And I think they said almost anything can be "infrastructure".
So, definitely hookers and blow for the IC.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at June 07, 2024 02:26 PM (iSfV4)
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Remember, the Dems told us "infrastructure" can have many meanings. And I think they said almost anything can be "infrastructure".
So, definitely hookers and blow for the IC.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:27 PM (krQz2)
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WATCH: CBS’s Margaret Brennan laughs in Pete Buttigieg’s face when he is unable to explain why only 7 or 8 electric vehicle charging stations have been built despite the Biden admin spending $7.5 BILLION to build chargers.
Most Buc-ee's locations have 10 to 15 Tesla rapid chargers installed.
Not one store cost a billion dollars to build.
F*ck you, you lying sack of buttf*cking shit.
Just because you take it in the ass, it doesn't mean WE have to as well.
Most Buc-ee's locations have 10 to 15 Tesla rapid chargers installed.
Not one store cost a billion dollars to build.
F*ck you, you lying sack of buttf*cking shit.
Just because you take it in the ass, it doesn't mean WE have to as well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:27 PM (Zz0t1)
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6 I don't have to identify as that. Some how everyone else seems to know and call me that.
Posted by: Bete at June 07, 2024 02:27 PM (BKMOA)
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No concrete progress on infrastructure
Posted by: Oglebay at June 07, 2024 02:27 PM (ogTiX)
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Trick question, ace - they spent that on UKRAINE’s infrastructure!!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2024 02:28 PM (Hkcdp)
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Just started watching The Boys on Amazon.
Pretty good so far.
Elizabeth Shue is getting older, but she is still hot.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 07, 2024 02:26 PM (ufFY
Spoiler alert, not all of them are boys.
Pretty good so far.
Elizabeth Shue is getting older, but she is still hot.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 07, 2024 02:26 PM (ufFY
Spoiler alert, not all of them are boys.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 07, 2024 02:28 PM (jiM1N)
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Elizabeth Shue is getting older, but she is still hot.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 07, 2024 02:26 PM
She's got the best plastic surgeons ever. She still looks damn good.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 07, 2024 02:26 PM
She's got the best plastic surgeons ever. She still looks damn good.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:28 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 07, 2024 02:28 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:28 PM (GBKbO)
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even or eight charging stations have been produced with a 7.5 billion
Nice work if you can get it: a billion per charging station.
Nice work if you can get it: a billion per charging station.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 07, 2024 02:28 PM (grwxt)
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Remember, the Dems told us "infrastructure" can have many meanings. And I think they said almost anything can be "infrastructure".
So, definitely hookers and blow for the IC.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:27 PM (krQz2)
Two words: Drag. Queen. Storyhour.
$900 billion just for that.
So, definitely hookers and blow for the IC.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:27 PM (krQz2)
Two words: Drag. Queen. Storyhour.
$900 billion just for that.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 07, 2024 02:29 PM (jiM1N)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 07, 2024 02:30 PM (ufFY8)
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even or eight charging stations have been produced with a 7.5 billion
Nice work if you can get it: a billion per charging station.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 07, 2024 02:28 PM (grwxt)
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Sounds like they each need an "I did that" sticker on them.
But that would probably be "insurrection".
Nice work if you can get it: a billion per charging station.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 07, 2024 02:28 PM (grwxt)
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Sounds like they each need an "I did that" sticker on them.
But that would probably be "insurrection".
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:30 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Marmotized at June 07, 2024 02:30 PM (+RNLW)
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Why would Pete B know about those charging stations?
He’s not a Transportation Secretary, he’s a transportation monitor!!
He’s not a Transportation Secretary, he’s a transportation monitor!!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2024 02:30 PM (Hkcdp)
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23 Ukraine's infrastructure turns out to be graft as well. But at least they can claim a translation error.
Posted by: Bete at June 07, 2024 02:30 PM (BKMOA)
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Wasn't Shue in Piranha?
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 07, 2024 02:30 PM (ufFY
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She was a shue-in for something.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 07, 2024 02:30 PM (ufFY
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She was a shue-in for something.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:30 PM (krQz2)
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33 Why would Pete B know about those charging stations?
He’s not a Transportation Secretary, he’s a transportation monitor!!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2024 02:30 PM (Hkcdp)
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They're not even in Ticket to Ride!
He’s not a Transportation Secretary, he’s a transportation monitor!!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2024 02:30 PM (Hkcdp)
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They're not even in Ticket to Ride!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:30 PM (GBKbO)
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if the Shue fits...
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 07, 2024 02:31 PM (ufFY8)
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@16 Start learning Mandarin.
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No matter how bad you think things are in America, they are far, far worse in the PRC right now.
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No matter how bad you think things are in America, they are far, far worse in the PRC right now.
Posted by: junior at June 07, 2024 02:31 PM (TRmu9)
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I remember Obama's talk about "shovel-ready projects". All I could say was, I've worked in a cemetery: I know *all* about shovel-ready projects!
Posted by: Nemo at June 07, 2024 02:31 PM (S6ArX)
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2024 Newsom is of course doing the same thing; mainly erecting huge roadside billboards boasting about CalTrans’ infrastructure work which mostly involves putting up huge roadside billboards.
Posted by: 13times at June 07, 2024 02:31 PM (8vSFv)
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I would imagine a lot of that money was spent on public surveillance, government run voter outreach, payoffs to loyal apparatchiks and adult depends.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 07, 2024 02:31 PM (Q4IgG)
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Two words: Drag. Queen. Storyhour.
$900 billion just for that.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 07, 2024 02:29 PM (jiM1N)
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Probably a set-aside for Bragg's "research" project in there too.
$900 billion just for that.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 07, 2024 02:29 PM (jiM1N)
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Probably a set-aside for Bragg's "research" project in there too.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:31 PM (krQz2)
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I think we've sat in a restaurant twice since January 2020.
Same here. Once you notice that menu items have more than doubled in price, it tends to discourage further patronage.
Same here. Once you notice that menu items have more than doubled in price, it tends to discourage further patronage.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 07, 2024 02:31 PM (mH6SG)
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Infrastructure ? Like tearing down freeways in certain areas because they are racist ? You know.. The important stuff
Posted by: It's me donna at June 07, 2024 02:32 PM (Akjoo)
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The sign on I 80 says the project to rip out concrete and replace it with asphalt that they have been planning for 10 years is all thanks to a generous donation by Joe Biden and his infrastructure bill.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 07, 2024 02:32 PM (rsqyi)
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When you need the permission to be productive from people who produce nothing, it's time to chop heads.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 07, 2024 02:32 PM (MeG8a)
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Trick question, ace - they spent that on UKRAINE’s infrastructure!!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2024 02:28 PM (Hkcdp)
Probably so. If they hadn't spent hundreds of billions, there's no reason the Rooskies would have... eh, updated and rearranged their infrastructure.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2024 02:28 PM (Hkcdp)
Probably so. If they hadn't spent hundreds of billions, there's no reason the Rooskies would have... eh, updated and rearranged their infrastructure.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 07, 2024 02:32 PM (jiM1N)
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Buttigeig (Booty-gig) is spending like a drunken pride week sailor and nothing to show for it.
Buttigeig (Booty-gig) is spending like a drunken pride week sailor and nothing to show for it.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 07, 2024 02:32 PM (+oR7L)
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The problem is that they were not shovel ready.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 07, 2024 02:32 PM (rsqyi)
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Any day now we'll finally have flying cars
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 07, 2024 02:33 PM (BWgFn)
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By my count, we are at least three bridges LESS than where we started.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2024 02:33 PM (lTGtQ)
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The Washington Free Bacon: The Real Story Behind Columbia’s Controversial Law Review Article—And Why It Matters
https://tinyurl.com/4hrfk2tt
Via Insty.
https://tinyurl.com/4hrfk2tt
Via Insty.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2024 02:33 PM (1Yy3c)
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More serious question: how many of these infrastructure jobs did we contract with China to compete?
One Belt, One Road, anyone????
One Belt, One Road, anyone????
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2024 02:33 PM (Hkcdp)
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I just want the US gov't to finish up I-29 through Sioux City. That project has been going for two decades now, and it's less than ten miles.
Posted by: pookysgirl would like to know who got rich off of it at June 07, 2024 02:33 PM (dtlDP)
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Trick question, ace - they spent that on UKRAINE’s infrastructure!!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2024 02:28 PM (Hkcdp)
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And by "Ukraine infrastructure" you mean Congresspersons' pockets.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2024 02:28 PM (Hkcdp)
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And by "Ukraine infrastructure" you mean Congresspersons' pockets.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:33 PM (krQz2)
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I billion per x 500,00. Hahahahaha.
Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at June 07, 2024 02:33 PM (v/nZx)
57
if the Shue fits...
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 07, 2024 02:31 PM (ufFY
Like a red-headed step-screen door.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 07, 2024 02:31 PM (ufFY
Like a red-headed step-screen door.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 07, 2024 02:34 PM (jiM1N)
58
Ukraine's infrastructure takes a lot of wheel grease.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:34 PM (krQz2)
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The infrastructure funds were used for eftist Indoctrination and Leftist causes, and paying off leftist supporters. That's infrastructure of a sort, right?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:34 PM (ynpvh)
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Those rainbow crosswalks don't paint themselves.
Those rainbow crosswalks don't paint themselves.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 07, 2024 02:34 PM (+oR7L)
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You will remember that Trump also tried to get an infrastructure bill through -- but Democrats refused to vote for it, to deny him any kind of a success.
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He would've wasted the money on building roads and bridges, instead of paying off Democrat constituencies.
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He would've wasted the money on building roads and bridges, instead of paying off Democrat constituencies.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:34 PM (YqDXo)
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Rachel Maddow standing in front of the Hoover dam talking about “leaning” into the future of wind turbine technology.
Posted by: 13times at June 07, 2024 02:34 PM (8vSFv)
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It Shovel Ready 2.0 all the while Biden is going necrotic in full view of the whole world. One has to be a complete idiot not to realize Obama is behind all of this fuckery.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 07, 2024 02:34 PM (aFNOf)
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The problem is that they were not shovel ready.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 07, 2024 02:32 PM (rsqyi)
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Just the economy.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 07, 2024 02:32 PM (rsqyi)
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Just the economy.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:34 PM (krQz2)
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It's
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 07, 2024 02:35 PM (aFNOf)
66
I remember when Obama got some infrastructure bill and the only outcome I saw was the existing infrastructure projects which had already been going on for years got signs saying they were paid for by...Obama's infrastructure bill
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:35 PM (ibTVg)
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I look forward to seeing Biden in the cockpit of a Boeing Dream Liner. Hopefully, all the beautiful people will be aboard.
Posted by: Pudinhead at June 07, 2024 02:35 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 07, 2024 02:35 PM (xG4kz)
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It's
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 07, 2024 02:35 PM (aFNOf)
*cues up Monty Python's Flying Circus theme*
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 07, 2024 02:35 PM (aFNOf)
*cues up Monty Python's Flying Circus theme*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)
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It's
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 07, 2024 02:35 PM (aFNOf)
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[Cue John Phillips Souza's Liberty Bell.]
Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 07, 2024 02:35 PM (aFNOf)
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[Cue John Phillips Souza's Liberty Bell.]
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:36 PM (krQz2)
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24 Just started watching The Boys on Amazon.
Pretty good so far.
Elizabeth Shue is getting older, but she is still hot.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 07, 2024 02:26 PM (ufFY
Spoiler alert, not all of them are boys.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 07, 2024 02:28 PM (jiM1N)
I found how they blackmailed that Senator as creative. Fit with this months motiff.
Pretty good so far.
Elizabeth Shue is getting older, but she is still hot.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 07, 2024 02:26 PM (ufFY
Spoiler alert, not all of them are boys.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 07, 2024 02:28 PM (jiM1N)
I found how they blackmailed that Senator as creative. Fit with this months motiff.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:36 PM (ynpvh)
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Was any of that used to build the 7 or so charging stations?
If so, I bet the government considers all $1.2 trillion well spent!
If so, I bet the government considers all $1.2 trillion well spent!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2024 02:36 PM (7fElN)
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New Jobs Report:
"Employers added 272,000 new jobs in May, exceeding all estimates in a Bloomberg survey. On top of that, average hourly earnings over the past 12 months ticked up after three straight declines that had begun to reassure the central bank."
Takeaway is that because the economy is so strong and independent, the feds can continue to keep rates high.
That seems.... sussy.
"Employers added 272,000 new jobs in May, exceeding all estimates in a Bloomberg survey. On top of that, average hourly earnings over the past 12 months ticked up after three straight declines that had begun to reassure the central bank."
Takeaway is that because the economy is so strong and independent, the feds can continue to keep rates high.
That seems.... sussy.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at June 07, 2024 02:36 PM (DBZuM)
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No matter how bad you think things are in America, they are far, far worse in the PRC right now.
Posted by: junior
We are entering a global depression, and pretty much everywhere else is going to have it worse than us.
Posted by: junior
We are entering a global depression, and pretty much everywhere else is going to have it worse than us.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2024 02:36 PM (lTGtQ)
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There is a road project near where I live.
They've been at it for...5? years now. And no its nothing complex.
Some private company built a luxury apartment building off of the road in 2 years.
But...that's because the construction company for the building didn't just get funded every year irrespective of whether they actually built anything
They've been at it for...5? years now. And no its nothing complex.
Some private company built a luxury apartment building off of the road in 2 years.
But...that's because the construction company for the building didn't just get funded every year irrespective of whether they actually built anything
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:36 PM (ibTVg)
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Eliminate the general fund. Make every dollar - cost specific.
Posted by: Braenyard - at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (YdEcD)
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Beware of some serious wokitude with The Boys I think.
Posted by: ... at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (+yplR)
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16 The only way to save this country is for the ruling class to start fearing mobs and the gallows.
Since that isn't going to happen, the only way to survive will be a partition and divorce.
Since that's not happening either, we're just screwed. Start learning Mandarin.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 07, 2024 02:26 PM (JMAcK)
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Back during Carter's presidency, the line was "The optimists are learning Russian. The pessimists are learning Chinese."
Since that isn't going to happen, the only way to survive will be a partition and divorce.
Since that's not happening either, we're just screwed. Start learning Mandarin.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 07, 2024 02:26 PM (JMAcK)
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Back during Carter's presidency, the line was "The optimists are learning Russian. The pessimists are learning Chinese."
Posted by: Eeyore at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (1bNHn)
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69&70 - Horde Mind and I was thinking the same thing!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (T+Iwg)
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Why would Pete B know about those charging stations?
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He wouldn't. They don't have restrooms, aka "Democrat social centers."
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He wouldn't. They don't have restrooms, aka "Democrat social centers."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Mean Tweets Great Again! at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (AOLwc)
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I remember when Obama got some infrastructure bill and the only outcome I saw was the existing infrastructure projects which had already been going on for years got signs saying they were paid for by...Obama's infrastructure bill
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:35 PM (ibTVg)
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Schools around my childhood neighborhood all got glitzy back-lit signs with mascot emblems!
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:35 PM (ibTVg)
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Schools around my childhood neighborhood all got glitzy back-lit signs with mascot emblems!
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (krQz2)
83
Obama signs went up and the projects ran out of money.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (grwxt)
84
BTW anecdotal:
My boss saw his salary cut by $16,000
Ill get no pay increases this year
eggs are even higher now
greatest economy ever
My boss saw his salary cut by $16,000
Ill get no pay increases this year
eggs are even higher now
greatest economy ever
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at June 07, 2024 02:38 PM (DBZuM)
85
Most of the money for infrastructure in the bill is still sitting there unspent. There is $7 BILLION still sitting with the department of transportation to build 500,000 EV chargers across the country. To date only 7 have been built and made operational.
If repubs and Trump win this November they can claw that unspent money back but they wont.
If repubs and Trump win this November they can claw that unspent money back but they wont.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 07, 2024 02:38 PM (QNSds)
86
Old & Busted: "Shovel-Ready Jobs."
New Hotness: "Shovel-Ready Bullshit."
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Mean Tweets Great Again! at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (AOLwc)
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An economy, ready for the shovels.
New Hotness: "Shovel-Ready Bullshit."
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Mean Tweets Great Again! at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (AOLwc)
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An economy, ready for the shovels.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:38 PM (krQz2)
87
Retail Bloodbath: More Than 2,600 Store Closings Have Been Announced So Far In 2024
Retail stores are being shut down at a staggering rate all over the country. If we stay on the pace that we are on, the total number of stores closed in 2024 will be nearly 40 percent higher than the total number of stores closed in 2023. That is what you call a crisis! Meanwhile, banks are shuttering hundreds of branches from coast to coast, and a “restaurant apocalypse” is sweeping across the nation.
Retail stores are being shut down at a staggering rate all over the country. If we stay on the pace that we are on, the total number of stores closed in 2024 will be nearly 40 percent higher than the total number of stores closed in 2023. That is what you call a crisis! Meanwhile, banks are shuttering hundreds of branches from coast to coast, and a “restaurant apocalypse” is sweeping across the nation.
Posted by: SMOD at June 07, 2024 02:38 PM (RHGPo)
88
Rachel Maddow standing in front of the Hoover dam talking about “leaning” into the future of wind turbine technology.
Posted by: 13times
Why doesn't the government lay claim to her forehead under eminent domain and slap a solar panel on it?
Rachel Maddow standing in front of the Hoover dam talking about “leaning” into the future of wind turbine technology.
Posted by: 13times
Why doesn't the government lay claim to her forehead under eminent domain and slap a solar panel on it?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 07, 2024 02:38 PM (xG4kz)
89
I just want the US gov't to finish up I-29 through Sioux City. That project has been going for two decades now, and it's less than ten miles.
The date that road will be complete will just coincidentally match the retirement date of the project manager of that section of I-29.
Who wants to keep moving to follow highway projects?
The date that road will be complete will just coincidentally match the retirement date of the project manager of that section of I-29.
Who wants to keep moving to follow highway projects?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 07, 2024 02:38 PM (iruKY)
90
I'm glad they're working on Penn Station. As a Nebraskan, I was hoping more of my tax dollars could go to helping New York.
Posted by: Wally at June 07, 2024 02:38 PM (hqVaF)
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@73 That seems.... sussy.
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Those numbers seem a bit odd in light of the numbers posted here just earlier today.
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Those numbers seem a bit odd in light of the numbers posted here just earlier today.
