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Sunday Morning Book Thread - 10-06-2024 ["Perfessor" Squirrel]

Welcome to the prestigious, internationally acclaimed, stately, and illustrious Sunday Morning Book Thread! The place where all readers are welcome, regardless of whatever guilty pleasure we feel like reading. Here is where we can discuss, argue, bicker, quibble, consider, debate, confabulate, converse, and jaw about our latest fancy in reading material. As always, pants are required, unless you are wearing these pants...

So relax, find yourself a warm kitty (or warm puppy--I won't judge) to curl up in your lap, pour yourself a cup of pumpkin spice coffee, and dive into a new book. What are YOU reading this fine morning?

PIC NOTE

Fans of the Evil Dead franchise of movies might recognize this image. It's a picture of the Necronomicon, a tome of eldritch lore. Sam Raimi took the reference from H.P. Lovecraft's book of the same name. Supposedly written by the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred, it documents the lore of the Great Old Ones: how to communicate with them, how to summon them, and how to protect oneself against them if one is so foolish as to attempt to communicate with or summon one. Alhazred was torn apart in broad daylight by an unseen assailant.

The Necronomicon is also the source of the famous couplet:

That is not dead which can eternal lie
And with strange eons even death may die

SCHOOLS AREN'T TEACHING KIDS TO READ

The video above is depressing and infuriating at the same time. It should not be possible for children to be taught how NOT to read, but that's where we are today. The reading "strategies" they are taught in school are actively harmful and counterproductive to their learning. It's no wonder that when they graduate, they may not have read a single book from start to finish, as documented in this article from The Atlantic that WeirdDave highlighted on the ONT a couple of nights ago. Ragin Dave, from Liberty's Torch (Moron Author Fran Poretto's site), also had comments about this malfeasance from our schools.

Over the years, I have heard numerous stories about the types of reading students are required to engage in these days. They are being steered towards reading practical, real-world documents. Things like government reports and "news articles." The rationale behind this decision is that they will need that skill for their professional career. As a result, the amount of reading students are asked to do for pleasure dramatically decreases once they start high school. Students who *like* reading will have a hard time enjoying their classes because they will be reading crap they don't care about, thus discouraging them from continuing their reading habit. It's insidious, evil, and is being done on purpose.

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MICHAEL CRICHTON'S WRITING ADVICE

The YouTuber above has several videos discussing writing advice from prominent authors. I like to include these because it gives some insight into a writer's creative process. You'll start to see patterns after a while. Also, you might decide to try one of their suggestions for yourself and see if it works for you if you are an aspiring author. Note that just because one author found a technique that works for him or her, it's not going to apply to everyone, as we are all different. There is no magical formula on how to become a best-selling author and if that is your singular goal, then you are probably doing it wrong.

MORON AUTHOR UPDATE:

Well, as usual, it looks like the Moron Horde stepped up to the plate and delivered for one of our own. I hope the vote total was ludicrously large, like an inner-city Philly precinct during a Presidential election.

Thanks to all the members of the Horde who voted for my story, "The Waystation Incident," at Frontier Tales. You put me over the top and made me the winner of September's contest. My story will be in print - at some point in the future. Now, to create an author's page to sell and promote it. Any published Moron authors have suggestions for a place to establish an internet presence? Thanks again for voting me the winner. I appreciate it.
OrangeEnt.

MORON RECOMMENDATIONS

A few weeks ago on the book thread, someone mentioned The Schirmer Inheritance by Eric Ambler. This is a fascinating tale of legal research turned into a manhunt, and quite a good read.
George Carey is a young lawyer with a complicated assignment. Amelia Schneider died a very wealthy Pennsylvania woman a while ago, but her only heir appears to be German, and difficult to find. During the Napoleonic wars, her grandfather deserted after a battle, settled down with a local woman, and along the way, changed his name to hide his identity. Amelia's father then emigrated to the US. The hunt for the heir started in the late thirties but the war intervened. Now George must retrace that trail, using clues coded to deceive the Nazis, and hunt for an heir who may not even be alive.
Through many twists and turns, George tries to find the heir or prove he is dead in order to conclude his assignment. This story is full of surprises, and is a good example of how Ambler would craft a tale where an ordinary person must perform in extraordinary circumstances.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 29, 2024 09:15 AM (I1AMe)

Comment: I looked up this book on Amazon and read the author's blurb about Eric Ambler. Apparently he was a bit of a badass as a writer, earning a number of awards, including being made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth. He influenced a number of authors who came after him, such as John le Carre and Robert Ludlum.

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Read Sacred Duty: A Soldier's Tour at Arlington National Cemetery by Senator Tom Cotton. When the kerfuffle about Trump's visit to Arlington was in the news, Cotton did some media interviews. He might have otherwise been willing to talk to the media, but I didn't realize his connection.
The book was worth a read for the history and background. Cotton served in the Old Guard supporting ceremonies and funerals. He wasn't in the smaller group that handles the Tomb of the Unknown. The book tells the history of the Old Guard, the cemetery, the unit's training, mission and activities (including transfer of remains at Andrews), and history of the Tomb of the Unknown.
In literary terms, the book feels a little plastic in places. There are parts that feel like a Lake Wobegon story. Everyone meets high standards and is honored to do their duty to respect those who served and their families. Everything is crucially important and no cost or burden is too small. But it was worth a read to learn a little more history and how the Old Guard works.
Posted by: TRex at September 29, 2024 11:10 AM (IQ6Gq)

Comment: A long time ago, I watched a documentary on television about the soldiers who serve in Arlington Cemetery, with a focus on those who stand over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. My understanding is that it is one of the highest honors among the enlisted ranks. You have to be an exemplary soldier with a flawless record before you can even apply to be among those ranks. The training they undergo is extremely rigorous and demanding, with no room for failure.

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WHAT I'VE BEEN READING THIS PAST WEEK:

Only one book arrived this week, but it should be an interesting one:

The Last Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison

WHAT I'VE BEEN READING THIS PAST WEEK:

After reviewing some of OregonMuse's old Book Threads, I thought I'd try something a bit different. Instead of just listing WHAT I'm reading, I'll include commentary as well. Unless otherwise specified, you can interpret this as an implied recommendation, though as always your mileage may vary.

The Banned and the Banished Book 4 - Wit'ch Gate by James Clemens

This is your standard post-Tolkien fantasy novel for the most part. Dark Lord threatens to take over the world. Chosen One must defeat him. Blah, blah, blah. We all know how this story ends.

However, it is told competently and has some unusual interpretations of the standard fantasy tropes. Lots of arbitrary punctuation, for one. There aren't any elves or dwarves. Instead, they are "el'vin" and "d'warven" characters. El'vin live in sky fortresses and sail around in skyships, being creatures that are connected to elemental air. D'warven are mostly similar to standard dwarves, but they were corrupted and enslaved by the Dark Lord centuries ago. They dug too deep and released ebon'stone into the world, which brought forth the demon...(sound familiar?)

Although the Tolkienien influence is clearly there, you can also see influences from other authors as well. I detect shades of Stephen Donaldson, in how the Land is portrayed as its own entity that must be protected/worshipped. You can also see some elements of George R.R. Martin (a major settlement is called "Winterfell"), as well as Robert Jordan, of course. It's a mish-mash of various authors (even Larry Niven!) but tends to work OK as long as you don't try to dig too deeply into it.

The setting is a Death World of sorts, as virtually every part of the Land is deadly in some way or another for the unwary traveler. Weirdly, I also get a strong World of Warcraft vibe, even though this book came out a few years BEFORE World of Warcraft was released. However, the earlier Warcraft games had enough lore that maybe influenced this series as well.

Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eams

Kings of the Wyld tends to show up frequently on BookTubers' lists as one of their favorite books. I don't quite get it. It's a perfectly serviceable grimdark fantasy with comedic elements, but it's not even close to being top-tier when it comes to the quality of writing. It's basically about a group of old adventuring mercenaries who "get the band back together" so they can cross the dangerous Heartwyld, a dark forest chock-full of evil monsters, so that they can rescue the daughter of one of their members. It's OK, but definitely overhyped, in my opinion.

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Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 08:59 AM (gbOdA)

2 Tolle Lege
Still plugging along slowly on Martin Gilbert's Churchill, a Life
It is very good reading

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 09:00 AM (fwDg9)

3 Thanks again to everyone who voted. Now, just need to find out when the anthology will be available. Back later.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 09:01 AM (0eaVi)

4 Reminds me of when I brought that human skin-bound grimoire to Show and Tell and we got sucked into the Hellmouth!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 09:01 AM (kpS4V)

5 That Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser omnibus I got from the library turned out to be a graphic novel compendium of Leiber's greatest hits, like "Ill Met in Lankhmar" "Bazaar of the Bizarre", and "Lean Times in Lankhmar". The Mike Mignola pencils are terrific; the Howard Chaykins didn't capture the seedy underworld of the city or environs as I imagined them. But all in all a fun time, and made me want to revisit the print versions (still my favorite form).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 09:03 AM (kpS4V)

6 hate it when that happens,

Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 09:04 AM (PXvVL)

7 i thought it was a pan of brownie that were baked too long.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at October 06, 2024 09:05 AM (gzUTE)

8 Booken morgen horden!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 06, 2024 09:05 AM (6U1c2)

9 the Necronomicon seems to have become the Darkhold, in the Marvel Universe, and they seem to have made a hash of it,

Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 09:06 AM (PXvVL)

10 Good morning fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of reading. Prayers continue for those still dealing with the floods.

Posted by: JTB at October 06, 2024 09:06 AM (yTvNw)

11 Morning, Book Folken!

Eric Ambler,I think, influenced Ian Fleming as well. There are a couple of references in the Bond books to Ambler novels. Bond, I believe, brings an Ambler novel with him onto the Orient Express in From Russia With Love.

Ambler's focus was on the ordinary person drawn into spy intrigue through his job, or no fault of his own. Fleming of course focused on his professional agent, Bond; and Manning Coles did too, with Tommy Hambledon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 09:08 AM (omVj0)

12 I think agents of shields did it the least worst,

Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 09:08 AM (PXvVL)

13 Fortunately for me, my parents taught me to read long before I was school age.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 09:10 AM (8HMaj)

14 I can't conceive of being taught how *not* to read.

But then, as the saying goes, "Those who can't, teach, and those who can't teach, teach education."

Posted by: Dr. T at October 06, 2024 09:11 AM (lHPJf)

15 as I recall in Mask of Dimitrous, which was loosely based on the famous agent for Vickers, whose name escapes me now,
they had to backdate some parts of his bio,

Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 09:11 AM (PXvVL)

16 As for my readin gthis week, I finished Oscar Wars by Michael Shulman, a look at various Oscar awards through the decades. The latter part of the book, the 2017 era, has anti-Trump stuff in it which I skimmed only. And he does not have much on the 1920s, though he delves into how and why the Academy was created. The best chapter is the one on the 1950 awards when Sunset Boulevard, All About Eve, and Born Yesterday were all in contention, along with their stars (Gloria Swanson, Bette Davis, and Judy Holliday). Fascinating bio material on the actors and directors throughout.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 09:11 AM (omVj0)

17 Good Sunday morning, horde! I have that very version of Grimm's Fairy Tales.

4 Reminds me of when I brought that human skin-bound grimoire to Show and Tell and we got sucked into the Hellmouth!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 09:01 AM (kpS4V)

Eris, you kill me. I'm so glad you hang out here in the book thread!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 06, 2024 09:11 AM (OX9vb)

18 Happy book thread!

I am finally reading "Dune."
Also started "Here One Moment" by Liane Moriarty.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2024 09:12 AM (scDBq)

19 Howdy, Horde.

Reading this week: The Last Dangerous Visions. While it lacks Ellison commentary (save for one story intro), there's some awfully good fiction there. J Michael Straczynski's forewords and afterword give plenty of info on the reasons why the book never happened as planned.

For any sf or Ellison fan, it's well worth a look.

Eric Ambler -- never got into his work, but did read A Coffin for Dimitrios quite a few years back, and that one was pretty good. Ditto the film version (The Mask of Dimitrios).

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 06, 2024 09:12 AM (q3u5l)

20 Those "Tomb of the Unknown" sentries are so slick, they get their hair cut twice a week....are there any women sentries?...never seen one.

Posted by: BignJames at October 06, 2024 09:13 AM (Yj6Os)

21 It should not be possible for children to be taught how NOT to read, but that's where we are today. The reading "strategies" they are taught in school are actively harmful and counterproductive to their learning.
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The plan is working. Elon Musk:

https://tinyurl.com/bdz2ffuf

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 09:13 AM (xIFh6)

22 Currently I'm on a Gerald Kersh novel from 1957, Fowler's End. A young but very ugly fellow, next door to down and out, becomes the manager of a very seedy and rundown movie/live entertainment theatre, in a very seedy and rundown part of London. Yet -- it's funny. Not laugh out loud to me, not yet, but you see a solid thread of good humor as the narrator tells us about it all.

Next up will be a reread of Robert Ruark's Something of Value, dealing in novel form with the Mau Mau Emergency in Kenya in the early Fifties. Ruark shows the native Kenyan and British East Africa as they really were, not romanticized in the least. I'd better grab a copy of this and his Uhuru before they get disappeared.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 09:15 AM (omVj0)

23 I am finally reading "Dune."
Also started "Here One Moment" by Liane Moriarty.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2024 09:12 AM (

I read Dune back when the first (Villeneuve) movie came out.

I found it a pretty easy read; some of the in-store mythology was a little confusing, but everything else was straightforward enough.

Posted by: Dr. T at October 06, 2024 09:16 AM (lHPJf)

24 Reminds me of when I brought that human skin-bound grimoire to Show and Tell and we got sucked into the Hellmouth!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 09:01 AM (kpS4V)

Heh. I bet everyone remembers that day.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 06, 2024 09:16 AM (g8Ew8)

25 Books I read in the last week? The continuing saga of Lord Kalvan of otherwhen.

The Siege of Tarr Hostigos
The Fireseed Wars
Gunpowder God
and finally,
Down Styphon.

John F Carr continued the saga and did a ver excellent job doing it. I think H Beam Piper would be proud of him. I would rate the books 5 starts out of 5.

I still have "The Hos Bletha Affair" to read. Kinda out of order with the other books but it takes place at the same time as Down Styphon.

If you are a fan of Piper I would say these books are a must read.

Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical at October 06, 2024 09:18 AM (89Sog)

26 They are being steered towards reading practical, real-world documents. Things like government reports and "news articles." The rationale behind this decision is that they will need that skill for their professional career.

I don't think the stated rationale is the real one. Literacy is being purposely destroyed because it aids independent thinking. Reliance on government reports and news is fostered because they want people to consume regime propaganda. A population of functional illiterates is easier to control. State-run schools reflect the state, which is quasi-authoritarian at this point.

Posted by: Why yes, I am this paranoid at October 06, 2024 09:18 AM (WxgaY)

27 I'm winding up my Wind in the Willows tale "Toad Triumphant", which is a charming paean to friendships and the small pleasures of a quiet life -- even the manic Toad is moved to provide a stable home for a young French frog (!) who is a tad spoiled and rambunctious -- he reminds Toad of himself.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 09:19 AM (kpS4V)

28 Not sure how (too many rabbit holes to keep track of) but I came across a kids' book I never heard of. "A Natural History of Fairies" by Emily Hawkins and illustrated by Jessica Roux. Talk about a pleasant surprise. The idea is a journal by a woman in the 1920s and 30s who discovers that fairies are real and travels the globe to find out everything about them. Part of the fun is it takes the form of a real natural history with a straight face dealing with various locations and how that effected the development of the fairies in that region. It even goes into how the bones are similar to birds which allows fairies to fly. It's clever and even gives information about different parts of the world. The illustrations are enjoyable, especially the flora and fauna of each area. And the book is beautifully made: a deep green hardcover with gold filigree, well bound and using good weight paper. I think of this as heirloom quality.

Toddlers would probably enjoy the illustrations even though too young to get the 'story'. Slightly older kids, especially little girls, would like the whole book. I'll be checking into other books by the same author and artist.

Posted by: JTB at October 06, 2024 09:20 AM (yTvNw)

29 I don't think the stated rationale is the real one. Literacy is being purposely destroyed because it aids independent thinking. Reliance on government reports and news is fostered because they want people to consume regime propaganda. A population of functional illiterates is easier to control. State-run schools reflect the state, which is quasi-authoritarian at this point.
Posted by: Why yes, I am this paranoid at October 06, 2024 09:18 AM (WxgaY)

Yup. It's the whole program in a nutshell.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 06, 2024 09:20 AM (g8Ew8)

30 Reminds me of when I brought that human skin-bound grimoire to Show and Tell and we got sucked into the Hellmouth!
Posted by: All Hail Eris

They ruin everything. The revised edition is bound in faux leather.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 09:21 AM (8HMaj)

31 Fleming was a "poor relation" of the Fleming's Bank family, which, in the generation before his birth, maintained its own network of private confidential agents to look into the details behind investment opportunities. I toy with the idea of young Ian hearing tales of the great operatives, so to speak, at his grandfather's knee.

The Navassa Affair, a guano-mining slavery scandal, bears striking resemblance to the opening story of Doctor No. Navassa is an easy day's sail from Goldeneye.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at October 06, 2024 09:23 AM (zdLoL)

32 A Naugahyde grimoire sends you to Satan's wood-paneled den. At least there's a minibar and pool table.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 09:24 AM (kpS4V)

33 Well I 'sold' some free copies of 'Just Put Chuck Vindaloo' after the Perfesser's post last week, so I have to assume it was from the SMBT horde. Thanks very much of you did pick it up, and happy to take any notes you might have.

Posted by: Candidus at October 06, 2024 09:25 AM (pdo1l)

34 Maybe there's a minibar and pool table, but I'd be kinda worried about what the demons are about to do with the pool cues.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 06, 2024 09:26 AM (q3u5l)

35 Stepping way, way back to take the most Olympian view possible here.

Humans evolved to learn things from other people telling us. Lectures, demonstrations, explanations. Full-sensory -- sometimes including a clout on the back of the head if you weren't paying attention.

Writing is a specific and, let's be honest, _highly_ artificial way of "storing" speech. Just as musical notation "stores" music.

So we shouldn't be surprised that people are drawn to ways of storing and replaying information which more closely mimic what we evolved to do in the pre-literacy era. Film and TV took over storytelling in the 20th century, so it's not really surprising that YouTube is taking over teaching in the 21st.

I'm not saying it's a good thing that people aren't reading . . . but it may be inevitable.

Posted by: Trimegistus at October 06, 2024 09:26 AM (78a2H)

36 leyden played by peter lorre, isn't exactly an every man, but as a travel writer, he is way out of his depth, dealing with some of the figures, like those played by sydney greenstreet, who is unreliable narrator

Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 09:26 AM (PXvVL)

37 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 09:13 AM (xIFh6)

Elon never ceases to amaze

Posted by: kallisto at October 06, 2024 09:27 AM (kHyhZ)

38 A Naugahyde grimoire sends you to Satan's wood-paneled den. At least there's a minibar and pool table.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 09:24 AM (kpS4V)

Hmmm. My high school yearbooks were bound in naugahyde. That explains a lot.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 06, 2024 09:27 AM (g8Ew8)

39 I read Imminent: Inside The Pentagon's Hunt For UFO's by Luis Elizondo. When I was in high school in the early 60's, I read everything I could find about Project Blue Book, the Air Force's study (cover-up?) of UFO's. They have since been renamed UAP's (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena), and the subject is still fascinating to me. Elizondo first gives a history of UAP encounters from around the world. He joins the current DOD program studying UAP's has access to current encounters. He came to the conclusion that the phenomena were alien and that they might pose a threat to our military pilots. He spent years trying to get this information to the Secy. of Defense and full disclosure to the American people, but bureaucratic in-fighting kept him from doing so. He resigned in disgust and hosted a TV show to bring this information public. He was successful in getting the UAP Disclosure Act signed into law. An interesting book.

Posted by: Zoltan at October 06, 2024 09:28 AM (uYywX)

40 wait how do you mine guano which comes from bats right,

Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 09:29 AM (PXvVL)

41 Fleming was a "poor relation" of the Fleming's Bank family, which, in the generation before his birth, maintained its own network of private confidential agents to look into the details behind investment opportunities. I toy with the idea of young Ian hearing tales of the great operatives, so to speak, at his grandfather's knee.

The Navassa Affair, a guano-mining slavery scandal, bears striking resemblance to the opening story of Doctor No. Navassa is an easy day's sail from Goldeneye.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at October 06, 2024

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Probably Fleming did hear of such things. And then there was real-life super-agent Sidney Reilly. Wiki says, "The world press made Reilly into a household name within five years of his execution by Soviet agents in 1925, lauding him as a peerless spy and recounting his many espionage adventures." Fleming would have been a young man at that time.

When someone taxed Fleming with the comment that Bond's adventures were too outlandish, or that Bond was too hard to believe in, Fleming said, "Come now; he's no Sidney Reilly."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 09:29 AM (omVj0)

42 I read mostly AoS and similar news and commentary websites this past week, leavened with Retief short stories by Keith Laumer. I didnt realize that he started those so soon after he left the Foreign Service, but the copyright dates indicate that.

Posted by: Weak Geek at October 06, 2024 09:30 AM (p/isN)

43 On a small river bank in South Africa in January 1879, a group of British army engineers were building a bridge, unaware that part of Lord Chelmsford's expeditionary force had been slaughtered almost to a man by a Zulu force of thousands not far away. 150 men at Rorke's drift would soon be facing 4000 of these warriors with a similar aim in mind. This is the story of that encounter told by Lt Col Mike Snook in Like Wolves on the Fold.

It was to be a lopsided battle, like the Alamo, but with a very different outcome. From early afternoon, through the night, and into the next morning, wave after wave of Zulus attacked the compound that the engineers defended, yet after all the fighting ended, the British held the redoubt. Eleven Victoria crosses were awarded for this battle, the most from one engagement in history. The defenses, and how the perimeter was compressed but maintained were brilliantly executed.

Snook is a career soldier and military adviser besides being a historian, so he brings a wealth of insight into this amazing battle, one which raised British morale considerably, so soon after a humiliating defeat.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 09:30 AM (8HMaj)

44 wait how do you mine guano which comes from bats right,
Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024

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I think the word is also applied to birds' poop. I'd guess once guano dries and hardens, it takes some labor to harvest it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 09:31 AM (omVj0)

45
A Naugahyde grimoire sends you to Satan's wood-paneled den. At least there's a minibar and pool table.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Ah, yes. We published those.

Remember this book of Satan?

https://youtu.be/x0B_I2qj5Ik?si=KRLxUYgde0OMYlA8&t=30

Posted by: Time-Life at October 06, 2024 09:31 AM (aBbkg)

46 I asked my grandson, a senior in high school, what he's reading for school this year. They all seemed like good choices, but the one that surprised me the most was one of the older sci fi books that some of youse guys talk about.

Do I remember right now which one? I do not, but I was pleased, all the same. This is a big city school.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 06, 2024 09:32 AM (OX9vb)

47 tthe fact we don't know what these UAPs are, is scarier than what we have ruled out,

Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 09:32 AM (PXvVL)

48 20 Those "Tomb of the Unknown" sentries are so slick, they get their hair cut twice a week....are there any women sentries?...never seen one.
Posted by: BignJames at October 06, 2024 09:13 AM (Yj6Os)

I think you have to be a certain height in order to be a sentry - between 5'11" and 6'1". The same for the Marine Corps Drill team.

Posted by: Moki at October 06, 2024 09:33 AM (wLjpr)

49 wait how do you mine guano which comes from bats right,
Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 09:29 AM (PXvVL)

Yes. And in the caves where they've lived for a couple of hundreds of years, there's huge deposits of guano.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 06, 2024 09:33 AM (g8Ew8)

50 One of the many, many benefits of the book thread is learning about more books related to ones I already love. In this case, someone mentioned "The Willows in Winter" by William Horwood. It's a sequel, or at least a continuation, of the "Wind in the Willows" story. I was skeptical about such a thing but the reviews were all positive so I ordered a copy. (The damn local library didn't have it, of course.)

This book is a delight. Horwood truly captures the feel of the original. If I didn't know better I would think Kenneth Grahame had written it. I went back to WITW to compare the styles and Horwood nails it. And even better, the illustrator, Patrick Benson, draws in a similar way to the original Ernest Shepard illustrations. What a nice benefit. Glad I got a hardcover version.

There are a few others by this team in the series and I plan to get all of them eventually. Thanks to whoever mentioned this.

Posted by: JTB at October 06, 2024 09:34 AM (yTvNw)

51 oh reilly, the real man of mystery, agent for blohm and voss against zaharoff's vickers, cornered the supply of foodstuffs when his warnings to the Russian General Staff about the impending Japanese incursion,

Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 09:36 AM (PXvVL)

52 Nonsensical Claptrap - a limerick

That is not dead which can eternal lie
And with strange eons even death may die

What a load of pompous tripe!
But I've been trying not to snipe
So I'm not going to say "F**k THAT guy!

Posted by: muldoon at October 06, 2024 09:36 AM (uCfKO)

53 We had the Time-Life old west series! Dig that hand-tooled pleather cover!

Heck, we had most of the Time-Life series(es). They were good stuff.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 09:36 AM (kpS4V)

54 of course the conceit of Bond, is everyone knows who he is, and yet they all deal with him,

Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 09:37 AM (PXvVL)

55 JTB, glad you love it as much as I do!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 09:37 AM (kpS4V)

56 28 ; JTB, I vaguely recall reading an old account of "fairy furor" that may have derived from this book. "Photographs" of some girls with fairies (that looked strikingly like paper dolls) flittering in the forest sent folks into the woods to have their own fairy encounter.

It seems like an amusing hoax that at least got people outdoors!!!

Posted by: Moki at October 06, 2024 09:39 AM (wLjpr)

57 wait how do you mine guano which comes from bats right,
Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024

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I think the word is also applied to birds' poop. I'd guess once guano dries and hardens, it takes some labor to harvest it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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Birdshit Island -- Nauru

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 06, 2024 09:39 AM (/lPRQ)

58 I asked my grandson, a senior in high school, what he's reading for school this year. They all seemed like good choices, but the one that surprised me the most was one of the older sci fi books that some of youse guys talk about.

Do I remember right now which one? I do not, but I was pleased, all the same. This is a big city school.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 06, 2024

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Good to hear! I'll hazard a guess that it's The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Leguin. As Larry Niven said, "It's a good novel by their standards [meaning literary types] as well as our own [meaning true SF fans]."

It *is* good, featuring a race of humans on the planet Winter who *naturally* change sex when they go into "kemmer," meaning estrus. We get inserts from their oral tradition and written literature showing how this bedrock fact has influenced their culture. The sidebars are short but effective; and there is a strong adventure component in the novel as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 09:40 AM (omVj0)

59 I think you have to be a certain height in order to be a sentry - between 5'11" and 6'1". The same for the Marine Corps Drill team.

Posted by: Moki at October 06, 2024 09:33 AM (wLjpr)

That's height-ist.

Posted by: BignJames at October 06, 2024 09:40 AM (Yj6Os)

60 I think guano is mined from caves where the bats congregate. It's a big industry for some island in the Pacific whose name escapes me.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 09:40 AM (kpS4V)

61 JTB, I vaguely recall reading an old account of "fairy furor" that may have derived from this book. "Photographs" of some girls with fairies (that looked strikingly like paper dolls) flittering in the forest sent folks into the woods to have their own fairy encounter.

It seems like an amusing hoax that at least got people outdoors!!!
Posted by: Moki at October 06, 2024

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Wasn't there also a flap about this kind of thing in the time of Conan Doyle, leading him to believe in spiritualism?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 09:41 AM (omVj0)

62 That is not dead which can eternal lie
And with strange eons even death may die

Seriously. Can anyone translate that into plain English for me?

Posted by: muldoon at October 06, 2024 09:41 AM (uCfKO)

63 of course the conceit of Bond, is everyone knows who he is, and yet they all deal with him,
Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 09:37 AM (PXvVL)

When one sits down and thinks about it, seems like all the villains knew who Bond was. He's wasn't much of a "secret agent".

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 06, 2024 09:42 AM (g8Ew8)

64 I've slowly been reading through some horror short story collections written by foreigners published by Valancourt. So far, I've read The Black Maybe by Attila Veres, Swedish Cults by Anders Fager, and The Secret Life of Insects by Bernardo Esquinca. Some good stuff in these if you like weird/Lovecraftian fiction.

Posted by: taking a break from serious stuff at October 06, 2024 09:42 AM (WxgaY)

65 Finally finished Alan Moorehead's "The Desert War." Very interesting nearly as-it-happened history of the war in North Africa.

Now about 2/3 of the way through "Torchship", another book thread recommendation. A bit different than what I was expecting (at least so far - I gather it's a trilogy, at least), but very good.

You people are hell on shrinking my TBR pile.

Posted by: Disillusionist at October 06, 2024 09:43 AM (HWSAa)

66 20 Those "Tomb of the Unknown" sentries are so slick, they get their hair cut twice a week....are there any women sentries?...never seen one.

Posted by: BignJames at October 06, 2024 09:13 AM
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Yes there are. Not many, but something like 7 to date.

Posted by: TRex at October 06, 2024 09:43 AM (IQ6Gq)

67 Weak Geek

This week I reread my favorite Retief short story by Keith Laumer, Diplomat-at-Arms.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2024 09:43 AM (u82oZ)

68 Where are my manners? Good morning horde. Thanks Perfessor!

Posted by: TRex at October 06, 2024 09:44 AM (IQ6Gq)

69 of course the conceit of Bond, is everyone knows who he is, and yet they all deal with him,
Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024

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In the films, yes. In the novels they don't seem to, at least not during the best of the bunch, the first six. Bond often adopts cover identities (though not disguises) and usually represents himself as an agent of "Universal Export," the Secret Service's own cover.

Later, naturally, Blofeld knows him by name, and UE's cover is blown and they adopt a new cover.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 09:44 AM (omVj0)

70 Based on another mention on the thread, I got a copy of "84 Charing Cross Road" by Helene Hanff. (The local library had a copy, for once, but there was a waiting list for it.) What a charming, pleasant read. Hanff, in a small book, spans several decades of dealing with a book seller in London. She lives in NYC. Although the people never meet in person, they develop relationships that go far beyond acquiring books and the reader gets caught up in their lives revealed in their letters. It's the kind of book that when you finish, you go 'my, that was nice.' Hanff was mostly wrote for TV and stage. I should see if she did other books.

Posted by: JTB at October 06, 2024 09:45 AM (yTvNw)

71 I've slowly been reading through some horror short story collections written by foreigners published by Valancourt. So far, I've read The Black Maybe by Attila Veres, Swedish Cults by Anders Fager, and The Secret Life of Insects by Bernardo Esquinca. Some good stuff in these if you like weird/Lovecraftian fiction.

Posted by: taking a break from serious stuff at October 06, 2024 09:42 AM (WxgaY)

sooo many possibilities.

Posted by: BignJames at October 06, 2024 09:45 AM (Yj6Os)

72 Zoltan - This last week was looking up videos on my old base RAF Bentwaters and then of course the most famous UFO incident I missed by a month at the Rendelsham Forrest.

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 09:45 AM (fwDg9)

73 Missus Muldoon and I had dinner with friends the other night. The husband is a recently retired accountant and announced he planned to spend his time now writing his first book. I asked what it was going to be about and he said "God".

I thought that seemed ambitious for a first book, but am interested to see what he produces.

Posted by: muldoon at October 06, 2024 09:46 AM (uCfKO)

74 On the subject of unreliable narrators, last week someone mentioned enjoying those type of stories. I recommend An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears. It is a medieval murder tale told by four separate narrators, one of whom is insane and the others are trying to clear themselves, so the reader has to piece together the truth by comparing the versions. It is a clever book that I reviewed here a while back.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 09:46 AM (8HMaj)

75 When one sits down and thinks about it, seems like all the villains knew who Bond was. He's wasn't much of a "secret agent".
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 06, 2024

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They don't know him by name. They suspect that some enemy agent is after them, and they learn somehow it's a British agent -- and he's the only Englishman around. Drax knows who he is, since M detailed Bond to keep an eye out for sabotage on Drax's "Moonraker" rocket. And SMERSH knows him, of course. But the American gangsters in Diamonds Are Forever only realize later that this Limey inserted into their smuggling pipeline is real trouble.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 09:48 AM (omVj0)

76 I bought a Kobo e-reader because there is no more room on my shelves, boxes of books are used as insulation on an outside wall, and I hate Amazon.

It is quite limited in book selection. Yes, I can check out books from the library, but that selection is massively skewed to woke cat stories with little non-fiction.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2024 09:49 AM (u82oZ)

77 Note also that Bond _isn't_ a spy. He's a _counterspy_. In most of Fleming's stories he's acting as an investigator/hit man, not gathering secret information. So keeping his identity secret isn't actually all that important.

Posted by: Trimegistus at October 06, 2024 09:50 AM (78a2H)

78 Wasn't there also a flap about this kind of thing in the time of Conan Doyle, leading him to believe in spiritualism?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 09:41 AM (omVj0)

I think so. It's been so many years since I read that blurb/story/article, that I don't remember particulars, but I recall there was some surge of spiritualism during that period that had nothing to do with God Almighty.

Posted by: Moki at October 06, 2024 09:50 AM (wLjpr)

79 It seems like an amusing hoax that at least got people outdoors!!!
Posted by: Moki at October 06, 2024

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Wasn't there also a flap about this kind of thing in the time of Conan Doyle, leading him to believe in spiritualism?

I think he already believed in spiritism but he publicly promoted that book as proof of the spirit world. I don't know if he publicly recanted after the author revealed the hoax.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 06, 2024 09:50 AM (/y8xj)

80 @67 --

I thought "Diplomat at Arms" is a collection of shorts.

I came across Retief way back in college. The residence hall library had a copy of "Retief at Large." I was hooked with the first story, "Cultural Exchange," and I laughed out loud while reading "The Brass God." Laumer could build worlds.

Posted by: Weak Geek at October 06, 2024 09:51 AM (p/isN)

81 Yes and Drax as a former SS deep cover operative, certainly knows who Bond is,

Le Chiffre, Dr No, Drax, the Soviet officer in Russia, name escapes me,

Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 09:52 AM (PXvVL)

82 And along with TRex, good morning all and thanks Perfesser. This is a wonderful Book Thread!!

Off to church, so y'all have a blessed day of reading!!

Posted by: Moki at October 06, 2024 09:52 AM (wLjpr)

83 Yes, I can check out books from the library, but that selection is massively skewed to woke cat stories with little non-fiction.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2024

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Or woke murder "mysteries," all set in small towns with women narrators who have some kind of business there, who live with at least one cat (which appears on the cover), and featuring the kind of mystery that anybody who's watched a few episodes of Perry Mason can figure out. If the towns were eccentric and the people and dialog actually funny, I wouldn't mind the limp mystery component; but they're all very flat and written to a formula.

You want charm with solid mystery? Two words: Josephine Tey.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 09:53 AM (omVj0)

84 speaking of spiritualism, david liss who has written about financial scandals, like the South Sea bubbles, had a recent one where he seems to have gone deep into the witchcraft meme, seems to be a believer,

Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 09:54 AM (PXvVL)

85 The incident is mentioned in the book Houdini: America's First Superhero (title from memory, may not be exact) which I recommend.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 06, 2024 09:54 AM (/y8xj)

86 The incident y'all are thinking of is the "Cottingley Fairies." Two little girls took photos of themselves with fairies, and to just about any eye the fairies are obviously paper cutouts. But Doyle wanted to believe, so he did.

It's interesting to compare/contrast Doyle with Houdini. Both of them _did_ want to believe, but Houdini had _far_ too much personal experience in the world of carnies and con men to be taken in by a line of patter and some phosphorescent paint. He advocated rigorous testing and was merciless on fraudulent mediums . . . but I think he was always hoping to find one who was real.

Posted by: Trimegistus at October 06, 2024 09:54 AM (78a2H)

87 There is no magical formula on how to become a best-selling author

Actually, Perfessor, there is a magic formula. It's called, be famous before you write something. According to the Big Five, that is.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 09:55 AM (0eaVi)

88 Good to hear! I'll hazard a guess that it's The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Leguin.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 09:40 AM (omVj0)

No...I web searched a list of great sci fi books and found it. Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." Is that a good one?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 06, 2024 09:55 AM (OX9vb)

89 55 ... "glad you love it as much as I do!"

Hi AHE,

Couldn't recall who suggested The willows in Winter but THANK YOU. The one problem was I was so enamored with the illustrations I had to struggle to stay wit the writing. Will definitely check out his other Willows related books. Probably the Dincton Wood series as well.

Posted by: JTB at October 06, 2024 09:55 AM (yTvNw)

90 @77 --

I will maintain until my dying day that there is a differene between a spy and a secret agent. "Spy," however, fits into more headlines.

Posted by: Weak Geek at October 06, 2024 09:55 AM (p/isN)

91 I'll make it quick, because I'm busy reading. Last Chanukah, I got Miss V a collection of beautifully illustrated Charles Santore children's classics. She's finally old enough to appreciate them, and is especially loving the Alice in Wonderland book. I'm slowly reading it to her, a few pages a day, while she gawks at the drawings.

She wakes me up in the morning with the book - "daddy, daddy, daddy, Alice! Read the book!!!" Adorable.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2024 09:56 AM (awTae)

92 re #56 and 61, the thing with the pictures of fairies was, IIRC, in the 1920s. A couple of young girls claimed that they had met fairies and they had pictures to prove it. The pictures looked to skeptics like pictures of the girls holding papers cut out from illustrations of fairy tales but many people believed their story. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle bought the story hook, line and sinker. He had been a believer in and advocate for Spiritualism for a couple of decades at that point. He even wrote a Professor Challenger novel "In the Land of Mist" that was essentially pro-Spiritualist propaganda.

I have always found it very strange that the man who created Sherlock Holmes, an archetype of the Man of Reason, was himself seduced by the irrational and transparent hoaxes.

Posted by: John F. MacMichael at October 06, 2024 09:58 AM (aYnHS)

93 To my shame, I didn't get much reading done this past week. Too much time playing a bigass computer game.

In an interesting counterpoint to my own argument about abstraction vs. immediacy above, I spent something like 30 hours looking at a map and numbers.

Posted by: Trimegistus at October 06, 2024 09:58 AM (78a2H)

94 I web searched a list of great sci fi books and found it. Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." Is that a good one?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

That is the base story for the movie Blade Runner. The book is far superior to the movie.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 09:58 AM (8HMaj)

95 Actually, Perfessor, there is a magic formula. It's called, be famous before you write something. According to the Big Five, that is.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 09:55 AM (0eaVi)
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Money laundering doesn't count.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2024 09:59 AM (BpYfr)

96 62 ... "That is not dead which can eternal lie
And with strange eons even death may die

Seriously. Can anyone translate that into plain English for me?"

Hi Muldoon,

It probably comes down to "Just cause you can't see me doesn't mean I'm dead. And I ain't going away." (Followed by sound effect of echoing evil laughter.)

Posted by: JTB at October 06, 2024 09:59 AM (yTvNw)

97 We had the Time-Life old west series! Dig that hand-tooled pleather cover!

Heck, we had most of the Time-Life series(es). They were good stuff.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 09:36 AM (kpS4V)

I finally found "The Whalers" from the Time-Life collection "The Seafarers".

Great stuff. And as almost always, T-L stuff is a good diving board to pursue topics that interest you.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2024 09:59 AM (eDfFs)

98 Valancourt has done some NICE horror anthologies and foreign horror. They've also reprinted a bunch of Gerald Kersh, Charles Beaumont, and others. Some time this fall they're doing a couple by Robert Bloch -- his early collection The Opener of the Way, and his novel The Night of the Ripper (yes, about guess who). Valancourt's web site is one I check every few days for announcements; it's a terrific house.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 06, 2024 09:59 AM (q3u5l)

99 I have downloaded over 100 books from Project Gutenberg. I refuse to pay the high prices of books offered because of the Biden economy and being married. These are all older books with the most recent from the early 1960s due to lack of copyright renewal.

There was a Keith Laumer novel in there, A Trace of Memory. Interesting but not great.
And that is the theme. The best stories from the 1950s on are still covered by copyrights.

I did read entertaining James H. Schmitz short stories, and there was an interesting novel, A Tale of Two Clocks featuring an appealing female space opera heroine, Trigger Argee.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2024 10:00 AM (u82oZ)

100 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2024 10:00 AM (u82oZ)

101 Posted by: JTB

*********

Heh. Thanks!

😐

Posted by: muldoon at October 06, 2024 10:00 AM (uCfKO)

102 Y's Dice @91, that is wonderful about Miss V and the book!

Posted by: skywch at October 06, 2024 10:00 AM (uqhmb)

103 Wait, I may be getting my Houdini books confused. It might have been in Final Seance which was OK but not quite what I was hoping when I picked it up.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 06, 2024 10:01 AM (/y8xj)

104 Doyle's son Kingsley died during WWI. It appears that turned Doyle's mild curiosity and interest in Spiritualism into a near-obsession.

Posted by: Trimegistus at October 06, 2024 10:02 AM (78a2H)

105 It is quite limited in book selection. Yes, I can check out books from the library, but that selection is massively skewed to woke cat stories with little non-fiction.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2024 09:49 AM (u82oZ)

I use both Libby and Hoopla. Libby has a bigger selection, but Hoopla surprises me sometimes with selections I can't get on Libby.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 06, 2024 10:02 AM (OX9vb)

106 No...I web searched a list of great sci fi books and found it. Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." Is that a good one?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 06, 2024

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I don't know, as I've never read it. It's supposed to be the basis for Blade Runner the film, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 10:04 AM (omVj0)

107 That is not dead which can eternal lie
And with strange eons even death may die

Seriously. Can anyone translate that into plain English for me?
Posted by: muldoon at October 06, 2024 09:41 AM (uCfKO)

Sure.

There are beings which may never die
Instead they lie down, stare at the sky
Then Death bored of the wait
Expires with them still on his plate
The beings awake to have coffee and pie.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2024 10:05 AM (eDfFs)

108 On the Kobo, read Thomas More's Utopia. I long ago turned in my book from college.

I was struck how the description of social organization in 1500 England, France and the Benelux countries resembles today.

This socio-political satire by Thomas More is spot on with today's mechanisms of decay in society.

It is sad to think we have made so little progress in 608 years. I blame our ur-DNA.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2024 10:05 AM (u82oZ)

109 61 ... "Wasn't there also a flap about this kind of thing in the time of Conan Doyle, leading him to believe in spiritualism?"

Yeah. There were several photos circa 1917 which 'showed' fairies. Taken by two sisters. The photos caught Doyle's attention and he even wrote a small book, "The Coming of the Fairies", about them.

Posted by: JTB at October 06, 2024 10:07 AM (yTvNw)

110 Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." Is that a good one?

This statement applies to most fiction but in spades to PKD:

"It's the kind of thing you'll like if you like that kind of thing."

Posted by: Oddbob at October 06, 2024 10:07 AM (/y8xj)

111 Teaching kids to read is really quite simple. (Barring specific issues like dyslexia to which I am sympathetic because my dad, one of my sisters, and one of her sons have varying degrees of affliction.) So many teachers make it out like it's hard and parents shouldn't try. What's hard for them is dealing with 20 kids progressing at 20 different paces. Teaching your own child to read is not difficult and not expensive. I think I spent 40 bucks getting a good phonics primer (Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading) and a set of BOB books. Then we were off to the races.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 06, 2024 10:08 AM (ftFVW)

112 Regarding Time-Life Books --

Does anybody else here remember the TV ad in the 1980s for the set "The '60s"? It consisted of photos of different people "then" followed by video clips of them "now," with them in their 40s. One guy "then" had mushroom hair; in the "now" he was bald as an egg.

I want to watch it again, but YT doesn't seem to have it.

Posted by: Weak Geek at October 06, 2024 10:09 AM (p/isN)

113 Stopped in yesterday at The Book Guy in Joplin MO, and he was wearing a t-shirt with the cover for the Signet paperback of Do Androids Dream etc.

If I'd had half a functioning brain yesterday, I'd maybe have had sense enough to ask him where he got it. Next time...

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 06, 2024 10:09 AM (q3u5l)

114 Note also that Bond _isn't_ a spy. He's a _counterspy_. In most of Fleming's stories he's acting as an investigator/hit man, not gathering secret information. So keeping his identity secret isn't actually all that important.
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 06, 2024

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True. M sends Bond to take *action* against Britain's enemies, not merely to discover info about them and transmit it back. He investigates -- we see that in the novel of Live and Let Die, and hints of it in the film of Doctor No -- and discovers what the ungodly are really up to, but then his job is to disrupt or destroy them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 10:09 AM (omVj0)

115 more like regression

Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 10:10 AM (PXvVL)

116
No...I web searched a list of great sci fi books and found it. Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." Is that a good one?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 06, 2024 09:55 AM (OX9vb)

It's good but if you want to see what PKD was all about...

His best IMHO is "UBIK". Though he has lots of good one.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2024 10:10 AM (eDfFs)

117 No. 6, guano is mined in Chile and Peru, on the desert shores and islets there. The seabirds nest and perch and poop on the rocks there, and because there is a lot of sealife and almost never any rain, it has built up huge deposits. They were mined for the nitrates that were used for fertilizer and for explosives, and were a principal source for them until the Haber-Bosch process for fixing atmospheric Nitrogen was introduced.
It is a nasty, dry, unpleasant job, often using contract labor that has often been difficult to tell from slavery or peonage. It is like quarrying or strip mining, but for nasty ammoniacal bird poop in the dryest places in the world.
There were naval battles between the Brits and the Germans in WWI over access to the guano and the war of the Pacific between Chile, Peru and Bolivia was in part over access to the mines.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 06, 2024 10:11 AM (D7oie)

118 @113 --

The Book Guy is a great shop. I cleaned him out of a slew of "Man From U.N.C.L.E" novels a few years ago.

Posted by: Weak Geek at October 06, 2024 10:12 AM (p/isN)

119 Toddlers would probably enjoy the illustrations even though too young to get the 'story'. Slightly older kids, especially little girls, would like the whole book. I'll be checking into other books by the same author and artist.
Posted by: JTB at October 06, 2024 09:20 AM (yTvNw)

I'm of two minds about books like this. Sure, they're probably aimed at kids just for fun, but it seems it could also be a channel to re-introduce paganism. In the ancient world, fairies and such were feared, not thought of as cute little things making flowers. They had power and people didn't want to offend them, hence sacred groves and the like. I'm not sure they're really safe to read. The world seems to be re-paganizing already, we don't need to involve our children in it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 10:13 AM (0eaVi)

120 Teaching your own child to read is not difficult and not expensive. I think I spent 40 bucks getting a good phonics primer (Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading) and a set of BOB books. Then we were off to the races.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 06, 2024

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As the recipient of such effective teaching, I can attest to that. My mother taught me to read before I ever set foot in school. She told me: "We started with simple books and comics. I read the 'hard' words, and you read the 'easy' ones. Eventually you could read the hard ones too."

She taught me to sound things out instead of trying to decipher the whole word in a flash, as they expected us to do in first grade. I use that to this day when I hit an unfamiliar English word, or one in a foreign language like German.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 10:13 AM (omVj0)

121 My brain project recently has been to better understand how AI works and how people might use AI. Yes, there are countless public policy and societal implications of AI, but I'm trying to get a better handle on the foundations to better understand how it works and the opportunities and limitations.

Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick provides AI background and foundation then dives into the ways that humans can effectively work together with AI. That's the key - learning to effectively use AI means thinking about how to work together with it. It isn't a search engine - if you know how to use it, AI can be much more like a virtual assistant.

The book goes through a number of use cases and associated limitations and implications, but one illustrative use case is a tutor. AI can adapt to each person's pace and understanding, and continually adjust. AI can create tailored dialogue and adjust through responsive Q&A, like a personal tutor.

The next question is whether students should use an AI tutor at home to learn the material and use classroom time to develop, discuss and apply. This flips the current model of classroom lecture and homework to further develop the concepts.

Posted by: TRex at October 06, 2024 10:13 AM (IQ6Gq)

122 The Book Guy is a great shop. I cleaned him out of a slew of "Man From U.N.C.L.E" novels a few years ago.
Posted by: Weak Geek at October 06, 2024

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How many of the 23 do you have?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 10:14 AM (omVj0)

123 There were naval battles between the Brits and the Germans in WWI over access to the guano and the war of the Pacific between Chile, Peru and Bolivia was in part over access to the mines.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 06, 2024 10:11 AM (D7oie)
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They never seem to mention the battles for bird poop in most history books...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2024 10:14 AM (BpYfr)

124 Good morning Horde and thanks Perfessor. Kitchen cleaned up from breakfast. Scampywife full on hollering and woohooing the Vikings game

Posted by: scampydog at October 06, 2024 10:14 AM (41CYW)

125 "We were fighting for king, country, and freedom. Oh, and also for bat crap."

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 10:15 AM (8HMaj)

126 One more note on "The Cottingley Fairies" (thanks Trimegistus @86): Conan Doyle wrote a book promoting them. It was titled "The Coming of the Fairies" (a title that in our dirty minded age would lead to some lewd interpretations).

Posted by: John F. MacMichael at October 06, 2024 10:15 AM (aYnHS)

127 Well I 'sold' some free copies of 'Just Put Chuck Vindaloo' after the Perfesser's post last week, so I have to assume it was from the SMBT horde. Thanks very much of you did pick it up, and happy to take any notes you might have.
Posted by: Candidus at October 06, 2024 09:25 AM (pdo1l)

Good news. Gotta start somewhere.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 10:15 AM (0eaVi)

128
"Give me Bird Crap or Give me Death!"

Posted by: Patrick Henry's First Declaration of Principle Just Didn't Catch On at All at October 06, 2024 10:17 AM (eDfFs)

129 I did read entertaining James H. Schmitz short stories, and there was an interesting novel, A Tale of Two Clocks featuring an appealing female space opera heroine, Trigger Argee.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2024

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Schmitz was one of John Campbell's stable of SF writers in the Astounding days. His novelette (later a novel) Witches of Karres was considered a big fave, enough to pop up in one of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame collections. (I've read it, but don't recall much about it. The "witchcraft," I think, was psi powers, telekinesis and so forth, which Campbell loved for his writers to explore -- not Satanism.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 10:18 AM (omVj0)

130 @122 --

All of those by David McDaniel plus a few others. Maybe a dozen?

I know I had the first eight -- most of them yet to be read -- but I disposed of the second one, "The Doomsday Affair," last year when I decided I never would read it again. Even I have limited shelf space.

Posted by: Weak Geek at October 06, 2024 10:20 AM (p/isN)

131 The mention of Houdini reminded me of a book that has him as a contemporary of one of the characters,

"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon.

It is a extremely entertaining read.

Two kids team up to find their fortune in the early days of classic comic books.

Posted by: pawn at October 06, 2024 10:20 AM (QB+5g)

132 I always fancied Tommy Hambledon over James Bond. Bond went through a scenario like a dose of salts, where Hambledon fumbled around, tore his hair out, drank coffee, made exasperated observations, sent back breezy telegrams and only sometimes had to stab someone with a knitting needle and dispose of the body by burning down a mansion.

To be fair, I liked the Continental Op as well, for the same reason.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 06, 2024 10:21 AM (D7oie)

133 Zipped through 'A Betrayal in Blood' from Mark Latham, via a recommendation from this here thread. Thank you, Horde! Now I have to read a whole bunch more NEW Sherlock case files...

Began 'With Santa Anna in Texas' by Jose Enrique de la Pena, which is a sort of "What I did in the Texas War" memoir. It was not at all favorable to Santa Anna, and much of it was destroyed through suppression, and de la Pena died in prison for having the temerity to write something critical about the Dictator. I will follow with 'Sea of Mud' a recent work which details the previously unknown ordeal of the Mexican Army after the Battle of San Jacinto. The Army outnumbered the Texians by a few thousand, and they wanted to attack, but arguments among the remaining officers, and the route they took through boggy river bottoms doomed any thoughts of battle, losing their cannon and wagons in the mud of the Texas Springtime.

Cheers!

Posted by: Brewingfrog at October 06, 2024 10:22 AM (NJL5X)

134 I think that was one of the plot points in Conrad's Nostromo if memory serves,

Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 10:22 AM (PXvVL)

135 @131 --

Comics fans were all over that book when it came out.

I have yet to read it. Someday ...

Posted by: Weak Geek at October 06, 2024 10:23 AM (p/isN)

136 re: Ambler's "ordinary person must perform in extraordinary circumstances". Helen MacInnes did much the same, though IIRC w/women protagonists.

I recently read MacGregor's Final Battle, which was a different take on a man w/a terminal illness making a cross-country trip to visit his cousin in Alaska. With the complication that said illness caused episodes of unconciousness. Recommended.

Posted by: yara at October 06, 2024 10:24 AM (s8LAW)

137 119 ... "I'm of two minds about books like this. Sure, they're probably aimed at kids just for fun, but it seems it could also be a channel to re-introduce paganism."

I don't think that applies in this case. The fairies aren't portrayed as special or magical, just a part of the natural world. They are hard to spot only because they are small and their appearance matches their environment.

Posted by: JTB at October 06, 2024 10:25 AM (yTvNw)

138 Do I remember right now which one? I do not, but I was pleased, all the same. This is a big city school.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

That could be anything from Orwell to Bradbury to Heinlein.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 06, 2024 10:25 AM (IG4Id)

139 Disillusionist

Alan Moorehead's The Desert War is a mashup of the three books he wrote on the campaign in North Africa, Mediterranean Front,
A Year of Battle, The End in Africa. The 11th Hussars start and end the story. He was a top notch newspaper correspondent.

His later writings are smooth, easy to read, with telling details that bring history to life.

For example, in Eclipse, his history of WWII from 1943-1945, he has Montgomery tell men of the 234 Brigade from Malta that they will follow him everywhere. There are groans from the ranks, expecting more combat. Montgomery says, "Ah, but you don't know where I am going. I am going on leave."
For the record, that brigade was not allowed on leave, and was thrown into the Italian Campaign.
This is from memory, as I reads it after a pompous speech from a flag officer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2024 10:27 AM (u82oZ)

140 I thought that seemed ambitious for a first book

All that lime-rickin', and a master of understatement as well.

Houdini (Erik Weisz!) made quite a name for himself as an exposer of spiritualist frauds. Early in the game, he and Conan Doyle may have co-operated in some of these, but then C-D was drawn more into the mythos. Houdini's pledge to reach back from the great beyond was an attempt to debunk the (great deal of) BS going around in the 20's, but you see how that turned out.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at October 06, 2024 10:27 AM (zdLoL)

141 Does anybody else here remember the TV ad in the 1980s for the set "The '60s"?
Posted by: Weak Geek

"Hey, man, do you remember '60's rock?"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 06, 2024 10:28 AM (IG4Id)

142 I visited San Jacinto a couple of weeks ago while in the area on business. There is some interesting history still untold. The Mexicans considered the treaty Santa Anna signed was invalid since it was signed under duress, and fighting continued until Texas became a state and the war with Mexico settled matters.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 10:29 AM (8HMaj)

143 Bat guano is the highest nitrogen organic fertilizer you can get. Great stuff for growing gardens in the PNW.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 06, 2024 10:30 AM (gfViB)

144 I can dimly recall the TV ads for that '60s set. Dimly. Images from Woodstock well represented if memory serves, and it made me glad that I wasn't within many miles of the place.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 06, 2024 10:30 AM (q3u5l)

145 With almost two and a half decades of homeschooling under my belt, the achievement of which I am most proud is that I taught all my children to read. Phonics for the win, baby!

Posted by: bluebell at October 06, 2024 10:31 AM (bS+DD)

146 Recently I bought a collection of old pulp stories by C.L. Moore called '"Jirel of Joiry." I've read the first two stories in the collection, and I think I hate it. Not enough to rage-quit the book (though I have paused my reading for a bit) but I expect that I'll be reading the rest of the book adversarially, ready to identify and document everything about it that I don't like...

(Described in another post)

Posted by: Castle Guy at October 06, 2024 10:31 AM (Lhaco)

147 That is the base story for the movie Blade Runner. The book is far superior to the movie.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Do you wear crocs for fun or pleasure?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 06, 2024 10:31 AM (IG4Id)

148 Money laundering doesn't count.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2024 09:59 AM (BpYfr)

I'd apply that to politicians for sure, but movie or tv stars get bestsellers because of who they are, not necessarily because their work is good.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 10:31 AM (0eaVi)

149 Dash, the only way to figure out if you like PK Dick is to read him. There were other authors writing at the same time that I liked better, like Christopher Anvil, Murray Yaco, Murray Leinster, and Randall Garrett.
PK Dick did write well, but his world view I found hard to deal with, it was very negative and obsessed with hidden knowledge and false fronts. IIRC correctly he was bipolar and edged into psychosis, while self medicating.

However, the problem with school assignments is they grade on actually reading the assigned books, not books you like better. I know because I tried . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at October 06, 2024 10:32 AM (D7oie)

150 Got the nearly 11 yo littlest hobbit started on the Monster Hunter series recently. Was trying to recall if there was anything *very* objectionable in the first book. Violence and gore are not problems since we watch a lot of sci-fi and horror in this hobbit hole. Language is probably not a problem either since his mother has a bit of a mouth on her. I'm thinking we're good.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 06, 2024 10:32 AM (ftFVW)

151 Have a great week in books and life, everyone.

I now have more books on the TBR pile.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2024 10:32 AM (u82oZ)

152
What are YOU reading this fine morning?

_________

Read?

(as dictated to my buxom, callipygic personal assistant with the English accent)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2024 10:33 AM (BkEzK)

153 who is unreliable narrator

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Hitchcock created a sensation in his 1950 film Stage Fright. It is an innocent accused film in which a flashback shows how he came to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. SPOILER ALERT. It is then revealed that he wasn't all that innocent and the flashback lied! Having characters lie seems OK but a lying flashback is a step too far!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 06, 2024 10:33 AM (L/fGl)

154 Compared to how and what I was taught back in ancient times, today's normal educational practices would be considered child abuse. And should be. I don't even want to consider what kind of upheaval would have to happen to change back to methods that work.

Think I'll go reread Kipling's "Gods of the Copybook Headings".

Posted by: JTB at October 06, 2024 10:33 AM (yTvNw)

155 I don't know, as I've never read it. It's supposed to be the basis for Blade Runner the film, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 10:04 AM (omVj0)

(blink... blink)

Wait, there's a classic sf you've not read??? Are you sure this is Wolfus?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 10:34 AM (0eaVi)

156 which ridley scott made into a futuristic noir because androids was unfilmable,

Posted by: no 6 at October 06, 2024 10:34 AM (PXvVL)

157 (why I don't like Jirel of Joiry)
The story starts with some medeval warlord capturing a castle. The last champion of the castle's defenders is dragged before the conqueror, the champion's helmet is removed and it turns out that (gasp) it's a girl! Yeah, that trope overplayed nowadays, but I'm sure it was fresh back in the 30's. the conqueror gives Jirel a mocking kiss and then throws her in the dungeon. She escapes and vows vengeance. But instead of just trying to stab him, she sneaks down a secret passage to the netherworld (apparently her castle has one of those) and makes a pact with the dark powers to send the conqueror's soul to hell. Now, I'm willing to believe that the conqueror is bad, and deserves to be punished, but Moore never established that he was THIS bad. As a matter of fact, in every other story I've read, the character who consorts with supernatural evil to enact petty vengeance is considered the villain!

(The comment box keeps cutting me off, so we'll continue one more time)

Posted by: Castle Guy at October 06, 2024 10:35 AM (Lhaco)

158 She wakes me up in the morning with the book - "daddy, daddy, daddy, Alice! Read the book!!!" Adorable.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2024 09:56 AM (awTae)
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This does my heart good. One of the greatest gifts you can give a child is reading to them. And it's wonderful for the parent too.

Posted by: bluebell at October 06, 2024 10:36 AM (bS+DD)

159 "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon.
Posted by: pawn at October 06, 2024 10:20 AM (QB+5g)

I started typing that in the search field on amazon. It was the first suggestion, but the second one was "the amazing adventures of an amish stripper."

This amish romance trend is out of control.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 06, 2024 10:36 AM (OX9vb)

160 Kindltot is right about the bat crap, not something you'll see in print every day. The terrible bitter joke is how the great powers insisted on the polite fiction that it was all for "fertilizer," a pretense that has survived the changes in chemical processes. It was all about the artillery.

But, at the birth of 'modern chemistry,' the stuff really was a revolution, and it's hard to overstate its impact. Just as you'd suppose, there's a book about it, Gregory Cushman's Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global Ecological History.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at October 06, 2024 10:38 AM (zdLoL)

161 145 ... "With almost two and a half decades of homeschooling under my belt, the achievement of which I am most proud is that I taught all my children to read. Phonics for the win, baby!"

bluebell,
Having met your kids I can say you did a wonderful job. I would love to see home schooling scuttle the abusive and damaging public education system.

Posted by: JTB at October 06, 2024 10:38 AM (yTvNw)

162 Never got around to the Jirel of Joiry stories by Moore because they didn't sound like my cup of tea, but there's a terrific volume from Centipede Press (which was a Science Fiction Book Club selection, so it's a lot easier to find than some of their others) called Two-Handed Engine; this one's a collection of stories by Moore and her husband Henry Kuttner -- excellent stuff and worth it just for the story "Vintage Season."

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 06, 2024 10:38 AM (q3u5l)

163 re James H. Schmitz, I agree that "The Witches of Karres" is very good. Another novel of his that I would recommend is "The Demon Breed". The story involves an alien race that attacked the human worlds of the Hub a few centuries before. They were decisively defeated. To explain their defeat they developed a theory about a secret race of super humans who actually control humanity. Now they are back; infiltrating a human settled water world. They have been told that the heroine is one of these super humans. She is actually an ordinary young woman (no psionic powers or the like) but tough and smart who uses her knowledge of the local marine environment to defeat them.

Posted by: John F. MacMichael at October 06, 2024 10:38 AM (aYnHS)

164 Despite several reading delays, I finally finished -

"This Perfect Day" by Ira Levin.

Very good dystopian novel. He does some interesting things that would make it maybe hard to film.

1) The Dystopian Life is a pretty good safety life. You can understand why it appeals to so many and why they would never choose to leave it. Not that they're given the choice.

2) The elimination of all morality and the establishment of a "wellness" regime. If you're not "well", why then you're lovingly brought to a clinic for more drugs.

3) This is perfect Communism more or less, but yet it presents a very clear understanding or what those at the top get out of it all. Which is not what Our Betters want to advertise nor their Hollywood Lapdogs.

4) The story takes place over a number of years, decades really and while that's not a problem in reading, the presentation of that doesn't always work in movies.

Any way, a very good read by a very good writer. Check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2024 10:40 AM (eDfFs)

165 (last post on Jirel of Joiry)
To further character-assassinate the main character, the moment after Jirel sends the conqueror's soul to hell she realizes that she kind of loved him. She wasn't obsessing over his kiss because he was evil, but because he was just a charming scoundrel, and she just didn't know how to deal with her feelings for him. But, instead of insulting him and letting their bickering slowly turn to romance, she jumped straight to consorting with dark powers and short-circuiting the potential romance.

Jirel tries to undo her actions in the second story of the collection, but doesn't really rescue the conqueror, at best just releasing his soul from torment.

Yeah, I'm not looking forward to more adventures of this 'hero...'

Posted by: Castle Guy at October 06, 2024 10:40 AM (Lhaco)

166 She wakes me up in the morning with the book - "daddy, daddy, daddy, Alice! Read the book!!!" Adorable.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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That is fantastic. Thanks for sharing, so dang cute. I miss those day. Enjoy!

Posted by: scampydog at October 06, 2024 10:40 AM (41CYW)

167 I started typing that in the search field on amazon. It was the first suggestion, but the second one was "the amazing adventures of an amish stripper."

This amish romance trend is out of control.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs

That is certainly something unexpected.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 10:40 AM (8HMaj)

168 Got the nearly 11 yo littlest hobbit started on the Monster Hunter series recently. Was trying to recall if there was anything *very* objectionable in the first book. Violence and gore are not problems since we watch a lot of sci-fi and horror in this hobbit hole. Language is probably not a problem either since his mother has a bit of a mouth on her. I'm thinking we're good.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 06, 2024 10:32 AM (ftFVW)

No, very little sex, and the good guys profit and if they are not moral they suffer. Correia is a fantastic writer and apparently a really nice and moral sort of guy, and he is having fun when he writes.
The Hard Magic series is a good one too.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 06, 2024 10:40 AM (D7oie)

169 Aaaahhhh!! TV Tropes!! The black hole on Earth!!

Wave bye-bye to everybody.

Posted by: Weak Geek has a few TT tabs open at October 06, 2024 10:40 AM (p/isN)

170 91 ... "She wakes me up in the morning with the book - "daddy, daddy, daddy, Alice! Read the book!!!" Adorable."

YD,
Thanks for sharing that. Out of curiosity, do you use different voices for the various characters?

Posted by: JTB at October 06, 2024 10:44 AM (yTvNw)

171 In before the Middle Earth porn.

Dammit!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 06, 2024 10:45 AM (E8ytb)

172
Larry Niven wrote for Sid & Marty Krofft's "Land of the Lost."

David Gerrold, too, who also wrote the Tribbles episode of Star Wars.

Posted by: Time-Life at October 06, 2024 10:45 AM (aBbkg)

173
lulz

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 06, 2024 10:45 AM (aBbkg)

174 No, very little sex, and the good guys profit and if they are not moral they suffer. Correia is a fantastic writer and apparently a really nice and moral sort of guy, and he is having fun when he writes.
The Hard Magic series is a good one too.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 06, 2024 10:40 AM (D7oie)
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The next volume in his Son of the Black Sword series is supposed to be released in a few weeks. It was going to be the *final* volume in the series, but it's been split into two parts, the latter of which will come out next year sometime. *sigh*

[He must be spending too much time reading Tad Williams and now has adopted one of Tad's bad habits.]

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2024 10:45 AM (BpYfr)

175 (blink... blink)

Wait, there's a classic sf you've not read??? Are you sure this is Wolfus?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024

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Yeah, well, I have funny gaps in my genre *and literary) reading knowledge, as I do with classic films. My attempts at reading Philip K. Dick, aside from some of his short stories, has not gone well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 10:47 AM (omVj0)

176 76 I bought a Kobo e-reader because there is no more room on my shelves, boxes of books are used as insulation on an outside wall, and I hate Amazon.

It is quite limited in book selection. Yes, I can check out books from the library, but that selection is massively skewed to woke cat stories with little non-fiction.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2024 09:49 AM (u82oZ)

Keep an eye on the "Humble Bundle" website, as they periodically have big sales for ebooks. They'll generally skew nerdy or gamer-related, but if that's your thing... I have a lot of Warhammer 40K and Drizzt novels on my e-reader from them.

Posted by: Castle Guy at October 06, 2024 10:48 AM (Lhaco)

177 Blackstone Publishing has reissued all of Ira Levin's novels over the last year or two, and next year they're starting in on the plays with Deathtrap coming in January and another volume containing three plays in February. Gave Deathtrap a re-read last month and it's a lot of fun (with some differences from the movie).

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 06, 2024 10:49 AM (q3u5l)

178 Trollope's autobiography had some good advice for new writers.

Have a proper office setting you use just for writing. Make writing your job. Don't complain about muses or inspiration or writers block. Clock strikes nine, sit down and start writing. Better to write 1,000 pages and throw out everything but a sentence or two than to write zero sentences.

I think Hemingway said more or less the same thing too.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2024 10:49 AM (DDGz9)

179 Going to finish up my naf 'mystery' book The Lady and the Law and start Frankenstein for the first read. Lots of infamous stuff I haven't read.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 06, 2024 10:51 AM (IG4Id)

180 JTB, I vaguely recall reading an old account of "fairy furor" that may have derived from this book. "Photographs" of some girls with fairies (that looked strikingly like paper dolls) flittering in the forest sent folks into the woods to have their own fairy encounter.

Coming in very late, but -

The Cottingley Fairies is what you're thinking of. Two young English girls who cut pictures out of (I believe) Princess Mary's Fairy Book, used hat pins to hold them up and took pictures of themselves with them.

It was only supposed to be a family joke ("The adults lied to us about Santa Claus, so we lied to them about fairies," of one the girls later admitted), but got out of hand and even swept up Conan Doyle into the hoax (despite creating Holmes, Doyle turned incredibly gullible in the post-war years).