Posted by: junior at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (TRmu9)
92
Yet when it comes to building the wall, the Dems howl that it costs too much and is a waste of money.
OTOH, they know a lot about excessive costs and wasting money, so there's that.
OTOH, they know a lot about excessive costs and wasting money, so there's that.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (YqDXo)
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90 I'm glad they're working on Penn Station. As a Nebraskan, I was hoping more of my tax dollars could go to helping New York.
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Snort.
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Snort.
Posted by: Pudinhead at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (pZ64F)
94
Let's see how the Sage of Scranton did with $1.2 trillion that he set on fire and which we'll never see again.
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This is obvious to anyone who both drives *and* lived through 2009-2012 as an adult.
The last time we had one of these bloated "infrastructure" bills, they loudly advertised it. Every project that got even one thin dime from that bill had signs up that the project was made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
I've seen no similar signs since this one passed. Zero. Granted, I don't do as much interstate travel as I used to, but I'd have expected to see *something* by now. I haven't.
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This is obvious to anyone who both drives *and* lived through 2009-2012 as an adult.
The last time we had one of these bloated "infrastructure" bills, they loudly advertised it. Every project that got even one thin dime from that bill had signs up that the project was made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
I've seen no similar signs since this one passed. Zero. Granted, I don't do as much interstate travel as I used to, but I'd have expected to see *something* by now. I haven't.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (d04cU)
95
I can think of one shovel-ready job Biden's created: His personal pooper scooper.
Posted by: pookysgirl, thinking outside the Depends at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (dtlDP)
96
So I guess seven in three years means your right on track for those 50,000 in ten years?
50,000!? I thought you said 50 in ten years...
For safety, we've installed breathalyzers at each station before you can charge and before you can leave...Why yes, they are dick shaped...
50,000!? I thought you said 50 in ten years...
For safety, we've installed breathalyzers at each station before you can charge and before you can leave...Why yes, they are dick shaped...
Posted by: Trans Sec Petey at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (ynpvh)
97
Identify these "7 or 8" (which is it?) charging stations that were built with this trillion dollars. I'll wait. I doubt that any stations at all were built.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (iFTx/)
98
WATCH: CBS’s Margaret Brennan laughs in Pete Buttigieg’s face when he is unable to explain why only 7 or 8 electric vehicle charging stations have been built despite the Biden admin spending $7.5 BILLION to build chargers.
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And that wasn't even the first thing that was done in his face that day.
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And that wasn't even the first thing that was done in his face that day.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (wzAuc)
99
Beware of some serious wokitude with The Boys I think.
Posted by: ... at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (+yplR)
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It's sufferable.
It actually depicts modern sentiments in a rather neutral way. (Except the most overt "Christian" is a pedophile--so there is that).
Posted by: ... at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (+yplR)
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It's sufferable.
It actually depicts modern sentiments in a rather neutral way. (Except the most overt "Christian" is a pedophile--so there is that).
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (krQz2)
100
Why does everybody keep dragging me into this?
Posted by: Zombie Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (v6JzV)
101
I called up my town to complain about the road to my house. See, pot holes are one thing...but when you have to mow the grass in the road to your house because otherwise the "paved" road is undriveable I draw the line..
As you might expect they told me to buzz off. My road was paved 22 years ago and they are working on the 25 year old roads now.
Meanwhile those big tax bills keep coming every quarter...
As you might expect they told me to buzz off. My road was paved 22 years ago and they are working on the 25 year old roads now.
Meanwhile those big tax bills keep coming every quarter...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (ibTVg)
102
But...that's because the construction company for the building didn't just get funded every year irrespective of whether they actually built anything
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:36 PM (ibTVg)
I've worked in the private sector, they expect results.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:36 PM (ibTVg)
I've worked in the private sector, they expect results.
Posted by: Dan Stanz at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (/6GbT)
103
New Jobs Report:
"Employers added 272,000 new jobs in May, exceeding all estimates in a Bloomberg survey. On top of that, average hourly earnings over the past 12 months ticked up after three straight declines that had begun to reassure the central bank."
Takeaway is that because the economy is so strong and independent, the feds can continue to keep rates high.
That seems.... sussy.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger
Somehow they managed to overlook the part where estimates of small job creation were 231,000 of that number. Given that banks aren't lending, and if they were, it would be over 8%, that guess is a joke.
Therefore, 40,000 actual jobs were added and 231K were guessed at.
"Employers added 272,000 new jobs in May, exceeding all estimates in a Bloomberg survey. On top of that, average hourly earnings over the past 12 months ticked up after three straight declines that had begun to reassure the central bank."
Takeaway is that because the economy is so strong and independent, the feds can continue to keep rates high.
That seems.... sussy.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger
Somehow they managed to overlook the part where estimates of small job creation were 231,000 of that number. Given that banks aren't lending, and if they were, it would be over 8%, that guess is a joke.
Therefore, 40,000 actual jobs were added and 231K were guessed at.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (lTGtQ)
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You will remember that Trump also tried to get an infrastructure bill through -- but Democrats refused to vote for it, to deny him any kind of a success.
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So did the Republicans. They had the majority.
But they didn't do the same to Biden. Like with Trump, the GOP could have made the Dems own the bill and pass it on their own. They didn't. It's "bipartisan."
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So did the Republicans. They had the majority.
But they didn't do the same to Biden. Like with Trump, the GOP could have made the Dems own the bill and pass it on their own. They didn't. It's "bipartisan."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (d04cU)
105
Kakistocracy: Learn it. Live it. Love it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (guGkK)
106
Rachel Maddow standing in front of the Hoover dam talking about “leaning” into the future of wind turbine technology.
Posted by: 13times
Why doesn't the government lay claim to her forehead under eminent domain and slap a solar panel on it?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 07, 2024 02:38 PM (xG4kz)
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And a wind turbine on her ass. Just feed her burritos, and we'll have an inexhaustible energy supply.
Posted by: 13times
Why doesn't the government lay claim to her forehead under eminent domain and slap a solar panel on it?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 07, 2024 02:38 PM (xG4kz)
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And a wind turbine on her ass. Just feed her burritos, and we'll have an inexhaustible energy supply.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (Zz0t1)
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Those numbers seem a bit odd in light of the numbers posted here just earlier today.
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Caused crypto to crash, which seems like a good buying opportunity once the crypto traders update their trading bots after realizing the government is completely full of shit
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Caused crypto to crash, which seems like a good buying opportunity once the crypto traders update their trading bots after realizing the government is completely full of shit
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at June 07, 2024 02:41 PM (DBZuM)
110
Oh, speaking of electric car chargers...
LETS DANCE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtPk5IUbdH0
LETS DANCE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtPk5IUbdH0
Posted by: Jimmy Carter at June 07, 2024 02:41 PM (5hfjS)
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89 I just want the US gov't to finish up I-29 through Sioux City. That project has been going for two decades now, and it's less than ten miles.
The date that road will be complete will just coincidentally match the retirement date of the project manager of that section of I-29.
Who wants to keep moving to follow highway projects?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 07, 2024 02:38 PM (iruKY)
Can I sell you on some high-speed rail?
The date that road will be complete will just coincidentally match the retirement date of the project manager of that section of I-29.
Who wants to keep moving to follow highway projects?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 07, 2024 02:38 PM (iruKY)
Can I sell you on some high-speed rail?
Posted by: Gov Gruesome Noisome at June 07, 2024 02:41 PM (ynpvh)
112
Kakistocracy: Learn it. Live it. Love it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (guGkK)
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Don't denigrate our shartocracy!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (guGkK)
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Don't denigrate our shartocracy!
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:41 PM (krQz2)
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And a wind turbine on her ass. Just feed her burritos, and we'll have an inexhaustible energy supply.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (YqDXo)
I thought we were killing cows because methane is bad.
And a wind turbine on her ass. Just feed her burritos, and we'll have an inexhaustible energy supply.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (YqDXo)
I thought we were killing cows because methane is bad.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:41 PM (Zz0t1)
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83 Obama signs went up and the projects ran out of money.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (grwxt)
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You think mansions on Martha's Vineyard are free?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (grwxt)
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You think mansions on Martha's Vineyard are free?
Posted by: Eeyore at June 07, 2024 02:41 PM (1bNHn)
115
Why would Pete B know about those charging stations?
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He wouldn't. They don't have restrooms, aka "Democrat social centers."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
Centers for open and freewheeling exchanges of ideas and bodily fluids!
Why would Pete B know about those charging stations?
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He wouldn't. They don't have restrooms, aka "Democrat social centers."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
Centers for open and freewheeling exchanges of ideas and bodily fluids!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 07, 2024 02:41 PM (xG4kz)
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97 Identify these "7 or 8" (which is it?) charging stations that were built with this trillion dollars. I'll wait. I doubt that any stations at all were built.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (iFTx
All of them built in the same parking lot.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (iFTx
All of them built in the same parking lot.
Posted by: 13times at June 07, 2024 02:41 PM (8vSFv)
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Therefore, 40,000 actual jobs were added and 231K were guessed at wished for.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:41 PM (YqDXo)
118
Remember the point of government in the US is to steal as much money as possible from the taxpayers, anything else they do is incidental
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:42 PM (ibTVg)
119
Sexual Weasel Healing!
Sexual Weasel Healing!
Posted by: Weasel Marvin Gaye at June 07, 2024 02:42 PM (uDtw7)
120
Buttigieg maintained that the administration's goal was still to produce 500,000 chargers by 2030.
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No, its goal is to *acquire* half a million chargers. The federal government is not a manufacturer. It produces nothing. Ever. It can buy, it can direct and it can destroy. it cannot produce.
But even so, that's shocking. Half a million chargers with a $7.5 billion price. Fifteen grand a pop.
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No, its goal is to *acquire* half a million chargers. The federal government is not a manufacturer. It produces nothing. Ever. It can buy, it can direct and it can destroy. it cannot produce.
But even so, that's shocking. Half a million chargers with a $7.5 billion price. Fifteen grand a pop.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:42 PM (d04cU)
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116 97 Identify these "7 or 8" (which is it?) charging stations that were built with this trillion dollars. I'll wait. I doubt that any stations at all were built.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (iFTx
All of them built in the same parking lot.
Posted by: 13times at June 07, 2024 02:41 PM (8vSFv)
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In Canada.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (iFTx
All of them built in the same parking lot.
Posted by: 13times at June 07, 2024 02:41 PM (8vSFv)
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In Canada.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:42 PM (GBKbO)
122
SHOVEL READY!!
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism at June 07, 2024 02:42 PM (qGOwt)
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Why doesn't the government lay claim to her forehead under eminent domain and slap a solar panel on it?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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This made me LOL! 😂
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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This made me LOL! 😂
Posted by: lin-duh who owns one at June 07, 2024 02:42 PM (eYe8N)
124
Can I sell you on some high-speed rail?
Posted by: Gov Gruesome Noisome at June 07, 2024 02:41 PM (ynpvh)
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My services are acts of love, not money.
Posted by: Gov Gruesome Noisome at June 07, 2024 02:41 PM (ynpvh)
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My services are acts of love, not money.
Posted by: The Paolo at June 07, 2024 02:42 PM (krQz2)
125
And while Buttigieg has remarked that infrastructure projects take time, Ditch noted the uniquely stubborn nature of Biden's bill. "The 2009 Obama stimulus package was sold in part as funding 'shovel-ready' projects, which ended up being a dud due to red tape and delays. The Biden Administration had over a decade to learn from those mistakes and instead leaned into the red tape by adding extra mandates for ideological purposes. Worse, the amount of money in the 2021 infrastructure package was dramatically larger than the comparable portion of the 2009 stimulus, so the damage is far greater," Ditch argued.
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The goal isn't infrastructure. The goal is stealing. And influence. But mostly stealing.
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The goal isn't infrastructure. The goal is stealing. And influence. But mostly stealing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (d04cU)
126
It's easier for men to look good later in life. Some women can most can't.
Posted by: filler at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (78cK7)
127
95 I can think of one shovel-ready job Biden's created: His personal pooper scooper.
Posted by: pookysgirl, thinking outside the Depends at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (dtlDP)
What was that someone said the other day?
Presidential Groom of the Stool?
Posted by: pookysgirl, thinking outside the Depends at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (dtlDP)
What was that someone said the other day?
Presidential Groom of the Stool?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (ynpvh)
128
You think mansions on Martha's Vineyard are free?
In 20 years when Obalala is still, uh, hosting attractive young men at his mansion in MV we'll still be told that we only have 12 years to save da Erf or else the whole eastern seaboard will be under water...
In 20 years when Obalala is still, uh, hosting attractive young men at his mansion in MV we'll still be told that we only have 12 years to save da Erf or else the whole eastern seaboard will be under water...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (ibTVg)
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I remember a few potholes being filled and about 5 workers standing around all day. The sign was "This is a Shovel Ready Job".
F*ck you.
F*ck you.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (o2zz+)
Posted by: Sphynx at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (P6qMv)
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And a wind turbine on her ass. Just feed her burritos, and we'll have an inexhaustible energy supply.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (YqDXo)
Those burritos have to come from somewhere, buster!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (YqDXo)
Those burritos have to come from somewhere, buster!
Posted by: The First Law of Thermodynamics at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (guGkK)
132
Mayor Pete just wants us to straighten up, get behind him, and lean in.
Posted by: Eeyore at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (1bNHn)
133
Obama signs went up and the projects ran out of money.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (grwxt)
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Those must have been damned expensive signs.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (grwxt)
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Those must have been damned expensive signs.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (YqDXo)
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125 The goal isn't infrastructure. The goal is stealing. And influence. But mostly stealing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (d04cU)
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Ah, but you can steal more when you have more influence.
So, the actual goal is influence...in order to steal.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (d04cU)
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Ah, but you can steal more when you have more influence.
So, the actual goal is influence...in order to steal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (GBKbO)
135
Well, lets face it. A lot has been built in the Social Infrastructure. I mean come on...a conservative can say something completely innocent and within an hour he/she is the scourge of the jnterwebs. Now you can see what a trillion bucks can do.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 07, 2024 02:44 PM (W/lyH)
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But even so, that's shocking. Half a million chargers with a $7.5 billion price. Fifteen grand a pop.
Someone is getting PAID, and to paraphrase George Carlin...it ain't you.
But even so, that's shocking. Half a million chargers with a $7.5 billion price. Fifteen grand a pop.
Someone is getting PAID, and to paraphrase George Carlin...it ain't you.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:44 PM (ibTVg)
137
"Right now, the inputs cost 31 percent more than they did in January 2021,"
Yeah, I'm associated with an organization that does infrastructure maintenance, and its astonishing how much more expensive things have gotten in the last few years.
Yeah, I'm associated with an organization that does infrastructure maintenance, and its astonishing how much more expensive things have gotten in the last few years.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 07, 2024 02:44 PM (uxCna)
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Buttigieg maintained that the administration's goal was still to produce 500,000 chargers by 2030.
So I guess seven in three years means your right on track for those 50,000 in ten years?
Don't be absurd. They aren't supermen. You build the easy ones first so you have something to show for it. It's bound to slow down.
So I guess seven in three years means your right on track for those 50,000 in ten years?
Don't be absurd. They aren't supermen. You build the easy ones first so you have something to show for it. It's bound to slow down.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2024 02:44 PM (xCA6C)
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133 Obama signs went up and the projects ran out of money.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (grwxt)
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Those must have been damned expensive signs.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (YqDXo)
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Nails were $50 a pop!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 07, 2024 02:37 PM (grwxt)
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Those must have been damned expensive signs.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (YqDXo)
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Nails were $50 a pop!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:44 PM (GBKbO)
140
Stupid PAC commercial here in MI touting "let farmers decide to do what they want with their land". It's really about taking away local zoning so the State can dictate where to put unwanted solar farms.
Very, very deceptive.
Fortunately(?), the commercials are sort of retarded and uninformative.
Very, very deceptive.
Fortunately(?), the commercials are sort of retarded and uninformative.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 07, 2024 02:44 PM (ufFY8)
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And a wind turbine on her ass. Just feed her burritos, and we'll have an inexhaustible energy supply.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (YqDXo)
Those burritos have to come from somewhere, buster!
Posted by: The First Law of Thermodynamics at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (guGkK)
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Mexico. Duh.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (YqDXo)
Those burritos have to come from somewhere, buster!
Posted by: The First Law of Thermodynamics at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (guGkK)
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Mexico. Duh.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:44 PM (YqDXo)
142
As someone who watches this, I can assure you that bank branches and restaurants are closing at a faster rate than in 2008.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2024 02:44 PM (lTGtQ)
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101 I called up my town to complain about the road to my house. See, pot holes are one thing...but when you have to mow the grass in the road to your house because otherwise the "paved" road is undriveable I draw the line..
As you might expect they told me to buzz off. My road was paved 22 years ago and they are working on the 25 year old roads now.
Meanwhile those big tax bills keep coming every quarter...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (ibTVg)
Draw dicks around the worst spots...like that guy did. Or plant tomatoes and other veggies in the holes...
As you might expect they told me to buzz off. My road was paved 22 years ago and they are working on the 25 year old roads now.
Meanwhile those big tax bills keep coming every quarter...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM (ibTVg)
Draw dicks around the worst spots...like that guy did. Or plant tomatoes and other veggies in the holes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:44 PM (ynpvh)
144
Can I sell you on some high-speed rail?
Posted by: Gov Gruesome Noisome at June 07, 2024 02:41 PM (ynpvh)
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Congress, the most expensive and exclusive investors club in history.
Posted by: Gov Gruesome Noisome at June 07, 2024 02:41 PM (ynpvh)
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Congress, the most expensive and exclusive investors club in history.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (krQz2)
145
Also: When they say "charging station" do they mean a "station" like a gas station with multiple individual chargers? Like a self-contained charging infrastructure parking lot where many cars can charge?
Or by "station" do they mean an individual charging port that can charge one car at a time?
Wait . . . don't answer that.
Or by "station" do they mean an individual charging port that can charge one car at a time?
Wait . . . don't answer that.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (iFTx/)
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He would've wasted the money on building roads and bridges, instead of paying off Democrat constituencies.
That is definitely where the slush fund money will go. First they had to appropriate the money, then the auction could take place to buy and sell politicians.
Once word got out that there is a scramble for a whole bunch of unspent lottery tickets, politicians all over the place were getting calls from lobbyists who represented entities that would promise various levels of grift and kickbacks to the appropriate recipients.