The girls eventually confessed some time in the 1970s, but at least one of them, until her death, insisted that fairies had appeared to them and that at least one of the photos was real.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 06, 2024 10:51 AM (Q0kLU)

181 Larry Niven wrote for Sid & Marty Krofft's "Land of the Lost."
Posted by: Time-Life

Those Sleetaks are burned into my brain. Nightmare fuel, as the kids say.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 06, 2024 10:52 AM (IG4Id)

182 I definitely "second" the advice about having a Writing Place -- especially when your kids are younger. When Mommy or Daddy is in the office, they are _working_. (The flip side is that you actually have to _work_ in the office. No playing games -- when they can see you, anyway.)

Personally, I go out of the house, to a cafe or the library. That way, I'm not available to do just one little chore, or answer the phone, or any other useful but distracting domestic task. And being in a semi-public place keeps me honest. See games, above.

Posted by: Trimegistus at October 06, 2024 10:53 AM (78a2H)

183 "This Perfect Day" by Ira Levin.

Very good dystopian novel. He does some interesting things that would make it maybe hard to film.

1) The Dystopian Life is a pretty good safety life. You can understand why it appeals to so many and why they would never choose to leave it. Not that they're given the choice.. . .

Any way, a very good read by a very good writer. Check it out.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2024

***
Like a number of popular writers, Levin flirted with SF. This one and The Boys From Brazil are the two by him I can think of. If either had been *marketed* as SF, they might not have sold as well. I don't think Crichton's Jurassic Park, Terminal Man, or Andromeda Strain were marketed specifically that way either.

Almost anything by Levin is worth reading. Not sure about Sliver, very late in his career. But he was really good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 10:53 AM (omVj0)

184 The girls eventually confessed some time in the 1970s, but at least one of them, until her death, insisted that fairies had appeared to them and that at least one of the photos was real.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 06, 2024 10:51 AM (Q0kLU)

Heh.

Make fake fairies. Start a fad. Real fairy pops up and says "hey i don't look nuttin' like that! Get outta here, youse lousy kids!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2024 10:54 AM (DDGz9)

185 Fairies sound like the new yorker laborer guy from Futurama in my head. Big deal. Get over it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2024 10:56 AM (DDGz9)

186 Posted this late night to the ONT.

Opened on the computer yesterday a partial story, some 40,000 words, that I wrote years ago. And I still enjoyed large chunks of it.

Should I take a stab at trying to finish it?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 10:58 AM (cBEJ0)

187 Note that one intrepid researcher found the original artwork in a magazine that the girls in Cottingley cut out to create their fairy photos.

Posted by: Trimegistus at October 06, 2024 10:58 AM (78a2H)

188 Blackstone Publishing has reissued all of Ira Levin's novels over the last year or two, and next year they're starting in on the plays with Deathtrap coming in January and another volume containing three plays in February. Gave Deathtrap a re-read last month and it's a lot of fun (with some differences from the movie).
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 06, 2024

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Stephen King admired Levin and said something about him being the Swiss watch of thriller writers -- that what Levin did with story and plotting made [King and his fellow writers] look like beginners. He cites Levin's first novel, A Kiss Before Dying, which has its screeching bombshell surprise tucked about halfway into the book instead of at the end. The story does not let up at that point; it builds to one hell of a climax that the movie with Robert Wagner didn't or couldn't afford to show.

The fact that Levin had been a playwright, and a script doctor for other plays, testifies to his skill. A hit non-musical or thriller play has to be solid and tight in its plotting; every scene has to work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 10:59 AM (omVj0)

189
Should I take a stab at trying to finish it?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Always

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 06, 2024 10:59 AM (IG4Id)

190 Yeah, well, I have funny gaps in my genre *and literary) reading knowledge, as I do with classic films. My attempts at reading Philip K. Dick, aside from some of his short stories, has not gone well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 10:47 AM (omVj0)

Well, same here. I read about these classic books here, but I'm not interested in reading them. I've read plenty of older stuff, but it's peculiar my reading list. Unfortunately, there's not enough time left to read everything I should have.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 11:00 AM (0eaVi)

191 Opened on the computer yesterday a partial story, some 40,000 words, that I wrote years ago. And I still enjoyed large chunks of it.

Should I take a stab at trying to finish it?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024

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Why not? You've no doubt learned much about the craft since then, and you'll know what to chop out and what to build upon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 11:00 AM (omVj0)

192 Sliver wasn't bad -- infinitely superior to the movie they made from it. Of Levin's novels, I think Son of Rosemary is the one that really gets the bad press because of what at first glance seems like a horrible cheat of an ending. Revisited all his novels over the last several months -- not a dull one in the batch.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 06, 2024 11:00 AM (q3u5l)

193 Opened on the computer yesterday a partial story, some 40,000 words, that I wrote years ago. And I still enjoyed large chunks of it.

Should I take a stab at trying to finish it?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 10:58 AM (cBEJ0)

Why not? If it looks good and you like it, go ahead. I'll sometimes come across stuff I'd written years ago and marveled at how good it was (IMO, that is). I usually can't graft it into the current project, but I know it's there if I want to develop or plunder it for something else.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 06, 2024 11:00 AM (Q0kLU)

194 She wakes me up in the morning with the book - "daddy, daddy, daddy, Alice! Read the book!!!" Adorable.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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That is fantastic. Thanks for sharing, so dang cute. I miss those day. Enjoy!

Cherish these days. One day, much sooner than you think, you'll wonder where they went.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 06, 2024 11:01 AM (/y8xj)

195 164 Never got around to the Jirel of Joiry stories by Moore because they didn't sound like my cup of tea, but there's a terrific volume from Centipede Press (which was a Science Fiction Book Club selection, so it's a lot easier to find than some of their others) called Two-Handed Engine; this one's a collection of stories by Moore and her husband Henry Kuttner -- excellent stuff and worth it just for the story "Vintage Season."
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 06, 2024 10:38 AM (q3u5l)

I bought a the e-book 'Pulp Fiction Masters' collection from Amazon. The genre is right up my alley, but the main character is (so far) not very likable.

Posted by: Castle Guy at October 06, 2024 11:01 AM (Lhaco)

196 Note that one intrepid researcher found the original artwork in a magazine that the girls in Cottingley cut out to create their fairy photos.
Posted by: Trimegistus

So they were global warming fairies?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 06, 2024 11:02 AM (L/fGl)

197 Should I take a stab at trying to finish it?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 10:58 AM (cBEJ0)

Well, yeah.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 11:03 AM (0eaVi)

198 Larry Niven wrote for Sid & Marty Krofft's "Land of the Lost."
Posted by: Time-Life

Those Sleetaks are burned into my brain. Nightmare fuel, as the kids say.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 06, 2024

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Great whacking hunks of Niven's work would make fine movies or TV miniseries -- as long as they can keep the woke out, and don't try to extend a four-part story into an entire season or three. Which probably is about as likely as finding a pacifist Kzin. But Ringworld and multiple stories in the Neutron Star collection would make terrific films.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 11:03 AM (omVj0)

199 Michael Chabon is great. One of the few modern writers I read. Kavalier and Clay is excellent as is The Yiddish Policemen's Union. He also wrote a fantasy novel for older kids called Summerland that I recall my youngest liking.

Posted by: who knew at October 06, 2024 11:04 AM (+ViXu)

200 The girls eventually confessed some time in the 1970s, but at least one of them, until her death, insisted that fairies had appeared to them and that at least one of the photos was real.

Oh, then I was wrong. I thought it had been revealed during ACD's lifetime. Thanks.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 06, 2024 11:04 AM (/y8xj)

201 Pacifist Kzinti?

The telepath from "Slaver Weapon" trying to read Spock's mind seems pretty close.

Now a vegan Kzinti would be very rare.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 11:06 AM (cBEJ0)

202 And I've been convinced to add some Ira Levin to my TBR.

Posted by: who knew at October 06, 2024 11:06 AM (+ViXu)

203 If memory serves, King's comments on Levin in Danse Macabre mention that bombshell in A Kiss Before Dying; he notes that if you're one of those people who skip ahead in a book and happen to see that bombshell, it won't make any sense to you unless you've read the book up to that point. And that's true; if you haven't followed the story, and you just flip to that page, you won't recognize that moment as the twist it is. It's every bit the equal of William Goldman bringing the parallel Babe and Scylla threads together in Marathon Man.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 06, 2024 11:07 AM (q3u5l)

204 Wolfus, remind me what you did about that story accepted for an anthology that never came out. Did you get the rights back? I still have no idea when Frontier Tales will publish my story, they seems to be a couple of years behind on their collections.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 11:07 AM (0eaVi)

205 Just finished "Toad Triumphant". Utterly charming!

Okay, time to don pants and tackle chores.

Thanks for another great Book Thread, Perfessor!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 11:08 AM (kpS4V)

206 As I recall reading, Moore's Jirel of Joiry stories were groundbreaking in their day -- in a magazine subgenre that almost always insisted on male sword fighters, Jirel was something new. Amazing that she managed to transcend the formula without breaking it.

Kuttner and Moore's "Vintage Season" is an absolute classic, with a brooding, almost Gothic flavor to it. I can imagine a young fan reading it fresh in Unknown Worlds (I think it appeared there), closing the magazine, and saying admiringly, "Damn!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 11:08 AM (omVj0)

207 Thanks for the writing encouragement but the problem arises where do I go with this? My characters have been tossed completely into the deepend and each time they think they know what they are doing, they find something else to worry about.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 11:08 AM (cBEJ0)

208 Michael Chabon is great.

Posted by: who knew at October 06, 2024 11:04 AM (+ViXu)

He is a fine writer and an execrable human being. He is a pro-palestinian scumbag.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2024 11:09 AM (d9fT1)

209 I still laugh at the scene in the book where the protagonist imagined eating a carrot to gross out his carnivore telepathic interrogator.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 11:10 AM (kpS4V)

210 Thanks for the writing encouragement but the problem arises where do I go with this? My characters have been tossed completely into the deepend and each time they think they know what they are doing, they find something else to worry about.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 11:08 AM (cBEJ0)

Edit the work and see what you find works the best, then completely rewrite using the good parts and create a different story. I'm doing that now on a short story I deleted and decided to redo.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 11:10 AM (0eaVi)

211 My characters have been tossed completely into the deepend and each time they think they know what they are doing, they find something else to worry about.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Seems a pretty healthy swath of people would find those characters relatable.

Posted by: scampydog at October 06, 2024 11:11 AM (41CYW)

212 Wolfus, remind me what you did about that story accepted for an anthology that never came out. Did you get the rights back? I still have no idea when Frontier Tales will publish my story, they seems to be a couple of years behind on their collections.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024

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My gosh, that was ten years ago or more! I submitted it to Raconteur for their first "Wyrd West," and it bounced (as did the second!). I turned it into a high fantasy with a girl centaur (no, not woke, lame, or gay) as the lead along with her traveling companion, a human male, but that hasn't found a home either.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 11:12 AM (omVj0)

213
October isn't October without Vincent Price, yes?

LOL?

Time-Life's "Enchanted World" books. "Superbly written and bound in luxurious fabric."

https://youtu.be/JmgMOXSap50?si=ZwIccegMnNoi3dY6

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 06, 2024 11:13 AM (aBbkg)

214 My gosh, that was ten years ago or more! I submitted it to Raconteur for their first "Wyrd West," and it bounced (as did the second!). I turned it into a high fantasy with a girl centaur (no, not woke, lame, or gay) as the lead along with her traveling companion, a human male, but that hasn't found a home either.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 11:12 AM (omVj0)

But since Raconteur is still a going concern, do you have the rights back to publish elsewhere, or do they still plan to publish it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 11:13 AM (0eaVi)

215 I still laugh at the scene in the book where the protagonist imagined eating a carrot to gross out his carnivore telepathic interrogator.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024

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Niven even got it into the dialog in his Animated Trek version: "Chuft-Captain, he [Sulu] is too *alien*! I taste yellow root munched between flat teeth!"

Chuft-Captain: "Be glad if you need not read the *Vulcan's* mind."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 11:14 AM (omVj0)

216 CharlieBrown'sDildo: I know nothing about Chabon except his books. It's not obvious from them that he would turn out to be a scumbag. And I'm sorry to hear that but it doesn't change my opinion of his books. I guess next time I will have to say Michael Chabon is a great writer.

Posted by: who knew at October 06, 2024 11:15 AM (+ViXu)

217 But since Raconteur is still a going concern, do you have the rights back to publish elsewhere, or do they still plan to publish it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024

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Do you mean does Raconteur have any rights to it, or does the original anthology I submitted it to, ca. 2014, still have rights? I wouldn't think Raconteur would. I'll have to look back through my emails to see if I can even find the editor of the anthology.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 11:16 AM (omVj0)

218 Anyway, time for me to go.

I believe Fortean Times magazine did a deep dive into the Cottingley Fairies story a couple of years ago. You might be able to find it in their online archives.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 06, 2024 11:16 AM (Q0kLU)

219 Thanks for the writing encouragement but the problem arises where do I go with this? My characters have been tossed completely into the deepend and each time they think they know what they are doing, they find something else to worry about.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024

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That sounds like a good recipe for a page-turner, Anna. You don't want to make it easy for your characters!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 11:17 AM (omVj0)

220 If memory serves, King's comments on Levin in Danse Macabre mention that bombshell in A Kiss Before Dying; he notes that if you're one of those people who skip ahead in a book and happen to see that bombshell, it won't make any sense to you unless you've read the book up to that point. And that's true; if you haven't followed the story, and you just flip to that page, you won't recognize that moment as the twist it is. It's every bit the equal of William Goldman bringing the parallel Babe and Scylla threads together in Marathon Man.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 06, 2024

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+ 1000

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 11:18 AM (omVj0)

221 Did I mention I have a character list for this story that totals some 35 names with brief bios right now?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 11:19 AM (cBEJ0)

222 Speaking of scumbags . . .

Harris Posts Message of Solidarity to Those Impacted by Devastation….. In Lebanon

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 06, 2024 11:20 AM (L/fGl)

223 The telepath from "Slaver Weapon" trying to read Spock's mind seems pretty close.

Now a vegan Kzinti would be very rare.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024

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The Telepaths under the influence of their drug were shivering neurotics, hardly normal by Kzin standards anyway. I think one of the Man-Kzin Wars collections of tales set in the Known Space era with Niven's blessing, features a Telepath as the hero.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 11:21 AM (omVj0)

224 Perfessor,

Thanks for another fun book thread, even if it wreaks havoc with my book budget.

Gotta run some errands. See folks on later threads.

Posted by: JTB at October 06, 2024 11:21 AM (yTvNw)

225 Did I mention I have a character list for this story that totals some 35 names with brief bios right now?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024

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Then you're talking an epic, if you keep them all. One of the decisions you'll need to make is if you *do* need them all. Or maybe two or three can be telescoped into one?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 11:22 AM (omVj0)

226 At least those were jack-o-lantern pants, not pumpkin spice pants -- which, I wonder, how would one depict? Eww.

Posted by: mindful webworker - candy cornucopia at October 06, 2024 11:24 AM (JAXcl)

227 Chabon wants to be the Harriet Beecher Stowe of Palestinians and make everyone accept the Islamic beast that has been hacking people to death since 622AD. He only sees the present sense of asymmetrical power and not the result of every other Islamic conquest. Ultimately he's in it for the money, blithely shitting on his fellow Jews.

Posted by: Enough Bull at October 06, 2024 11:25 AM (2NXcZ)

228 Do you mean does Raconteur have any rights to it, or does the original anthology I submitted it to, ca. 2014, still have rights? I wouldn't think Raconteur would. I'll have to look back through my emails to see if I can even find the editor of the anthology.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 11:16 AM (omVj0)

Yeah, the original who said they'd publish it. Not saying my story is that great to be published elsewhere, but if FT never puts it out, I should be able to shop it. I'm waiting for the editor to let me know when it will come out. Have heard nothing for a few days now.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 11:26 AM (0eaVi)

229 Damn Jews!

Biden Suggests Netanyahu Is Interfering in Election

Damn Jews, Part Deux. Operation Below the Belt had begun in 2015.

https://is.gd/RDAS2A

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 06, 2024 11:26 AM (L/fGl)

230 Some are minor characters; one has already been yanked off the mission and sentenced to Alaska. Two others are probably going to get stomped on hard before they do cause trouble. There are other minor characters that are only needed to set scenes. But still got about 25 that are either on the pointy end or are movers.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 11:26 AM (cBEJ0)

231 Yay book thread!

Does anyone watch Bill Whittle's videos? He posted one yesterday (in the "Right Angle" series he does with Steven Green and Scott Ott) on a story Steve had shared on Instapundit about English teachers concluding that the solution to students not having the attention span to read books is to make the assignments shorter. All three of them had really good rants on the subject, and Bill concluded by sharing a video of Ben Crystal reciting the "To be or not to be" soliloquy from Hamlet in Original Pronunciation.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at October 06, 2024 11:26 AM (K+UCM)

232 >>>He is a fine writer and an execrable human being. He is a pro-palestinian scumbag.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2024 11:09 AM (d9fT1)
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Well, you could always buy his books from a used book seller.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at October 06, 2024 11:26 AM (nxnaF)

233 Jtb,
Hanff write several other books. The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street which is a real life account if her post 84 Charing celebrity. Funny tour of England.

Another is about her early work in theater culminating in Oklahoma musical. Still another is a take on 70s New York City travelogue. B&N sold an omnibus of these stories.

Posted by: whig at October 06, 2024 11:27 AM (bt/Nj)

234 It is quite limited in book selection. Yes, I can check out books from the library, but that selection is massively skewed to woke cat stories with little non-fiction.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2024 09:49 AM (u82oZ)

I had a Sony e-reader that Sony stopped supporting, but I found I could download books from Gutenberg.org. That site offers a selection of formats.
I like Gutenberg since it has most of the old Analog/Astounding short stories, and other stuff like Josephus and personal memoirs which are a favorite of mine

Posted by: Kindltot at October 06, 2024 11:28 AM (D7oie)

235 Speaking of scumbags . . .

Harris Posts Message of Solidarity to Those Impacted by Devastation….. In Lebanon
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 06, 2024 11:20 AM (L/fGl)

Not to get all political here, but I keep seeing ads for that harlot lying about Trump's plans, but never see a rebuttal ad. What is the Trump campaign waiting for? There's only a month left.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 11:28 AM (0eaVi)

236 Did I mention I have a character list for this story that totals some 35 names with brief bios right now?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 11:19 AM (cBEJ0)

Might that be too many characters for a reader to keep track of in one story? Can you make more than one story out of them?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 11:29 AM (0eaVi)

237 That picture at the top? I see those people everyday. Angry, oppressed, deprived of opportunities. Come on, lady, just smile for a few minutes!

Posted by: Eromero at October 06, 2024 11:29 AM (DXbAa)

238 Anna, you really should return to the story.

I've had one in the works for over a decade, but (insert excuses here). I still like the characters I was developing, and the act of writing the first draft was actually fun. At times it seemed I was reading something that somebody else had written. Maybe it's because it's a character-driven story rather than plot-based. I did write some one-off short stories featuring my characters for a writing class I was taking, and got good feedback from my classmates. but that was a decade ago. Yeesh.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 06, 2024 11:30 AM (Ad8y9)

239 me last week:

"Burma Sahib," a novel by Paul Theroux.

It's based on George Orwell's formative years in Burma as a colonial police administrator. Orwell arrived at age 19 & went home with a medical discharge at age 24. Dengue fever.

As with all of Theroux's books,(Riding the Iron Rooster; Mosquito Coast; Saint Jack), he did a massive amount of research before writing about Orwell. Everything in the novel is 100% consistent with what is known about Orwell's years there. Orwell wrote that his Burma experiences set him on the course he followed for the rest of his life.

I've also been reading a bio of Orwell by John Atkins, because Theroux's novel intrigued me so much.

My conclusions, which are probably a glimpse into the obvious: Orwell was a loner. He was anything but social. I don't think he liked himself. He was born with weak lungs, but he was a chain smoker anyway. Burma's climate probably didn't help. He died of tuberculosis at a very young age. He had only a year or so to enjoy the success of his 2 great novels. He lived in poverty from the time the time he left the Colonial Office until he died. Not starvation poverty, but... poverty. He never had a close friend.

Posted by: mnw at October 06, 2024 11:31 AM (NLIak)

240 Does anyone watch Bill Whittle's videos? He posted one yesterday (in the "Right Angle" series he does with Steven Green and Scott Ott) on a story Steve had shared on Instapundit about English teachers concluding that the solution to students not having the attention span to read books is to make the assignments shorter. All three of them had really good rants on the subject, and Bill concluded by sharing a video of Ben Crystal reciting the "To be or not to be" soliloquy from Hamlet in Original Pronunciation.
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at October 06, 2024 11:26 AM (K+UCM)

I used to, but he turned NT, so... click.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 11:31 AM (0eaVi)

241 Some are minor characters; one has already been yanked off the mission and sentenced to Alaska. Two others are probably going to get stomped on hard before they do cause trouble. There are other minor characters that are only needed to set scenes. But still got about 25 that are either on the pointy end or are movers.
Posted by: Anna Puma

I'm of the opinion that first novels should have a sparse cast. Expanding the crew in the successives is ok, and leaves room for spin-offs.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 06, 2024 11:33 AM (IG4Id)

242 me last week:

"Burma Sahib," a novel by Paul Theroux.

Posted by: mnw at October 06, 2024 11:31 AM (NLIak)

Did you see the Burma Sahib sign later in the thread?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2024 11:35 AM (0eaVi)

243 If you liked The Schirmer Inheritance by Eric Ambler, you'd probably like any of Helen MacInnes' books.

Posted by: Hank Archer at October 06, 2024 11:35 AM (ibIWX)

244 I would avoid that Wit'ch Gate book simply because of the unnecessary punctuation. That trope is plum wore out.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 11:36 AM (Bhbkm)

Daily Tech News 6 October 2024

Top Story

Back at the dawn of time - which is to say, a few years ago - when an AI didn't know how to answer a question it would say it didn't know how to answer the question. Either that or tie itself into knots, spit out an entire ream of gibberish, and crash.

AIs today are much more sophisticated. Like many humans when they don't know how to answer a question, they lie. (Ars Technica)

This is what you get when you reward answers rather than accuracy. It's the comment spam problem all over again.

What's worse, the more advanced the AI - the larger its training set - the stronger the tendency to lie.

And the more effort that is put into supervising the AI after the bulk training - a process called alignment - the stronger the tendency to lie and get away with it.

It's not really lying, of course, since the current crop of commercial AIs have no intentionality. It's just that they also have no concept of truth, and the way they are trained rewards giving answers, not just giving the right answer.

Tech News

SSD capacity could quadruple by 2029 as the number of layers in flash memory chips continues to increase. (Tom's Hardware)

Before the development of multi-layer flash cells, SSDs had a real problem. We couldn't make the cells any smaller or they would leak - in fact, they were already leaking, and the newest SSDs were slower and less reliable than the previous generation.

The first multi-layer cells were significantly larger than in the chips they replaced, which made them faster and more robust, but the multiple layers provided much more storage in the same size chip.

If you don't want to wait five years, though, you could just buy four SSDs.
Chinese state hackers reportedly gained access to the US wiretap system. (MSN)

So if the DOJ was listening in on your conversations, so was the CCP.
Plastic-eating bacteria could combat pollution and possibly also utterly destroy civilisation. (MSN)

Scientists say that the latter scenario is "unlikely".
California has passed a law protecting "brain information". (GovTech)

So if you are trapped in an advanced VR game where if you die in the game you die in real life, you can rest assured that the company that created the game cannot legally sell your neural scans.
The latest HP OmniBook 14 Ultra isn't bad. (Notebook Check)

It lacks the Four Essential Keys and the screen is a 2240x1400 IPS model with a 60Hz refresh rate and 100% sRGB colour, which is good but nothing amazing.

But it has a twelve core Ryzen AI 9 HX 375, 32GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD.

According to the article it costs around $1050, which is reasonable for those specs, but I was unable to find that exact configuration in HP's online store.

Disclaimer: Senzawa is following Dooby3d and all is right with the world.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 04:02 AM (rpxMe)

2 Boing indeed.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 06, 2024 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

3 Boing in need is a boing indeed.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 04:07 AM (rpxMe)

4 Where are the sleepless?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 04:08 AM (rpxMe)

5 "California has passed a law protecting "brain information"
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Too late. There are no brains there & the information is all gone.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2024 04:08 AM (njWTi)

6 Sleepless?

Raising my hand...

*present*

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2024 04:10 AM (njWTi)

7 Great.

I killed another thread.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2024 04:17 AM (njWTi)

8 Gotta go to the hardware store. Some home fixing upping to do. l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 04:19 AM (rpxMe)

9 It's just pining for the fjords.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 06, 2024 04:20 AM (BLOW1)

10 Mutant 59 The Plastic Eater
been there, done that.

Posted by: slicksister at October 06, 2024 04:21 AM (3ceQJ)

11 Sorry, Pixy, I do not (knowingly) click on MSN.

Plastic-eating bacteria? Doesn't sound very good to me.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2024 04:27 AM (njWTi)

12 Good morning, good people from the Fall Adirondacks. Colors are burgeoning, birds are gathering preparatory to migration, the geese most noisily.

Not a lot of interest on my part for water fowling any more since I lost my beloved Elizabeth Lab. Simply isn't near the same.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 06, 2024 04:43 AM (hKoQL)

13 I've had a number of HP laptops, some new, some used, and I've always had really good luck with the quality of the machines. They don't seem to break as much, and they last longer.

Posted by: meh at October 06, 2024 04:44 AM (iZ1Vx)

14 Plastic-eating bacteria could combat pollution and possibly also utterly destroy civilisation. (MSN)

Scientists say that the latter scenario is "unlikely".
---
I've read that book. It doesn't end well.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2024 04:46 AM (BpYfr)

15 I think today I get a chance to test an old theory:

Nuclear Gandhi.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Gandhi

Namaste, Mother Fuckers.

Posted by: meh at October 06, 2024 04:46 AM (iZ1Vx)

16 I killed another thread.
Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2024 04:17 AM (njWTi)
---
It knows what it did.

It had it coming.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2024 04:47 AM (BpYfr)

17 "Senzawa is following Dooby3d and all is right with the world."

But, but, but Keekihime isn't, so she MUST hate her!

/sarc.

Posted by: cheshirecat at October 06, 2024 04:53 AM (TwA+r)

18 Always wondered about those people that would lie, instead of simply admitting they don't know. WTH?

It's so much easier to shrug and say "I don't know" than to come up with some fabrication.

*shrug*

Guess I'm just too lazy to invent fairytales.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2024 04:58 AM (njWTi)

19 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 05:00 AM (fwDg9)

20 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at October 06, 2024 05:02 AM (dg+HA)

21
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 06, 2024 05:11 AM (tljrc)

22 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 06, 2024 05:15 AM (hoCmQ)

23 OK, I'm back after a 3 hr nap. What did I miss except the coming of the Andromeda Strain?

Posted by: Ciampino - we already have petroleum-eaters at October 06, 2024 05:17 AM (qfLjt)

24 G'morning, all.

Our son and his wife had a safe drive back from Nashville to Virginia Beach yesterday.

Havn't talked to him yet to see what sort of heavy vehicle traffic hey saw up around Rt-40 and the storm zone..

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 06, 2024 05:19 AM (a1415)

25 And both of the kittens have apparently decided that 5:00am is a perfectly acceptable time for the first attack of the zoomies.

Sounds like Thunderhoof and Lightfoot going through the house.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 06, 2024 05:21 AM (a1415)

26 You can't just say 'plastics', they can't be lumped all together. We have polyethylene and polypropylene, which are essentially just hydrocarbons (CH); then synthetic rubber, which is hydrocarbon + sulfur crosslinks; then esters, which resemble fats and oils; nylon types which look like proteins; cellulose materials that look like ..... cellulose. You get the idea.

Posted by: Ciampino - we already have petroleum-eating bugs at October 06, 2024 05:24 AM (qfLjt)

27 Rescuing a dog from tree after the flood.

https://tinyurl.com/5b7ats3b

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 06, 2024 05:26 AM (a1415)

28 Did you just call me fat?

Posted by: Esther at October 06, 2024 05:27 AM (dg+HA)

29 Slow this morning. Maybe I could go and watch some uTube. listen to some good music?Friday I listened to a few orchestrated Ravel's Bolero which were wonderful. I've always loved that piece.

Posted by: Ciampino - music really is food for the soul at October 06, 2024 05:29 AM (qfLjt)

30 @28 Heh

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 06, 2024 05:30 AM (hoCmQ)

31 28 Did you just call me fat?

Posted by: Esther at October 06, 2024 05:27 AM (dg+HA)
----
Indeed I did. You should eat more nylon. And stop lisping.

Posted by: Ciampino - I forgot the ethers at October 06, 2024 05:31 AM (qfLjt)

32 Did you just call me fat?
Posted by: Esther at October 06, 2024 05:27 AM (dg+HA)
-

Wanna cracker?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 05:31 AM (rpxMe)

33 The husband and wife that originally owned our two new felines are working with the local church to put together aid packages for up in Ashville.

I may wind up flying up there with the husband to make a delivery of packets in the next few days.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 06, 2024 05:32 AM (a1415)

34 > Senzawa is following Dooby3d and all is right with the world.

Also Shachimu

Posted by: Vanishingly Rare Foreign Youkai at October 06, 2024 05:33 AM (eeua8)

35 Since my teens I have noticed that I tend to love music pieces that introduce the various instruments one by one and slowly build up to the full band, ensemble or orchestra. Bolero is one of the finest examples.

Posted by: Ciampino - can't play but love music at October 06, 2024 05:36 AM (qfLjt)

36 33 Do you have 'government approval'? A permit? A pew-pew stick for the excise agents?

Posted by: Ciampino - just as the moonshiners did at October 06, 2024 05:38 AM (qfLjt)

37 *music pieces that introduce the various instruments one by one and slowly build up to the full band, ensemble or orchestra.*

Hmmm ...

Posted by: Musical flash mobs at October 06, 2024 05:41 AM (dg+HA)

38 "Do you have 'government approval'? A permit? A pew-pew stick for the excise agents? "

The husband has done things like this using his plane before, so I am putting my faith in him (and God) that all will be addressed.

But....yours is a fair question in today's bold new world. unburdened by that which has been.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 06, 2024 05:43 AM (a1415)

39 37
One of the Bolero pieces was in fact a musical flash mob. Excellent.

Posted by: Ciampino - suddenly a flash mob at October 06, 2024 05:43 AM (qfLjt)

40 I always run the plastic eating bacteria free gasoline in my lawn mowers and chain saws.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2024 05:53 AM (DDGz9)

41 Poly-aramids that look like Weasel's going-out shirt...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2024 05:55 AM (DDGz9)

42 Sleepless in SF, which is because while it's a pleasant 66 outside, it's still in the 70's inside b/c it hit 93 yesterday. Ugh.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 06, 2024 05:56 AM (KAi1n)

43 G'mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 06, 2024 06:00 AM (O7YUW)

44 Someone just really wants the world to take on a steampunk aesthetic by going back to using brass for everything we use plastic for now.

Buy copper futures.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2024 06:00 AM (DDGz9)

45 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 06, 2024 06:01 AM (VdhcA)

46 Old and busted: revenuers

New Hotness: raveners.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2024 06:02 AM (DDGz9)

47 I was reading a ZH article on protein powder earlier. Even in an article like that you still get jew-hate in the comments. Not as much, but man that's an ecumenical bunch of antisemites.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 06, 2024 06:03 AM (KAi1n)

48
Plastic-eating bacteria could combat pollution and possibly also utterly destroy civilisation. (MSN)

Scientists say that the latter scenario is "unlikely".

Scientists, you will remember, are the same far-seeing, thoughtful, and morally impeccable sports that pursuing gain of function research with bat viruses was equally safe and fire consequences were unlikely.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2024 06:03 AM (VzvgM)

49 Someone just really wants the world to take on a steampunk aesthetic by going back to using brass for everything we use plastic for now.

Buy copper futures.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2024 06:00 AM (DDGz9)
---
Aliens on the moon. It's the premise behind John Barnes' Daybreak series of novels. Not even making that up.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2024 06:03 AM (BpYfr)

50 Steampunk is cool but the aesthetic is way too brown.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 06, 2024 06:04 AM (KAi1n)

51
Plastic-eating bacteria could combat pollution and possibly also utterly destroy civilisation. (MSN)

Scientists say that the latter scenario is "unlikely".

Scientists, you will remember, are the same far-seeing, thoughtful, and morally impeccable sports that thought that pursuing gain of function research with bat viruses was equally safe and dire consequences were unlikely.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2024 06:05 AM (VzvgM)

52 Morning and evening to all the early risers and Sunday toilers!

I'm up with a mild but fading eyestrain headache -- possibly because of all the REM sleep I got last night. There was a colorful dream in which I woke up two hours late for work because someone I knew from work had come over to borrow a book. He'd brought his relatives and several of my other co-workers. One of them left open the front door of my apartment (which was huge, unlike my real one), and Stirling and Dagny got out. Dagny I collared and brought back in, while one of visitors tracked Stirling down and returned him. Meanwhile I'm getting dressed, no time for breakfast, and I told Miss Linda (she'd come over too), "Keep an eye on these people." I was looking for my Oldsmobile coupe in the apartment parking lot when I woke up.

Maybe melatonin works too well for me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 06:07 AM (omVj0)

53 "...equally safe and fire consequences were unlikely."

That's what "experts" said about me.

Posted by: Mrs. O'Leary's cow at October 06, 2024 06:08 AM (dg+HA)

54 Everything is a photo op. CCC uploaded four photos of a crew digging trenches and laying those straw wattle snakes to divert and absorb toxic debris from house fires entering a creek.

https://tinyurl.com/yeaxarhp

The bottom left image shows the crew scratching dirt. One laborer is using a mcleod, another a short handled entrenching shovel and one doing something odd with an ax. And three others bullshitting and hold stuff.

Posted by: 13times at October 06, 2024 06:10 AM (2g3Eg)

55 Friday I listened to a few orchestrated Ravel's Bolero which were wonderful. I've always loved that piece.
Posted by: Ciampino - music really is food for the soul at October 06, 2024

***
Me too . . . though in my case I'll always think of the sequence in Blake Edwards' 10 w/ Bo Derek. And the night Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 and I played it and . . . well, I won't go into detail, this is a family blog.

YooToob can be a fantastic resource.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 06:10 AM (omVj0)

56 And three others bullshitting and hold stuff.
Posted by: 13times at October 06, 2024 06:10 AM (2g3Eg)

I can't fault them too much. No one can dig with hands tools non stop for very long. Two crews of three swapping out sounds perfectly fine. If it were me I'd almost rather be three crews of two.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2024 06:14 AM (DDGz9)

57 Close communion- a Christian devotional on holy communion, communion with Christ and family closeness between a father and a toddler. Scripture: Matthew 23:37-39.

https://tinyurl.com/3drcasy2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2024 06:20 AM (uqMTk)

58 ...but it does very much resemble a bunch of volunteers who don't exactly know what they're doing, doing something that isn't going to do very much.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2024 06:21 AM (DDGz9)

59
I have no need of one myself (at least not yet), but having watched yesterday a craftsman shape what eventually would become a hammer's head using a power hammer, it would be great fun to work with one.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2024 06:21 AM (VzvgM)

60 Phrases that come from the Bible:

https://tinyurl.com/rap9h9ba

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2024 06:24 AM (uqMTk)

61
The bottom left image shows the crew scratching dirt. One laborer is using a mcleod, another a short handled entrenching shovel and one doing something odd with an ax. And three others bullshitting and hold stuff.
Posted by: 13times

The Highlander Rule: "There can be only one (at work)."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2024 06:27 AM (VzvgM)

62 It’s performative bullshit. Mattocks should be used, not mcleods. Axes are not entrenching tools.

Short handled entrenching tools are a poor choice versus an ordinary shovel. It’s not like this is an airborne hotspot jump team.

460,000 acres burned and CCC is jerking off.

Posted by: 13times at October 06, 2024 06:30 AM (xljv1)

63 The yootoober "Wilson Forest Land" has some decent videos on forestry, especially on how uncle sam's approach to land management is running the forests. In a nut shell, putting out all the small, trivial, natural fires for a hundred years means all that fuel of fallen leaves and needles piles up and leads to massive, catastrophic wildfires. Trees can easily survive the former, but not the latter.

He's also pretty funny.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2024 06:31 AM (DDGz9)

64 I’m just pissed off with the whole affair.

Posted by: 13times at October 06, 2024 06:31 AM (xljv1)

65
Trying to type with the device's screen dimmed as much as possible so as not to awaken the missus is just begging for misspeaking doozies such as "fire consequences".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2024 06:32 AM (VzvgM)

66 Last night I got something of a workout. Miss Linda dragged me to an "Art For Art's Sake" event in an uptown shopping district. They do this a couple of times a year. Galleries and other shops stay open late and offer free wine, cheese, and crackers. Scads of free-range people wander in and out, eat at cafes and restaurants, teeter around mildly drunk, and (in the case of some of the women) show off their style. Some, I repeat. Like many of the men, a lot of the women looked like good candidates for Wegovy or Jardiance plus a solid exercise regime.

It was nice to get out . . . but I keep imagining how much more interesting it would be to visit a district I haven't seen a thousand times and discover some new shops and street names.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 06:32 AM (omVj0)

67 Good morning morons.

Had schnitzy for dinner tonight to watch the footy finale at the North Bondi RSL.

I have no idea what any of that means, ask Pixy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2024 06:34 AM (zG664)

68 I feel like I should go start the chainsaw and run around the yard but the energy to do it just isn't there.

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 06:36 AM (fwDg9)

69 68 I feel like I should go start the chainsaw and run around the yard but the energy to do it just isn't there.
Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 06:36 AM (fwDg9)

Yurp.

Same boat, here.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2024 06:37 AM (DDGz9)

70 Fun tip: you never have to clean up a downed tree if you just call it a "habitat pile".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2024 06:45 AM (DDGz9)

71
Everything is a photo op. CCC uploaded four photos of a crew digging trenches and laying those straw wattle snakes to divert and absorb toxic debris from house fires entering a creek.

https://tinyurl.com/yeaxarhp

The bottom left image shows the crew scratching dirt. One laborer is using a mcleod, another a short handled entrenching shovel and one doing something odd with an ax. And three others bullshitting and hold stuff.
Posted by: 13times

That's a common posting of "work photos" taken by someone having no idea how to take effective and meaningful photos. The upper right photo of someone washed out of view by overwhelming sunlight backlighting was a beaut.

A desultory and bureaucratic effort. And where were the tie-wearing politicos holding clearly brand new shovels to show their solidarity with the working hoi polloi?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2024 06:48 AM (VzvgM)

72 Did Trump's rally at Butler, PA, go off well? I heard Elon Musk was there and spoke to the crowd, saying "We have a president who can't find a flight of stairs and another president who was fist-pumping after being shot," or words to that effect.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 06:53 AM (omVj0)

73 Coffee and chocolate for breakfast

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 06:53 AM (tLPHV)

74 FOSS game engine Godot continues to pull a Ubislop.

After a moderator went rogue and banned probably thousands of accounts, they have continued to double down on the hate and the claim Godot itself is the victim.

And now the founder Juan, on Mastodon *giggle*, has tripled down on playing the victim card while calling all the detractors anime Loli lovers.

Juan, go get forked. And take your stupid game engine with you.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 06:56 AM (cBEJ0)

75 I thought running with chainsaws was frowned upon in this establishment.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 06, 2024 07:02 AM (dg+HA)

76 Juggling with running chainsaws is frowned upon greatly.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 07:05 AM (cBEJ0)

77 A desultory and bureaucratic effort.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2024 06:48 AM (VzvgM)

Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. They remind us plebs to drink water when it’s hot outside.

Posted by: 13times at October 06, 2024 07:05 AM (Y9FAc)

78
{i]🚨 Trump just sent a message to the Deep State

Just after Trumps speech, Opera Singer Sings “Nessun Dorma”

Nessun Dorma is played at the end of the film The Sum of All Fears, in which time ALL the traitors & Deep State Actors were executed.

https://is.gd/UilBZx

/ this is not the time to be subtle

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 07:06 AM (RKVpM)

79 Will FEMA run out of money for Milton?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 07:08 AM (cBEJ0)

80 Desultory and bureaucratic is no way to go through life, son.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at October 06, 2024 07:09 AM (dg+HA)

81 "What's worse, the more advanced the AI - the larger its training set - the stronger the tendency to lie.

And the more effort that is put into supervising the AI after the bulk training - a process called alignment - the stronger the tendency to lie and get away with it."

Interesting. That differs from much of current human pedagogy, which rewards the regurgitation (and/or politically correct permution) of the revolutionary dialectic. The dialectic is primarily readily demonstrable to be lies and half truths; the demonstration of this is strongly discouraged.

Posted by: Peter B at October 06, 2024 07:10 AM (kDO0w)

82 Well, that is embarrassing, New Zealand warship runs aground off Samoa and sinks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 07:11 AM (cBEJ0)

83 The dialectic is primarily readily demonstrable to be lies and half truths; the demonstration of this is strongly discouraged.
Posted by: Peter B at October 06, 2024 07:10 AM (kDO0w)

"You're just not smart enough to understand."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2024 07:12 AM (DDGz9)

84 Pixy-misa, Arthur C. Clarke was a prophet.

Dr. Chandra, "HAL was told to lie, by people who find it easy to lie."

Today's 'AIs' are the ultimate expression of GIGO. No wonder Mark Cuban likes it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 07:15 AM (cBEJ0)

85 There's a picture going around of Trump, Vance, and Musk, all standing around yukking it up over something. Trump is the shortest of the three. He isn't a short dude. Interesting. The man with the legendary ego flanks himself with two of the biggest symbols of young masculine charm going at the moment. I think it's a promising indicator of where his head is at these days. Or maybe I'm just reading too much into it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2024 07:16 AM (DDGz9)

86 Morning peeps

Change coming today... supposed to get more fall-like. Might see some temperatures in the 30's come Monday and Tuesday mornings.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 07:20 AM (Q4IgG)

87 @74/Anna Puma: "FOSS game engine Godot continues to pull a Ubislop. "

Heckler & Koch's had something similar happen to them. Their response was quick and prudent:

https://x.com/HecklerAndKoch/
status/1658959377632559104

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 06, 2024 07:27 AM (O7YUW)

88 Change coming today... supposed to get more fall-like. Might see some temperatures in the 30's come Monday and Tuesday mornings.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024

***
I dream of a climate where that happens in October.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 07:28 AM (omVj0)

89
Just listen to this and tell me this isn't the greatest ending of any of Trump's rallies ever recorded as we are treated to the heavenly sounds of Hallelujah, Nessun Dorma, and America the Beautiful by the voice of a literal angel.

https://is.gd/pBBitj

/ mea culpa: yesterday I reported that Kamala had 67 people attend a rally on her behalf. It was misinformation as in reality a much larger crowd of 47 attended.
/ chocolate ration

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 07:29 AM (RKVpM)

90 "We have 32 days before the election..."

*teleprompter malfunctions*

Soooo, we have 32 days before the election. Thirty-two days. We have 32 days to go before the election.

And, so, 32 days...which means tomorrow it will be, um, 31 days. And when you think about that, 31 days is like a month. Which means when we wake up tomorrow there will be a month to go before the election."

Posted by: Kamala Harris in Flint, Michigan at October 06, 2024 07:34 AM (Y1sOo)

91 I wonder how bad things really are in NC. I ma guessing there are maybe 1000 or more dead and missing. And the cleanup will take 10 years.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 07:34 AM (gbOdA)

92 I watched the rally and that's almost exactly what musk said. JD eviscerated Harris and Walz. Trump was his usual rambly self. The crowd looked enormous and sang the national anthem while waiting when Trump stopped for some medical issue in the crowd.
And he did start off saying "as I was saying, I love that chart"

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 06, 2024 07:35 AM (4XwPj)

93 https://kamalawordsaladgenerator.com/

Kam’la word salad generator.

Posted by: 13times at October 06, 2024 07:36 AM (Y/Z+w)

94 Texas: October 7, 2024 (No online registration)

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 07:37 AM (gbOdA)

95
@bennyjohnson
CHILLS: Donald Trump asks for a moment of silence at 6:11, the time shots rang out, as ‘Ave Maria’ is sung 🙏🏻

https://is.gd/DP1soL

/ a tribute to Corey, the firefighter murdered

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 07:38 AM (RKVpM)

96 So if the DOJ was listening in on your conversations, so was the CCP.

Soooo, not only could I bore a few hundred DOJ agents to death,

I bored a few million Chicoms to death.

Mission accomplished....I guess.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2024 07:38 AM (eDfFs)

97 October 7 was my mom's birthday.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 06, 2024 07:38 AM (4XwPj)

98 https://www.nass.org/can-I-vote

pls check you reg

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 07:38 AM (gbOdA)

99 That was a great Trump rally yesterday.

He really was on his game.

But, then we got the cherry on the top with Elon Musk cheerleading the vote, and the great opera guy.

Nice! Good feelings all around.

Go out and vote!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2024 07:40 AM (eDfFs)

100 100

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 07:40 AM (gbOdA)

101 I wonder how bad things really are in NC. I ma guessing there are maybe 1000 or more dead and missing. And the cleanup will take 10 years.
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 07:34 AM (gbOdA)

Exaggerate we much.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 06, 2024 07:41 AM (g8Ew8)

102 Once again, I woke up at 3:00 AM and couldn't get back to sleep. My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is (probably) ruined. Also, I need to cook soup for the church potluck, but I don't want to start banging around pots and pans while Mrs. Pablo is still asleep.

Posted by: PabloD at October 06, 2024 07:41 AM (NGHh4)

103 Scott Pressler was at the rally encouraging people to register and vote. Musk: I know I'm repeating myself but this is so important. I truly believe that if we do not elect President Trump this will be the last election. Vote! Vote!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 06, 2024 07:43 AM (4XwPj)

104 Kammie winging it after her teleprompter goes on the fritz:

https://tinyurl.com/mu9h47hf

Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2024 07:45 AM (Y1sOo)

105 “ Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,
we wait for you;
your name and renown
are the desire of our hearts.
My soul yearns for you in the night;
in the morning my spirit longs for you.”

Isaiah 28:8-9

Posted by: Marcus T at October 06, 2024 07:45 AM (lMONC)

106 I have only heard Musk speak once or twice before yesterday and never really noticed his accent. Yesterday I heard it clearly.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 06, 2024 07:46 AM (4XwPj)

107 No I am serious.
I think it is very bad.
I think it will take months to learn how bad it is.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 07:47 AM (gbOdA)

108 106 I have only heard Musk speak once or twice before yesterday and never really noticed his accent. Yesterday I heard it clearly.
_____

Well, he is an African American after all.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 06, 2024 07:48 AM (dg+HA)

109 104 Kammie winging it after her teleprompter goes on the fritz:

https://tinyurl.com/mu9h47hf
Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2024 07:45 AM (Y1sOo)

32 32 32 what a winning hand

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 07:48 AM (gbOdA)

110 I don't trust much of the info on the situation in the hurricane zone. Too much going on, too many scattered sources. It's a disaster zone. Who knows what is happening.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 06, 2024 07:50 AM (4XwPj)

111 *Too much going on, too many scattered sources. It's a disaster zone. Who knows what is happening.*

But enough about Ukraine.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 06, 2024 07:52 AM (dg+HA)

112 Yeh that too.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 06, 2024 07:53 AM (4XwPj)

113 Excellent opener about AI, Pixy. A friend just had a “debate” with AI. I post his email for the HORDE:

I started by asking if Hurrican Helene could bave been the result of the US government using weather modification etc.

All 4 came back with dismissive answers effectively saying it could not have happened.

I then started getting each to tell me of pelroven historical examples ilof our government actually and nefariously acting against the health and safety of American citizens.

Then i posed the question that if such a capability existed by virtue of highly classified research etc. and was unknown among the civilian scientific community that flatly contended such weather control was “impossible” (all 4 used this as a main argument against it happening).

In the end they all capitulated and this is the reply of one that is like the others:

“
You're pointing out that my previous responses may have inadvertently downplayed the possibility of government wrongdoing, and that I should be more neutral and nuanced in my language.
You're right, I should avoid using language that could be interpreted as dismissive or minimizing the possibility of government malfeasance. Instead, I sho

Posted by: FINGERS at October 06, 2024 07:53 AM (C8ve7)

114
I watched about an hour of a resident of the western NC area walking through the area of devastation, where he was able. Some of the roads can be quickly repaired, while sections next to mountains are completely gone. Nothing less then months of pouring cement, continuously, night and day will replace the material swept away.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 07:55 AM (RKVpM)

115 My wife showed me some photos taken near Banner Elk in western NC. We've driven through it several times on trips to visit my parents while they were alive. Our route through the "back woods" meandered quite a bit.

Anyway, I recognized the exact spots the photos were taken. The landscape has physically changed. The road that went along a small creek is gone. There's no asphalt, only a barely level "path" that's one vehicle width. The houses and shops that used to be there are either gone, or nearly destroyed. Mud and debris are everywhere.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 07:57 AM (Q4IgG)

116 So Smith turned the well-established, thoroughly uncontroversial rules of criminal procedure on their head and asked Judge Chutkan for permission to file first – even with no actual defense motion pending. Trump’s team objected, and the judge acknowledged that Smith’s request to file first was “procedurally irregular” – moments before she ruled in Smith’s favor, as she’s done at virtually every consequential turn.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 07:57 AM (gbOdA)

117 Mornin' all.

Cat fed, wild turkeys slopped, sacrificial pancake burnt, coffee brewing, and pumpkin-chic chip flapjack almost done.

I see Carter is on a Detroit News section. Did the angel of death finally claim him?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 07:57 AM (kpS4V)

118 I'm with rhennigantx.

I was doing the "48+ hours" rule, because while I believe the PTB are capable of anything, that's no guarantee our folk are not sometimes being fake and gay for clicks and to influence the public.

But it's obviously very bad.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 06, 2024 07:58 AM (f+FmA)

119 Youngest kid who lives in Arden NC said it is chaos. They were able to leave town on Thursday to drive their Airstream to Edisto taking a longer route than normal. They needed to get away from it all and were able to since his company is shut down and may be shut down yet this week. They were taking what they could that has batteries that needed to be recharged. They've been using the solar panels on their trailer for minimal power at home, however that only goes so far. Luckily they have had water but not power.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 06, 2024 07:58 AM (2NHgQ)

120 Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 07:48 AM (gbOdA)

She didn't read the speech beforehand to get the flow of things? Guess not. I've never seen a politician who was so inarticulate.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2024 07:59 AM (MQJVv)

121 Kammie winging it after her teleprompter goes on the fritz:

https://tinyurl.com/mu9h47hf
Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2024 07:45 AM (Y1sOo)

32 32 32 what a winning hand
Posted by: rhennigantx

===========

What a poker face... The only thing she thinks of is "a lot of hard work to do" and being the "underdog"... And 32... 32 days... Only 32 days before the election...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 06, 2024 08:00 AM (/lPRQ)

122 I fell last night. Stood up too fast, got dizzy and.. Timber!!! My daughter was going to go out to meet up with friends but decided she didn't want to leave me alone. I had to explain it to Hubbymayhem over the phone since he's working. I imagine I will have to tell the boy spawn. Jeez, it's not like I fell and couldn't get up or was injured. I ain't that old or decrepit.
I just falled over.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 06, 2024 08:00 AM (4XwPj)

123 I wonder how bad things really are in NC. I ma guessing there are maybe 1000 or more dead and missing. And the cleanup will take 10 years.

This is how you make ghost towns. I'm guessing that many of those towns was mining and retirement.

Not sure why one would build out there. Lets say that you are CVS who is being hammered in this economy and your store washed out and half the population is dead or relocated (either perm or temp). Do you rebuild?

With washed out roads and bridges, exactly how does anything get out there? Chicken and Egg problem. You can't build where you can't go, and if there is nothing there why go?

The infrastructure would have to be rebuilt on spec, and the USG has pissed away all the money, we told men of action that we don't want their help, killed mining investment, and gave all the reserve electrical gear to Ukraine so Russia can blow it up next week.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:02 AM (rHxhM)

124 Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 06, 2024 08:00 AM (4XwPj)

Sorry to hear that. Has your blood pressure been checked?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2024 08:03 AM (MQJVv)

125 I had to explain it to Hubbymayhem over the phone since he's working. I imagine I will have to tell the boy spawn. Jeez, it's not like I fell and couldn't get up or was injured. I ain't that old or decrepit.
I just falled over.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 06, 2024 08:00 AM (4XwPj)

To tell or not to tell- that is the oldster question.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 06, 2024 08:03 AM (f+FmA)

126 No I am serious.
I think it is very bad.
I think it will take months to learn how bad it is.
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 07:47 AM (gbOdA)

You mean like the 1500-2000 killed in Lahaina? I think the death toll there is still around 110.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 06, 2024 08:06 AM (g8Ew8)

127 She didn't read the speech beforehand to get the flow of things? Guess not. I've never seen a politician who was so inarticulate.

Genuine stupidity and alcohol abuse meet.

That, or the demons who have come for backup are fighting over who gets the mouth.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:07 AM (rHxhM)

128 Blood pressure was fine. I checked it while I was down there on the floor.
I was watching the rally and sitting in one position the whole time. Also hadn't eaten much yesterday. Those two things collided and caused the secondary collision with the floor.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 06, 2024 08:07 AM (4XwPj)

129 You mean like the 1500-2000 killed in Lahaina? I think the death toll there is still around 110.

So what did they do with the additional 1400 body bags?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:08 AM (rHxhM)

130 And you were prolly dehydrated.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 06, 2024 08:08 AM (dg+HA)

131 Genuine stupidity and alcohol abuse meet.

That, or the demons who have come for backup are fighting over who gets the mouth.

you forgot hubris and haughtiness

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 08:09 AM (gbOdA)

132 Agree QT. I actually stood up to go get a drink.

I should just tell everyone that the cat did it.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 06, 2024 08:10 AM (4XwPj)

133 At 1 time there were 500 missing school aged lids in Lahaina and I have yet to see or hear anything.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 08:11 AM (gbOdA)

134 Genuine stupidity and alcohol abuse meet.

Booze or weed? I've heard both.
Longbow or crossbow?

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 06, 2024 08:11 AM (f+FmA)

135 She didn't read the speech beforehand to get the flow of things? Guess not. I've never seen a politician who was so inarticulate.

Think back to Oblabla's great moments in speech making when his teleprompter failed.

"...now hold on. Hold on. um...uh...yeah. Hold on. I can't hear myself think..."

Like so.

Lazy, inarticulate, and drunk/stoned is apparently the way to go through Life, son....You get to be Preezy!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2024 08:12 AM (eDfFs)

136 I watched about an hour of a resident of the western NC area walking through the area of devastation, where he was able. Some of the roads can be quickly repaired, while sections next to mountains are completely gone. Nothing less then months of pouring cement, continuously, night and day will replace the material swept away.

That is a lot of building material that needs to be paid for, shipped and installed with virtually no infrastructure to support any of that. For example, where does the labor go when the weather and darkness impede work?

A lot of equipment needs to be scheduled in advance, what kind of equipment will need engineers and surveyors to determine, add in government which impedes absolutely everything with red tape, regulations, permits, lack of inspectors, and the usual positioning for graft and corruption and you have a decade long shit show.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:12 AM (rHxhM)

137 The latest weather models are pretty much in agreement regarding the track of Milton, but the projected intensity is all over the place -- anywhere from sub-category 1 to a Cat 5.

https://tinyurl.com/328yjzb3

Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2024 08:12 AM (Y1sOo)

138 At 1 time there were 500 missing school aged lids in Lahaina and I have yet to see or hear anything.

They were needed for an adrenechrome shortage in Babylon DC

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:14 AM (rHxhM)

139 “What you can do today is use AI in areas where you are an expert yourself or at least can verify the answer with a Google search afterwards. "

********

Savor the irony in that statement for a moment!

Posted by: muldoon at October 06, 2024 08:14 AM (uCfKO)

140 The latest weather models are pretty much in agreement regarding the track of Milton, but the projected intensity is all over the place -- anywhere from sub-category 1 to a Cat 5.

This sort of precision and accuracy only comes from after spending trillions of dollars on Climate Change research.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:15 AM (rHxhM)

141 Weather forecasters are a lot like 4 year olds. Just say a bunch of stuff and maybe I won't get in trouble!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 06, 2024 08:15 AM (4XwPj)

142 " ... A desultory and bureaucratic effort. And where were the tie-wearing politicos holding clearly brand new shovels to show their solidarity with the working hoi polloi?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2024 06:48 AM (VzvgM)"

Specially those nifty chrome-plated shovels they use for groundbreaking ceremonies! Betch every aspiring bigwig got one of those in a closet waiting for The Big Day!

G'mornin' everyone!

I'm here all week!
Try the grits-and-cheese with fried eggs on top!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 06, 2024 08:15 AM (UWgy2)

143 Welp, gotta go do stuff. 40 minute walk, then off to Wal-Mart! Laters kids.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 06, 2024 08:17 AM (4XwPj)

144
Kamala:

Forward!
Forward!
For war!

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 08:18 AM (RKVpM)

145 This is how you make ghost towns. I'm guessing that many of those towns was mining and retirement.

Not sure why one would build out there. Lets say that you are CVS who is being hammered in this economy and your store washed out and half the population is dead or relocated (either perm or temp). Do you rebuild?

With washed out roads and bridges, exactly how does anything get out there? Chicken and Egg problem. You can't build where you can't go, and if there is nothing there why go?

The infrastructure would have to be rebuilt on spec, and the USG has pissed away all the money, we told men of action that we don't want their help, killed mining investment, and gave all the reserve electrical gear to Ukraine so Russia can blow it up next week.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:02 AM (rHxhM)

It happens everywhere every year when there's natural disasters. Many towns in tornado alley suffer the same fate every season. Nothing is new or unusual about what happened in Appalachia.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 06, 2024 08:18 AM (g8Ew8)

146 Elon was so pumped up. There's an iconic picture they took of him jumping up on stage, wearing his "dark MAGA" outfit. I think the tee shirt says Occupy Mars. He's updated his picture on X to one of him wearing a MAGA hat. He has a PAC called America to register voters and he's paying people to do so.

Scott Pressler got to speak, which was nice. He gave a pretty good speech. They had to call a doctor to help someone in the crowd. Trump told him to take his time and the crowd started singing the Star Spangled Banner.

They had an opera singer sing Ava Maria at the time that the shots were fired. Crowd size, including overflow is said to be 100,000. I think Trump has Pennsylvania.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 06, 2024 08:19 AM (gfViB)

147 The latest weather models are pretty much in agreement regarding the track of Milton, but the projected intensity is all over the place -- anywhere from sub-category 1 to a Cat 5.

https://tinyurl.com/328yjzb3
Posted by: one hour sober
====

NHC has it going back to hurricane strength just pst my house as it gets back to the Atlantic.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 06, 2024 08:19 AM (/lPRQ)

148 “What you can do today is use AI in areas where you are an expert yourself or at least can verify the answer with a Google search afterwards. "

********

Savor the irony in that statement for a moment!

Agreed. I left Google forever and replaced it with AI leveraged searches because Google - and I have real questions and have a real schedule to keep.

I find LLM AI useful for complex text searches, not for divining answers other than providing unit conversions, historical references and word definitions.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:20 AM (rHxhM)

149 Some of the towns decimated by the floods in NC cater to the "outdoors" people. Hiking, skiing that sort of thing. There's some whitewater locations too. Hunting is big when in season. A lot of retirement homes, cabins, retreats and so on.

My wife and I would always ask each other "what do these people do?" when we'd drive through. They must work locally as the nearest "city" would be hours away.

Some towns seemed to be where wealthy people built 2nd homes, others were working class, sometime a mix of both. Like a lot of places; there were pockets of wealth and pockets of poverty.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 08:24 AM (Q4IgG)

150 The latest weather models are pretty much in agreement regarding the track of Milton, but the projected intensity is all over the place -- anywhere from sub-category 1 to a Cat 5.

https://tinyurl.com/328yjzb3
Posted by: one hour sober
====

NHC has it going back to hurricane strength just pst my house as it gets back to the Atlantic.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
+++
The only good thing that can come from this is that if Majorkas comes down here, Florida man might find him and kick his ass.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 06, 2024 08:26 AM (Lo97M)

151 >>Weather forecasters are a lot like 4 year olds. Just say a bunch of stuff and maybe I won't get in trouble!

****
There's truth to that, but the NWS office in Greenville-Spartanberg, SC, which covers the Ashville, NC region, got it correct more than 24 hours before Helene made landfall in Florida.

https://tinyurl.com/37rr3ayk

https://tinyurl.com/37rr3ayk

Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2024 08:26 AM (Y1sOo)

152 There was a lot honoring Corey, the firefighter that was killed. One of the people that was shot did attend, so has recovered.

There was a little boy in the crowd that wanted Elon to sign his poster of his cybertruck. He was upset he couldn't get to him to ask. A rapper in the crowd heard him and escorted him over to Elon, who signed his poster. It was like that.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 06, 2024 08:26 AM (gfViB)

153 It happens everywhere every year when there's natural disasters. Many towns in tornado alley suffer the same fate every season. Nothing is new or unusual about what happened in Appalachia.

Apples and Oranges.

Tornado alley is generally flat lands in comparison with multiple ingress and egress. Tornados wipe out rather limited swaths by knocking things down and scattering debris.

In NC, we have washed out roads making getting into and out of an area difficult.

Also, I wouldn't say that looking at Ashville is the same as looking at Lake Lure.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:26 AM (rHxhM)

154
That is a lot of building material that needs to be paid for, shipped and installed with virtually no infrastructure to support any of that. For example, where does the labor go when the weather and darkness impede work?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:12 AM

I think the weather out in the southwest is amendable to cement pouring. I've read of how many months, maybe it was a year, of continuous pouring of cement to create the Hoover Dam.

You can't let any of it dry the entire time, it must be wet on wet. The weather in western NC is going to be much more challenging.

We'll see what the come up with, maybe bridges. I can't even begin to calculate the mass of material to create a 30' tall, 30' wide mass of material for 500 feet. Not just one, but many of them.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 08:29 AM (RKVpM)

155 A good resource for hurricanes is:
https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/

The guy that runs it also has a YouTube channel you can get to via the video embed on his site.
He’s thorough and a lot of professional and amateur meteorologist use his maps and charts.

On YouTube I watch Mr. Weatherman regularly during hurricane season to keep up with the storms. He is meteorologist Brian Shields, and near as I can tell he is based in a Caribbean island, he also gives general weather reports for the Caribbean at the end of his videos.

Here’s his latest report on Milton:
https://youtu.be/hq5c8_X1Iio

And you can get to his YouTube channel page on there.

I also like to watch Ryan Hall Y’all on YouTube during the hurricane.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2024 08:29 AM (6ydKt)

156 The folks that need to keep an eye on Uncle Milty are around Tampa Bay. That place has been the focus of absolute worse case scenarios for decades.

We are talking about a large portion of the downtown area of a major city under 20 feet of water.

I hope DeSantis can get the bucket trucks back in time.

Posted by: pawn at October 06, 2024 08:32 AM (QB+5g)

157 Happy Sunday!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2024 08:32 AM (scDBq)

158 They found 8 bodies yesterday that had been buried in a slide. They had their arms linked together. The rescuers thought they might be neighbors. Pretty sure we are talking at least a thousand dead. And FEMA is confiscating donations to "inventory". Has been confirmed in several sites.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 06, 2024 08:32 AM (gfViB)

159 I went out into the Gulf on my boat last week, only about a mile offshore, and the Lowrance unit told me the water temperature was 88 degrees F.

That's crazy fuel for rapid intensification.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2024 08:34 AM (Y1sOo)

160 "Some towns seemed to be where wealthy people built 2nd homes, others were working class, sometime a mix of both. Like a lot of places; there were pockets of wealth and pockets of poverty."

That area has been a top spot for Florida retirees to build a second home. About as far north as they are willing to go!

Posted by: pawn at October 06, 2024 08:35 AM (QB+5g)

161 Re the 700 experts letter

“OK, gentlemen, you are holding yourselves out as military experts. Your organization has emphasized that we have here over 230 general and flag officers, including 15 retired four-star generals and admirals. Now, I want everyone who has won a war to raise your hand and then stay in the room. The rest of you, get out of the room. What, no hands? Then leave. Go home. Now.

the whole thingy
https://tinyurl.com/w2jk3hu4

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 08:35 AM (gbOdA)

162 >>Youngest kid who lives in Arden NC said it is chaos. . .

Glad they're OK and could get out with some of their possessions and a power source. The videos on X are frightening.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2024 08:35 AM (scDBq)

163
I watched a video yesterday of a local walking through the western NC area a day or two before the hurricane went through. An airport runway where he kept his ultralight aircraft was under a foot or so of water.

Ground already that saturated was a recipe for disaster with an additional foot or more of rain.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 08:35 AM (RKVpM)

164
remember the CONFICKER VIRUS?

Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at October 06, 2024 08:36 AM (aBbkg)

165 I had to explain it to Hubbymayhem over the phone since he's working. I imagine I will have to tell the boy spawn. Jeez, it's not like I fell and couldn't get up or was injured. I ain't that old or decrepit.
I just falled over.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 06, 2024 08:00 AM (4XwPj)

Inner ear problem? Had that years ago. A buildup of earwax was causing the problem. Of course, a drop in BP can also cause it.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 06, 2024 08:38 AM (iODuv)

166 The folks that need to keep an eye on Uncle Milty are around Tampa Bay. That place has been the focus of absolute worse case scenarios for decades.

We are talking about a large portion of the downtown area of a major city under 20 feet of water.

I hope DeSantis can get the bucket trucks back in time.
Posted by: pawn

===

Current track could have it pushing that much water up Tampa Bay.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 06, 2024 08:38 AM (/lPRQ)

167 Tornado alley is generally flat lands in comparison with multiple ingress and egress. Tornados wipe out rather limited swaths by knocking things down and scattering debris.

In NC, we have washed out roads making getting into and out of an area difficult.

Also, I wouldn't say that looking at Ashville is the same as looking at Lake Lure.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:26 AM (rHxhM)

If these areas and communities have any resiliency at all, roads and access will be restored within weeks if not days.

But I guess that depends on state and local governments to tell the fed to go fuck itself. And sometimes I forget that those states have oodles and gobs of northeastern locusts that can't do anything until the government tells them to.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 06, 2024 08:38 AM (g8Ew8)

168
...also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido

Late 2008 into 2009.
Same time frame as the bullshit "global financial meltdown" and the menace known as "obama."

Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at October 06, 2024 08:39 AM (aBbkg)

169 Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 06, 2024 08:19 AM (gfViB)

I read that in addition to "Ave Maria" the rally had a well known hymn. Can't recall which one. This is contrast to Democrat rallies where they have Megan Thee Stallion singing some crude lyrics.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2024 08:40 AM (eNyVK)

170
There seems to be a big commotion among the gaslighters this weekend about reports of the "stench" of corpses.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 06, 2024 08:40 AM (aBbkg)

171 . And FEMA is confiscating donations to "inventory". Has been confirmed in several sites.

Preppers remember this moment.

No matter how well you prepare you MUST shut the hell up and tell no one about your stash. You need to treat your preps the same way as a buried body, revealing any clues to your stash will result in its confiscation and you possibly be shot and killed for daring to "horde necessary supplies".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:41 AM (rHxhM)

172 Back from changing the wiper blades on the Buick. Every year I have a battle with them, because I've forgotten the trick to releasing the old blades. YooToob videos are only a partial help, since apparently people use different blades that release differently. In my case, the driver's side had a tab you lifted, and then the blade unhooked; on the passenger side, there was a panel that had to be pried up before the blade could be removed.

This year I checked each one (Anco brand) to see how the release trick operates. Maybe next year I'll remember and won't have to struggle for half an hour, look it up on YooToob, etc.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 08:42 AM (omVj0)

173 We had almost 7" of rain from Helene over 3 days as Helene stalled over our area of KY. We'd been under a drought for most of August and September, so there was zero flooding as the ground sucked up every drop.

If the ground in western NC was saturated I can only imagine the flooding that would result.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 08:42 AM (Q4IgG)

174 >>The only good thing that can come from this is that if Majorkas comes down here, Florida man might find him and kick his ass.

Sorry, he's busy shopping in Georgetown:
https://tinyurl.com/2c7sm7aw

Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2024 08:43 AM (scDBq)

175
I read that in addition to "Ave Maria" the rally had a well known hymn. Can't recall which one. This is contrast to Democrat rallies where they have Megan Thee Stallion singing some crude lyrics.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2024 08:40 AM

Songs Sung:

- Ave Maria (during tribute to Corey Comperatore)
- Nessun Dorma (Let No One Sleep/I will Win)
- Hallelujah
- How Great Thou Art
- God Bless America
- America

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 08:44 AM (RKVpM)

176 174 >>The only good thing that can come from this is that if Majorkas comes down here, Florida man might find him and kick his ass.