That is definitely where the slush fund money will go. First they had to appropriate the money, then the auction could take place to buy and sell politicians.
Once word got out that there is a scramble for a whole bunch of unspent lottery tickets, politicians all over the place were getting calls from lobbyists who represented entities that would promise various levels of grift and kickbacks to the appropriate recipients.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (iruKY)
147
142 As someone who watches this, I can assure you that bank branches and restaurants are closing at a faster rate than in 2008.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2024 02:44 PM (lTGtQ)
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"Fine by us."
-The CEOs of Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and Citibank who all voted for and donated for this shit
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2024 02:44 PM (lTGtQ)
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"Fine by us."
-The CEOs of Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and Citibank who all voted for and donated for this shit
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (GBKbO)
148
This bottle of flavored sparkling water wants me to know that it's non-GMO as well as sugar sodium, caffeine and gluten free.
Notice, however, it says nothing about being dolphin safe.
Notice, however, it says nothing about being dolphin safe.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (1Yy3c)
149
"The Federal Highway Administration says only seven or eight charging stations have been produced with a 7.5 billion investment extortion that taxpayers made were raped of back in 2021. Why isn't that happening more quickly?" CBS's Margaret Brennan pressed Buttigieg during a May appearance on CBS's Face The Nation.
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Edited for truthfulness.
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Edited for truthfulness.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (mUnoX)
150
People always complain that European public infrastructure is outstanding, but Americans won't pay for such public works.
The reason is simple: The Democrat Party steals this money in enormous unprosecuted heists. We know damn well that we get NOTHING for our "infrastructure spending," until a bridge actually collapses, and then they spend like crazy to rebuild the bridge at a furious and unsafe speed.
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That's a part of it. The stealing is huge, and the primary purpose.
But much of European "transit infrastructure" doesn't apply to the US. Yes, much of it is high-quality, but it's also inappropriate for the US. The European approach to airports and rail and even urban transit - which is what most people in government mean when they talk about "European Infrastructure" - depends on population densities we do not have here. It makes no sense, even if the money weren't all being stolen.
The reason is simple: The Democrat Party steals this money in enormous unprosecuted heists. We know damn well that we get NOTHING for our "infrastructure spending," until a bridge actually collapses, and then they spend like crazy to rebuild the bridge at a furious and unsafe speed.
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That's a part of it. The stealing is huge, and the primary purpose.
But much of European "transit infrastructure" doesn't apply to the US. Yes, much of it is high-quality, but it's also inappropriate for the US. The European approach to airports and rail and even urban transit - which is what most people in government mean when they talk about "European Infrastructure" - depends on population densities we do not have here. It makes no sense, even if the money weren't all being stolen.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (d04cU)
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As someone who watches this, I can assure you that bank branches and restaurants are closing at a faster rate than in 2008.
Yep, same here.
But looks like we are going to get a bunch of "state funded" high density housing for our new friends from overseas...
Yep, same here.
But looks like we are going to get a bunch of "state funded" high density housing for our new friends from overseas...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (ibTVg)
152
When I get this feelin'
I want Sexual Weasels
I want Sexual Weasels
Posted by: Marvin Gaye at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (hqVaF)
153
People always complain that European public infrastructure is outstanding, but Americans won't pay for such public works.
The Europeans can build a mile of new subway for about a tenth the cost of building a mile of new subway in New York.
The level of graft is just astonishing.
The Europeans can build a mile of new subway for about a tenth the cost of building a mile of new subway in New York.
The level of graft is just astonishing.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (uxCna)
154
Ah, but you can steal more when you have more influence.
So, the actual goal is influence...in order to steal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (GBKbO)
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LOL. Let's loudly argue about this for the next several years.
So, the actual goal is influence...in order to steal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:43 PM (GBKbO)
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LOL. Let's loudly argue about this for the next several years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (d04cU)
155
OT: Some fun left on left excitement this weekend in DC:
A Pro-Pali-Hamas protest will occur tomorrow in front of the WH, Lafayette Park, and Ellipse area. 12K expected to be there. Also tomorrow, A pride parade will occur in DC but exact location unknown.
Anyone want to take bets on whether these two insane clown posses will meet?
A Pro-Pali-Hamas protest will occur tomorrow in front of the WH, Lafayette Park, and Ellipse area. 12K expected to be there. Also tomorrow, A pride parade will occur in DC but exact location unknown.
Anyone want to take bets on whether these two insane clown posses will meet?
Posted by: Cheri at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (oiNtH)
156
But looks like we are going to get a bunch of "state funded" high density housing for our new friends from overseas...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (ibTVg)
Same here...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (ibTVg)
Same here...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (Akjoo)
157
Turns out there is a lot of copper jn those charging stations. Starting to see the result of copper thieves in the local malls.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (W/lyH)
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But looks like we are going to get a bunch of "state funded" high density housing for our new friends from overseas...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (ibTVg)
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High-density urban housing projects subsidized by the government have an excellent track record, rarely fail and those who live in them routinely achieve middle-class status and their children do better than they did.
Right? RIGHT?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (ibTVg)
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High-density urban housing projects subsidized by the government have an excellent track record, rarely fail and those who live in them routinely achieve middle-class status and their children do better than they did.
Right? RIGHT?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (d04cU)
159
Ah, the basic rules… like, a government is not a producer, but only a consumer, of money.
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (PCK5/)
160
Stupid PAC commercial here in MI touting "let farmers decide to do what they want with their land". It's really about taking away local zoning so the State can dictate where to put unwanted solar farms.
Yeah, if there's a place that screams "suitable for solar", it's Michigan. Almost as much as Alaska.
Yeah, if there's a place that screams "suitable for solar", it's Michigan. Almost as much as Alaska.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (xCA6C)
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The secret to American "infrastructure spending" is that it goes to grow government bureaucracies, which are 100% comprised of loyal Democrats.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (uxCna)
162
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LOL. Let's loudly argue about this for the next several years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (d04cU)
Them's fightin' words.
LOL. Let's loudly argue about this for the next several years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (d04cU)
Them's fightin' words.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)
163
When I get this feelin'
I want Sexual Weasels
Posted by: Marvin Gaye
The river otters have entered the chat.
I want Sexual Weasels
Posted by: Marvin Gaye
The river otters have entered the chat.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (v6JzV)
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Also: When they say "charging station" do they mean a "station" like a gas station with multiple individual chargers? Like a self-contained charging infrastructure parking lot where many cars can charge?
Or by "station" do they mean an individual charging port that can charge one car at a time?
Wait . . . don't answer that.
Posted by: Elric Blade
One. Port.
Or by "station" do they mean an individual charging port that can charge one car at a time?
Wait . . . don't answer that.
Posted by: Elric Blade
One. Port.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (n/S9s)
165
The jobs that teens and college students would normally get as first and summer jobs have disappeared... unexpectedly! And this is in the bubble economy where I live amongst a bunch of high earners in the blue utopia known as Austin.
I often feel like we're the only ones struggling in my neighborhood.
I often feel like we're the only ones struggling in my neighborhood.
Posted by: lin-duh who owns one at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (eYe8N)
166
People always complain that European public infrastructure is outstanding, but Americans won't pay for such public works.
The Europeans can build a mile of new subway for about a tenth the cost of building a mile of new subway in New York.
The level of graft is just astonishing.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (uxCna)
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It's almost much easier to get big public works projects approved and started in Europe than in the USA. They have much less red tape and endless bullshit environmental and other studies that are required by both state and federal governments in the USA.
The Europeans can build a mile of new subway for about a tenth the cost of building a mile of new subway in New York.
The level of graft is just astonishing.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (uxCna)
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It's almost much easier to get big public works projects approved and started in Europe than in the USA. They have much less red tape and endless bullshit environmental and other studies that are required by both state and federal governments in the USA.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 02:48 PM (iFTx/)
167
When I get this feelin'
I want Sexual Weasels
Posted by: Marvin Gaye at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (hqVaF)
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Old and busted: sex poodle
New hotness: sex weasel
I want Sexual Weasels
Posted by: Marvin Gaye at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (hqVaF)
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Old and busted: sex poodle
New hotness: sex weasel
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 07, 2024 02:48 PM (mUnoX)
168
Turns out there is a lot of copper jn those charging stations. Starting to see the result of copper thieves in the local malls.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (W/lyH)
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So, not in the Philippines. Check.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (W/lyH)
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So, not in the Philippines. Check.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:48 PM (krQz2)
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166 It's almost much easier to get big public works projects approved and started in Europe than in the USA. They have much less red tape and endless bullshit environmental and other studies that are required by both state and federal governments in the USA.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 02:48 PM (iFTx/)
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Try building a new subway line in Rome, though!
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 02:48 PM (iFTx/)
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Try building a new subway line in Rome, though!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:48 PM (GBKbO)
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Interestingly whenever I ask the Europeans about the vacations they take they tell me they drove/flew never took the train...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (ibTVg)
171
Also: When they say "charging station" do they mean a "station" like a gas station with multiple individual chargers? Like a self-contained charging infrastructure parking lot where many cars can charge?
Or by "station" do they mean an individual charging port that can charge one car at a time?
Wait . . . don't answer that.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (iFTx/)
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It'll charge zero cars at a time, because they haven't installed electricity to the chargers. That'll require another $1.2 trillion.
Or by "station" do they mean an individual charging port that can charge one car at a time?
Wait . . . don't answer that.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (iFTx/)
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It'll charge zero cars at a time, because they haven't installed electricity to the chargers. That'll require another $1.2 trillion.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (YqDXo)
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High-density urban housing projects subsidized by the government have an excellent track record, rarely fail and those who live in them routinely achieve middle-class status and their children do better than they did.
Right? RIGHT?
Word.
Right? RIGHT?
Word.
Posted by: Minneapolis Somalis at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (xCA6C)
173
But looks like we are going to get a bunch of "state funded" high density housing for our new friends from overseas...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (ibTVg)
Over 5,000 new "luxury apartments" have gone up within 5 miles of the Cave.of Diogenes. Just spent the last hour outside working the flower beds. 8 siren events in that hour.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (ibTVg)
Over 5,000 new "luxury apartments" have gone up within 5 miles of the Cave.of Diogenes. Just spent the last hour outside working the flower beds. 8 siren events in that hour.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (W/lyH)
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LOL. Let's loudly argue about this for the next several years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (d04cU)
I'M IN!!! AM I FOR OR AGAINST!!?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (d04cU)
I'M IN!!! AM I FOR OR AGAINST!!?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (o2zz+)
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A Pro-Pali-Hamas protest will occur tomorrow in front of the WH, Lafayette Park, and Ellipse area. 12K expected to be there. Also tomorrow, A pride parade will occur in DC but exact location unknown.
Portland's Grand Floral Parade, the biggest event of the year in Portland, happens tomorrow.
Guess who has announced that they plan to disrupt it.
Portland's Grand Floral Parade, the biggest event of the year in Portland, happens tomorrow.
Guess who has announced that they plan to disrupt it.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (uxCna)
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174 LOL. Let's loudly argue about this for the next several years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (d04cU)
I'M IN!!! AM I FOR OR AGAINST!!?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (o2zz+)
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Well, if he's in, then I'm out.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (d04cU)
I'M IN!!! AM I FOR OR AGAINST!!?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (o2zz+)
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Well, if he's in, then I'm out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
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Stupid PAC commercial here in MI touting "let farmers decide to do what they want with their land". It's really about taking away local zoning so the State can dictate where to put unwanted solar farms.
Yeah, if there's a place that screams "suitable for solar", it's Michigan. Almost as much as Alaska.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (xCA6C)
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Could be very tempting for farmers...they no longer have to work the land, just collect government subsidies for allowing the government to "grow" solar power cells...
Yeah, if there's a place that screams "suitable for solar", it's Michigan. Almost as much as Alaska.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (xCA6C)
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Could be very tempting for farmers...they no longer have to work the land, just collect government subsidies for allowing the government to "grow" solar power cells...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (7fElN)
178
The "internet phases" is one of the best Ace bits ever. I laughed so hard at that I had coworkers worried.
Posted by: Marcus Gravey at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (TIizU)
179
State funded high density urban housing… the 3rd Circle of Hell…
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (PCK5/)
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500k charger stations by 2030?
He does know Biden was only elected for a 4 year term, right?
Setting a goal 10 years out and then saying you still have 6 years to complete after failing embarrassingly in the first 3 years is…not a good look. I mean, really!?
And given that it’s a 2030 goal, very likely tied to some globalist agenda from the UN or WEF.
He does know Biden was only elected for a 4 year term, right?
Setting a goal 10 years out and then saying you still have 6 years to complete after failing embarrassingly in the first 3 years is…not a good look. I mean, really!?
And given that it’s a 2030 goal, very likely tied to some globalist agenda from the UN or WEF.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (Hkcdp)
181
Nails were $50 a pop![/]
"Right now, the inputs cost 31 percent more than they did in January 2021,"
That is the major reason why these projects are stalled. How does any competent contractor bid a project when there is so much chaos in the labor and supply chain?
Fixed Bid is over. Its pure T&M from now on.
"Right now, the inputs cost 31 percent more than they did in January 2021,"
That is the major reason why these projects are stalled. How does any competent contractor bid a project when there is so much chaos in the labor and supply chain?
Fixed Bid is over. Its pure T&M from now on.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (iruKY)
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175 Portland's Grand Floral Parade, the biggest event of the year in Portland, happens tomorrow.
Guess who has announced that they plan to disrupt it.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (uxCna)
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Whomever antifa attacks is not the preferred victim group by the establishment!
Guess who has announced that they plan to disrupt it.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (uxCna)
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Whomever antifa attacks is not the preferred victim group by the establishment!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
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171 Also: When they say "charging station" do they mean a "station" like a gas station with multiple individual chargers? Like a self-contained charging infrastructure parking lot where many cars can charge?
Or by "station" do they mean an individual charging port that can charge one car at a time?
Wait . . . don't answer that.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (iFTx/)
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It'll charge zero cars at a time, because they haven't installed electricity to the chargers. That'll require another $1.2 trillion.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (YqDXo)
That's just to get the electricity to the Chargers. Add another $10 trillion to build enough bird-choppers and solar cookers to power those lines...
Or by "station" do they mean an individual charging port that can charge one car at a time?
Wait . . . don't answer that.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (iFTx/)
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It'll charge zero cars at a time, because they haven't installed electricity to the chargers. That'll require another $1.2 trillion.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (YqDXo)
That's just to get the electricity to the Chargers. Add another $10 trillion to build enough bird-choppers and solar cookers to power those lines...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (ynpvh)
184
Infrastructure means Leftists pockets, and they made a mint from that.
Many made millions for nothing
Many made millions for nothing
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (fwDg9)
185
I'm sure the mandates require contractors use POCs and trannies to build this so called "infrastructure."
Posted by: Max Power at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (q177U)
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162 ++++
LOL. Let's loudly argue about this for the next several years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (d04cU)
Them's fightin' words.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)
Sorry, but I'm not allowed to argue with you until you pay me.
LOL. Let's loudly argue about this for the next several years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (d04cU)
Them's fightin' words.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)
Sorry, but I'm not allowed to argue with you until you pay me.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (T+Iwg)
187
Biden can pronounced "infrastructure"? Will wonders never cease.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (6gW4D)
188
Over 5,000 new "luxury apartments" have gone up within 5 miles of the Cave.of Diogenes. Just spent the last hour outside working the flower beds. 8 siren events in that hour.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (W/lyH)
I hear sirens every day, 2 or 3 times a day around here.
They just approved a project where within our city limits, about 5 miles or so from here, they're building high density housing for 30,000 residents.
I want out of here REALLY bad.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (W/lyH)
I hear sirens every day, 2 or 3 times a day around here.
They just approved a project where within our city limits, about 5 miles or so from here, they're building high density housing for 30,000 residents.
I want out of here REALLY bad.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (Zz0t1)
189
They have much less red tape and endless bullshit environmental and other studies that are required by both state and federal governments in the USA.
There was an attempt to build a new bridge across the Columbia in Portland, which eventually failed.
The consultants were paid $200 million for "studies".
There was an attempt to build a new bridge across the Columbia in Portland, which eventually failed.
The consultants were paid $200 million for "studies".
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (uxCna)
190
Hot Air: FAFO: Briahna Joy Gray Canned After Rolling Eyes at Hostage Family Member in Rape Discussion
https://tinyurl.com/2w8kwry5
El oh el
Via Insty.
https://tinyurl.com/2w8kwry5
El oh el
Via Insty.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (1Yy3c)
191
We did get the frog tunnels built though, right?
Posted by: ... at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (+yplR)
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Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (o2zz+)
Yo, CB! How's it going? Haven't seen you in a while. Any comment on how Biden's Uncle tasted?
Yo, CB! How's it going? Haven't seen you in a while. Any comment on how Biden's Uncle tasted?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (ynpvh)
193
Yeah, if there's a place that screams "suitable for solar", it's Michigan. Almost as much as Alaska.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (xCA6C)
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When I was in college at MSU, a prof there said he looked it up in the Farmer's Almanac. Lansing had the most overcast days of any area recorded.
So, there's that.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (xCA6C)
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When I was in college at MSU, a prof there said he looked it up in the Farmer's Almanac. Lansing had the most overcast days of any area recorded.
So, there's that.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (krQz2)
194
And given that it’s a 2030 goal, very likely tied to some globalist agenda from the UN or WEF.
I'm trying to see if Nostradamus or some Rapture Date Researcher has something penciled in for 2030.
I'm trying to see if Nostradamus or some Rapture Date Researcher has something penciled in for 2030.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (iruKY)
195
OT: Some fun left on left excitement this weekend in DC:
A Pro-Pali-Hamas protest will occur tomorrow in front of the WH, Lafayette Park, and Ellipse area. 12K expected to be there. Also tomorrow, A pride parade will occur in DC but exact location unknown.
Anyone want to take bets on whether these two insane clown posses will meet?
Posted by: Cheri at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (oiNtH)
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They had some putrid pro-Hamas parade/rally outside an upper east side hospital earlier this week (Wednesday?). The route went right past a wealthy upper east side synagogue that was having a special service to honor a member. At the same time. So the groups came into direct contact with each other. Perhaps amazingly, there were no incidents.
A Pro-Pali-Hamas protest will occur tomorrow in front of the WH, Lafayette Park, and Ellipse area. 12K expected to be there. Also tomorrow, A pride parade will occur in DC but exact location unknown.