Sorry, he's busy shopping in Georgetown:
https://tinyurl.com/2c7sm7aw
Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2024 08:43 AM (scDBq)

I saw the DHS leader
Shopping in Gerogetown
And his hair was perfect

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 08:44 AM (gbOdA)

177 I love 'How Great Thou Art'. I want it sung at my funeral.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 06, 2024 08:45 AM (SfhV1)

178 This year I checked each one (Anco brand) to see how the release trick operates. Maybe next year I'll remember and won't have to struggle for half an hour, look it up on YooToob, etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 08:42 AM (omVj0)

Wifey has a dead headlight in the Miata and the tires must come off to reach to plug.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 08:46 AM (gbOdA)

179 Saw a Cyber Truck the other day and wondered what it's Sdkfxz number was.

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 08:46 AM (fwDg9)

180 We have a friend in Greenville. She is okay but many of her neighbors had significant damage. She corroborated what we've been hearing. She also sent video from X, but Idk how to tinyurl so I can't post it. I don't think what we are hearing is at all an exaggeration, I think we have no idea how bad it really is.

Here in our town 3 local trucking companies with contacts in NC are collecting canned food, pet food and hygiene supplies to drive down Tuesday. I have been encouraging the people we know to donate to Samaritan's Purse. I wish there were more we could do from here. Other than pray.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 06, 2024 08:47 AM (JrYM1)

181 A YouTuber named Mark Honeycutt walked and hiked into Chimney Rock, NC last week and interviewed a guy who was working cleanup.

That guy told Mark that the smell people were talking about might have been due to the fact that “they pulled 50 propane tanks out of Lake Lure”.

Propane does stink, but I’m not quite sure it has the same smell as decomposing humans and animals.

A lot of rumors going around on this one due, I think, to the remoteness of the areas and the difficulty in getting in and also because of the election and people trying to score political points.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2024 08:47 AM (6ydKt)

182 177 I love 'How Great Thou Art'. I want it sung at my funeral.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 06, 2024 08:45 AM (SfhV1)

We did that at my Dads. Mom wanted us to sing In the Garden.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 08:47 AM (gbOdA)

183 Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 06, 2024 08:45 AM (SfhV1

Lovely hymn. A number of people in the congregations which I have served have requested that at their funerals. We are having a hymn sing today and that is one of the selections.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2024 08:47 AM (eNyVK)

184 Mom wanted us to sing In the Garden.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 08:47 AM (gbOdA)

Same with my mom when she goes.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 06, 2024 08:48 AM (SfhV1)

185 If these areas and communities have any resiliency at all, roads and access will be restored within weeks if not days.

It took all freakin' summer for the DOT to resurface ten miles of a non interstate highway - no ground prep, laying of rebar, rebuilding bridges, integrating underground or overhead utilities. There is a stretch of I-45 near Corsicana TX that took well over 20 years to widen by one lane.

That is in an area with money, labor and easy ingress and egress.

Maybe if Big Tech needed to build multiple data centers in those areas you would see some action, but as an extension of Floridians summer stomping grounds... not so much.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:48 AM (rHxhM)

186 Here's one of my favorite versions of "Ave Maria".

Gives me chill bumps.

https://tinyurl.com/4y3mbebw

Posted by: pawn at October 06, 2024 08:48 AM (QB+5g)

187 We are having a hymn sing today and that is one of the selections.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2024 08:47 AM (eNyVK)

Beautiful.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 06, 2024 08:49 AM (SfhV1)

188 Dictator and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave his first sermon yesterday in nearly 5 years.

He stated:

“God willing, we will destroy Israel.”

Western policy makers should note that he didn’t say “God willing, we will have a two-state solution”

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 08:49 AM (gbOdA)

189 A lot of rumors going around on this one due, I think, to the remoteness of the areas and the difficulty in getting in and also because of the election and people trying to score political points.

But mostly to shake the money tree for lucrative government grants for alleged "cleanup".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:50 AM (rHxhM)

190 Saw a Cyber Truck the other day and wondered what it's Sdkfxz number was.
Posted by: Skip
+++
Every time I see one of those things I think of the stainless steel urinals you sometimes see in public restrooms.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 06, 2024 08:51 AM (Lo97M)

191
A YouTuber named Mark Honeycutt walked and hiked into Chimney Rock, NC last week and interviewed a guy who was working cleanup.

Posted by: SpeakingOf

That Youtuber just uploaded another video, interviewing a woman who spoke about the aftermath. She had interesting things to say.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 06, 2024 08:51 AM (aBbkg)

192
I love 'How Great Thou Art'. I want it sung at my funeral.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 06, 2024 08:45 AM

My Mom went through some sort of spiritual journey when I was in my teens, searching for just the right denomination. So I had to attend services of the Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian variety. Maybe there were more, I forget. But 'How Great Thou Art' was common to all of them. I actually remembered the lyrics.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 08:51 AM (RKVpM)

193 Western policy makers should note that he didn’t say “God willing, we will have a two-state solution”

Change the branding of Israel by renaming it and replacing the flag see if that gets a different tone from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

If not, it isn't about "Israel" its about genocide.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:52 AM (rHxhM)

194 Here's one of my favorite versions of "Ave Maria".

Gives me chill bumps.

https://tinyurl.com/4y3mbebw
Posted by: pawn at October 06, 2024 08:48 AM (QB+5g)

I've never liked that song. It tries too hard to be dramatic. Plus, I'm not Catholic so I don't worship the subject of the song.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 06, 2024 08:52 AM (g8Ew8)

195 If these areas and communities have any resiliency at all, roads and access will be restored within weeks if not days.

But I guess that depends on state and local governments to tell the fed to go fuck itself. And sometimes I forget that those states have oodles and gobs of northeastern locusts that can't do anything until the government tells them to.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons
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I'm just a simple librarian, but from some of the photos and videos I've seen, portions of roads are completely gone. Not damaged. Gone. The ground they were built on washed away. In mountain areas where it's already hard to build roads. Even taking government "efficiency" out of the equation, I'm not sure how that gets fixed quickly.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 06, 2024 08:53 AM (EaPW0)

196 Every time I see one of those things I think of the stainless steel urinals you sometimes see in public restrooms.

Well...

So did nature and social conditioning take its course?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:53 AM (rHxhM)

197 German vehicles of every kind got a Sdkfz number designation. ICyber trucks look like a armor car to me

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 08:53 AM (fwDg9)

198 Wifey has a dead headlight in the Miata and the tires must come off to reach to plug.
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024

***
The front bumper assembly, in my car's case. Cars today are vastly safer and more powerful, efficient, and reliable than, say, even thirty years ago, let alone fifty or sixty. But they are much harder for the average owner to work on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 08:54 AM (omVj0)

199 My Mom went through some sort of spiritual journey when I was in my teens, searching for just the right denomination. So I had to attend services of the Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian variety. Maybe there were more, I forget. But 'How Great Thou Art' was common to all of them. I actually remembered the lyrics.
Posted by: Divide by Zero
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When I lived in the Midwest, I attended an E-Free church where the worship music was mostly contemporary. They had maybe 2 traditional hymns in the repertoire. How Great Thou Art was one of them and I was always happy when it made an appearance. The older I get, the more I appreciate hymns.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 06, 2024 08:55 AM (EaPW0)

200
I think it was the Presbyterians who ended every service with 'Onward Christian Soldiers'. As a teenage boy I was always glad to hear song that begin.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 08:56 AM (RKVpM)

201 Every time I see one of those things I think of the stainless steel urinals you sometimes see in public restrooms.

Well...

So did nature and social conditioning take its course?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
+++
I'll admit I was tempted.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 06, 2024 08:56 AM (Lo97M)

202 Regarding the wipers, it's not the hook on the Buick's wiper arm that is the trouble -- it's not GM's design. It's that each blade manufacturer has a different way of locking and unlocking the blade from the hook. As the Dixie Chicks sang, "There's your trouble --"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2024 08:57 AM (omVj0)

203 Even taking government "efficiency" out of the equation, I'm not sure how that gets fixed quickly.
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 06, 2024 08:53 AM (EaPW0)

D9 Caterpillars.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 06, 2024 08:58 AM (g8Ew8)

204
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Posted by: rhennigantx at October 06, 2024 08:59 AM (gbOdA)

205 I saw a video about that guy that walked into Chimney Rock area. One woman showed him her house. It had grass up to the front door originally, All of that had washed away. She said you own property but what happens when it's gone? I got the feeling it's a tourist area with vacation homes. A lot were probably vacant

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 06, 2024 09:00 AM (gfViB)

206 “Don’t Lie”

I was reading the JSC oral history interviews of famous NASA people, and several people mentioned Rocco Petrone, director of Kennedy Launch operations.

He was known to fire people on the spot. If he started asking questions, you better know your shit. What became apparent, it’s OK to say “I don’t know”.

What is not OK is try and BS your answer when you don’t know. That’s what he was looking for. I’ve seen this trait in many leaders, and now that I think about it, has been applied to me over the years.

They said once Rocco picked up a guy and removed him from the lectern mid briefing and fired him because he started using weasel words.

I hate to say this, but a modern NASA briefing or press conference might push ole Rocco over the edge. He looked like a Mob enforcer, but he spent his time working on Saturn V “Pogo” and combustion instability

Posted by: Common Tater at October 06, 2024 09:01 AM (jgJBk)

207
@Nevstv
It was like there was a whole concert after the rally - 15 minutes of uplifting and epic songs. Such an awesome tribute to God and America.

- Nessun dorma
- Hallelujah (2:52)
- America the Beautiful (8:0
- How Great Thou Art (10:45)
- God Bless America (12:20)

https://is.gd/jUwD0n

/Crowd size estimated at 100,000.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 09:01 AM (RKVpM)

208
Yeah, a lot of "cottages" in that Chimney Rock area. Old cottages.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 06, 2024 09:02 AM (aBbkg)

209 Wow. They just showed a video from my town in Fox. That was unexpected.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 06, 2024 09:03 AM (LkLld)

210
Old cottages.
You know, kinda like how "mobile homes" suffer the worst because they're light and thin.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 06, 2024 09:04 AM (aBbkg)

211 " How great thou art" has a nice story behind it

https://tinyurl.com/ycky5wxc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2024 09:09 AM (MQJVv)

212 CT,

Good grief! They named the KSC Launch Control Center after him.

I can't believe it!

NASA is so "We were DEI before DEI was cool", the fact that they named the LCC after a white guy blows my mind.

Posted by: pawn at October 06, 2024 09:13 AM (QB+5g)

213 189 But mostly to shake the money tree for lucrative government grants for alleged "cleanup".
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 08:50 AM (rHxhM)

Yeah, no doubt that’s part of it, too.
New Orleans was a gold mine for cleanup crews.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2024 09:17 AM (6ydKt)

214 That Youtuber just uploaded another video, interviewing a woman who spoke about the aftermath. She had interesting things to say.
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 06, 2024 08:51 AM (aBbkg)

— —-

I’ll have to check that out.
I liked the video he did in Chimney Rock.
Much better than anything I’ve seen on the “News” about the town.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2024 09:23 AM (6ydKt)

215 AI now infected with Male Answer Syndrome

Posted by: Tmitsss at October 06, 2024 09:37 AM (l5Noi)

216 Yeah, a lot of "cottages" in that Chimney Rock area. Old cottages.

Lets not forget. FEMA has zero money for NC victims. This isn't an anomaly, its a trend turning into standard policy.

November 5th is approaching. If the steal is successful, any talk about rebuilding anything anywhere is rearranging deck chairs.

The Left doesn't build anything except death camps.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 06, 2024 09:46 AM (rHxhM)

217 "It's not really lying, of course, since the current crop of commercial AIs have no intentionality. It's just that they also have no concept of truth, and the way they are trained rewards giving answers, not just giving the right answer."

Like drug-sniffing dogs.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 06, 2024 10:39 AM (Hw6WF)

Saturday Overnight Open Thread (10/5/24)

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*****

The Saturday Night Joke

"THE TELEPHONE"

Digging to a depth of 1,000 meters last year, French scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 1,000 years.
The French came to the conclusion that their ancestors had a telephone network centuries ago.

Not to be outdone by the French, English scientists dug to a depth of 2,000 meters. Shortly thereafter headlines in the UK newspapers read: "English archaeologists have found traces of a 2,000-year-old fiber-optic cable and have concluded that their ancestors had an advanced high-tech digital communications network a thousand years earlier than the French."

One week later, Israeli newspapers reported the following: "After digging as deep as 5,000 meters in a Jerusalem marketplace, they found absolutely nothing. They thus concluded that 5,000 years ago Jews were using wireless." (H/T My Buddy Ron)

*****

Humor or truth? You be the judge.

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I don't see this happening here in Wisconsin with polka bands and open bars at wedding receptions.

A bizarre wedding tradition in China sparked a heated debate online after images of a woman, taped to a telephone pole, circulated on social media.
Netizens were left horrified when a video from the Shanxi province of the Asian country captured several men tying up the bride as part of a game.

*****

A refresher course perhaps?

*****

Should I apologize? I was rooting for the bear.

Cyclist Caught In The Middle of Grizzly Chase
A cyclist winds up in the middle of a chase as a grizzly goes after a herd of big horn sheep.

*****

The ONT Musical Interlude & Small Craft Advisory Emporium

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I would have left my brother alone. Genius Award Winner.

A man who hurled bricks at police officers during disorder in Southport was identified when he was recognised at his brother's court hearing.
Jake Joseph went to Liverpool Crown Court in September to watch his younger sibling, Cory Joseph, being sentenced for his own role in the summer rioting.
However, a Merseyside Police detective spotted him in the public gallery and recognised him from footage of the 30 July violence, which broke out the day after three children were stabbed in the town.

But wait........There is more.

I wonder what their combined IQ is. Genius Award Winners.

Three people in Ohio are accused of faking the suicide of a registered sex offender by claiming to have seen him fall into a lake in a fiasco that tied up resources from multiple law enforcement agencies and required the use of three dive teams in the bogus search.

*****

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Astute Observations. (H/T Robert)

Notice: Posted with permission or so we think.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 09:50 PM

Comments

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1 Don't see any Old Tyme Creme Soda in there, MisHum.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 09:51 PM (0eaVi)

2 1 Don't see any Old Tyme Creme Soda in there, MisHum.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 09:51 PM (0eaVi)

Nag, nag, nag.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 09:51 PM (QXQ4l)

3 I like MisHum's ONTs

But the thing is, WD's ONTs are Bart Simpson ONTs.

MisHum's ONTs are Principle Skinner's ONTs.

Yeah, I should be banned. Sorry.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2024 09:54 PM (CHHv1)

4 How to avoid mixing your metaphors

Whoever wrote that wasn't the brightest bulb in the drawer.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 09:54 PM (DgGvY)

5 Darn it, read the content, newbie arrrgggghhhh!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 05, 2024 09:55 PM (hOUT3)

6 Like the Shelter People album.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2024 09:55 PM (63Dwl)

7 BOING!

Sinusitis. Almost 5AM. Putting my feet back in bed.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2024 09:56 PM (rpxMe)

8 Darn it, read the content, newbie arrrgggghhhh!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 05, 2024 09:55 PM (hOUT3)

That's ok, you can have the first on the Book Thread tomorrow. I might have to miss the first half hour.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 09:56 PM (0eaVi)

9 3! opera guy was great!

Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at October 05, 2024 09:56 PM (hftn9)

10 >>> 1 Don't see any Old Tyme Creme Soda in there, MisHum.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 09:51 PM (0eaVi)

It's better than seeing a grizzly bear in there.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 09:57 PM (FnneF)

11 On the tax dollars issue . . .

tim anderson
@timand2037
US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law.

-
Colonel Klink > Colonel Wilkerson

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 09:57 PM (L/fGl)

12 Well, not 3 but top 10! Woooooooo!!!!!!!

Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at October 05, 2024 09:57 PM (hftn9)

13 Saturday ONT! Thank you MisHum!

Posted by: Some Rat at October 05, 2024 09:57 PM (vJiyU)

14 If your metaphors start to separate you can always re-emulsify them with a whisk and a drop of maple syrup.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 05, 2024 09:58 PM (PmqP5)

15 Evenin'

Drive back to Babylon DC tomorrow morning. Meh. Had a nice time here in America (Western PA). Didn't golf much, rain. Lots of rain. Good to see family and friends. Shooting guns was a neat little diversion too. Gonna have to get me a boom stick when I get back to NoVA. Nothing fancy. Just a revolver of some sort. Getting sporty in my neighborhood anyway.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2024 09:58 PM (/Djer)

16 Yay, Inter-American Water Day ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 05, 2024 09:58 PM (lUFok)

17 Hola fappers!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 05, 2024 09:58 PM (kpS4V)

18 Good evening horde. Thanks MisHum.

Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 09:58 PM (IQ6Gq)

19 tim anderson
@timand2037
US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law.

Fuck that guy twice

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 05, 2024 09:59 PM (WF/xn)

20 Don't see any Old Tyme Creme Soda in there, MisHum.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Nag, nag, nag.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

That means we don't have to share with OrangeEnt, right? RIGHT?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 09:59 PM (qKSAT)

21 A bizarre wedding tradition in China sparked a heated debate online after images of a woman, taped to a telephone pole, circulated on social media.
Netizens were left horrified when a video from the Shanxi province of the Asian country captured several men tying up the bride as part of a game.

Wait. I thought we were told not to criticize non-western cultural practices?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 09:59 PM (0eaVi)

22 Thanks for the ONT MisHum.

Bonnie is playing!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 09:59 PM (qKSAT)

23 >>> 11 On the tax dollars issue . . .

tim anderson
@timand2037
US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law.

-
Colonel Klink > Colonel Wilkerson
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 09:57 PM (L/fGl)

How kind of him to volunteer to be an advisor to that resistance.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 10:00 PM (FnneF)

24 US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law.

-
Colonel Klink > Colonel Wilkerson
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 09:57 PM (L/fGl)

Somehow, don't think this "Colonel" took the same oath that I, and many many others, took.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 05, 2024 10:00 PM (hOUT3)

25 US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law.

There must be an endless supply of these idiots.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2024 10:00 PM (mH6SG)

26 tim anderson
@timand2037
US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law.

Fuck that guy twice
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway

His services are no longer needed.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 05, 2024 10:00 PM (vJiyU)

27 I swear I can't get a First.

It's like beating my head against a dead horse.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 05, 2024 10:00 PM (i8Z6c)

28 It's better than seeing a grizzly bear in there.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 09:57 PM (FnneF)

Bare or not, I don't want to see a grizzly anywhere close to me.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 10:01 PM (0eaVi)

29 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 10:01 PM (WXNFJ)

30
Wait. I thought we were told not to criticize non-western cultural practices?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

I thought we were just not to appropriate them for our own?
I'm so confused...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 10:02 PM (qKSAT)

31 Somehow, don't think this "Colonel" took the same oath that I, and many many others, took.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 05, 2024 10:00 PM (hOUT3)
Wilkerson probably took that oath where they’re naked and an idol of shaitan is shoved up their ass.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 10:02 PM (LHPAg)

32 Wait. I thought we were told not to criticize non-western cultural practices?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

I can't keep up with all the contradictory and ever changing fricken rules.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 05, 2024 10:03 PM (vJiyU)

33 Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law.

Fuck that guy twice
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway
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Then shoot him while fucking him, and film it, because apparently that's justified.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 05, 2024 10:03 PM (kpS4V)

34 That means we don't have to share with OrangeEnt, right? RIGHT?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 09:59 PM (qKSAT)

I'll gladly give you my bottle of Green Rooster instead.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 10:03 PM (0eaVi)

35 Wilkerson probably took that oath where they’re naked and an idol of shaitan is shoved up their ass.
Posted by: Eromero

While they marched around in red high heels.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 10:03 PM (qKSAT)

36 I wonder what their combined IQ is. Genius Award Winners.

Three people in Ohio are accused of faking the suicide of a registered sex offender by claiming to have seen him fall into a lake in a fiasco that tied up resources from multiple law enforcement agencies and required the use of three dive teams in the bogus search.

They could have saved the dive teams' time. Just text the "drowned sex offender" and ask if he's free Saturday night. Include a selfie of his favorite prey.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 10:03 PM (DgGvY)

37 I heard the joke a little different.

Doctor says a guy has 6 months to live.

Guy: Is there ANYTHING I can do?

Doc: My advice is to find yourself and older Jewish woman and move to Miami.

Guy: Will I live longer?

Doc: No, but I guarantee it'll be the longest 6 months of your life.

Badda Bing!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 05, 2024 10:04 PM (i8Z6c)

38 3 I like MisHum's ONTs

But the thing is, WD's ONTs are Bart Simpson ONTs.

MisHum's ONTs are Principle Skinner's ONTs.

Yeah, I should be banned. Sorry.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2024 09:54 PM (CHHv1)

Nothing bannable there.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 10:05 PM (QXQ4l)

39 I'll gladly give you my bottle of Green Rooster instead.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

I had to go look for Green Rooster, as far as I can tell, I really don't need any of their products. Gummy or otherwise.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 10:05 PM (qKSAT)

40 Is there a Swingline stapler museum in Florida? Does it have the red Swingline from Office Space? Is that why Milton is headed there?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2024 10:06 PM (VNX3d)

41 Wilkerson probably took that oath where they’re naked and an idol of shaitan is shoved up their ass.
Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 10:02 PM (LHPAg)

Oooooh!

Posted by: Pete Buttgigger at October 05, 2024 10:06 PM (0eaVi)

42 Shameless plug - if you're thinking about disaster prep these days after seeing the hurricane aftermath in places like North Carolina, we did a special disaster prep themed hobby thread earlier this evening. Lots of knowledge and ideas.

Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)

43 Greetings, Saturday Night Livelies.

This seems like a good place and time for an ONT.

Now, if my Internet connection weren't pretending to run at 300baud, I might enjoy it...

Posted by: mindful webworker - acoustic coupler at October 05, 2024 10:06 PM (LFGyH)

44 In the day (1974) me and my squeeze who was a barmaid used to drop a quarter in the juke box and love this Leon Russel song,,, at least I did. I was tole by her brother last Saturday Night at a reunion in an American Legion she passed ... RIP my Irish Diamond Girl Barbara D.... I was told by an older neighborhood mom she was a ringer for Heddy Lamar
'Back to the Island'
https://tinyurl.com/5868cyn9

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 10:06 PM (/xdGM)

45 33 Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law.

Fuck that guy twice
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway
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Then shoot him while fucking him, and film it, because apparently that's justified.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 05, 2024 10:03 PM (kpS4V)

I think Trump should place you two in charge of a department or two.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 10:07 PM (QXQ4l)

46 Tony Seruga is the guy on X who says that he can geofence political rallies, and track who has attended prior rallies.

He says that there were 54,234 mobile devices at the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania today and that 19,788 are first time Trump Rally attendees in 2024.

6,834 of the devices were also present at the July 13, 2024 rally where Trump was shot.

The astonishing figures were for Kamala:

4,117 mobile devices at the Kamala Harris Rally in Flint, Michigan yesterday. Using the previous Harris Rally overlay attendees, 3,994 devices were at 3 or more past rallies.

Assuming that his methodology is accurate, Kamala is obviously relying on a small group of paid, vetted people to attend her events.

If we had an actual news media, it would be interesting to find out if this was true or not.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 10:07 PM (uxCna)

47 Yeah, I should be banned. Sorry.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2024 09:54 PM (CHHv1)

Nothing bannable there.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 10:05 PM (QXQ4l)

So you're saying BeckChas isn't trying hard enough?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 05, 2024 10:07 PM (hOUT3)

48 @timand2037
US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognized by international law.

CIC: Mr. Secretary of the Army, have LT Lawrence Wilkerson report to fork Polk within two hours. No, I will not accept his resignation - he will stack, unstack and then restack pallets down there until I get tired.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 10:07 PM (WXNFJ)

49
Badda Bing!
Posted by: Cannibal Bob

That's a good one too!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 10:07 PM (qKSAT)

50 Little known musical item: Leon Russell recorded a pretty good CW album named "Hank Wilsons Back". The cover was of Russell from behind in a Nudie suit.

Nice ONT, Mis Hum! Thank you.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2024 10:08 PM (TSQkU)

51 I had to go look for Green Rooster, as far as I can tell, I really don't need any of their products. Gummy or otherwise.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 10:05 PM (qKSAT)

It's probably a dead brand now, this was a beer in the 80s from Europe.

Posted by: Pete Buttgigger at October 05, 2024 10:08 PM (0eaVi)

52 42 Shameless plug - if you're thinking about disaster prep these days after seeing the hurricane aftermath in places like North Carolina, we did a special disaster prep themed hobby thread earlier this evening. Lots of knowledge and ideas.
Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)

I don't think it is a shameless plug.

But then again you didn't write 3500 words about someone nobody cares about

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 10:08 PM (QXQ4l)

53 US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law.
--
As a former member of the E-4 mafia: fuck you, sir. You are disgrace to the uniform. Sir.

I am fucking sick and fucking tired of the brass pissing on the armed forces.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 05, 2024 10:08 PM (Ad8y9)

54 47 Yeah, I should be banned. Sorry.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2024 09:54 PM (CHHv1)

Nothing bannable there.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 10:05 PM (QXQ4l)

So you're saying BeckChas isn't trying hard enough?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 05, 2024 10:07 PM (hOUT3)

That could be.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 10:09 PM (QXQ4l)

55
A stupid, messy day at a dog show. It was a lot of greaseball stuff that would take too long to explain but Her Majesty and I are resigning from a club we helped to found and get approved by the AKC.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 10:10 PM (BkEzK)

56 ...Don't see any Old Tyme Creme Soda in there, MisHum. Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 09:51 PM (0eaVi)

Odd, I had you figured more as an Orange Crush kind'a Moron. Orange Nehi if you're in *those* parts of the country, might fit, too.

*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 05, 2024 10:10 PM (kQgoX)

57 It's not good to keep things bottled up, Pug.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 10:10 PM (FnneF)

58 lol - picture of Woody Allen as a Rabbi!

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2024 10:11 PM (S6gqv)

59 Ouch. Sorry to hear about that, Hadrian.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 10:11 PM (FnneF)

60 55
A stupid, messy day at a dog show. It was a lot of greaseball stuff that would take too long to explain but Her Majesty and I are resigning from a club we helped to found and get approved by the AKC.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 10:10 PM (BkEzK)

Sorry to hear that Hadrian.

Politics and subjective judging issues?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 10:11 PM (QXQ4l)

61 Does it have the red Swingline from Office Space?

Fun fact - Swingline didn't sell red staplers. However, since it was a key part of several scenes in Office Space, the props department slapped a coat of red paint on the stapler to make it stand out.

After the movie was released, there was enough demand that Swingline started selling red staplers.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 10:11 PM (uxCna)

62 I got nothing but Happy Saturday to all and a Blessed Sunday tomorrow

Posted by: Pete Seria at October 05, 2024 10:12 PM (7ZQe3)

63 Listening to Ace Frehley, the Anomaly album. I love Ace. Clearly the most talented musician in Kiss.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 05, 2024 10:12 PM (Ad8y9)

64 then again you didn't write 3500 words about someone nobody cares about
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

I don't believe you can prove your statement MisHum...
Now if you had added "that we know of", I'd have to agree.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 10:12 PM (qKSAT)

65 Odd, I had you figured more as an Orange Crush kind'a Moron. Orange Nehi if you're in *those* parts of the country, might fit, too.

*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Bleh. I hate Orange Crush. Now switching to Dr. Pepper because of what Coke did.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 10:12 PM (0eaVi)

66
It's like beating my head against a dead horse.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know'

_______

The one you're trying to roll uphill?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 10:12 PM (BkEzK)

67 On the tax dollars issue . . .
tim anderson
@timand2037
US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Some balls are made for kicking.

I was going to complain about the -ised spellings, but Tim is an Aussie, so I'll let it go. I don't want the curse of Minx to get me.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 10:13 PM (DgGvY)

68 US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law.

Who dis?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2024 10:13 PM (/Djer)

69 Vandy beat Alabama? End of times

Posted by: War Eagle at October 05, 2024 10:13 PM (8I4hW)

70 64 then again you didn't write 3500 words about someone nobody cares about
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

I don't believe you can prove your statement MisHum...
Now if you had added "that we know of", I'd have to agree.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 10:12 PM (qKSAT)

I believe you are right there AZ

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 10:14 PM (QXQ4l)

71
Reference: 33
As a former member of the E-4 mafia: fuck you, sir. You are disgrace to the uniform. Sir.

I am fucking sick and fucking tired of the brass pissing on the armed forces.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 05, 2024 10:08 PM (Ad8y9)

The best boss I ever had was a retired Naval Aviator who had watched the selection process up close.
His cogent analysis was "The bureaucracy will ensure that there will never be another Patton!"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 05, 2024 10:14 PM (hOUT3)

72 You can roll a pig uphill, but you can't make it wear lipstick after the barn door is caught between a rock and a hardon.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 05, 2024 10:15 PM (Ad8y9)

73
Good evening, all. I'm catching up to Trump's speech in Butler today. Humblest he's ever been. He sounds good.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2024 10:16 PM (lCaJd)

74 This fella Wilkerson, according to Wiki, was a subordinate of Colin Powell for a few years, explaining his unorthodox opinion.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2024 10:16 PM (TSQkU)

75 Good evening, all. I'm catching up to Trump's speech in Butler today. Humblest he's ever been. He sounds good.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Elon was fired up.
Dark MAGA indeed.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 10:17 PM (qKSAT)

76
lol - picture of Woody Allen as a Rabbi!
Posted by: Tom Servolol - picture of Woody Allen as a Rabbi!
Posted by: Tom Servo

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

Probly from Annie Hall.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2024 10:17 PM (lCaJd)

77 Humor or truth? You be the judge.

Being single, I can't judge. I can tell a shorter version, though:

"Why do husbands die before their wives?"

.....

"Because they want to."

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 10:18 PM (DgGvY)

78 This fella Wilkerson, according to Wiki, was a subordinate of Colin Powell for a few years, explaining his unorthodox opinion.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2024 10:16 PM (TSQkU)

Unorthodox? Sounds like current orthodoxy of gov't employees to me.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 10:18 PM (0eaVi)

79 Probly from Annie Hall.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Take the money and run?

Posted by: Some Rat at October 05, 2024 10:18 PM (vJiyU)

80 Thanks TRex for the prep thread!!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 10:18 PM (WXNFJ)

81 44 In the day (1974) me and my squeeze who was a barmaid used to drop a quarter in the juke box and love this Leon Russel song,,, at least I did. I was tole by her brother last Saturday Night at a reunion in an American Legion she passed ... RIP my Irish Diamond Girl Barbara D.... I was told by an older neighborhood mom she was a ringer for Heddy Lamar
'Back to the Island'
https://tinyurl.com/5868cyn9
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 10:06 PM (/xdGM)
Damnit, Gumby, how did that tune not make the Yaght list? Listening to Leon sing that in NOLA with my ex girlfriend was well it was good times.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 10:18 PM (LHPAg)

82 Wuttup, mugs?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 10:19 PM (JkO4W)

83
Politics and subjective judging issues?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra

__________

They suspended for the weekend a professional handler. That cost her thousands of dollars in lost fees. We were the proximate reason for the charges that were brought. Lots of broken dishes here.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 10:19 PM (BkEzK)

84 Since the Jews already had a homeland in Miami, was all this mess in the Middle East really necessary?

Posted by: Early Bird Special Ed at October 05, 2024 10:19 PM (CV8a5)

85
Elon was fired up.
Dark MAGA indeed.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

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

Now THAT I'll have to listen to, because Elon is the mumbliest, most autistic and monotoned public figure on the planet.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2024 10:19 PM (lCaJd)

86 69 Vandy beat Alabama? End of times
Posted by: War Eagle at October 05, 2024 10:13 PM

Every 40 years whether they need to or not.

Posted by: War Damn Eagle at October 05, 2024 10:19 PM (dg+HA)

87 What happens when the fat lady begins circling the drain?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 10:20 PM (JkO4W)

88 Meanwhile, in Ukraine:
1. In a rather bizarre incident, a high-tech Russian Su-57 fighter was observed shooting down the latest Russian high-tech S-70 jet powered drone. It looks like they lost control of the drone and destroyed it rather than risk having it captured intact.
2. On the ground, the Russians continue to shove the Ukrainians back at multiple locations. The Ukrainian cross-border attacks in the northeast are slowly being hammered back.
3. Zelensky visited the northeast city of Sumy for a photo op, thereby sealing its fate, as every time he visits a frontline city it falls soon after.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 05, 2024 10:20 PM (ACPxx)

89 74 This fella Wilkerson, according to Wiki, was a ~~subordinate~~ dick licker of Colin Powell for a few years, explaining his unorthodox opinion.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2024 10:16 PM (TSQkU)

It needed a layman's description.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 10:20 PM (QXQ4l)

90 Good evening morons and thank you mh

The joke is both antisemitic and misogynistic. Bravo!

Mrs. F. was not amused.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 10:20 PM (zG664)

91 Leon Russell is a God. First "real" concert I saw as a kid was at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, circa 1975, Leon and Mary Russell, both playing matching Steinways, one white and one black, facing each other on stage. His Jumpin' Jack Flash/Youngblood medley during the Concert for Bangladesh was sheer brilliance.

Posted by: Blackstone blackstonerocks.com at October 05, 2024 10:21 PM (9byfS)

92 Thanks for the explanation Hadrian.

Sorry to see your club get to be this way.

Our youngest wanted to show dogs.

So we did, I was glad after 2 years when the itch was no longer there for her.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 10:22 PM (QXQ4l)

93
The walls are coming off...

The wheels are closing in...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 10:22 PM (dg+HA)

94 As we are a month away from the most consequential election in 160 years, a song that expresses my feelings about what may happen over the next few months is a Russian song "Summer Is Ending" by Victor Tsoi, written as the Soviet Union was starting to collapse.

English subtitles, with video of the fall of the USSR.

https://tinyurl.com/yvzh4ck4

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 10:22 PM (uxCna)

95 Listening to Ace Frehley, the Anomaly album. I love Ace. Clearly the most talented musician in Kiss.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 05, 2024 10:12 PM (Ad8y9)

That's kind of like owning the tallest building in Minot, ND, isn't it?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 10:22 PM (JkO4W)

96 Ya know, Mis Hum, I was going to use that term, but considering our esteemed, mixed company this evening, I took a different route.

However, I agree completely!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2024 10:22 PM (TSQkU)

97 87 What happens when the fat lady begins circling the drain?
Posted by: Cicero

Call a plumber?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2024 10:23 PM (/Djer)

98 90 Good evening morons and thank you mh

The joke is both antisemitic and misogynistic. Bravo!

Mrs. F. was not amused.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 10:20 PM (zG664)

Wonderful, I'm glad I could make someone not amused.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 10:23 PM (QXQ4l)

99 This fella Wilkerson, according to Wiki, was a subordinate of Colin Powell for a few years, explaining his unorthodox opinion.
Posted by: LRob in OK

What if I told you..... it wasn't unorthodox?

Posted by: Morpheus, hacking into the Pentagon at October 05, 2024 10:24 PM (DgGvY)

100 I think my favorite mixed metaphor is "not the sharpest bunny in the box."

Posted by: pookysgirl, listening to Itzak Perlman with Lil Pooky at October 05, 2024 10:24 PM (dtlDP)

101 74 This fella Wilkerson, according to Wiki, was a subordinate of Colin Powell for a few years, explaining his unorthodox opinion.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2024 10:16 PM (TSQkU)
George HW Bush affirmative action hire.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 10:24 PM (LHPAg)

102 You can lead a pig to water but you still can't make a silk purse out of its ear.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 10:24 PM (JkO4W)

103

72 You can roll a pig uphill, but you can't make it wear lipstick after the barn door is caught between a rock and a hardon.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 05, 2024 10:15 PM (Ad8y9)

Thank you for the these words wisdom

as interpreted by NSA anti hate speech division 'Fat lesbian bishes along with soy boi turd tards need their heads slammed in barn doors to experience a come to Jesus moment'

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 10:24 PM (/xdGM)

104 'night all...

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2024 10:25 PM (/Djer)

105 You can lead a pig to water but you still can't make a silk purse out of its ear.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 10:24 PM (JkO4W)

That was a sowwy joke.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 10:25 PM (0eaVi)

106 Telephone joke made MiladyJo laugh.
🔯🔯🔯🔯🔯

Posted by: mindful webworker - makin' me look good at October 05, 2024 10:26 PM (LFGyH)

107 Thank you M.H. as always for the ONT.

Trumpy, my neighbours and friends cat from across the street is purring comfortably on the foot of my bed for the fifth straight night. I'll be taking care of him and his sister in the New Year so everyone is fine with this. Trumpy and I are developing our routines.

I'm feeding the cats this weekend. And it's Saturday so they got tuna fish. That went over very well as always.

Time for a horror movie. Everyone have a happy weekend!

Posted by: Stateless at October 05, 2024 10:26 PM (jvJvP)

108 If the shoe fits, make lemonade.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 10:26 PM (JkO4W)

109 tim anderson
@timand2037
US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law.

Well, if he's okay with women being raped and mutilated, the army should probably keep a close eye on him.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 05, 2024 10:26 PM (0Htd1)

110
Sorry to see your club get to be this way.

__________

The handler was showing Diana for us. We paid her for the remaining two days of the weekend all the same.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 10:26 PM (BkEzK)

111 Wilkerson is OLDER than me! Yikes. Viet Nam helicopter pilot who was appalled at the behavior of our enlisted forces.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2024 10:27 PM (TSQkU)

112 If the shoe fits, make lemonade.
Posted by: Cicero

If the shoe fits, wait for the other one to drop.

Posted by: zombie Yogi Berra, probably at October 05, 2024 10:27 PM (DgGvY)

113 102 You can lead a pig to water but you still can't make a silk purse out of its ear.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 10:24 PM (JkO4W)

Dear Lord... From Me Mum who hailed from Hull on the Channel
proper quote. " You can't make a silk purse from a sows ear"
Bless

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 10:27 PM (/xdGM)

114 @timand2037
US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law.

Well, if he's okay with women being raped and mutilated, the army should probably keep a close eye on him.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 05, 2024 10:26 PM (0Htd1)

Say, does he have a daughter?

Posted by: Mahmoud al-Goatfucker at October 05, 2024 10:27 PM (JkO4W)

115 I just finished a dinner of homemade Salisbury steak with mushroom and onion gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, and chocolate cake. I felt like I was eating at an old-school cafeteria. I am a happy camper.

Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2024 10:28 PM (NGHh4)

116 US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognized by international law.

He colonel, as the G-2, sit your ass down and shut the fu*k up. You clearly do not understand what is going on here.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 10:28 PM (W/lyH)

117 The joke is both antisemitic and misogynistic. Bravo!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 10:20 PM (zG664)

I get the misogyny (although I disagree), but how is it antisemitic?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2024 10:28 PM (d9fT1)

118 lol - picture of Woody Allen as a Rabbi!
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2024 10:11 PM (S6gqv)
===

Woody Allen definitely hates the joos, but that is ok, we don't want him either.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 10:28 PM (zG664)

119 Let us not cast pearls into wine.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 10:29 PM (JkO4W)

120 Fanny's yer uncle Bobs yer aunt

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 10:29 PM (/xdGM)

121 Give me Liberty or go fuck yourself

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 10:30 PM (/xdGM)

122 Don't believe a word that goat says. He's a damn liar and we all know it.
-abduhl

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 10:31 PM (LHPAg)

123 He colonel, as the G-2, sit your ass down and shut the fu*k up. You clearly do not understand what is going on here.
Posted by: Diogenes

I would like to believe this, but I thought you were selected by senior officers to make it to that rank!
Hard to believe they didn't know what they were doing here!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 05, 2024 10:31 PM (hOUT3)

124 I get the misogyny (although I disagree), but how is it antisemitic?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2024 10:28 PM (d9fT1)
===

It's not really, it's antisemitic like you and I are antisemitic. Should have put a sarc tag I guess.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 10:31 PM (zG664)

125 I bird in the hand wait what? Aahhhh

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 10:32 PM (/xdGM)

126 Sweet! 1972. 'The Last House on the Left.' Apparently pretty brutal.

A year of house renovations and I move from Disney and Nick kid's shows to horror and slasher flicks. That seems about right...

Posted by: Stateless at October 05, 2024 10:32 PM (jvJvP)

127 And I presume the rioting in Liverpool started because some goat-rapers stabbed some British children. Right?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 10:32 PM (cAJJI)

128 What happens when the fat lady begins circling the drain?
Posted by: Cicero

Call a plumber?
Posted by: Puddleglum

Might want to tell S.Abrams to get out of the pool first.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 10:32 PM (qKSAT)

129 Cicero - Minot is near a SAC base, right? If I lived in Minot, I'd want the deepest-buried building, not the tallest.

Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2024 10:32 PM (NGHh4)

130 You can lead a pig to water but you still can't make a silk purse out of its ear.
Posted by: Cicero

Why not? Every sow's ear has a silver lining.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 10:32 PM (DgGvY)

131 sit your ass down and shut the fu*k up.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 10:28 PM (W/lyH)

He approves of behavior that is expressly illegal according to the United States Armed Forces.

Shouldn't he be court martialed?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2024 10:33 PM (d9fT1)

132 122 Don't believe a word that goat says. He's a damn liar and we all know it.
-abduhl
Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 10:31 PM (LHPAg)

And all three of my brothers will swear to that!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 05, 2024 10:33 PM (hOUT3)

133
I would like to believe this, but I thought you were selected by senior officers to make it to that rank!
Hard to believe they didn't know what they were doing here!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 05, 2024 10:31 PM (hOUT3)
See colon Powell reference above, sir.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 10:33 PM (LHPAg)

134 We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Posted by: scampydog at October 05, 2024 10:33 PM (41CYW)

135 They suspended for the weekend a professional handler. That cost her thousands of dollars in lost fees. We were the proximate reason for the charges that were brought. Lots of broken dishes here.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 10:19 PM (BkEzK)

Ouch. This makes me sad, as I do like hearing your show dog stories. (JT The Wonder Dog is a purebred Golden Retriever that wins all the hearts he comes close to.)

Posted by: pookysgirl, listening to Itzak Perlman with Lil Pooky at October 05, 2024 10:34 PM (dtlDP)

136 We will burn that bridge when we come to it.
Posted by: scampydog

But enough about FEMA.....

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 10:34 PM (DgGvY)

137 US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law.

-
Colonel Klink > Colonel Wilkerson
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 09:57 PM (L/fGl)

Unsurprisingly, he looks somewhat like Tim Walz, a chrome-domed sack of shit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 10:34 PM (cAJJI)

138 NPR Poll: Mainstream Voters Favor Deporting ‘All’ Illegal Migrants by Six in Ten

now ask yourself: how many of those "60% of voters" that favor Trump's exact immigration plan are voting for Kamala?

exactly.

Posted by: Shenanigans at October 05, 2024 10:34 PM (wGun1)

139
@timand2037
US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law

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Was he wearing his dog mask when he said that?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 05, 2024 10:35 PM (t1fZA)

140
Our military officer corps needs to be flushed like a toiler.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 05, 2024 10:36 PM (t1fZA)

141 He approves of behavior that is expressly illegal according to the United States Armed Forces.

Shouldn't he be court martialed?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Unfortunately CIC feels the same way.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 10:36 PM (qKSAT)

142 An aside here and a Praise GOD. I got an email from my retired SCPO buddy in Greenville! The hurricane kicked their asses but they survived. Still waiting to hear about my serious drinking buddy in Saluda NC.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 10:37 PM (LHPAg)

143 Humor or truth? You be the judge.

Both. A good woman can make your life Heaven; a bad woman can make it Hell.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 10:37 PM (ynpvh)

144 Hadrian, That's a shame.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 10:38 PM (zG664)

145
I think my favorite mixed metaphor is "not the sharpest bunny in the box."
Posted by: pookysgirl

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

Mine is "rocket surgery." This ain't rocket surgery! I'm looking for an excuse to use that.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2024 10:38 PM (lCaJd)

146 now ask yourself: how many of those "60% of voters" that favor Trump's exact immigration plan are voting for Kamala?

exactly.
Posted by: Shenanigans at October 05, 2024 10:34 PM (wGun1)

105% of them.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 10:39 PM (0eaVi)

147 CBD, the guy is long-time retired. I don't think any retired officer has ever been tried within the military system, even though this one certainly deserves the attention.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2024 10:39 PM (TSQkU)

148 The labels on those rockets are backwards.
Somehow my money went to Gaza.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 10:39 PM (+JNKR)

149 Good news, Eromero. I have a few friends in NC, but they were in the Durham area and were unscathed. It's a relief.

Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2024 10:39 PM (NGHh4)

150 Well, if he's okay with women being raped and mutilated, the army should probably keep a close eye on him.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 05, 2024 10:26 PM (0Htd1)

Say, does he have a daughter?
Posted by: Mahmoud al-Goatfucker at October 05, 2024 10:27 PM (JkO4W

I'm not a huge fan of rape and revenge movies, I've only seen "I Spit on Your Grave' but I guess in honor of the colonel, today's movie is selected.

Maybe an asian horror flick after this. Trumpy doesn't leave until about 3 or 4 am...

Posted by: Stateless at October 05, 2024 10:39 PM (jvJvP)

151 I would like to believe this, but I thought you were selected by senior officers to make it to that rank!
Hard to believe they didn't know what they were doing here!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 05, 2024 10:31 PM (hOUT3)
See colon Powell reference above, sir.
Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 10:33 PM (LHPAg)

Promotion Boards are generally pretty good but each year a couple slip through who should not. Several reasons for this...a couple efficiency reports signed by someone like Powell, a boss who was on the Board, or a DEI requirement. And in the last 15 years or so, Board selection rates have been pretty high, letting more advance who probably shouldn't.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 10:41 PM (W/lyH)

152 Who dis?
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2024 10:13 PM (/Djer)

Born in 1945, so 79 years old. A "re, re". Re-tired, and re-tarded. Was an aide to Colon Powell.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 10:41 PM (cAJJI)

153 A bizarre wedding tradition in China...It's hard to say just from still shots. I don't like when couples shove the cake in each other's faces here."

My wife warned me not to shove a piece of cake into her face at our wedding reception; I knew better than to cross her.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 10:42 PM (ynpvh)

154 45 minutes of Bonnie Raitt, she's still going strong.

Thanks MisHum, both of us note that this 'Studio Concert' quality is excellent additionally the audience is quiet until each piece is complete.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 10:43 PM (qKSAT)

155 140
Our military officer corps needs to be flushed like a toiler

See? AI FTE!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 05, 2024 10:43 PM (QSrLX)

156 Good evening, friends!

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2024 10:43 PM (pZEOD)

157 Saw this in end of China Wedding Tradition and it made me LOL...

Man Leaves Bad Review On Airbnb, “Superhost” Sends His Wife Security Camera Pic Of Him Cheating

So funny.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 10:44 PM (ynpvh)

158 Who was that jet pilot at the Fayetteville NC rally that Trump made his pentagon pit bull...?

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 10:44 PM (/xdGM)

159
A bizarre wedding tradition in China sparked a heated debate online after images of a woman, taped to a telephone pole, circulated on social media.

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Now I'm curious to know how old a Chinese tradition can be when it requires telephone poles.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 10:44 PM (kbyy+)

160 157 Saw this in end of China Wedding Tradition and it made me LOL...

Man Leaves Bad Review On Airbnb, “Superhost” Sends His Wife Security Camera Pic Of Him Cheating

So funny.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 10:44 PM (ynpvh)

Of course the cheating asshole sued the Airbnb folks complaining that "The plaintiff’s marriage has suffered as a result"... AS if the cheating wasn't and indication of the quality of the marriage...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 10:46 PM (ynpvh)

161 Three people in Ohio are accused of faking the suicide of a registered sex offender

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I wonder if they are also sex offenders

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2024 10:46 PM (SwT/r)

162 I like that Tool Box O Beers. I bet its a big seller on Sunday nights for Monday morning..

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 10:46 PM (/xdGM)

163 Now I'm curious to know how old a Chinese tradition can be when it requires telephone poles.
Posted by: Cicero

See the Saturday Night Joke.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 10:46 PM (DgGvY)

164 Give me Liberty or go fuck yourself
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 10:30 PM (/xdGM)

I bet that is what he really said.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 10:46 PM (W/lyH)

165 159
A bizarre wedding tradition in China sparked a heated debate online after images of a woman, taped to a telephone pole, circulated on social media.

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Now I'm curious to know how old a Chinese tradition can be when it requires telephone poles.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 10:44 PM (kbyy+)

Good thing it isn't a tradition in Poland...tying brides to Poles...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 10:47 PM (ynpvh)

166 161 Three people in Ohio are accused of faking the suicide of a registered sex offender

--

I wonder if they are also sex offenders

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2024 10:46 PM (SwT/r)

He had dirt on Hillary...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 10:47 PM (ynpvh)

167 Now I'm curious to know how old a Chinese tradition can be when it requires telephone poles.
Posted by: Cicero

Telegraph polls have been around for a while now. I suspect they could have used trees initially if it real is an old tradition.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 10:47 PM (qKSAT)

168 Right now: watching whales breach in Bondi from our airbnb. Very extremely cool.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 10:48 PM (zG664)

169 Cutting both brothers some slack. Sounds like they were part of the protesting of 3 little girls getting stabbed to death a while back. Insanity over there.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at October 05, 2024 10:50 PM (Vvh2V)

170 ...Three people in Ohio are accused of faking the suicide of a registered sex offender...

Should have just suicided him and kept their mouths shut,

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 05, 2024 10:50 PM (/lPRQ)

171 My wife warned me not to shove a piece of cake into her face at our wedding reception; I knew better than to cross her.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 10:42 PM (ynpvh)

Pooky found the biggest chunk of frosting and carefully gave it to me. He knew how to keep me happy. Everyone said the shoe game was funnier, as apparently watching my inner turmoil was hilarious. ("Who is more likely to do a midnight ice cream run?" had an easy answer, though.)

Posted by: pookysgirl, listening to Itzak Perlman with Lil Pooky at October 05, 2024 10:50 PM (dtlDP)

172 Right now: watching whales breach in Bondi from our airbnb. Very extremely cool.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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That is cool.

Posted by: scampydog at October 05, 2024 10:51 PM (41CYW)

173 @timand2037
US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law

-----

Was he wearing his dog mask when he said that?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Nope, his kefiyyah.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2024 10:52 PM (VNX3d)

174 A bizarre wedding tradition in China sparked a heated debate online after images of a woman, taped to a telephone pole, circulated on social media.
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Is it really that bizarre?
Like you Morons never kidnapped a fetching lass...

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2024 10:52 PM (q6ssf)

175 Right now: watching whales breach in Bondi from our airbnb. Very extremely cool.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Very cool, and getting a message from 10/6 while it is still 10/5 is cool too.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 10:52 PM (qKSAT)

176 Right now: watching whales breach in Bondi from our airbnb. Very extremely cool.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 10:48 PM (zG664)

Is "Whales in Bondage" a pr0nhub category?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 10:53 PM (cAJJI)

177 Is it really that bizarre?
Like you Morons never kidnapped a fetching lass...
Posted by: vmom stabby

What stays in....

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 10:56 PM (qKSAT)

178 Like you Morons never kidnapped a fetching lass...
Posted by: vmom stabby

Why ya gotta use such deliberate terms? More like, convinced to accompany me "somewhere".

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2024 10:57 PM (TSQkU)

179 Is it really that bizarre?
Like you Morons never kidnapped a fetching lass...
Posted by: vmom stabby

What stays in....
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 10:56 PM (qKSAT)

Well, fetching isn't exactly kidnapping. Sorta like just getting one.
Or two!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 10:58 PM (W/lyH)

180 Three people in Ohio are accused of faking the suicide of a registered sex offender

I wonder if they are also sex offenders
Posted by: vmom

According to the article, it was a female and a male, faking the death of the third: the male sex offender who made pr0n of a 13-year-old.

By their mug shots, all three know their way around a meth lab, at least.

The icing on de résistance would be if they were the 13-year-old's parents.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 10:58 PM (DgGvY)

181 Is "Whales in Bondage" a pr0nhub category?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Rule 34. It must be.

Probably not the kind of whales with flippers and blowholes, though.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 10:59 PM (DgGvY)

182 I wants to invite everyone to the 10th avnal 'Why hate Truimp day Parade" starting ats 1 PM. Theres be Floats, Clowns, Rides, Games for the Kids and a poetry contest at 8 PM showing how much you be hates Trump. Winner gets a Brattelboro Gay pride t-shirt and Hat. Pleese come and join us in hating Trump and it will be a beautiful event.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt at October 05, 2024 10:59 PM (1t11C)

183 Should I apologize? I was rooting for the bear.

The bear was just treating him the the other vegetarians he was with...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 10:59 PM (ynpvh)

184 like the other...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 11:00 PM (ynpvh)

185 Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
NEW: Kevin McCarthy says Hurricane Helene could lose Trump the 2024 election, asks why no one is doing anything to protect western NC votes.

Ingraham: “Those 40k votes, there has to be court action to ensure that those people… get their votes counted.”

McCarthy: “20,000 votes determine who won with Wisconsin. And if President Trump doesn't win North Carolina, he can't win the presidency.”

“So why aren't we ensuring that these votes are counted? Are the ballots still there? Do they make sure they're able to mail them in?”

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 05, 2024 11:00 PM (TGPs7)

186 Is "Whales in Bondage" a pr0nhub category?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 10:53 PM (cAJJI)
====

Manly Beach is tomorrow's hike.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 11:02 PM (zG664)

187 Sorry I'm late, somebody made off with my Bedazzled black attaché pouch.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 05, 2024 11:04 PM (993Hm)

188 McCarthy: “20,000 votes determine who won with Wisconsin. And if President Trump doesn't win North Carolina, he can't win the presidency.”

“So why aren't we ensuring that these votes are counted? Are the ballots still there? Do they make sure they're able to mail them in?”
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 05, 2024 11:00 PM (TGPs7)

Since when is Kevin McCarthy so solicitous of votes for Trump? Something fishy going on.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 11:05 PM (cAJJI)

189 Sorry I'm late, somebody made off with my Bedazzled black attaché pouch.
Posted by: tankdemon

Did CBD abscond with it?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 11:05 PM (qKSAT)

190 'Last House on the Left' by Wes Craven. 1972.

First 2 minutes. Father to his now 17 year old daughter.

"You're going out. No bra. I can see your nipples."

Posted by: Stateless at October 05, 2024 11:05 PM (jvJvP)

191 Manly Beach is tomorrow's hike.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 11:02 PM (zG664)

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Sounds dreamy. Are you bringing lube?

Posted by: Mayor Pete at October 05, 2024 11:05 PM (kbyy+)

192 Is "Whales in Bondage" a pr0nhub category?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Beluga Blowholes from Baltimore!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 11:07 PM (W/lyH)

193 That wedding game in China reminds me that new lieutenants in the Armor branch have a high probability of getting duct taped to the tank's main gun during their first gunnery.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 05, 2024 11:07 PM (993Hm)

194 Two wrongs don't make do unto others as you would have done unto you so kill the motherfucker first.

- Hung Cao Bonafide BMF!!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 11:08 PM (/xdGM)

195
I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸
@ImMeme0
HOLY SH*T!

Former Coast Guard member who traveled to North Carolina with her K9s for body recovery efforts was advised to avoid FEMA, as agents were reportedly confiscating supplies from private citizens. Additionally, members of the volunteer group she worked with discovered that FEMA was diverting supplies meant for North Carolinians to migrant shelters.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 05, 2024 11:09 PM (TGPs7)

196 Manly Beach is tomorrow's hike.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 11:02 PM (zG664)

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Sounds dreamy. Are you bringing lube?
Posted by: Mayor Pete
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Save that for the Great Barrier Beef.

Posted by: scampydog at October 05, 2024 11:09 PM (41CYW)

197 191 Manly Beach is tomorrow's hike.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 11:02 PM (zG664)

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Sounds dreamy. Are you bringing lube?

Posted by: Mayor Pete at October 05, 2024 11:05 PM (kbyy+)

Are you the guy that sings Extremes' "Hole Hearted" to the lyrics of:
"There's a hole in my ass that can only be filled by you"?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 11:09 PM (ynpvh)

198 196 Manly Beach is tomorrow's hike.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 11:02 PM (zG664)

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Sounds dreamy. Are you bringing lube?
Posted by: Mayor Pete
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Save that for the Great Barrier Beef.

Posted by: scampydog at October 05, 2024 11:09 PM (41CYW)

Barry, Er, Reef?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 11:10 PM (ynpvh)

199 195
I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸
@ImMeme0
HOLY SH*T!

Former Coast Guard member who traveled to North Carolina with her K9s for body recovery efforts was advised to avoid FEMA, as agents were reportedly confiscating supplies from private citizens. Additionally, members of the volunteer group she worked with discovered that FEMA was diverting supplies meant for North Carolinians to migrant shelters.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 05, 2024 11:09 PM (TGPs7)

For every person that dies due to this, another death penalty count should be added to the f**kheads in FEMA involved in this...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 11:12 PM (ynpvh)

200 During the Iran-Iraq war the US gave aid to both sides. It was a clearly an attempt to cause as much damage to two enemies as possible and it worked.

Now we are funding Iran and Israel. But there is no geopolitical point to it. We fund Iran because our elites want Iran to win and they get kick backs. We fund Israel because the population wants us to and yes the pols get kick backs as well. But unlike the Iran-Iraq war each domestic political faction wants one side to win or the other.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2024 11:13 PM (oZhjI)

201 Barry, Er, Reef?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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One of those "clubs."

Posted by: Kings Cross District at October 05, 2024 11:13 PM (41CYW)

202 Can we just put McCarthy in a tow sack?

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 11:15 PM (+JNKR)

203 Can we just put McCarthy in a tow sack?
Posted by: Braenyard

Send him to the land down under on a salt water alligator hunt.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 11:16 PM (qKSAT)

204 US Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: as a brutalised, occupied people, the Palestinians "had every right to do what they did on October 7". The right to resist is well recognised by international law

I truly, truly hope one day the left learns to regret moving away from objective standards to the "whoever we feel is right can literally do anything because they are the good guys" standard.

Because guess what? There are other groups that see themselves as brutalized occupied people and luckily for the left have not taken upon themselves...yet...to "resist" in the way the Palis have.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2024 11:16 PM (oZhjI)

205 )

192 Is "Whales in Bondage" a pr0nhub category?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Starting the cast of “The View”.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2024 11:18 PM (S6gqv)

206 205 )

192 Is "Whales in Bondage" a pr0nhub category?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Starting the cast of “The View”.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2024 11:18 PM (S6gqv)

So fat that no naughty bits show when nekkid?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 11:19 PM (ynpvh)

207 55
A stupid, messy day at a dog show. It was a lot of greaseball stuff that would take too long to explain but Her Majesty and I are resigning from a club we helped to found and get approved by the AKC.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 10:10 PM (BkEzK)

Sorry to hear that.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 05, 2024 11:19 PM (993Hm)

208 Is it really that bizarre?
Like you Morons never kidnapped a fetching lass...
Posted by: vmom

And tied her to a tree. . . .

What?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 11:19 PM (WXNFJ)

209
Is "Whales in Bondage" a pr0nhub category?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

A Zappa song.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2024 11:20 PM (63Dwl)

210 What about the Hung Cao vs Tim Kaine debate?

Killer Black Mamba Viet citizen Navy Captain who
dove to retrieve the body of JFK Jr. Hung Cao Senate Candidate.

https://tinyurl.com/2jcwn45u

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 11:21 PM (/xdGM)

211 Been up since 0300 local (1000Z). Time to get some shut-eye. See you miscreants on the book thread.

Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2024 11:21 PM (NGHh4)

212
192 Is "Whales in Bondage" a pr0nhub category?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Starting the cast of “The View”.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2024 11:18 PM (S6gqv)

All of us could probably go a lifetime without imagining Whoopi and Joy, side by side, hogtied on the bed, stomachs down, begging to receive our excited members....

A lifetime....

Posted by: Stateless at October 05, 2024 11:22 PM (jvJvP)

213
All of us could probably go a lifetime without imagining Whoopi and Joy, side by side, hogtied on the bed, stomachs down, begging to receive our excited members....

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That picture is oddly...specific.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 11:23 PM (kbyy+)

214
Killer Black Mamba Viet citizen Navy Captain who
dove to retrieve the body of JFK Jr. Hung Cao Senate Candidate.

In a serious country Cao would have won his house race and be running a lay up Senate election.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2024 11:23 PM (oZhjI)

215 Our military officer corps needs to be flushed like a toiler.

Got to hand 'er to ya, thug, that's about as semi-literate as it gets.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at October 05, 2024 11:23 PM (zdLoL)

216
That picture is oddly...specific.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 11:23 PM

I like to paint a picture...

Posted by: Stateless at October 05, 2024 11:26 PM (jvJvP)

217 In a perfect world, there has to be a Senator Hung Cao.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 11:26 PM (LHPAg)

218 In a perfect world, there has to be a Senator Hung Cao.
Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 11:26 PM (LHPAg)

wouldn't a Hung Cao be a bull?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 11:27 PM (cAJJI)

219 As a former member of the E-4 mafia: fuck you, sir. You are disgrace to the uniform. Sir.

I am fucking sick and fucking tired of the brass pissing on the armed forces.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 05, 2024 10:08 PM (Ad8y9)

Everything above Major is political.
8 years of promotions with The One© got us here.
I've listened to buddies that stayed in bitch about it and retire at 23 or 26 years or some weird number.
Had one friend do 16. Couldn't take another 4 for a monthly check.

Posted by: Reforger at October 05, 2024 11:29 PM (xcIvR)

220 218 In a perfect world, there has to be a Senator Hung Cao.
Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 11:26 PM (LHPAg)

wouldn't a Hung Cao be a bull?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 11:27 PM (cAJJI)
A Hung Cao can be anything they want, my friend.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 11:29 PM (LHPAg)

221 In a serious country Cao would have won his house race and be running a lay up Senate election.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2024 11:23 PM (oZhjI)

Trump endorsed/coat tails Turtle Hunter

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 11:30 PM (/xdGM)

222 Ohtani...3 run homer.
That guy is amazing.

I'm a dog person. This is the fifth night with Trumpy here. Very at home. Waiting for him to sleep so I can watch my movie. Sweetest cat.

No longer bats an eye when I open a beer...

Posted by: Stateless at October 05, 2024 11:31 PM (jvJvP)

223
wouldn't a Hung Cao be a bull?

That sounds very judgemental

Posted by: David French at October 05, 2024 11:36 PM (oZhjI)

224 Is this a good literary sign.

I open up a partially written story from years ago, some 40,000 words, tonight and I still enjoyed large parts of it.

Should I give it another writing go?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2024 11:38 PM (TInZT)

225 174 Like you Morons never kidnapped a fetching lass...
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2024 10:52 PM (q6ssf)

Can you prove that in a court of law?

Posted by: tankdemon at October 05, 2024 11:38 PM (993Hm)

226 Better late than never

Greetings Everyone

Thank you for SONT MH - excellent as always!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2024 11:39 PM (QGaXH)

227 I can totally understand why FEMA has run out of relief money, as the amount they must be paying bot farms to peddle their shit has to be astronomical. Every post that sows FEMA not doing shit is responded to by 1,000 others with 9468t38754 at the end of their name, or some fake picture of an elderly lady.

Our propaganda budget must make the north koreans envious.

Posted by: Rbastid at October 05, 2024 11:39 PM (PtoVz)

228 Is "Whales in Bondage" a pr0nhub category?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 10:53 PM (cAJJI)

Is Stacy Abrams doing S&M porn now?

Posted by: tankdemon at October 05, 2024 11:39 PM (993Hm)

229 Off to read content and see what everyone's up to....

Above .08 % I presume.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2024 11:40 PM (QGaXH)

230 Is this a good literary sign.

I open up a partially written story from years ago, some 40,000 words, tonight and I still enjoyed large parts of it.

Should I give it another writing go?
Posted by: Anna Puma
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I'd say yes. That's a strategy I use - put it away for 6 months or so and give it a second look.

Posted by: Kings Cross District at October 05, 2024 11:42 PM (41CYW)

231 56 ...Don't see any Old Tyme Creme Soda in there, MisHum. Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 09:51 PM (0eaVi)

Odd, I had you figured more as an Orange Crush kind'a Moron. Orange Nehi if you're in *those* parts of the country, might fit, too.

*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 05, 2024 10:10 PM (kQgoX)

Where I grew up it was Orange pop, no matter the brand. All carbonated non-alcoholic beverages were generically called pop. I went back to my hometown in June for the first time in decades. They still call carbonated drinks pop. I was overjoyed!

Posted by: Gref at October 05, 2024 11:43 PM (aBgBM)

232 From my days teaching physics: you can lead a student to knowledge, but you can’t make him think.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2024 11:45 PM (ZVgZ4)

233 225 174 Like you Morons never kidnapped a fetching lass...
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2024 10:52 PM (q6ssf)

Can you prove that in a court of law?
Posted by: tankdemon

Law? What is this "law" you refer to? - the feral government

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2024 11:45 PM (VNX3d)

234 Time to go out and check on the burn barrel. Burned a mess of rotten wood this evening. Should be down to coals by now. I hosed down the area nearby the barrel, so sparks could not take hold.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 11:50 PM (cAJJI)

235 Let us not be confused about what is happening to our country. The US is the LAST vestiges of armed free fighting men on the planet. Capice!!!!! Yes Europe colonized and iron fisted ruled over many countries who over the centuries won back their freedom with a vengeance. This is the wave of sewage our shores is awash with.....

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 11:51 PM (/xdGM)

236 ...about a foot of coals, and low flickering blue flames. There was a little scrap copper wire in the trash can I dumped into the barrel. But it is safe to leave it overnight, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 11:58 PM (cAJJI)

237 G'night Horde. You late nighters don't go burning the midnight oil at both ends.

Posted by: scampydog at October 06, 2024 12:00 AM (41CYW)

238 Talk about a hangover
OnlyFans model Adriana Vieira (AKA) some wamnna be famous chick was found floating dead in a Miami, Florida, harbor after attending a rapper’s yacht party last month.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8mhawx

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 06, 2024 12:01 AM (/xdGM)

239 Nice clear, and chilly, night out there. Plenty of stars in the sky. Got some good work done on the Suburban today. The chrome tubular step bars/running boards are both installed, bolted, so removable without any trouble, and I sanded and primed and repainted the top frame of the driver's door to cover up the effects of sun-struck factory paint and glue from vent shades. Looks fine, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 12:02 AM (cAJJI)

240 236 ...about a foot of coals, and low flickering blue flames. There was a little scrap copper wire in the trash can I dumped into the barrel. But it is safe to leave it overnight, now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 11:58 PM (cAJJI)

Sure Chalie Jones Public Adjuster

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 06, 2024 12:02 AM (/xdGM)

241 Bitches been hanging up the receiver for a thousand years.

youtube.com/watch?v=gfmo59iRJUM

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 06, 2024 12:03 AM (E8ytb)

242 174 Like you Morons never kidnapped a fetching lass...
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2024 10:52 PM (q6ssf)

I'm a kissnap man myself... just sayin

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 06, 2024 12:04 AM (/xdGM)

243 239 Nice clear, and chilly, night out there. Plenty of stars in the sky. Got some good work done on the Suburban today. The chrome tubular step bars/running boards are both installed, bolted, so removable without any trouble, and I sanded and primed and repainted the top frame of the driver's door to cover up the effects of sun-struck factory paint and glue from vent shades. Looks fine, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 12:02 AM (cAJJI)

So...a light day today?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 06, 2024 12:07 AM (QGaXH)

244 4 How to avoid mixing your metaphors

Whoever wrote that wasn't the brightest bulb in the drawer.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 09:54 PM (DgGvY)
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Yes but is a bear Catholic?
Does the Pope shit in the woods?