Anyone want to take bets on whether these two insane clown posses will meet?
Posted by: Cheri at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (oiNtH)
_______________
They had some putrid pro-Hamas parade/rally outside an upper east side hospital earlier this week (Wednesday?). The route went right past a wealthy upper east side synagogue that was having a special service to honor a member. At the same time. So the groups came into direct contact with each other. Perhaps amazingly, there were no incidents.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (iFTx/)
196
High-density urban housing projects subsidized by the government have an excellent track record, rarely fail and those who live in them routinely achieve middle-class status and their children do better than they did.
_______________
They provide a lot of employment, first for their construction, and then some years later, for their demolition, to the extent that the "residents" haven't demolished them already.
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They provide a lot of employment, first for their construction, and then some years later, for their demolition, to the extent that the "residents" haven't demolished them already.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (YqDXo)
197
Portland's Grand Floral Parade, the biggest event of the year in Portland, happens tomorrow.
Guess who has announced that they plan to disrupt it.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (uxCna)
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Citizens for Responsible Agent Orange Distribution?
Guess who has announced that they plan to disrupt it.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 07, 2024 02:49 PM (uxCna)
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Citizens for Responsible Agent Orange Distribution?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (7fElN)
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162 ++++
LOL. Let's loudly argue about this for the next several years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (d04cU)
Them's fightin' words.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)
Sorry, but I'm not allowed to argue with you until you pay me.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (T+Iwg)
You could be arguing in your spare time.
LOL. Let's loudly argue about this for the next several years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (d04cU)
Them's fightin' words.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)
Sorry, but I'm not allowed to argue with you until you pay me.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (T+Iwg)
You could be arguing in your spare time.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (6gW4D)
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Well, if he's in, then I'm out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
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If this guy's out, then I'm in.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
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If this guy's out, then I'm in.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (d04cU)
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Nails are $50 a pop! Jesus Christ!
Posted by: Pontius Pilate at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (hqVaF)
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Dude in the video has an appendage shaped mouth.
Posted by: Joe Mama at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (lZVy/)
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193 Yeah, if there's a place that screams "suitable for solar", it's Michigan. Almost as much as Alaska.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (xCA6C)
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When I was in college at MSU, a prof there said he looked it up in the Farmer's Almanac. Lansing had the most overcast days of any area recorded.
So, there's that.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (krQz2)
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Remember, the objectives are to enrich cronies and make the populace miserable.
Michigan is perfect for solar.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (xCA6C)
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When I was in college at MSU, a prof there said he looked it up in the Farmer's Almanac. Lansing had the most overcast days of any area recorded.
So, there's that.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (krQz2)
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Remember, the objectives are to enrich cronies and make the populace miserable.
Michigan is perfect for solar.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (GBKbO)
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181 Nails were $50 a pop![/]
"Right now, the inputs cost 31 percent more than they did in January 2021,"
That is the major reason why these projects are stalled. How does any competent contractor bid a project when there is so much chaos in the labor and supply chain?
Fixed Bid is over. Its pure T&M from now on.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (iruKY)
T&M for them, S&M for the rest of us.
"Right now, the inputs cost 31 percent more than they did in January 2021,"
That is the major reason why these projects are stalled. How does any competent contractor bid a project when there is so much chaos in the labor and supply chain?
Fixed Bid is over. Its pure T&M from now on.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (iruKY)
T&M for them, S&M for the rest of us.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (ynpvh)
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Biden can pronounced "infrastructure"? Will wonders never cease.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (6gW4D)
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I said "infshutchure" and I meant "infshuchure," Jack!
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (6gW4D)
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I said "infshutchure" and I meant "infshuchure," Jack!
Posted by: Joe "Blow" Biden at June 07, 2024 02:53 PM (mUnoX)
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199 Well, if he's in, then I'm out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
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If this guy's out, then I'm in.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (d04cU)
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Well, if he's in, then I'm in.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
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If this guy's out, then I'm in.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (d04cU)
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Well, if he's in, then I'm in.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:53 PM (GBKbO)
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On one of the highways local to my house two signs have been erected stating that the work being done is due to the infrastructure bill. It would appear the only work done so far was the installation of the signs. The roads are like driving in Beirut.
Posted by: RetSgtRN at June 07, 2024 02:53 PM (eTkTC)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 02:53 PM (v6JzV)
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Dude in the video has an appendage shaped mouth.
Posted by: Joe Mama at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (lZVy/)
Does he use it prettier than a $20 whore?
Posted by: Joe Mama at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (lZVy/)
Does he use it prettier than a $20 whore?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:53 PM (Zz0t1)
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The consultants were paid $200 million for "studies".
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (uxCna)
$20 million of which went to political contributions.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (uxCna)
$20 million of which went to political contributions.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 07, 2024 02:53 PM (W/lyH)
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LOL. Let's loudly argue about this for the next several years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (d04cU)
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I like crossbows.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (d04cU)
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I like crossbows.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:53 PM (krQz2)
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Except the most overt "Christian" is a pedophile--so there is that).
Posted by: Axeman
Glad I didnt stick with it then because fuck that shit.
It's nice to see the Left still can pretend to have a problem with pedoism when they want to.
Posted by: Axeman
Glad I didnt stick with it then because fuck that shit.
It's nice to see the Left still can pretend to have a problem with pedoism when they want to.
Posted by: ... at June 07, 2024 02:53 PM (+yplR)
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193 Yeah, if there's a place that screams "suitable for solar", it's Michigan. Almost as much as Alaska.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (xCA6C)
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When I was in college at MSU, a prof there said he looked it up in the Farmer's Almanac. Lansing had the most overcast days of any area recorded.
So, there's that.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (krQz2)
Alaska works well for about half the year...
Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2024 02:47 PM (xCA6C)
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When I was in college at MSU, a prof there said he looked it up in the Farmer's Almanac. Lansing had the most overcast days of any area recorded.
So, there's that.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (krQz2)
Alaska works well for about half the year...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:54 PM (ynpvh)
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As Obama was true of Obama's "infrastructure stimulus" -- which produced almost nothing except a few bike paths and dog parks in blue cities -- the purpose of this "infrastructure spending" was just another massive heist of money from Republicans to pour into Democrat precincts.
This is completely accurate. New Mexico, which is run by a Democrat Marxist mafia, actually has a project underway in Las Cruces, a marginally less Democrat Marxist place. The project here is tearing out a completely functional bridge and replacing it with, hopefully, a completely functional bridge that will be one line wider in each direction. In this specific instance this is a win as it is sorely needed to keep up with the new development in the area. I consider this to be an accidental outcome.
This is completely accurate. New Mexico, which is run by a Democrat Marxist mafia, actually has a project underway in Las Cruces, a marginally less Democrat Marxist place. The project here is tearing out a completely functional bridge and replacing it with, hopefully, a completely functional bridge that will be one line wider in each direction. In this specific instance this is a win as it is sorely needed to keep up with the new development in the area. I consider this to be an accidental outcome.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 02:54 PM (7Os14)
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That's just to get the electricity to the Chargers. Add another $10 trillion to build enough bird-choppers and solar cookers to power those lines...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (ynpvh)
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They were going to use the San Diego Chargers, but they moved, so no luck.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (ynpvh)
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They were going to use the San Diego Chargers, but they moved, so no luck.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:54 PM (YqDXo)
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199 Well, if he's in, then I'm out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
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If this guy's out, then I'm in.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (d04cU)
Ya wanna go in with a cannibal?...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
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If this guy's out, then I'm in.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (d04cU)
Ya wanna go in with a cannibal?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (ynpvh)
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This brunette in a dress takes infrastructure fairly seriously because she understands that high-quality and reliable infrastructure is necessary for her to get to picturesque photo spots *and* to for her to upload pictures of herself to the internet:
http://tiny.cc/nyjgyz
http://tiny.cc/nyjgyz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (d04cU)
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199 Well, if he's in, then I'm out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
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If this guy's out, then I'm in.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (d04cU)
This isn't an argument! It's just contradiction!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
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If this guy's out, then I'm in.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (d04cU)
This isn't an argument! It's just contradiction!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (PiwSw)
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'Member when people were saying that Disney should move Disneyworld to New Jersey or some blue shithole to get away from DeSantis?
I 'member...
Now Disney is investing $17 billion to expand Disneyworld...after having their asses spanked by DeSantis and losing control of the private-public district of Reedy Creek.
Oh, but Orlando will now sink into the sea because the bill on the bonds or whatever will go to Orange County!
I 'member...
Now Disney is investing $17 billion to expand Disneyworld...after having their asses spanked by DeSantis and losing control of the private-public district of Reedy Creek.
Oh, but Orlando will now sink into the sea because the bill on the bonds or whatever will go to Orange County!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (GBKbO)
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Solar farms in Michigan. Apple orchards in Fairbanks. Pie in the sky. Rainbows and lollipops. Higher taxes. 80,000 more IRS agents. Seven or eight EV charging stations. More bullshit. Trump's a tyrant. Shut up, they said. No more truth for you. You can't handle the truth.
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (rj6Yv)
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210 LOL. Let's loudly argue about this for the next several years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (d04cU)
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I like crossbows.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:53 PM (krQz2)
Has no one ever considered a long-bow version of a crossbow?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:46 PM (d04cU)
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I like crossbows.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:53 PM (krQz2)
Has no one ever considered a long-bow version of a crossbow?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (ynpvh)
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Well, if he's in, then I'm out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
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If this guy's out, then I'm in.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (d04cU)
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Ahh. The Ryanverse.
I'm in.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
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If this guy's out, then I'm in.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:52 PM (d04cU)
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Ahh. The Ryanverse.
I'm in.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (krQz2)
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Remember, the objectives are to enrich cronies and make the populace miserable.
Michigan is perfect for solar.
Eastern Oregon is sunny and good for solar, and Western Oregon is cloudy and bad for solar.
The State of Oregon literally pays much bigger subsidies for solar projects in Western Oregon than in Eastern Oregon.
After all, you wouldn't want to discriminate against Western Oregon, just because the weather sucks.
Michigan is perfect for solar.
Eastern Oregon is sunny and good for solar, and Western Oregon is cloudy and bad for solar.
The State of Oregon literally pays much bigger subsidies for solar projects in Western Oregon than in Eastern Oregon.
After all, you wouldn't want to discriminate against Western Oregon, just because the weather sucks.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (uxCna)
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Off shambling mush-mouth sock.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (mUnoX)
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When I was in college at MSU, a prof there said he looked it up in the Farmer's Almanac. Lansing had the most overcast days of any area recorded.
So, there's that.
Posted by: Axeman
*Tee Hee*
So, there's that.
Posted by: Axeman
*Tee Hee*
Posted by: All the Jewish Weather Machines in Ann Arbor at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (v6JzV)
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The consultants were paid $200 million for "studies".
Posted by: The ARC of History
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In Austin it seems like it takes about 20-30 years worth of studies and environmental lawsuits before a project can start. By then it costs 10x++ the original amount.
Posted by: The ARC of History
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In Austin it seems like it takes about 20-30 years worth of studies and environmental lawsuits before a project can start. By then it costs 10x++ the original amount.
Posted by: lin-duh who owns one at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (eYe8N)
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Somehow they managed to overlook the part where estimates of small job creation were 231,000 of that number. Given that banks aren't lending, and if they were, it would be over 8%, that guess is a joke.
Therefore, 40,000 actual jobs were added and 231K were guessed at.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM
AM talk radio was pointing out this morning that in the jobs report there were over 40,000 government jobs "created". Absolutely no jobs were created because the government doesn't create anything, they take money from taxpayers and funnel it to someone else.
If you take those 40K jobs out along with the almost 70,000 part time jobs we lost ground.
Therefore, 40,000 actual jobs were added and 231K were guessed at.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 07, 2024 02:40 PM
AM talk radio was pointing out this morning that in the jobs report there were over 40,000 government jobs "created". Absolutely no jobs were created because the government doesn't create anything, they take money from taxpayers and funnel it to someone else.
If you take those 40K jobs out along with the almost 70,000 part time jobs we lost ground.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (QNSds)
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Now Disney is investing $17 billion to expand Disneyworld...after having their asses spanked by DeSantis and losing control of the private-public district of Reedy Creek.
Oh, but Orlando will now sink into the sea because the bill on the bonds or whatever will go to Orange County!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (GBKbO)
Disney is losing their ass in all areas of their business. Where are they getting $17 bn from and what are they hoping comes from it?
Oh, but Orlando will now sink into the sea because the bill on the bonds or whatever will go to Orange County!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (GBKbO)
Disney is losing their ass in all areas of their business. Where are they getting $17 bn from and what are they hoping comes from it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)
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This brunette in a dress takes infrastructure fairly seriously because she understands that high-quality and reliable infrastructure is necessary for her to get to picturesque photo spots *and* to for her to upload pictures of herself to the internet:
http://tiny.cc/nyjgyz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (d04cU)
She's got legs
and knows how to use them,
http://tiny.cc/nyjgyz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (d04cU)
She's got legs
and knows how to use them,
Posted by: Count de ZZ Top at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (6gW4D)
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This brunette in a dress takes infrastructure fairly seriously because she understands that high-quality and reliable infrastructure is necessary for her to get to picturesque photo spots *and* to for her to upload pictures of herself to the internet:
http://tiny.cc/nyjgyz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (d04cU)
She'd like my polling data.
http://tiny.cc/nyjgyz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (d04cU)
She'd like my polling data.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (W/lyH)
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Biden can pronounced "infrastructure"? Will wonders never cease.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (6gW4D)
_____________
He actually said, "You know ... the thing" and then his aides cleaned up the transcript.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 07, 2024 02:51 PM (6gW4D)
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He actually said, "You know ... the thing" and then his aides cleaned up the transcript.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (YqDXo)
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213 As Obama was true of Obama's "infrastructure stimulus" -- which produced almost nothing except a few bike paths and dog parks in blue cities -- the purpose of this "infrastructure spending" was just another massive heist of money from Republicans to pour into Democrat precincts.
This is completely accurate. New Mexico, which is run by a Democrat Marxist mafia, actually has a project underway in Las Cruces, a marginally less Democrat Marxist place. The project here is tearing out a completely functional bridge and replacing it with, hopefully, a completely functional bridge that will be one line wider in each direction. In this specific instance this is a win as it is sorely needed to keep up with the new development in the area. I consider this to be an accidental outcome.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 02:54 PM (7Os14)
I like wide lines.
This is completely accurate. New Mexico, which is run by a Democrat Marxist mafia, actually has a project underway in Las Cruces, a marginally less Democrat Marxist place. The project here is tearing out a completely functional bridge and replacing it with, hopefully, a completely functional bridge that will be one line wider in each direction. In this specific instance this is a win as it is sorely needed to keep up with the new development in the area. I consider this to be an accidental outcome.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 02:54 PM (7Os14)
I like wide lines.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (ynpvh)
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Let's not bicker and argue about 'oo's in and 'oo's out! This is supposed to be a happy occasion!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (T+Iwg)
233
Why cant we just put solar panels and little windmills on electric cars? Seems like that would solve the problem.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 02:57 PM (o2zz+)
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Over 5,000 new "luxury apartments" have gone up within 5 miles of the Cave.of Diogenes. Just spent the last hour outside working the flower beds. 8 siren events in that hour.
New Regulations will likely require building and staffing a trauma center in new high-density housing projects.
New Regulations will likely require building and staffing a trauma center in new high-density housing projects.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 07, 2024 02:57 PM (iruKY)
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214 That's just to get the electricity to the Chargers. Add another $10 trillion to build enough bird-choppers and solar cookers to power those lines...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (ynpvh)
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They were going to use the San Diego Chargers, but they moved, so no luck.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:54 PM (YqDXo)
There's always the Sandy Eggo Pod Rays.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:50 PM (ynpvh)
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They were going to use the San Diego Chargers, but they moved, so no luck.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:54 PM (YqDXo)
There's always the Sandy Eggo Pod Rays.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 07, 2024 02:57 PM (ynpvh)
236
Nails are $50 a pop! Jesus Christ!
Posted by: Pontius Pilate
Si, senor.
Podria llamar a mi prima.
Posted by: Jesus
Posted by: Pontius Pilate
Si, senor.
Podria llamar a mi prima.
Posted by: Jesus
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2024 02:57 PM (n/S9s)
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227 Disney is losing their ass in all areas of their business. Where are they getting $17 bn from and what are they hoping comes from it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)
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They posted a loss last quarter, too!
But they still have lots of financing at favorable rates because giant corporation, not even bringing up their SEG scores or anything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)
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They posted a loss last quarter, too!
But they still have lots of financing at favorable rates because giant corporation, not even bringing up their SEG scores or anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 02:57 PM (GBKbO)
238
This isn't an argument! It's just contradiction!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (PiwSw)
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I'm contemporary arguer. New rules.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (PiwSw)
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I'm contemporary arguer. New rules.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:57 PM (d04cU)
239
Solar powered commercial airlners… or main battle tanks..
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 02:57 PM (PCK5/)
240
This brunette in a dress takes infrastructure fairly seriously because she understands that high-quality and reliable infrastructure is necessary for her to get to picturesque photo spots *and* to for her to upload pictures of herself to the internet:
http://tiny.cc/nyjgyz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
She's dancing for joy at my appearance.
http://tiny.cc/nyjgyz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
She's dancing for joy at my appearance.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 02:58 PM (v6JzV)
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@183 Add another $10 trillion to build enough bird-choppers and solar cookers to power those lines...
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And the final $10 trillion to build the diesel power generators needed to make sure that the electric chargers have an uninterrupted supply of electricity.
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And the final $10 trillion to build the diesel power generators needed to make sure that the electric chargers have an uninterrupted supply of electricity.
Posted by: junior at June 07, 2024 02:58 PM (TRmu9)
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According to my bottle of V8, it is "The Original Plant-Powered Drink."
I guess "vegetable juice" isn't hip enough anymore.
I guess "vegetable juice" isn't hip enough anymore.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (d04cU)
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Disney is losing their ass in all areas of their business. Where are they getting $17 bn from and what are they hoping comes from it?
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Blackrock, State Street and Vanguard. Its just other people's retirement money. OPM is the bestest money!
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Blackrock, State Street and Vanguard. Its just other people's retirement money. OPM is the bestest money!