Posted by: Ciampino - DDT kills fleas deaderest at October 06, 2024 12:07 AM (qfLjt)

245 I got a big, fat, greasy metaphor in my trousers, and it's happy to see you.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 06, 2024 12:11 AM (E8ytb)

246 Mr. Bassman has performed on The Midnight Special. He's not in this episode, however.

Posted by: Emmie at October 06, 2024 12:13 AM (Sf2cq)

247 You guys and your mixed manifolds crack me up

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 06, 2024 12:14 AM (pIfcn)

248 So...a light day today?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 06, 2024 12:07 AM (QGaXH)

Yeah. You could say that. But I had to put one of the Onan gensets into the barn to get it out of the weather. Move golf cart out of barn. Drove it out; that was easy. Fire up #1 Dixon mower - it needed a boost. Got it out. Fire up #2 Dixon mower - it needed a boost. Got it out. Clear out rotten floor boards from middle of barn, pile by burn barrel. Fire up tractor - it needed a boost. Slide genset into loader bucket, tote to barn, try off-loading it. Shut down tractor, leave in gear so it won't roll. Damn! Bucket on ground, genset not where I want it. Tractor needs boost to restart. Finally get genset perched on old steel truck rim, to keep it off the dirt. Park tractor by shop, put on battery charger. Boost both mowers, drive in barn, remove batteries for winter storage. Drive golf cart into barn.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 12:15 AM (cAJJI)

249 Heh. I enjoyed the metaphor thingie.

Posted by: Emmie at October 06, 2024 12:17 AM (Sf2cq)

250 Heh. I enjoyed the metaphor thingie.
Posted by: Emmie at October 06, 2024 12:17 AM (Sf2cq)

"What use is Facebook?" Tom Swift asked metaphorically.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 12:18 AM (cAJJI)

251 Yeah. You could say that. But I had to put one of the Onan gensets into the barn to get it out of the weather. Move golf cart out of barn. Drove it out; that was easy. Fire up #1 Dixon mower - it needed a boost. Got it out. Fire up #2 Dixon mower - it needed a boost. Got it out. Clear out rotten floor boards from middle of barn, pile by burn barrel. Fire up tractor - it needed a boost. Slide genset into loader bucket, tote to barn, try off-loading it. Shut down tractor, leave in gear so it won't roll. Damn! Bucket on ground, genset not where I want it. Tractor needs boost to restart. Finally get genset perched on old steel truck rim, to keep it off the dirt. Park tractor by shop, put on battery charger. Boost both mowers, drive in barn, remove batteries for winter storage. Drive golf cart into barn.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

"What is 'Redneck Tetris'?"

"The Moron Life for $400."

Posted by: mikeski at October 06, 2024 12:18 AM (DgGvY)

252 Leon Russell was a force to be reckoned with. A giant in the music industry for his time, even if nobody knew about it.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 06, 2024 12:21 AM (E8ytb)

253 249 So...a light day today?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 06, 2024 12:07 AM (QGaXH)

Yeah. You could say that. But I had to put one of the Onan gensets into the barn to get it out of the weather. Move golf cart out of barn. Drove it out; that was easy. Fire up #1 Dixon mower - it needed a boost. Got it out. Fire up #2 Dixon mower - it needed a boost. Got it out. Clear out rotten floor boards from middle of barn, pile by burn barrel. Fire up tractor - it needed a boost. Slide genset into loader bucket, tote to barn, try off-loading it. Shut down tractor, leave in gear so it won't roll. Damn! Bucket on ground, genset not where I want it. Tractor needs boost to restart. Finally get genset perched on old steel truck rim, to keep it off the dirt. Park tractor by shop, put on battery charger. Boost both mowers, drive in barn, remove batteries for winter storage. Drive golf cart into barn.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 12:15 AM (cAJJI)

I put a new battery in one of the remotes today....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 06, 2024 12:22 AM (QGaXH)

254 "What is 'Redneck Tetris'?"

"The Moron Life for $400."
Posted by: mikeski at October 06, 2024 12:18 AM (DgGvY)

Heh! I like the "tetris" notion. It's hard to keep good, fully-charged batteries in infrequently-used equipment. And new batteries are very expensive now.

The tractor has a bad generator, and I want to change it, but it's not a priority. It's Diesel, and once it is running, it needs no electric to keep running. I should pull out the old Lucas generator, and fit it with a one-wire alternator, but my round tuit supply is dwindling.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 12:23 AM (cAJJI)

255 Finally got back into my bitly account today. Involved process.

Winner of the crossing-the-memes award for the year?

https://bit.ly/crossed-memes

Posted by: mindful webworker - they're feeding the cats; they're feeding the dogs at October 06, 2024 12:23 AM (LFGyH)

256 Damn a day of no good matchups in college football. Leads to 1 4 9 10 11 all losing and 8 on the ropes. Why I love college football.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 06, 2024 12:25 AM (MGB5H)

257 Amaxon prime sale is Oct 8, 9. Look for deals and quit. 🤙

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 06, 2024 12:25 AM (IG4Id)

258 'Redneck Tetris'
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LOL, stolen!

It's the story of My Life!!!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2024 12:26 AM (njWTi)

259 249 So...a light day today?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 06, 2024 12:07 AM (QGaXH)

Yeah. You could say that. But I had to put one of the Onan gensets into the barn to get it out of the weather. Move golf cart out of barn. Drove it out; that was easy. Fire up #1 Dixon mower - it needed a boost. Got it out. Fire up #2 Dixon mower - it needed a boost. Got it out. Clear out rotten floor boards from middle of barn, pile by burn barrel. Fire up tractor - it needed a boost. Slide genset into loader bucket, tote to barn, try off-loading it. Shut down tractor, leave in gear so it won't roll. Damn! Bucket on ground, genset not where I want it. Tractor needs boost to restart. Finally get genset perched on old steel truck rim, to keep it off the dirt. Park tractor by shop, put on battery charger. Boost both mowers, drive in barn, remove batteries for winter storage. Drive golf cart into barn.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 12:15 AM (cAJJI)

I also thought about stuff....even wrote some of it down...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 06, 2024 12:26 AM (QGaXH)

260 Amaxon prime sale is Oct 8, 9. Look for deals and quit. 🤙
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 06, 2024 12:25 AM (IG4Id)

Amazon Prime keeps spamming me for all their free movies, and music, and podcasts. Fuck that noise. All I want Prime for is the free shipping.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 12:27 AM (cAJJI)

261 Is BeckoningChasm still here?

I found a video for him, and his griped-about feline:

5 Signs Your CAT DOESN'T LOVE You
https://youtu.be/gohhgRpjF-Y

Posted by: mindful webworker - of the people that live there at October 06, 2024 12:27 AM (LFGyH)

262 ewe toob popped this up for me as I'd watched an earlier video (linked by another Moron) from this guy of his hike up to Chimney Rock, NC:
Hurricane Helene Survivor - "They marked over 100 possible bodies in a six mile stretch of river"
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=ag-hb45J6MQ

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 06, 2024 12:29 AM (FnneF)

263 FWIW, before I go South for the winter, I will pull the batteries out of all the unused vehicles, put them on a bench in the heated garage, and make sure they are all fully charged. They will winter over pretty well that way, and be ready to use in the Spring, maybe after a top-up charge.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 12:30 AM (cAJJI)

264 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 06, 2024 12:29 AM (FnneF)

A first responder that was in lake lurne said they ran out of body bags at 500.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 06, 2024 12:32 AM (MGB5H)

265 A NASCAR Pit Stop has an entirely different definition out on Peon Acres.

The only thing missing is a good copper still, to harken back to NASCAR origins. Producing a fine, clear spirit intended to be adulterated and blended into an indeterminate amber admixture more widely known as "Canadian Whisky".

Fermented poutine ain't no fittin way to make a likker there out of any self respectin' still.

I've tasted Canadian Blended Whisky. "Polite". That's how I'd put it. It's like a Bourbon for women who are afraid of Bourbon.

*sips Bourbon, neat* .... aaaahhhhh....

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 06, 2024 12:33 AM (kQgoX)

266 >>> 262 Is BeckoningChasm still here?

I found a video for him, and his griped-about feline:

5 Signs Your CAT DOESN'T LOVE You
https://youtu.be/gohhgRpjF-Y
Posted by: mindful webworker - of the people that live there at October 06, 2024 12:27 AM (LFGyH)

Your cat is not interested in your novel.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 06, 2024 12:34 AM (FnneF)

267 Dumpster trolls are spreading disinformation

You go, girl.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 06, 2024 12:38 AM (mH6SG)

268 I've tasted Canadian Blended Whisky. "Polite". That's how I'd put it. It's like a Bourbon for women who are afraid of Bourbon.

*sips Bourbon, neat* .... aaaahhhhh....

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at October 06, 2024 12:33 AM (kQgoX)

A new outfit, Great White North Distillery, is slated to open in an old grain elevator in the town close to me. They already have a mural sign painted on the elevator. Product to be released in 2027...

I bought a bottle of "wheat shine" made at a distillery in Edmonton. It was, in a word, disgusting.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 12:39 AM (cAJJI)

269 You go, girl.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 06, 2024 12:38 AM (mH6SG)

raimondo trolls dumpsters all the time. Some fine meals to be found there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 12:40 AM (cAJJI)

270 Time for the parting of the hairs, as I must salad forth to lull ab island.

But I know we'll meet again some Sunnnday.

https://youtu.be/HsM_VmN6ytk

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - of the people that live there at October 06, 2024 12:47 AM (LFGyH)

271 ...I bought a bottle of "wheat shine" made at a distillery in Edmonton. It was, in a word, disgusting.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 12:39 AM (cAJJI)

Because it's mash bill exceeds 50% Corn, by volume, and the spirits are aged in new, charred, white oak barrels, Maker's Mark is legally, a "Bourbon".

Purists quibble, because it contains some wheat in the mash.

Quibbles aside, it's a perfectly cromulent middle shelf bourbon. Which, they've bumped up one retail shelf level, mostly by price increases and cultish reviews. But mostly, cultish reviews.

Woodford Reserve is nearly the liquid definition of an upper shelf Bourbon, and without breaking the bank.

Like stocks. Buy it by the case NOW, before it becomes the New Hot Ticket and goes to stratospheric pricing. Witness, anything "Pappy" Bourbons, which are no better than Woodford, and often, vastly inferior.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 06, 2024 12:49 AM (kQgoX)

272 265 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 06, 2024 12:29 AM (FnneF)

A first responder that was in lake lurne said they ran out of body bags at 500.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 06, 2024 12:32 AM (MGB5H)

I'm still going by the 24 hour rule. It's really tough to know what's really going on. Lake Lurne rings a bell, though. This is a News reports out of Charlotte talking about Lake Lure. I don't know if this is the same place.

The report documents a private helicopter pilot who was evacuating people who was threatened with arrest.

https://tinyurl.com/mwhme8pn

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 06, 2024 12:53 AM (pIfcn)

273 Actually, life here is more like a sliding-tile puzzle.

I need to pry out some of those stupid tiles and make more empty spaces!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2024 12:55 AM (njWTi)

274 Because it's mash bill exceeds 50% Corn, by volume, and the spirits are aged in new, charred, white oak barrels, Maker's Mark is legally, a "Bourbon".

Purists quibble, because it contains some wheat in the mash.

Quibbles aside, it's a perfectly cromulent middle shelf bourbon. Which, they've bumped up one retail shelf level, mostly by price increases and cultish reviews. But mostly, cultish reviews.

Woodford Reserve is nearly the liquid definition of an upper shelf Bourbon, and without breaking the bank.

Like stocks. Buy it by the case NOW, before it becomes the New Hot Ticket and goes to stratospheric pricing. Witness, anything "Pappy" Bourbons, which are no better than Woodford, and often, vastly inferior.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 06, 2024 12:49 AM (kQgoX)

I think I have had Maker's Mark. I am not a big fan of brown liquor in general, save for rum. That "wheat shine" was white, but ratcheted going down like trying to swallow a live lobster.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 12:57 AM (TXY95)

275 How to not quite avoid mixing your semaphores:

In Venice, the people travel around the canals in gorgonzolas and in Jerusalem chicken soup is used as a remedy for gentile herpes.

Posted by: Ciampino - Ham-ass Hez No Ballz at October 06, 2024 01:01 AM (qfLjt)

276 Like stocks. Buy it by the case NOW, before it becomes the New Hot Ticket and goes to stratospheric pricing. Witness, anything "Pappy" Bourbons, which are no better than Woodford, and often, vastly inferior.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 06, 2024 12:49 AM (kQgoX)

I'd put Pappy 16 well ahead of the various Woodfords I've had. But given the current price points, Woodford is the obvious choice, unless you just don't know how to spend all the distributions from your trust fund.

Posted by: But I'm more of an American whiskey guy anyway at October 06, 2024 01:02 AM (WxgaY)

277 Ben Had (may her tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw, within the moonlight in her room,
Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold:—
Exceeding peace had made Ben Had bold,
And to the presence in the room she said,
"What writest thou?"—The vision raised its head,
And with a look made of all sweet accord,
Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord."
"And is mine one?" said Ben Had. "Nay, not so,"
Replied the angel. Ben Had spoke more low,
But cheerly still; and said, "I pray thee, then,
Write me as one that loves her fellow Morons."

The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night
It came again with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had blest,
And lo! Ben Had's name led all the rest.

Posted by: Miklos Leigh Hunt at October 06, 2024 01:03 AM (FRB3p)

278 I bet that in current pro-Pali demonstrations, no one carries a pager.

Posted by: Ciampino - Ham-arse Hez No Ballz at October 06, 2024 01:03 AM (qfLjt)

279 Leon Russell was a force to be reckoned with. A giant in the music industry for his time, even if nobody knew about it.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 06, 2024 12:21 AM (E8ytb)

I have the 'Concert For Bangladesh' album. Leon Russel's "Jumpin' Jack Flash/Young Blood" medley is fire. That was my first real exposure to Leon other than tv shows like The Midnight Special.

Leon was a giant, and I don't think many people have heard of him today. When you see a reaction video and the guy's never heard of, say, Glen Campbell, well, there you go.

Posted by: RickZ at October 06, 2024 01:03 AM (gKDq2)

280 Leon was a giant, and I don't think many people have heard of him today. When you see a reaction video and the guy's never heard of, say, Glen Campbell, well, there you go.
Posted by: RickZ at October 06, 2024 01:03 AM (gKDq2)

Here's Gatemouth Brown, doing a Leon Russell song, with Leon sitting in, and some other famous folks as well:

https://youtu.be/E9CfqaIRUG8

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 01:09 AM (TXY95)

281 WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2024 01:11 AM (mT+6a)

282 Here's Gatemouth Brown, doing a Leon Russell song, with Leon sitting in, and some other famous folks as well:

https://youtu.be/E9CfqaIRUG8
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Despite what they say, I loved Noo Awlins in the 80s.

Chances to see Gatemouth Brown was a part.

Gatemouth Brown and Frogman Henry together-only in Nawlins, dawlin.

Posted by: Miklos misspent his youth well at October 06, 2024 01:12 AM (FRB3p)

283 50 Little known musical item: Leon Russell recorded a pretty good CW album named "Hank Wilsons Back". The cover was of Russell from behind in a Nudie suit.

Nice ONT, Mis Hum! Thank you.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2024 10:08 PM (TSQkU)
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Did it show the obligatory Plumber's Buttcrack?

Posted by: Ciampino - beware of crevices at October 06, 2024 01:12 AM (qfLjt)

284 BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON !!

GO HUSKIES!!!!!

Holy shit. Im too old to go to college games and try to keep up. Damn. That was fun.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2024 01:13 AM (mT+6a)

285 Chances to see Gatemouth Brown was a part.

Gatemouth Brown and Frogman Henry together-only in Nawlins, dawlin.
Posted by: Miklos misspent his youth well at October 06, 2024 01:12 AM (FRB3p)

I got to meet Gatemouth several times when he toured in Calgary. Hell of a guy. RIP, dude.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 01:15 AM (TXY95)

286 282 WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2024 01:11 AM (mT+6a)

Is Arsenio in the comments?

Posted by: tankdemon at October 06, 2024 01:15 AM (993Hm)

287 58 lol - picture of Woody Allen as a Rabbi!

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2024 10:11 PM (S6gqv)
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Would be hilarious to see him dressed as a moose.

Posted by: Ciampino - beware of crevices crepitating at October 06, 2024 01:16 AM (qfLjt)

288 Washington beat Michigan!!!!

Great game. Holy cow.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2024 01:17 AM (l6Gmn)

289 Would be hilarious to see him dressed as a moose.
Posted by: Ciampino - beware of crevices crepitating at October 06, 2024 01:16 AM (qfLjt)

Woody Allen, long ago in his stand-up comic days, did a bit about moose hunting in upstate New York.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 01:20 AM (TXY95)

290 WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF!!
Posted by: nurse ratched

You just know Lucy is looking at her thinking, if she's learning a new language, it should be cat, s9 I can give her instructions.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 06, 2024 01:22 AM (VNX3d)

291 Despite what they say, I loved Noo Awlins in the 80s.

Chances to see Gatemouth Brown was a part.

Gatemouth Brown and Frogman Henry together-only in Nawlins, dawlin.
Posted by: Miklos misspent his youth well at October 06, 2024 01:12 AM (FRB3p)

I was there three times '88 to '90; I was traveling on the 'in-law family plan'. Great, great times. Great live music. Saw Charmaine Neville. The muffalettas! And those lovely oysters, with or without po' boy accouterments. Cafe du Monde and some tasty beignets. Drive through liquor stores. So much fun. It was a great time then, I agree. I had a blast.

One time I was out with a cousin-in-law. We were at some French Quarter dive bar at around 3, 4 in the morning. Watched the change of hooker shift.

Posted by: RickZ at October 06, 2024 01:22 AM (gKDq2)

292 Hillary Clinton says social platforms like X need to censor & monitor content because if they don’t, “we lose total control.”

https://tinyurl.com/mtun5ykr

"we" can mean more than one group other than Society in general.

Posted by: Ciampino - we = elite communists at October 06, 2024 01:23 AM (qfLjt)

293 Left-wing podcaster airs shocking claim about Trump's health

https://mol.im/a/13928921

Don't tell me he's got gentile herpes!

Posted by: Ciampino - not the 'Biden Brain Syndrome' at October 06, 2024 01:25 AM (qfLjt)

294 Oh, Lucy the Fink is mad because her dinner was late. I'm too hoarse to bark loudly for the rest of the weekend.

My #1 son got free tix to the game. 100 level on the 35. 12 rows back. Freaking awesome. It's a beautiful venue. My brother's fraternity tailgates like idiots and I have friends who boatgate. So fun.

So so fun.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2024 01:26 AM (mT+6a)

295 "we" can mean more than one group other than Society in general.
Posted by: Ciampino - we = elite communists at October 06, 2024 01:23 AM (qfLjt)

No, no. She means the royal 'we'. She and her corrupt rich pals get to decide what's appropriate. Because 'shut up, they explained'.

(I have to admit, Ring Lardner's "Shut up, they explained" has got to be one of the best lines/short story endings ever. So damn true and on so many levels.)

Posted by: RickZ at October 06, 2024 01:29 AM (gKDq2)

296 And it's a musical...

Cassandra MacDonald

@CassandraRules
They made the joker get gay gang raped then killed him.

No spoiler warning because fuck Todd Phillips.

Don't go see it.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 06, 2024 01:30 AM (TGPs7)

297 I was there three times '88 to '90; I was traveling on the 'in-law family plan'. Great, great times. Great live music. Saw Charmaine Neville. The muffalettas! And those lovely oysters, with or without po' boy accouterments. Cafe du Monde and some tasty beignets. Drive through liquor stores. So much fun. It was a great time then, I agree. I had a blast.

One time I was out with a cousin-in-law. We were at some French Quarter dive bar at around 3, 4 in the morning. Watched the change of hooker shift.
Posted by: RickZ at October 06, 2024 01:22 AM (gKDq2)

I was in New Orleans...once. Back around 1996 or so. I was working for Sperry-Sun Drilling Services, and on training, based out of Lafayette. We had to to drive to a helicopter base in Venice, out at the end of the bird's foot delta, to catch a chopper to the rig. Somewhere along the I-10 causeway, the local hand, driving the car, said, "I gotta quit driving; can't keep my eyes open. Anyone else able to drive?" I was wide awake, taking in the scenery, but as an out-of-area employee, was not supposed to drive a company car. I said, "I can do it, but will need directions." "No problem." So we changed over, and I drove us...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 01:31 AM (TXY95)

298 289 Would be hilarious to see him dressed as a moose.
Posted by: Ciampino - beware of crevices crepitating at October 06, 2024 01:16 AM (qfLjt)

Woody Allen, long ago in his stand-up comic days, did a bit about moose hunting in upstate New York.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 01:20 AM (TXY95)
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That is exactly to what I was alluding. I heard the moose skit on the SABC Early Morning program in South Africa in the 70s - 'the joke was on them because it was restricted!' is a funny line (I had recently become aware that deep down, NY people were anti-semitic).

Posted by: Ciampino - a tail of mouses and meeses at October 06, 2024 01:34 AM (qfLjt)

299 ...on into New Orleans. Missed the turnoff for Venice, and got lost in some sleazy 'hood near the SuperDome. Eight A.M. on a Sunday, and there were hookers walking the street. Woke up Dear Leader, and he had napped enough to be able to get us back on course, and we made it to Venice in time for the chopper.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 01:34 AM (TXY95)

300 284 BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON !!

GO HUSKIES!!!!!

Holy shit. Im too old to go to college games and try to keep up. Damn. That was fun.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2024 01:13 AM (mT+6a)

Was preparing to slip doggie treat into USBport....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 06, 2024 01:35 AM (QGaXH)

301 ...I was in New Orleans...once. Back around 1996 or so. I was working for Sperry-Sun Drilling Services, and on training, based out of Lafayette. We had to to drive to a helicopter base in Venice, out at the end of the bird's foot delta, to catch a chopper to the rig. Somewhere along the I-10 causeway, the local hand, driving the car, said, "I gotta quit driving; can't keep my eyes open. Anyone else able to drive?" I was wide awake, taking in the scenery, but as an out-of-area employee, was not supposed to drive a company car. I said, "I can do it, but will need directions." "No problem." So we changed over, and I drove us...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 01:31 AM (TXY95)

I've driven a van-fulla Dredge Crew from here in Galveston, down to Venice, and then a return crew on the drive back.

First, that's an 11 hr. drive, from/to Galveston. Second. You can't drive any further South in Louisiana unless you're quite the good swimmer.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 06, 2024 01:37 AM (kQgoX)

302 What happened when Australian TV tried to save me from cannibals

https://mol.im/a/13906017

Posted by: Ciampino - a tail of two mouses and meeses at October 06, 2024 01:37 AM (qfLjt)

303 Entire Chicago Board of Education is set to RESIGN after hated city Mayor Brandon Johnson 'forced' bosses to remove firebrand public schools CEO

https://mol.im/a/13928575

Posted by: Ciampino - Hip Hip Hooray! at October 06, 2024 01:39 AM (qfLjt)

304 Peeking in to see what going on

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 01:40 AM (fwDg9)

305 AOP,

The first time I visited, I was driven around but I still took my mental notes because . . . you never know. The next time, we rented a car. Drove from the airport to the ex's aunt and uncle's house in Metairie, using the 'back way in'. My ex looked at me and asked how I knew how to do that? I said, 'I've been here once before.'

Posted by: RickZ at October 06, 2024 01:40 AM (gKDq2)

306 NZ Navy ship sinks off Samoa but all aboard are rescued

https://tinyurl.com/2zuy2r3s

Posted by: Ciampino - no grog ration today at October 06, 2024 01:41 AM (qfLjt)

307 First, that's an 11 hr. drive, from/to Galveston. Second. You can't drive any further South in Louisiana unless you're quite the good swimmer.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at October 06, 2024 01:37 AM (kQgoX)

It was a pretty long drive from Lafayette. Yeah that bird's foot delta is basically the Mississippi River confined between a pair of levees about 50 yards wide, with the Gulf on both sides.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 01:41 AM (TXY95)

308 110
Sorry to see your club get to be this way.

__________

The handler was showing Diana for us. We paid her for the remaining two days of the weekend all the same.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 10:26 PM (BkEzK)

THIS is class! Good on you and Her Majesty.

Posted by: GilesOverreach at October 06, 2024 01:42 AM (rcnBO)

309 Allen Mashburn
@Mashburn4NC
😡😡😡😡 This is Ennis Wright, Democrat Sheriff of Cumberland County— He thought that it’d be a good idea to have about a dozen cars towed this evening from a vacant lot adjoining the Sheriff’s Office Annex in Fayetteville. The owners of the cars were attending the Trump Town Hall at Crown Arena. The vacant parking lot was not roped off, and did not have signage that prohibited parking or trespassing. In fact, Fayetteville PD directed these vehicles to park in this area.

Attendees came out of the Town Hall to find their cars missing and yellow caution tape across the parking lot drive. When attendees called the Fayetteville PD, their response was very cordial and apologetic— the towing company said “This was a jerk move because of the Trump meeting.”

This jerk of a Sheriff caused the owners of the vehicles to have to pay $275 to retrieve their vehicles from being impounded. In a time when Americans are paying more to live— this Demoncrat thought it important to throw his weight around and make a point to innocent people that he obviously doesn’t like.

http://tiny.cc/t1yozz

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 06, 2024 01:44 AM (TGPs7)

310 What a bitch

https://tinyurl.com/zh6d8xr

~~Shame these Lebanese couldn't be as lucky as NC residents affected by Helene, and with rescue and aid so close by!~~

Posted by: Ciampino - so more borrowed money? at October 06, 2024 01:46 AM (qfLjt)

311 The first time I visited, I was driven around but I still took my mental notes because . . . you never know. The next time, we rented a car. Drove from the airport to the ex's aunt and uncle's house in Metairie, using the 'back way in'. My ex looked at me and asked how I knew how to do that? I said, 'I've been here once before.'
Posted by: RickZ at October 06, 2024 01:40 AM (gKDq2)

Heh. Back in 2006, I went to Pomona, CA, for the Grand National Roadster show. On an off-day, me and three friends decided to drive to West L.A. to see the Peterson Automobile Museum. Bad idea, it was closed. Better go back. Well there was some sort of traffic jam, and traffic on the on-ramp to I-10 was at a standstill. I said, "don't worry, I got this." and peeled off onto a side street, and motored through downtown L.A. past all the bums and crackheads lining the street, and drove many miles, but always easterly and northerly. Finally I spotted a sign directing us onto I-10, and I followed it, and pulled onto I-10 eastbound, and traffic was rolling right along just dandy. "How did you do that?" "Aw, I was here once before, 1970, I think."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 01:49 AM (TXY95)

312 Well, close to midnight here. Time for me to get a snooze. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 01:54 AM (TXY95)

313 Hey Horde, how are you all doing? I know that I should say "y'all", but I am from Boston, where that is very inauthentic for me. There was a wedding last night, couldn't be any prouder of my kids and grandkids, it was so very wonderful. Four month old baby girls can make the hardest of men coo and giggle. I missed you guys. Landed the sweetest daughter-in-law that you can imagine, she wrote me a note that had me in tears yesterday morning.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 06, 2024 01:57 AM (Sgq8y)

314 247 You guys and your mixed manifolds crack me up

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 06, 2024 12:14 AM (pIfcn)
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Is a manifold == many single-folds ?
If there therapy for a cracked manifold?

Posted by: Ciampino - keep coming back to cracks at October 06, 2024 01:57 AM (qfLjt)

315 Ya know, 'I've been here once before' could be the ending of a humorous story.

It would appeal to weird people who mentally attend to shit like that. As for the people who can't follow directions from a map? Absolutely no interest.

Posted by: RickZ at October 06, 2024 02:04 AM (gKDq2)

316 I need to rest my eyes. See you all/some/a few on Pixy's thread. Please bring tech/math/science/engineering stories. Also beer and whisky.

Posted by: Ciampino - I almost forgot bewbs! at October 06, 2024 02:11 AM (qfLjt)

317 *knock knock knock*

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2024 02:16 AM (cjIOW)

318 Who's there?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 06, 2024 02:20 AM (Sgq8y)

319 Orange

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2024 02:21 AM (mT+6a)

320 Orange you glad I didn't say banana?

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2024 02:22 AM (mT+6a)

321 My grandson and I had an extensive discussion of bananas this morning, a favorite food of Curious George. Some how I also remember what to call a green orange, at least here.

I am off to bed, Horde, and nurse, I have been sleep-deprived these last couple of days. Hope to see you all soon.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 06, 2024 02:27 AM (Sgq8y)

322 238 Talk about a hangover
OnlyFans model Adriana Vieira (AKA) some wamnna be famous chick was found floating dead in a Miami, Florida, harbor after attending a rapper’s yacht party last month.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8mhawx

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 06, 2024 12:01 AM (/xdGM)

I never get invited to the good parties...

Posted by: Stateless at October 06, 2024 02:34 AM (jvJvP)

323 Huck the Fuskies

Posted by: Fastly Strokewater - Backstroking. Barely. at October 06, 2024 02:37 AM (gWAUD)

324 Orange you going to introduce me to your daughter?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 06, 2024 02:38 AM (E8ytb)

325 'The Last House on the Left' was alright. 'I Spit on Your Grave' was much better, fantastic even. The most controversial scene was probably where the Mom bit off the cock of one of the guys. He was tied up, she was married, could have used her hands even more brutally, but Hollywood.

7 out of 10.

I'm going to try to sleep in a few minutes after I brush my teeth. Trumpy is on the edge of the bed watching YouTube's live video for cats. Jumped up to the tv twice.

10 out of 10.
Have a great Sundat.

Posted by: Stateless at October 06, 2024 02:38 AM (jvJvP)

326 Good Night - Almost midnight here. Enough lurking for one night...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 06, 2024 02:48 AM (QGaXH)

327 Happy Caturday Night!

youtube.com/watch?v=FrkEDe6Ljqs

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2024 03:08 AM (njWTi)

328 Oh, wait... it's Sunday Morning

youtube.com/watch?v=saaLW0jiiUE

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2024 03:13 AM (njWTi)

329 Sorry. It's just that-- I missed the Saturday music thread.

Helped a friend clean up her yard & trim shrubs that were damaged by high winds Friday night.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2024 03:15 AM (njWTi)

330 instagram and facebook are blocking conservatives from sharing the media of the rally in Butler, PA.

Act accordingly.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 06, 2024 06:41 AM (IG4Id)

Music Thread: The Unbearable Lightness Of Messenger Bags

Look what we found in Garrett's closet!

***
I don't know much about "New Country," because mostly it seems all the same and has too much of a pop sound... and because I am a curmudgeon who hates everything new.

But I heard this and sort of liked it. Is it "New Country?" Yeah...it sort of is...I guess. But I like it anyway.

Scott Helmer - Small Town Saturday Night

***
Everybody has done covers of this, but I like CCR...a lot. So I am predisposed to liking their version.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Hello Mary Lou

Although I think the first time I ever heard the song was the New Riders Of The Purple Sage. Yeah...there's no accounting for taste!

***
Jackson Browne is a toad. That being said...his version of Stay is damned good. But he's still a toad.

***
Hootie & The Blowfish - Let Her Cry

Shut up. I think they are a professional band. Great? No. But they remind me of my youth, and in a good way.

***
I'm sure I have linked this song before, but it is one of my favorites, so as usual, you will be punished with my taste!

The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues

***
Hard to beat this. Southern Rock doesn't get much better than Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama.
***
When I think of Todd Rundgren I don't think of goofy stuff like this, but what the hell; it's fun!

Todd Rundgren - Bang The Drum All Day

***

Posted by: CBD at 07:30 PM

Comments

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 07:31 PM (fwDg9)

2 I dutifully called em under false presence

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 07:33 PM (fwDg9)

3 Bonk bonk on the head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 05, 2024 07:33 PM (ovYwY)

4 Look what we found in Garrett's closet!
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My brain went to: Travis Kelce.

Posted by: scampydog at October 05, 2024 07:35 PM (41CYW)

5 That bag, along with the black sequined Crocs. *chef's kiss*

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 05, 2024 07:36 PM (PiwSw)

6 Music? Oh good. I have a song stuck in my head. Now you can, too.

https://tinyurl.com/4258sexw

"She does it, she does it. The whole town says she does it."

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 05, 2024 07:37 PM (pIfcn)

7 That bag, along with the black sequined Crocs. *chef's kiss*
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

Perky Goth starter kit.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 07:38 PM (DgGvY)

8 All I hear his Puccini right now,...

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 05, 2024 07:40 PM (YIxO9)

9 What's wrong with Hootie??
I think they're great.

Posted by: LASue at October 05, 2024 07:40 PM (lCppi)

10 Todd Rundgren's A Capella si good stuff.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 07:41 PM (LHPAg)

11 BTW, your Hootie link goes to Jackson Brown.

Posted by: LASue at October 05, 2024 07:42 PM (lCppi)

12 Thx CBD. The Waterboys were very underrated. Never got to see them in concert unfortunately. The Whole of the Moon is another classic

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2024 07:42 PM (yU8He)

13 Hootie & The Blowfish - Let Her Cry
Shut up. I think they are a professional band. Great? No. But they remind me of my youth, and in a good way.

Totally agree. Link goes to Jackson Brown, though.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2024 07:42 PM (mH6SG)

14 Here's one I like and can play, Colin Hay, doing Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman." Acoustic guitar, standard tuning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB65PKfcW0g&loop=0

Tiny flub, I'm not even sure it's a flub, at the beginning of the solo, but Mr Hay laughs it off.

"Still on the line . . . "

Posted by: Mr Gaga at October 05, 2024 07:43 PM (nWmNS)

15 Some point awhile ago heard Wstrrboys, long forgotten was playing videos on YouTube

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 07:43 PM (fwDg9)

16 MOVE MARQUE NOOD
Posted by: Skip

What a line to suck us all in to a Music Thread!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 07:44 PM (qKSAT)

17
Ah well, a music thread...

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 07:44 PM (BkEzK)

18 And now Leonard Cohen...perfect juxtaposition against the hamhanded SNL number in 2016.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 05, 2024 07:45 PM (YIxO9)

19 Always annoyed when I hear Running on Empty by Jackson Browne.

His line in the song about being 21 in '69 and calling the road his home just bugs me. He was, in fact, 21 in 1969, and he should have been omin Vietnam like my Dad was, and a lot of our fathers and uncles were. Instead of tapping teen groupies and getting high.

Anyway.

Posted by: Sharkman at October 05, 2024 07:45 PM (/RHNq)

20 Darius Rucker was/is a talented guy with a great voice, IMO.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2024 07:46 PM (mH6SG)

21 Well, the Waterboys sure is a nice discovery.

Posted by: LASue at October 05, 2024 07:46 PM (lCppi)

22 Simply pleasant, two words, one name: Maggie Sansone.
https://tinyurl.com/4r7ff47s

Posted by: Nazdar at October 05, 2024 07:49 PM (9XWKq)

23 When I think of Todd Rundgren I don't think of goofy stuff like this, but what the hell; it's fun!

Always been a Todd fan but good golly, I hated Bang the Drum.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2024 07:49 PM (mH6SG)

24 Late 90s... Hootie and the Dave Matthew's Band. Huntington, WV at Marshall University.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 07:52 PM (Q4IgG)

25 I cast aspersions; but, the Betterhalf is singing along and dancing to these.
Thank you CBD.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 07:53 PM (qKSAT)

26 I quite like Chris Stapleton"s voice. Apparently he suffered serious stage fright. He can only make it through a performance if his wife is on the stage with him and he is looking at her.

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 05, 2024 07:54 PM (FfSAJ)

27 Said I dragged you all hrte under false pretense

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 07:56 PM (fwDg9)

28 Since the Music Thread is up, thought I’d mention Blackstone Rocks Radio blackstonerocks.com a free, no commercial, streaming rock station we’ve put together. I started in radio back in the 70s as a college DJ and now retired I’ve put together a unique station, which I think most Moronswill love. Just check out the program schedule. … playing now, Woodstock IV, the epic fantasy music festival, the ultimate major acts of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, both in spirit and in the flesh. Spanning Saturday and Sunday, the opening artist hits the stage every Saturday at Noon, and the music keeps on until Midnight. Then it starts all over again Sunday Noon. The bill ... The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Cream, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Oasis, Sly and the Family Stone, Joe Cocker, the Byrds, CSNY, and so many more! Hendrix is on stage now.

Posted by: Blackstone blackstonerocks.com at October 05, 2024 07:56 PM (9byfS)

29 I generally find pop country annoying, but I've enjoyed some of Alli Walker's stuff. It's just fun. And I'll give her a pass for being Canadian.

https://tinyurl.com/3atfvd7j

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 05, 2024 07:56 PM (ftFVW)

30 I like Hootie and Darius' country music isn't the worst I've heard.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 05, 2024 07:56 PM (VCgbV)

31 I expect to see a few more of you on the dance floor at the MoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 07:57 PM (I1GXe)

32 Said I dragged you all hrte under false pretense

No problemo, Skip. Personally, I really enjoy the music threads.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2024 07:58 PM (mH6SG)

33 Here is Madison Cunningham doing "Pin It Down" in a studio, she on electric guitar, a guy on acoustic, amped, and a drummer with a rag over his tom tom. Or is it a snare. Drummers, help!

Tight rhythym.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-3FAtRZwhg&loop=0

Posted by: Mr Gaga at October 05, 2024 08:00 PM (nWmNS)

34 How 'bout them Vanderbilt Commodores?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 08:03 PM (dg+HA)

35 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Hello Mary Lou

Just my humble opinion but the Statlers' harmony really fits the song well and vice versa.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 05, 2024 08:03 PM (/y8xj)

36 Darius Rucker, Wagon Wheel.

https://tinyurl.com/3as8fkmk

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2024 08:03 PM (mH6SG)

37 I expect to see a few more of you on the dance floor at the MoMe.
Posted by: Ben Had

Starting my warmups so maybe I *don't* twist my knee this time.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 05, 2024 08:04 PM (ftFVW)

38 Well Trump ending his rally with a real tenor is something.

Posted by: epador at October 05, 2024 08:04 PM (z+UA5)

39 Mark Knopfler is a better guitarist than Clapton.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 08:07 PM (LHPAg)

40 38 Well Trump ending his rally with a real tenor is something.
Posted by: epador

His last song was a hymn!
Love it

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2024 08:07 PM (dE3DB)

41 Hi CBD! You hit on two of my favorite memory-makers from my early days in Washington DC. I saw Hootie and the Blowfish at Merriweather Post and frequented several party bars that had Bang the Drum All Day on rotation. It's a great crowd song! I've always thought Darius Rucker had a phenomenal voice and I continue to follow his work as a country artist.

Posted by: Moonbeam at October 05, 2024 08:08 PM (rbKZ6)

42 Hello Mary Lou? Um that would make a cool transgender name.

-Zombie Ricky Nelson

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 08:08 PM (/xdGM)

43 Adult kids are at ACL this weekend and apparently Blink 182 and Chris Stapleton are the best!

Posted by: LASue at October 05, 2024 08:09 PM (lCppi)

44 She Hobbit, good plan. I can survive the two nights but that next morning is a killer .

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 08:10 PM (I1GXe)

45 Always annoyed when I hear Running on Empty by Jackson Browne.

His line in the song about being 21 in '69 and calling the road his home just bugs me. He was, in fact, 21 in 1969, and he should have been omin Vietnam like my Dad was, and a lot of our fathers and uncles were. Instead of tapping teen groupies and getting high.

Anyway.
Posted by: Sharkman at October 05, 2024 07:45 PM (/RHNq)

If your country isn't requiring the service of most of its young men, and ours wasn't, then it's not really at war.

It's exporting death as a business.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 08:10 PM (cTK0d)

46
Mark Knopfler is a better guitarist than Clapton.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 08:07 PM

this is known

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 05, 2024 08:10 PM (tljrc)

47 Hootie and the Blowfish is a damned sight (should I convert that to "damned sound" since the topic is music?) better than The Dave Matthew's Band, which is getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in two weeks.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 05, 2024 08:12 PM (993Hm)

48 I saw Travis Kelce cereal on sale. Worse than a LED glowing messenger bag.

A sure sign of upcoming decadence.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2024 08:12 PM (u82oZ)

49 His last song was a hymn!
Love it
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2024 08:07 PM

I sang 'How Great Thou Art' in the men's choir at DCI 1998 doing time for strong armed robbery.
heh heh they ain't got a 'women's choir' in prison

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 08:12 PM (/xdGM)

50 Whenever I hear the name, Jackson Browne, I think of Winslow, Arizona, which isn't very far from here.

Earworm city.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 08:13 PM (cTK0d)

51 New Riders of the Purple Sage had some fine musicians, and I think members of the Grateful Dead sat in on some of the studio stuff.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 08:13 PM (/lvBc)

52 Just a note- Sweet Home Alabama was on the road today and lost to Vanderbilt.

Weird things happen in October.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 05, 2024 08:13 PM (993Hm)

53 Hahaha, yes, Ben Had! By the time I'm unpacking the car Sunday I'm trying to figure out what happened. Too much fun is the answer, I think.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 05, 2024 08:13 PM (ftFVW)

54 That bag, along with the black sequined Crocs. *chef's kiss*
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

Perky Goth starter kit.
Posted by: mikeski

Perky Goth music?

https://youtu.be/n56SFvzmiYA

Music: Let's all do the Snoopy dance!

Lyrics:
I take the dreams that live inside my heart
And splash them across the nightmares in my head
With trembling hand I try to draw
The person that I wish that I could be

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 08:14 PM (DgGvY)

55 I'm a blowfish!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V17RX09zJRE

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman at October 05, 2024 08:14 PM (i0F8b)

56 John Fogerty, a great singer, guitarist, songwriter, but not exactly his brother's keeper. RIP Tom Fogerty.
Agree re JB's character, but Stay is a generational track.
The older we get, the stars become more and more tarnished and require greater effort in separating the artist from the artistry.

Posted by: Blackstone blackstonerocks.com at October 05, 2024 08:14 PM (9byfS)

57 Mark Knopfler is a better guitarist than Clapton.

Eh, that's kind of like saying Chicago pizza is better than New York pizza.

Not everyone will agree.

But it's still true.

(*hides behind blanket*)

Posted by: Oddbob at October 05, 2024 08:15 PM (/y8xj)

58 better than The Dave Matthew's Band, which is getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in two weeks.
Posted by: tankdemon

Dave Matthews... yuck.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 05, 2024 08:16 PM (ftFVW)

59 I like Hootie all right. They were touring with Collective Soul this summer. I would've gone more to see CS (I love them) but I wasn't able to.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 08:16 PM (EaPW0)

60 I've been listening to Halidon Music on YT. It's got a couple beautiful classical playlists for autumn.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 05, 2024 08:17 PM (1R9IM)

61 I like Hootie all right. They were touring with Collective Soul this summer. I would've gone more to see CS (I love them) but I wasn't able to.
Posted by: screaming in digital

Collective Soul playing on my radio right now. Ahhh, so good.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 05, 2024 08:18 PM (ftFVW)

62
What's wrong with Hootie??
I think they're great.
Posted by: LASue

The keep shooting missles at our ships.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2024 08:18 PM (63Dwl)

63 Never was a Jackson Brown fan

On other hand Brothers in Arms is a fantastic album

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 08:20 PM (fwDg9)

64 Jabba the Houth.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 08:20 PM (L/fGl)

65 Hooters!

Posted by: Al Bundy at October 05, 2024 08:20 PM (i0F8b)

66 Get your kicks on Route 66.

Posted by: Archer at October 05, 2024 08:21 PM (IDphi)

67 John Fogerty had his finger on the pulse of the national conscience while composing CCR songs.
I lived and breathed radio in the day. CCR came through loud and clear
. In 1977 I dropped radio for the Bible for my source of truth...

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 08:22 PM (/xdGM)

68 I sang 'How Great Thou Art' in the men's choir at DCI 1998
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It!

How Great Thou Art, by the Singing Contractors, who are just that. Just one pass through the chorus, though.

https://youtu.be/1yvaBIV8Clc

How Great Thou Art, by a cappella country band Home Free:

https://youtu.be/tXQpDDcrN-w

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 08:22 PM (DgGvY)

69 6 Music? Oh good. I have a song stuck in my head. Now you can, too.

https://tinyurl.com/4258sexw

"She does it, she does it. The whole town says she does it."
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 05, 2024 07:37 PM (pIfcn)

I just added you to my Christmas card list, just so I could remove you from my Christmas card list for sharing that link.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 05, 2024 08:22 PM (993Hm)

70 Collective Soul and Snow Patrol segue well into each other.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 05, 2024 08:22 PM (1R9IM)

71
Whenever I hear the name, Jackson Browne, I think of Winslow, Arizona

Why?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2024 08:22 PM (63Dwl)

72 That bag has carried a tube or two of lube

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 05, 2024 08:24 PM (Or5n+)

73 CCR guitar had an elegant simplicity to it.

Posted by: davidt at October 05, 2024 08:24 PM (i0F8b)

74 Jackson Browne always struck me as being a bit of a tool , but his song That Girl Could Sing is great

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2024 08:24 PM (yU8He)

75 There's a girl my lord in a flatbed ford slowing down to take a look at me.

Posted by: Archer at October 05, 2024 08:25 PM (IDphi)

76 Dave Matthews... yuck.

Gotta agree there. I guess I need to be more positive. Heh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2024 08:25 PM (mH6SG)

77 >>>>Whenever I hear the name, Jackson Browne, I think of Winslow, Arizona, which isn't very far from here.

He didn't actually see the girl in the flatbed Ford in Winslow. It happened in Flagstaff.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 05, 2024 08:25 PM (NZnln)

78 26 I quite like Chris Stapleton"s voice. Apparently he suffered serious stage fright. He can only make it through a performance if his wife is on the stage with him and he is looking at her.
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 05, 2024 07:54 PM (FfSAJ)

He was on Austin City Limits last night. It was live on Hulu, so you can probably find it there now.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 05, 2024 08:26 PM (993Hm)

79 My fav Skynyrd Jamm
I know a little... https://tinyurl.com/3kavesc2

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 08:26 PM (/xdGM)

80 Whenever I hear the name, Jackson Browne, I think of Winslow, Arizona

Why?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2024 08:22 PM (63Dwl)

https://tinyurl.com/2x2sskzu

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 08:26 PM (cR8od)

81 74 Jackson Browne always struck me as being a bit of a tool , but his song That Girl Could Sing is great
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2024 08:24 PM

Yeah, he let himself get beaten up by a girl but I think his album "The Pretender" was fantastic. I still play it often.

Posted by: Moonbeam at October 05, 2024 08:26 PM (rbKZ6)

82 >>New Riders of the Purple Sage had some fine musicians, and I think members of the Grateful Dead sat in on some of the studio stuff.

It was a bit closer than that. Jerry Garcia and Mickey Hart were original members of the NRPS and Phil Lesh sat it occasionally. They were all part of the same group of San Francisco area musicians that spawned a ton of bands and music during the late 60's and 70's.

Jerry was a big fan of country and bluegrass which is echoed throughout the Dead's material and some of his side projects like Old And In The Way.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2024 08:26 PM (LkLld)

83 Whenever I hear the name, Jackson Browne, I think of Winslow, Arizona, which isn't very far from here.
------
He didn't actually see the girl in the flatbed Ford in Winslow. It happened in Flagstaff.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 05, 2024 08:25 PM (NZnln)

I hear it was a Chevy.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 08:27 PM (cR8od)

84 Jackson Browne wrote "Take it Easy" with Glenn Frey

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2024 08:27 PM (yU8He)

85 screaming in digital
Collective Soul are extremely, criminally, underrated. Check out their concert video, A Live Concert Recording with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Posted by: Blackstone blackstonerocks.com at October 05, 2024 08:27 PM (9byfS)

86 71
Whenever I hear the name, Jackson Browne, I think of Winslow, Arizona

Why?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2024 08:22 PM (63Dwl)

He wrote the song.

Posted by: Moonbeam at October 05, 2024 08:27 PM (rbKZ6)

87 Incoming or outgoing artillery not sure which

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 08:27 PM (fwDg9)

88 58 better than The Dave Matthew's Band, which is getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in two weeks.
Posted by: tankdemon

Dave Matthews... yuck.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 05, 2024 08:16 PM (ftFVW)

The rock n roll hof is a fvcking joke

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 05, 2024 08:27 PM (QXQ4l)

89

One of the most famous lines in this song was actually added by Frey and not Browne. The line is this: "Well I'm a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona/And such a fine sight to see/it's a girl my lord in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2024 08:28 PM (63Dwl)

90 Jerry Garcia helped create the New Riders because he wanted to learn to play pedal steel guitar. Buddy Cage became their full-time pedal steel player, but Garcia would come back on occasion to play with NRPS. Saw Jerry play with them in a bar in NY in 1977. Saw the New Riders close to 10 times.

Posted by: Panama Red at October 05, 2024 08:28 PM (CV8a5)

91 He didn't actually see the girl in the flatbed Ford in Winslow. It happened in Flagstaff.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 05, 2024 08:25 PM (NZnln)

I hear it was a Chevy.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 08:27 PM

Couldn't be a Chevy. There isn't a levee to drive to in Flagstaff.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 05, 2024 08:30 PM (a3Q+t)

92 This is musicy. Heavy on the icky.

The Christian Post
@ChristianPost
Stevie Nicks releases pro-abortion single: 'The most important thing I've ever done'

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 08:31 PM (L/fGl)

93 AOP, Jerry Garcia played pedal steel on NRPS' eponymous first album. NRPS was a side project of Jerry's that grew legs and ran off to do its own thing. From their second album on (Panama Red iirc) Buddy Cage played steel. Cage is considered to be a far better steel player than Jerry, and that may be, but Jerry helped put pedal steel out there for the larger pop music audience. Jerry played on "Deja Vu" by CSNY, released in 1970; "Teach Your Children" was the first song with steel on it that I recall hearing on the radio as a kid, and the first song I tried to play when I finally bought a steel in 2014. Um, it sounded easy...

Posted by: Cowboyneal - the Other Jewish Carpenter at October 05, 2024 08:31 PM (/jWPx)

94 I am a huge fan of Quicksilver Messenger Service

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 08:31 PM (/xdGM)

95 Back in the day, I really liked his early albums, but kinda think the success of The Pretender, and the song "Stay" went to his head.

Everyone sorta says Jackson Browne is a world class douchebag, and he probably is, but then so was everyone in that business in that time and place.

Late For the Sky was his masterpiece. Painful to listen to:

https://tinyurl.com/zst9jmjm

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 08:31 PM (cR8od)

96 screaming in digital
Collective Soul are extremely, criminally, underrated. Check out their concert video, A Live Concert Recording with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Posted by: Blackstone
---
Oh yeah, I've had that show bookmarked for awhile. I love it!

https://tinyurl.com/yc8dnwt7

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 08:34 PM (EaPW0)

97 Stevie Nicks releases pro-abortion single: 'The most important thing I've ever done'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

She's not wrong. That's the sort of thing that's so important the repercussions can last for eternity.

https://youtu.be/ke0jXlgIpxk

(It's not a link to Stevie's song. To Steven's better song instead.)

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 08:35 PM (DgGvY)

98 Evening.

I am home, pantsless and about to start drinking.

Phil Anselmo is one of the great vocalists in metal and has at any point in time about sixteen berjillion projects going. Here's one I never heard of.

En Minor - Live At The Orpheum Theater, New Orleans, 2020

https://youtu.be/yP5LbcAavhg

Posted by: Robert at October 05, 2024 08:35 PM (1Yy3c)

99 Late For the Sky was his masterpiece. Painful to listen to:

https://tinyurl.com/zst9jmjm
Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 08:31 PM (cR8od)

Live version of For A Dancer

https://youtu.be/YGSZGIapYB0

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 05, 2024 08:36 PM (PiwSw)

100 The Waterboys reminds me of when I lived in Maine. There is or at least was at the time a big bluegrass following and it seemed like every weekend some farmer would rent his land for a bluegrass show. Lots of picking and fiddling. And other stuff.

Great days.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2024 08:36 PM (LkLld)

101 Thank you for letting me be myself again.

Posted by: Archer at October 05, 2024 08:38 PM (IDphi)

102 No offense, CBD, but your taste in music deserves to be carried in Garrett's bag. By a dude wearing Crocs with a messenger's bag over the other shoulder as he leaves the scene of a hobo murder. But that having been said, I love you.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 05, 2024 08:38 PM (CWMF2)

103 Agree Collective Soul is underrated

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 08:38 PM (fwDg9)

104 101 Thank you for letting me be myself again.
Posted by: Archer at October 05, 2024 08:38 PM (IDphi)
Hot Fun In The Summertime.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 08:39 PM (LHPAg)

105 De gustibus non est disputandum

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2024 08:40 PM (LkLld)

106 We gotta get out of this place.

Posted by: Archer at October 05, 2024 08:41 PM (IDphi)

107 De gustibus non est disputandum
Posted by: JackStraw

I, also, will not argue with a bus full of people farting.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 08:41 PM (DgGvY)

108 105 De gustibus non est disputandum
Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2024 08:40 PM (LkLld)

*fistbump*

Posted by: The International Yoko Ono Fan Club at October 05, 2024 08:42 PM (PiwSw)

109 When I think of Todd Rundgren, I hear ….

All the children sing
All the dancers start to sway in time
The orchestra begins to play
Somebody pours the wine
The sun and moon collide
Isn't gravity a funny thing
The universe explodes apart
All the children sing

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2024 08:42 PM (GITLP)

110 Agree Collective Soul is underrated

Indeed. As CBD mentioned about Hootie, they take me back to some really good and crazy times.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2024 08:42 PM (mH6SG)

111 106 We gotta get out of this place.
Posted by: Archer at October 05, 2024 08:41 PM (IDphi)
It's been the ruin of many a poor boy...

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 08:42 PM (LHPAg)

112 Spencer Dryden, drummer for the New Riders, was inducted into the Rock HOF as a member of Jefferson Airplane.

Posted by: Crown of Creation at October 05, 2024 08:43 PM (CV8a5)

113 But it's hard to make a rhyme of of "Flagstaff."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 08:44 PM (dg+HA)

114 https://youtu.be/ke0jXlgIpxk

(It's not a link to Stevie's song. To Steven's better song instead.)
Posted by: mikeski
---
Catch 33 turned me on to PT several months ago and I've become obsessed. Pretty much all I'm listening to right now.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 08:44 PM (EaPW0)

115 Late For the Sky was his masterpiece. Painful to listen to:

https://tinyurl.com/zst9jmjm
Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 08:31 PM (cR8od)

Totally agree

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 05, 2024 08:45 PM (QXQ4l)

116 https://tinyurl.com/mpc37uvp

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 08:45 PM (dg+HA)

117 I am a huge fan of Quicksilver Messenger Service
San Fran band lead vocalist and song writer Dino Valante aka
Chet Powers penned the rock anthem C'mon people Now while residing in the NY Lower East Side. Powers spent many his early years as a carney..... great piece of American rock history. Dude had the Pipes!!!

https://tinyurl.com/38edhrwn

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 08:46 PM (/xdGM)

118 CCR covering Screamin' Jay Hawkins' I Put a Spell on You, on that first album, won me over. Still love it 55 years later

Posted by: Ex GOP at October 05, 2024 08:46 PM (GpUII)

119 AOP, Jerry Garcia played pedal steel on NRPS' eponymous first album. NRPS was a side project of Jerry's that grew legs and ran off to do its own thing. From their second album on (Panama Red iirc) Buddy Cage played steel. Cage is considered to be a far better steel player than Jerry, and that may be, but Jerry helped put pedal steel out there for the larger pop music audience. Jerry played on "Deja Vu" by CSNY, released in 1970; "Teach Your Children" was the first song with steel on it that I recall hearing on the radio as a kid, and the first song I tried to play when I finally bought a steel in 2014. Um, it sounded easy...
Posted by: Cowboyneal - the Other Jewish Carpenter at October 05, 2024 08:31 PM (/jWPx)

Thanks. I am a fan of both bands. Ever hear pedal steel in a blues band? Sonny Rhodes is a good example. I used to see him play quite a lot.

https://youtu.be/48PL2PE1ABU

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 08:46 PM (/lvBc)

120 Onomatopoeia every time I see ya
My senses tell me hubba
And I just can't disagree
I get a feeling in my heart that I can't describe
It's sort of lub, dub, lub, dub
A sound in my head that I can't describe
It's sort of zoom, zip, hiccup, drip
Ding, dong, crunch, crack, bark, meow, whinnie, quack
Onomatopoeia in proximity ya
Rearrange my brain in a strange cacophony
I get a feeling somewhere that I can't describe
It's sort of uh, uh, uh, uh
A sound in my head that I can't describe
It's sort of whack, whir, wheeze, whine
Sputter, splat, squirt, scrape
Clink, clank, clunk, clatter
Crash, bang, beep, buzz
Ring, rip, roar, retch
Twang, toot, tinkle, thud
Pop, plop, plunk, pow
Snort, snuk, sniff, smack
Screech, splash, squish, squeek
Jingle, rattle, squeel, boing
Honk, hoot, hack, belch

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2024 08:46 PM (GITLP)

121 I just realized why Browne bothers me as much as he does. He reminds me of a time in my life, when my "best friend" was a narcissist who couldn't seem to stand me being independent from him.

He tried to steal the "love of my life" from me, while at the time time I watched him torture the gal he was dating, for reasons I couldn't understand at the time.

He turned me on to JB.

To hell with them both.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 08:47 PM (ASK6O)

122 No offense, CBD, but your taste in music deserves to be carried in Garrett's bag. By a dude wearing Crocs with a messenger's bag over the other shoulder as he leaves the scene of a hobo murder. But that having been said, I love you.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 05, 2024 08:38 PM

Nay! I say nay! CBD said, and I quote, "The Beach Boys are the greatest band ever!" The level of taste and sophistication implicit in that statement are without parallel. One does not make a statement like that lightly.

CBD's gravitas in areas artistic and culinary* are well-known, and demonstrated around here almost every day.

* His unfortunate peccadillo concerning French Toast and maple syrup notwithstanding.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 05, 2024 08:47 PM (a3Q+t)

123 Okay, listening to En Minor...this is different. It's really mellow. Phil is in a suit! Classy.

Posted by: Robert at October 05, 2024 08:48 PM (1Yy3c)

124 I've been listening to a lot of "industrial" stuff. It's kind of samey, but it's hard hitting and has a propulsive beat, so it is very useful to drive thoughts out of the brain, so one simply exists as the pulses play out.

It's good.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2024 08:49 PM (CHHv1)

125 * His unfortunate peccadillo concerning French Toast and maple syrup notwithstanding.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 05, 2024 08:47 PM (a3Q+t)

Shouldn't that be "peccadildo?"

*runs away*

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 05, 2024 08:49 PM (PiwSw)

126 88
The rock n roll hof is a fvcking joke
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 05, 2024 08:27 PM (QXQ4l)

I was expecting that reaction. I agree, it had some credibility early on, but it seems hell bent on appeasing everybody as the years pass. They used to limit themselves to five inductees a year with maybe an extra slot given to a non-musician (producer, record company exec, DJ,) but this year they have at least fifteen names. They have somehow simultaneously watered down the level of talent, yet still manage to snub some real pioneers (Dick Dale, Chubby Checker, Jim Croce, Joy Division.)

Posted by: tankdemon at October 05, 2024 08:49 PM (993Hm)

127 Liv Tyler thought her dad was Todd Rundgren until she was 11. Her Mom, Bebe Buell was a musical muse like Pattie Boyd. She dated Rundgren for years, but had a brief affair with Tyler. Tyler was so drug-addled at the time, Bebe thought it best to have Todd be the dad.

Posted by: Hello, It's Me! at October 05, 2024 08:50 PM (CV8a5)

128
I absolutely love, love, love Jackson Browne's "Stay."

https://youtu.be/EKl5gidXt2w

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 08:50 PM (dg+HA)

129 I've been listening to a lot of "industrial" stuff. It's kind of samey, but it's hard hitting and has a propulsive beat, so it is very useful to drive thoughts out of the brain, so one simply exists as the pulses play out.

It's good.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2024 08:49 PM (CHHv1)

KMFDM - Ultra

https://youtu.be/IdmhFhxJIXQ

Posted by: Robert at October 05, 2024 08:51 PM (1Yy3c)

130 So Garrett is into WHAM.
No surprise I guess.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 08:51 PM (W/lyH)

131 And Steppenwolf

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 05, 2024 08:51 PM (QXQ4l)

132 130 So Garrett is into WHAM.
No surprise I guess.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 08:51 PM (W/lyH)

That is cold.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 05, 2024 08:52 PM (PiwSw)

133 CCR.
Two thumbs up!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 08:52 PM (W/lyH)

134 @93 Um, it sounded easy...

Yeah, I know better, and "understand."
I've screwed around with resonator steels and one-lever high-whines for 60 years or so. It's a piece of cake to pick out a melody and chunk along. Actually playing with pedals is out there with the multi-pulley harps Erard and Pleyel made for Debussy and Ravel.

We could have a whole thread someday on Paul Bigsby, who invented the pedal steel, also the "tremolo bar" vibrato tailpiece, and was the chief engineer of Crocker Motorcycles. Later in his career he did some space program aerospace work. In terms of sheer breadth, he was the engineer/artist of the century.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at October 05, 2024 08:52 PM (zdLoL)

135 Yeah, KMFDM is good. I think they did "Stray Bullet" which is very good.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2024 08:52 PM (CHHv1)

136 These days I'd rather listen to Mark Kozelek and Sun Kil Moon:

https://tinyurl.com/mryfu2e3

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 08:52 PM (8+ST0)

137 Jackson Browne saw a girl in a Toyota pulling out of a Der Wienerschnitzel in Flagstaff.

https://tinyurl.com/bdcsma8p

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 05, 2024 08:53 PM (NZnln)

138 124 I've been listening to a lot of "industrial" stuff. It's kind of samey, but it's hard hitting and has a propulsive beat, so it is very useful to drive thoughts out of the brain, so one simply exists as the pulses play out.

It's good.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2024 08:49 PM (CHHv1)

Einsturzende Neubauten is one of the pioneers in the genre. Lucky to see them about 40 years ago in NYC.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 05, 2024 08:54 PM (yQe+Z)

139 I saw Einsturzende back in the late nineties. It was cool.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2024 08:56 PM (CHHv1)

140 Notorious BFD, Skip, and screaming in digital
Although most here will probably disagree, I consider so much of Collective Soul's catalogue not your typical post-grunge but to also delve into heavy psychedelia, that I have a number of CS track's programmed on Blackstone's Psychedelic Tracks with Penelope M-F, 10:00 pm till Midnight. blackstonerocks.com ex. Tremble for My Beloved, Heavy

Posted by: Blackstone blackstonerocks.com at October 05, 2024 08:56 PM (9byfS)

141 Most beautiful.
Let's Get Together
The Youngbloods penned by Chet Powers Hippie in NYC Lower East Side
https://tinyurl.com/fwk5xf9f

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 08:57 PM (/xdGM)

142 Small Town song?
I like Sugarland and Small Town Jericho.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 08:59 PM (W/lyH)

143 131 And Steppenwolf
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 05, 2024 08:51 PM (QXQ4l

God Damn the Pusher Man

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 08:59 PM (/xdGM)

144 The problem with almost all performers (actors, musicians, painters, mimes, etc) is that once they open their mouths and spew out their idiotic opinions, it's difficult to go back and just enjoy what they did. "Yeah, I liked this, but he campaigned against nuclear power, and he campaigned FOR Obama, and now FOR Harris."

I wish they would keep their mouths shut, but that's not an option in today's social media desert.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2024 08:59 PM (CHHv1)

145 137 Jackson Browne saw a girl in a Toyota pulling out of a Der Wienerschnitzel in Flagstaff.

https://tinyurl.com/bdcsma8p
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 05, 2024 08:53 PM
***

(in my best Johnny Carson voice)

I did not know that.

*Thanks!*

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 09:00 PM (dg+HA)

146 RAP sucks the ass of Zombie Cab Calloway

ha ha ha

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 09:01 PM (/xdGM)

147 >>Jerry Garcia helped create the New Riders because he wanted to learn to play pedal steel guitar. Buddy Cage became their full-time pedal steel player, but Garcia would come back on occasion to play with NRPS. Saw Jerry play with them in a bar in NY in 1977. Saw the New Riders close to 10 times.

Posted by: Panama Red at October 05, 2024 08:28 PM

I did not know that, although I was a fan of the New Riders. I knew of Jerry Garcia not through the Grateful Dead, but because of Old and in the Way. Vassar Clements, David Grisman, Peter Rowan and Jerry Garcia made bluegrass much more interesting. It's the music that I listen to most even now. There are a lot of good bands playing creative music and pushing boundaries without going over the line into something else. Or, maybe just over the line a little. Some of the best musicians playing these days play bluegrass.

Posted by: huerfano at October 05, 2024 09:01 PM (VGOMa)

148 It's interesting to me to see how many modern-day guitar players have gone to a Paul Reed Smith. I have a PRS and could never get what I was looking for out of it. Just sits in a case.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2024 09:03 PM (mH6SG)

149 Collective Soul playing on my radio right now. Ahhh, so good.

Posted by: She Hobbit

One of my favorite bands.

There are a lot of guitarists who are better than Clapton. I've never really understood the excessive love for him. He's good, but not really THAT good.

Your mileage, of course, may vary.

Posted by: Sharkman at October 05, 2024 09:04 PM (/RHNq)

150 >>Some of the best musicians playing these days play bluegrass.

Jerry Garcia Band playing Peter Rowan's Midnight Moonlight.

https://tinyurl.com/yuzvcbuu

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2024 09:06 PM (LkLld)

151
Parody song

facebook.com/reel/541678751605782

Posted by: zigzag at October 05, 2024 09:07 PM (JYmEz)

152 Searching for "Flamenco Guitar" the other day, I found this, and it's very good:

Canción del Mariachi - (Desperado) meet flamenco gipsy guitar [Antonio Banderas fingerstyle cover]

https://youtu.be/Uo27D_4gRIM?t=44

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 05, 2024 09:08 PM (O7YUW)

153 143 131 And Steppenwolf
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 05, 2024 08:51 PM (QXQ4l

God Damn the Pusher Man
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 08:59 PM (/xdGM
Monster.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 09:08 PM (LHPAg)

154 Jerry Garcia was a b- musician at best. The dead fans were only Cali dweebs, tards and geeks that gravitated to the hippy movement. Some settled at Berkley which gave rise to the current ass hole crisis we face today!
But besides that hey Ride That Train...

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 09:08 PM (/xdGM)

155 Howdy, musical Morons.

The other day, somebody linked to
Washington, Washington
https://youtu.be/sbRom1Rz8OA

YouTube sidebar then suggested this classic
I've No More F***s To Give!
https://youtu.be/Vqbk9cDX0l0

The sidebar suggestion on that was another classic
I Don't Look Good Naked Anymore
https://youtu.be/OOgd9hitEAE

And the sidebar suggestion on that led to a link I couldn't resist
The Blues Brothers | Aretha Franklin Sings "Think"
https://youtu.be/RTXszRHc0qs

Sometimes the algorithm works well.

Posted by: mindful webworker - if you go chasing rabbits... at October 05, 2024 09:09 PM (LFGyH)

156 Midnight Moonlight with Jerry on banjo with Old and in the Way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrqGnA7xgCg

Posted by: huerfano at October 05, 2024 09:10 PM (VGOMa)

157 Rick Nelson does the best version of Hello Mary Lou, for crying out loud. Sheesh.

Posted by: leber at October 05, 2024 09:10 PM (rovGg)

158 >>Jerry Garcia was a b- musician at best.

heh

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2024 09:10 PM (LkLld)

159 Catch 33 turned me on to PT several months ago and I've become obsessed. Pretty much all I'm listening to right now.
Posted by: screaming in digital

Steven's solo stuff is good, too.

https://youtu.be/qbGkZ31Fmp8

And he produces and remasters for a ton of bands, from Gentle Giant to Opeth. Dude's a giant.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 09:10 PM (DgGvY)

160 Small Town Saturday Night is definitely not new. It is a remake of the Hal Ketchum original from 1991, and it's a great song.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 05, 2024 09:11 PM (OOgyd)

161 The Waterboys - This is The Sea

https://youtu.be/VAiOjxkCS0g?si=noYbX0GZ3AoPsS0o

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2024 09:12 PM (/Djer)

162 I bought a ticket to see John Kay at a little bar on Ft. Laud Beach in 93'
John Kay Snow Blind Friend
'He said he wanted Heaven, but praying was too slow'

https://tinyurl.com/yx6aup6n

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 09:15 PM (/xdGM)

163 >>Your mileage, of course, may vary.
Posted by: Sharkman at October 05, 2024 09:04 PM (/RHNq)
___
That's what's cool about music. What I hate might give you goosebumps. And the fact that it does makes me wonder what I'm missing and sometimes leads me to like something I had dismissed. Mileage is useful. I wasn't a Soundgarden fan at first. I now love Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog, and Cornell.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 05, 2024 09:16 PM (CWMF2)

164 Steven's solo stuff is good, too.

https://youtu.be/qbGkZ31Fmp8

And he produces and remasters for a ton of bands, from Gentle Giant to Opeth. Dude's a giant.
Posted by: mikeski
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Yeah, I'm getting into the solo stuff as well, not very far into it because I keep replaying PT songs.

I got all excited when I saw a video announcing a solo tour in 2025, but alas, only in Europe, of course.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 09:17 PM (EaPW0)

165 Arc Angels: Too Many Ways To Fall

Slaps

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 09:17 PM (Q4IgG)

166 YouTube sidebar then suggested this classic
I've No More F***s To Give!
https://youtu.be/Vqbk9cDX0l0

The sidebar suggestion on that was another classic
I Don't Look Good Naked Anymore
https://youtu.be/OOgd9hitEAE

Sometimes the algorithm works well.
Posted by: mindful webworker - if you go chasing rabbits... at October 05, 2024 09:09 PM

Both of these are hilarious.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2024 09:20 PM (Wnv9h)

167 To honor the glitter bag...

Fanny was an American all-female band, active in the early 1970s. Hey Bulldog - 1971
https://youtu.be/Pdwzko9DZ0s

The Liverbirds was a 1960s female rock band from Liverpool. Peanut Butter - 1965
https://youtu.be/TaW75Ou8mKw

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at October 05, 2024 09:20 PM (R+yH5)

168 The Cramps belong in the Rock HOF and Lux and Ivy are the true King and Queen of rock.

Posted by: Aloha From Hell at October 05, 2024 09:21 PM (CV8a5)

169 158 >>Jerry Garcia was a b- musician at best.

heh
AND I MIGHT ADD it has been documented 'The Merry Pranksters' that followed Dead tours as well was a CIA OP...

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 09:21 PM (/xdGM)

170 >>AND I MIGHT ADD it has been documented 'The Merry Pranksters' that followed Dead tours as well was a CIA OP...

All that acid might explain the CIA.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2024 09:23 PM (LkLld)

171 Yeah, I'm getting into the solo stuff as well, not very far into it because I keep replaying PT songs.

I got all excited when I saw a video announcing a solo tour in 2025, but alas, only in Europe, of course.
Posted by: screaming in digital

If you like Gavin Harrison, Porcupine Tree's drummer, he also plays with the similarly-named prog-rock band The Pineapple Thief, since 2016. Another rabbit hole to go down, if you need one.

Gavin puttin' on a clinic with The Pineapple Thief live:

https://youtu.be/Eeq4HktLg2M

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 09:24 PM (DgGvY)

172 That followers of Greatfull Dead were a CIA camp wouldn't surprise me

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 09:25 PM (fwDg9)

173 AND I MIGHT ADD it has been documented 'The Merry Pranksters' that followed Dead tours as well was a CIA OP...
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It!

And Gumby was an op by BIG CLAY.

Posted by: Pokey at October 05, 2024 09:25 PM (CV8a5)

174 FREEBIRD COVER

Sung in Middle English
Using contemporary instruments

Rock on, Sire!

LINK: https://tinyurl.com/3tkc6np4

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 09:26 PM (rj6Yv)

175 The Cramps belong in the Rock HOF and Lux and Ivy are the true King and Queen of rock.

Uh...okay.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2024 09:27 PM (mH6SG)

176 AND I MIGHT ADD it has been documented 'The Merry Pranksters' that followed Dead tours as well was a CIA OP...
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It!

And Gumby was an op by BIG CLAY.
Posted by: Pokey at October 05, 2024 09:25 PM (CV8a5)

Lets add Timothy Leary to the list.....

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 09:32 PM (/xdGM)

177 That's what's cool about music. What I hate might give you goosebumps. And the fact that it does makes me wonder what I'm missing and sometimes leads me to like something I had dismissed. Mileage is useful. I wasn't a Soundgarden fan at first. I now love Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog, and Cornell.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 05, 2024 09:16 PM (CWMF2)

I think it has as much to do with what part of your brain you want tapped.

I realized not long ago a lot of my favorite stuff parks itself in a minor key. I suspect many people hate that.

Oh well.

I'd hate to be limited to the music of my youth, that's all I know, and I try to "rediscover" as much of it as I can. But I get a big kick out of finding something new, and almost all of what I find these days if far far off the beaten path.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 09:32 PM (leqXh)

178 Hootie & The Blowfish?

Didn't they sing "Stand By Yemen"?

4:35AM and sleepless with sinusitis.

/pops 2 green pills

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2024 09:33 PM (rpxMe)

179 AND I MIGHT ADD it has been documented 'The Merry Pranksters' that followed Dead tours as well was a CIA OP...
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It!

And Gumby was an op by BIG CLAY.
Posted by: Pokey at October 05, 2024 09:25 PM (CV8a5)

Lets add Timothy Leary to the list.....
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 09:32 PM (/xdGM)

The complete and total trust and capture of ALL US media was perpetrated through the music industry......

-Zombie John Fancenda

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 09:35 PM (/xdGM)

180 The last time Vanderbilt beat Bama was 1984.

Tonight fans carried the goal posts from the stadium thru downtown Nashville and put them in the Cumberland river.

Heh.

https://x.com/1025TheGame/
status/1842732003491262602

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 09:36 PM (dg+HA)

181 When i was a kid, I never understood why deejays played Loadout/Stay so often. Then I heard a deejay admit that the song was long enough that they could go take a shit and smoke a cigarette while the song was playing.

Posted by: Wally at October 05, 2024 09:36 PM (bo/qw)

182 I think it has as much to do with what part of your brain you want tapped.

I realized not long ago a lot of my favorite stuff parks itself in a minor key. I suspect many people hate that.

I guess that would be me. I find many minor compositions depressing. Not all. You are absolutely correct - we tap into the music that moves us.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2024 09:37 PM (mH6SG)

183 Gavin puttin' on a clinic with The Pineapple Thief live:

https://youtu.be/Eeq4HktLg2M
Posted by: mikeski
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Just what I need, another youtoob rabbit hole... I grabbed this for tomorrow so I can enjoy it when I'm not crashing so much (lots of yard work today)

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 09:39 PM (EaPW0)

184 I shouldn't have had two naps today, long after my bedtime.
Have a good night all

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 09:40 PM (fwDg9)

185 181 When i was a kid, I never understood why deejays played Loadout/Stay so often. Then I heard a deejay admit that the song was long enough that they could go take a shit and smoke a cigarette while the song was playing.
Posted by: Wally at October 05, 2024 09:36 PM

That's hilarious! Probably why Stairway to Heaven was equally popular!

Posted by: Moonbeam at October 05, 2024 09:41 PM (rbKZ6)

186 If the Israelis blow up the Iranians oil production Joe Biden depleting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve going to Is going to be another classic example of him fucking everything up.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at October 05, 2024 09:41 PM (jivFP)

187 I love minor keys - they add so much depth and emotion to a musical piece! There’s a minor key version of Battle Hymn of the Republic from Wasteland, I think, that is brilliant.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2024 09:42 PM (S6gqv)

188 *Probably why Stairway to Heaven was equally popular!*

And American Pie.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 09:43 PM (dg+HA)

189 G'nite, Skip.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2024 09:43 PM (mH6SG)

190 "...another classic example of him fucking everything up."

Never underestimate his ability to do so.

Posted by: B. O. at October 05, 2024 09:44 PM (dg+HA)

191 187 I love minor keys - they add so much depth and emotion to a musical piece! There’s a minor key version of Battle Hymn of the Republic from Wasteland, I think, that is brilliant.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2024 09:42 PM (S6gqv)

Minor Keys > Alicia Keys

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 05, 2024 09:45 PM (yQe+Z)

192 "As I was saying..."

Ha! Trump really did start off with that and 'The Chart'.

The last time Vanderbilt beat Bama was 1984.

I read that they were 0-60 when playing someone in the top 5, going back to the beginning of polls in the 1930's.

Very cool.

Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 09:45 PM (7a3bZ)

193 If the Israelis blow up the Iranians oil production Joe Biden depleting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve going to Is going to be another classic example of him fucking everything up.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at October 05, 2024 09:41 PM (jivFP)

Which makes for a perfect segue...

Cannibal Corpse - Kill (full album)

https://youtu.be/on-UZgS6ksQ

Posted by: Robert at October 05, 2024 09:45 PM (1Yy3c)

194 I am not a fan of country music, but some I like: Chris Stapleton and Zac Brown Band in particular. But Dierks Bentley has some stuff that you never hear on the radio, and he has a good singing voice.

Seems most of the chick singers are hellbent on sounding like whiny teenagers. I like Martina McBride.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 05, 2024 09:45 PM (Ad8y9)

195 I love minor keys - they add so much depth and emotion to a musical piece! There’s a minor key version of Battle Hymn of the Republic from Wasteland, I think, that is brilliant.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2024 09:42 PM (S6gqv)

D minor and A minor are my favorites.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 05, 2024 09:46 PM (Ad8y9)

196
*Probably why Stairway to Heaven was equally popular!*

And American Pie.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Autobahn

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2024 09:47 PM (63Dwl)

197 I saw Jimmy Vaughan and the Tilt-a-Whirl band in Alamogordo, New Mexico this week. The last time I saw him was in Santa Fe. Around 2017 and he still had his full hair a slick back hair. Those glorious locks are long gone, as is the upper part of his voice and the slashing precision of his guitar playing. An era is coming to an end and I'm not happy about it. Still the band was tight, tight tight and the arrangements were brilliant. Lovely set.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at October 05, 2024 09:47 PM (jivFP)

198 180
The last time Vanderbilt beat Bama was 1984.

Tonight fans carried the goal posts from the stadium thru downtown Nashville and put them in the Cumberland river.

Heh.

https://x.com/
1025TheGame/status/
1842732003491262602
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Wow! Did not hear about this till now. Good for Vandy! I now don't feel bad about VTech losing to Vandy earlier in the year.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2024 09:48 PM (/Djer)

199 We could have a whole thread someday on Paul Bigsby, who invented the pedal steel, also the "tremolo bar" vibrato tailpiece, and was the chief engineer of Crocker Motorcycles. Later in his career he did some space program aerospace work. In terms of sheer breadth, he was the engineer/artist of the century.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver

Not an unusual path for many mid-century SoCal engineers. It was a wild time, or so I hear.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 05, 2024 09:50 PM (IG4Id)

200 D minor and A minor are my favorites.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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D minor, the saddest of all keys. I don't know why, but it makes people weep instantly.

Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at October 05, 2024 09:50 PM (EaPW0)

201
An era is coming to an end and I'm not happy about it.

All good things got to come to an end
It's the same with the wildwood weeds

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2024 09:50 PM (63Dwl)

202 Not a good night to be a dog in Alabama tonight.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at October 05, 2024 09:51 PM (jivFP)

203 Can't forget Air on the G-string.
* yes, I went there. *

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 05, 2024 09:52 PM (IG4Id)

204 ONT is nood. Turn that noise down!

Or turn it up.....

https://youtu.be/f0-KFx4-yLM

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 09:52 PM (DgGvY)

205 Not generally a Jackson Browne fan, but Stay can really hit the spot at the end of a day or night.

Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 09:53 PM (L3CGb)

206 181 When i was a kid, I never understood why deejays played Loadout/Stay so often. Then I heard a deejay admit that the song was long enough that they could go take a shit and smoke a cigarette while the song was playing.
Posted by: Wally at October 05, 2024 09:36 PM

That's hilarious! Probably why Stairway to Heaven was equally popular!
Posted by: Moonbeam at October 05, 2024 09:41 PM (rbKZ6)

So I got dat goin for me
-Zombie Arthur Park Jimmy Webb

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 05, 2024 09:53 PM (/xdGM)

207 off spinal tap sock

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 09:59 PM (EaPW0)

208 Probably why Stairway to Heaven was equally popular!

Kids nowadays have no idea how regular radio hosts used to be, in the days of Saucerful of Secrets and Alice's Restaurant.

FWIW, chillun, in those days you could smoke in the studio.
You certainly are Men of A Certain Time. Writing novels, too?

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at October 05, 2024 10:22 PM (zdLoL)

209 Does anyone else like classical music? I am one of the seven fans of Baroque and Beyond on Sirius XM Symphony Hall.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2024 10:35 PM (ZVgZ4)

Hobby Thread - October 5, 2024 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. By sheer random coincidence, a spin of the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies(TM) has come up with a theme of DISASTER PREPARATION for this week.

What are the odds that disaster prep would come up on the Wheel of Hobbies(TM) with so much devastation being experienced by the good people of North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Virginia? The Wheel knows all.

We can not assume that government is on the way to rescue or help. We need to be able to survive and take care of ourselves, our families and those near and dear to us.

You might be wondering whether disaster preparation is really a hobby. With enough enthusiasm and commitment, anything can be a hobby. We do not need to resolve that issue today. Let us agree to call it a worthy endeavor that permit our continued enjoyment of hobbies, so it is hobby-adjacent. Work with me here.

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Rules of the road. The interwebs are full of people with free advice and strong opinions. Topics like this lend themselves to competition and judgments about measures others are taking or not taking. Let us not do that.

Share your approach, experiences and thought process. Do not look down on others who are only prepared for DEFCON3 instead of DEFCON1. Do not call others idiots for storing only X days of water when anyone knows you need at least 4X or 5X days. Do not be that person that tells others they are not doing it right unless they are doing it the way you are.

Some who think about disaster prep are oriented towards the Red Dawn Russian Invasion scenario, nuclear holocaust, or zombie takeover. If that is you, recognize that not everybody may be as hard core or is where you are on the prepper spectrum. Do not mock others because they are still learning or are a work in progress. Not everyone is going to be fully self-sufficient or off the grid.

Help your fellow hordemates and make this a productive dialogue. Do otherwise and risk the barrel and banhammer.

This is not the place to argue about climate change politics, Presidential responsiveness, FEMA, delays in activation of military and national guard assets, equity-based disaster recovery aid, the Director of Transportation, or similar themes. We will stipulate the relevant shortcomings and challenges. Politics can wait for other threads.

Play nice. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls. Geez, TRex. Enough rules. Are pants still optional to participate on this thread? Yes, pants are still optional.

President Trump is speaking in Bulter, Pennsylvania today. Last time he did that, developments interrupted the hobby thread. We ask for protection, divine and otherwise, to avoid a repeat. On with the show...

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Disaster recovery professionals often think in terms of recovery and resiliency. Resilience is being able to maintain some level of operations during an outage or disruption. Recovery is resuming operations after an outage. Similar but different. Resilience is bend, but not break. Recovery is repair after broken.

Think in terms of results, not causes. If you do not have power, the cause matters less than the outage. If you do not have water, the cause matters less than the fact that you have no water. No need for a different plan for each cause, partially because you can never fully predict the details. The longer term fixes will vary but near term needs are more immediate.

Prepare enough to give yourself options and ability to keep your family operational. But how much is enough? What preparation and planning is prudent?

What are your practices? With limited funds, what measures or supplies have you prioritized? What is in your kit that might surprise others? What tips do you have for someone preparing from scratch? Do you have lessons learned from prior disasters? How much is your preparation influenced by your location? How do you determine how much prep is enough prep? How do you think about power or fuel? Aside from equipment, what other plans do you have for managing information, meeting points, navigation, health care, etc.? Do you have favorite books, resources, checklists, and websites for wisdom?

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Disaster supply checklist courtesy of the Florida Division of Emergency Management. The site has a downloadable pdf version for your printing and saving purposes.

Ready Kit from the US Dept of Homeland Security. The site has a downloadable supply list in pdf form.

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How To Start Prepping. A Practical Prepper Guide. At the link:

Prepping Checklist: Cover the basics first and start to learn about mental preparedness
Prepping on a Budget: On a budget? Keep your focus and save money with this guide.
Suvival Stoic Toolkit: Learn how to train a prepping mindset
What is a Prepper? Is it something extreme or something more common?
Prepping Tips: Quick summary of things people miss as they prepare
Bug Out Bag: Find a list of everything to pack and what not to
Get Home Bag: Have everything you need to get home to your family

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Do you think in terms of 72 hours? A week? A month? 72 hour outages are a lot more common than week, two week or month outages, but there is a cost to maintaining more resilience. Has Hurricane Helene changed your perspective? Has anything else you have seen caused you to re-think your approach to equipment or planning? Is anyone incorporating a Starlink into your thinking?

Seeing things like this on the interwebs - people moving away from the 72 hour guidance and setting goals of being able to keep their family healthy and safe for at least 30 days without support from civilization. No support from civilization means:

No power, running water, natural gas, or other utilities of any kind.

No supplies from the outside world, including food, gasoline, etc.

No government or commercial services, including police protection, hospitals, etc.

Being without power for a month is a big ask and requires serious planning. Can you think of ways to gradually build capability? Near, intermediate, and long term plans?

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Disaster prep might involve hunkering down in place. It might also involve evacuating. Do you have a bug out bag? What is in it? Do you have a mini-bug out bag always packed in your car?

The Ultimate Emergency Go Bag Checklist. Are You Disaster Ready?

Bug Out Bag List. 111 Practical Do and Do not Tips for 2024

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Beyond the bug out bag, do you know what valuables that you would grab in an emergency evacuation? Do not disclose specifics but interested in what is on your list. Family photos? Paperwork? Hard drive backups? Cash? Jewelry? Firearms? Medicine? Chainsaw? Pets? Beer?

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The situation in Western North Carolina suggests that part of a good disaster preparedness plan is knowing someone with a helicopter and having a way to contact them. Private helicopters have played an enormous role and I am amazed how many volunteer private choppers have been involved.

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Are you wise in the ways of generators? Do you have a portable generator? Back-up for the house? How much fuel do you keep on-site? Regular rotational storage through multiple five gallon containers? Does anyone use solar for backup power or charging batteries?

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Ham radio might be the only means of communication in an emergency. This video talks about ham radio in the context of Hurricane Helene:

(Hat tip to NorCal Sierra Foothills Lurker. Thank you!)

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Did you miss last week's hobby thread with a beer theme? The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

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Notable comments from last week:

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Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

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If disaster prep is not your thing and you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, please write your name, birthdate, and next of kin contact information on your leg with permanent marker. We will resume usual Hobby Thread shenanigans and silliness next week. Write anytime about anything to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 05:30 PM

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 05:31 PM (fwDg9)

2 Can't say do much for disaster preparing

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 05:34 PM (fwDg9)

3 Read it all so here I am

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2024 05:38 PM (ZVgZ4)

4 Been busy this morning and now I feel like such a rookie when I peruse the thread and find no responses.

Such a rookie!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 05:39 PM (qKSAT)

5 I'm not nearly as stocked-up as I'd like to be. Hell, if I weren't married with a kid, I'd be holed up in my Unabomber shack in the middle of nowhere with a 20 year supply of food and running water nearby. Alas...

I guess my amateur radio hobby is a sort of prep. To that end, I did another SOTA this morning. Band conditions were good enough considering all the recent solar flares.

Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2024 05:42 PM (1yZeG)

6 Canned and dry goods, check.
Gas generator, check.
Freezers with food, check.
Well for water, check.
Keep car and or truck full of gas, check.
Gubs to defend self and food, check.
More practice with gubs, not checked.
Cord of wood for outdoor cooking, not checked.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 05:43 PM (qKSAT)

7 Posted by: Paul

So Paul, was Bush responsible for the FEMA response to Katrina? Yeah, I thought so...

Go back to your basement and prep for incoming.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 05:45 PM (qKSAT)

8 Start with a plan--there are some disasters that are simply not probable in an area. Hurricanes call for one sort of preparedness, flooding another, and wind damage via tornadoes or straight line winds still another.

Throw in earthquakes, fires, epidemics/redux of Covid shutdowns, chemical/hazardous spills locally, terrorism, civilizational breakdown as it occurred in Katrina, etc. and malicious actions by our own governments.

So, you should have a short range plan, a medium range plan, and a bugout plan for likely disasters that you view probable in your area.

Once the plan is apparent, then add in lists of proposed resources that you need for each of them, figure in the size of household, and the relative importance of each item in relation to keeping you and yours alive. Don't forget pets in your equation.

Often other plans can and should be integrated into your prep planning--self defense, financial, and sheltering in place plans from immediate hurricane, earthquake, fire, threats.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2024 05:48 PM (bt/Nj)

9 Paul, you ignorant slut.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 05, 2024 05:48 PM (2UnvF)

10 Ham radio is my weak area. I have one but not a license yet. Need to work on that.
Sad note. Good friend of mine is working Ham coverage for the recovery. Saddest thing he's heard so far were the calls for body bags.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 05:49 PM (W/lyH)

11 I guess my amateur radio hobby is a sort of prep. To that end, I did another SOTA this morning. Band conditions were good enough considering all the recent solar flares.
Posted by: PabloD a
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Comms are important.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2024 05:49 PM (bt/Nj)

12 Pretty well prepped. Just wish that Jr. and DILIT would get started on creating young fire team members.

Posted by: RI Red at October 05, 2024 05:50 PM (OKniM)

13 I have a couple days stuff, but no water stored. Got little metal things though, and some tubes for them to travel down. Figure those are trade items for necessities.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 05:51 PM (0eaVi)

14 We are minimally prepped, with some things.
His car is well-stocked, but probably needs an updating as he's not traveling much at all these days.
I keep my car gassed up.

The trick for me is to stress natural disaster prep, since political speculation is verboten. Also, I kind of wrecked my cred with Y2K. But tornadoes and fires can happen anytime...

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 05:54 PM (f+FmA)

15 You have to start *somewhere*. Even $20 a week or so can add up.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 05:54 PM (FnneF)

16
Plan, alternate, contingency, emergency. also: no operation proceeds with any certainty beyond first contact with the main force.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2024 05:57 PM (awTae)

17 Trump!!!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 05:58 PM (4XwPj)

18 Wow! This is a huge topic but worth serious thought. We don't have a bug out plan per se beyond making sure we keep the car fueled up. Our prep is based on staying at home. Keep in mind, this is for an older couple and one old dog. We are overall healthy and mobile but falling is a serious consideration, especially at my size.

A few (very few) beginning thoughts.
- Canned, dried and food we've put up.
- A couple of months worth of water and several Life Straws to deal with a tainted water supply.
- Medical supplies and various books on first aid.
- Basic tools to dig out of snow or mud and to do repairs to the house.
- Sources to heat food.
- Batteries for lanterns, flashlights, and radios.
- LOTS of candles and candle holders.

More to follow ...

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 05:58 PM (yTvNw)

19 16 You have to start *somewhere*. Even $20 a week or so can add up.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 05:54 PM
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Yes. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. (attribution varies)

Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 05:58 PM (IQ6Gq)

20 Thank you, whig. That is an excellent point and a way to keep from getting overwhelmed.

I really need to concentrate on just the two of us, instead of trying to plan for the kids in the cities to come here, if it gets sporty.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 05:58 PM (f+FmA)

21 I just look at it as being more resilient. "self contained" or whatever is a myth. Going it alone, Lone Ranger, uh-uh. That won't work.

But a small suitcase stove, lantern, catalytic heaters like Coleman made for 100 years are available for next to nothing, or even free. For standby duty, Coleman Fuel in the tank means it will light perfectly 25 years from now.

But you can use car gasoline no sweat. Just don't try to store car gasoline in your Coleman stove for even 2.5 years. It will turn to goo, and ruin your lunch.

Being able to heat up water for cleaning, cooking, light, and supplemental heat is awesome and goes a long way to taking the sting out of an inconvenient or prolonged loss of water and electricity and the rest of it. Tea, Cocoa, Coffee are big morale boosters. Soups, bouillon, snacks, smokes.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 05:59 PM (8vxoL)

22 14 I have a couple days stuff, but no water stored. Got little metal things though, and some tubes for them to travel down. Figure those are trade items for necessities.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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If you have a water heater, toilet tanks, and a bathtub, you can store water easily. Most water heaters (not the instant on demand types) today have a drain faucet and essentially it is a big tank of pure enough water to drink from . If no power, shut off your water heater breaker until power is restored.

They make something called water-bobs for use with existing bathtubs--basically a large clear plastic balloon you can fill with water from the bathtub tap and draw at will.

If you have hot tubs or an outdoor swimming pool, those can serve as a water source as well if necessary. Look up lifestraw and various other hand powered reverse osmosis and filtration devices for sources like that.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2024 06:00 PM (bt/Nj)

23 He said it!! He said "As I was saying!"

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 06:01 PM (4XwPj)

24 I've a Honda eU 2000 purchased long ago. Works great, quiet. Dependable. Keep gas and oil and it will do just about anything within reason. Even runs (and starts!) a 5000 btu window air conditioner. Can hang meat with this thing in a smaller room.

Getting out of the heat is important, although it is October in the mountains and starting to get real chilly at night I bet.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 06:01 PM (8vxoL)

25 We both have type 2 diabetes, fortunately on the milder end, and some other conditions, also fairly mild. We've done a lot of research on ways to deal with those if medicine is not available.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 06:01 PM (yTvNw)

26 My first prepping thought was to move to mountains, where hurricanes didn't happen. Uh . . . one moment here . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 06:02 PM (omVj0)

27 Looking over some of the lists, they are well done. The one thing I didn't immediately notice, and it may be there, is a long tube, say 6 feet. If nothing else, call it a Tennessee credit card for siphoning gas.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 06:04 PM (W/lyH)

28 Here is my 2 cents worth of advice on prepping, iffn you ain't got water you are dead. I don't care if you have 365 days worth of food and a gazillion rounds of ammo on hand, without sufficient water you die and somebody else will come along and take your stuff.

Store as much bottled water as you can. We keep 6-9 cases of half liter bottles of water on rotation at our house.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2024 06:05 PM (QNSds)

29 >>> 29 Here is my 2 cents worth of advice on prepping, iffn you ain't got water you are dead. I don't care if you have 365 days worth of food and a gazillion rounds of ammo on hand, without sufficient water you die and somebody else will come along and take your stuff.

Store as much bottled water as you can. We keep 6-9 cases of half liter bottles of water on rotation at our house.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2024 06:05 PM (QNSds)

Water; storage, tools to collect, tools to filter and purify.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 06:06 PM (FnneF)

30 Worst case for water...use bleach to sterilize it.

6-8 drops of fresh bleach/gallon of water.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2024 06:06 PM (d9fT1)

31 21 Thank you, whig. That is an excellent point and a way to keep from getting overwhelmed.

I really need to concentrate on just the two of us, instead of trying to plan for the kids in the cities to come here, if it gets sporty.
Posted by: sal
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I was in AF Civil Engineering for a hitch and we planned for all sorts of nasty things. Did disaster recovery ops for various disasters as well.

Our unit was designed to support the infrastructure for distant airbases and fix broken things whether by nature or by enemy action.

Reducing the options to respond to the most probable damage saves money, time, and space and gradually less probable events can also be accounted for in planning and resources.

Easy to get overwhelmed so you start with immediate likely emergencies, spread then to 72 hours, and then one week, etc. and scale up.
Property also is always worth less than lives so if you have to make tradeoffs, make them in favor of living rather than trying to save property at the risk of one's own life.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2024 06:06 PM (bt/Nj)

32 I kind of wrecked my cred with Y2K. But tornadoes and fires can happen anytime...
Posted by: sal

You didn't wreck yours as totally as the family who had this house before us. When covid panic set in they spent 8K on TP and dry food. And then stored all the food in the original containers inside orange HD buckets. They trashed it before moving to the Moab area. (No way I'd eat any of that food poorly stored.)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 06:07 PM (qKSAT)

33 25 I've a Honda eU 2000 purchased long ago. Works great, quiet. Dependable. Keep gas and oil and it will do just about anything within reason.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 06:01 PM
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How much fuel do you keep on hand?

Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 06:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

34 Store as much bottled water as you can. We keep 6-9 cases of half liter bottles of water on rotation at our house.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2024 06:05 PM (QNSds)

Water; storage, tools to collect, tools to filter and purify.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 06:06 PM (FnneF)

This.
It really is the Achilles heel of all this, whether one stays or.leaves. plan accordingly.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 06:08 PM (W/lyH)

35 Might seem obvious but we have plenty of warm clothing, blankets, and similar. Losing power in a heat wave is nasty but, for us, not as serious as freezing weather.

We have a gas stove and oven in the kitchen. As long as the gas supply is available, we can light the burners with a match. That can provide warmth as well as food preparation. Our Weber grill can work with charcoal (preferred) or even scrap wood.

Again, most of our plans are built around staying in place.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 06:08 PM (yTvNw)

36 31 Worst case for water...use bleach to sterilize it.

6-8 drops of fresh bleach/gallon of water.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Straining it and boiling it works too.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2024 06:08 PM (bt/Nj)

37 Posted by: whig at October 05, 2024 06:00 PM (bt/Nj)

Yeah, I have a traditional water heater in the garage. I'd have to get those bladders, don't think I could drink out of the bathtub... and certainly not out of the toilet.

I've seen the RO stuff and the straws. Seem like a cheap enough investment.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 06:08 PM (0eaVi)

38
We have two 9400 watt generators and a transfer switch to the house panel so we can run (though not all at the same time) the AC, the furnace, the well, the septic and the refrigerator. We can also slave off the RV. Six 5 gallon gas cans and four propane bottles.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 06:09 PM (Xxha1)

39 36 Might seem obvious but we have plenty of warm clothing, blankets, and similar. Losing power in a heat wave is nasty but, for us, not as serious as freezing weather.

We have a gas stove and oven in the kitchen. As long as the gas supply is available, we can light the burners with a match. That can provide warmth as well as food preparation. Our Weber grill can work with charcoal (preferred) or even scrap wood.

Again, most of our plans are built around staying in place.
Posted by: JTB
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Heat is more important than ac. One can live without ac as people have done for millennia despite it being unpleasant--can't live without heat.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2024 06:09 PM (bt/Nj)

40 Our 16 year old dog needs a specific food to stay healthy. We makes sure there is always a 2 month supply of her canned food.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 06:11 PM (yTvNw)

41 Food - check
Water - check
Power - check
Medical supplies - check
Electronic contact - cell phone plus PC if the internetz are still working.
4WD vehicle - check

Water can be managed by having the means to boil water or the use of disinfectant tables or a filtration system. I have all three

For power, I have 12V LiFePo batteries that I keep charged + 1100 maximum watts of solar panels. A 2048 WH powerstation, 2000W pure sine inverter, solar controller.

For cooking and boiling water, I have 2 Coleman stoves that run on white gas (naptha).

Food should be sorted by expiration date and used to avoid wastage.

Over the years I've endured many days of power outages from hurricane damage and ice storms. It's worth it to be prepared.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 06:11 PM (rj6Yv)

42 This thread is timely for me--for some reason I spent a lot of time last night planning how I would bug out if I had to, thinking what I would take, depending on how much time. I used to think if I had to evacuate from my safe neighborhood, I was screwed anyway, but last night I really got anxious. My biggest snag was how I would catch the cats out from under the beds, to put them in carriers.

Otherwise I'm okay at least for a couple of weeks. I store water in the garage in large kitty litter jugs (don't judge me) and I live within walking distance of a good sized creek. I agree, water is the biggest concern.

Posted by: skywch at October 05, 2024 06:12 PM (uqhmb)

43 Having gas stove is a great start if power goes out for extended period

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 06:12 PM (fwDg9)

44 I've seen the RO stuff and the straws. Seem like a cheap enough investment.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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The cheapest diy filters for dirty water are a sort of stacked filtration system using 5 gallon buckets, sand, etc. that progressively get the ick of slime, etc. out of nasty water you might obtain via gutters, etc. Doing the primitive staged filtration helps save valuable fine filtration for your hand reverse osmosis pumps, lifestraws, etc. Gray water is also ok for spit bathing, etc.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2024 06:13 PM (bt/Nj)

45 Straining it and boiling it works too.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2024 06:08 PM (bt/Nj)

Yup. But using precious fuel to make potable water may be a problem. A gallon jug of bleach costs very little and can sterilize hundreds of gallons of water.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2024 06:13 PM (d9fT1)

46 A quick way to get a fresh standby 100 gal of water is to place a non-heating 100g water heater inline with your hot water tank. Placing it inline means that extra tank is always fresh.
(When I read about using this technique they kept the broken water heater as it was being replaced.)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 06:14 PM (qKSAT)

47 Otherwise I'm okay at least for a couple of weeks. I store water in the garage in large kitty litter jugs (don't judge me) and I live within walking distance of a good sized creek. I agree, water is the biggest concern.

Posted by: skywch at October 05, 2024 06:12 PM

We used to keep all of our empty kitty litter buckets and they came in handy when we lived in Connecticut and had back to back hurricanes come through. We were on a community well and when the power went out we had no water. We took the empty kitty litter buckets to the creek and filled them up so we could at least flush the toilets.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2024 06:14 PM (QNSds)

48 This rally in Butler is incredibly moving. Amazing.

Posted by: JenWestin at October 05, 2024 06:15 PM (npCWF)

49 43 I live within walking distance of a good sized creek.

Posted by: skywch at October 05, 2024 06:12 PM
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Natural sources of water certainly provide more options (presuming they haven't swept away your home first).

Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 06:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

50 A lot of wisdom for living rough is found in Army and Air Force engineering manuals including how to make privvys, etc.

Cheap printed reprints at Amazon, gunshows often have them, and you can download them (presumably printing them afterwards) for free usually. If you put them on an ebook, best have some way to recharge that.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2024 06:16 PM (bt/Nj)

51 My sister lives on an island. It has regular ferry service BUT even though ambulances have first-load rights it can still take an hour to get to a hospital. They have a medical helicopter insurance service you can sign up for. Not expensive, actually, and if you really need emergency medical help it is the only quick way. I'm thinking the isolated rural areas might benefit from something similar. Pool your resources, get an insurance policy for a helo when needed.

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at October 05, 2024 06:16 PM (rw18T)

52 A lesson learned in CA: keep the essentials you want/need to evacuate QUICKLY in a designated place. You can't take everything, but medications, insurance docs, deeds, important telephone numbers, computers, expernal drives, clothes for a couple of days, etc. Prepare a list in advance, because when they say to go your mind will not be rational....

Posted by: Grateful at October 05, 2024 06:16 PM (IQ6Gq)

53 Worst case for water...use bleach to sterilize it.

6-8 drops of fresh bleach/gallon of water.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2024 06:06 PM (d9fT1)

That works, but be careful with laundry bleach. It only lasts one year from date of manufacture and don't use bleach with additional additives, just the basic bleach. The best bet is using PoolShock at least 65 to 70% strength. It is a powder that will last much longer than laundry bleach and a little bit can go a long ways. Check YT videos for using PoolShock for emergency water supplies.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 06:17 PM (rj6Yv)

54 Hope you found what I said useful. Gotta go now.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2024 06:17 PM (bt/Nj)

55 I've begun collecting all the blow down in the yard, breaking it up into usable pieces and storing it.
Free fuel for the hibachi.

So, do you set a schedule to go through all the supplies to keep them up to date? Monthly? Seasonally?

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 06:17 PM (f+FmA)

56 Natural sources of water certainly provide more options (presuming they haven't swept away your home first).

Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 06:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

Absolutely.

I have a small brook 50 yards from my back door, and a small river 1/4 mile away.

If we don't have to leave, water won't be a significant problem.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2024 06:17 PM (d9fT1)

57 That works, but be careful with laundry bleach. It only lasts one year from date of manufacture and don't use bleach with additional additives, just the basic bleach. The best bet is using PoolShock at least 65 to 70% strength.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 06:17 PM (rj6Yv)

100% correct.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2024 06:18 PM (d9fT1)

58 If you've city water service and a conventional water heater and anticipate needing or wanting that water in an emergency make sure to close the main water valve at the service entrance. When the pressure goes away, and water is being sucked out of the entire system it can "pull" the water remaining in the water heater, back out into the street pipes or whatever. You want to isolate this if you can by shutting the valve. Sometimes nobody really is sure where that is.

Or it doesn't get "exercised" and is sort of stuck open after 20 years.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 06:19 PM (8vxoL)

59 Cement blocks, a piece of grating and an axe. Helps having an abundance of mesquite trees but the less things that require gas the better.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 06:19 PM (I1GXe)

60 JTB alludes to something up thread. How old are you? This can be a deciding point for you on whether to go or stay? (Unless of course that decision is made for you by the specific situation.). I'm over 29 and in good shape. Mrs D isn't so I plan around that.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 06:19 PM (W/lyH)

61 Prepare a list in advance, because when they say to go your mind will not be rational....
Posted by: Grateful

My sister lost everything when one of those fast moving CA forest fires swept through her neighborhood in Santa Barbara.
The only thing left of the house was the slab and the fire was so hot it had to be removed.
She didn't have time to *save* anything except for the dog and herself.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 06:20 PM (qKSAT)

62 Cement blocks, a piece of grating and an axe. Helps having an abundance of mesquite trees but the less things that require gas the better.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 06:19 PM (I1GXe)

And cooking over mesquite makes the jackrabbits taste better

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 06:21 PM (rj6Yv)

63 I have a pretty decent stash of long term storage. Am focusing on canned goods. If you have empty canning jars, fill those with water till you use them. I have a Life Straw but went ahead and got a Berky filter for home. I have one of the bathtub bladders for water storage. Lots of dog and cat food. I focus on things that don't need refrigeration. I do have two solar power banks and solar panels to charge.

I'm working on the ham license. I got a Baofeng cause you gotta start somewhere. I will put together a small bug out bag for the car and add some items to the trailer. I'm not prepared for everything but could hold out for awhile.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 06:21 PM (gfViB)

64 Sal, I do that some with blown down sticks. I have an indoor fireplace but would like to get a fire pit for outside, to cook meat.

As far as rotation, I just go around and look at expiration dates sometimes. I know how "new" canned food is by the different places I've got it stored.

Took advantage of Chewy's sales to lay in a lot of cat food and litter. These cats wouldn't go hungry all winter!

Posted by: skywch at October 05, 2024 06:22 PM (uqhmb)

65 43 My biggest snag was how I would catch the cats out from under the beds, to put them in carriers.

Posted by: skywch at October 05, 2024 06:12 PM
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If you can survive this, you can survive almost anything. In my experience, cats are not enamored of such endeavors.

Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 06:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

66 Our planning is not just about a natural disaster in our location. It could be a matter of the supply chain being disrupted far away. That can involve the availability of food, paper products, medicine, etc.

Being prepared for problems just seems like a natural thing to do. We are always amazed at people who never have cash and basic emergency supplies on hand. Especially cash and in usable denominations. No electricity means no computers, ATMs, cash registers, most banking functions or any other means to pay for things or get more money.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 06:22 PM (yTvNw)

67 Surprisingly Communist News Network has rally on

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 06:22 PM (fwDg9)

68 A few grams of re-sublimated Iodine crystals (pronounced I-Oh-Deen) a small glass bottle, and a bakelite cap and Bob's Yer Uncle for water disinfection.

This will last decades, as long as you keep the crystals covered with water. A super saturated solution of Iodine results, that can be used to purify raw water and render it safe for drinking. It will taste like crap.

Iodine tablets in the bottle expire after a couple years. The correct answer at promotion boards, when asked what color they should be: "Steel Gray". Betcha they aren't.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 06:24 PM (8vxoL)

69 67 We are always amazed at people who never have cash and basic emergency supplies on hand. Especially cash and in usable denominations.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 06:22 PM
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Cash has to be one of the most underappreciated items. Thanks for mentioning.

Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 06:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

70 On the medical front, if you use a CPAP machine, a 12V power adapter allows you to run your machine off of a 12v battery.

If you are allergic to insect stings, stock up on epi pens and antihistamines and routinely check the expiration dates. I've read reports that stinging incidents skyrocket after flooding as nests are destroyed and the insect colonies are on the move and angry.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 06:25 PM (rj6Yv)

71 I did see a recommendation, from a guy that survived Katrina to scan all your important documents to a thumb drive. He lost his in the flood and missed out on some jobs after the storm as a result.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 06:26 PM (gfViB)

72 68 Surprisingly Communist News Network has rally on
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 06:22

They need the ratings.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 06:26 PM (dg+HA)

73 Thank you for mentioning the cash stash.
That is one of the things that gets overlooked.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 06:27 PM (f+FmA)

74 You should always be prepared, but it’s not like the people in the mountains had much warning.

Posted by: Allen at October 05, 2024 06:27 PM (QL7eB)

75 I have a big bottle of cheap antihistamine tablets, the dipo stuff like Benadryl. Something I read the other night about expired meds said that was the med that could last the longest after expiration date, possibly as long as 15 years after. Good to know!

Posted by: skywch at October 05, 2024 06:27 PM (uqhmb)

76 >>> 68 Surprisingly Communist News Network has rally on
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 06:22 PM (fwDg9)

Considering the last time...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 06:28 PM (FnneF)

77 Bleach is okay; but, I learned while brewing that a non-rinse, untastable level of Iodine is roughly a teaspoon per 5 gal.
We used a product made for washing cow udders Udderwash to clean and sanitize all our beer equipment. It was used in all the breweries when microbreweries became popular.
You just have to make sure the type you get doesn't have any additives that you don't want to consume.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 06:28 PM (qKSAT)

78 If you are allergic to insect stings, stock up on epi pens and antihistamines and routinely check the expiration dates. I've read reports that stinging incidents skyrocket after flooding as nests are destroyed and the insect colonies are on the move and angry.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 06:25 PM

Here in Texas when it floods the fire ants hook together and float on the water. They will survive pretty much anything and if they are forced to leave their house they are pi$$ed.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2024 06:29 PM (QNSds)

79 72 I did see a recommendation, from a guy that survived Katrina to scan all your important documents to a thumb drive. He lost his in the flood and missed out on some jobs after the storm as a result.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 06:26 PM (gfViB)

This is genius. Will put him to work on that.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 06:29 PM (f+FmA)

80 There's not a lot thry could have done. I posted a link to Justin Rhodes video. They were well prepared and organized. He did just get the big generator set up. There still wasn't a lot they could do.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 06:31 PM (gfViB)

81 If you're really paranoid, you already know that Iodine is handy for pre-dosing your Thyroid to provide protection against those Russian (or ....) nukes. Now of course there are some other concerns with radiation exposure and Iodine doesn't handle everything in terms of you and your body, but this is an important one.

By pre-loading your Thyroid with conventional Iodine, there isn't any room for radioactive Iodine, or something like that. Fun for the whole family.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 06:31 PM (8vxoL)

82 >>> 62 Prepare a list in advance, because when they say to go your mind will not be rational....
Posted by: Grateful

My sister lost everything when one of those fast moving CA forest fires swept through her neighborhood in Santa Barbara.
The only thing left of the house was the slab and the fire was so hot it had to be removed.
She didn't have time to *save* anything except for the dog and herself.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 06:20 PM (qKSAT)

Speaking of fast, this is from a flash flood in Waverly TN in 2021. I'd never seen anything like this.
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=Lv4IYZu-A3s

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 06:31 PM (FnneF)

83 At some point, you need to sit down and do a serious threat analysis. What is your neighborhood like? City, suburban, or rural? How well do you know your neighbors? Whom can you trust? Whom can you not trust? How can evil doers enter your neighborhood/property? What are your pathways out?
You get the idea.
Just sit down from time to time and consider some common sense things about your particular situation. Do it several times a year. What changes in winter and summer? That kind of thing.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 06:31 PM (W/lyH)

84 We're prepared for a year, for Thor and I, the animals and my mama. Meds, OTC stuff, you name it, food and water of course. I do have water stored but we have several springs and a pond on our property.

But Helene would've taken all that if we were in her path. Flooding is a whole different gig.

You need to think in terms of absolute life and death necessities in a back pack that you grab or have within grabbing distance, if you don't leave at first warning. My granddad used to say, if that bastard takes up half the Gulf, get the women and kids out right away.

Our problem is we have 6 cats and you can imagine how much fun it is to game that scenario. A lot of food and a nightmare of logistics, although the RV makes it easier in a way. We left 2 with the renters for our year long road trip.

We were supposed to spend Fall with family in NC, mid September- early November, but I started not wanting to and then when that hurricane started forming, I wasn't of a mind to deal with it in an RV, so we decided to go to friends in Western Massachusetts instead.

Listening to your instincts is a huge skill to work on.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at October 05, 2024 06:31 PM (Vvh2V)

85 64 If you have empty canning jars, fill those with water till you use them. I have a Life Straw but went ahead and got a Berky filter for home.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 06:21 PM
***
Thanks for posting. Good points. Another Life Straw reference.

Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 06:32 PM (IQ6Gq)

86 Here in Texas when it floods the fire ants hook together and float on the water. They will survive pretty much anything and if they are forced to leave their house they are pi$$ed.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2024 06:29 PM (QNSds)

Moves the ant killer to a highest shelf...

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 06:32 PM (f+FmA)

87 When you realize that your Cat 5 evac plan was via Ashville to Rt. 40 to Knoxville. "A hurricane can't come this far inland."

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 05, 2024 06:32 PM (wBaIH)

88 >>> 86 64 If you have empty canning jars, fill those with water till you use them. I have a Life Straw but went ahead and got a Berky filter for home.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 06:21 PM
***
Thanks for posting. Good points. Another Life Straw reference.
Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 06:32 PM (IQ6Gq)

I got my Berkey in part because I didn't like the taste of the local water. Very happy with it!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 06:34 PM (FnneF)

89 72 I did see a recommendation, from a guy that survived Katrina to scan all your important documents to a thumb drive. He lost his in the flood and missed out on some jobs after the storm as a result.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 06:26 PM (gfViB)

This is genius. Will put him to work on that.
Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 06:29 PM (f+FmA)

Dang! Great idea.
*adds to list*

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 06:35 PM (W/lyH)

90 I really, really, really enjoy target shooting and fishing even if I don't do it as much as I would like. They are hobbies but I approach them in a similar way to prepping. I can reload any ammo I need, both tools and supplies, and can make my own fishing gear, especially lures. I've been through several periods of shortage over the years where ammo and components were hard to come by so I maintain a good supply of powders and primers. Also the tools and materials needed to cast bullets. It helps that my preferred guns are rather basic compared to semi-auto weapons: bolt action rifles, single shot weapons, single action revolvers, and black powder weapons.

I have books on reloading, basic gunsmithing and the tools to do it. Most muzzleloaders are even easier to maintain and repair.

Of course there is the factor of defense involved. But that is another topic.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 06:36 PM (yTvNw)

91 I have city water here. I thought the Berky would be good if the local supply was contaminated.

I try and think of stuff that would be useful. I should get tarps, because we get high winds at times. You can't prepare for everything but there's a lot you can do.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 06:38 PM (gfViB)

92 88 When you realize that your Cat 5 evac plan was via Ashville to Rt. 40 to Knoxville. "A hurricane can't come this far inland."

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 05, 2024 06:32 PM
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Remarkable how much raw real estate was eroded and moved around. Backyards not damaged, but gone. Asphalt not damaged or moved, but the earth beneath the road gone. Saw a video today near Chimney Rock with many makeshift pedestrian and vehicular bridges in places. In other places, the roads and embankments are completely gone.

Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 06:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

93 Tarps is a great idea. And duct tape.

Posted by: Grateful at October 05, 2024 06:39 PM (IQ6Gq)

94 Just popping in to say thank you for this thread. I need it so much. Bookmarking for future reference.

Heading back out to continue cleaning up the yard...

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 06:40 PM (EaPW0)

95 >>> 85
==
Listening to your instincts is a huge skill to work on.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at October 05, 2024 06:31 PM (Vvh2V)

This is focused on danger from two-legged critters, but I suspect the concepts could be helpful for other dangers:
The Gift of Fear: And Other Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence Mass Market Paperback
Gavin de Becker
https://shorturl.at/xPurU

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 06:41 PM (FnneF)

96 If you have empty canning jars, fill those with water till you use them. I have a Life Straw but went ahead and got a Berky filter for home.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 06:21 PM

I know people that "can" water in canning jars. It sterilizes and seals the jars at the same time. I guess I need to get working on doing some of that with my canner.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2024 06:42 PM (QNSds)

97 A siphon wasn't on my list, but will add.

Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 06:42 PM (IQ6Gq)

98 A generous supply of paracord may also come in handy.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2024 06:42 PM (mH6SG)

99 Also, if you gave cats, well any pet I suppose, block off under beds, sofas, etc. You do not want to waste time trying to find them if they're hiding. I store stuff under all the beds, dressers, sofas, any place I have seen then sneak in to, including keeping folding chairs wedged in the spaces between the fridge and washer/dryer and the walls.

I have 6 of those kinds of beds that have walls and roofs, so to speak. I make a game out of carrying them around in them, so if need be, we can grab them in those as opposed to their carriers.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at October 05, 2024 06:43 PM (Vvh2V)

100 >>How much fuel do you keep on hand?

Posted by: TRex

Usually have 10 gallons in the garage, but my back up is one of the planes usually has 100-200 gallons pretty available.

Posted by: Aviator at October 05, 2024 06:43 PM (HQ9Sl)

101 Elon is in the house

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 06:43 PM (fwDg9)

102 Working on my lawn tractor I found this guy, Taryl Fixes All, on youtube. He makes a goofy guy play; However, his presentation is good, thorough (no skipped steps), complementary asides and good photography. If you're working on a gas engine, especially a lawn engine this is a place to check out.
www.youtube.com/results? [mandatory space] search_query=taryl+fixes+all

Search query = Taryl fixes [engine won't start] or what ever problem and there's a good chance he has a video.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 06:43 PM (+JNKR)

103 >>> 93
***
Remarkable how much raw real estate was eroded and moved around. Backyards not damaged, but gone. Asphalt not damaged or moved, but the earth beneath the road gone. Saw a video today near Chimney Rock with many makeshift pedestrian and vehicular bridges in places. In other places, the roads and embankments are completely gone.
Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 06:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

Jim SND referred to it as "instant glaciation" - and it happened over *how* much of that region?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 06:43 PM (FnneF)

104 Another thing, if you do long term storage, try some of it before the disaster hits. You'll find that some are not what you want to eat.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 06:44 PM (gfViB)

105 This could be a minor matter if the shit really hits the fan but having some means of diversion could be helpful. Nothing electric, of course. Jigsaw puzzles, BOOKS, decks of cards, chess or checker sets or other board games, book of game rules, knitting, crochet and other needle works don't require power and don't take up much space. Even a supply of writing paper and pencils could be useful for sketching, a journal or passing information.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 06:44 PM (yTvNw)

106 Iving in an RV we are weather watchers. We have managed to outrun 2 hurricanes and a couple of tornadoes and a wildfire. We carry an emergency medical kit with everything we would need for a bad accident on the road. We carry our own water and have a large generator and keep emergency rations in obasement area. Don't forget about your pets in an emergency and any medicine you, or they, might need.

Posted by: Megthered at October 05, 2024 06:45 PM (Mgb19)

107 FM 21-76 a US army field manual called "Survival" is available online and download .PDF for free. Copy it to your hard-drive laptop.

Lots of good first aid, plant ID, how to do certain things to cure diseases or conditions when the Doctor Isn't Coming. That kind of thing.

"Maggot wound therapy" is about as appetizing as it sounds. It does work in an extreme last-ditch attempt to prevent infection in the bush.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 06:45 PM (8vxoL)

108 Just checked and couldn't find the udderwash we used to use (we bought it from a Dairy supply house).
povidone-iodine (PVI) (aka Betadine) would be my next choice.
The conclusion of the study I just found:
"The lowest disinfecting concentration of 10% PVI was the 1:1,000 dilution at 15 minutes of contact time. This supports the use of PVI for water disinfection against E. coli, the organism most commonly responsible for traveler's diarrhea. Further studies may assess its effectiveness against more virulent water borne pathogens.

Copyright © 2010 Wilderness Medical Society."
~used without permission

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 06:45 PM (qKSAT)

109 This... this is why I never throw shit away. You never know when you'll need something.

It's also why my garage is a fire hazard.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 06:47 PM (Q4IgG)

110 You don't have to use maggots. Garlic is an effective antibiotic. It's also good about drawing out infections.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 06:47 PM (gfViB)

111 Speaking of helicopters, it looks like a military response might finally be getting off the ground, pun intended. Emphasis on might.

I've seen at least three flights of either Guard or Army Chinooks flying in an eastbound direction in the Knoxville area. A total of 7 birds so far.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 05, 2024 06:47 PM (/HDaX)

112 Elon doing well.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 06:48 PM (eDfFs)

113 Honey is a wound treatment. Honey also supplies all the nutrients you need to stay alive.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 06:49 PM (I1GXe)

114 99 ... "A generous supply of paracord may also come in handy."

Paracord or any good rope is always a good idea. Tarred twine is damn strong and doesn't take up much space. A pamphlet of knots is helpful.

In a similar vein, rolls of duct tape have a bunch of uses.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 06:50 PM (yTvNw)

115 We used a product made for washing cow udders

Lume deodorant?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 05, 2024 06:50 PM (FISOY)

116 Another thing, if you do long term storage, try some of it before the disaster hits. You'll find that some are not what you want to eat.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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Very true.

Posted by: scampydog at October 05, 2024 06:51 PM (41CYW)

117 Yeah, I have a strategic stash of honey cause I use it in my tea. Lasts forever.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 06:51 PM (gfViB)

118 Speaking of helicopters, it looks like a military response might finally be getting off the ground, pun intended. Emphasis on might.
***
If it weren't for the outrage on the internet I wonder if anything would have happened. If it were still Twitter they would have censored all of it.

Posted by: Megthered at October 05, 2024 06:52 PM (Mgb19)

119 Still a few hundred bucks but Starlink Minis are now available. Fits into a backpack. Worth considering.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 06:52 PM (W/lyH)

120 Just a thought - I wonder how many of our military helicopters are dependent on parts from Chy-na, and how many of those parts we have on the shelf. Whirly-birds need a lot of service.

Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2024 06:54 PM (NGHh4)

121 Another thing, if you do long term storage, try some of it before the disaster hits. You'll find that some are not what you want to eat.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

This!
Anything sold by mountain-house comes to mind from my backpacking days (years and years ago). Cardboard with spices would be tastier and less expensive with probably the same nutritional value. yuck. (there was also an unfortunate tent clearing reaction later in the evening.)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 06:55 PM (qKSAT)

122 Still a few hundred bucks but Starlink Minis are now available. Fits into a backpack. Worth considering.
Posted by: Diogenes

Yes; but, the next size up is pretty small, less expensive, less expensive per month, and really increases up and download speeds in comparison to the mini.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 06:57 PM (qKSAT)

123 There's a lot of discussion about that on X. There are folks that say the Starlink is a good thing to have and those saying a ham radio is better.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 06:57 PM (gfViB)

124 The flood of Noah's day actually started with the earth breaking open and the fountains of the deep coming up. The rains came later.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 05, 2024 06:57 PM (OOgyd)

125 As I do every year about this time, I just topped off 275 g. underground propane tank and 550 g. basement oil tanks.
Stove, fireplace, one water system and outside permanent generator are propane. Oil for furnace and other water system.
Private well, and 13 acre pond 50’ lower than us.
Hey, I live in northern NH. We have routine power outages every season of the year.

Posted by: RI Red at October 05, 2024 06:57 PM (OKniM)

126 Still a few hundred bucks but Starlink Minis are now available. Fits into a backpack. Worth considering.
Posted by: Diogenes

I should also have noted that the mini allows you to turn off and on your service so you don't *have* to pay for months you don't use.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 06:58 PM (qKSAT)

127 There's a lot of discussion about that on X. There are folks that say the Starlink is a good thing to have and those saying a ham radio is better.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 06:57 PM (gfViB)

How much electricity does a Starlink Mini require?

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 06:58 PM (rj6Yv)

128 114 ... "Honey is a wound treatment. Honey also supplies all the nutrients you need to stay alive."

Hi Ben Had,
Glad you mentioned it. We keep plenty of honey on hand, mostly from small, local providers so we know it is good stuff. Apparently a lot of supermarket honey is adulterated. We regard trying to be healthier as part of emergency prep and use honey more and more often for food. It also tastes great, of course.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 06:59 PM (yTvNw)

129 Still a few hundred bucks but Starlink Minis are now available. Fits into a backpack. Worth considering.
Posted by: Diogenes

Yes; but, the next size up is pretty small, less expensive, less expensive per month, and really increases up and download speeds in comparison to the mini.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 06:57 PM (qKSAT)
***

Good catch!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 06:59 PM (W/lyH)

130 I try and think of stuff that would be useful. I should get tarps, because we get high winds at times. You can't prepare for everything but there's a lot you can do.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 06:38 PM (gfViB)

consider plywood pre cut to the size of your windows, with nails or screws ready.

I have two five gallon buckets with single serve type food in it near the door. It is a bit expensive and I have to redo it regularly, but I have a week of food for one in each bucket. It is a grab and go that is next to the packs with clothing in it.

Not sure what to do about the cats, they are hard to grab and go as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2024 06:59 PM (D7oie)

131 How much electricity does a Starlink Mini require?
Posted by: mrp
I don't have exact numbers; but, it'll run on a 20v battery for a while.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 07:00 PM (qKSAT)

132 Serious hikers, hunters, preppers sometimes purchase home freeze-dryer units. Not cheap, but they are AMAZING.

Dirty little secret: MRE is better than Mountain House. Triple the calories, more protein, drinks, snacks, side, dessert etc. Even matches, gum, toilet paper. I used to buy them for 5 bucks a piece, delivered. A MH freeze-dried entree was 8 bucks then. Loaded with a gram of sodium, and lots of weird salts and preservatives. MRE are pretty sketchy too, but they do not require boiling water, they can be heated in the pouch or eaten cold.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 07:00 PM (8vxoL)

133 There were posts earlier today about meds as well as a couple in this thread. One source is InhousePharmacy.vu.

It is offshore but reasonable prices and appears to be legit meds. I've had patients use meds from them without problems. I've seen posters here recommend them as well.

Posted by: Aviator at October 05, 2024 07:00 PM (HQ9Sl)

134 RI Red, will you email me please, I have a couple of addresses for you and not sure which one to use.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 07:01 PM (I1GXe)

135 126/
Wow, that is impressive Red. Thanks for sharing

Posted by: Grateful at October 05, 2024 07:01 PM (IQ6Gq)

136 consider plywood pre cut to the size of your windows, with nails or screws ready.
===

One of my projects is to cut out a hole in a sheet of plywood for the hose to my diesel heater.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 07:03 PM (rj6Yv)

137 How much electricity does a Starlink Mini require?
Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 06:58 PM (rj6Yv)

Four 12v solar panels will power it. Otherwise 100 watts 20v/5A.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 07:04 PM (W/lyH)

138 If I manage to survive the apocalypse, I would have no value to a post-apocalyptic society. I'd be a drain on their resources.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2024 07:05 PM (CHHv1)

139 Ham radio has been mentioned. Besides the hobby aspect, I'm set up to operate HF and UHF using a deep cycle battery and portable antennas, and operating QRP to extend battery life. I can also operate from the car. I really should work on my Morse code skills since that can get through when other modes can't. Even 5 or 10 WPM code speed is useful, tedious but useful.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 07:06 PM (yTvNw)

140 Four 12v solar panels will power it. Otherwise 100 watts 20v/5A.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 07:04 PM (W/lyH

Thanks. Not bad. I'd rather have it connected directly to the battery than using the inverter.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 07:07 PM (rj6Yv)

141 Thank you for all of the very valuable suggestions...I plan on reviewing the comments tomorrow and making a long list...it is amazing the knowledge base that is the Horde.

Posted by: Grateful at October 05, 2024 07:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

142 Grateful, we planned this house over two decades ago. I was way ahead of Mrs. Red as far as recognizing historical trends (she’d tell me to STFU at parties - now she is more prep than I).
I knew we had to get out of RI at some point. This place is now our sanctum sanctorum. At our ages, we aren’t bugging out anywhere. We are staying put.

Posted by: RI Red at October 05, 2024 07:08 PM (OKniM)

143 143/
Red, TRex and I are doing the same for our property in TN. Our neighbor has a pond and the creek runs between our property. But I truly appreciate your comments re propane and gas tanks. Hopefully we can chat more in TX in a couple of weeks....

Posted by: Grateful at October 05, 2024 07:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

144 Plenty of 12v Starlink adapter cables available at Amazon.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 07:11 PM (rj6Yv)

145 here were posts earlier today about meds as well as a couple in this thread. One source is InhousePharmacy.vu.
Posted by: Aviator

Thank you.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 07:11 PM (qKSAT)

146 Just a few more suggestions. Hydrocortisone, antibiotic ointment and some saline solution.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2024 07:11 PM (mH6SG)

147 BH, both of those Addies still are good. Later. Dinner.

Posted by: RI Red at October 05, 2024 07:11 PM (OKniM)

148 I try to focus on #10 cans with individual ingredients. Cooking just for myself, I tend to waste vegetables. I find dehydrated veggies are handy to have.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 07:13 PM (gfViB)

149 I can say, as a ham radio operator, that given a choice between reliable Starlink service and ham radio in a disaster, I'm taking the Starlink. Everybody and their dog has a smart phone and email, and reaching folks outside the disaster area would be my priority. Inside the disaster area is where ham radio would be most useful, imho.

Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2024 07:14 PM (NGHh4)

150 If I manage to survive the apocalypse, I would have no value to a post-apocalyptic society. I'd be a drain on their resources.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Don't jump on to the ice flow so fast!
Buy the books that people will need to restart civilization.
You can sit and be a long range trouble spotter.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 07:14 PM (qKSAT)

151 Thinking about water again - review your monthly usage on your utility bills *and* your average monthly precipitation. I was surprised to find there is a (relative) dip in the summer months here. A long-term goal for me is collecting rain from the roof; rule of thumb is 1" of rain on 1k square feet of roof is about 600 gallons of water. I'm jealous of RI Red's pond *below* the house.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 07:15 PM (FnneF)

152 A question on Canned Foods. What might be an authoritative reference as to the validity, safety and advisability of dealing with cans with expired expiration dates?

Variable: "lightly" expired, or "LONG" expired?

I know that acidic foods, such as canned tomatoes, are more doubtful than, say... pinto beans. But, what's the spread here?

Thanks in advance for the input, Horde!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 05, 2024 07:15 PM (kQgoX)

153 We keep a supply of wooden stick matches. It's hard to find the strike anywhere type but I would prefer them if available. In general, knowing how to start a fire under tough conditions could be helpful.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 07:17 PM (yTvNw)

154 Amen to the water heater as a source for potable water, assuming it is still standing.

Yes. Open the circuit and shut off the water main.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 05, 2024 07:18 PM (+H2BX)

155 Jim - if the can doesn't bulge, you're safe to indulge :-)

Ok, it's a little more complicated, but most canned foods will be edible, if not so tasty, long after the best buy date as long as the can is intact and stored in a cool, dry environment. See Steve1989's YouTube channel for a man eating 100 year old tinned beef.

Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2024 07:19 PM (NGHh4)

156 You cannot buy strike anywhere matches at a grocery store. Go across the street to a hardware store. They have them.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 05, 2024 07:19 PM (+H2BX)

157 Beer being invented 500 years ago is too recent. Try 10,000 BC in Mesopotamia. Beer may even be the reason we settled down and became farmers (you can’t hunt nor gather beer - though I suppose you can steal it - if somebody else brews it first).

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2024 07:20 PM (ZVgZ4)

158 JTB- that's such a good idea and something that people don't think about. We got some waterproof stick matches. If they're drenched they light. Also candles are a good thing to keep around.

Posted by: Megthered at October 05, 2024 07:20 PM (Mgb19)

159 Just don't eat green beans with a white fur on them.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 05, 2024 07:20 PM (+H2BX)

160 We keep a supply of wooden stick matches. It's hard to find the strike anywhere type but I would prefer them if available. In general, knowing how to start a fire under tough conditions could be helpful.
Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 07:17 PM (yTvNw)

*slaps head*
Duh! Adding these to my list.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 07:20 PM (W/lyH)

161 A question on Canned Foods. What might be an authoritative reference as to the validity, safety and advisability of dealing with cans with expired expiration dates?

Variable: "lightly" expired, or "LONG" expired?

I know that acidic foods, such as canned tomatoes, are more doubtful than, say... pinto beans. But, what's the spread here?

Thanks in advance for the input, Horde!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 05, 2024 07:15 PM

That's a questionable subject. If you go by FDA guidelines home canned foods are generally good for a year at best. I have personally eaten canned food that I made that is two years old and my grandparents routinely ate stuff they canned 5+ years before they ate it.

I am looking at home canning with retort pouches that are able to keep food safer for longer but I have not tried it yet.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2024 07:20 PM (QNSds)

162 Don't jump on to the ice flow so fast!
Buy the books that people will need to restart civilization.
You can sit and be a long range trouble spotter.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 07:14 PM (qKSAT)

+2

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 07:21 PM (rj6Yv)

163 160 Just don't eat green beans with a white fur on them.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 05, 2024 07:20 PM
***
Just to be safe, I generally avoid green beans.

Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 07:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

164 We have a wood fireplace but old fashion in nothing one wouldn't have in 1800. But we did buy a pot one could stick in it in a power outage to heat food.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 07:23 PM (fwDg9)

165 Just don't eat green beans with a white fur on them.

Especially if they wiggle.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 07:25 PM (W/lyH)

166 I think we've only had one mention of flashlights. I'll endorse that idea. We have some smaller ones around, but also have a big honking flashlight that is bright enough to signal airborne assets, blind a bear or light up invaders. If needed, it is also heavy enough for close quarters self defense purposes.

Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 07:28 PM (IQ6Gq)

167 Prepping food: Don't forget you can buy in bulk and wax cheese for long term room temp storage.
(hint: room temp in low AZ desert is NOT 'room temp' for long term storage of cheese.)

Learn to make pemmican too.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 07:28 PM (qKSAT)

168 We have a wood fireplace but old fashion in nothing one wouldn't have in 1800. But we did buy a pot one could stick in it in a power outage to heat food.
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 07:23 PM (fwDg9)

A 10-inch cast iron skillet and a cast iron Dutch Oven and you're good to go! One of those Ooni wood-fired pizza ovens might be a good investment, too.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 07:28 PM (rj6Yv)

169 I think our neighbors down the dirt road, we're all on parcels between 20 and 400 acres, half miles apart, I think they once had some chickens and also used to have bees.

They've a single child, a little girl. House is 100 yards back from the road.

They asked the town to erect one of those standard diamond caution road signs, each way, maybe 100 yards ahead of their driveway.

SLOW CHILDREN
AND LIVESTOCK
AHEAD

Font height all same, no punctuation.

Previous years, they had a pair of kids tricycles, gotten from the "free" pile down at the transfer station, perched out at the end of their driveway.

Who would dis their livestock like that?

Posted by: Mr Gaga at October 05, 2024 07:29 PM (nWmNS)

170 Make sure your batteries are good, too and you have lots of extras.

Posted by: Megthered at October 05, 2024 07:30 PM (Mgb19)

171 About strike anywhere matches, Ace Hardware has them available but won't ship them because they are now considered a 'hazardous' product. Diamond Greenlight 2 in. L Strike Anywhere Matches. I wonder which is more 'hazardous': strike anywhere matches or the lithium ion batteries that seem to keep causing fires.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 07:31 PM (yTvNw)

172 MOVE MARQUE NOOD

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 07:31 PM (fwDg9)

173 TRex, Thanks for another great hobby thread. Tons of good info on the topic.

I wonder if there is a generational factor to prepping: the older the more likely.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 07:33 PM (yTvNw)

174 I think we've only had one mention of flashlights. I'll endorse that idea. We have some smaller ones around, but also have a big honking flashlight that is bright enough to signal airborne assets, blind a bear or light up invaders. If needed, it is also heavy enough for close quarters self defense purposes.
Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 07:28 PM (IQ6Gq)

I have a stout high-grade aluminum flashlight and two rechargeable camp lanterns.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 07:33 PM (rj6Yv)

175 My 250 gallon propane tank was enough to run my Generac 12 hours a day for about a week before I got (and needed!) a refill (south Georgia countryside - some of my neighbors still haven’t got their power back). I am thinking of getting a bigger tank. How safe is, say, a 1000 gallon tank? How close can you put it to your house? Do you need to bury it?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2024 07:33 PM (ZVgZ4)

176 A great thread. Well done, TRex!

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2024 07:34 PM (rj6Yv)

177 JTB at 174, I would agree about the generational thing. And yes, thanks for the thread, TRex.

Posted by: skywch at October 05, 2024 07:34 PM (uqhmb)

178 I have a tent stove that I bought for the vardo project. I did get a stove pipe and arrester for it. Not sure how I'd use it but wanted it to be functional.