Posted by: Pudinhead at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (pZ64F)
244
Ya wanna go in with a cannibal?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (ynpvh)
If this argument has me in it, then I'm out.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (ynpvh)
If this argument has me in it, then I'm out.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (o2zz+)
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This isn't an argument! It's just contradiction!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (PiwSw)
Contradiction diction, what's your restriction......
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (PiwSw)
Contradiction diction, what's your restriction......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (Zz0t1)
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233 Why cant we just put solar panels and little windmills on electric cars? Seems like that would solve the problem.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 02:57 PM (o2zz+)
Solar panel sails on cars and ships.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 02:57 PM (o2zz+)
Solar panel sails on cars and ships.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (ynpvh)
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Blackrock, State Street and Vanguard. Its just other people's retirement money. OPM is the bestest money!
OPP > OPM > Working at a real job
OPP > OPM > Working at a real job
Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (ibTVg)
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Solar farms in Michigan. Apple orchards in Fairbanks. Pie in the sky. Rainbows and lollipops. Higher taxes. 80,000 more IRS agents. Seven or eight EV charging stations. More bullshit. Trump's a tyrant. Shut up, they said. No more truth for you. You can't handle the truth.
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (rj6Yv)
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The local UCC (United Church in Christ, aka "communist social center" which should be called UCCPUSA) has its sermon this Sunday entitled "Do we want a king?" Doubtless an anti-Trump rant.
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (rj6Yv)
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The local UCC (United Church in Christ, aka "communist social center" which should be called UCCPUSA) has its sermon this Sunday entitled "Do we want a king?" Doubtless an anti-Trump rant.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (YqDXo)
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Nuke power for residential and commercial buildings… nah, crazy talk.
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:00 PM (PCK5/)
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I guess "vegetable juice" isn't hip enough anymore.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
Look, fat, the ladies love all 10cc's of my juice!
-- Joe Biden
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
Look, fat, the ladies love all 10cc's of my juice!
-- Joe Biden
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 03:00 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard at June 07, 2024 03:00 PM (6gW4D)
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Solar panel sails on cars and ships.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (ynpvh)
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And submarines!
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (ynpvh)
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And submarines!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 03:00 PM (YqDXo)
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Why cant we just put solar panels and little windmills on electric cars? Seems like that would solve the problem.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 02:57 PM (o2zz+)
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Numerous universities participate in a solar car race every couple of years or so. Those cars are neat, but lacking in certain amenities like air conditioning. Or cupholders.
Though they can do at least the speed limit in most locations...
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 02:57 PM (o2zz+)
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Numerous universities participate in a solar car race every couple of years or so. Those cars are neat, but lacking in certain amenities like air conditioning. Or cupholders.
Though they can do at least the speed limit in most locations...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2024 03:00 PM (7fElN)
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241 @183 Add another $10 trillion to build enough bird-choppers and solar cookers to power those lines...
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And the final $10 trillion to build the diesel power generators needed to make sure that the electric chargers have an uninterrupted supply of electricity.
Posted by: junior at June 07, 2024 02:58 PM (TRmu9)
Which won't get used as they would exceed CO2 emissions caps.
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And the final $10 trillion to build the diesel power generators needed to make sure that the electric chargers have an uninterrupted supply of electricity.
Posted by: junior at June 07, 2024 02:58 PM (TRmu9)
Which won't get used as they would exceed CO2 emissions caps.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:01 PM (ynpvh)
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AM talk radio was pointing out this morning that in the jobs report there were over 40,000 government jobs "created". Absolutely no jobs were created because the government doesn't create anything, they take money from taxpayers and funnel it to someone else.
Furthermore, those "jobs" come with lifelong defined benefit pensions and benefits decades after the bureaucrat stops "working".
Furthermore, those "jobs" come with lifelong defined benefit pensions and benefits decades after the bureaucrat stops "working".
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 07, 2024 03:01 PM (iruKY)
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238 This isn't an argument! It's just contradiction!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (PiwSw)
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I'm contemporary arguer. New rules.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:57 PM (d04cU)
Oh Joe!
https://youtu.be/ohDB5gbtaEQ?t=36
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (PiwSw)
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I'm contemporary arguer. New rules.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:57 PM (d04cU)
Oh Joe!
https://youtu.be/ohDB5gbtaEQ?t=36
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 07, 2024 03:01 PM (PiwSw)
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The local UCC (United Church in Christ, aka "communist social center" which should be called UCCPUSA) has its sermon this Sunday entitled "Do we want a king?" Doubtless an anti-Trump rant.
One of the greatest things about the left is that in one breathe they'll accuse you of being a NAZI or wanting a king and then in the next breathe say that if you don't want to live in a totalitarian country you should move to Somalia...
The local UCC (United Church in Christ, aka "communist social center" which should be called UCCPUSA) has its sermon this Sunday entitled "Do we want a king?" Doubtless an anti-Trump rant.
One of the greatest things about the left is that in one breathe they'll accuse you of being a NAZI or wanting a king and then in the next breathe say that if you don't want to live in a totalitarian country you should move to Somalia...
Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at June 07, 2024 03:01 PM (ibTVg)
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Just started watching The Boys on Amazon.
Pretty good so far.
I heard it was good for a season or two but then the characters just all start screaming about Bad Orange Man and bad white Christians.
Pretty good so far.
I heard it was good for a season or two but then the characters just all start screaming about Bad Orange Man and bad white Christians.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 07, 2024 03:01 PM (vF+PA)
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We know damn well that we get NOTHING for our "infrastructure spending," until a bridge actually collapses, and then they spend like crazy to rebuild the bridge at a furious and unsafe speed.
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"Look fat, I'm gonna build an intercontinental bridge to India that I can ride a train on for another million miles with stops at every 7-Eleven over there! And we can turn import tens of millions more 7-Eleven store clerks here ..."
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"Look fat, I'm gonna build an intercontinental bridge to India that I can ride a train on for another million miles with stops at every 7-Eleven over there! And we can turn import tens of millions more 7-Eleven store clerks here ..."
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Mean Tweets Great Again! at June 07, 2024 03:01 PM (53mGS)
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The local UCC (United Church in Christ, aka "communist social center" which should be called UCCPUSA) has its sermon this Sunday entitled "Do we want a king?" Doubtless an anti-Trump rant.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (YqDXo)
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Maybe they'll surprise you and acknowledge Christ as King....
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (YqDXo)
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Maybe they'll surprise you and acknowledge Christ as King....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (7fElN)
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248 Solar farms in Michigan. Apple orchards in Fairbanks. Pie in the sky. Rainbows and lollipops. Higher taxes. 80,000 more IRS agents. Seven or eight EV charging stations. More bullshit. Trump's a tyrant. Shut up, they said. No more truth for you. You can't handle the truth.
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (rj6Yv)
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The local UCC (United Church in Christ, aka "communist social center" which should be called UCCPUSA) has its sermon this Sunday entitled "Do we want a king?" Doubtless an anti-Trump rant.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (YqDXo)
Sounds like they'd be happy with a queen. Two snaps, way up!
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (rj6Yv)
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The local UCC (United Church in Christ, aka "communist social center" which should be called UCCPUSA) has its sermon this Sunday entitled "Do we want a king?" Doubtless an anti-Trump rant.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (YqDXo)
Sounds like they'd be happy with a queen. Two snaps, way up!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (ynpvh)
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I haven't seen any dumbass signs like Obama's "Redistribution Act" in 2009.
I consider that a big plus. But not holding my breath.
I consider that a big plus. But not holding my breath.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (TJlGq)
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And the final $10 trillion to build the diesel power generators needed to make sure that the electric chargers have an uninterrupted supply of electricity.
And another $50 trillion to build refineries and distribution infrastructure to service those diesel power generators
And another $50 trillion to build refineries and distribution infrastructure to service those diesel power generators
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (iruKY)
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That's just to get the electricity to the Chargers. Add another $10 trillion to build enough bird-choppers and solar cookers to power those lines...
Posted by: jim
I have a friend who is all in on solar and ev's. I keep laughing at him when he pushes it. Lastest is the meme about telling me to turn up my ac while you are supposed to charge your ev.
He's pissed about so many people moving into Texas. I told him to pick one. I don't care which, but you can't have both.
More people or 310 million ev's. They grid won't support both. Either we ditch ev's or we get rid of 100 million people.
I'm good with either.
Posted by: jim
I have a friend who is all in on solar and ev's. I keep laughing at him when he pushes it. Lastest is the meme about telling me to turn up my ac while you are supposed to charge your ev.
He's pissed about so many people moving into Texas. I told him to pick one. I don't care which, but you can't have both.
More people or 310 million ev's. They grid won't support both. Either we ditch ev's or we get rid of 100 million people.
I'm good with either.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (n/S9s)
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One of Biden's most touted campaign initiatives was to "rebuild our crumbling roads, bridges and ports," a line he has repeated ad nauseam, including when he introduced former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg to be his Transportation Secretary.
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Hey, "Fix the Damn Roads" was a winning slogan in Michigan, too. And now that re-election is coming up, Witchmer might get around to doing some of that.
She has finally got over the disappointment of not being able to shut down the state again, which was too interesting to worry about roads.
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Hey, "Fix the Damn Roads" was a winning slogan in Michigan, too. And now that re-election is coming up, Witchmer might get around to doing some of that.
She has finally got over the disappointment of not being able to shut down the state again, which was too interesting to worry about roads.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (krQz2)
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And the final $10 trillion to build the diesel power generators needed to make sure that the electric chargers have an uninterrupted supply of electricity.
Posted by: junior at June 07, 2024 02:58 PM (TRmu9)
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You forgot the cost of putting CO2 catchers on each of those diesel power generators. That'll be another $10 trillion.
Posted by: junior at June 07, 2024 02:58 PM (TRmu9)
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You forgot the cost of putting CO2 catchers on each of those diesel power generators. That'll be another $10 trillion.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (YqDXo)
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Marmots are cute.
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (DRSnL)
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Disney is losing their ass in all areas of their business. Where are they getting $17 bn from and what are they hoping comes from it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)
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Disney has massive cashflows, a gigantic balance sheet, a huge asset base and a significant shares treasury.
They can borrow it (bonds) against cashflows or assets, it can sell some assets (it wants out of traditional TV, for example, and has toyed with selling off ABC), it can disgorge shares from its treasury back onto the market (dilutes some value, but it can do it), etc.
Disney is a poorly run and unhealthy company helmed by malevolent idiots, but it has direct access to capital markets and blue chip status. There is a *lot* of ruin left in Disney. And since this announced outlay is for the highest-performing part of the enterprise ("Experiences," which includes the cash-cow parks that need rejuvenation and improvement), they will find plenty of bids for the bonds.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)
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Disney has massive cashflows, a gigantic balance sheet, a huge asset base and a significant shares treasury.
They can borrow it (bonds) against cashflows or assets, it can sell some assets (it wants out of traditional TV, for example, and has toyed with selling off ABC), it can disgorge shares from its treasury back onto the market (dilutes some value, but it can do it), etc.
Disney is a poorly run and unhealthy company helmed by malevolent idiots, but it has direct access to capital markets and blue chip status. There is a *lot* of ruin left in Disney. And since this announced outlay is for the highest-performing part of the enterprise ("Experiences," which includes the cash-cow parks that need rejuvenation and improvement), they will find plenty of bids for the bonds.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (d04cU)
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252 Solar panel sails on cars and ships.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (ynpvh)
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And submarines!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 03:00 PM (YqDXo)
Gotta have then screen doors to use the inside of the sub for solar collection...or make 'em outta plexiglass...
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (ynpvh)
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And submarines!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 03:00 PM (YqDXo)
Gotta have then screen doors to use the inside of the sub for solar collection...or make 'em outta plexiglass...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (ynpvh)
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http://tiny.cc/nyjgyz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (d04cU)
I think my phone is broke. No matter how much I tilt it I still can't peak up her dress.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (d04cU)
I think my phone is broke. No matter how much I tilt it I still can't peak up her dress.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2024 03:03 PM (1Yy3c)
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Oh Joe!
https://youtu.be/ohDB5gbtaEQ?t=36
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 07, 2024 03:01 PM (PiwSw)
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Oh, I know. I am fully familiar with the skit. I was just being a jerk.
https://youtu.be/ohDB5gbtaEQ?t=36
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 07, 2024 03:01 PM (PiwSw)
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Oh, I know. I am fully familiar with the skit. I was just being a jerk.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:03 PM (d04cU)
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267 Marmots are cute.
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (DRSnL)
Scratch the furry bellies… get plague.
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (DRSnL)
Scratch the furry bellies… get plague.
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:03 PM (PCK5/)
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Marmots are cute.
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (DRSnL)
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I read this as, "Mormons are cute" and found myself thinking, "are they cuter the wider population on average? How would that be determined?"
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (DRSnL)
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I read this as, "Mormons are cute" and found myself thinking, "are they cuter the wider population on average? How would that be determined?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:04 PM (d04cU)
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Sounds like they'd be happy with a queen. Two snaps, way up!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (ynpvh)
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"I'm tanned, rested, and ready!" - Pete Buttigieg
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (ynpvh)
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"I'm tanned, rested, and ready!" - Pete Buttigieg
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 03:04 PM (YqDXo)
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Monica Noreen would like you to know she has set up a Go Fund Me page for new car tail lights and that she is looking forward to using the new bridge in Las Cruces.
https://tinyurl.com/4eca37ew
https://tinyurl.com/4eca37ew
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 03:04 PM (7Os14)
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268 Disney is a poorly run and unhealthy company helmed by malevolent idiots, but it has direct access to capital markets and blue chip status. There is a *lot* of ruin left in Disney. And since this announced outlay is for the highest-performing part of the enterprise ("Experiences," which includes the cash-cow parks that need rejuvenation and improvement), they will find plenty of bids for the bonds.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (d04cU)
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Disney is a cruise line supporting a streaming service, as I like to say.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (d04cU)
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Disney is a cruise line supporting a streaming service, as I like to say.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:04 PM (GBKbO)
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So we can expect the remaining 499,993 stations by the year 50,2020, sometime near the death of our sun, I take it.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 03:04 PM (krQz2)
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I read this as, "Mormons are cute" and found myself thinking, "are they cuter the wider population on average? How would that be determined?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
Mormon missionary chicks are cute.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
Mormon missionary chicks are cute.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 03:05 PM (v6JzV)
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252 Solar panel sails on cars and ships.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (ynpvh)
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TBF, there are solar-powered catamarans. They have lots of flat surfaces for solar panels because of their wide beam and generally flat construction. They have an effective range of "unlimited" because even on cloudy days they can charge and use less power...
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (ynpvh)
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TBF, there are solar-powered catamarans. They have lots of flat surfaces for solar panels because of their wide beam and generally flat construction. They have an effective range of "unlimited" because even on cloudy days they can charge and use less power...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2024 03:05 PM (7fElN)
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273 Marmots are cute.
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (DRSnL)
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I read this as, "Mormons are cute" and found myself thinking, "are they cuter the wider population on average? How would that be determined?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:04 PM (d04cU)
Do they like their bellies scratched too??
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (DRSnL)
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I read this as, "Mormons are cute" and found myself thinking, "are they cuter the wider population on average? How would that be determined?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:04 PM (d04cU)
Do they like their bellies scratched too??
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:05 PM (PCK5/)
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Disney is losing their ass in all areas of their business. Where are they getting $17 bn from and what are they hoping comes from it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)
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They can raise that amount in about 15 minutes. Bonds, stock sales, regular borrowing, capital markets, etc.
And the money is targeted at expanding and upgrading their main physical parks -- the only part of the business making real money -- so it might actually provide returns on the investment.
We hate the company here. But its still a major corporate and capital player and can raise money at will.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 07, 2024 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)
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They can raise that amount in about 15 minutes. Bonds, stock sales, regular borrowing, capital markets, etc.
And the money is targeted at expanding and upgrading their main physical parks -- the only part of the business making real money -- so it might actually provide returns on the investment.
We hate the company here. But its still a major corporate and capital player and can raise money at will.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:06 PM (iFTx/)
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According to my bottle of V8, it is "The Original Plant-Powered Drink."
Pretty sure that would be wine.
Pretty sure that would be wine.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 07, 2024 03:06 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Since the 70s, women no longer outlive men. Thanks feminism! at June 07, 2024 03:06 PM (23ZaS)
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They just need to install wind turbines with fans behind them in case there's no wind.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 03:06 PM (YqDXo)
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Disney is a cruise line supporting a streaming service, as I like to say.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:04 PM (GBKbO)
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Yup. Cruise line and resort chain. They carry the whole business on the back of the "experiences" division. ESPN used to be a major cash cow, but that's under major pressure. The movie studios are nothing but a capital sink now. D+ is a YUGE capital sink. Hulu is nominally profitable, but it's probably small potatoes in the grand scheme of things. ABC just wanders along as a low-value division, too.
Disney is parks and cruises shoveling cash into numerous loosely-affiliated furnaces.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:04 PM (GBKbO)
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Yup. Cruise line and resort chain. They carry the whole business on the back of the "experiences" division. ESPN used to be a major cash cow, but that's under major pressure. The movie studios are nothing but a capital sink now. D+ is a YUGE capital sink. Hulu is nominally profitable, but it's probably small potatoes in the grand scheme of things. ABC just wanders along as a low-value division, too.
Disney is parks and cruises shoveling cash into numerous loosely-affiliated furnaces.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:06 PM (d04cU)
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Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 02:59 PM (YqDXo)
I almost never put my sermon titles on the sign outside which is very old, and the letters for it are not good, and I'm not good in thinking of titles sometimes. I am preaching on 2nd Corinthians 4:7-15 and the sermon has nothing to do with Biden or Trump.
I almost never put my sermon titles on the sign outside which is very old, and the letters for it are not good, and I'm not good in thinking of titles sometimes. I am preaching on 2nd Corinthians 4:7-15 and the sermon has nothing to do with Biden or Trump.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:07 PM (XkYcA)
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Do they like their bellies scratched too??
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:05 PM (PCK5/)
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I'm sure. Does anyone not?
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:05 PM (PCK5/)
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I'm sure. Does anyone not?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:07 PM (d04cU)
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If this has become the Disney Thread, Moose out front better tell Ace.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 07, 2024 03:08 PM (T+Iwg)
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I just want the US gov't to finish up I-29 through Sioux City. That project has been going for two decades now, and it's less than ten miles.
Posted by: pookysgirl would like to know who got rich off of it at June 07, 2024 02:33 PM (dtlDP)
Hello sailor...