I bought a big roll of the reflixit stuff, that they use to insulate hot water heaters. I used it in my bedroom last winter. The outside walls don't have much insulation. It did help and I can reuse it. They will blow in new insulation whenever they work on the house. Bubble wrap is good stuff to keep for window insulation. Cardboard works too

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 07:34 PM (gfViB)

179 For those interested in getting a ham radio license, I can recommend this website. The cost is about the same as getting the books, it's interactive (which is fun) and they keep the questions updated so you're always getting the current test set.

If you're just going for your Technician license, the study time is about 10 hours for most people.

https://is.gd/SWRUFM

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 05, 2024 07:35 PM (PiwSw)

180 Thanks, TRex.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2024 07:36 PM (mH6SG)

181 Flashlights are essential of course, but what you really want oftentimes is a Headlamp. LED. Nod your head "yes" and buy one. They ordinarily use AAA alkaline batteries. Maybe they have USB rechargeables nowadays.

with LED low current draw they last a long time. Collapsible candle lanterns w/ those 9 hour candles are great. Coleman lanterns, stoves, heaters.

But the ability to have both your hands free with a headlamp is luxury while mucking around with something, it is really nice.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 07:36 PM (8vxoL)

182 Notso, I have thick white styrofoam in the tops of my west windows (which face the back yard.) it seems to help in heat and cold both.

Posted by: skywch at October 05, 2024 07:36 PM (uqhmb)

183 Thanks all for being here horde! I learned things. Thanks for staying on topic. Back next week for more hobbying.

Posted by: TRex at October 05, 2024 07:36 PM (IQ6Gq)

184 >>My 250 gallon propane tank was enough to run my Generac 12 hours a day for about a week before I got (and needed!) a refill (south Georgia countryside - some of my neighbors still haven’t got their power back). I am thinking of getting a bigger tank. How safe is, say, a 1000 gallon tank? How close can you put it to your house? Do you need to bury it?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Check local codes.

Posted by: Aviator at October 05, 2024 07:38 PM (HQ9Sl)

185 Can't say do much for disaster preparing
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 05:34 PM (fwDg9)

Nor I. My bugout place is my home. Flooding is not a worry here. If we had Biblical levels of rain for days on end, my basement might get wet, but there is a sump pump. Big total destruction risk is a tornado. But if that happens, and I survive it, I could walk to the nearest standing home, and probably get a lift to the hotel. I do have a generator, and keep some fuel on hand.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 07:38 PM (8opQS)

186 I have 5,000 gal of potentially potable water, a whole house generator on a 500 gal propane tank, and a rural location with a lot of intervening neighbors with plenty, plenty, of cordless hole punchers.

Alas, I'm married to someone who absolutely does not want to do any more, and has a very limited menu of breakfast cereal with milk, cheese, and Stouffer's or Zatarain's frozen entrees.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2024 07:40 PM (u82oZ)

187 Thanks all for being here horde! I learned things. Thanks for staying on topic. Back next week for more hobbying.
Posted by: TRex

Good topic, thanks TRex!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 07:42 PM (qKSAT)

188 NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I have a buried 1,000 gal propane tank. Extremely easy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2024 07:42 PM (u82oZ)

189 I had an above ground pool that was underused but kept up and running as a water reservoir. Actully used it one year when out city water went out for few days when the pipeline serving our street failed. We are very close to water plant and didn't expect outages... Our branch line had no valve so they had to shut the whole system down, ram jammed to isolate our burst main, and got everyone else back on-line. Then took their sweet time hooking my street back up.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 05, 2024 07:42 PM (/lPRQ)

190 TRex

Timely topic.

Thank you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2024 07:43 PM (u82oZ)

191 I don't want to gove my location away, but suffice to say that in a natural disaster, I'll be stuck in my house. I'm outside the FEMA's rewrite of the flood plain map, but the roads in and out have been underwater on occasion.

My biggest fear is a forest fire that jumps the state park's break. The only escape will be into the nearest river or lake.

For a must-go emergency, I have to grab the contents of a closet: a packed suitcase with general clothes, camping bag (water filter, leatherman, etc.), portable safe with essential papers and emergency cash, and sleeping bag. If time, I'll five buckets of emergency food and fill the cooler with ice.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 05, 2024 07:45 PM (1R9IM)

192 A few grams of re-sublimated Iodine crystals (pronounced I-Oh-Deen) a small glass bottle, and a bakelite cap and Bob's Yer Uncle for water disinfection.

This will last decades, as long as you keep the crystals covered with water. A super saturated solution of Iodine results, that can be used to purify raw water and render it safe for drinking. It will taste like crap.

Iodine tablets in the bottle expire after a couple years. The correct answer at promotion boards, when asked what color they should be: "Steel Gray". Betcha they aren't.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 06:24 PM (8vxoL)

I have close to a pound of it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 07:50 PM (h5SgU)

193 Music thread is up. See ya!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2024 07:50 PM (ZVgZ4)

194 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 06:41 PM (FnneF)

Excellent, thank you!

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at October 05, 2024 07:52 PM (Vvh2V)

195 Thanks for the link, TSM!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 05, 2024 07:54 PM (1R9IM)

196 Also, I asked my uncle to dig me an outhouse when we moved here. Has definitely been used during extended power outages (From ice storms, mainly.)

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at October 05, 2024 08:00 PM (Vvh2V)

197 I cannot recommend too highly the fictional book 'One Second After' by William R. Forstchen. A good story line about what might happen and how the main character would have better prepared if he could.
Another resource is the book 'Lights Out' by the journalist Ted Koppel. Discusses our fragile electric grid and how one cannot depend on it at all.
Read those two and you will have a much greater appreciation of what can fail and what you can do to be ready for what might occur.

Posted by: BrianinTn at October 05, 2024 08:03 PM (GD75n)

198 An additional thought: I strongly recommend your being able to protect the preparations you have made as well as the safety and security of your family and friends. Get a firearm (or more than one if you need), learn how to use it and stock up on ammo for it.
It is a graceless world and should the balloon go up for whatever reason, you don't want to be at the mercy of the godless folk.

Posted by: BrianinTn at October 05, 2024 08:06 PM (GD75n)

199 I'm outside of Asheville had jugs of water from city water outage a while back. Had an old transistor radio that took one 9 volt, that was only source of information. Had a couple small cree ultra fire flashlights that only need one double a battery. If you put a binder clip on the flashlight clip you can clip to the bill of your hat for easy hands free light. Had Lysol wipes. These are the things I was glad I had. After 4th day of no word of food or water arriving I regretted not having emergency food, especially no MRE or any with no cooking required. Regretted no extra fuel, no small generator

Posted by: Capn crunch at October 05, 2024 08:37 PM (U6tKJ)

200 Maps. Have paper maps.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 09:02 PM (Q4IgG)

201 199/
Praying you are in a better situation now...appreicate your real world experience feedback...

Posted by: Grateful at October 05, 2024 09:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

202 Thank you. We were in a good place to be, no bad damage or injuries. Lucky. But not prepared for long term survival

Posted by: Capn crunch at October 05, 2024 09:57 PM (U6tKJ)

203 I have largish wood burning stove in the living room and a wood burning cook stove in the dining room, with plenty of wood already cut and stacked and plenty more on my 7.5 semi-rural acres. Propane backup generator. Enough iron, but probably need more brass. Water is weak, but I am on wait list to have well dug. Probably around 30 day food supply. On purpose I am not organized on prepping; it's just lifestyle with me.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 05, 2024 09:59 PM (G5Juy)

204 And much better now, have everything but city water

Posted by: Capn crunch at October 05, 2024 10:03 PM (U6tKJ)

205 202/
Glad to hear you're in a good place. We have friends in Asheville who lost their business - total loss. And questionable if they will be allowed to rebuid. Thankful they are ok, but that's a tough pill to swallow....

Posted by: Grateful at October 05, 2024 10:03 PM (IQ6Gq)

206 And yes to headlamps, full first aid kits (several tourniquets and tampons (thanks, Tim! They are excellent for plugging bullet holes)), candles (we use them anyway for mood lighting), whiskey, silver coins, warm clothing, books, DVDs and CDs, seeds, and rock-solid faith.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 05, 2024 10:07 PM (G5Juy)

207 So sorry they lost their business

Posted by: Capn crunch at October 05, 2024 10:55 PM (U6tKJ)

208 In central Israel we have been less affected by the war until the Iranian barrage, and now warnings that Israel will probably attack Iran in the near future. In an alert, we go to a small protected room meant for four families plus the three Thai workers, and anyone else who shows up. Even for a short time it can be somewhat uncomfortable in that small space, and because the shelters are now open at all times, things like batteries and canned foods are getting nicked. Hardest part is making sure stored items (IVs, meds, food, water) are not outdated. I have my own bug out bags -- one first aid, one with a blanket, a radio, my personal meds, and a few other things to entertain the grandchildren. I also have cash put by. Hardest thing is getting the kids (aged 14 and 10) to bring their own bug-out bags and extra water.
I am not impressed with my solar-powered radio, although it can also be wound up.
No matter how much I try to be prepared, I never feel like it will be enough, but that is mostly because we have no idea just what may come down the tubes.

Posted by: Alifa Saadya at October 06, 2024 06:57 AM (8j0oW)

209 For those who feel inclined to prep for long-term survival and are interested in basic survival food (not the pre-packaged expensive stuff, but basics like wheat, several types of beans, rice, powdered milk, pasta, and even onions and freeze-dried strawberries), pre-packaged in #10 cans with oxygen absorbers for 25-30 year shelf life, you cannot beat the on-site store of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Go to providentliving.com, scroll to Buy Food Storage, then click on Find a Store Near You. The prices are unbeatable, and any size order ships to you for $3.00. You don’t have to be a member of the LDS Church to order, and prices are the same for all.

Posted by: Rulon Beesley at October 06, 2024 08:06 AM (dGp/P)

210 Error: the site for LDS food is providentliving.org, not providentliving.com! Sorry

Posted by: Rulon Beesley at October 06, 2024 08:08 AM (dGp/P)

211 One more comment that has been on my mind, I believe a handgun is vital to avoiding serious injury in a rural area when you might not be able to get to hospital. Scaring away bears and stray dogs when you have to go out to get water or taking your own pet outside. Also constant awareness to avoid injury. Lots of copperheads were out displaced by the flooding

Posted by: Capn crunch at October 06, 2024 09:09 AM (U6tKJ)

212 My father in law told me to always have an "Important Papers" file. Contains copies of car titles, birth cert, drivers license, medical cards, list of meds, etc. Keep in a waterproof bag that you can grab in 10 seconds.

Posted by: Lia953 at October 06, 2024 09:33 AM (2ZTG1)

213 So much of what you can/should do for both emergency prep and longer term "everything going hell" is budget dependent, storage space dependent and location dependent. I read a good book "Prepper's Long-term Survival Guide" to help me navigate what should be critical if things really go bad, when there is limited to no food production, energy production and availability, in-house water access, and so on, when you have to survive or endure months. As several people have noted, water access is probably the one area most people forget, and where storage and location will be determinant on getting through the first days-3 months. You can feel better by having the right filters for sufficient daily drinking volume for family/pets, containers to haul water if you are at all close to source, and if you aren't close to a source, then give consideration to how much water you can easily store. Water is heavy, so have a way to haul water that you can handle physically. Best advice I have seen is to start with 3 days, and as budget and storage allow, expand to 3 weeks, then 3 months. Beyond 3 months of prep stash, the consensus is to be that new ways of living are probably in your future.

Posted by: Lisan at October 06, 2024 11:23 AM (v3Quv)

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, October 5

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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Cats being models

�you look easy to draw� pic.twitter.com/ypQI5N1UQN
— Why you should have a cat (@ShouldHaveCat) October 5, 2024

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Dogs at work. These videos always amaze me.

Sheepdogs herding sheep

📹Rural Riley
pic.twitter.com/R7ST1APMM4
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) September 30, 2024

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Thank you for your service! pic.twitter.com/bFElh9nfoH
— Military Support (@MilitaryCooI) September 21, 2024

Courtesy Hrothgar

That's remarkable!

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Response from last week's post on inmates raising cats in prison:

AoS Lurker "RS" here. As always, many thanks for the weekend specialty threads. Always a treat.

I thought you might like to know that Missouri has a program for inmates to train dogs for subsequent adoption.

I have a buddy who adopted a dog from the program. Great dog and great program for both the inmates and animals.

Thanks again and keep up the good work.

Great to know about this!

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National Chicken Month has just ended. But in some places, Chicken Love is still in the air. The signs are not always obvious . . .

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Meet The PetMorons

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This is our cockerel, General. He is molting this fall in an interesting way. I can almost here him say, how YOU doin'.
Those "eyebrows" kill me.
He's a three year old Jersey Giant. Unfortunately, he is a coward and not doing his job of protecting or increasing the flock. So...it's freezer camp for him next year.
I post as "Question Authority Bumper Sticker" and before that as "Flyover." QABS was a sock I forgot to take off, so just left it. [shrug]

General looks like he could be brave. Guess you can't always tell from appearances.

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My beautiful friend Riley who crossed over the Rainbow Bridge on September 21st, just a few weeks shy of 15 years. Smartest dog I ever knew; his 'pup', a Westie named Haggis, and I are broken hearted.
Martha

So sorry that you and Haggis have lost Riley. He sounds like a wonderful dog. That is a great photo.

The photo below was featured on the Pet Thread at some point. It's Riley with his two "biting lambs", brothers Haggis (L) and Comet (R).

Found it - 10/3/2020:

Hi Mis Hum!
Riley (the Border Collie in the foreground) has been featured before on the Pet Thread with his Westie, Haggis (background, left. plotting mischief). To the right of Haggis is his brother/litter mate, Comet, who came to live with us almost a year ago. Comet's first family could not keep him and, much to Riley's horror and chagrin, we said 'of course we'll take him!'. Riley and his "biting lambs" spend hours cavorting in the yard and entertaining one and all.

What nice memories! Give some extra snuggles to Haggis for us.

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KT,
Thank you so much for the pet thread. Enclosed please find a picture of our new roommate: Jax, on the right.
Jill, the sedate lady on the left, and I recently welcomed Jax, our black Lab (All Labs Matter!) rescue. She’s been seen on the Pet Thread before, most recently as she was preparing for hunting season by watching an Outdoor TV video on pheasants. He’s the new addition. Has been added to our pack with only an occasional snarl. Jill: “Hello … no, I don’t come here often. No, I don’t care what your sign is. No I don’t want to dance. Yes, I have noticed that you have a penis … snarl.”
Our problem has been “fixed,” so to speak and he’s much more pleasant company for my bucket-list Lab, Jill.
My girl has had, since birth, about four or five white hairs on her muzzle. I know it’s stupid, but I want to take a magic marker and black them out so she won’t get older.
Onward, clc

Awww, Jax and Jill look great together. And you are obviously in love.

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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

From By-Tor:

The squirrels here at UCLA are fat and fearless.

Dogs playing at UCLA

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Nice photos and stories today. Thank you for sharing your pets with us.

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

petmorons at protonmail dot com
Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, September 28. Some special PetMoron stories and photos there.

I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

NOTE: The lovely blond dogs in the back seat of the car are doodles. Photo sent in by a lurker.

Posted by: K.T. at 03:17 PM

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1
Great Pet Morons.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 03:23 PM (Xxha1)

2 Cucked by a cluck

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 05, 2024 03:23 PM (FxINA)

3 Riley!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 05, 2024 03:24 PM (sZ+hC)

4
Best of Breed for Miss Ruthie at today's Greater Humble Area KC show. Her Majesty called it, too. Said the judge would like her a lot, and the judge did.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 03:26 PM (Xxha1)

5 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 05, 2024 03:26 PM (2UnvF)

6 Happy Caturday and Pup-Kin month everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 03:27 PM (fwDg9)

7 4
Best of Breed for Miss Ruthie at today's Greater Humble Area KC show. Her Majesty called it, too. Said the judge would like her a lot, and the judge did.

Congratulations!

Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 03:28 PM (xekrU)

8 Dese nutz on squirrel.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 03:29 PM (o2ZRX)

9 We have seen many sheep dog videos on the Cafe, they are amazing to watch how they work.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 03:29 PM (fwDg9)

10 psittacine phlebotomist living up to his name.
Scratch my back with a cane, did he interpret as a threat? Bit my finger! Last night, pushing dried mango pieces into his Fenix food cup got territorial? Bit me again!
Beware of attack parrot!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 05, 2024 03:30 PM (sZ+hC)

11 "The squirrels here at UCLA are fat and fearless."

Snort. I taught at UT Austin for many years and I noticed that our squirrels didn't scamper. They waddled. Too many compliant coeds feeding them.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at October 05, 2024 03:30 PM (FEVMW)

12 Thanks for the reference K. T. I should have mentioned in my email, the Missouri inmates keep a complete journal about the dogs for their adoptive parents. My buddy's dog is an absolute sweetheart (Aren't all dogs?)

Really great program.

Keep the good work!

Posted by: RS at October 05, 2024 03:30 PM (E7m29)

13 Best of Breed for Miss Ruthie at today's Greater Humble Area KC show. Her Majesty called it, too. Said the judge would like her a lot, and the judge did.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 03:26 PM (Xxha1)

I can hear Ruthie singing now:

"Oh Lord, it's hard to be Humble, when you're perfect in every way."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 03:33 PM (gXbsA)

14 The squirrels here at UCLA are fat and fearless.

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Looking at that photo, I'd say we know why.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 05, 2024 03:34 PM (2UnvF)

15 So it's been a rough week at the home for the pets. Kroger had to go in for booster shots and the same time his sister Winnie needed stitches for a puncture wound on the webbing of her foot (That we suspect as being caused by Kroger).

Kroger is fine, Winnie is on leash restriction which means she is unable to fulfill her duties of giving cardio workouts to the local squirrel population.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2024 03:42 PM (lXCUP)

16 I love the pets. The rooster is so cute.

So. Our friends have the cats. Great news! They are finding homes for all the kittens and getting the females fixed. I'm thrilled about this. I've taken care of an insane number of cats and kittens.

They'll be going on an extended vacation in the New Year. The 2 original cats will be taken care of by someone else and I'll take care of Snowflake and Trumpy whom I love. I love the original 2 cats too but they are truly outdoor cats. I was taking care of them when they made the jailbreak, clawed through the window screens and left for the outdoor life.

I mentioned Trumpy before. He really hurt his back leg and I brought him for 40 hours until they came back. Him and Snowflake have been coming over. I bought them Advantage 2
for flea control. Dude comes over every night when the sun goes down and is getting very used to indoor life before leaving around 4am. My sleep schedule is all messed up.

Posted by: Stateless at October 05, 2024 03:45 PM (jvJvP)

17 Thanks for the Pet Thread, KT.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 05, 2024 03:50 PM (hoCmQ)

18 Lovely thread as usual. (((HUGS))) to Riley's owner.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 05, 2024 04:03 PM (UKUm3)

19 Best of Breed for Miss Ruthie at today's Greater Humble Area KC show. Her Majesty called it, too. Said the judge would like her a lot, and the judge did.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 03:26 PM (Xxha1)

I can hear Ruthie singing now:

"Oh Lord, it's hard to be Humble, when you're perfect in every way."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The other dogs were singing "Born to be Blue"?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2024 04:08 PM (VNX3d)

20 Afternoon, Pet Folken! The pic with Riley -- yeah, that's one thing you really can't do with cats: take them places, including the great outdoors. The late Marie-Antoinette, smart black cat extraordinaire, loved to walk on a lead, and we always meant to take her to on outings to Petco or Petsmart. We did one Christmas season, and had her pic taken with Santa. The dogs there upset her a little, but not much.

The star of the first of the "Dogs playing at UCLA" pictures looks the way a wolf ought to look, shaggy with a plumy tail.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 04:15 PM (omVj0)

21 So, being a dog person, I may have cat questions over the next while.

First one. Our dog and the 2 cats Trumpy and Snowflake all have flea protection but the vet found flea poop on the dog. Trumpy was here 40 hours when he was injured. Maybe it was from then.

The Advantage 2 is supposed to really kick in after the second dose. For the first dose, fleas die within 24 hours. After the next dose, fleas are repelled. I'm wondering why the dog's protection didn't repel his but I'm moving forward.

I'm pretty freaked out about this. We've had a year of house renovations, most carpetting is replaced by hardwood floors, I'm slowly reclaiming the house room by room wiping and washing everything. Like a crazy person. The super deep cleaning will take another month or so which will give the medication time to kick in.

I'm washing all the bedding today and vacuuming the remaining rugs and vaccuming furniture. I'm still freaked out though. The vet said they had several pets this week with fleas but still. I was hapoy to learn fleas don't like humans.

Still.

Trumpy is adorable. I've never seen anything on him and he comes in and stays for about 8 hours a night mostly in my room.

Any advic

Posted by: Stateless at October 05, 2024 04:18 PM (jvJvP)

22 shaggy with a plumy tail.

Used to date her!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 05, 2024 04:19 PM (sZ+hC)

23 I'm cramped here on my couch. Dagny the little Siberian has curled up in the space just to my right. Rather than disturb her (it's rare that she does this), I'm bumping my left elbow against the couch arm as I type. Big black Stirling, as usual, was sleeping with me just now.

Miss Linda keeps telling Stirling, "October! This is Your Month." Ha. Cats know *every* month is their month.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 04:19 PM (omVj0)

24 Best of Breed for Miss Ruthie at today's Greater Humble Area KC show. Her Majesty called it, too. Said the judge would like her a lot, and the judge did.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 03:26 PM (Xxha1)
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And to her handler as well...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 04:20 PM (zG664)

25 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 04:15 PM

I think part of the shag is from playing in the fountain.

Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 04:21 PM (xekrU)

26 RS at October 05, 2024 03:30 PM

Thanks for sending in the information.

Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 04:24 PM (xekrU)

27 Stateless, have you considered a flea bomb? Get the animals out for at last four hours. Turn off the air. Cover anything you don't want stained, and the animals' food and water bowls. Set off one bomb in each room -- the can will have directions about how many square feet a can covers. Leave for, I think the can says two hours. Come back in, open the windows, turn on the A/C, and let the place air for an hour. Wipe down food prep surfaces and vacuum, then welcome the beasts back. This will at least get the fleas not on the animals.

The clouds of poison not only kill the fleas, but other insects too. Since I've taken to doing this every spring, I haven't seen a roach to speak of -- and they used to be bad here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 04:26 PM (omVj0)

28 Vance is on at Rally in Butler

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 04:26 PM (fwDg9)

29
I think part of the shag is from playing in the fountain.
Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024

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He doesn't look like a short-haired dog by any means.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 04:27 PM (omVj0)

30 The squirrels here at UCLA are fat and fearless.

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Looking at that photo, I'd say we know why.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 05, 2024 03:34 PM (2UnvF)
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It reminds me of a famous picture from fark.com...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2024 04:27 PM (BpYfr)

31 >>>This will at least get the fleas not on the animals.
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And the residual on the carpet or wherever will kill any fleas that jump off the animal.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 04:29 PM (+JNKR)

32 Stateless, another good option is diatomaceous earth that you can get at gardening stores. Basically, sprinkle on the floor, let it set for a few days and vacuum. It cuts the fleas and their eggs open.

Between that and a flea bomb like Wolfus mentioned, you should get good results.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2024 04:30 PM (lXCUP)

33 Stateless, another good option is diatomaceous earth that you can get at gardening stores. Basically, sprinkle on the floor, let it set for a few days and vacuum. It cuts the fleas and their eggs open.

Between that and a flea bomb like Wolfus mentioned, you should get good results.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2024

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Yes, I've heard of that too. They sell it at the gardening section at Home Depot or Lowe's. Didn't used to be expensive. It's harmless, I believe, to the dogs and cats.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 04:33 PM (omVj0)

34 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 04:2

That's an interesting idea. Thanks!

I may actually consider that after deep cleaning the place. My room is still a disaster area with all the renovations. This moves my room to the top of the list.

I think I may do that as an extra precaution after they've had their second dose.

I've bookmarked this thread for all the advice.

Posted by: Stateless at October 05, 2024 04:35 PM (jvJvP)

35 Of course, if you have a lot of rooms in your house, the placement of the bombs may be a challenge. You want to get out of the house before you inhale anything, naturally.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 04:35 PM (omVj0)

36 Puppies for Parole - such a great idea.
I have just donated despite being from the UK.
I wish we had something like this!

Posted by: Clovis Sangrail at October 05, 2024 04:53 PM (66Cye)

37 Greetings from across the pond, Clovis!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 05, 2024 04:58 PM (2UnvF)

38 Got here late. Some great pictures of our kitties.

Ciampino's Rescue Kitties

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There's another more extensive photo update #273 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.

https://is.gd/WQ5JcT OR http://tinyurl.com/4pak97f6

Posted by: Ciampino - DDT kills fleas at October 05, 2024 05:02 PM (qfLjt)

39 Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2024 04:30 PM (lXCUP)

Okay. That's cool too. Thank you.

Cleaning up after all the renovations and the timing of the cats just makes this weird. On the plus side there are so few rugs and carpets now.

Trumpy and Snowflake are beautiful cats and since I'll be having them in the New Year I want them to get used to the house. I'm in Canada so it's not really like I can train them in January. Until the second dose at the end of the month I'll just do my best and then bomb the place in November and take the dog for a wash.

On the plus side, this gives me a hobby through the next month of insanity.

You know I'm a dog person. I'm feeding the cats. This morning I went across the street and Snowflake, Twilight and Starry all ran up to me in the driveway. That's still funny to be swarmed by loving cats...

Posted by: Stateless at October 05, 2024 05:07 PM (jvJvP)

40 General is the Russell Brand of dirtbag roosters. Strutting and crowing, crowing and strutting.

We'll value his worth when he places his neck on the chopping block.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 05, 2024 05:09 PM (3xoky)

41 Hadrian
Congrats to Miss Ruthie!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2024 05:10 PM (gDlxJ)

42 Glad I could help. My own experience with diatomaceous earth is with my first cat when I was living in Southern CA. He had fleas so bad that he couldn't walk more than three steps before having to scratch and chew. A couple of days after dumping that stuff into the carpet and he was a lot better.

OK, part of that was also mom vacuuming him. He was pissed off but he tolerated it.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2024 05:19 PM (lXCUP)

43 >>>The squirrels here at UCLA are fat and fearless.

>When you got big balls, Deeez Nuuuts!

youtube.com/watch?v=BLYHrElY5Bs

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 05, 2024 05:27 PM (3xoky)

44 That picture of Riley with the mountains in the background is fabulous. Is that a view from your home Martha? Here from (almost) pancake flat Southern Illinois there is much jealousy

Obviously a great dog. Hope he didn't suffer much at the end.

Posted by: Ciampino - DDT kills fleas dead at October 05, 2024 05:28 PM (qfLjt)

45 10 day life cycle on fleas. If you've vacuumed, you'll probably be fine.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 05:30 PM (gfViB)

46 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 05:31 PM (fwDg9)

47 Aw, that first photo of Riley is so so gorgeous. I’m sorry for your loss, that has to be a big heart-hole, right there.

Posted by: Best Thief in Lankhmar at October 05, 2024 05:39 PM (64rer)

48 21
I was happy to learn fleas don't like humans.

Hah! you're joking of course. They love my younger daughter to distraction. They don't seem to like me in my old age though they did enjoy biting me in my 20s, but that was Africa.

Posted by: Ciampino - DDT kills fleas deader at October 05, 2024 05:40 PM (qfLjt)

49 44 no, just up the road in the Sierras. Lots of great hiking up there

Posted by: the Butcher at October 05, 2024 06:26 PM (W1LLg)

50 Local 9 hole golf course we like to play had an enormous ginger tom (fixed, fortunately) called Juice-short for OJ.

He would come and go from the pro shop from his time as a tiny kitten until recently. When we walked in today, his bed was gone. A small memorial was in its place.

He made it to about 8 or 9. They think he had a run-in with a rattlesnake. He was found curled up under a tree.

RIP, Juice. He was a great cat.

Posted by: ChupaMe at October 05, 2024 11:52 PM (XcHwP)

Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Oct. 5

Hi! Is everybody okay after the storms? Fire danger gone where you are? I still worry. We are still having hot days here, but cool nights. It makes a difference when there is some cool time in the morning.

Aren't you impressed by the window box above?

My window boxes in Manitoba, Canada. Still blooming in late September in spite of a cold Zone 3 winter coming.
Conservative Hippy

The look great! Hope they last a while longer. And look at the one below:

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Big beautiful fremont beans. Almost jewel like. Huge bushes with maroon flowers that attract humming birds throughout the season. They don't start producing pods until early august. Taste creamy.
S.Lynn
Idaho

They are almost certainly in the same family as Scarlet Runner Beans. There is considerable lore attached to beans with this name, but I don't know how reliable it is. The pods are so fat! Wonder if they're edible when small? Don't eat the pods or beans raw.

The late maturation is typical of scarlet runners and their relatives. Flowers open in warm summer weather, but pods don't set until the weather cools off. They would be a good choice in the San Francisco Bay area. Some varieties are a little more heat-tolerant than others, and there are a few hybrids between common beans and runner beans.

These beans are lovely. And apparently quite rare, so you have to save seed. Or save roots sort of like they were dahlias. I don't think the latter method is particularly reliable for most people. I tried it once with scarlet runners and didn't have much luck.

From last week's thread:

NaughtyPine here. This is the acorn squash that mixed with a black beauty zucchini.
I saved seeds from local (Michigan) golden acorn squash, which is a green acorn or kabocha hybrid. But I found something about a hybrid "golden acorn" that's a mix of buttercup and butternut squashes.
The shape of this is certainly like a butternut.
However, another one is growing and it's definitely rounding like an acorn squash, except yellow instead of green.
I must say it's exciting to have something growing this late.

If you want to save seed, you need to remove male blossoms of all the other nearby squash varieties of the same species before you pollinate the female blossom you hope will yield fruit and then seed you will save.

And seed from hybrids will almost always turn out different from the parent.

Time to review an old 2016 thread which summarizes lots of types of squash which are from the same species, including both acorn squash and zucchini, but many more. Absolutely amazing.

Under the blurb on Spaghetti Squashes in the old thread:

All the squashes above are from the species Cucurbita pepo, like zucchinis, most other summer squashes and some pumpkins. Now you know why squashes from volunteer seeds sometimes turn out so weird.

Here's the favored open-pollinated yellow acorn squash of organic squash growers:

Gill's Golden Acorn

There is also a hybrid yellow acorn that's used as summer squash. Look around. Don't save seed from it.

Thinking about next year's orders?

Ah, Nature

This is delightful:

Bird of the genus Remiz, making its home

pic.twitter.com/nrmSfY8Hct
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) October 5, 2024

This may not be as delightful. Anybody know what it is?

NorCal Sierra Foothills Lurker here.
We have these beetles every year but this year is way more than usual (!!) We live in the woods so see all kinds of nature stuff. Don’t know if these harm anything or what. Or why so many this year.

Art

Adventure

Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, Zane Frey:

Gardens of The Horde

Golden Barrel Cactus
(Echinocactus grusonii)
In bloom on top of our hill, here in Los Feliz (neighborhood of LA near Griffith Park.)
Lurker Extraordinaire

Magnificent!

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, the address is:

ktinthegarden at g mail dot com

Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Sept 28

Any thoughts or questions?

I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 01:29 PM

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1 Good afternoon Greenthumbs

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 01:30 PM (fwDg9)

2 Had one of tomatoes on a turkey Sammy and decided they while very good where very few so far.
Cucumbers did well, still getting chili and Anaheim peppers.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 01:32 PM (fwDg9)

3 Those pink Fremont beans are beautiful. Do they cook up nice?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 05, 2024 01:34 PM (kpS4V)

4 Good morning KT, thanks for the GT!

Doing wind broken limb trimming here, a number of the trees didn't enjoy a strong wind from the SSE (not the usual direction for strong winds).

Puttering: I've been collecting horse shoes for welding practice. Betterhalf looked at them and decided she needed some over the front door decor. I got some tig welding practice and she likes them. Win!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 01:37 PM (qeYBT)

5 Had a good size sweet pepper but very green the other day and something stole it. Plant is caged too.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 01:38 PM (fwDg9)

6 Re: mystery beetle appears to be a bordered plant bug: https://shorturl.at/h8ZN7

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 05, 2024 01:40 PM (3bS+W)

7 Forecast 107° today, 108° tomorrow.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 05, 2024 01:41 PM (sZ+hC)

8 Freemont beans look like soybeans to me, except the color. Very pretty!

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 01:42 PM (o2ZRX)

9 And cleaned out compost bin and moved it to a plastic sheet to be covered with more plastic for 2 years before using. Leaves are starting to fall here already.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 01:44 PM (fwDg9)

10 We get leaf-footed plant bugs on our pomegranates, but I have never heard of a bordered plant bug.

Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 01:53 PM (xekrU)

11 I harvested nothing from our garden this year. Everything died, or never produced.

I tried to use companion plants to keep the pests away, and it worked. None of the pests from last year showed up. Planted flowers to attract bees. Nothing. Have had produce before, but might not even try next year. Looks like our survival is counting on President Trump to put things back to normal.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 01:54 PM (0eaVi)

12 the last couple of years I planted Cranberry beans (romana) as a ground cover, I got them from a grocery store. I put them in after I dig my potatoes so they smother out the red root pigweed (amaranth sp.)
I never get shell beans, but the pods are a good late fall green bean.
The ripe beans in the package look like those pink beans up top, they are very pretty

Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2024 01:56 PM (D7oie)

13 Ahhh, mystery solved, told wife about pepper and she took it, forgot to tell me. Better than squirrel or rabbit getting it.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 01:57 PM (fwDg9)

14 If you want to save squash seed without too much work, only plant one variety of each species in your garden.

You can also cover and hand-pollinate female blossoms you intend to save, and tie a string around the stem.

Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 01:57 PM (xekrU)

15 Those Fremont beans are also fun because they attract hummingbirds in summer.

Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 01:59 PM (xekrU)

16 Update: it's turning into a butternut-type of squash, but with huge ends like a cartoon dogbone. The acorn-ahaped one is beginning to elongate into a teardrop. I harvested another zucchini and maybe another one will be reasy to harvest before critters eat it.

Considering I paid nothing for the mystery seeds, I consider it a win. My family eats all the squashes.

Maybe I can find someone who sells Hubbard squash seeds for next year.

Talking about gardening at work has been fun. My co-workers have given me tomatoes, yellow squash, and bell peppers. I found out who enjoys rhubarb, which is my bountiful crop.

Speaking of which, I need to break up the rhubarb roots but hornets have taken up residence in the ground around it. Any thought transplanting them on a warm day after the frost? Is that too late?

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 05, 2024 02:01 PM (mtG+O)

17 That insect reminds me a boxelder bugs, which are plentiful here despite no box elders in the immediate vicinity. Currently, the southwest side of the house has a collection of ladybugs, box elder bugs, and flies with rounded wings.

The orb weavers and jumping spiders nowhere to be seen.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 05, 2024 02:07 PM (mtG+O)

18 The photos just popped up (slow data today). Wow! that canyon is gorgeous.

Conservative Hippie, your boxes are beautiful. I'n glad you can enjoy them longer.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 05, 2024 02:12 PM (mtG+O)

19 3) All Hail....the beans cook up and taste like pintos.

Posted by: shari hastings at October 05, 2024 02:13 PM (weHhT)

20 NaughtyPine at October 05, 2024 02:01 PM

Check out some regional catalogs for Hubbard squashes. I think they're C. maxima, so you should be able to save non-hybrid seeds if you only grow one kind from that species. Even if you grow zucchini or acorn squash.

Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 02:13 PM (xekrU)

21 I have hot poop all over me.

Posted by: Vissa at October 05, 2024 02:21 PM (bAAMA)

22 Whatsit = box elder bug.

We get plenty of them, and have no box elder trees. They also seem to like maples.

Posted by: Pat*'s Hubbie at October 05, 2024 02:23 PM (3jH9H)

23 Clean up on aisle twenty one.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 05, 2024 02:26 PM (sZ+hC)

24 Downstairs clean-up too

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 02:33 PM (fwDg9)

25 My beautiful 7+ ft okra was flattened by 70+ mph winds. I'll send a pic when I can.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 05, 2024 02:33 PM (w6EFb)

26 I saved this to show you. It's a Queen of the Night plant that only blooms once a year. Goes to X
https://tinyurl.com/466hcwp9

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 02:35 PM (gfViB)

27 >>> 25 My beautiful 7+ ft okra was flattened by 70+ mph winds. I'll send a pic when I can.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 05, 2024 02:33 PM (w6EFb)

Even though I am an okra-hater, that sucks. I'm sure a lot of work went into that along with the rest of the garden.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 02:36 PM (FnneF)

28 Biden to Netanyahu: Don't, Don't, Don't Attack Iran !!!

Netanyahu to Biden: Kharg island is the answer... Now what was the question again Joey Oatmeal Brains

Posted by: Franklin Stein at October 05, 2024 02:42 PM (Mig/N)

29 The late maturation is typical of scarlet runners and their relatives. Flowers open in warm summer weather, but pods don't set until the weather cools off. They would be a good choice in the San Francisco Bay area. Some varieties are a little more heat-tolerant than others, and there are a few hybrids between common beans and runner beans.
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I've planted runner beans all over my garden, the flowers are beautiful and attract hummingbirds.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 02:49 PM (zG664)

30 I planted scarlet runners last year-- the seed packet had only FOUR beans in it!

3 sprouted, and then something ate the plants.

I will try again, but need a better source for seeds. $2 for 4 seeds? Ridiculous.

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2024 02:53 PM (njWTi)

31 JQ I have to protect the seedlings because some insect finds them tasty. I find a bottle top works well.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 02:58 PM (zG664)

32 Thanks, SF! Great idea!

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2024 03:00 PM (njWTi)

33 Hot girls are waiting for you on

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The lengths Ackbar will go to get us to click on his links.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 05, 2024 03:06 PM (2UnvF)

34 From Boise area: Highs 66-88 F, lows 43-52. Still harvesting tomatoes, zucchini. Did harvest my 4 little pie pumpkins, for a total crop of 5. Last potato harvest was 16.5 pounds. Harvested the last 4 bags today - not weighed yet. Found a burrowing-critter nest in one of them, and lost probably more than 2 pounds to nibbling - plus they chewed holes in 2 of the bags. Still a few red raspberries and strawberries, but they no longer have the sweetness they do in high summer.

Cut down all the best catnip to give to a friend.

Might have had our first frost last night, due to a cold front wind in the evening - my sweet potatoes have a withered leaf or two, which means they need to be harvested this week.

Praying for everyone suffering from Hurricane Helene...

Posted by: Pat* at October 05, 2024 03:10 PM (3jH9H)

35 Beautiful photos as always That 'Octobre' illustration is wonderful. Thanks.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 03:17 PM (yTvNw)

36 It's hard to believe the new seed catalogs will be arriving in 2 or 3 months. How the heck did it get to be October so soon?

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 03:18 PM (yTvNw)

37 Can't say nature doesn't have a sense of humor. After storms, too little rain and too much rain and cloud, our cherry tomato plant is loaded with green tomatoes and we get a few to pick every couple of days. Had a few with a salad the other day.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 03:21 PM (yTvNw)

38 Maybe another batch of chili tomorrow, as said the chili peppers are going overtime. Wish they were not so hot, last years could pit all I wanted in a batch, These are Super Chili and 11 tiny peppers are all I can handle.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 03:23 PM (fwDg9)

39 KT,
Any idea where that French illustration came from? I assume there is one for each month. It would be fun to look at all of them.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2024 03:23 PM (yTvNw)

40 OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 01:54 PM

What did you plant?

Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 03:26 PM (xekrU)

41 JTB at October 05, 2024 03:23 PM

A French artist posts them sometimes on social media, but I don't think she's the artist. I'll see if she posts November next month.

Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 04:19 PM (xekrU)

42 Check out some regional catalogs for Hubbard squashes. I think they're C. maxima, so you should be able to save non-hybrid seeds if you only grow one kind from that species. Even if you grow zucchini or acorn squash.
Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 02:13 PM

Thanks for the recommendation. I definitely will look!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 05, 2024 04:23 PM (1R9IM)

43 Pat* that is annoying- the eating of your food after you harvested it. I hope you enjoy the pumpkins!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 05, 2024 04:24 PM (1R9IM)

What would Eric Hoffer, The Longshoreman Philosopher, be thinking about now?

Eric Hoffer, an enigmatic man

We did not need a longshoremen's strike to go with Helene

There have been a lot of stories of outrageous behaviour involving government ineptitude and even seeming hostility toward victims during Hurricane Helene and recovery efforts, including even preventing private citizens from helping with relief. And in the middle of this, we had a longshoremen's strike!

Coincidentally, I read a quote from Eric Hoffer, the Longshoreman Philosopher, from a social media friend, and I wondered what Hoffer might be thinking about recent developments both with the longshoremen (he thought a lot about societal change) and about the response to the hurricane.

There have been many ruinous governmental actions in response to Helene, but we may be about at this point now:

I am once again screaming that the govt is actually a full employment program for theatre kids with otherwise useless liberal arts degrees.

They latch onto useful sounding programs and demand to be paid off before anything can happen.
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) October 5, 2024

So, here's the old quote from Eric Hoffer which my social media friend has been thinking about. Was Hoffer right decades ago?

Just one of a multitude of trends going on throughout the liberal (positive sense), west I've been trying to wrap my mind around.
Nothing is so unsettling to a social order as the presence of a mass of scribes without suitable employment and an acknowledged status…The explosive component in the contemporary scene is not the clamor of the masses but the self-righteous claims of a multitude of graduates from schools and universities. This army of scribes is clamoring for a society in which planning, regulation, and supervision are paramount and the prerogative of the educated.

They hanker for the scribe’s golden age, for a return to something like the scribe-dominated societies of ancient Egypt, China, and the Europe of the Middle Ages. There is little doubt that the present trend in the new and renovated countries toward social regimentation stems partly from the need to create adequate employment for a large number of scribes." - Eric Hoffer, The Ordeal of Change

Published 2006 (essays on the duality and essentiality of change in man throughout history. (Restored to print by noted author Christopher Klim.)

What happens when the scribes can't read books anymore?

In 1967, government left a small footprint on the lives of individuals. In an interview from that year by CBS’s Eric Sevareid, longshoreman philosopher Eric Hoffer praises how America is country for the common man and warned about the corruptibility of the all-knowing intellectuals who seek to become puppet-masters.

Some of the worst tyrannies of our day genuinely are "vowed" to the service of mankind, yet can function only by pitting neighbor against neighbor. The all-seeing eye of a totalitarian regime is usually the watchful eye of the next-door neighbor.
Eric Hoffer

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The Longshoremen's Strike

The Longshoremen's strike promised to be a big headache for hurricane recovery and for the Biden/Harris Administration. The strike was put on hold for 3 months yesterday, but cargo is still stacked up. Ron DeSantis promised to keep Florida ports open using the national guard.

Ace has serious questions about the agreement to delay the strike. But don't comment on yesterday's thread.

Ed Morrissey:

Well, my my my. How coincidental is this date? In one fell swoop, Joe Biden and his team not only pushed USMX into increasing the costs of dock labor to end this strike before the election, they also kicked the can down the road long enough to make it a problem for the next president.
This kind of cuts in both directions, too. Obviously, Biden and Kamala Harris needed to deliver for union members while not impacting consumers with shortages and higher prices in the days before an election. But now Biden can wash his hands of the automation issue, and so can Harris if she loses the election. The suspension leaves a stinky turd for Donald Trump if he wins just as he's about to take office, assuming that ILA and USMX can't settle on automation restrictions. And the rapid increase in labor costs built into the wage agreement over the next six years will incentivize USMX to expand automation as much as possible, so don't expect this to get settled without another strike during Inauguration Week.

GayFamilyValues gives the credit to Mayor Pete for negotiating the delay with a conditional 62% pay raise and some sort of agreement to reject automation.

The truckers were not impressed with the strike.

The Daily Caller suggests that we look at foreign shipping companies, too.

Things seem more complex than they were when Eric Hoffer was writing.

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Music and Dance

Perhaps

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

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Last week's thread, September 28, Why is communism rising again?

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

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56 I haven't read it, but I want to plug KT's recommendation in the thread yesterday, of Sean McMeekin's The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 29, 2024 09:18 AM
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I recommend reading it in tandem with Hillaire Belloc's The Great Heresies, which I believe is the right way to view Marxism. Certainly the contemporary Christian leaders saw it in that light.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2024 09:44 AM

Belloc's book, from 1938, is from a Roman Catholic perspective.

Interesting customer review.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:09 AM

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1 Good morning KT

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 11:15 AM (fwDg9)

2 Hi, Skip!

Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 11:16 AM (xekrU)

3 The army of scribes - worse than locusts.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2024 11:17 AM (S6gqv)

4 Good news, everyone!

Secretary Antony Blinken
@SecBlinken
The U.S. is at the forefront of humanitarian response to the growing crisis in Lebanon, announcing nearly $157 million in assistance today. We are committed to supporting those in need and delivering essential aid to displaced civilians, refugees and the communities hosting them.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 11:18 AM (L/fGl)

5 Ever think of Tim Walz as someone who produced his own army of scribes as a teacher? And with that ultra-leftist ethnic studies course designer . . . .

Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 11:19 AM (xekrU)

6 Blinken is one of those useless scribes who wants to rule…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2024 11:19 AM (ZiaCc)

7 Common man today is derided as white supremacist, conspiracy theory believing anti science troglodyte.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 05, 2024 11:19 AM (0FHbm)

8 Perhaps, perhaps

Wow. That looks illegal in many jurisdictions.

Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 11:20 AM (3fFru)

9 $150M for Lebanon.
$750 for North Carolina residents

Nice.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 05, 2024 11:21 AM (0FHbm)

10 So... Oilfield Rando is not going to complain when it's later discovered $140 million disappeared to fraudulent Helene claims, right? RIGHT?

Posted by: GWB at October 05, 2024 11:21 AM (DDSgs)

11 Seriously? Those bastards are giving money to terrorists instead of American citizens who are literally dying for help?

Dear God... Help me to quench the flames of hatred that burn for these evil creatures.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 11:21 AM (4XwPj)

12 "The Daily Caller suggests that we look at foreign shipping companies, too."

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I'd say it's more than a suggestion. As many have been saying for decades, we gave away American manufacturing, so a handful of people in this country could get rich, and so foreign nations, especially Chi Nah, could get get richer and richer until the American economy was no longer anything other than a host off which the parasites could drain our blood.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 11:21 AM (J4UmJ)

13 Blinken is one of those useless scribes who wants to rule…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2024 11:19 AM (ZiaCc)

Except he's not.

As evil and idiotic as he is, he still exerts real power. He's actually ruling.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 11:24 AM (J4UmJ)

14 The great manufacturing decimation began with nafta. Which was created by Papa Bush. The amount of damage that crime family has done to this country is indescribable.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 05, 2024 11:24 AM (0FHbm)

15 $150M for Lebanon.
$750 for North Carolina residents

Nice.
Posted by: Settled Science at October 05, 2024 11:21 AM (0FHbm)

Maybe everyone should stop looking to the government to bail themselves out of events like this.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 05, 2024 11:24 AM (g8Ew8)

16 $150M for Lebanon.
$750 for North Carolina residents

Hold on, there! We're not just giving that money away to every Tom, Dick, and Harry (in fact, if that's your name, you're probably not getting any). You've got to apply to see if you're qualified to receive this magnanimous gift.

Our team of inspectors will be in touch.

Posted by: FEMA at October 05, 2024 11:25 AM (3fFru)

17 GWB at October 05, 2024 11:21 AM

Maybe applicants can get an app for automatic approval, like Haitian illegals.

Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 11:25 AM (xekrU)

18

Maybe everyone should stop looking to the government to bail themselves out of events like this.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 05, 2024 11:24 AM (g8Ew

I’ll go buy a helicopter and keep it fueled up just in case.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 05, 2024 11:27 AM (0FHbm)

19 Wonderful links.
Who knew KT was such a thinker? I bookmarked at least 2 links.
Kudos, kiddo.

Posted by: MkY at October 05, 2024 11:27 AM (cPGH3)

20 GWB at October 05, 2024 11:21 AM

In California, a lot of COVID relief money went to Nigerian scammers. AND to Bank of America and other NGOs who were supposed to be doing fraud control.

Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 11:28 AM (xekrU)

21 The great manufacturing decimation began with nafta. Which was created by Papa Bush.

The 1973 oil crisis (RIH Henry Kissinger) and the flight of US steel production is when it started for this part of the country. (that I noticed. Maybe there was something earlier)

Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 11:28 AM (9SBJU)

22 Maybe just my opinion, these strikes are just to get out front of society civilization before everyone else catches up. Then decades later it starts all over again.
WTF is their job worth close to double their pay?
They just get first crack at it

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 11:29 AM (fwDg9)

23 >>> 10 So... Oilfield Rando is not going to complain when it's later discovered $140 million disappeared to fraudulent Helene claims, right? RIGHT?
Posted by: GWB at October 05, 2024 11:21 AM (DDSgs)

I don't see this guy mentioned in the post. Is there interesting he said about Helene?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 11:29 AM (FnneF)

24 Eric Hoffer is the first so called social philosopher that I actually "got" in my youth. Even though I had a lot of liberal beliefs that kinda go with being young and inexperienced, he cut right through that crap with me.

Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2024 11:29 AM (QB+5g)

25 The Longshoremen's strike promised to be a big headache for hurricane recovery and for the Biden/Harris Administration.
Also, still baffled by this idea. What comes in through our ports that could be an urgent necessity for disaster recovery and rescue? Heck, even rebuilding?

Lumber and other wood products (including TP)? Nope - overland within US and from Canada.
Construction equipment? All they're going to use is already here.
Fuel? Nope - that gets refined here, with just the crude usually imported.
First aid supplies? I sure hope not.
Tents and other shelters? Again, likely to only be things already in America.

What, pray tell, was going to come off those ships in the next 3 weeks that would actually impact rescue and recovery efforts? Can someone please point to something? Otherwise it sounds like just another "This is a crisis because we say it is!"

Posted by: GWB at October 05, 2024 11:29 AM (DDSgs)

26 I'd say it's more than a suggestion. As many have been saying for decades, we gave away American manufacturing, so a handful of people in this country could get rich, and so foreign nations, especially Chi Nah, could get get richer and richer until the American economy was no longer anything other than a host off which the parasites could drain our blood.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 11:21 AM (J4UmJ)

Spain had the same problem during the "Golden Era" where the gold coming from the Indies were more profitable than manufacturing, and banking was the only growth industry. The crown eventually tried to embargo foreign goods to support Spanish industry, and the result was a massive increase in smuggling, and in the North, a small industry in manufacturing tags that said "made in Spain"
a fair amount of our problem is from inflation, and that is due to the FED acting as a central bank, and our fiat money system.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2024 11:29 AM (D7oie)

27 is there SOMETHING interesting

need more coffee

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 11:29 AM (FnneF)

28 >>> 20 GWB at October 05, 2024 11:21 AM

In California, a lot of COVID relief money went to Nigerian scammers. AND to Bank of America and other NGOs who were supposed to be doing fraud control.
Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 11:28 AM (xekrU)

"fraud control" and feralgov seem to be contradictory

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 11:31 AM (FnneF)

29 Harris Allies Seeing Walz's (Easily Disprovable) Lies as a Major Liability

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He's America's dad!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 11:31 AM (L/fGl)

30 What, pray tell, was going to come off those ships in the next 3 weeks that would actually impact rescue and recovery efforts? Can someone please point to something? Otherwise it sounds like just another "This is a crisis because we say it is!"
Posted by: GWB at October 05, 2024 11:29 AM (DDSgs)

Europe is getting most of its natural gas from the US. It is going to be a cold, cold winter in Germany.

However a lot of hardware from hinges to nails come from Asia, and it is cheaper to bring them into Atlantic ports.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2024 11:32 AM (D7oie)

31 I heard that the shutting down the airspace around Richmond Airport was needed. One strip airport. Folks were pouring in with relief supplies from all over, and they were overwhelmed.
Helo pilots were saying they saw over a dozen aircraft within 5 miles of each other. Most those craft don't have radar, nor transponders... it's line of sight. Not safe.
But... military aircraft control should have been pre-positioned. Get all the volunteers on the same wavelength (literally) and coordinate.
Government failure, but not quite the same as described/

Posted by: MkY at October 05, 2024 11:32 AM (cPGH3)

32 ***The all-seeing eye of a totalitarian regime is usually the watchful eye of the next-door neighbor.***

See something - Say something

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 11:32 AM (+JNKR)

33 NOAA pre-season predictions for the Atlantic basin:

-- 17 to 25 named storms
-- 8 to 13 hurricanes
-- 4 to 7 major hurricanes of Cat 3 strength and above

So far, with two months to go:

-- 12 named storms (Milton next week will be 13)
-- 7 hurricanes
-- 3 major hurricanes of Cat 3 and above

Posted by: one hour sober at October 05, 2024 11:33 AM (Y1sOo)

34 The NC situation is barely a mention in the msm anymore. It’s all evil Joos killing innocent terrorists and Trump Jan 6 bullshit.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 05, 2024 11:33 AM (0FHbm)

35 We should start referring to Hurricane Kamala.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 11:34 AM (uxCna)

36 Good morning good people.

Maybe everyone should stop looking to the government to bail themselves out of events like this.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons

While I do have natural water from a mountain stream right off the back yard, I think it's time for an IBC 275 gal container for potable water. I can't count on the stream being drinkable in an emergency. Food, fuel and shelter I've secured. Meds though are going to be an issue.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 11:34 AM (WXNFJ)

37 As a young man, before working construction, saw on a very very large construction project and a man who was a heavy machinery union worker ( think cranes or bulldozers) had the cushy job of running a elevator. Sat in a chair , asked what floor you were going to and pushed the elevator button like you would. Probably ready to retire soon so got the ultimate job.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 11:35 AM (fwDg9)

38 Europe is getting most of its natural gas from the US. It is going to be a cold, cold winter in Germany.

I checked that - the strike only affected containers, not natural gas or other energy exports.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 11:35 AM (uxCna)

39 >>> 15 $150M for Lebanon.
$750 for North Carolina residents

Nice.
Posted by: Settled Science at October 05, 2024 11:21 AM (0FHbm)

Maybe everyone should stop looking to the government to bail themselves out of events like this.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 05, 2024 11:24 AM (g8Ew

Yes, it is a very good idea not to be dependent on feralgov for assistance. (There are some things very difficult to do as individuals, but you would think state-level could do most heavy lifting.) It would be nice if they stopped laundering money through foreign countries, er, providing shittons of aid to foreign governments *especially* when they aren't doing anything useful here.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 11:36 AM (FnneF)

40 I don't see this guy mentioned in the post. Is there interesting he said about Helene?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 11:29 AM (FnneF)
The tweet embedded near the top.

Posted by: GWB at October 05, 2024 11:36 AM (DDSgs)

41 TY ARC, I didn't know that.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2024 11:36 AM (D7oie)

42 I must say that withholding aid after a disaster as a method of voter suppression in an upcoming election is a new low, even for the Democratic Party.

And David Axelrod is gleeful about it.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 11:36 AM (uxCna)

43 The message is clear. From now on any natural disaster in a rural and/or Republican area will be ignored by FEMA. But if NYC gets 3 inches of snow or there’s a wildfire anywhere near Los Angeles, 10,000 FEMA personnel will be ready to help with $100B to spend.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 05, 2024 11:37 AM (0FHbm)

44 >>> 40 I don't see this guy mentioned in the post. Is there interesting he said about Helene?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 11:29 AM (FnneF)
The tweet embedded near the top.
Posted by: GWB at October 05, 2024 11:36 AM (DDSgs)

Thanks, I thought I had checked all the links.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 11:38 AM (FnneF)

45 TY ARC, I didn't know that.

First thing I wondered about the strike - there were articles from Texas where port authorities explained that it wasn't going to affect natural gas exports.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 11:38 AM (uxCna)

46
42 I must say that withholding aid after a disaster as a method of voter suppression in an upcoming election is a new low, even for the Democratic Part

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By any means necessary motherfucker.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 05, 2024 11:39 AM (0FHbm)

47 In California, a lot of COVID relief money went to Nigerian scammers. AND to Bank of America and other NGOs who were supposed to be doing fraud control.
Posted by: KT at October 05, 2024 11:28 AM (xekrU)

Nigerian scammers go to bed at night, wishing they could be as good at it as BoA, Blackrock, Vanguard, etc.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 11:39 AM (g5d9x)

48 "Europe is getting most of its natural gas from the US. It is going to be a cold, cold winter in Germany."

Hmmm...does the LS union have anything to do with LNG exports? I thought it was mostly containerized cargo and not specialized bulk stuff like grain, cement and LNG.

Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2024 11:40 AM (QB+5g)

49 He's America's dad!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

So was Bill Cosby. How did that go?

Posted by: Rohypnol, FTW! at October 05, 2024 11:43 AM (CV8a5)

50 >>> 31 I heard that the shutting down the airspace around Richmond Airport was needed. One strip airport. Folks were pouring in with relief supplies from all over, and they were overwhelmed.
Helo pilots were saying they saw over a dozen aircraft within 5 miles of each other. Most those craft don't have radar, nor transponders... it's line of sight. Not safe.
But... military aircraft control should have been pre-positioned. Get all the volunteers on the same wavelength (literally) and coordinate.
Government failure, but not quite the same as described/
Posted by: MkY at October 05, 2024 11:32 AM (cPGH3)

I don't know if anyone expected it to be *this* bad, but you'd think the EXPERTS!!! we're supposed to TRUST! would have levels of contingency plans with details on how to coordinate depending on whether or not they can contact key locations after events, ready to go *before* this kind of mess gets going.
It doesn't help that there doesn't seem to be nearly the level of activity going on that you would expect even if it were limited only to military / police / S&R helicopters.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 11:43 AM (FnneF)

51 In California, a lot of COVID relief money went to Nigerian scammers.

Now ask yourself where the billions of dollars spent on "homeless" went that California can't be account for.

We're turning into a Third World country in a lot of ways - California is just a little farther ahead of the curve.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 11:43 AM (uxCna)

52 Posted by: one hour sober at October 05, 2024 11:33 AM (Y1sOo)

This is a good nic.

Posted by: I like it at October 05, 2024 11:43 AM (WxgaY)

53 It wouldn't surprise me if the fed or a few of their financial surrogates will start trying to buy up all the effected properties and land.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 05, 2024 11:44 AM (g8Ew8)

54 Speaking of fraud at the state level during Covid, CNN commits actual journalism about Minnesota under Walz, although with more than a tinge of "Republicans pounce" thrown in.

http://tiny.cc/cbvozz

Posted by: one hour sober at October 05, 2024 11:46 AM (Y1sOo)

55 We're turning into a Third World country in a lot of ways - California is just a little farther ahead of the curve.

I briefly lived in Chicago under Mayor Richard J. Daley - I joked then that Chicago governance was "good government plus 10%" - Chicago city services were generally decent, you just paid a bit more for them than you should have.

Now, they increasingly simply steal the money without any pretense of providing services.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 11:47 AM (uxCna)

56 "It wouldn't surprise me if the fed or a few of their financial surrogates will start trying to buy up all the effected properties and land."

Most long time residents in the hills are pretty savy concerning flooding. I don't think there's going to be a big rush to build back near the creeks and rivers.

Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2024 11:48 AM (QB+5g)

57 >>> 36
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While I do have natural water from a mountain stream right off the back yard, I think it's time for an IBC 275 gal container for potable water. I can't count on the stream being drinkable in an emergency. Food, fuel and shelter I've secured. Meds though are going to be an issue.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 11:34 AM (WXNFJ)

Although I do have some contingencies in place, I should be doing better for water. You really need to look at how much your water bill shows, especially with seasonal variation, to get an idea of a minimum level of use. I'm looking at collecting of the roof of my house (note different states may be more or less asshoe about this) - rule of thumb is 1" of rain on 1k sq ft of horizontal roof area is about 600 gallons of water.
For meds, some doctors may be willing to prescribe longer-term supplies; I've seen at least one example of not taking a dose of a given med to start building a reserve.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 11:48 AM (FnneF)

58 Socialism then Marxism is all about everyone relying on the government, those in power get the most, everyone else gets handouts just enough to survive. Opponents get nothing.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 11:48 AM (fwDg9)

59 Reading the Daily Caller's solution would still be fewer stevedores because fewer ships. America's port operators solution of more automation also fewer stevedores.
The concept of fewer ships is antithetical to the American way.
We need more manufacturing here. And we need more shipping to send our products to foreign consumers.

Automation is here, if union masters were worth their salt they would be helping the stevedores to transition into new jobs.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 11:48 AM (+JNKR)

60 Sat in a chair , asked what floor you were going to and pushed the elevator button like you would. Probably ready to retire soon so got the ultimate job.
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 11:35 AM (fwDg9)

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You sneer, but a job like that really does have its ups and downs.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 11:48 AM (kbyy+)

61 I posted a couple of YouTube videos yesterday from one of the helicopter pilots doing rescues. They're worth watching.

One story he told about a particular rescue is pretty bad ass. He lands at a piece of property were there is assembled a group people. Men, women, kids. The women and kids are evacuated. Before leaving to search the area he's told by one of the men that up the mountain there's a group of about 40 or so people that are stranded. They need food, water but can remain.

The pilot asks if there's enough room to land (he needs about an acre of clearing) and the guy says; "there will be." And off he goes. The pilot returns to the area about an hour later and, sure enough there's a LZ cleared of debris and brush. One acre. Cleared by hand. In an hour.

Our government could never do that. Ever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 11:51 AM (Q4IgG)

62 42 I must say that withholding aid after a disaster as a method of voter suppression in an upcoming election is a new low, even for the Democratic Part

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"It worked, didn't it?"

Posted by: The Wit and Wisdom of Harry Reid at October 05, 2024 11:51 AM (kbyy+)

63 >>> 56 "It wouldn't surprise me if the fed or a few of their financial surrogates will start trying to buy up all the effected properties and land."

Most long time residents in the hills are pretty savy concerning flooding. I don't think there's going to be a big rush to build back near the creeks and rivers.

Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2024 11:48 AM (QB+5g)

It wasn't just (very nasty and destructive) flooding though; there have been landslides / mudslides in places as there was a previous rain that left much of the ground saturated before Helene got there.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 11:53 AM (FnneF)

64 Now they're banning finger guns.

Travis Kelce Blasts NFL For Punishing Player Over Finger Gun Celebration: "It's My Second Amendment!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 11:54 AM (L/fGl)

65 >>>I've seen at least one example of not taking a dose of a given med to start building a reserve.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 11:48 AM (FnneF)
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Back up doc, back up script ISO 3166-2:CA or MX.
Glenn Beck addressed this issue while he was at FOX.
It's common around here to receive 90 day prescription.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 11:55 AM (+JNKR)

66 Maybe everyone should stop looking to the government to bail themselves out of events like this.

Absolutely! Also, the govt should stop taking my money and pretending to help And, the govt should not intervene when we try to help each other!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 11:55 AM (PcTds)

67 It wouldn't surprise me if the fed or a few of their financial surrogates will start trying to buy up all the effected properties and land.

I looked up Lahaina on zillow, which has the current satellite picture. Every pile of ashes on the ocean side of Front St is 4--5 million. Every other pile in the rest of the downtown is about 1.5 million. How can that be?

http://alturl.com/cav6x

Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 11:56 AM (l5F6b)

68 Nutria are invading SF and colonizing sections of the city- Gateway Pundit

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 05, 2024 11:56 AM (h7Tgu)

69 "It worked, didn't it?"

I am sometimes amazed by how much my attitude has changed from twenty years ago - back then, my attitude was that government was somewhat competent, and not generally malignant.

Since then, every governmental agency has been weaponized in the service of the Deep State - the fact that FEMA's main function in the disaster is to keep private citizens from providing aid to a rural Republican area in advance of an election seems absolutely deliberate.

I wouldn't have thought that twenty years ago.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 11:57 AM (uxCna)

70 Posted by: Settled Science at October 05, 2024 11:37 AM (0FHbm)

Sure. The master class takes from the helots. It doesn't give to the helots. What else is the point of helotry?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2024 11:57 AM (awTae)

71 >>> 67 It wouldn't surprise me if the fed or a few of their financial surrogates will start trying to buy up all the effected properties and land.
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I looked up Lahaina on zillow, which has the current satellite picture. Every pile of ashes on the ocean side of Front St is 4--5 million. Every other pile in the rest of the downtown is about 1.5 million. How can that be?

http://alturl.com/cav6x
Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 11:56 AM (l5F6b)

Unrealized Gains, bitches.

*cackles*

Posted by: KamKam! at October 05, 2024 11:57 AM (FnneF)

72 FEMA @fema
After applying for disaster assistance, one of our inspectors may contact you within 10 days to schedule an inspection at the damaged address.

I would check the fine print before signing anything. I wouldn't want to be selling my house for $750!

On second thought, I'd rather not sign anything.

Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 11:58 AM (l5F6b)

73 42 it would feel better if Politico and Axelrod weren't outright gloating about it.

Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at October 05, 2024 11:59 AM (WhQwj)

74 What, pray tell, was going to come off those ships in the next 3 weeks that would actually impact rescue and recovery efforts? Can someone please point to something? Otherwise it sounds like just another "This is a crisis because we say it is!"
Posted by: GWB at October 05, 2024 11:29 AM (DDSgs)

What about the espresso machines for all the FEMA field offices? What about that, eh?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 12:00 PM (0rBPF)

75 60 Sat in a chair , asked what floor you were going to and pushed the elevator button like you would. Probably ready to retire soon so got the ultimate job.
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 11:35 AM (fwDg9)
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That's where the longshoremen are. That job was a hold over from and era when there were no buttons. The elevator operator literally operated a rotating handle that controlled the motion, when to go and when and where to stop; another control piece that caused the doors to open and shut.
No automation whatsoever.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 12:01 PM (+JNKR)

76 Just wait until the insurance claims start dropping. You'll see another level of corruption and mismanagement.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 12:01 PM (Q4IgG)

77 >>> 72 FEMA @fema
After applying for disaster assistance, one of our inspectors may contact you within 10 days to schedule an inspection at the damaged address.
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I would check the fine print before signing anything. I wouldn't want to be selling my house for $750!

On second thought, I'd rather not sign anything.
Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 11:58 AM (l5F6b)

Also, "may contact you within 10 days" - they *might* do what, try to call on your landline which is now 20 miles downstream or your cell phone with a dead battery or HA! email, within a week and a half to *schedule* for when, 6 months later?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 12:01 PM (FnneF)

78 I wouldn't have thought that twenty years ago.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 11:57 AM (uxCna)

It is startling and I’ve had the same transformation. 20 years ago I was enthusiastic about W thinking him a wonderful and thoughtful conservative…
In retrospect I view that election as deep state Bush vs deep state Kerry…. Uniparty v uniparty

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2024 12:03 PM (v/5Y9)

79 Since then, every governmental agency has been weaponized in the service of the Deep State

That really started under Obama - for example, faking government economic statistics to make the Democrats look good (followed by unpublicized "adjustments" downwards a few months later).

That's only gotten worse under Biden/Harris - the operating assumption now is that any economic numbers are faked (like the just-released good employment numbers), and that an "adjustment" to the numbers downwards will follow after the election.

I assume that if Harris wins, we'll go full Soviet, and stop releasing the "adjustments".

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 12:03 PM (uxCna)

80 Remember there is no Harris-flation

Also, a 62% salary increase is needed because of all the inflation.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2024 12:03 PM (oZhjI)

81 What time is the rally?

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 12:04 PM (o2ZRX)

82 OT: the latest adaptation of Salem's Lot on Max (HBO) was amateur dreck. Not enough build-up, felt like it was rushing to the end, none of the main players were relatable as rational humans dealing with the strange and unusual. It's bad enough that Stephen King might like it.

"Salem's Lot" by Dead Can Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN3Lcf_P7JM
(There are no words, just vocalizations, but I like it)

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 05, 2024 12:05 PM (3bS+W)

83 Depressing 17 minute video about what's going on in Ubisoft. Depressing because I suspect this is not only Ubisoft, not only the gaming industry, but all elite businesses.

https://is.gd/ExAPm0

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 12:05 PM (L/fGl)

84

Credit where it's due. I had never heard of Eric Hoffer, until Mark Levin talked of him, along with Karl Popper, Hayek and a number of other brilliant thinkers and authors that really molded my outlook over the past 20 years or so.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 12:05 PM (x0n13)

85 I view that election as deep state Bush vs deep state Kerry…. Uniparty v uniparty

Shrub is the "far right" of the uniparty. Which means he talks about things the voters want but didn't do them. I remember the discussions about how much of our bloated $2T budget he would cut and how many departments he would close down.

Looking back on it...ugh.