Posted by: pookysgirl would like to know who got rich off of it at June 07, 2024 02:33 PM (dtlDP)
Hello sailor...
Posted by: The 405/101 intersection in Los Angeles at June 07, 2024 03:08 PM (n+4am)
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Do they like their bellies scratched too??
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:05 PM (PCK5/)
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I'm sure. Does anyone not?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
Are cats included in this survey?
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:05 PM (PCK5/)
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I'm sure. Does anyone not?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
Are cats included in this survey?
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 03:08 PM (7Os14)
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My favorite wind turbine story: The wind turbines in Canada which drew power out of the grid because wind turbine batteries need to be kept at a certain temperature.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:08 PM (tT6L1)
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275 Monica Noreen would like you to know she has set up a Go Fund Me page for new car tail lights and that she is looking forward to using the new bridge in Las Cruces.
https://tinyurl.com/4eca37ew
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 03:04 PM (7Os14)
Hoo-wee! 5'1" and 160 lbs. Shorter 'n heavier than I am. LOL
https://tinyurl.com/4eca37ew
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 03:04 PM (7Os14)
Hoo-wee! 5'1" and 160 lbs. Shorter 'n heavier than I am. LOL
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:08 PM (ynpvh)
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olar farms in Michigan. Apple orchards in Fairbanks. Pie in the sky. Rainbows and lollipops. Higher taxes. 80,000 more IRS agents. Seven or eight EV charging stations. More bullshit. Trump's a tyrant. Shut up, they said. No more truth for you. You can't handle the truth.
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (rj6Yv)
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Stay away from our precious democratic institutions!
Posted by: mrp at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (rj6Yv)
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Stay away from our precious democratic institutions!
Posted by: Admiral So McRavin' at June 07, 2024 03:08 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Penguins of the World at June 07, 2024 03:09 PM (uPqZl)
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280 273 Marmots are cute.
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (DRSnL)
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I read this as, "Mormons are cute" and found myself thinking, "are they cuter the wider population on average? How would that be determined?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:04 PM (d04cU)
Do they like their bellies scratched too??
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:05 PM (PCK5/)
Something about soaking...
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 07, 2024 03:02 PM (DRSnL)
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I read this as, "Mormons are cute" and found myself thinking, "are they cuter the wider population on average? How would that be determined?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:04 PM (d04cU)
Do they like their bellies scratched too??
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:05 PM (PCK5/)
Something about soaking...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:09 PM (ynpvh)
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Blanket apology.
Since the start of the Biden administration my comments have been a variation of:
"That's bullshit."
"This is bullshit."
"WTF believes this bullshit?"
"This gaslighting is absolute bullshit."
"Kamala Harris is a whore."
I'll try and do better.
Since the start of the Biden administration my comments have been a variation of:
"That's bullshit."
"This is bullshit."
"WTF believes this bullshit?"
"This gaslighting is absolute bullshit."
"Kamala Harris is a whore."
I'll try and do better.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 07, 2024 03:09 PM (JeYYB)
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I almost never put my sermon titles on the sign outside which is very old, and the letters for it are not good, and I'm not good in thinking of titles sometimes. I am preaching on 2nd Corinthians 4:7-15 and the sermon has nothing to do with Biden or Trump.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Your Methodist, right? Here's a suggested title: "Tuna Casserole -- Mayonnaise or Mushroom Soup? A Biblical Perspective."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Your Methodist, right? Here's a suggested title: "Tuna Casserole -- Mayonnaise or Mushroom Soup? A Biblical Perspective."
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 03:09 PM (v6JzV)
298
Disney is parks and cruises shoveling cash into numerous loosely-affiliated furnaces.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:06 PM (d04cU)
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Correct. But the movie and story IP is leveraged by the parks and cruises. The parks and cruises wouldn't be as popular as they are without IP support from the movie side.
And while the movie side is currently struggling, they have multi-billion IP sequels in the works (Frozen 3, etc) that will probably do a lot to juice that part of the business.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:06 PM (d04cU)
____________
Correct. But the movie and story IP is leveraged by the parks and cruises. The parks and cruises wouldn't be as popular as they are without IP support from the movie side.
And while the movie side is currently struggling, they have multi-billion IP sequels in the works (Frozen 3, etc) that will probably do a lot to juice that part of the business.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:10 PM (iFTx/)
299
Buttigieg maintained that the administration's goal was still to produce 500,000 chargers by 2030.
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So they're going to do f-all until June 2029, then build chargers like crazy for the last six months.
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So they're going to do f-all until June 2029, then build chargers like crazy for the last six months.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 03:10 PM (YqDXo)
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Hello sailor...
Posted by: The 405/101 intersection in Los Angeles at June 07, 2024 03:08 PM (n+4am)
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Hey, that's been finished for a while, However, because it's overloaded, it needs to be rebuilt again.
Hello sailor...
Posted by: The 405/101 intersection in Los Angeles at June 07, 2024 03:08 PM (n+4am)
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Hey, that's been finished for a while, However, because it's overloaded, it needs to be rebuilt again.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:10 PM (tT6L1)
301
Look, they're having Being Hit on the Head lessons over here.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 07, 2024 03:10 PM (4X2LN)
302
I just want the US gov't to finish up I-29 through Sioux City. That project has been going for two decades now, and it's less than ten miles.
Posted by: pookysgirl would like to know who got rich off of it at June 07, 2024 02:33 PM (dtlDP)
(whispers)
money
laundering
It became clear to me when I had to do business in a rural county in western NC a few years ago. A 15-20 mile stretch of road I had to drive daily with multiple bridges, businesses, etc was stripped, repaved, and repainted in less than a month.
Posted by: pookysgirl would like to know who got rich off of it at June 07, 2024 02:33 PM (dtlDP)
(whispers)
money
laundering
It became clear to me when I had to do business in a rural county in western NC a few years ago. A 15-20 mile stretch of road I had to drive daily with multiple bridges, businesses, etc was stripped, repaved, and repainted in less than a month.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Since the 70s, women no longer outlive men. Thanks feminism! at June 07, 2024 03:10 PM (23ZaS)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 07, 2024 03:10 PM (TJlGq)
304
I think Joe's woman must be near by with the breezy nice day hete
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2024 03:11 PM (fwDg9)
305
This "success" is right up there with Bidenomics
Posted by: It's me donna at June 07, 2024 03:11 PM (Akjoo)
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298 Correct. But the movie and story IP is leveraged by the parks and cruises. The parks and cruises wouldn't be as popular as they are without IP support from the movie side.
And while the movie side is currently struggling, they have multi-billion IP sequels in the works (Frozen 3, etc) that will probably do a lot to juice that part of the business.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:10 PM (iFTx/)
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They're likely to have the two biggest movies of the summer in Deadpool vs. Wolverine and Inside Out 2.
However, those gains will be wiped out by Disney+ existing.
Also, the manifestations of their popular stuff are getting watered down to nothing in the parks, like the exclusion of the VooDoo stuff from the Tiana ride.
And while the movie side is currently struggling, they have multi-billion IP sequels in the works (Frozen 3, etc) that will probably do a lot to juice that part of the business.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:10 PM (iFTx/)
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They're likely to have the two biggest movies of the summer in Deadpool vs. Wolverine and Inside Out 2.
However, those gains will be wiped out by Disney+ existing.
Also, the manifestations of their popular stuff are getting watered down to nothing in the parks, like the exclusion of the VooDoo stuff from the Tiana ride.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Sid, Paul, & Scogg at June 07, 2024 03:12 PM (uPqZl)
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Two words: Drag. Queen. Storyhour.
Posted by: BurtTC
Ummmmmm
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal
Well, the phrase identifies as non-binary.
Posted by: BurtTC
Ummmmmm
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal
Well, the phrase identifies as non-binary.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 03:12 PM (v6JzV)
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306
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Also, the manifestations of their popular stuff are getting watered down to nothing in the parks, like the exclusion of the VooDoo stuff from the Tiana ride.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
How much is the Tiana ride? $20, same as in town?
...
Also, the manifestations of their popular stuff are getting watered down to nothing in the parks, like the exclusion of the VooDoo stuff from the Tiana ride.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
How much is the Tiana ride? $20, same as in town?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:12 PM (ynpvh)
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Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 03:09 PM (v6JzV)
That must be an apocryphal book of the Bible.
That must be an apocryphal book of the Bible.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:12 PM (XkYcA)
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Buttigieg maintained that the administration's goal was still to produce 500,000 chargers by 2030.
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So they're going to do f-all until June 2029, then build chargers like crazy for the last six months.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
The GOAL is 500,000 chargers by 2030. My prediction is in 2030 a study will be conducted why only 10 were built, how much was learned from this project, and how these lessons will be applied to future projects.
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So they're going to do f-all until June 2029, then build chargers like crazy for the last six months.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
The GOAL is 500,000 chargers by 2030. My prediction is in 2030 a study will be conducted why only 10 were built, how much was learned from this project, and how these lessons will be applied to future projects.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 03:12 PM (7Os14)
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Two words: Drag. Queen. Storyhour.
Posted by: BurtTC
Ummmmmm
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 07, 2024 03:10 PM (TJlGq)
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I agree. Very suss.
Posted by: BurtTC
Ummmmmm
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 07, 2024 03:10 PM (TJlGq)
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I agree. Very suss.
Posted by: Lord Fowler at June 07, 2024 03:13 PM (krQz2)
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310 Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 03:09 PM (v6JzV)
That must be an apocryphal book of the Bible.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:12 PM (XkYcA)
Book of Jonah...
That must be an apocryphal book of the Bible.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:12 PM (XkYcA)
Book of Jonah...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:13 PM (ynpvh)
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Correct. But the movie and story IP is leveraged by the parks and cruises. The parks and cruises wouldn't be as popular as they are without IP support from the movie side.
And while the movie side is currently struggling, they have multi-billion IP sequels in the works (Frozen 3, etc) that will probably do a lot to juice that part of the business.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:10 PM (iFTx/)
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This is a monumental risk to the Experiences division. A lot of Disney IPs aren't "sagging," they're deader than disco. Frozen 3 will do well. Deadpool and Wolverine will probably do well, but it will likely be the last gasp of the franchise.
Disney *needs* IP success to feed into the "experiences" 5-10 years down the line, and they don't have any IP success to speak of. If they don't turn around the studios and get good product out there soon, it's going to be a serious problem for the primary profit-making division.
But that is a problem at least 5 and possibly 10 years out. The decline of "experiences" in the Disney IP vacuum will be assessed as an independent problem, and blamed on Iger's successor (or that guy's successor).
Nice gig, if you can get it.
And while the movie side is currently struggling, they have multi-billion IP sequels in the works (Frozen 3, etc) that will probably do a lot to juice that part of the business.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:10 PM (iFTx/)
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This is a monumental risk to the Experiences division. A lot of Disney IPs aren't "sagging," they're deader than disco. Frozen 3 will do well. Deadpool and Wolverine will probably do well, but it will likely be the last gasp of the franchise.
Disney *needs* IP success to feed into the "experiences" 5-10 years down the line, and they don't have any IP success to speak of. If they don't turn around the studios and get good product out there soon, it's going to be a serious problem for the primary profit-making division.
But that is a problem at least 5 and possibly 10 years out. The decline of "experiences" in the Disney IP vacuum will be assessed as an independent problem, and blamed on Iger's successor (or that guy's successor).
Nice gig, if you can get it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:13 PM (d04cU)
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311 The GOAL is 500,000 chargers by 2030. My prediction is in 2030 a study will be conducted why only 10 were built, how much was learned from this project, and how these lessons will be applied to future projects.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 03:12 PM (7Os14)
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Followed by another $10 billion hidden in another omnibus bill to continue the project.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 03:12 PM (7Os14)
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Followed by another $10 billion hidden in another omnibus bill to continue the project.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:13 PM (GBKbO)
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>>>77 Beware of some serious wokitude with The Boys I think.
I agree, people say it "hits both sides" but it doesn't. It knocks the right for all the left's tropes about the right. But when it comes to the left, it doesn't mock wokeness -- it only mocks corporations for *insincerely* pandering to wokeness. But the show shows no signs of actually finding any fault with wokeness or the left.
I agree, people say it "hits both sides" but it doesn't. It knocks the right for all the left's tropes about the right. But when it comes to the left, it doesn't mock wokeness -- it only mocks corporations for *insincerely* pandering to wokeness. But the show shows no signs of actually finding any fault with wokeness or the left.
Posted by: ace at June 07, 2024 03:13 PM (KRtlO)
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Supposedly, the long anticipated I-11 corridor, Phoenix to Las Vegas will start any day, now. It's only been on the books for 20 years or so.
Meanwhile, the existing road between Phoenix and LV is horrendous.
Meanwhile, the existing road between Phoenix and LV is horrendous.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (tT6L1)
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They're likely to have the two biggest movies of the summer in Deadpool vs. Wolverine and Inside Out 2.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
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The Deadpool cruise is going to be LIT!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
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The Deadpool cruise is going to be LIT!
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (krQz2)
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Book of Jonah...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
The one where the prophet argues with God about whether a hot dog is a sandwich?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
The one where the prophet argues with God about whether a hot dog is a sandwich?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (v6JzV)
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318 They're likely to have the two biggest movies of the summer in Deadpool vs. Wolverine and Inside Out 2.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
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The Deadpool cruise is going to be LIT!
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (krQz2)
LOL.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
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The Deadpool cruise is going to be LIT!
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (krQz2)
LOL.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (ynpvh)
321
They just need to install wind turbines with fans behind them in case there's no wind.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 03:06 PM (YqDXo)
Brilliant. Call Starkist in the morning.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 03:06 PM (YqDXo)
Brilliant. Call Starkist in the morning.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (o2zz+)
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318 They're likely to have the two biggest movies of the summer in Deadpool vs. Wolverine and Inside Out 2.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
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The Deadpool cruise is going to be LIT!
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (krQz2)
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Since Disney is obviously moving away from appeasing children to appeasing adult children, I'd call the Disney Deadpool cruise to be likely within the next 10 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
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The Deadpool cruise is going to be LIT!
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (krQz2)
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Since Disney is obviously moving away from appeasing children to appeasing adult children, I'd call the Disney Deadpool cruise to be likely within the next 10 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (GBKbO)
323
"Tuna Casserole -- Mayonnaise or Mushroom Soup?
We have a luncheon once a month. I've never seen Tuna casserole. The Wesleyan Methodists may serve that. When it was warmer we had chili and soups.
We have a luncheon once a month. I've never seen Tuna casserole. The Wesleyan Methodists may serve that. When it was warmer we had chili and soups.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (XkYcA)
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319 Book of Jonah...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
The one where the prophet argues with God about whether a hot dog is a sandwich?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (v6JzV)
Jonah has a unique perspective on large fish.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
The one where the prophet argues with God about whether a hot dog is a sandwich?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (v6JzV)
Jonah has a unique perspective on large fish.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (ynpvh)
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I almost never put my sermon titles on the sign outside which is very old, and the letters for it are not good, and I'm not good in thinking of titles sometimes. I am preaching on 2nd Corinthians 4:7-15 and the sermon has nothing to do with Biden or Trump.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:07 PM (XkYcA)
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This UCC church was the one that ran a daycare facility that we were considering for our toddlers (at the time) until they told us that some of the kids there had AIDS, was that OK?
Uh ... no. Not just "no," but "hell no."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:07 PM (XkYcA)
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This UCC church was the one that ran a daycare facility that we were considering for our toddlers (at the time) until they told us that some of the kids there had AIDS, was that OK?
Uh ... no. Not just "no," but "hell no."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (YqDXo)
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The GOAL is 500,000 chargers by 2030. My prediction is in 2030 a study will be conducted why only 10 were built, how much was learned from this project, and how these lessons will be applied to future projects.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 03:12 PM (7Os14)
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Followed by another $10 billion hidden in another omnibus bill to continue the project.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
At some point, you've stolen enough public money.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 03:12 PM (7Os14)
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Followed by another $10 billion hidden in another omnibus bill to continue the project.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
At some point, you've stolen enough public money.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (n/S9s)
327
They're likely to have the two biggest movies of the summer in Deadpool vs. Wolverine and Inside Out 2.
However, those gains will be wiped out by Disney+ existing.
Also, the manifestations of their popular stuff are getting watered down to nothing in the parks, like the exclusion of the VooDoo stuff from the Tiana ride.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
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I don't disagree but I'll bet the new parks to be built under this plan are more from the Universal and Islands of Adventure models: bigger rides and roller coasters aimed at older kids and adults. There's only so much milking and fleecing they can do to parents with little kids in the Magic Kingdom section.
They're likely to have the two biggest movies of the summer in Deadpool vs. Wolverine and Inside Out 2.
However, those gains will be wiped out by Disney+ existing.
Also, the manifestations of their popular stuff are getting watered down to nothing in the parks, like the exclusion of the VooDoo stuff from the Tiana ride.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
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I don't disagree but I'll bet the new parks to be built under this plan are more from the Universal and Islands of Adventure models: bigger rides and roller coasters aimed at older kids and adults. There's only so much milking and fleecing they can do to parents with little kids in the Magic Kingdom section.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (iFTx/)
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323 "Tuna Casserole -- Mayonnaise or Mushroom Soup?
We have a luncheon once a month. I've never seen Tuna casserole. The Wesleyan Methodists may serve that. When it was warmer we had chili and soups.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (XkYcA)
The warmer it is, the more mayo, right?
We have a luncheon once a month. I've never seen Tuna casserole. The Wesleyan Methodists may serve that. When it was warmer we had chili and soups.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (XkYcA)
The warmer it is, the more mayo, right?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (ynpvh)
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Hello sailor...
Posted by: The 405/101 intersection in Los Angeles at June 07, 2024 03:08 PM (n+4am)
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I had a tire blow out in the middle of that interchange. Had to drive about 1/4 mile before there was a shoulder to pull off the freeway. Fortunately, it was a rear tire.
Posted by: The 405/101 intersection in Los Angeles at June 07, 2024 03:08 PM (n+4am)
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I had a tire blow out in the middle of that interchange. Had to drive about 1/4 mile before there was a shoulder to pull off the freeway. Fortunately, it was a rear tire.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (mUnoX)
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Is Deadpool based on a comic book… excuse me, “ graphic novel”?
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (PCK5/)
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330 Is Deadpool based on a comic book… excuse me, “ graphic novel”?
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (PCK5/)
Comic Book Character is also acceptable.
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (PCK5/)
Comic Book Character is also acceptable.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (ynpvh)
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327 I don't disagree but I'll bet the new parks to be built under this plan are more from the Universal and Islands of Adventure models: bigger rides and roller coasters aimed at older kids and adults. There's only so much milking and fleecing they can do to parents with little kids in the Magic Kingdom section.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (iFTx/)
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This makes me realize that I haven't read a thing about the Disney expansion other than it happening.
I'd guess you were right about moving it towards more thrill based attractions designed for older audiences.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (iFTx/)
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This makes me realize that I haven't read a thing about the Disney expansion other than it happening.
I'd guess you were right about moving it towards more thrill based attractions designed for older audiences.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (GBKbO)
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Meanwhile, the existing road between Phoenix and LV is horrendous.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (tT6L1)
Because we need more lite-rail!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (tT6L1)
Because we need more lite-rail!
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (o2zz+)
334
Book of Jonah...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:13 PM
Many can't stomach that.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:13 PM
Many can't stomach that.
Posted by: The Whale at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (uPqZl)
335
330 Is Deadpool based on a comic book… excuse me, “ graphic novel”?
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (PCK5/)
Deadpool is really twisted.. Never really got into it
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (PCK5/)
Deadpool is really twisted.. Never really got into it
Posted by: It's me donna at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (Akjoo)
336
333 Meanwhile, the existing road between Phoenix and LV is horrendous.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (tT6L1)
Because we need more lite-rail!
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (o2zz+)
High Speed is the ticket--Gavin N.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:14 PM (tT6L1)
Because we need more lite-rail!
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (o2zz+)
High Speed is the ticket--Gavin N.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (ynpvh)
337
Is Deadpool based on a comic book… excuse me, “ graphic novel”?
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (PCK5/)
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No. It's okay. Deadpool goes back to the age of comics.
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (PCK5/)
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No. It's okay. Deadpool goes back to the age of comics.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (krQz2)
338
Deadpool versus Wolverine looks a hoot. Two characters who can't die keep trying to kill each other in amusing ways. What's not to like?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (tT6L1)
339
Speaking of misused Federal money...
The Federal government gave billions to school districts for COVID mitigation.
Many of them, such as Duval County (FL) Public Schools, used those funds to augment their budgets.
Now the money is done, and school districts have huge deficits.
I understand if your gut reaction is, "Good!" but please stop and think for a moment. The most vulnerable students in need of education rely on public schools. Our society depends on its citizens being well-educated and taught to be good citizens.
I don't know how many Morons and 'Ettes are public school teachers. Perhaps I'm the only one. I do NOT belong to the teacher union, and I keep politics out of my classroom--although I do demand that my students explain the evidence for their positions!
I am blessed to teach for a non-Woke principal; I couldn't stay at a school at which I was forced to bend the knee.
I am grateful that Ron DeSantis is our governor.
The Federal government gave billions to school districts for COVID mitigation.
Many of them, such as Duval County (FL) Public Schools, used those funds to augment their budgets.
Now the money is done, and school districts have huge deficits.
I understand if your gut reaction is, "Good!" but please stop and think for a moment. The most vulnerable students in need of education rely on public schools. Our society depends on its citizens being well-educated and taught to be good citizens.
I don't know how many Morons and 'Ettes are public school teachers. Perhaps I'm the only one. I do NOT belong to the teacher union, and I keep politics out of my classroom--although I do demand that my students explain the evidence for their positions!
I am blessed to teach for a non-Woke principal; I couldn't stay at a school at which I was forced to bend the knee.
I am grateful that Ron DeSantis is our governor.
Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (DBrq6)
340
Is Deadpool based on a comic book… excuse me, “ graphic novel”?
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (PCK5/)
I once read some doucherocket call comics "sequential art".
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (PCK5/)
I once read some doucherocket call comics "sequential art".
Posted by: spindrift at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (OguvZ)
341
338 Deadpool versus Wolverine looks a hoot. Two characters who can't die keep trying to kill each other in amusing ways. What's not to like?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (tT6L1)
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$5 says it's woke af.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (tT6L1)
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$5 says it's woke af.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (GBKbO)
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Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (ynpvh)
I don't know; I've never made tuna casserole. My husband sometimes mentions the delicious creamed tuna his mother made, but he doesn't know what was in it, so I've haven't tried and she's long been gone to a better place.
I don't know; I've never made tuna casserole. My husband sometimes mentions the delicious creamed tuna his mother made, but he doesn't know what was in it, so I've haven't tried and she's long been gone to a better place.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (XkYcA)
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We have a luncheon once a month. I've never seen Tuna casserole. The Wesleyan Methodists may serve that. When it was warmer we had chili and soups.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM
Wisconsinites love their Cream of Lutesfisk soup!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM
Wisconsinites love their Cream of Lutesfisk soup!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (uPqZl)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (FCbAQ)
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We have a luncheon once a month. I've never seen Tuna casserole. The Wesleyan Methodists may serve that. When it was warmer we had chili and soups.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (XkYcA)
But you have fruit cocktail jello right?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (XkYcA)
But you have fruit cocktail jello right?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (o2zz+)
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$5 says it's woke af.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (GBKbO)
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I happen to like fuck.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (GBKbO)
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I happen to like fuck.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 03:19 PM (krQz2)
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95 I can think of one shovel-ready job Biden's created: His personal pooper scooper.
Posted by: pookysgirl, thinking outside the Depends at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (dtlDP)
That's DOCTOR Jill to you.
And I doubt she was very expensive. Likely, as you all say here, "$20. Same as in town."
Posted by: pookysgirl, thinking outside the Depends at June 07, 2024 02:39 PM (dtlDP)
That's DOCTOR Jill to you.
And I doubt she was very expensive. Likely, as you all say here, "$20. Same as in town."
Posted by: Lady Who's Always Has a Burning Question at June 07, 2024 03:19 PM (JCLJi)
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338 Deadpool versus Wolverine looks a hoot. Two characters who can't die keep trying to kill each other in amusing ways. What's not to like?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (tT6L1)
I half-expect one or the other to get a circumcision multiple times...
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (tT6L1)
I half-expect one or the other to get a circumcision multiple times...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:19 PM (ynpvh)
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I don't disagree but I'll bet the new parks to be built under this plan are more from the Universal and Islands of Adventure models: bigger rides and roller coasters aimed at older kids and adults. There's only so much milking and fleecing they can do to parents with little kids in the Magic Kingdom section.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (iFTx/)
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This makes me realize that I haven't read a thing about the Disney expansion other than it happening.
I'd guess you were right about moving it towards more thrill based attractions designed for older audiences.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (GBKbO)
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It's part of a settlement/deal with FL and DeathSantis. Lotsa strings on that $16B. But as I read the plan, it's mostly for a new, standalone park which as I stated is almost certainly an adult-oriented park.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:15 PM (iFTx/)
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This makes me realize that I haven't read a thing about the Disney expansion other than it happening.
I'd guess you were right about moving it towards more thrill based attractions designed for older audiences.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:16 PM (GBKbO)
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It's part of a settlement/deal with FL and DeathSantis. Lotsa strings on that $16B. But as I read the plan, it's mostly for a new, standalone park which as I stated is almost certainly an adult-oriented park.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:19 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 07, 2024 03:19 PM (TJlGq)
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Since Disney is obviously moving away from appeasing children to appeasing adult children, I'd call the Disney Deadpool cruise to be likely within the next 10 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
They are moving to appease gays snd trans. It'll be a "ride the unicorn" cruise.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
They are moving to appease gays snd trans. It'll be a "ride the unicorn" cruise.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2024 03:19 PM (n/S9s)
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Tuna casserole, green bean casserole, scalloped potato casserole…
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:19 PM (PCK5/)
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Now the money is done, and school districts have huge deficits.
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Just get the lottery.
Wait, what?
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Just get the lottery.
Wait, what?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Since the 70s, women no longer outlive men. Thanks feminism! at June 07, 2024 03:19 PM (23ZaS)
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Disney *needs* IP success to feed into the "experiences" 5-10 years down the line, and they don't have any IP success to speak of. If they don't turn around the studios and get good product out there soon, it's going to be a serious problem for the primary profit-making division.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:13 PM (d04cU)
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I'm not trying to be an argumentative prick, but that kinda assumes facts not in evidence. They've been coasting on 50+ year old IP for the last 15-20 years with their "experiences."
They could just as easily say fuck it all to everything other than all the old classic shit and make money hand over fist well into the 2040's. However I'll stipulate that if they keep "updating" their "experiences" to reflect the newer IP, they'll lose their ass because the new IP sucks.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:13 PM (d04cU)
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I'm not trying to be an argumentative prick, but that kinda assumes facts not in evidence. They've been coasting on 50+ year old IP for the last 15-20 years with their "experiences."
They could just as easily say fuck it all to everything other than all the old classic shit and make money hand over fist well into the 2040's. However I'll stipulate that if they keep "updating" their "experiences" to reflect the newer IP, they'll lose their ass because the new IP sucks.
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (oqH4h)
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I don't know; I've never made tuna casserole. My husband sometimes mentions the delicious creamed tuna his mother made, but he doesn't know what was in it, so I've haven't tried and she's long been gone to a better place.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (XkYcA)
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I have the recipe for my Mom's Tuna Goop. It involves cream of mushroom soup, hard boiled egg slices and crushed potato chips.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (XkYcA)
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I have the recipe for my Mom's Tuna Goop. It involves cream of mushroom soup, hard boiled egg slices and crushed potato chips.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (mUnoX)
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FenSpoke, the commencement speaker at my high-school graduation was the new Methodist pastor who had recently arrived in our small town in southern Michigan.
He had a duck call that he would blow on periodically throughout the speech, saying, "If you remember nothing else about this speech, you'll remember that it was given by a guy who kept blowing on a duck call."
And he was right. I remember not a word of his speech (except for the portion paraphrased above), but I sure do remember that duck call.
He had a duck call that he would blow on periodically throughout the speech, saying, "If you remember nothing else about this speech, you'll remember that it was given by a guy who kept blowing on a duck call."
And he was right. I remember not a word of his speech (except for the portion paraphrased above), but I sure do remember that duck call.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (v6JzV)
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349 It's part of a settlement/deal with FL and DeathSantis. Lotsa strings on that $16B. But as I read the plan, it's mostly for a new, standalone park which as I stated is almost certainly an adult-oriented park.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:19 PM (iFTx/)
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Come to Disney Park #4 for the REAL MCU rides! Not like stupid Universal which is just comics!
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:19 PM (iFTx/)
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Come to Disney Park #4 for the REAL MCU rides! Not like stupid Universal which is just comics!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (GBKbO)
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http://tiny.cc/nyjgyz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (d04cU)
I think my phone is broke. No matter how much I tilt it I still can't peak up her dress.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2024 03:03 PM (1Yy3c)
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Apparently only takes one to tango in her case.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 02:55 PM (d04cU)
I think my phone is broke. No matter how much I tilt it I still can't peak up her dress.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2024 03:03 PM (1Yy3c)
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Apparently only takes one to tango in her case.
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Mean Tweets Great Again! at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (6PIrz)
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355 I don't know; I've never made tuna casserole. My husband sometimes mentions the delicious creamed tuna his mother made, but he doesn't know what was in it, so I've haven't tried and she's long been gone to a better place.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (XkYcA)
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I have the recipe for my Mom's Tuna Goop. It involves cream of mushroom soup, hard boiled egg slices and crushed potato chips.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (mUnoX)
No tuna?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (XkYcA)
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I have the recipe for my Mom's Tuna Goop. It involves cream of mushroom soup, hard boiled egg slices and crushed potato chips.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (mUnoX)
No tuna?
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (PCK5/)
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$5 says it's woke af.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (GBKbO)
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We always wait for the blu ray, I rip then add to our library. Usually, by then we know if it's worth adding to the library.
However, the DVD people need to get their act together and build a nice 4K dvd player for my computer so I can copy those DVD's too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (GBKbO)
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We always wait for the blu ray, I rip then add to our library. Usually, by then we know if it's worth adding to the library.
However, the DVD people need to get their act together and build a nice 4K dvd player for my computer so I can copy those DVD's too.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (tT6L1)
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Anyone heading to the NoVAMoMe pre-party?
Posted by: Weasel at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (JwHpX)
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It's part of a settlement/deal with FL and DeathSantis. Lotsa strings on that $16B. But as I read the plan, it's mostly for a new, standalone park
which as I stated is almost certainly an adult-oriented park.
Posted by: Elric Blade
Behind the Green Door and Cinderella does Dallas will be lit rides!
which as I stated is almost certainly an adult-oriented park.
Posted by: Elric Blade
Behind the Green Door and Cinderella does Dallas will be lit rides!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (n/S9s)
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Deadpool versus Wolverine looks a hoot. Two characters who can't die keep trying to kill each other in amusing ways. What's not to like?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (tT6L1)
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$5 says it's woke af.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (GBKbO)
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How can it not be? I think it'll mostly be dumb fan service and rehashes of scenes we've seen 100x before. Your typical lazy money-grab.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (tT6L1)
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$5 says it's woke af.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (GBKbO)
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How can it not be? I think it'll mostly be dumb fan service and rehashes of scenes we've seen 100x before. Your typical lazy money-grab.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (iFTx/)
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WATCH: CBS’s Margaret Brennan laughs in Pete Buttigieg’s face
Not much of a laugh. Sort of a smile combined with a sigh.
WATCH: CBS’s Margaret Brennan laughs in Pete Buttigieg’s face
Not much of a laugh. Sort of a smile combined with a sigh.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (63Dwl)
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On the record: I *wouldn't* make tuna casserole.
Strictly, chili, bbq sauce, grilling and smoking.
Also make a mean Thousand Island.
Strictly, chili, bbq sauce, grilling and smoking.
Also make a mean Thousand Island.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (krQz2)
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354 I'm not trying to be an argumentative prick, but that kinda assumes facts not in evidence. They've been coasting on 50+ year old IP for the last 15-20 years with their "experiences."
They could just as easily say fuck it all to everything other than all the old classic shit and make money hand over fist well into the 2040's. However I'll stipulate that if they keep "updating" their "experiences" to reflect the newer IP, they'll lose their ass because the new IP sucks.
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (oqH4h)
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They've inserted Frozen into the parks big time. Toy Story has its own area at Hollywood Studios. The Star Wars area is all the new movies.
Yeah, they rely heavily on newer IP to expand the parks and keep people coming.
They could just as easily say fuck it all to everything other than all the old classic shit and make money hand over fist well into the 2040's. However I'll stipulate that if they keep "updating" their "experiences" to reflect the newer IP, they'll lose their ass because the new IP sucks.
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (oqH4h)
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They've inserted Frozen into the parks big time. Toy Story has its own area at Hollywood Studios. The Star Wars area is all the new movies.
Yeah, they rely heavily on newer IP to expand the parks and keep people coming.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (GBKbO)
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@361 me
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (4X2LN)
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I understand if your gut reaction is, "Good!" but please stop and think for a moment. The most vulnerable students in need of education rely on public schools. Our society depends on its citizens being well-educated and taught to be good citizens.
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I think the only obvious answer is for the funding to go to the parents as vouchers and they can leave the failing schools and the teachers and administrators can go work at Dollar Tree where they belong.
I remember when NC (D)s shut down the schools and gave them $5B while they were shut down. All I could think was "Wait, they're not using fuel, they're not using HVAC, there is no cleaning costs or maintenance to speak of... Where is that money going?"
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I think the only obvious answer is for the funding to go to the parents as vouchers and they can leave the failing schools and the teachers and administrators can go work at Dollar Tree where they belong.
I remember when NC (D)s shut down the schools and gave them $5B while they were shut down. All I could think was "Wait, they're not using fuel, they're not using HVAC, there is no cleaning costs or maintenance to speak of... Where is that money going?"
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Since the 70s, women no longer outlive men. Thanks feminism! at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (23ZaS)
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Is it Tuna, or Tuna Fish??
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (PCK5/)
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where can one buy a "build back better" hat? Asking for the marmots...
Posted by: lin-duh who owns one at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (eYe8N)
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No tuna?
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (PCK5/)
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Well, yeah. It's in the title. Duh.
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (PCK5/)
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Well, yeah. It's in the title. Duh.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (mUnoX)
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Deadpool versus Wolverine looks a hoot. Two characters who can't die keep trying to kill each other in amusing ways. What's not to like?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (tT6L1)
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Knowing Disney they'll be s'ing each other's d's by the end of it.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (tT6L1)
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Knowing Disney they'll be s'ing each other's d's by the end of it.
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (oqH4h)
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My husband sometimes mentions the delicious creamed tuna his mother made, but he doesn't know what was in it, so I've haven't tried and she's long been gone to a better place.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
My Mom made creamed tuna on toast. Pure ambrosia.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
My Mom made creamed tuna on toast. Pure ambrosia.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (v6JzV)
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369 Is it Tuna, or Tuna Fish??
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (PCK5/)
You can't tuna fish.
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (PCK5/)
You can't tuna fish.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (ynpvh)
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Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (4X2LN)
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Good! I won't look like a dork sitting by myself, then. Heading that way shortly.
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Good! I won't look like a dork sitting by myself, then. Heading that way shortly.
Posted by: Weasel at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (JwHpX)
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Creamed eels..
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (PCK5/)
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I do have a joke about Jonah, however.
How did Jonah look when he saw the whale coming to swallow him?
He looked down at the mouth.
How did Jonah look when he saw the whale coming to swallow him?
He looked down at the mouth.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (XkYcA)
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WATCH: CBS’s Margaret Brennan laughs in Pete Buttigieg’s face
Not much of a laugh. Sort of a smile combined with a sigh.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (63Dwl)
I got that too. It wasn't like a "You've got to be kidding me" laugh; rather it was a "We're on the same side and you're not making my job any easier..."
WATCH: CBS’s Margaret Brennan laughs in Pete Buttigieg’s face
Not much of a laugh. Sort of a smile combined with a sigh.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (63Dwl)
I got that too. It wasn't like a "You've got to be kidding me" laugh; rather it was a "We're on the same side and you're not making my job any easier..."
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (PiwSw)
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Is it Tuna, or Tuna Fish??
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (PCK5/)
You can't tuna fish.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (ynpvh)
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According to REO Speedwagon, I believe.