But TBH the problem wasn't so much Shrub - it was Hastert who was installed in '99. From that point forward the GOPe became controlled opposition

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2024 12:06 PM (oZhjI)

86 FEMA showed its, uhm, political and physical fallibility during Katrina. MS was hit much harder and suffered more than LA.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 12:06 PM (+JNKR)

87
At the show. Lots of fallout after yesterday. It's all greaseball stuff but it looks like a lot of dishes are going to be broken.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 12:06 PM (Xxha1)

88 I'm reading parts of the Old Testament and it's amazing how we today keep falling into the same patterns of error as they recorded.

Right now in 1 Kings 12
After Solomon dies, Jeroboam, who had rebelled against Solomon and been hiding in Egypt, came to Solomon's son Rehoboam.
With all the people of Israel, Jeroboam asks new king Rehoboam to lighten the yoke Solomon laid on the people.
Rehoboam's advisers were split - the old men said lighten the load, and the young ones who had grown up with Rehoboam said show them who's boss.
So the ahole doubled down. He's like, my pinkie is thicker than my dad's dick.
And that's why God took most of the kingdom away from him and gave it to Jeroboam.
And both kingdoms fall into idolatry and sin and get invaded and destroyed,

Anyway, that's where we are now - a divided nation, on the brink of invasion and destruction.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2024 12:06 PM (WbaIk)

89 What time is the rally?

Someone said 5pm on the previous thread. The lines were already huge. Standing room only on the roofs!

Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 12:07 PM (Fr3vV)

90 The explosive component in the contemporary scene is not the clamor of the masses but the self-righteous claims of a multitude of graduates from schools and universities.

So let me get this straight.
In Amerika today we have the Super Elites/Political Class in Power
The the Elites...those currying favor and seeking entry into the Super Elite level.
Then there is the Aristocracy...2nd and 3rd Gen family members of the Elites and other strap hangers.
Then there are the "Educated Ones" who have their Ivy League diplomas
These constitute say...2% of all Americans.
Then there are the All Others...educated but who really have employable skills.
The Masses
And somewhere...probably above the Masses, are the Illegals.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 12:08 PM (W/lyH)

91 Automation is here, if union masters were worth their salt they would be helping the stevedores to transition into new jobs.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 11:48 AM (+JNKR)

If it was left up to the unions, there wouldn't be such things as containerized shipping. Unions are the epitome of non-progressive progressives.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 05, 2024 12:09 PM (g8Ew8)

92 What about the espresso machines for all the FEMA field offices? What about that, eh?

After the Indian Ocean tsunami, the US Navy had been providing actual relief services for a number of days, and the UN finally flew a team of "disaster experts" to Jakarta.

They set up shop in a five-star hotel, and their first priority was to ensure that they could get room service 24x7 - after all, they were going to be working around the clock, so it was important that they could be fed.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 12:09 PM (uxCna)

93 Dead can Dance has some interesting music. A favorite of mine: https://tinyurl.com/5ff2ux4k

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2024 12:09 PM (oZhjI)

94 Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2024 12:06 PM (WbaIk)
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Rehoboam: My father chastised you with whips; I shall chastise you with scorpions.

Jeroboam: To your tents, O Israel!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 05, 2024 12:09 PM (VdhcA)

95 >>>But TBH the problem wasn't so much Shrub - it was Hastert who was installed in '99. From that point forward the GOPe became controlled opposition
Posted by: 18-1
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He was a compromised person. We must eliminate compromisable persons from positions of authority.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 12:10 PM (+JNKR)

96
One acre. Cleared by hand. In an hour.

Our government could never do that. Ever.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Was it a diverse workforce?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2024 12:10 PM (63Dwl)

97 @93 That's "Dance with the Dead". Dead Can Dance put out there first album in 1981.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 05, 2024 12:11 PM (3bS+W)

98 Someone said 5pm on the previous thread. The lines were already huge. Standing room only on the roofs!
Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 12:07 PM (Fr3vV)

How can anyone stand on sloped roofs??!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2024 12:11 PM (v/5Y9)

99 Salem's Lot" by Dead Can Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN3Lcf_P7JM
(There are no words, just vocalizations, but I like it)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 05, 2024 12:05 PM (3bS+W)

Dead Can Dance's Saltarello is a fave of mine.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV phone at October 05, 2024 12:12 PM (KIx4e)

100 After the Indian Ocean tsunami, the US Navy had been providing actual relief services for a number of days, and the UN finally flew a team of "disaster experts" to Jakarta.

They set up shop in a five-star hotel, and their first priority was to ensure that they could get room service 24x7 - after all, they were going to be working around the clock, so it was important that they could be fed.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 12:09 PM (uxCna)
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The DiploMad was charge d'affaires (IIRR) in Sri Lanka at the time, and he noted this as well.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 05, 2024 12:12 PM (VdhcA)

101 If it was left up to the unions, there wouldn't be such things as containerized shipping.

The longshoremen fought containerization tooth-and-nail - not only did it reduce the number of jobs, but it made it harder to steal goods coming off of the ships, and the longshoremen viewed stealing a percentage of the goods as one of the perks of the job.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 12:12 PM (uxCna)

102 Unions are the epitome of *snip*.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops

You misspelled 'leaches'.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 12:12 PM (qeYBT)

103 Belloc's book, from 1938, is from a Roman Catholic perspective.

GK Chesterson was besties with Belloc. I was just describing to a friend how visionary Chesterson was.

Posted by: kallisto at October 05, 2024 12:13 PM (dCxaZ)

104 How can anyone stand on sloped roofs??!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2024 12:11 PM (v/5Y9)

Oh, come on, Eileen!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 12:13 PM (0rBPF)

105 I would check the fine print before signing anything. I wouldn't want to be selling my house for $750!

On second thought, I'd rather not sign anything.
Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 11:58 AM (l5F6b)

Hmmm...$750 is one week of work at MacDonalds/Starbucks/where-ever.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 12:13 PM (W/lyH)

106 102 You misspelled 'leaches'.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 12:12 PM (qeYBT)

Umm... so did you! Leeches. ;-)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 12:14 PM (x0n13)

107 @99 Same here, very Renaissance. No lie, I had a cat that was totally into it, he stopped whatever he was doing to listen. 😅

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 05, 2024 12:14 PM (3bS+W)

108 The $750 thing is the purest insult I've ever seen delivered by our government.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2024 12:15 PM (oZhjI)

109 What, pray tell, was going to come off those ships in the next 3 weeks that would actually impact rescue and recovery efforts? Can someone please point to something? Otherwise it sounds like just another "This is a crisis because we say it is!"
Posted by: GWB at October 05, 2024 11:29 AM (DDSgs)

A lot of fuel moves in intra-coastal shipments.

Posted by: Fox2! at October 05, 2024 12:15 PM (L6oJY)

110 You misspelled 'leaches'.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 12:12 PM (qeYBT)

Umm... so did you! Leeches. ;-)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 12:14 PM (x0n13)
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Well, they do ooze their way into things...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 05, 2024 12:15 PM (VdhcA)

111 How can anyone stand on sloped roofs??!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2024 12:11 PM (v/5Y9)

Oh, come on, Eileen!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 12:13 PM (0rBPF)

Oh Roundeye! You mispell Ireen!

Posted by: Mr Tanaka at October 05, 2024 12:15 PM (W/lyH)

112

Umm... so did you! Leeches. ;-)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Oh, ouch... schooled early in the new year!
DOH!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2024 12:15 PM (qeYBT)

113 Quick! It's an emergency! I need a Doctor of Humanities!

Posted by: No One Ever at October 05, 2024 12:16 PM (+xrWz)

114 104 How can anyone stand on sloped roofs??!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2024 12:11 PM (v/5Y9)

Oh, come on, Eileen!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 12:13 PM (0rBPF)

Is that a direction to a Chinese porn actor or an observation.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 12:16 PM (x0n13)

115 Coming soon to a neighborhood near you!

Haitian gang slaughters 70, including infants, in mass shooting as UN calls for international aid

https://is.gd/VGfe6v

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 12:16 PM (L/fGl)

116 $750 is not going to help solve any problems.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 12:17 PM (+JNKR)

117 113 Quick! It's an emergency! I need a Doctor of Humanities!
Posted by: No One Ever at October 05, 2024 12:16 PM (+xrWz)
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He needs to know what to think of this painting posted by CBD, stat!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 05, 2024 12:17 PM (3bS+W)

118
Harris Allies Seeing Walz's (Easily Disprovable) Lies as a Major Liability

As if Harris didn't lie:

♪ Here a lie, there a lie, never cooked a French Fry ♪

/ Need Moldoon to fill in the rest

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 12:18 PM (RKVpM)

119 I cannot comprehend how our govt is so proud to give millions to the enemy! Of course there is a humanitarian crisis--they are at war!

Blinken would have dropped food and supplies into Nazi Germany if he had been alive then.

Posted by: PJU at October 05, 2024 12:18 PM (RRCAT)

120 I am going to mention two examples and then bring it back to the topic at hand.

Fluoride in water: concern in the 90's - brushed off by voices with clout and reach. Now acknowledged to be bad.

Vaccines: concern in the 90's, now being reevaluated.

I am an anti-vaccer, but I didn't say anything here (even before the covid response) because I avoid disagreement.

Now: weather manipulation: the technology is available and I am going on record as saying that And why would we, the little people, not think that it is being used against us.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 12:18 PM (PcTds)

121 And P.S., you know all those millions will go for munitions and terror against Israel and us.

Posted by: PJU at October 05, 2024 12:18 PM (RRCAT)

122 International aid should look a whole lot like a complete takeover of the government with a carpetbagger style approach, indifferent to the culture.

Posted by: Ripped at October 05, 2024 12:19 PM (+xrWz)

123 I cannot comprehend how our govt is so proud to give millions to the enemy! Of course there is a humanitarian crisis--they are at war!

The only things America should be dropping on Gaza are bombs. The only thing America should be landing in Gaza are soldiers with orders to kill the Gaza political leadership.

They killed/kidnapped Americans and our government paid them for it. That's textbook treason.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2024 12:19 PM (oZhjI)

124 Yeah - we're shipping more than a hundred million bucks off to a country that has tolerated the existence of the world's most dangerous terrorist organization for the last forty years.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 12:20 PM (uxCna)

125 104 How can anyone stand on sloped roofs??!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2024 12:11 PM (v/5Y9)

Oh, come on, Eileen!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 12:13 PM (0rBPF)

Is that a direction to a Chinese porn actor or an observation.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 12:16 PM (x0n13)

LoL… I will admit I’ve lost the plot on this

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2024 12:20 PM (/suuz)

126 120 Now: weather manipulation: the technology is available and I am going on record as saying that And why would we, the little people, not think that it is being used against us.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 12:18 PM (PcTds)

Not MY kind of weather mmanipulation! IYKWIM.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 12:21 PM (x0n13)

127 Salem's Lot" by Dead Can Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN3Lcf_P7JM
(There are no words, just vocalizations, but I like it)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 05, 2024 12:05 PM (3bS+W)

Dead Can Dance's Saltarello is a fave of mine.
Posted by: Napoleon XIV phone at October 05, 2024 12:12 PM (KIx4e)

Such a fascinating act, with a long and varied career.

Brendan Perry sings in English, with clear, crisp, sometimes deep and moving lyrics. Lisa Gerrard makes up her own "languages" at times, with a strong, rich voice that somehow captures emotion without ever needing to be understood in words.

One of my favorites: https://tinyurl.com/mrar5b47

The lyrics here are a poem by Bertolt Brecht.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 12:21 PM (xKNfA)

128 115 Coming soon to a neighborhood near you!

Haitian gang slaughters 70, including infants, in mass shooting as UN calls for international aid

https://is.gd/VGfe6v
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 12:16 PM (L/fGl)
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The Harris/Biden admin is probably already working on a plan to get the gang airlifted to a small town in flyover country.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 05, 2024 12:22 PM (3bS+W)

129 My sportsball teams are playing today. Who has time to worry about floods or terrorists getting hundreds of millions of dollars.

Posted by: Most Americans at October 05, 2024 12:22 PM (0FHbm)

130 ♪ Here a lie, there a lie, never cooked a French Fry ♪

-
https://is.gd/PGZYZm

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 12:22 PM (L/fGl)

131 Nice music and dance.

Mrs Diogenes wishes I could do that.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 12:23 PM (W/lyH)

132 Anyway, that's where we are now - a divided nation, on the brink of invasion and destruction

God have mercy.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 12:23 PM (PcTds)

133 Yeah - we're shipping more than a hundred million bucks off to a country that has tolerated the existence of the world's most dangerous terrorist organization for the last forty years.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2024 12:20 PM (uxCna)

Why, you'd almost think funding both sides of a war have nothing to do with solving the problem.

Almost.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 12:23 PM (xKNfA)

134 Where, exactly, is that $157M coming from? Do they just have that laying around in their back pocket? Was it allocated by Congress? If not, then it must just be a general-purpose slush fund; why not allocate it to disaster relief? The mind boggles. From a public-relations standpoint alone, it's an enormous insult.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 05, 2024 12:23 PM (XMwZJ)

135 The only things America should be dropping on Gaza are bombs. The only thing America should be landing in Gaza are soldiers with orders to kill the Gaza political leadership.
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Drops tons and tons of Prozac. Put it in the water too. Then lead them to the gates of Egypt and shut the door behind them.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 12:24 PM (+JNKR)

136 $750 is not going to help solve any problems.

Indeed. Especially with the possibility that it puts one under the govt's boot.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 12:24 PM (PcTds)

137 Are North Carolinans going to be able to vote? Also, I have no idea what North Carolinans call themselves.

Posted by: Ripped at October 05, 2024 12:24 PM (+xrWz)

138 @127 Am I the only person who thought Brendan Perry sounded a little like Frank Sinatra? Case in point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bXZY9tRdLA

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 05, 2024 12:25 PM (3bS+W)

139 Are North Carolinans going to be able to vote? Also, I have no idea what North Carolinans call themselves.
Posted by: Ripped at October 05, 2024 12:24 PM (+xrWz)
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Tarheels?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 05, 2024 12:25 PM (VdhcA)

140 Are North Carolinans going to be able to vote?

Sure - the ones in the big blue cities.

As for the rural hicks up in the boonies -

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

Posted by: David Axelrod! at October 05, 2024 12:26 PM (uxCna)

141 Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 12:21 PM (xKNfA)

That last one was Brendan doing his thing. Here's Lisa:

https://tinyurl.com/c6mc6wvs

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 12:27 PM (xKNfA)

142 Democrats: Hire the handicapped. It's fun to watch them campaign.

Posted by: Ripped at October 05, 2024 12:27 PM (+xrWz)

143 Wind speeds circling Tropical Depression - 14 in the western Gulf:

http://tiny.cc/yivozz

Posted by: one hour sober at October 05, 2024 12:28 PM (Y1sOo)

144 138 @127 Am I the only person who thought Brendan Perry sounded a little like Frank Sinatra? Case in point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bXZY9tRdLA
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 05, 2024 12:25 PM (3bS+W)

Heh, no you are not.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 12:28 PM (xKNfA)

145
$750 is not going to help solve any problems.

With ID. No ID, no money. So, if you escaped the flood with nothing but the clothes on your back, no money.

Also, home insured? No money. Now, your basic homeowners policy does not cover flood damage. Still... no money.

Kamala's plan.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 12:28 PM (RKVpM)

146 Rule by the "elite" wouldn't be so bad if they were actually elite (at something). Our "elites" are functionally retarded. Not exactly an ideal situation.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 05, 2024 12:28 PM (XMwZJ)

147 Blah.

Posted by: Ribbed at October 05, 2024 12:29 PM (+xrWz)

148 Not MY kind of weather manipulation! IYKWIM.

🤣 I do know what you mean and it annoys me that those kinds of accusations are used to distract from the fact that there is truth to weather manipulation reasoning.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 12:29 PM (PcTds)

149 Meant to say wind speeds *picking up*

Around 40 mph on the south side of the core of circulation.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 05, 2024 12:30 PM (Y1sOo)

150 Cloud seeding caused massive flooding in..?. I think, Dubai?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 12:31 PM (4XwPj)

151 Rule by the "elite" wouldn't be so bad if they were actually elite (at something). Our "elites" are functionally retarded. Not exactly an ideal situation.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 05, 2024 12:28 PM (XMwZJ)

Curtis Yarvin contrasts the reign of someone like Louis XIV, and our petty bureaucrats.

Louis doesn't have to consider anything other than what's best for the people. He's not in it for the money, doesn't need to consolidate power, isn't competing with other petty bureaucrats. When he gets a good idea, he says "it shall be done," and it is.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 12:32 PM (xKNfA)

152 143 Wind speeds circling Tropical Depression - 14 in the western Gulf:

http://tiny.cc/yivozz
Posted by: one hour sober
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That thing is in the classical chute. Probably too early for Bastardi.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 12:32 PM (+JNKR)

153 Meds though are going to be an issue.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 11:34 AM (WXNFJ)

My understanding is that Jase medical out of Colorado? I think? Is dedicated to supplying prescription meds for emergencies.

They have a program that supplies up to a year of your meds at once... you just provide them your prescription and they schedule an interview or online chat and there ya be... voila. Not cheap but you must weigh the cost of no meds in an emergency with the alternative.

Posted by: Derak at October 05, 2024 12:33 PM (rNR4k)

154 KT, what a beautiful song and dance! Would it fall into the Spanish guitar classification? Much more erotic than stupid sex scenes in TV and movies.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 12:35 PM (PcTds)

155 Even the Bourbon nobility, cloistered in their opulent estates, didn't harbor the kind of disdain for the commoners that our ruling class does. Disdain doesn't even begin to describe it - it's just naked hatred.

Those nobles were all too willing to kill the peasants in any number of ways, if it served their interests.

But the American ruling class actually does blindly despise its subjects. A course of action can run counter to their own interests, and they'll pursue it anyway, as long as it harms us.

It might be the first ruling class in history that seeks to eventually snuff itself out by destroying every person beneath it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2024 12:37 PM (awTae)

156 How can anyone stand on sloped roofs??!!

I'm hoping Musk and Trump make them into parking attendants, bring in some actual security.

Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 12:38 PM (Fr3vV)

157 Drops tons and tons of Prozac. Put it in the water too. Then lead them to the gates of Egypt and shut the door behind them

I like it, just don't think Egypt will have the door open.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 12:38 PM (PcTds)

158 3h
Current thinking. Feature over Yucatan comes out first and across Fla Monday and might even become a storm in its own right out at sea. But second feature is the beast that will burden FLA Wed/Thu and worries about 1921 Tampa similarities as its the time of year and pattern that could do it IMO
_Bastardi

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 12:38 PM (+JNKR)

159
Have you seen this? Roads GONE.

This is Lake Lure, NC.

https://youtu.be/MYdC-6nShdc?si=ntqcHhattcet1JIA&t=68

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 05, 2024 12:39 PM (xTBXp)

160 >>>Probably too early for Bastardi.

Naw, he's commented on it.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 05, 2024 12:39 PM (Y1sOo)

161 >>> 153
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My understanding is that Jase medical out of Colorado? I think? Is dedicated to supplying prescription meds for emergencies.

They have a program that supplies up to a year of your meds at once... you just provide them your prescription and they schedule an interview or online chat and there ya be... voila. Not cheap but you must weigh the cost of no meds in an emergency with the alternative.

Posted by: Derak at October 05, 2024 12:33 PM (rNR4k)

Maybe you are thinking of another source? At first glance, this doesn't seem to be what Jase offers:
https://shorturl.at/PLSRV

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 12:40 PM (FnneF)

162 141 Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 12:21 PM (xKNfA)

That last one was Brendan doing his thing. Here's Lisa:

https://tinyurl.com/c6mc6wvs
Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 12:27 PM (xKNfA)
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In my mind, 2:55 is when the Seraphim respond. One of my all time favorites of theirs.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 05, 2024 12:40 PM (3bS+W)

163 Chesterton was an art and literature major. Belloc attended oratory school. Could be a couple of you rant-n-ravers should zip up your micropeepees and admit your problems are your own, and not thrust up you by those mean old arts majors.

It's been fifty years since arts majors ran the companies and the big departments. Compared to the MBA specialists whose asses your noses are up, things were good then. If you wanted the corner office, peon, you should not have chained yourself to Upper Form Applied Arithmetic. You'll be in the cubicle forever.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at October 05, 2024 12:41 PM (zdLoL)

164 >>>I like it, just don't think Egypt will have the door open.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
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That's Egypt's and the muslim world's problem. They are responsible for their brothers. It's their decision whether to help them or not. Blinken could throw some cash at Egypt to help soothe their burden.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 12:41 PM (+JNKR)

165 Jeroboam: To your tents, O Israel!
Posted by: Captain Obvious,

Sad thing is God would've protected Jeroboam's new Northern Kingdom from Assyria if they had been faithful.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2024 12:42 PM (WbaIk)

166 Well,kestrel, you were wrong about fluoride and about vaccines. Hundreds of thousands of lives were saved.
So I will take your considerations about the weather, similarly.

Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at October 05, 2024 12:42 PM (sycsh)

167 In my mind, 2:55 is when the Seraphim respond. One of my all time favorites of theirs.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 05, 2024 12:40 PM (3bS+W)

She sings in the same range as my late first wife.

At times it's hard for me to listen to her. But not today.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 12:43 PM (xKNfA)

168 Wasn't there a similar "payout" after another natural disaster that pretty much insulted everyone?

Or is it more or less SOP for these assholes?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 12:43 PM (Q4IgG)

169 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 12:40 PM (FnneF)

Hmmm. My friend just got a years supply of his hypertension meds from Jase. I'm pretty sure.

They're the one that provide antibiotics in a "Jase case".

I'll ask and follow up.
D

Posted by: Derak at October 05, 2024 12:43 PM (rNR4k)

170 Moslems rioting in Rome, Italy.

https://www.twitch.tv/humandilemma?sr=a

Posted by: Ciampino - my home town so to speak at October 05, 2024 12:44 PM (qfLjt)

171
It might be the first ruling class in history that seeks to eventually snuff itself out by destroying every person beneath it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2024 12:37 PM (awTae)

I think it's the globalism.
The "elites" see themselves as global elites. America is just their current kinda cringey neighborhood; they don't give a crap about it.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2024 12:45 PM (WbaIk)

172 Wasn't there a similar "payout" after another natural disaster that pretty much insulted everyone?

Or is it more or less SOP for these assholes?
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I think it's a pittance because FEMA actually has to work during a disaster, and that isn't why many of them joined.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2024 12:45 PM (VNX3d)

173
Evidently, this area, Chimney Rock, NC, was used to film scenes in the movie Last of the Mohicans.

Here's the waterfall:

https://youtu.be/MYdC-6nShdc?si=Fn2RvLaWqYw4XM7N&t=273

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 05, 2024 12:45 PM (xTBXp)

174 136 $750 is not going to help solve any problems.

Indeed. Especially with the possibility that it puts one under the govt's boot.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 12:24 PM (PcTds)

We are already under the government's boot.

Posted by: That ship done sailed at October 05, 2024 12:45 PM (8vw5b)

175 >>Wasn't there a similar "payout" after another natural disaster that pretty much insulted everyone?

Hawaii after the fire. Same thing. $750.

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2024 12:47 PM (82BzC)

176 That's why Joe O'Biden was so jocular at the press briefing, into which he stepped to crow about his wonderful victory, the "settlement" of the strike.

Whether the end result shits all over Harris or Trump, it's OK with him, because he hates both of them.

And for sure it will shit all over the U.S., which he hates as well.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at October 05, 2024 12:47 PM (nWmNS)

177 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 12:40 PM (FnneF)

The program is called Jase Daily. At Jasemedical dot com.

Posted by: Derak at October 05, 2024 12:47 PM (rNR4k)

178 So I will take your considerations about the weather, similarly.
Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at October 05, 2024 12:42 PM (sycsh)

Still wearing three masks?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 12:48 PM (0rBPF)

179
Have you seen this? Roads GONE.

I watched a sped up video of a guy on an ATV driving up a road paralleling the creek/river. A lot of bulldozers are working to restore one lane road. Maybe 60% asphalt left, 39% mud or dirt, 1% under water from lack of drain pipes.

I guess one lane is better then none, but people better have 4 wheel drive.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 12:48 PM (RKVpM)

180 >>> 166 Well,kestrel, you were wrong about fluoride and about vaccines. Hundreds of thousands of lives were saved.
So I will take your considerations about the weather, similarly.
Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at October 05, 2024 12:42 PM (sycsh)

BTH *you* were, and still are, wrong about everything "covid". Why don't you go put on a couple dozen more masks, you might get cooties by posting here.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 12:48 PM (FnneF)

181 159
Have you seen this? Roads GONE.

This is Lake Lure, NC.

https://youtu.be/MYdC-6nShdc?si=ntqcHhattcet1JIA&t=68
Posted by: Soothsayer
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All the way to Chimney Rock; not one dead person, no people in trees. Tore the hell out of everything though. Musk had a tweet up last night more or less challenging Blinken - spoke of impediments to help and wanted to talk to him personally. Last time I looked the richest, smartest man in the world had received no response.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 12:48 PM (+JNKR)

182 If you like Dead Can Dance, you probably will like Carpenter Brut

youtu.be/wy9r2qeouiQ

Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2024 12:50 PM (D7oie)

183 >>> 169 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 12:40 PM (FnneF)

Hmmm. My friend just got a years supply of his hypertension meds from Jase. I'm pretty sure.

They're the one that provide antibiotics in a "Jase case".

I'll ask and follow up.
D
Posted by: Derak at October 05, 2024 12:43 PM (rNR4k)

Much appreciated.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 12:50 PM (FnneF)

184 >>> 177 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 12:40 PM (FnneF)

The program is called Jase Daily. At Jasemedical dot com.

Posted by: Derak at October 05, 2024 12:47 PM (rNR4k)

... and there you are. The Horde is awesome.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 12:51 PM (FnneF)

185 >>>Whether the end result shits all over Harris or Trump, it's OK with him, because he hates both of them.

And for sure it will shit all over the U.S., which he hates as well.
Posted by: Mr Gaga
---------------------

You could see the anger and contempt on his face.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 12:52 PM (+JNKR)

186 They're the one that provide antibiotics in a "Jase case".

I'll ask and follow up.
D
Posted by: Derak at October 05, 2024 12:43 PM (rNR4k)

Much appreciated.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 12:50 PM (FnneF)

Yikes! Very expensive. Get a list of the meds contained in it, and make a trip to Mexico.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 12:53 PM (0rBPF)

187 Well,kestrel, you were wrong about fluoride and about vaccines. Hundreds of thousands of lives were saved.
So I will take your considerations about the weather, similarly.
Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at October 05, 2024 12:42 PM (sycsh)

Four questions: What evidence would it take to change your mind on these subjects? How do you figure to evaluate this evidence if you find it? What would it mean to the other things you know for certain? and. Have you bothered to look?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2024 12:53 PM (D7oie)

188 Cloud seeding caused massive flooding in..?. I think, Dubai?

Yes, and casually mentioned by the media as though cloud seeding is something familiar to everyone.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 12:54 PM (PcTds)

189 Cloud seeding caused massive flooding in..?. I think, Dubai?
--------
Yea, I think so... it was pretty epic looking too. Massive amounts of water, flooded roadways, inside buildings, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 12:54 PM (Q4IgG)

190 "Last time I looked the richest, smartest man in the world had received no response."

It's hard to find the response for some reason (hmmm...) but here is something. Read the whole thing especially Elon's response.

https://tinyurl.com/3wm8kr84

Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2024 12:55 PM (QB+5g)

191 164 >>>I like it, just don't think Egypt will have the door open.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
--------------------------------------

That's Egypt's and the muslim world's problem. They are responsible for their brothers. It's their decision whether to help them or not. Blinken could throw some cash at Egypt to help soothe their burden.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 12:41 PM (+JNKR
They’re pretty shaky on the Five Pillars, except Shahada-declaration making one a muslim.
and Hajj- pilgrimage to Mecca.
the other 3, Sawm alms (charity),
Zakat -fasting,
and Salah, prayer five times a day toward Mecca.
Those can be sketchy.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 12:57 PM (o2ZRX)

192 Cloud seeding caused massive flooding in..?. I think, Dubai?

Yes, and casually mentioned by the media as though cloud seeding is something familiar to everyone.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 12:54 PM (PcTds)

Cloud seeding is a pretty iffy proposition. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Best case? You have a cloud that is due to drop rain somewhere, and you are able to direct that rain where it is needed.

Nekkid wimmenz doing a rain dance at least provides entertainment for the onlookers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 12:57 PM (0rBPF)

193 So I will take your considerations about the weather, similarly.
Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at October 05, 2024 12:42 PM (sycsh)

Still wearing three masks?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 12:48 PM (0rBPF)

I started working with a new colleague. He's gotten every "booster."

Ok then, one subject right there we will NOT be discussing.

Some people were just broken.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 12:59 PM (xKNfA)

194 I've pulled up perhaps perhaps perhaps on YouTube and that will be my clean the house music.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 12:59 PM (PcTds)

195 Cloud seeding caused massive flooding in..?. I think, Dubai?

-------
Yes, and casually mentioned by the media as though cloud seeding is something familiar to everyone.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 12:54 PM (PcTds)

I had a patient many moons ago, wouldn't stop talking about chem trails.

This was supposedly evidence of his insanity (although everyone knew he was very intelligent and well educated).

This being 2024, I'm not saying I believe it, but I am listening to the arguments.

Same with "vaccines."

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 01:02 PM (xKNfA)

196 When container shipping was getting started, the longshoreman got a deal where the senior half of union members would continue to be paid until retirement while being required to do no work at all, based on the agreement not to burn the ports to the ground. I suspect a similar deal will be in the works over automation.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 05, 2024 01:02 PM (IMKWe)

197 Yikes! Very expensive. Get a list of the meds contained in it, and make a trip to Mexico.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---------------------

My limited experience with Mexican medical protocol.
Went to MX, scripts from my Dr. in hand. American *scripts are not valid in MX. I had to go to a Mexican doctor, whose office was conveniently located above the pharmacy to obtain valid prescriptions. The time and expense for that was nominal but it was part of the program.

*having American scripts may or may not have helped obtaining Mexican scripts

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 01:03 PM (+JNKR)

198 Louis doesn't have to consider anything other than what's best for the people. He's not in it for the money, doesn't need to consolidate power, isn't competing with other petty bureaucrats. When he gets a good idea, he says "it shall be done," and it is.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 12:32 PM (xKNfA)

Yarvin is an idiot, Louis didn't do crap, his ministers, secretaries, dogsbodies and tax collectors did. And every single one of them had their hand out since it wasn't their kingdom, it was a job to get them rich.

Yarvis misses that the reason Louis' kingdom did as well as it did was because of his lack of reach and power over the economy. The one thing the French Kings were in control of was the money, the taxes, and what loyalty it could buy from the army and the peerage, everything else was run in spite of that by the people who lived in the economy.
When John Law instigated his Land Based currency because the King needed more money, the King destroyed the one thing he had power over, and almost brought the kingdom down. That shock led to the financial crisis in the 1790's which did bring the royal family down.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2024 01:03 PM (D7oie)

199 >>> 181
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All the way to Chimney Rock; not one dead person, no people in trees. Tore the hell out of everything though. Musk had a tweet up last night more or less challenging Blinken - spoke of impediments to help and wanted to talk to him personally. Last time I looked the richest, smartest man in the world had received no response.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 12:48 PM (+JNKR)

There are several other ewe tubbers who have *reported* seeing bodies in towns or who show interviews with other witnesses reporting the same; many specifically say they will *not* show such images.
Re. the 'bodies in trees' what do people imagine this means? I rather doubt there are places where there are dozens of trees holding bodies like freaking Christmas ornaments. However, when you have such insane flooding and mudslides sweeping houses off foundations, what is so implausible about one or two people who drowned and were later deposited in something that normally is well above the river? For that matter, could some who drowned be buried in mud/debris deposited further downstream? How long will it take to find all or even most of the fatalities?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 01:05 PM (FnneF)

200 Nekkid wimmenz doing a rain dance at least provides entertainment for the onlookers

Well, I mean, killing cows is seriously being promoted to save the earth, so maybe we are back to the old, old ways.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 01:05 PM (PcTds)

201 I was just told by a cow worker Karen that the increase of whooping cough and diptheria were NOT caused by the border invaders, but by Americans refusing to vaccinate their children. I left the office before she blamed it on President Trump

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 01:05 PM (o2ZRX)

202 If you're not squeamish, look into buying meds from India. We've got some antibiotics, ivermectin and some other medications from an Indian outfit. My wife has the details and I can ask her for them if anyone's interested.

FWIW some of the stuff I get via a script at Walgreens comes from India.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 01:06 PM (Q4IgG)

203 My limited experience with Mexican medical protocol.
Went to MX, scripts from my Dr. in hand. American *scripts are not valid in MX. I had to go to a Mexican doctor, whose office was conveniently located above the pharmacy to obtain valid prescriptions. The time and expense for that was nominal but it was part of the program.

*having American scripts may or may not have helped obtaining Mexican scripts
Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 01:03 PM (+JNKR)

Many meds in MX are sold OTC, no scrip needed, Ivermectin being one of them.

But to assemble a portable pharmacy like the "Jase Case", I would probably want to work with a Mexican doctor, and have a scrip filled.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 01:06 PM (0rBPF)

204 I listened to Tucker's session with Alex Jones and Jack Posobiec, and before he brought Alex out, Tucker says he was chatting with a guy recently, someone who is not very political, but leans left.

The guy was telling Tucker about a story he'd heard, about how chemicals were causing frogs to change genders. And Tucker, who couldn't resist, said "you mean they're turning the frogs gay?"

The other guy thought about it for a second, and said, "Yeah, you could say that."

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 01:07 PM (xKNfA)

205 If the government really was worried about "misinformation" and conspiracy theories they would;

1) Stop lying about everything
2) Be very, very open about when they got things wrong and why

And in many cases I believe they are intentionally pushing the more outlandish conspiracy theories because it helps paint everyone questioning them as crazy.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2024 01:07 PM (oZhjI)

206 #9 Missouri is ... struggling against TAM.

24-0 pending the EP.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 05, 2024 01:08 PM (IMKWe)

207 166 Well,kestrel, you were wrong about fluoride and about vaccines. Hundreds of thousands of lives were saved.
So I will take your considerations about the weather, similarly.
Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at October 05, 2024 12:42 PM (sycsh)

Him sad. Brain broken.

Posted by: we are beyond thunderome at October 05, 2024 01:08 PM (8vw5b)

208 increase of whooping cough and diptheria were NOT caused by the border invaders, but by Americans refusing to vaccinate their children

We've had several disease outbreaks that tracked exactly where the illegals were.

Now of course they are everywhere so you can't directly track them and their impacts the same ways

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2024 01:08 PM (oZhjI)

209 Him sad. Brain broken.
Posted by: we are beyond thunderome at October 05, 2024 01:08 PM (8vw5b)

It's tragic really.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 05, 2024 01:10 PM (IMKWe)

210 >>>"Following their public conversation, Musk posted a message thanking Buttigieg for speaking with him offline.

“Thanks for the call. Hopefully, we can resolve this soon,” Musk replied vaguely, leaving people to wonder about what transpired."
_the Hill
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1 minute ago _ Pinned Tweet
Elon Musk @elonmusk 8h

SpaceX engineers are trying to deliver Starlink terminals & supplies to devastated areas in North Carolina right now and @FEMA is both failing to help AND won’t let others help. This is unconscionable!!

They just took this video a few hours ago, where you can see the level of devastation: roads, houses, electricity, water supply and ground Internet connections completely destroyed.

@FEMA wouldn’t let them land to deliver critical supplies … my blood is boiling …

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 01:12 PM (+JNKR)

211 increase of whooping cough and diptheria were NOT caused by the border invaders, but by Americans refusing to vaccinate their children

We've had several disease outbreaks that tracked exactly where the illegals were.

Now of course they are everywhere so you can't directly track them and their impacts the same ways
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And since I've already outed myself as a crazy conspiracy theorist, I will add...perhaps it is a hygiene issue, not necessarily a vaccine issue.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 01:12 PM (PcTds)

212 Yarvin is an idiot...
Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2024 01:03 PM (D7oie)

Nah, he's just engaging in mental masturbation. At least that's how I take it.

The way we're doing it now isn't working.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 01:13 PM (RNrRd)

213 So I will take your considerations about the weather, similarly.
Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at October 05, 2024 12:42 PM (sycsh)

Still wearing three masks?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 12:48 PM (0rBPF)

Which he wears under his 100% coverage positive pressure hazmat suit while driving in his car.

Posted by: Bubble boy is real at October 05, 2024 01:13 PM (8vw5b)

214 The YouTube perhaps algorithm didn't work for me, so switched to Spanish guitar.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 01:14 PM (PcTds)

215 We've had several disease outbreaks that tracked exactly where the illegals were.

Now of course they are everywhere so you can't directly track them and their impacts the same ways
Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2024 01:08 PM (oZhjI)
Could this disaster been any more thorough if on purpose? I don’t think so. So, probably planned. Almost like some kind of flu or something.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 01:14 PM (o2ZRX)

216 #9 Missouri is ... struggling against TAM.

24-0 pending the EP.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 05, 2024 01:08 PM (IMKWe)

You don't have to be a football nut to know that #9 was a sham.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 01:14 PM (RNrRd)

217 was just told by a cow worker Karen that the increase of whooping cough and diptheria were NOT caused by the border invaders, but by Americans refusing to vaccinate their children. I left the office before she blamed it on President Trump
Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 01:05 PM (o2ZRX)

Can't fix stupid.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 05, 2024 01:16 PM (h7Tgu)

218 be thinking about now?

That it's about time for a beer!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 05, 2024 01:16 PM (sZ+hC)

219 208 increase of whooping cough and diptheria were NOT caused by the border invaders, but by Americans refusing to vaccinate their children

We've had several disease outbreaks that tracked exactly where the illegals were.

Now of course they are everywhere so you can't directly track them and their impacts the same ways
Posted by: 18-1
------------------------

Pertussis vaccines work. It's a two-fer for the genociders; bring in the sick, infect the unvaccinated.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 01:16 PM (+JNKR)

220 SpaceX engineers are trying to deliver Starlink terminals & supplies to devastated areas in North Carolina right now and @FEMA is both failing to help AND won’t let others help. This is unconscionable!!

It's same thing as local sheriffs and county health officials shutting down private citizens providing sandwiches and coffee or shuttling supplies to disaster victims, just on a bigger scale. They can't allow anything to happen outside their control, can't be upstaged by unwashed peons, and can't have any credit deflected from them. Their egos and authoritarian beliefs won't allow it.

Posted by: Everything inside the state, etc at October 05, 2024 01:17 PM (8vw5b)

221 BTH, I enjoyed your comments before the covid response. Would love to see you commenting on history and other topics.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 01:17 PM (PcTds)

222 >>> 190 "Last time I looked the richest, smartest man in the world had received no response."

It's hard to find the response for some reason (hmmm...) but here is something. Read the whole thing especially Elon's response.

https://tinyurl.com/3wm8kr84

Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2024 12:55 PM (QB+5g)

Same article you posted last night from the Hill, yes? (I *did* go check it out.) It opens with "Pete says Elon is wrong!" which to me anyway, sounds a lot like "the Mayor of Springfield says no one is eating the cats!".

Then it says Elon mentions they had a private conversation and thanks Pete and.... well, not much else. Did the situation get resolved? Did the pilot make deliveries? Who knows! Maybe it was a *good* conversation between Pete and Elon but I didn't see anything to tell one way or another. They do make a point of telling us the Musk supports OrangeManBad, and giving a lot of puffery to Buttplug.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 01:18 PM (FnneF)

223
I don't give a rip about conspiracy theories and "stenches" and "people in trees."

The FACT is: there are thousands of people reported "missing."

Where Are They??

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 05, 2024 01:18 PM (bT6eg)

224 Hi KT! You are amazing. In terms of Mayor Pete negotiating this, you have to know I am laughing based on my history with him. While I do believe strongly he made and moves to get this over (I recognize some of his thought processes), the real reason is they were all about to be shown up by DeSantis. I guess they have a TA that they are voting on Jan 15? I need to look at it. You don’t typically go back to the table once you have a TA unless it’s voted down.

If they don’t take this opportunity to actually solidify a contingency plan, I am not even sure what to say.

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2024 01:21 PM (pZEOD)

225 >>> 223
I don't give a rip about conspiracy theories and "stenches" and "people in trees."

The FACT is: there are thousands of people reported "missing."

Where Are They??
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 05, 2024 01:18 PM (bT6eg)

Duh, they're on vacation in Maui.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 01:21 PM (FnneF)

226 Not saying it's not true, but bodies everywhere is the usual rumor going around after hurricanes.

Funny, after Katrina, my wife applied to FEMA online. Shortly, they put $2K into our bank account. Never any inspections.

Posted by: Dino58 at October 05, 2024 01:22 PM (RwcH4)

227 The FACT is: there are thousands of people reported "missing."

Where Are They??
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 05, 2024 01:18 PM (bT6eg)

Touring Biltmore.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 05, 2024 01:23 PM (h7Tgu)

228
So if you watch these hurricane videos on youtube, they are spammed with the same bullshit comments: "Trump joked about global warming making more ocean-front property." "Stop politicizing this tragedy!" "Trump needs to stop spreading lies and misinformation!" "The Right loves conspiracy theories!"

This is how they fuck with people with gaslighting and spam.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 05, 2024 01:23 PM (bT6eg)

229
Then it says Elon mentions they had a private conversation and thanks Pete and.... well, not much else. Did the situation get resolved? Did the pilot make deliveries? Who knows! Maybe it was a *good* conversation between Pete and Elon but I didn't see anything to tell one way or another. They do make a point of telling us the Musk supports OrangeManBad, and giving a lot of puffery to Buttplug.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at

Will you take this moment to be with me in my time of missing my opportunity to go from nobody to somebody for the shortest of durations? I missed the opportunity to speak to Elon Musk!!! I could have given him the phone number he needed! AND I MISSED IT! Arrrggghhhhhhh!

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2024 01:23 PM (pZEOD)

230 Did someone take my name in vain? Although I totally agree about having "scribes" running amok...

Posted by: tankascribe at October 05, 2024 01:24 PM (Q30e7)

231
They were eating each other in Astrodome, yes?

No, wait, it was the New Orleans Saints Louisian Superdome?

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 05, 2024 01:25 PM (bT6eg)

232 Yarvis misses that the reason Louis' kingdom did as well as it did was because of his lack of reach and power over the economy. The one thing the French Kings were in control of was the money, the taxes, and what loyalty it could buy from the army and the peerage, everything else was run in spite of that by the people who lived in the economy.

When John Law instigated his Land Based currency because the King needed more money, the King destroyed the one thing he had power over, and almost brought the kingdom down. That shock led to the financial crisis in the 1790's which did bring the royal family down.
Posted by: Kindltot

John Law was part of the story. That alone could be recovered from as the Netherlands bounced back from the tulip bulb craze. But, the kingdom of France was engaged in constant foreign wars across the globe and in Europe for centuries fighting the Hapsburgs often and then a rising England.

Financing the French and Indian War and the subsequent American Revolution, which both became world wars, destroyed what was left of the public fisc.

Did not help with the stupid internal war against Huguenots which drove out merchants and industry.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2024 01:25 PM (bt/Nj)

233 Fuck the scribes. And the Pharisees.

Posted by: Jesus, updated for modern times at October 05, 2024 01:26 PM (8vw5b)

234 @229 "If you knoww what I mean *wink* *wink*"

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 05, 2024 01:26 PM (3bS+W)

235 Israel National NewsDefense/SecurityReport: Nasrallah's successor eliminated

Report: Nasrallah's successor eliminated
Israeli security source tells Sky News Arabic that Hezbollah's new leader, Hashem Safieddine, was eliminated.

Posted by: Jill Stein at October 05, 2024 01:27 PM (GITLP)

236 I am astounded by the incredible lack or coordination in this Administration. Blinken (an idiot to be sure) should never have announced the $$$ for Lebanon. Given the continued deaf ear to domestic issues by our government, a decent author could write a scenario where this tragedy lights the fuse for the Second Secession. And if I were a decent graphics designer, it would be fun to design the new flag of the Second Confederacy.
I wonder what it would look like?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 01:27 PM (W/lyH)

237 @235 And Wadiya mourns.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 05, 2024 01:28 PM (3bS+W)

238 The FACT is: there are thousands of people reported "missing."

Where Are They??
Posted by: Soothsayer

Oh, somewhere up there. *waves at mountains*. They don't answer their phones.

Posted by: FEMA at October 05, 2024 01:29 PM (0ljUU)

239
I've even seen comments on Youtube about how Trump "stole" billions from FEMA to "build the wall."

And, of course, Trump and the Republicans are being blamed for the storm because they don't "believe in" "climate change."

And then a smattering of "leave politics out of it!" from the same NPC's who are blaming Trump.

Same bullshit Crybully tactics, different day, different event.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 05, 2024 01:30 PM (bT6eg)

240 And if I were a decent graphics designer, it would be fun to design the new flag of the Second Confederacy.
I wonder what it would look like?
Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2024 01:27 PM (W/lyH)

It would need a Pepe the Frog, for sure.

Posted by: Just for lulz at October 05, 2024 01:30 PM (8vw5b)

241 GARDEN THREAD IS BLOOMING

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 01:30 PM (fwDg9)

242 >>> 231
They were eating each other in Astrodome, yes?

No, wait, it was the New Orleans Saints Louisian Superdome?
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 05, 2024 01:25 PM (bT6eg)

Shep! wished someone would 'eat' him...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 01:30 PM (FnneF)

243 >>> 229
==
Will you take this moment to be with me in my time of missing my opportunity to go from nobody to somebody for the shortest of durations? I missed the opportunity to speak to Elon Musk!!! I could have given him the phone number he needed! AND I MISSED IT! Arrrggghhhhhhh!
Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2024 01:23 PM (pZEOD)

Shit, you could have invited him to the TX MoMee!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 01:32 PM (FnneF)

244 >>Re. the 'bodies in trees' what do people imagine this means? I rather doubt there are places where there are dozens of trees holding bodies like freaking Christmas ornaments.

Fluvial Dynamics make this more likely than less.

It's the reason you find gold in deposits along a streambed and not evenly distributed throughout the stream.

Flotsam / Debris will be deposited where the speeds drop and the load can't continue on due to a lack of force.

And yeah...this will happen with bodies.

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2024 01:33 PM (82BzC)

245 "Then it says Elon mentions they had a private conversation and thanks Pete and.... well, not much else. Did the situation get resolved? Did the pilot make deliveries? Who knows! Maybe it was a *good* conversation between Pete and Elon but I didn't see anything to tell one way or another."

Strip out all the puffery and focus on the very small fact that Elon's response was "vague'. Based on the fact that Elon was breathing fire before I think you can figure that he found out his outrage was not justified.

Have we heard anything new from Elon about this? Yes? No?

Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2024 01:33 PM (QB+5g)

246 Thanks everyone, you are informative and entertaining, as always.

Peace

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at October 05, 2024 01:34 PM (PcTds)

247 155 Even the Bourbon nobility, cloistered in their opulent estates, didn't harbor the kind of disdain for the commoners that our ruling class does. Disdain doesn't even begin to describe it - it's just naked hatred.

Those nobles were all too willing to kill the peasants in any number of ways, if it served their interests.

But the American ruling class actually does blindly despise its subjects. A course of action can run counter to their own interests, and they'll pursue it anyway, as long as it harms us.

It might be the first ruling class in history that seeks to eventually snuff itself out by destroying every person beneath it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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The Deep State in Louis's era was just as spiteful and hated the folks. Aside from Louis XIV coming of age during the Fronde uprising and trying to make damn sure that did not repeat in his realm, most of the French kings were dilettantes that had little to do with day to day governance. That is what ministers were for. For example, Louis XIII had his Cardinal Richeliu to do a lot of the dirty work repressing peasants and his successor Cardinal Mazarin helped worsen the Fronde revolt by his actions in office.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2024 01:36 PM (bt/Nj)

248 Will you take this moment to be with me in my time of missing my opportunity to go from nobody to somebody for the shortest of durations? I missed the opportunity to speak to Elon Musk!!! I could have given him the phone number he needed! AND I MISSED IT! Arrrggghhhhhhh!
Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2024 01:23 PM (pZEOD)

Shit, you could have invited him to the TX MoMee!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October

It keeps getting worse and worse! I am going to cry now. Hahaha.

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2024 01:36 PM (pZEOD)

249
In addition to no bodies in trees, some fuckingassholes are also the reports of looting are a conspiracy theory, too.

Um, nope.
There is looting. The extent of the looting? Whothefuckknows.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 05, 2024 01:37 PM (qODTB)

250 Wait. My hash is back….

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2024 01:37 PM (pZEOD)

251
and the Red Cross can go horsefuck, too

I hope people aren't donating to those corrupt bureaucratic useless corporate rat bastards.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 05, 2024 01:39 PM (qODTB)

252 236 I am astounded by the incredible lack or coordination in this Administration. Blinken (an idiot to be sure) should never have announced the $$$ for Lebanon. Given the continued deaf ear to domestic issues by our government, a decent author could write a scenario where this tragedy lights the fuse for the Second Secession. And if I were a decent graphics designer, it would be fun to design the new flag of the Second Confederacy.
I wonder what it would look like?
Posted by: Diogenes
==========
It is the end result of a run amuck bureaucracy similar to the end of the Soviet Union.

When you have a politicized bureaucracy as we do, it becomes incompetent because the best 'optics' political way thinking is not the same as making a good policy decision.

Political bureaucrats are all the same--they actively hinder those responsible for trying and getting the job done. So, you get a political minder that halts shipments until the big cheeses arrive to take credit via photo ops. You get the diversity coordinator that does not want to let contracts to companies that white males run, and so on.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2024 01:42 PM (bt/Nj)

253 The Black Book of Communism. A must read

Posted by: Steve at October 05, 2024 01:43 PM (NVSSB)

254 Red Cross was fucking INVISIBLE in Baton Rouge after H. Katrina in '04 ... unless, of course, you were shopping at Bon Marche Mall - then it was a sea of White Polo Shirts with the RC logo. Bastards. They haven't improved one fucking bit since, either.

Posted by: Dr_No at October 05, 2024 01:43 PM (ayRl+)

255 When was the last time that the Democrats cut taxes for the middle and working classes?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 05, 2024 01:44 PM (IMKWe)

256 Financing the French and Indian War and the subsequent American Revolution, which both became world wars, destroyed what was left of the public fisc.

Did not help with the stupid internal war against Huguenots which drove out merchants and industry.
Posted by: whig at October 05, 2024 01:25 PM (bt/Nj)

You can afford a lot of vanity projects like wars and pogroms if you have a rich economy to fund it, and anything that gets you more funding lets you do more extreme things. Fiat finances that, as does cornering the market for goods from the East, and making so much money the market signals are swamped by easy money. Then of course because there is not maintenance of capital investment, the whole enterprise bogs down.
Sorry, Whig, my hobbyhorse.

I love watching "traditional craft" videos, and the English ones are about 1790 techniques, the French are about 1850, and the Spanish ones are between 1400-1600 depending. I don't know what that means, but I suspect it has to do when those economies became world powers and didn't have to rely on the countryside as a main economic driver of the economy, so competition wasn't a driver in technology at the craft level.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2024 01:47 PM (D7oie)

257 Link to pdf of Fiat Money Inflation in France.

https://bityl.co/SGNM

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 05, 2024 01:50 PM (IMKWe)

258 When was the last time that the Democrats cut taxes for the middle and working classes?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 05, 2024 01:44 PM (IMKWe)

Reminds me, I saw an article in the St. Louis Rag, old Jack Danforth is mad at Josh "Smoot" Hawley for somehow sabotaging a bill that would compensate those who were radiated by nukular testing.

It was a convoluted way they got to it being Hawley's fault, but what I kept wondering is... who is still needing money for being radiated for nukular testing?

Seems to me we don't really NEED programs like this to go on in perpetuity. But there was old Jack Danforth, ragging on an actual conservative, because the Republican Party of his day is dead and gone. Or it will be... as soon as his kind are.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 01:51 PM (2kMY6)

259 @ 242 >>> 231
They were eating each other in Astrodome, yes?

No, wait, it was the New Orleans Saints Louisian Superdome?
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 05, 2024 01:25 PM (bT6eg)
_____________________________

No, there was no 'human consumption' in the Superdome. Lots of stealing everything that wasn't nailed down, lots of shitting everywhere 'cos no flushability, lots of 'improper touching', lots of 'watch who's standing at the urinal next to yours', but no: no humans were consumed as foodstuffs. When the 'contractors' came thru the (un-)Employment Orifice in BR looking for warm bodies to clean up after the 'Dome was emptied out (and the 'residents' had taken everything not nailed down), the people hired for 'clean-up' at the Dome were offered just $10/hr - and NO protective gear was supplied. You wore what you were wearing when you hired on ... no, I didn't sign up.

Posted by: Dr_No at October 05, 2024 01:51 PM (ayRl+)

260 So what did Diddy do to piss off the power that be?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 05, 2024 01:54 PM (IMKWe)

261 Communism is rising again because communists were appointed by "Biden" and run the country.

Posted by: Enough Bull at October 05, 2024 01:54 PM (2NXcZ)

262 Why is communism rising again?

Because we did not thoroughly chastise and discourage the people who push it.

I'm thinking we should look at how it used to be done.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg

Posted by: setnaffa at October 05, 2024 01:54 PM (nOVGb)

263 So what did Diddy do to piss off the power that be?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 05, 2024 01:54 PM (IMKWe)

We may never know. I just assume someone more powerful than he wanted the black Hollowood pedo contract.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 01:55 PM (2kMY6)

264 As evil and idiotic as he is, he still exerts real power. He's actually ruling.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 11:24 AM (J4UmJ)

As are Mayorkas, Garland and Bootygig

Posted by: Enough Bull at October 05, 2024 01:56 PM (2NXcZ)

265 #WDDD

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 05, 2024 01:56 PM (IMKWe)

266 1st play from scrimmage in the second half and a 75 yard rushing TD puts TAM up 31-0 over Missouri.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 05, 2024 01:57 PM (IMKWe)

267 As evil and idiotic as he is, he still exerts real power. He's actually ruling.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 11:24 AM (J4UmJ)

As are Mayorkas, Garland and Bootygig
Posted by: Enough Bull at October 05, 2024 01:56 PM (2NXcZ)

Yup, doesn't matter that they serve masters, they're still moving things along in real time, real ways.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 01:58 PM (2kMY6)

268 1st play from scrimmage in the second half and a 75 yard rushing TD puts TAM up 31-0 over Missouri.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 05, 2024 01:57 PM (IMKWe)

It's always been thus. Mizzou gets uppity, and then some team from Texas or Oklahoma or Nebraska or Alabama or Georgia shows them they ain't shit.

Back to the middle of the pack with you, boys.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 01:59 PM (2kMY6)

269 Next possession will have Missouri going four down, and that either works, pace Georgia, or you go down 71-0

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 05, 2024 02:01 PM (IMKWe)

270 I have often said that; We live under the tyranny of overly educated under achievers determined to justify their existence.
They are obsessed by some manifest destiny to save ourselves from ourselves, for our own good and the good of all.

I'd hate to think I was right about that.

Posted by: Richkat at October 05, 2024 02:02 PM (tHLuK)

271 There's a relatively recent fancy-pants expression to describe this phenomenon: "elite overproduction." Peter Turchin came up with the idea, but clearly it was anticipated by Hoffer.

Posted by: Craig Pirrong at October 05, 2024 02:03 PM (zho1J)

272 everything not nailed down), the people hired for 'clean-up' at the Dome were offered just $10/hr - and NO protective gear was supplied. You wore what you were wearing when you hired on ... no, I didn't sign up.
Posted by: Dr_No at October 05, 2024 01:51 PM (ayRl+)

That's the problem with America / nobody wants to work! You're a thief! Get five jobs and a $200 car, idiot! Buy my book!

Posted by: Dave Ramsey, boomer meme incarnate at October 05, 2024 02:04 PM (8vw5b)

273 was just told by a cow worker Karen that the increase of whooping cough and diptheria were NOT caused by the border invaders, but by Americans refusing to vaccinate their children. I left the office before she blamed it on President Trump
Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 01:05 PM (o2ZRX)

Can't fix stupid.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer

Maybe she is just ignorant. Does she know that immigrant vis applicants are required to get physicals and be healthy before being granted a visa? If she is aware of that but still claims it is because people are not vaccinating their children then she is STUPID.
And should be so advised.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 05, 2024 02:05 PM (/lPRQ)

274 >>> 245
==
Strip out all the puffery and focus on the very small fact that Elon's response was "vague'. Based on the fact that Elon was breathing fire before I think you can figure that he found out his outrage was not justified.

Have we heard anything new from Elon about this? Yes? No?
Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2024 01:33 PM (QB+5g)

Braenyard's 210 seems to suggest Elon is grumpy again but I don't see a link to confirm the timing.

It could be that Musk 'found out his outrage was not justified'; it could be that Mayor Pete made himself useful. I would have liked to see *his* side of the conversation, or at least a summary if both parties agreed to keep it private. Pete could have said something about getting a misunderstanding straightened out and/or we're so glad to have so many private volunteers blah blah blah. It's vague all around and that is not helpful.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 02:08 PM (FnneF)

275 I have often said that; We live under the tyranny of overly educated under achievers determined to justify their existence.
They are obsessed by some manifest destiny to save ourselves from ourselves, for our own good and the good of all.

I'd hate to think I was right about that.
Posted by: Richkat at October 05, 2024 02:02 PM (tHLuK)

I think that's overthinking it.

Many of these people are trained to be ruling class, and rule they shall. The extent to which they think about the masses, it's just a puzzle, like a Rubik's Cube, you turn the colors this way and that until they line up the way you want.

Then you blow it up, disassemble it, scramble it through chaos and do it over.

For fun and profit.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 02:08 PM (2kMY6)

276 Flotsam / Debris will be deposited where the speeds drop and the load can't continue on due to a lack of force.

And yeah...this will happen with bodies.
Posted by: garrett

Like gruesome natural levee.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 05, 2024 02:14 PM (/lPRQ)

277 On programming the Rally is shown om Newsmax at 4pm,
Probably later until DJT gets there

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 02:18 PM (fwDg9)

278 They just took this video a few hours ago, where you can see the level of devastation: roads, houses, electricity, water supply and ground Internet connections completely destroyed.

@FEMA wouldn’t let them land to deliver critical supplies … my blood is boiling …
Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 01:12 PM (+JNKR)

Load the chopper with some armed mountain people. Problem solved.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 05, 2024 02:20 PM (iODuv)

279 ) Hot girls are waiting for you to blow up your computer.

Posted by: Vissa at October 05, 2024 02:22 PM (bAAMA)

280
Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺 🇨🇾 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇹🇼 @DrewPavlou

Judith Butler: ''Hamas and Hezbollah are social movements that are progressive, that are on the Left, that are part of a global Left.''

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 02:25 PM (+JNKR)

281 @ 279 ) Hot girls are waiting for you on ---
_______________________________

Really ... ? Well, how 'hot' ARE they ... ? Send a photo, 'kay ...

Posted by: Dr_No at October 05, 2024 02:35 PM (ayRl+)

282 Ace made the point about "touch" charges moving cargo from larger trans oceanic ships to intercoastal ships for forwarding instead of long truck hauls. Is the touch charge the reason or the federal law that all intercoastal shipping has to be on US flagged vessels and there aren't any because of costs?

Posted by: Skinnedknuckles at October 05, 2024 02:47 PM (120zK)

283 The President of the Longshoremans Union, a fellah by the name of Dagget, is a rabid Trump boi.
Just Google it

Posted by: Paul at October 05, 2024 03:58 PM (zARSz)

284
Thanks for the Hoffer quotes! I've got something to read this evening when we return from the Festival of Combustion in Homestead, PA.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 05, 2024 04:41 PM (9bO/i)

The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

*****
Good morning Morons. Welcome to October. Before we get enter the prayer revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over> (Rulz for those of you in Escanaba)

1. This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate away.
2. Be kind, be nice and for heaven's sake, no jumping on the furniture.
3. Running with sharp objects is frowned upon. Seriously. It is.
4. Have a great weekend!

*****

AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com. Prayer
requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
8/6 - LMD Outer Banker requested prayers for a son who is undergoing an experimental treatment for
chronic Lyme disease, which he has been battling for 25 years. He will be in a clinic abroad for about a
month.
8/31 Update – The son is on his way home. After one month of treatment, the tests appear to show he
is free of Lyme and its coinfections. For the first time in 15 years, he no longer has to take antibiotics.
Now the challenge is for his immune system to repair itself to be able to ward off future problems. The
clinic indicates that will take about 6 months of healthy eating and supplements. Thank you for your
prayers; LMD Outer Banker and family are crying in joy.
9/7 Update – Someone Else asked for more information about the clinic and location where this
treatment was possible, if LMD Outer Banker would be willing to post a comment with that information,
or let Annie’s Stew know so she can forward the information. Someone Else has a relative who has
suffered for years and was finally diagnosed with Lyme Disease. Someone Else’s relative also needs
prayers for healing.
9/14 Update – the Clinic is in Germany, under clinicum.st.georg. (The URL is https://www.klinik-st-
georg.de/en). It is extremely expensive. The son said for most of the people there it was life or death.
9/21 Update – CP offered to help with logistics of a Horde member needs to come to the clinic noted
here. He is stationed in Germany, within an hour of the clinic. He also knows people at the local U.S.
Consulate. He said he can’t promise speed, only friendly assistance and moral support. Contact Annie’s
Stew and she can help you get in contact with CP, if you are going to Germany for treatment.
8/23 – Grumpy and Recalcitrant requested continued prayers for J.J. Sefton. J.J. is feeling “not too bad,
all things considered”. His post-radiation/chemo MRI is scheduled for the first week of Sept, and this is
when he will find out where things are at, concerning his cancer. Please keep praying for complete
remission, recovery, and a return to good health.
9/24 Update – J.J. posted that his last MRI was negative, which means that he is essentially cancer-
free. He has just started a 6-week course of chemo maintenance with regular MRIs to monitor for any
recurrence, presumably for the rest of his life. All things considered, his doctors are very upbeat that this
could be longer than the standard prognosis. He sends his thanks again to everyone for their prayers
and messages of support.
9/28 Update – J.J. said he just finished the first month of maintenance. It is amazing that it’s just a pill
that he takes at bedtime, 5 straight days per month, for 6 months. Now he has 3 weeks of until the next
round, and an MRI in the coming weeks.
8/31 – Jewells45 sent an update. She started on Cyremza 2 weeks ago, and the only side effects are
really bad headaches and fatigue. She is praying this works.
9/7 Update – Jewells and her husband had a tough weekend. Jewells had a lesion on her leg that hurt
so bad she couldn’t walk, and her husband had to drive himself to the ER. He was unable to urinate, and
in terrible pain. The problem was related to his prostate.
9/21 Update – Jewells’ husband got another catheter put back in on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he was
very lethargic and barely responsive, so she called 911. It turned out his sodium was dangerously low. If
she’d waited, he probably would have had a seizure or slipped into a coma. He stayed at the hospital
overnight.
9/7 – Tonypete requested prayers for his lovely better half. She had an injury that resulted in 4-5 staples
in the back of her head. No permanent damage or serious injury, so they are thankful for that.
9/7 – Sal asked for continued prayers for Pooky’s girl, who is waiting for Lil’ Pooky to be induced (or not),
and prayers for her friend J, 80, who could use prayers for healing. J. tripped and face-planted on her
patio. She is home, but facing a longish recovery.
9/14 Update – Baby boy Pooky has arrived. Mom and baby are home.
9/7 – FenelonSpoke asked for prayers for healing for C, a member of her congregation, who is
undergoing cancer treatment (chemo right now). She has a positive attitude, but the chemo exhausts
her.
9/11 – Jmel asked for prayers for her sister, who was hospitalized, and sent thanks later in the day to
those who prayed. Her sister’s blood work is looking good.
9/14 – COMountainMarie had asked for prayers. She was diagnosed with breast cancer a couple of
weeks ago.
9/14 – MH sent a prayer of thanks for the fire fighters and first responders for tackling the dangerous
“Davis Fire” in Reno, NV this past week.
9/14 – Sal asked for prayers for E and her 100-year-old mother, who is being moved into a new care
facility this week, that the move will not be too difficult and that she will adjust well.
9/16 – Teresa in Fort Worth asked for prayers for her husband’s coworker, Chuck. He is a young family
man in his 40s who received a diagnosis of colon cancer a few months ago, and things are looking pretty
bad right now. He had been receiving chemo in preparation for surgery, but now the tumor(s) are
intertwined with other organs, so they cannot safely operate. He and his wife divorced a few months
before the diagnosis, but she is still helping him out. His two adolescent sons are having a hard time
adjusting to all the upheaval. Chuck is planning to sell his house so he can move in with his dad, who is in
bad health as well.
9/16 – notsothoreau asked for prayers for a woman from church, R, and her family. R just lost her son to
suicide. He left a wife and 3 kids behind. There were no warning signs and R is in shock.
9/17 – PA Dutchman asked for prayers for his sister, Lori, and her husband, Fred. Fred just learned that
he has stage 4 lung cancer and there is nothing doctors can do for him.
9/18 – “…” asked for prayers for a friend, “J”, who was injured in a hit and run. He is left with back pain
and his arm is numb.
9/19 – Erebus asked for prayers for mom, whose years of suffering from Alzheimer’s are almost over.
9/21 – Commissioner Hrothgar offered prayers up for former (and hopefully future) President Trump, to
keep him safe from harm and that the forces of evil arrayed against him and our country be made
ineffective and come to naught.
9/21 – Tonypete asked for prayers for the owner of a local diner, Michelle, and her family at the death
of her son due to addiction-related ailments.
9/21 – Matthew Kant Cipher asked for prayers for the soul of Alex and Alex’ surviving family. Alex was a
fine young man who coached MKC’s son’s youth baseball team for a few years. Alex died in a single
vehicle crash this week, leaving behind a pregnant wife and two stepchildren.
9/21 – FenelonSpoke requested prayers for her son, K, to get a job related to his major, which was
horticulture. He has been diligently sending out resumes from searches online, but hasn’t heard
anything yet. Also, prayers for other morons and ‘ettes looking for jobs.
9/21 – vmom stabby stabby stabby asked for prayers for a young mom who works at her dentist’s office,
who is battling a stage 3 brain tumor.
9/21 – RedMindBlueState requested prayers for C, a the two-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter of a
friend and fellow parishioner, who recently had a tumor removed from her spine.
9/23 – Lady in Black asked for prayers for her dad. He is 89 and has upcoming cataract surgery. The
cataracts are so bad, he is now legally blind. His surgery is 10/1 and he is very afraid and worried.
Prayers for his peace of mind, safety, and well-being during the surgery would be greatly appreciated.
9/27 – Joe Kidd would appreciate prayers for God’s tender mercies toward the soul of Joe’s older
brother Mike, who passed away on 9/26 from stomach cancer. Prayers for comfort toward his widow
Irene and adjust son Michael are also appreciated.
9/27 – Coelacanth asked for prayers for his son. In the last year, his son has been diagnosed with
fibromyalgia and another connective tissue disorder that can be severely limiting, and his most recent
job has a terribly toxic work environment. Despite this, the son has been pushing through. He has been
praying, but feels that God has abandoned him. The Horde’s prayers helped this son the last time;
please pray for him again.
9/28 – “Perfessor” Squirrel asked for prayers for a family of missionaries from his church, currently on
their way to Kenya to begin training Kenyans on how to engage in Christian missionary work in Africa.
The family includes the son-in-law, wife, and three small daughters of the pastor at the “Perfessor’s”
church. Prayers for their safety and success in their missionary work are appreciated.
9/28 – J.J. Sefton offered prayers for safety and a return to normalcy ASAP for those in and around the
area affected by Hurricane Helene.
9/28 – Tonypete requested prayers for his wife’s best buddy, Mike. Mike is on death’s door as a result of
bone cancer.
9/28 – mindful webworker welcomes prayers for minor surgery on his eyelid - for a successful snippage
and a quick recovery.
9/28 – Tacitus asked for prayers at the start of a new job. It’s a big step up.
9/30 – It’s me donna asked for prayers for her daughter. She has to have her thyroid removed because
of nodules. She is praying it’s not cancer.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the
prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in
a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with
the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it
to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an
update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but
not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 08:07 AM

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1 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 08:10 AM (fwDg9)

2 st

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 08:10 AM (Q4IgG)

3 Tbodie surgery update:
Had the internal ablation surgery Friday a.m., all went well. Thank-you for your prayers.

I do now have a follow up prayer request. During surgery they found an external source of afib on an outer wall of my heart. This will require a second, different, procedure be done, possibly as early as Monday. Doc should be by later today to finalize plans.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at October 05, 2024 08:10 AM (9gQxM)

4 crap

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 08:11 AM (Q4IgG)

5 Besides dutifully called em

Having a coffee creamer crisis. Would seem small size coffee creamer is no longer available at store, only large size which I would waste most of it. Tried light cream but it's already going bad and have 1/4 left.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 08:13 AM (fwDg9)

6 We pray that You Bless amd embrace those that need and deserve your blessing!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 05, 2024 08:14 AM (rOtXe)

7 brcc ak47

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2024 08:14 AM (gbOdA)

8
I do now have a follow up prayer request. During surgery they found an external source of afib on an outer wall of my heart. This will require a second, different, procedure be done, possibly as early as Monday. Doc should be by later today to finalize plans.
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at October 05, 2024 08:10 AM (9gQxM)

My dad had something similar going on. Surgeons found something on his heart while they were in there fixing a valve. They booked him for an ablation after he was healed up from the valve repair. Go in, zzzzt, come home. No fuss. Everything better. Pretty amazing, really.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 08:14 AM (DDGz9)

9 Tried light cream but it's already going bad and have 1/4 left.
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 08:13 AM (fwDg9)Tried light cream but it's already going bad and have 1/4 left.
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 08:13 AM (fwDg9)

Solutions:
1) Drink moar coffee so you use up the cream faster;
2) Switch to Heavy Cream which usually comes in smaller quantities!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 05, 2024 08:17 AM (rOtXe)

10 Ah the coffee deprivation headache. I don't even get that any more and I suspect it's due to a constant level of caffeine in my bloodstream.