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (PCK5/)
You can't tuna fish.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (ynpvh)
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According to REO Speedwagon, I believe.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (krQz2)
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Deadpool versus Wolverine looks a hoot. Two characters who can't die keep trying to kill each other in amusing ways. What's not to like?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (tT6L1)
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Knowing Disney they'll be s'ing each other's d's by the end of it.
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (oqH4h)
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There's a video on YouTube advertising a "Wolverine Popcorn Bowl" that implies as much....
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (tT6L1)
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Knowing Disney they'll be s'ing each other's d's by the end of it.
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (oqH4h)
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There's a video on YouTube advertising a "Wolverine Popcorn Bowl" that implies as much....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (7fElN)
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Yeah, they rely heavily on newer IP to expand the parks and keep people coming.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (GBKbO)
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Expand, sure. But they could just leave it alone and rely on Snow White, Cinderella, and Mickey and they'd be just fine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (GBKbO)
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Expand, sure. But they could just leave it alone and rely on Snow White, Cinderella, and Mickey and they'd be just fine.
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (oqH4h)
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373 My husband sometimes mentions the delicious creamed tuna his mother made, but he doesn't know what was in it, so I've haven't tried and she's long been gone to a better place.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
My Mom made creamed tuna on toast. Pure ambrosia.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (v6JzV)
My Dad told me about Sh*t on an Shingle...
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
My Mom made creamed tuna on toast. Pure ambrosia.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (v6JzV)
My Dad told me about Sh*t on an Shingle...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (ynpvh)
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The idea of chile being made outside of Texas and New Mexico terrifies me.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (7Os14)
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You can tune a piano, but you can't tune a fish.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (uPqZl)
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I remember when NC (D)s shut down the schools and gave them $5B while they were shut down. All I could think was "Wait, they're not using fuel, they're not using HVAC, there is no cleaning costs or maintenance to speak of... Where is that money going?"
Posted by: Moron Robbie
A LOT of people need to be strung up on general principles alone.
Posted by: Moron Robbie
A LOT of people need to be strung up on general principles alone.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (n/S9s)
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363 Deadpool versus Wolverine looks a hoot. Two characters who can't die keep trying to kill each other in amusing ways. What's not to like?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (tT6L1)
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$5 says it's woke af.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (GBKbO)
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How can it not be? I think it'll mostly be dumb fan service and rehashes of scenes we've seen 100x before. Your typical lazy money-grab.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (iFTx/)
Ryan Reynolds is Deadpool, right?
Feel like he's managed to completely avoid politics.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:17 PM (tT6L1)
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$5 says it's woke af.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:18 PM (GBKbO)
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How can it not be? I think it'll mostly be dumb fan service and rehashes of scenes we've seen 100x before. Your typical lazy money-grab.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (iFTx/)
Ryan Reynolds is Deadpool, right?
Feel like he's managed to completely avoid politics.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (KbCG3)
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Good! I won't look like a dork sitting by myself, then. Heading that way shortly.
Posted by: Weasel at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (JwHpX)
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Don't wear the orange hat of power. It's the only way to avoid dorkiness.
Posted by: Weasel at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (JwHpX)
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Don't wear the orange hat of power. It's the only way to avoid dorkiness.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (tT6L1)
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376 Creamed eels..
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (PCK5/)
Just keep the hagfish out of your car.
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (PCK5/)
Just keep the hagfish out of your car.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (ynpvh)
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381 Yeah, they rely heavily on newer IP to expand the parks and keep people coming.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (GBKbO)
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Expand, sure. But they could just leave it alone and rely on Snow White, Cinderella, and Mickey and they'd be just fine.
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (oqH4h)
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Extremely doubtful. That's a recipe for calcification and retraction in the market.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:21 PM (GBKbO)
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Expand, sure. But they could just leave it alone and rely on Snow White, Cinderella, and Mickey and they'd be just fine.
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (oqH4h)
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Extremely doubtful. That's a recipe for calcification and retraction in the market.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (GBKbO)
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Democrats are the Hamas terrorists to our country's citizens.
Posted by: Mark at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (O/j/P)
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NOOD WOKE
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:25 PM (ynpvh)
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I'm not trying to be an argumentative prick, but that kinda assumes facts not in evidence. They've been coasting on 50+ year old IP for the last 15-20 years with their "experiences."
They could just as easily say fuck it all to everything other than all the old classic shit and make money hand over fist well into the 2040's. However I'll stipulate that if they keep "updating" their "experiences" to reflect the newer IP, they'll lose their ass because the new IP sucks.
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (oqH4h
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It's actually tons of new IP as they fade out the old stuff. Just go to the website. It's mostly newer IP. Frozen obviously, big time. All these parks -- not just Disney but Six Flags and Cedar Point -- require constant updates and new shit to keep people coming.
They could just as easily say fuck it all to everything other than all the old classic shit and make money hand over fist well into the 2040's. However I'll stipulate that if they keep "updating" their "experiences" to reflect the newer IP, they'll lose their ass because the new IP sucks.
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (oqH4h
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It's actually tons of new IP as they fade out the old stuff. Just go to the website. It's mostly newer IP. Frozen obviously, big time. All these parks -- not just Disney but Six Flags and Cedar Point -- require constant updates and new shit to keep people coming.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 07, 2024 03:25 PM (iFTx/)
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I'm not trying to be an argumentative prick, but that kinda assumes facts not in evidence. They've been coasting on 50+ year old IP for the last 15-20 years with their "experiences."
They could just as easily say fuck it all to everything other than all the old classic shit and make money hand over fist well into the 2040's. However I'll stipulate that if they keep "updating" their "experiences" to reflect the newer IP, they'll lose their ass because the new IP sucks.
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (oqH4h)
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They reinvigorate the parks with newer IP, which they need to do because Disney is a multi-generational company. They can coast on the older stuff, yes - and they will do so, for a while - but when the kids today grow up and never had Disney as a big part of their lives, where will the demand be?
There's a reason they've woven the likes of "Frozen" and "Toy Story" through the parks, and it's because that is the stuff that was more-recently popular, and that the kids (and younger adults) remember and want.
There's an end date on their ability to coast without an injection of actually popular - "cultural touchstone" popular, if they can manage it - IP.
They could just as easily say fuck it all to everything other than all the old classic shit and make money hand over fist well into the 2040's. However I'll stipulate that if they keep "updating" their "experiences" to reflect the newer IP, they'll lose their ass because the new IP sucks.
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:20 PM (oqH4h)
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They reinvigorate the parks with newer IP, which they need to do because Disney is a multi-generational company. They can coast on the older stuff, yes - and they will do so, for a while - but when the kids today grow up and never had Disney as a big part of their lives, where will the demand be?
There's a reason they've woven the likes of "Frozen" and "Toy Story" through the parks, and it's because that is the stuff that was more-recently popular, and that the kids (and younger adults) remember and want.
There's an end date on their ability to coast without an injection of actually popular - "cultural touchstone" popular, if they can manage it - IP.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 07, 2024 03:25 PM (d04cU)
394
Ryan Reynolds is Deadpool, right?
Feel like he's managed to completely avoid politics.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (KbCG3)
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Agree.
Feel like he's managed to completely avoid politics.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (KbCG3)
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Agree.
Posted by: Axeman at June 07, 2024 03:25 PM (krQz2)
395
Things that didn't build America:
a) An "idea"
b) Slavery
c) Setting piles of money on fire
d) All of the above
a) An "idea"
b) Slavery
c) Setting piles of money on fire
d) All of the above
Posted by: Advanced Citizenship Test at June 07, 2024 03:25 PM (5FPX4)
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Deadpool versus Wolverine looks a hoot. Two characters who can't die keep trying to kill each other in amusing ways. What's not to like?
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We went to see IF last weekend. Not a horrible movie. The funniest part is that you can tell Ryan Reynolds (the male lead) was simultaneously filming Deadpool because he's all 'roided up but playing essentially a librarian.
A nervous, stacked librarian who can't really ever go to the gym for reasons explained in the movie.
It was hard to unsee how out of place it was.
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We went to see IF last weekend. Not a horrible movie. The funniest part is that you can tell Ryan Reynolds (the male lead) was simultaneously filming Deadpool because he's all 'roided up but playing essentially a librarian.
A nervous, stacked librarian who can't really ever go to the gym for reasons explained in the movie.
It was hard to unsee how out of place it was.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Since the 70s, women no longer outlive men. Thanks feminism! at June 07, 2024 03:26 PM (23ZaS)
397
388 376 Creamed eels..
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (PCK5/)
Just keep the hagfish out of your car.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (ynpvh)
Mmmmm…. Hagfish!! ( It’s what’s for dinner)!!
388 376 Creamed eels..
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (PCK5/)
Just keep the hagfish out of your car.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (ynpvh)
Mmmmm…. Hagfish!! ( It’s what’s for dinner)!!
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:26 PM (PCK5/)
398
Don't wear the orange hat of power. It's the only way to avoid dorkiness.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (tT6L1)
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Correct. Nothing says dork like the orange hat of safety and authority.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (tT6L1)
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Correct. Nothing says dork like the orange hat of safety and authority.
Posted by: Weasel at June 07, 2024 03:26 PM (JwHpX)
399
The idea of chile being made outside of Texas and New Mexico terrifies me.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM
It should. Apparently it acceptable, perhaps desirable, to add carrots to chili outside those placed.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM
It should. Apparently it acceptable, perhaps desirable, to add carrots to chili outside those placed.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 07, 2024 03:26 PM (uPqZl)
400
388 376 Creamed eels..
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (PCK5/)
Just keep the hagfish out of your car.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (ynpvh)
Who are you lookin' at?
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:23 PM (PCK5/)
Just keep the hagfish out of your car.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (ynpvh)
Who are you lookin' at?
Posted by: Joy Behar at June 07, 2024 03:26 PM (PiwSw)
401
Nood.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 07, 2024 03:26 PM (2eyZp)
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Just keep the hagfish out of your car.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Hagfish can come into my car along as he brings Barbara Eden with him.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Hagfish can come into my car along as he brings Barbara Eden with him.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 07, 2024 03:26 PM (v6JzV)
403
Extremely doubtful. That's a recipe for calcification and retraction in the market.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (GBKbO)
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I took a Disney Cruise man. All of the old, classic characters were probably 80%+ of the "experiences" we saw on that boat. With the exception of Frozen and Pirates of the Caribbean, it was all the old stuff. Like I said, they've been riding that pony for 50 years now. What evidence is there that they have to stay "young and fresh" to keep people coming?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (GBKbO)
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I took a Disney Cruise man. All of the old, classic characters were probably 80%+ of the "experiences" we saw on that boat. With the exception of Frozen and Pirates of the Caribbean, it was all the old stuff. Like I said, they've been riding that pony for 50 years now. What evidence is there that they have to stay "young and fresh" to keep people coming?
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:27 PM (oqH4h)
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It's better. There was an area cross river where they replaced an existing bridge. They had to do an environmental study to replace it AND have a meeting with some tribal members to talk about the good old days before the white men came.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 07, 2024 03:29 PM (xjTDL)
405
The idea of chile being made outside of Texas and New Mexico terrifies me.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (7Os14)
The idea of Texans being outside of Texas terrifies me.
Just kidding, some of my best friends are Texans. *obligatory*
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 07, 2024 03:24 PM (7Os14)
The idea of Texans being outside of Texas terrifies me.
Just kidding, some of my best friends are Texans.
*obligatory*Posted by: Cannibal Bob at June 07, 2024 03:29 PM (o2zz+)
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403 I took a Disney Cruise man. All of the old, classic characters were probably 80%+ of the "experiences" we saw on that boat. With the exception of Frozen and Pirates of the Caribbean, it was all the old stuff. Like I said, they've been riding that pony for 50 years now. What evidence is there that they have to stay "young and fresh" to keep people coming?
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:27 PM (oqH4h)
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The parks expanding by using other characters.
The company itself investing billions of dollars in new IP to merely keep up with Universal 10 miles down the road.
Posted by: ballistic at June 07, 2024 03:27 PM (oqH4h)
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The parks expanding by using other characters.
The company itself investing billions of dollars in new IP to merely keep up with Universal 10 miles down the road.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at June 07, 2024 03:29 PM (GBKbO)
407
Anyone want to take bets on whether these two insane clown posses will meet?
Remember the movie “The Hallelujah Trail “?
Remember the movie “The Hallelujah Trail “?
Posted by: pawn at June 07, 2024 03:30 PM (0oelE)
408
369 Is it Tuna, or Tuna Fish??
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (PCK5/)
If you need to distinguish it from some other Tuna animal, I'd go with Tuna Fish, otherwise Tuna is just fine.
Posted by: tubal at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (PCK5/)
If you need to distinguish it from some other Tuna animal, I'd go with Tuna Fish, otherwise Tuna is just fine.
Posted by: Bacon Jeff at June 07, 2024 03:32 PM (VGRuw)
409
It wasn't precedent busting, it was ass busting.
I'll be in my bunk. Making a movie for that tribe that got internet.
I'll be in my bunk. Making a movie for that tribe that got internet.
Posted by: Mayor Pete at June 07, 2024 03:32 PM (0Gnoc)
410
It wasn't just Democrats that wouldn't give Trump an infrastructure bill, it was Ryan and McConnell too.
Posted by: torabora at June 07, 2024 03:34 PM (0Gnoc)
411
I think the only obvious answer is for the funding to go to the parents as vouchers and they can leave the failing schools and the teachers and administrators can go work at Dollar Tree where they belong.
I remember when NC (D)s shut down the schools and gave them $5B while they were shut down. All I could think was "Wait, they're not using fuel, they're not using HVAC, there is no cleaning costs or maintenance to speak of... Where is that money going?"
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Since the 70s, women no longer outlive men. Thanks feminism! at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (23ZaS)
There's a reason that teachers have the largest percentage of millionaires than any other profession, at least according to Ramsey (although it has nothing to do with being organized, like he asserts.)
I think the only obvious answer is for the funding to go to the parents as vouchers and they can leave the failing schools and the teachers and administrators can go work at Dollar Tree where they belong.
I remember when NC (D)s shut down the schools and gave them $5B while they were shut down. All I could think was "Wait, they're not using fuel, they're not using HVAC, there is no cleaning costs or maintenance to speak of... Where is that money going?"
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Since the 70s, women no longer outlive men. Thanks feminism! at June 07, 2024 03:22 PM (23ZaS)
There's a reason that teachers have the largest percentage of millionaires than any other profession, at least according to Ramsey (although it has nothing to do with being organized, like he asserts.)
Posted by: The 405/101 intersection in Los Angeles at June 07, 2024 03:43 PM (n+4am)
412
Crap, I hate sticky socks. Reminds me of high school...
Crap, I hate sticky socks. Reminds me of high school...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 07, 2024 03:44 PM (n+4am)
413
My understanding is that, if some tiny amount of tax dollars were used somewhere at sometime to repair a road or a bridge, then we can't complain about government waste.
Posted by: Bud Norton at June 07, 2024 03:47 PM (6cOMd)
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This sorta touches on something from the morning post.
When they put out that they canceled the stupid "congestion pricing" in NYC that didn't even target most congested areas (chinatown, les, and financial district aren't congested, and most nyc congestion is now caused by the city closing roads, or making main arteries bus only, or putting bike stations everywhere)
But the politicians got what they wanted, because they spent the money, mostly enriching themselves and friends in the process, to put up all the infrastructure for the toll collecting.
When they put out that they canceled the stupid "congestion pricing" in NYC that didn't even target most congested areas (chinatown, les, and financial district aren't congested, and most nyc congestion is now caused by the city closing roads, or making main arteries bus only, or putting bike stations everywhere)
But the politicians got what they wanted, because they spent the money, mostly enriching themselves and friends in the process, to put up all the infrastructure for the toll collecting.
Posted by: Rbastid at June 07, 2024 04:20 PM (3234G)
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>>>part of a polymorphously perverse polycule with various sexual weasels
SEXUAL WEASELS
Does Weasel know?
SEXUAL WEASELS
Does Weasel know?
Posted by: m at June 07, 2024 04:33 PM (NHMTR)
416
152 When I get this feelin'
I want Sexual Weasels
Posted by: Marvin Gaye at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (hqVaF)
LOL
I want Sexual Weasels
Posted by: Marvin Gaye at June 07, 2024 02:45 PM (hqVaF)
LOL
Posted by: m at June 07, 2024 04:34 PM (NHMTR)
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This is why I don't vote in favor of school bonds. There is no commitment in any of this to spend the money in the manner the "estimated needs" were compiled. The school board always gave details of how they'd compiled the bond -- but they never spent the money that way. There was no compelling language in the bond to hold the expenditures accountable. It all became a blank check to the school district, to spend as they jolly well pleased.
These government infrastructure packages are no different. They cannot be compelled to be spent in the manner which they were proposed. It's all a monstrous blank check to the DNC and those alphabet agencies they run in DC.
These government infrastructure packages are no different. They cannot be compelled to be spent in the manner which they were proposed. It's all a monstrous blank check to the DNC and those alphabet agencies they run in DC.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at June 07, 2024 05:03 PM (TOe+Q)
418
Well...they let Race Communications carve 1 foot deep grooves in my neighborhood streets, so they can sell me fiber bandwidth at a low price from an Infrastructure Grant (so the neighborhood can stream The Young Turks and MSDNC in 4K) and they can data harvest any Win 10/11 machine with Recall installed...so there's that!
Posted by: StuckinSoCal at June 07, 2024 06:25 PM (2UiSl)
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"There's a reason that teachers have the largest percentage of millionaires than any other profession, at least according to Ramsey (although it has nothing to do with being organized, like he asserts.)"
Yep, its their 10K a month pensions, plus their CalPERS distributions, at least in CA...Dept of Corrections and Firefighters similarly situated...I know a retired HS teacher that built a custom Olympic Peninsula Home and flies his own airplane in retirement...and not from inherited money or Cattle Futures(If you know what I mean)
Yep, its their 10K a month pensions, plus their CalPERS distributions, at least in CA...Dept of Corrections and Firefighters similarly situated...I know a retired HS teacher that built a custom Olympic Peninsula Home and flies his own airplane in retirement...and not from inherited money or Cattle Futures(If you know what I mean)
Posted by: StuckinSoCal at June 07, 2024 06:33 PM (2UiSl)
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Typical business in DC. the money went to nonprofit organizations for studies on how and where to best spend the money.
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