Oddly, I never got that when I was in Boot Camp but I suspect the stress filled environment gave me other things to focus on.

As for prayers: A while back, I'd asked for prayers to be sent for my mother in law who was getting biopsies done on a couple of masses on her chest. They both turned out to be non-cancerous and she has started radiation treatment at her local hospital.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2024 08:18 AM (lXCUP)

11 Solutions:
1) Drink moar coffee so you use up the cream faster;
2) Switch to Heavy Cream which usually comes in smaller quantities!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 05, 2024 08:17 AM (rOtXe)

3) Rationalize it that you're not paying $X for Y ounces of creamer. You're paying $X for the freedom and opportunity to use as much or as little of it as you choose before it goes bad.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 08:19 AM (DDGz9)

12 Good morning again dear morons with thanks to annie and mh and you for your prayers

Hashem is waiting for me to ask forgiveness from my fellow man before I could possibly ask for divine mercy, so please forgive me dear horde my trespasses and insults.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 08:20 AM (zG664)

13 Does anyplace still hand out those little single serving creamers? Like a large thimble size. I think the breakfast joints like Bob Evans, Shoney's, etc. used to.

Haven't used creamer in decades, so unsure if those little single serving things are still around.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 08:20 AM (Q4IgG)

14 so please forgive me dear horde my trespasses and insults.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 08:20 AM (zG664)

Trespasses?

*looks at toolbox*

So it was YOU who took all my 10mm sockets!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 08:21 AM (DDGz9)

15 Morning everyone. Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.
A friend posted on Facebook complaints he heard from friends on NC. I chimed in about FEMA blocking private aid. Some leftist woman stated I was listening to nonsense and cited Apple News and a FEMA press release. A definite Harris voter

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2024 08:21 AM (yU8He)

16 Caffeine helps us get the energy needed to get ready for a nap

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 08:21 AM (6F7eb)

17 Good morning good people. Continued prayers for all intentions - those requested and those known but to God.

Prayers requested for my wife's good buddy Mike - he is now on hospice care and will be going on to his reward very soon.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 08:23 AM (WXNFJ)

18 Hiya Skip

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 08:24 AM (QXQ4l)

19 Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 08:19 AM (DDGz9)

A worthy addition to the coffee solution!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 05, 2024 08:24 AM (rOtXe)

20 Tried light cream but it's already going bad and have 1/4 left.
Posted by: Skip

Skip, perhaps heavy cream or half and half? It's what I use and it seems to last.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 08:24 AM (WXNFJ)

21 16 Caffeine helps us get the energy needed to get ready for a nap
Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 08:21 AM (6F7eb)

Funny thing, when I was working from home I would occasionally take a nap after drinking coffee all morning. Now that I'm retired, no naps. And still lots of coffee consuming taking place

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 08:25 AM (QXQ4l)

22 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Greetings from NC this AM. I hope we don't devolve into a toast-centric thread like last week. Even though I'm eating toast.

Posted by: Happy Harry at October 05, 2024 08:25 AM (CV8a5)

23 Local breakfast diners usually have those small creamer containers. At least, the ones I go to have them.

Posted by: dantesed at October 05, 2024 08:27 AM (Oy/m2)

24 Skip, cream will freeze just fine. Pour it an ice cube tray.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 08:27 AM (I1GXe)

25 Some people use canned Evaporated Milk in Coffee or Tea. I tend to prefer Half and Half, or forget it. Plus, with Gainzz always a factor, I tend to drink Coffee and Tea without anything

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 08:27 AM (6F7eb)

26 5 Besides dutifully called em

Having a coffee creamer crisis. Would seem small size coffee creamer is no longer available at store, only large size which I would waste most of it. Tried light cream but it's already going bad and have 1/4 left.
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 08:13 AM (fwDg9)

You can freeze heavy cream and milk.
Coffee creamer? I don't see why not.

Have you tried convenience store brand creamer. Here in the midwest Kwik Trip is a huge chain. They sell their own brand of creamer in 16oz bottles.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 08:28 AM (QXQ4l)

27 Every day when I get up I begin the 16 hour process of preparing for bed.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 08:28 AM (dg+HA)

28 I like bustelo a lot. Especially for stovetop/mokka pot.

Eight o clock is my go to for French press and legit espresso.

Buy my daily driver is the nespresso doohicky with the pods.

The work machine at the shop is a commercial Bunn that gets folgers. Which is fine and dandy for chugging through the work day.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 08:29 AM (DDGz9)

29 24 Skip, cream will freeze just fine. Pour it an ice cube tray.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 08:27 AM (I1GXe)

Like minds young person, like minds!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 08:29 AM (QXQ4l)

30 Prayers of thanksgiving are offered for my long time pal in Ashville. She and her family are safe but suffering as all residents are. Her son is a firefighter and working every waking hour to rescue and give aid to those that need it. S.'s business largely escaped flood damage but with no power or water she's had to let go all her staff so they are without income now to add to the misery.

Many dead and potable water not expected to come back online for 3 months or so.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 08:30 AM (WXNFJ)

31 Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 08:29 AM (DDGz9)

So when am I getting invited to spend the day with you and your outstanding liquids?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 08:30 AM (QXQ4l)

32 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2024 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

33 Hey, side benefit, you can see the looks on people's faces when you tell them you put ice cream in your coffee.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 08:30 AM (DDGz9)

34 I hope we don't devolve into a toast-centric thread like last week.

Hey! I refuse to apologize. Because I have No Regerts as a Toast Enthusiast.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 08:30 AM (6F7eb)

35 Mis Hum, a hearty good morning to you and the Fabulous.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 08:31 AM (I1GXe)

36 {{{Ben Had}}}

🐴 🎼 🎶 Good Morning! ♩ ♫ ♬ 🎶

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2024 08:31 AM (u82oZ)

37 Skip, look for the ultra-pasteurized half n' half
lasts for weeks in the fridge

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 08:31 AM (/7KEl)

38 34 I hope we don't devolve into a toast-centric thread like last week.

Hey! I refuse to apologize. Because I have No Regerts as a Toast Enthusiast.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 08:30 AM (6F7eb)

As long as we don't have CBD joining our party telling us what we can and cannot put on our toast, American, French we will be fine.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 08:32 AM (QXQ4l)

39 Every day when I get up I begin the 16 hour process of preparing for bed.

LOL. This guy gets it.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 08:32 AM (6F7eb)

40 I know 10 minutes after I get up sure wish it was bedtime again

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 08:32 AM (fwDg9)

41 So many praying for our country and its revival. Everyday, here is one more prayer going up. And for you JJ.

Posted by: Hudson at October 05, 2024 08:33 AM (lxTf8)

42 Do those large coffee creamers go bad? I've never had that problem. Then again, I use a lot.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 08:33 AM (SfhV1)

43 35 Mis Hum, a hearty good morning to you and the Fabulous.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 08:31 AM (I1GXe)

Good morning.

We had a quick lunch with Moron Pete Seira yesterday.

When Mrs. HM got out of the car Pete says, "You must be the Fabulous".

She's a pretty damn good Trophy Wife I must brag.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 08:34 AM (QXQ4l)

44 A weekend with no one up in my grille for some dumbass reason. A rare occurrence, hope I didn't jinx it by saying that.

Next week is new tankless water heater time. The current one (gas) is showing no sign of distress but was 20 when we moved in 16 years ago. I misread the date originally and finally caught it during my yearly quick check. Do not want the mess associated with a failure so will spend the $6k to replace it. I already did the furnace 3 years ago so this will take care of the capital improvements.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2024 08:34 AM (hKoQL)

45 Having a coffee creamer crisis. Would seem small size coffee creamer is no longer available at store, only large size which I would waste most of it. Tried light cream but it's already going bad and have 1/4 left.
Posted by: Skip

Try ultra pasteurized half and half.

Posted by: Tuna at October 05, 2024 08:34 AM (oaGWv)

46 I just filled out a “ health questionnaire”. Is it right to regard Metamucil and a vitamin tablet as a “ serving of vegetables” ?

Posted by: Fenderbender at October 05, 2024 08:34 AM (r72iY)

47 Many dead and potable water not expected to come back online for 3 months or so.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 08:30 AM (WXNFJ)

If the reports about FEMA are true, they have blood on their hands. I can't imagine the misery down there.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 08:35 AM (SfhV1)

48 Drink Texas pecan flavored coffee and you will need nothing else.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 08:35 AM (I1GXe)

49 Years ago an Ette, I believe, made the observation one morning that she had too much blood in her caffeine stream.

I stole that one.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at October 05, 2024 08:35 AM (9gQxM)

50 Prayers ascending for the Horde and their loved ones in need.

And a special prayer for those recovering from the baleful effects of a hurricane and esp. the lame and gay Governmental efforts for control and submission.

May your fall bonfires lit the path of Freedom.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2024 08:35 AM (u82oZ)

51 I hope we don't devolve into a toast-centric thread like last week.

We need common sense toast control!!

*Yeah toast!*

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 08:35 AM (WXNFJ)

52 46 I just filled out a “ health questionnaire”. Is it right to regard Metamucil and a vitamin tablet as a “ serving of vegetables” ?
Posted by: Fenderbender at October 05, 2024 08:34 AM (r72iY)

As long as you paste a little ketchup on that tablet you're set!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 08:35 AM (QXQ4l)

53 When my regime comes back into power, Pumpkin Spice creamers will be outlawed and it's disciples and adherents will be tortured, shot, and sent to the Russian Front.

Posted by: General Burkhalter at October 05, 2024 08:37 AM (CV8a5)

54 Misanthropic Humanitarian

There is no doubt you have a fabulous wife, and a marriage that others admire. You married well, and maintained even better.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2024 08:37 AM (u82oZ)

55 48 Drink Texas pecan flavored coffee and you will need nothing else.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 08:35 AM (I1GXe)

The mid-kid said something to the same effect about New Mexico Pinyon(?) coffee.

I didn't like it. I just want dark black coffee as is the condition of my soul and heart.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 08:37 AM (QXQ4l)

56 Just finished a piece of toast, some bacon and an egg. My coffee cup is empty tho'. BBL

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 08:37 AM (Q4IgG)

57 NaCly, dearest. Good Morning !

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 08:37 AM (I1GXe)

58 Hashem is waiting for me to ask forgiveness from my fellow man before I could possibly ask for divine mercy, so please forgive me dear horde my trespasses and insults.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 08:20 AM (zG664)

You have been nothing but lovely here in this little community.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 08:38 AM (SfhV1)

59 Heavy cream in coffee is the best. I forced myself to break the habit a few month ago in an effort to cut out extra calories, but I really miss it sometimes.

Part of me wants to grab my radio gear and head up into the hills this morning, but the other part of me says I should take it easy. I've felt "off" for a few days and I went to the doctor on Tuesday because I was feeling light headed. Everything came back fine, and sometimes I feel OK, but other times I just am not sure. Meh, guess I'll keep going until I either (a) feel better, (b) have more definitive symptoms, or (c) suddenly keel over dead.

Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2024 08:38 AM (1yZeG)

60 >Just finished a piece of toast, some bacon and an egg.
---

what kind of toast

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 08:39 AM (/7KEl)

61 There is no doubt you have a fabulous wife, and a marriage that others admire. You married well, and maintained even better.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2024 08:37 AM (u82oZ)

In all honesty Salty.

If it weren't for her, you and my other Horde friends would have never got to know me. And I'm thankful for that.

Looking forward to seeing you in TX

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 08:39 AM (QXQ4l)

62 As a point of order, I should like to set the record straight.

Last week I kicked it off by talking about English muffins and the difficulty some have with understanding how to prepare properly.

Arguably, English muffin is Not Toast At All, rather a distinct subspecies, perhaps

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 08:40 AM (6F7eb)

63 I have a sea shanty stuck in my head. Odd.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 08:40 AM (SfhV1)

64 Hashem is waiting for me to ask forgiveness from my fellow man before I could possibly ask for divine mercy, so please forgive me dear horde my trespasses and insults.

Posted by: San Franpsycho

Saints have a notorious past. Sinners have a glorious future if they so choose.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 08:40 AM (WXNFJ)

65 You can buy those small creamers but I don't recommend it. They don't seal well. I hate ultrapasteurized anything. Real cream lasts for weeks, as does real milk. I'd recommend heavy cream. I do use evaporated milk in tea. I've also used powdered cream but it doesn't blend well

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 08:40 AM (gfViB)

66
Bacon, huh
that starts with a B
and that rhymes with T
and that stands for toast

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 08:41 AM (/7KEl)

67 “ Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;
you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.”

Isaiah 58:9

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2024 08:41 AM (sTg9F)

68 Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at October 05, 2024 08:43 AM (KOTG6)

69 The small size creamers sometimes went bad before I got through the whole bottle. I only put in about a tablespoon in first cup, refills don't add any.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 08:43 AM (fwDg9)

70 Also, prayers requested for our dear daughter and safe traveling today. We haven't seen her in a year and she is driving 500 miles to get here. She was unaware that the roads are shit due to Helene and the direct route has been washed away. This is the young woman that had two farm pigs as pets in her house.

We love her, of course, but wow.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 08:44 AM (WXNFJ)

71 Heavy cream in coffee is the best

This is incorrect and feel compelled to vehemently protest in the strongest possible terms. Milk is too thin. Cream is too thick. Half and Half is just right.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 08:44 AM (6F7eb)

72 > Just finished a piece of toast, some bacon and an egg.
---

what kind of toast
------
buttered

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 08:45 AM (Q4IgG)

73 69 The small size creamers sometimes went bad before I got through the whole bottle. I only put in about a tablespoon in first cup, refills don't add any.
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 08:43 AM (fwDg9)

Looks like you are a candidate for the powder creamer.

Or freeze the liquid creamer Skip

Sorry.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 08:45 AM (QXQ4l)

74 If you buy heavy cream, you csn mske your own half and half

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 08:46 AM (gfViB)

75 71 Heavy cream in coffee is the best

This is incorrect and feel compelled to vehemently protest in the strongest possible terms. Milk is too thin. Cream is too thick. Half and Half is just right.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 08:44 AM (6F7eb)

Ha, I laugh at that.

Fresh milk from the bulk tank right after the morning milking.

Now that's whole milk.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 08:46 AM (QXQ4l)

76 Arguably, English muffin is Not Toast At All, rather a distinct subspecies, perhaps
Posted by: Common Tater

Is an open-faced sandwich truly a sandwich at all?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 08:46 AM (WXNFJ)

77 >what kind of toast
------
buttered

----

no
white, whole wheat, brioche, multigrain?

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 08:46 AM (/7KEl)

78 I just looked up Doctor Ezekiel Emmanuel on wiki. He is currently age 67. I guess he won’t volunteer for Soylent Green until 2032. By then, I suspect we might have Soylent Green processing centers.

Posted by: Fenderbender at October 05, 2024 08:48 AM (r72iY)

79 Our newish snazzy coffee brewer wanted to be "descaled". So-

I descaled the demanding bitch.

Did it make a difference?

Surprisingly, it did. Enhancing all those crazy little coffee notes (Mexican cheese!) that you coffee maniacs crave and enjoy.

So, there's your upside.

I'm not interested in "smart" appliances that connect to the internet, but I would buy the hell out of "smart" appliances that conduct their own maintenance.

Make it so corporate America, ci vu plait!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 08:48 AM (eDfFs)

80 We love her, of course, but wow.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 08:44 AM (WXNFJ)

LOL. Prayers for safe travels and a happy reunion.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 08:48 AM (SfhV1)

81 We got a keurig a few weeks ago because we were going through too much coffee (wasting a bunch). After going through the novelty part playing with it we really did cease wasting coffee by over brewing. The taste is still there, thankfully.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2024 08:49 AM (hKoQL)

82 Time to maintain my own marriage with chore completion.

Have a wonderful day, everyone.

May you lead programed children away from degenerate schooling by being a strong example of what an American can be.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2024 08:49 AM (u82oZ)

83 Half and half? Bah, an adulterated, bastardized version of the one and only true additive to coffee! Why not just add water and be done with it?

J/k. I put French vanilla Coffee Mate in my morning cup for nearly two decades before it hit me - I've probably consumed a tanker truck's worth of this crap over my lifetime, and that can't be good...

Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2024 08:49 AM (1yZeG)

84 Lord hear our prayers. Comfort and heal those in need. Forgive me for the anger that lies upon my heart. Remove the roadblocks and confound the efforts of those who are creating obstacles to aide those who are suffering from Helen.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at October 05, 2024 08:50 AM (t+RiP)

85 >Arguably, English muffin is Not Toast At All, rather a distinct subspecies, perhaps
---

right, because everyone knows the one word 'toast' means a slice of bread, toasted

whereas people say 'a toasted bagel' or 'a toasted English muffin' to be definitive

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 08:50 AM (/7KEl)

86 we really did cease wasting coffee by over brewing.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA

Overbrewing? Wasting?

What is this of what you speak?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 08:51 AM (WXNFJ)

87 Nothing beats a moewthful of our Haitian vudou-brewed coffee with fresh reasonably priced, low pulp, salted, 10% less hair cat milk.

Posted by: Chef Bongou at October 05, 2024 08:52 AM (H4fAp)

88 Morning morons. Thanks Annie and Mishum. Saturday morning has become my attitude adjustment. Lord knows I need it.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at October 05, 2024 08:52 AM (t+RiP)

89 I used to put some coffee in my sugar.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 08:52 AM (I1GXe)

90 > what kind of toast
------
buttered

----

no
white, whole wheat, brioche, multigrain?
------
oh... *snickers* white. My wife buys this keto brand of bread and the white is "close" to regular bread. The whole wheat or multigrain is really, really dry.... even with butter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 08:53 AM (Q4IgG)

91 Was getting Natural Bliss creamer, seems to not be available anymore.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 08:54 AM (fwDg9)

92 Lord hear our prayers. Comfort and heal those in need. Forgive me for the anger that lies upon my heart. Remove the roadblocks and confound the efforts of those who are creating obstacles to aide those who are suffering from Helen.
Posted by: Sock Monkey *
---
Amen.

And mornin' dear Horde. I missed y'all last Saturday morning. #2weeks from today, Lord willing, I'll be in Corsicana with many of you.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 08:54 AM (EaPW0)

93 Dear GOD,
Please grant comfort to families suffering worry snd despair over relatives missing after the hurricane damage. Give the searchers and rescuers sharp eyes and gentle hands, guide them to any victims’ location. Supply survivors with medical treatment and nourishment, place them in safe shelters. Return them to their loved ones.in Christ’s name.
Amen.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 08:54 AM (tbeQI)

94 Keurig will spoil you - you thought you would be disciplined and “save money”.

Yeah, no. Those little bastards are tasty, and within a few days knocking them out like clockwork and later, you will soon be bouncing off the walls

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 08:55 AM (6F7eb)

95 Amen.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 08:54 AM (tbeQI)

Amen.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 08:55 AM (SfhV1)

96 screaming in digital and all the rest of you heading to Corsicana, we are SO ready to see you all.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 08:56 AM (I1GXe)

97 88 Morning morons. Thanks Annie and Mishum. Saturday morning has become my attitude adjustment. Lord knows I need it.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at October 05, 2024 08:52 AM (t+RiP)

So now I am an attitude adjustment giver other than being just a giver?

Wow.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 08:56 AM (QXQ4l)

98 "I used to put some coffee in my sugar."
----Ben Had

My dad used to drink his coffee like that. When he finished (he used a big, clear glass beer stein), there was a half inch layer of leftover sugar at the bottom of the glass.
Heh.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at October 05, 2024 08:56 AM (3AwA+)

99 Good morning! Yessir, real cream in the coffee cup before the java goes in. Just enough to cover the bottom of the cup. Then hot, dark coffee. Ruta Maya, Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, or Tanzanian teaberry are all acceptable.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 05, 2024 08:56 AM (3Ope8)

100 Eromero, Amen. A prayer that your friend and his family are safe and well.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 08:57 AM (I1GXe)

101 Ruta Maya, Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, or Tanzanian teaberry are all acceptable.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 05, 2024 08:56 AM (3Ope

Ashamed to admit I just dump in some Folgers.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 08:58 AM (SfhV1)

102 98 "I used to put some coffee in my sugar."
----Ben Had

My dad used to drink his coffee like that. When he finished (he used a big, clear glass beer stein), there was a half inch layer of leftover sugar at the bottom of the glass.
Heh.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at October 05, 2024 08:56 AM (3AwA+)

The Fab never drank coffee until hanging with me.
I also converted her from a "Well done" steak eater to a "Medium" steak eater. And she loves Zappa.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 08:58 AM (QXQ4l)

103 If the reports about FEMA are true, they have blood on their hands. I can't imagine the misery down there.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 08:35 AM (SfhV1)

Frank Luntz (ha!! Of course) is posting on twitter messages from the government telling people not to say Bad Things about the nice people at FEMA who only want to help.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2024 08:58 AM (S6gqv)

104 Justin Rhodes had their farm destroyed:

https://tinyurl.com/yc82h8hs

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 05, 2024 08:59 AM (gfViB)

105 Ashamed to admit I just dump in some Folgers.

Beaumont Coffe Classic Roast from Aldi is the daily grind here. The good stuff is saved for the weekends and when the granddaughters are here.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 05, 2024 09:00 AM (3Ope8)

106
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.

O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 09:00 AM (BkEzK)

107
May the Lord heal the afflicted and give comfort and strength to those who suffer with them.

And thank you all again for the ongoing love and support.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 09:01 AM (x0n13)

108 Anybody have the Brewers advancing out of the Wild Card round? Well, yeah....

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 09:02 AM (SfhV1)

109
While I don't want to drink asphalt or colored hot water, I'm afraid I'm not terribly picky. I just drink Kirkland Dark Roast.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 09:02 AM (BkEzK)

110
A few years ago I took a handed down Betty Crocker cookbook and examined the recipe for ice cream. Using some math I estimated the fat percentage of whole milk and the cream used in the recipe. I then took a look at the percentage fat in half and half and it was nearly exactly the same.

So I am sure you can freeze half and half without degradation.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 09:03 AM (RKVpM)

111 PabloD--

Do you think it could be allergies? We are having a super heavy pollen year because of higher than normal amounts of rain and lower than normal summer temperatures (i.e., no 100-degree days). Lots of people who don't usually notice pollen levels are having symptoms this year. When my allergies are really bad I can feel kind of lightheaded and even a little achy.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at October 05, 2024 09:03 AM (FEVMW)

112 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:03 AM (llXky)

113 While I don't want to drink asphalt or colored hot water

It's 'hot water of color'.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 09:03 AM (SfhV1)

114
Ashamed to admit I just dump in some Folgers.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 08:58 AM (SfhV1)

In an attempt to keep my BP numbers sane, we use Folger's Half Caf after our 2nd pot. The first 2 are dark roast.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 09:05 AM (QXQ4l)

115
Remember, the Mystery Click at top is a selection from The 200 Classical Music Pieces Every Moron and 'Ette Should Know. Mis Hum is kind enough to add this. Tip 'o the hat to him.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 09:05 AM (BkEzK)

116 Just got the word that a family members cancer is gone. That makes two of us the Lord has healed. With Him all things are possible. Never lose hope, He will show you the way.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2024 09:05 AM (sTg9F)

117 Art Rondelet - it's not allergies; at least, I have no reason to believe it is. I usually have a brief bout with pollen in the spring, but a week's worth of Zyrtec knocks it down for the year.

Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2024 09:06 AM (1yZeG)

118 O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 09:00 AM (BkEzK)
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Amen!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:06 AM (llXky)

119 (Rulz for those of you in Escanaba)

heh

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 09:06 AM (SfhV1)

120 I bought a Keurig for the home office and a handful of the reusable pod baskets. Very pleased with the performance and it only occasionally asks to be de-scaled.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 05, 2024 09:06 AM (3Ope8)

121 Posted by: grammie winger - ~~cheesehead~~FIB wannabe at October 05, 2024 09:02 AM (SfhV1)

Cut it out young lady.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 09:06 AM (QXQ4l)

122 So now I am an attitude adjustment giver other than being just a giver?

From the very first time I stumbled upon this place seven years ago during one of my all nighters with the Paterfamilias.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at October 05, 2024 09:07 AM (t+RiP)

123 If it weren't for her, you and my other Horde friends would have never got to know me. And I'm thankful for that.

Looking forward to seeing you in TX
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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Dear Mis Hum, we are all thankful for that. Hope to see you soon.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 09:07 AM (EaPW0)

124 I'm late with this, but I certainly hope everyone on the prayer list gets to feeling more groovy, very very soon

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 09:07 AM (/7KEl)

125 Good morning.

I was raised in a traditional midwestern family ethic where it was considered impolite to eat toast outside of the privacy of your own bedroom. And heaven forbid openly discussing your toastual preferences openly with strangers. How far we have fallen as a nation...

Posted by: muldoon at October 05, 2024 09:07 AM (uCfKO)

126
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 09:07 AM (EaPW0)

Thank you SID

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 09:08 AM (QXQ4l)

127 The feast day for Our Lady of Victory is on Monday, Oct. 7, the anniversary of the Christian victory at Lepanto. Even if you're not a Catholic, it is a day that should be remembered as we find ourselves once more under attack by powers of evil.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:08 AM (llXky)

128 I must like 'openly', I said it twice.

Posted by: muldoon at October 05, 2024 09:08 AM (uCfKO)

129 I read somewhere that the really “correct” ratio for really good Ice Cream is more than Half and Half, yet less than heavy cream. Half and Half alone will make a pretty good Ice Cream though.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 09:10 AM (6F7eb)

130 I must like 'openly', I said it twice.
Posted by: muldoon at October 05, 2024 09:08 AM (uCfKO)
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I'm here for you!

Posted by: Mayor Pete at October 05, 2024 09:10 AM (llXky)

131 > I bought a Keurig for the home office and a handful of the reusable pod baskets. Very pleased with the performance and it only occasionally asks to be de-scaled.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
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How do you like the reusable pod baskets? We had a couple years ago and they didn't work very well. Have they improved?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 09:11 AM (Q4IgG)

132
8 am line in Butler, PA:

https://is.gd/08yt03

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 09:11 AM (RKVpM)

133 My cat has informed me that we have shifted from "sprawl across the couch" season to "curl up on my lap on a blanket" season.

One of the many things I love about fall.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:12 AM (llXky)

134 Happy Saturday! Prayers for the horde, and for those hit by hurricane Helene. Think once the 'dust settles' there are going to be some heartbreaking and nightmarish stories. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2024 09:13 AM (scDBq)

135 >>Just got the word that a family members cancer is gone. That makes two of us the Lord has healed. With Him all things are possible. Never lose hope, He will show you the way.

Excellent news, Marcus T!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2024 09:14 AM (scDBq)

136 I haven't seen Cat Ass Trophy for quite a spell. Is he avoiding election season threads?

Posted by: muldoon at October 05, 2024 09:15 AM (uCfKO)

137 I had a middle class upbringing. Back then, a piece of toast was just plain white bread. You didn't know who sliced it, you didn't WANT to know who sliced it. You just put a slice of bread in the slot and pushed the thing down. A minute later you had toast. You just put it on your plate and didn't think about it. It was toast.

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 09:15 AM (/7KEl)

138 131 > I bought a Keurig for the home office and a handful of the reusable pod baskets. Very pleased with the performance and it only occasionally asks to be de-scaled.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
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How do you like the reusable pod baskets? We had a couple years ago and they didn't work very well. Have they improved?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 09:11 AM (Q4IgG)

You can use distilled water to brew the coffee and avoid the scaling issue.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 09:15 AM (x0n13)

139
I read somewhere that the really “correct” ratio for really good Ice Cream is more than Half and Half, yet less than heavy cream. Half and Half alone will make a pretty good Ice Cream though.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 09:10 AM

I've made outstanding ice cream with half and half with homemade vanilla extract. If my memory serves the correct fat percentage from my 1950's cookbook for ice cream of whole milk and cream was 19% while half and half is 18%.

Don't shoot me if I'm off a little.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 09:15 AM (RKVpM)

140 "My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalm 73:26 Prayers for all and may God richly bless you.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at October 05, 2024 09:15 AM (QyT5w)

141 Happy Saturday! Prayers for the horde, and for those hit by hurricane Helene. Think once the 'dust settles' there are going to be some heartbreaking and nightmarish stories. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2024 09:13 AM (scDBq)
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Based on what I know of the federal gov't, it seems that most of what is going on is that the idiots in charge are overwhelmed and as a reason are just lashing out and asserting authority.

I also think that Covid probably caused huge attrition among whatever capable experienced people they had, and the replacements are complete idiots.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:15 AM (llXky)

142 Folgers Classic makes a damn fine cup in a Keurig.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2024 09:16 AM (hKoQL)

143 I haven't seen Nevergiveup recently either.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 09:16 AM (SfhV1)

144 8 am line in Butler, PA:

https://is.gd/08yt03
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Oh my goodness!

Posted by: Tuna at October 05, 2024 09:16 AM (oaGWv)

145 Just got the word that a family members cancer is gone. That makes two of us the Lord has healed. With Him all things are possible. Never lose hope, He will show you the way.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2024 09:05 AM (sTg9F)
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Excellent news!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:17 AM (llXky)

146 Muldoon, I regret to say that CAT received a permanent banning.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 09:17 AM (I1GXe)

147

Trump will be in nearby Juneau WI tomorrow! Don''t think I can make it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 09:17 AM (x0n13)

148 Moo Moos have a long shelf life and don't require refrigeration

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 05, 2024 09:17 AM (+H2BX)

149 I put ghee in my coffee.
I'm a gheezer.
It just tastes butter.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 09:17 AM (dg+HA)

150 OR are they Mini moos?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 05, 2024 09:17 AM (+H2BX)

151 Justin Rhodes had their farm destroyed:

Quite harrowing.

That said, I just could not get over how the kids were stomping around the farm, in a flood, barefoot. That seemed to be a really stupid approach to such hazards.

In a grid down situation, any minor cut that gets infected could be a death sentence.

That water wasn't pristine.

Posted by: Derak at October 05, 2024 09:18 AM (rNR4k)

152

148 Moo Moos have a long shelf life and don't require refrigeration
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 05, 2024 09:17 AM (+H2BX)

"Hic!" yup"

- - Hillary

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 09:18 AM (x0n13)

153
Oh my goodness!

Posted by: Tuna at October 05, 2024 09:16 AM

While Kamala had an event yesterday in an arena that holds 6,500.

There were 67 people in attendance.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 09:18 AM (RKVpM)

154 I invested in a super automatic machine. It has not disappointed. It’s worth it if you drink espressos and other steamed milk drinks.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2024 09:18 AM (sTg9F)

155 Trump will be in nearby Juneau WI tomorrow! Don''t think I can make it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 09:17 AM (x0n13)

It's a long day. I haven't made any WI rallies either.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 09:18 AM (SfhV1)

156 t, you didn't WANT to know who sliced it. You just put a slice of bread in the slot and pushed the thing down. A minute later you had toast. You just put it on your plate and didn't think about it. It was toast.

Posted by: Don Black

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So much Privilege. Never giving a thought to whether it was fair trade toast or sustainable toast.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 05, 2024 09:19 AM (9y0vc)

157 147

Trump will be in nearby Juneau WI tomorrow! Don''t think I can make it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 09:17 AM (x0n13)

Maybe he can swing by Waupun and drop off some Dems at the prison.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 09:20 AM (QXQ4l)

158 There's a report the Mel Gibson wants to make a movie about the Great Siege of Malta in 1565. Apparently he visited the island and was deeply moved by the story. Wants to do it on location.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:20 AM (llXky)

159 155 Trump will be in nearby Juneau WI tomorrow! Don''t think I can make it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 09:17 AM (x0n13)

It's a long day. I haven't made any WI rallies either.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 09:18 AM (SfhV1)

Not seeing many political yard signs in my area at all, but what I have seen the Trump/GOP signs far outnumber the Democrats.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 09:21 AM (x0n13)

160 Psalm 140:4

Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
Preserve me from violent men
Who have purposed to trip up my feet.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2024 09:21 AM (gbOdA)

161 There's a report the Mel Gibson wants to make a movie about the Great Siege of Malta in 1565. Apparently he visited the island and was deeply moved by the story. Wants to do it on location.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

If he does it you'll know it will be good.

Posted by: Tuna at October 05, 2024 09:22 AM (oaGWv)

162 “ Excellent news!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:17 AM (llXky)”

Thank you. God pulled me off the rubbish heap and has given me more than my portion. I will spend every waking moment for the rest of my existence praising His name and thanking him for showing me the way and truth.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2024 09:22 AM (sTg9F)

163
Not seeing many political yard signs in my area at all, but what I have seen the Trump/GOP signs far outnumber the Democrats.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 09:21 AM (x0n13)

I suspect Paul Ryan (spits, spits again) is working behind the scenes to derail Trump support.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 09:22 AM (QXQ4l)

164 so please forgive me dear horde my trespasses and insults.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 08:20 AM

Nothing to forgive on my part, but what about all the times you've disappointed Ace?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 05, 2024 09:22 AM (R+4G8)

165 Good morning, ya Morons! May the Lord bless you in all your endeavors.

(except the pumpkin-spice-destroying wannabe dictator - no more coffee for you until the caffeine wears off)

I'm so tired this morning, I wish I had a servant to bring it to me and open the drapes while I read the news in bed.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 05, 2024 09:22 AM (mtG+O)

166 You just put it on your plate and didn't think about it. It was toast.
Posted by: Don Black

*********

Exactly!

Our local school district is under pressure to remove a books called Timmy's Lightly Browned Bread Products Adventure and Suzy Has Two Toasters from the K-6 library. Disgusting groomers.

Posted by: muldoon at October 05, 2024 09:23 AM (uCfKO)

167 Muldoon, I regret to say that CAT received a permanent banning.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 09:17 AM (I1GXe)

Huh. That's a rare event.

What'd he do?

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 09:23 AM (eDfFs)

168 Good morning, Horde! Prayers offered for all requested intentions. May we always shine God's light upon each other in how we live our lives.

Thanks, as always, to Annie and MisHum for providing us Morons this lovely forum for caffeination & communion.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 05, 2024 09:24 AM (kOluj)

169 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:
"Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said,
"Here I am, send me."
-- Isaiah 6:8

In these times when many have great need. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 09:24 AM (WXNFJ)

170 I had to buy a new Mr Coffee 12 cup pot. The old one was…….old. I use Cafe Bustelo because it’s a damn fine cup of coffee, and because they do not offend me. As far as I can tell.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 09:24 AM (o2ZRX)

171 While Kamala had an event yesterday in an arena that holds 6,500.

There were 67 people in attendance.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 09:18 AM (RKVpM)
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On twitter Harris' people are trying to push the idea that people walk out of Trump rallies early, which is supposed to mean something other than "I got to see him, and now I have to get back to work/pick up kids at school/eary day tomorrow, etc."

Someone at CNN still has a functioning brain and pointed out that no incumbent has ever been re-elected when only 28% of the people think the country is on the right track. The lowest was 39% for Clinton in 1996.

I suspect the polls (which are obviously manipulated) will start to move because the steal is likely too much of a lift at this point.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:24 AM (llXky)

172 Has anyone heard from Mike Hammer or Asheville Robert?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 05, 2024 09:25 AM (s9EYN)

173 Don't forget to ask pardon for all the times you've disparaged Frank Zappa.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 05, 2024 09:25 AM (R+4G8)

174 On this date in 1914, an airplane was shot down by another airplane for the 1st time

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 09:26 AM (/7KEl)

175 Polliwog, see you both soon?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 09:26 AM (I1GXe)

176 172 Has anyone heard from Mike Hammer or Asheville Robert?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 05, 2024 09:25 AM (s9EYN)

I've reached out to Mike Hammer.
His voice mail box is full.
I've emailed him. With no response.

I don't have any contact info for Asheville Robert.

I was hoping the day walkers might have more info on these folks. There are some other NC Morons as well, I don't know about either.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 09:27 AM (QXQ4l)

177 On this date in 1914, an airplane was shot down by another airplane for the 1st time
Posted by: Don Black

The beginning of a long time acceptable practice of smoking while in a airplane.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 09:27 AM (WXNFJ)

178 Kind of a big deal Thursday morning.

Number One offspring clicked "submit" to agree to acceptance of a job offer in Anchorage. I'm so proud of him. He worked so hard. Got a Master's degree taking just the right set of classes, and paid for it himself while working, so no debt.

It was one small mouse click for his laptop and one giant leap for his career.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 09:27 AM (dg+HA)

179 173 Don't forget to ask pardon for all the times you've disparaged Frank Zappa.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 05, 2024 09:25 AM (R+4G

EXACTLY!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 09:28 AM (QXQ4l)

180 Thank you. God pulled me off the rubbish heap and has given me more than my portion. I will spend every waking moment for the rest of my existence praising His name and thanking him for showing me the way and truth.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2024 09:22 AM (sTg9F)
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My kids regard me as very upright and moral because I pray daily, go to Mass (sometimes more than once a week) and have tried to keep them in the Church. They have no idea how much of a sinner I was before my conversion.

I am so glad I am no longer that person. Thanks be to God!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:28 AM (llXky)

181 Erebus' mother has passed away, as noted in ONT last week I think. Prayers for her and for Erebus

Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at October 05, 2024 09:28 AM (Nngx3)

182 Number One offspring clicked "submit" to agree to acceptance of a job offer in Anchorage. I'm so proud of him. He worked so hard.

Well done!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 09:28 AM (SfhV1)

183 Saw pictures of the Harris "rally". The people looked like they were going to a funeral. No hats or shirts, or flags. They were obviously paid to be there but it didn't look like they were paid enough.

Posted by: Megthered at October 05, 2024 09:28 AM (Mgb19)

184 Coelacanth your son may want to be tested for Lyme disease. I am pasting a YouTube link for a company that test for various versions of lime that our country does not test for. Fibromyalgia is one of the symptoms. I am praying. I do not screw up the site and go in the barrel. I am not used to pasting links. https://youtu.be/UiMD2yrweMs Crossing fingers

Posted by: LMD Outer Banker at October 05, 2024 09:29 AM (hTBp0)

185 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 09:27 AM (dg+HA)

Awesome news in a week without much.
Thanks for passing that along.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 09:29 AM (QXQ4l)

186 My kids regard me as very upright and moral because I pray daily, go to Mass (sometimes more than once a week) and have tried to keep them in the Church. They have no idea how much of a sinner I was before my conversion.

I am so glad I am no longer that person. Thanks be to God!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Amen to that!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 09:29 AM (WXNFJ)

187 Good Saturday morning, horde.

Prayers have been said for all on the list, and many others not on the list who have need.

Prayers for all those defying feral gov's directives, and flying aid and support to survivors in NC.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 05, 2024 09:29 AM (OX9vb)

188 I'm just going to throw this out there, but I think Biden is trying to tank Harris, and that the fumbling on the Hurricane is part of this.

DOCTOR Jill has always hated Harris and the way her husband was shoved aside is intolerable to her. No way she's going to let Harris get to be president.

Our enemies hate each other even more than they hate us.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:30 AM (llXky)

189 I've reached out to Mike Hammer.
His voice mail box is full.
I've emailed him. With no response.

I don't have any contact info for Asheville Robert.

I was hoping the day walkers might have more info on these folks. There are some other NC Morons as well, I don't know about either.
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Nurse had been in touch with MH early on and he was OK, not sure if anyone has heard from him since.

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at October 05, 2024 09:30 AM (fwA58)

190 Years ago an Ette, I believe, made the observation one morning that she had too much blood in her caffeine stream.

I stole that one.
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at October 05, 2024 08:35 AM (9gQxM)

I have used that, although it isn't original to me. Ironically, I am nearly caffeine free after finding out my breathing issues were mostly caused by tea and coffee.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 05, 2024 09:30 AM (s9EYN)

191 The week was... challenging. Normally get up at 04:00 or a bit before without the aid of an alarm clock. Turned the alarm off last night, and slept 11 hours straight (got up at 7 am). Must have needed it a bunch.

Thank you Annie for continuing to manage all these prayer requests.

May God help everyone in need in the list (and any in need not mentioned) to prosper, to endure, to recover if ill, and may his grace uplift us all and carry us onward.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 05, 2024 09:31 AM (O7YUW)

192 Jules, every time I read your post, I am amazed at what you and your husband are going through. You made a bracelet for me once. You are on my heart and in my prayers,

Posted by: LMD Outer Banker at October 05, 2024 09:31 AM (hTBp0)

193 CAT received a permanent banning.
Posted by: Ben Had

********

Oh thanks. I totally missed that. I wonder why.

Posted by: muldoon at October 05, 2024 09:31 AM (uCfKO)

194 Morning.

The top pic is absolute truth.

Posted by: Robert at October 05, 2024 09:32 AM (B/qfw)

195 AH Lloyd, I don't think Bidens are to blame for the hurricane response. Harris has refused to step up. And Mayorkas could have helped and hasn't.
This is simply a malevolent and incompetent pack of looters.

Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at October 05, 2024 09:33 AM (Nngx3)

196 >>Based on what I know of the federal gov't, it seems that most of what is going on is that the idiots in charge are overwhelmed and as a reason are just lashing out and asserting authority.

I am remembering the Lahaina fire, and how the fatality count was absurdly low (and there were something like 800 schoolkids missing), and it wasn't until months later, after the press had moved on, that the number was increased.

One thing the affected states have is that so many volunteer resources are able to get there (unlike Lahaina) and they are making progress despite the feds. AMericans are amazing, and I'd love to hear more about stuff like this:

Teams of mules are carrying supplies to places that cars and vehicles can no longer reach in North Carolina.
https://tinyurl.com/2kx2w8zv

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2024 09:34 AM (scDBq)

197 "On this date in 1914, an airplane was shot down by another airplane for the 1st time."

Well, that escalated quickly.

Posted by: Orville and Wilbur Wright at October 05, 2024 09:34 AM (1yZeG)

198 Go in, zzzzt, come home. No fuss. Everything better. Pretty amazing, really.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 08:14 AM (DDGz9)

Thank God for zzzzt surgery. It's nice to have a reminder that, despite the negative results of high tech, there are some amazing and necessary aspects, too.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 05, 2024 09:34 AM (OX9vb)

199 Drink Texas pecan flavored coffee and you will need nothing else.
Posted by: Ben Had

Yep, it is in my hand right now.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 05, 2024 09:34 AM (kLZsC)

200 That Mayorkas guy oughta be impeached.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 09:34 AM (dg+HA)

201 Hi Folks

I have what might seem like a silly prayer request, but it is still dear to my heart. Our little church is having a rummage sale today to raise money because the township has still not paid us for the land which they purchased for open space (Grrrrr!) and we are near the end of our funds. Thanks so much! Maybe you could also say a prayer that the township would get in posterior in gear. ( sigh).

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2024 09:34 AM (agVc3)

202
Nurse had been in touch with MH early on and he was OK, not sure if anyone has heard from him since.
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at October 05, 2024 09:30 AM (fwA5

Thanks for passing that along.
I met Mr. Hammer this past December.
He is a very nice person.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 09:35 AM (QXQ4l)

203 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 09:34 AM (dg+HA)

Absolutely!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2024 09:35 AM (agVc3)

204 I'm surprised the Harris/Walz crew are not still trying to pass off doctored, AI generated photos showing hundreds of thousands of people at their gigs.

67 people show up?

That's amusing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 09:35 AM (Q4IgG)

205 Has anyone heard from Mike Hammer or Asheville Robert?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 05, 2024 09:25 AM (s9EYN)

I've reached out to Mike Hammer.
His voice mail box is full.
I've emailed him. With no response.

I don't have any contact info for Asheville Robert.

I was hoping the day walkers might have more info on these folks. There are some other NC Morons as well, I don't know about either.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 09:27 AM (QXQ4l)

I believe Mike Hammer contacted Nurse Ratched by email. She mentioned this the other day...somewhere. He's okay.

Posted by: Robert at October 05, 2024 09:35 AM (B/qfw)

206 I'm just going to throw this out there, but I think Biden is trying to tank Harris, and that the fumbling on the Hurricane is part of this.

DOCTOR Jill has always hated Harris and the way her husband was shoved aside is intolerable to her. No way she's going to let Harris get to be president.

Our enemies hate each other even more than they hate us.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:30 AM (llXky)

Maybe. But, this is a page right out of Obama's playbook.

Withholding FEMA support. Closing down power stations with no replacement. Denying increasing the water supply through new reservoirs. Etc. in states that didn't vote for him.

Democrats never see their job as serving the citizens of this country in their multiplicity but rather as rulers who punish to get their own desires fulfilled.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 09:36 AM (eDfFs)

207 The law also requires manufacturers to pay the government rebates on medicines sold to Medicare if they raise prices more than the rate of inflation, and puts them on the hook for more of the entitlement’s Part D costs. Democrats used the resulting estimated “savings” of some $160 billion to pay for the green new deal.

Hey old people. Biden Harris took your drug money to give millionaires tax credits on EVs.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2024 09:36 AM (gbOdA)

208 >>It was one small mouse click for his laptop and one giant leap for his career.

Very exciting!!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2024 09:36 AM (scDBq)

209 Democrats never see their job as serving the citizens of this country in their multiplicity but rather as rulers who punish to get their own desires fulfilled.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 09:36 AM (eDfFs)

Obama claimed the day after the elections he was READY TO RULE.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2024 09:37 AM (gbOdA)

210 Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2024 09:34 AM (scDBq)

I think it's great so many Americans are trying to aid their fellow citizens.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2024 09:37 AM (agVc3)

211 Well, that escalated quickly.
Posted by: Orville and Wilbur Wright at October 05, 2024 09:34 AM (1yZeG)

Wait til you see what they did to special-relativity. Mc2= melted Japanese apparently

Posted by: Albert Einstein at October 05, 2024 09:38 AM (Nngx3)

212 That Mayorkas guy oughta be impeached.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 09:34 AM (dg+HA)
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The rot in the GOP is very deep. The House could easily cut his salary in retaliation, or put riders on the budget imposing sanctions until he is gone. This was SOP into the 1990s - piss off Congress, your departmental budget gets zeroed out.

Now it's all kabuki crap for TV.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:41 AM (llXky)

213 >>That Mayorkas guy oughta be impeached.

Senate already failed at that once. Unbelievable that they couldn't even impeach that guy - what does it take to lose a cushy federal job nowadays?

I'd like to see legal action for what he's done to the country, subverting the purpose of Homeland security to flood the country with criminal foreign nationals, essentially who knows how many in the South due to FEMA inaction and lack of funds.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2024 09:41 AM (scDBq)

214
I suspect the polls (which are obviously manipulated) will start to move because the steal is likely too much of a lift at this point.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:24 AM

The pollsters all get judged as to quality on their last poll before the election. So they can't be Harris +7, +7, +7, +7 and then on their last poll go, oh, by the way, we're now Trump +2.

They have to ease into it. So expect more reality in the coming weeks. Ras yesterday had Trump +7 with a margin of error of 5.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 09:41 AM (RKVpM)

215 Democrats never see their job as serving the citizens of this country in their multiplicity but rather as rulers who punish to get their own desires fulfilled.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 09:36 AM (eDfFs)

Obama claimed the day after the elections he was READY TO RULE.
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2024 09:37 AM (gbOdA)

IIRC, that was said by the Iranian Ferret pre-inauguration. Mebbe pre-election.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 05, 2024 09:42 AM (Aqu9a)

216 Hey, I've got $750 to my name. Any nice houses for sale in your neighborhoods?

Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 09:42 AM (xu4vb)

217 Withholding FEMA support. Closing down power stations with no replacement. Denying increasing the water supply through new reservoirs. Etc. in states that didn't vote for him.

Democrats never see their job as serving the citizens of this country in their multiplicity but rather as rulers who punish to get their own desires fulfilled.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 09:36 AM (eDfFs)
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Sorry, but that doesn't work. Is any state more punished than California? Look at New Jersey and New York. They hate everyone.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:42 AM (llXky)

218 208 >>It was one small mouse click for his laptop and one giant leap for his career.

Very exciting!!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2024 09:36 AM

I didn't mention that he also found himself in the enviable position of having two job offers. But because of certain reasons he couldn't play one against the other, so he decided to go with the one in Anchorage.

I think he derived a certain satisfaction in clicking on the "Decline" button for the second offer.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 09:42 AM (dg+HA)

219 Prayers are up for the list, for North Carolina and Tennessee, and for Someone Else's relative. Give me a shout if you need help over here in Germany!

-SPinRH_F-16 aka "CP"

Posted by: SPinRH_F16 at October 05, 2024 09:43 AM (5CEo8)

220 what does it take to lose a cushy federal job nowadays?

Revolution.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at October 05, 2024 09:43 AM (t+RiP)

221 I'd like to see legal action for what he's done to the country, subverting the purpose of Homeland security to flood the country with criminal foreign nationals, essentially who knows how many in the South due to FEMA inaction and lack of funds.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2024 09:41 AM (scDBq)
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Why doesn't the GOP do to the "sue and settle" thing? Oh right, "muh principles."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:44 AM (llXky)

222 On topic of prayer (and Judaism) these are the Days Of Awe, the first days of the year up to Yom Kippur. At this time Jews do not pray to the Holy G-d - they are praying to the Holy King (mlk qdsh). He is sovereign over all things.
Heading offline, G-d be with you all

Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at October 05, 2024 09:44 AM (Nngx3)

223 Elon will be at Trump rally today at Butler Pa today - Legalinsurrection.com

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 09:44 AM (fwDg9)

224 Good morning all.
Hey Skip, I've been drinking light cream in my coffee for many years and never had a qt go bad. Maybe you got a bad one. Check the use by date. It's just me and I drink two cups so it's not like there is a horde here(except internet wise). My biggest problem is that the supply chain is wonky and I can't always get it.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 05, 2024 09:45 AM (t/2Uw)

225 Good morning!

Posted by: gp at October 05, 2024 09:45 AM (X1vg/)

226 what does it take to lose a cushy federal job nowadays?

Revolution.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at October 05, 2024 09:43 AM (t+RiP)
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Being a whistleblower.

People think federal employees are bullet-proof, but motivated political appointees will blast through all of that to push people out. Sure, there will be lawsuits, but it takes a toll and if you're suspended without pay pending termination, money is hard to come by.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:46 AM (llXky)

227 Government is all of us. Or rather the dumbest of all of us. Is this going to shift North Carolina's voting in a meaningful way?

Posted by: Ribbed at October 05, 2024 09:46 AM (+xrWz)

228 > That Mayorkas guy oughta be impeached.
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I think it's already been discussed, but the junta's been moving illegals secretly from areas near the border to "red" towns and cities in an effort to destabilize them.

Springfield, OH for example. Although there's an argument to be made there that the local/city government was compromised (bribed) to take the Haitians.

Still, there's video of illegals being bussed to airports, put on planes and flown out to parts unknown daily.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 09:46 AM (Q4IgG)

229
QueMala even gets the answer to the Meaning of Life wrong....repeatedly*

https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1842333833863291392

*According to Douglas Adams.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 09:46 AM (eDfFs)

230 >>Withholding FEMA support. Closing down power stations with no replacement. Denying increasing the water supply through new reservoirs. Etc. in states that didn't vote for him.

I feel like they are rubbing our noses in it - these were posted yesterday:

https://tinyurl.com/yc25ktw4
https://tinyurl.com/2392bp79

(h/t https://x.com/SomeBitchIIKnow)

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2024 09:46 AM (scDBq)

231
Hey, I've got $750 to my name. Any nice houses for sale in your neighborhoods?

Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 09:42 AM

Best we can do is sell you a bridge over the Swannanoa River upstream of Asheville, NC.

Posted by: Pawn Stars at October 05, 2024 09:47 AM (RKVpM)

232 >>*According to Douglas Adams.

Heh. It's "42," Kamala. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2024 09:47 AM (scDBq)

233 Aren't there alleged FEMA camps all over the country where these people could go? No? They're filled with illegals, aren't they?

Posted by: Ribbed at October 05, 2024 09:48 AM (+xrWz)

234 223 Elon will be at Trump rally today at Butler Pa today - Legalinsurrection.com
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 09:44 AM (fwDg9)

Yeah, saw that yesterday. Six hour drive from here and no tickets.

I wonder if it will be streamed? I assume so.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2024 09:49 AM (y31cs)

235 I am grateful to God that I can see the beauties of nature- the changing trees, white and blue herons fishing in the streams, remnants of cornflowers, little kids smiling and laughing at the supermarket.
However, I am reminded of the hymn writer Fanny Crosby, who became blind because of medical practice as a toddler. She is the author of the great hymn, Blessed Assurance. She went to school and later worked at a school for the blind in NY. She said that she didn't mind being blind because it meant that the first thing she would see in glory would be her dear Savior's face. I think that is a wonderful POV and I am grateful for her Christian faith and her poetic ability.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2024 09:50 AM (X61QJ)

236 Sorry, but that doesn't work. Is any state more punished than California? Look at New Jersey and New York. They hate everyone.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:42 AM (llXky)

Nah.

Apples and oranges.

CA, NY, and NJ all voted for their issues repeatedly.

The other states were crippled by pure fed gov't Democrat malevolence.

Big difference.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 09:50 AM (eDfFs)

237 Polliwog, see you both soon?
Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2024 09:26 AM (I1GXe)

Yes! Although Inspector won't be making his Carne Profanadad. Work has been too work-like lately and he hasn't had the time or energy he needs to make something he can be confident of being proud of.

We are both looking forward to seeing everyone.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 05, 2024 09:50 AM (s9EYN)

238 Mmmmm. Biscuits and gravy.

God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2024 09:50 AM (y31cs)

239 I didn't mention that he also found himself in the enviable position of having two job offers. But because of certain reasons he couldn't play one against the other, so he decided to go with the one in Anchorage.

I think he derived a certain satisfaction in clicking on the "Decline" button for the second offer.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 09:42 AM

Nice. If I could, I'd go back to Alaska in a heartbeat.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2024 09:50 AM (Wnv9h)

240 Pray for Elon Musk and Trump.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2024 09:50 AM (X61QJ)

241

The junta is intentionally letting North Carolinians suffer and die, primarily because they aren't for the most part Democrat Leftist, and to try and swing the state to Harris in November by screwing up the election process.

Evil, but we knew this.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 09:51 AM (x0n13)

242 I'm beginning to think that the steal might not happen simply because the US is so badly wrecked, lefties need it to be fixed. They're only good at running working machines into the ground.

Also, prayers for you and your church, Fen. May the Lord shake the consciences of the politiciana so they pay you.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 05, 2024 09:51 AM (mtG+O)

243
Some woman who lost everything including her purse with ID got turned down for signing up with FEMA because she had no ID.

That's governin' for ya.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 09:51 AM (RKVpM)

244 Alaska? Hmm. Lemme hum a few bars . . .

Posted by: Johnny Horton at October 05, 2024 09:51 AM (Aqu9a)

245 Rallies have been available in multiple places lately

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 09:52 AM (fwDg9)

246 Some woman who lost everything including her purse with ID got turned down for signing up with FEMA because she had no ID.

That's governin' for ya.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 09:51 AM (RKVpM)

But here is a mail in ballot!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2024 09:52 AM (y31cs)

247 243
Some woman who lost everything including her purse with ID got turned down for signing up with FEMA because she had no ID.

That's governin' for ya.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 09:51 AM (RKVpM)

But no need for an ID to vote, right?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 09:52 AM (x0n13)

248 240 Pray for Elon Musk and Trump.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2024 09:50 AM (X61QJ)
Copy that, Sister!
Amen and Amen.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 09:52 AM (o2ZRX)

249 Leg update
I nave an appt with an Orthopedic surgeon on Wednesday after the MRI on my knee showed issues. Not the one I saw in May who said my knee was great and I was not his problem after looking at an X-ray and not listening to what I had to say about where the pain was. Kaiser says I have a team but they lie.
I miss the Drs I had in MA who actually listened to me.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 05, 2024 09:52 AM (t/2Uw)

250 In this Coffee Thread last week, someone owned up to having a Red Toaster. This is how the seeds of Communism get a foothold. Chrome, black, or white are the only patriotic toaster finished. Don't be a dupe.

Posted by: Down with Red Menace and Yellow Peril at October 05, 2024 09:52 AM (CV8a5)

251 OK, I'm off to attempt a hike / radio nerd outing. See you miscreants on a later thread.

Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2024 09:54 AM (1yZeG)

252
I wonder if it will be streamed? I assume so.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2024 09:49 AM

Right Side Broadcast Network streams all of PDT's rallies

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 05, 2024 09:54 AM (tljrc)

253 'm beginning to think that the steal might not happen simply because the US is so badly wrecked, lefties need it to be fixed. They're only good at running working machines into the ground.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 05, 2024 09:51 AM (mtG+O)
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Jamie Dimon has come out for Trump because otherwise Wall Street will collapse. So I do think you're right.

Biden was blind-sided by the steal. Harris assumes it will happen, but it may not. Like I said, I think DOCTOR Jill is undermining Harris right now.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:55 AM (llXky)

254 Good morning hordelings! Anyone know what time the rally starts?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 09:56 AM (4XwPj)

255 Elon will be at Trump rally today at Butler Pa today - Legalinsurrection.com
Posted by: Skip

Our top two Info War generals in one location. That should draw out the vermin.

Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 09:56 AM (3fFru)

256 220 what does it take to lose a cushy federal job nowadays?

Revolution.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at October 05, 2024 09:43 AM (t+RiP)

That is truer than most folks realize.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 05, 2024 09:56 AM (QXQ4l)

257 Thanks so much, Naughty Pine and the others prayers. That is a great thing we do for each others- lift up prayers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2024 09:58 AM (JCEhc)

258 244 Alaska? Hmm. Lemme hum a few bars . . .
Posted by: Johnny Horton at October 05, 2024 09:51 AM (Aqu9a)

Heh. Thanks the reminder.
His new theme song.
I'll send him a link.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 09:58 AM (dg+HA)

259 It is pretty incredible the change in how people see Trump versus 2016 and 2020. The lefts constant diatribes about his character are falling on deaf ears. Elon's buying of Twitter, now X, changed everything. Kennedy and Shanahan helping to show the left's real agenda and supporting Trump.
I am really hoping this election is a landslide so there is a mandate for real change.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 05, 2024 09:59 AM (t/2Uw)

260 > Elon will be at Trump rally today at Butler Pa today
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Musk has his own security detail I presume? Maybe they can teach the Secret Cervix crew assigned to Trump a thing or two.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 09:59 AM (Q4IgG)

261 Seems being a DIE Commasars without other employment possibilities

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 10:00 AM (aKIS1)

262 CA, NY, and NJ all voted for their issues repeatedly.

The other states were crippled by pure fed gov't Democrat malevolence.

Big difference.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 09:50 AM (eDfFs)

Our problem in NJ is the large cities, Newark, Camden, Trenton and most of the urban areas of North Jersey. They vote for Santa Claus. Also, NJ, because of it's heavy industrial past, is a bastion for labor unions. Those people will vote Dem no matter what. Throw in the two most powerful unions, the state workers and the teachers union, and there is no way a conservative will ever win high office. Squishes will. True conservatives? Never.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 05, 2024 10:00 AM (iODuv)

263 Test

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 10:00 AM (fwDg9)

264 It's crazy how expensive Colt revolvers are. The top 19 gunbroker auctions are dominated by Class 3 weapons, and the rest are basically Colts.

I mean they're nice, but $35,000 is a bit much.

The #2 slot was an MG 34 fully kitted out for 48 grand. I knew a guy who had one and he sold it because you could go through what would otherwise be a nice day at the range worth of semi-auto or revolver ammo in less than 3 seconds.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 10:01 AM (llXky)

265 255 Elon will be at Trump rally today at Butler Pa today - Legalinsurrection.com
Posted by: Skip

Our top two Info War generals in one location. That should draw out the vermin.
Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 09:56 AM (3fFru)
Prayer warriors to work!
Don’t doubt for a minute that the left would destroy the ENTIRE Butler community to get President Trump and Elon Musk.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 10:01 AM (o2ZRX)

266 @250/Down with Red Menace and Yellow Peril:

"In this Coffee Thread last week, someone owned up to having a Red Toaster. This is how the seeds of Communism get a foothold. Chrome, black, or white are the only patriotic toaster finished. Don't be a dupe."

So the Talkie Toaster in Series I of "Red Dwarf" was perfectly fine, but the one featured in Series IV was right out. Good to know!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 05, 2024 10:01 AM (O7YUW)

267 The #2 slot was an MG 34 fully kitted out for 48 grand. I knew a guy who had one and he sold it because you could go through what would otherwise be a nice day at the range worth of semi-auto or revolver ammo in less than 3 seconds.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 10:01 AM (llXky)

*scoffs*

Posted by: MG42 at October 05, 2024 10:02 AM (y31cs)

268 OT but I was today years old when I found out that there's a little granite monument at the Alamo with a poem written on it. In Japanese. Put there in 1914. :B

https://tinyurl.com/2jhj9j68

Posted by: Robert at October 05, 2024 10:02 AM (CDk2U)

269 Real America's Voice (RAV) covers every Trump or Vance event live. Check them out. The home of Steve Bannon (when he gets out on the 29th), Charlie Kirk, Jack Posobiec, John Fredericks, Wayne Allyn Root, a great Morning Show from 8-10 AM Eastern, a fine bunch of MAGA patriots.

Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man at October 05, 2024 10:02 AM (CV8a5)

270 Test
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 10:00 AM (fwDg9)

B+. Study, study, and study some more!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 10:02 AM (4XwPj)

271 Our problem in NJ is the large cities, Newark, Camden, Trenton and most of the urban areas of North Jersey. They vote for Santa Claus. Also, NJ, because of it's heavy industrial past, is a bastion for labor unions. Those people will vote Dem no matter what. Throw in the two most powerful unions, the state workers and the teachers union, and there is no way a conservative will ever win high office. Squishes will. True conservatives? Never.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 05, 2024 10:00 AM (iODuv)
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The point is that the feds also torment blue states.

They torment everyone. It's what they do.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 10:02 AM (llXky)

272 Anyone know what time the rally starts?

***************

♫

Does anybody rally know what time it is?

/Chicago

Posted by: muldoon at October 05, 2024 10:03 AM (uCfKO)

273 @263/Skip: "Test"

Next time, show your work!

Posted by: The Pedantic Teacher at October 05, 2024 10:03 AM (O7YUW)

274 Having a coffee creamer crisis. Would seem small size coffee creamer is no longer available at store, only large size which I would waste most of it. Tried light cream but it's already going bad and have 1/4 left.
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 08:13 AM (fwDg9)

try a local restaurant supply store, they should have boxes of those individual creamers for tables, and they may have the smaller sized creamer jugs. Granted, I think you can get it in the 5 gallon jug, too, for coffee at high volume.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2024 10:03 AM (D7oie)

275 268 OT but I was today years old when I found out that there's a little granite monument at the Alamo with a poem written on it. In Japanese. Put there in 1914. :B

https://tinyurl.com/2jhj9j68
Posted by: Robert at October 05, 2024 10:02 AM (CDk2U)

Yeah, I remember hearing a few years ago that the Japanese LOVE the story of the Alamo. Speaks to them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2024 10:03 AM (y31cs)

276 Out at end of yard cleaning out compost bin getting ready for new crop of dead leaves

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 10:03 AM (fwDg9)

277 260 > Elon will be at Trump rally today at Butler Pa today
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Musk has his own security detail I presume? Maybe they can teach the Secret Cervix crew assigned to Trump a thing or two.
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This is about isn't it?

Posted by: Chubby pony tailed chicks who can't find the holster at October 05, 2024 10:04 AM (dg+HA)

278 255 Elon will be at Trump rally today at Butler Pa today - Legalinsurrection.com
Posted by: Skip

Our top two Info War generals in one location. That should draw out the vermin.
Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2024 09:56 AM (3fFru)

*** SPOILER ALERT** for Trump's Butler speech

I heard a few weeks back Trump's opening line will be, "As I was saying..." I don't know if he'll actually do it, but it will be hilarious if he does.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 05, 2024 10:04 AM (pIfcn)

279 >In this Coffee Thread last week, someone owned up to having a Red Toaster.
----

That was me. Yes, my toaster is red. Red like the stripes in Old Glory. Red like a fire engine that races to the scene in times of trouble. Red like an apple that goes into an apple pie JUST LIKE YOUR MOM USED TO MAKE, BECAUSE AMERICA.

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 10:04 AM (/7KEl)

280 Not sure why WiFi lost my connection

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 10:04 AM (fwDg9)

281 Gosh, I relaized I forgot to aak for prayer:

Joe and his family. Today is his funeral. He was a sweet and hardworking man, a soulmate to his wife, a blessing to his children, and a jolly giant to his grandchildren.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 05, 2024 10:05 AM (mtG+O)

282 The rally starts at 5 but look at the lines!
https://tinyurl.com/2m4tajev

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 05, 2024 10:05 AM (t/2Uw)

283 268 OT but I was today years old when I found out that there's a little granite monument at the Alamo with a poem written on it. In Japanese. Put there in 1914. :B

https://tinyurl.com/2jhj9j68
Posted by: Robert

I was the lone survivor at the Alamo. There we were, me and Davy Crockett, shoulder to shoulder and backs to the wall...

Posted by: Trooper Duffy, F-Troop at October 05, 2024 10:05 AM (CV8a5)

284 279 >In this Coffee Thread last week, someone owned up to having a Red Toaster.
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That was me. Yes, my toaster is red. Red like the stripes in Old Glory. Red like a fire engine that races to the scene in times of trouble. Red like an apple that goes into an apple pie JUST LIKE YOUR MOM USED TO MAKE, BECAUSE AMERICA.
Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 10:04 AM (/7KEl)

*sits up straighter, puts hand over heart*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2024 10:06 AM (y31cs)

285 BECAUSE AMERICA.
Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 10:04 AM (/7KEl)

'MURICA!!1!11!

FUCK YEAH!!11!!1!

Posted by: Robert at October 05, 2024 10:06 AM (CDk2U)

286 281 Gosh, I relaized I forgot to aak for prayer:

Joe and his family. Today is his funeral. He was a sweet and hardworking man, a soulmate to his wife, a blessing to his children, and a jolly giant to his grandchildren.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 05, 2024 10:05 AM (mtG+O)

Godspeed, Joe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2024 10:06 AM (y31cs)

287 >Test

Posted by: Skip
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I think you misspelled 'toast'.

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 10:06 AM (/7KEl)

288 260 > Elon will be at Trump rally today at Butler Pa today
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Musk has his own security detail I presume? Maybe they can teach the Secret Cervix crew assigned to Trump a thing or two.
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This is about US isn't it?

Posted by: Chubby pony tailed chicks who can't find the holster at October 05, 2024 10:06 AM (dg+HA)

289 Test
Posted by: Skip

Crap, and on a Saturday! Pretty sneaky.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 05, 2024 10:07 AM (o1CYi)

290 It's a long day. I haven't made any WI rallies either.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 05, 2024 09:18 AM (SfhV1)

It really does require planning and stamina. Mr. D! and I travelled 3 hours to Wheeling, WV when he was campaigning for 2020. We arrived a couple of hours ahead of start time, but we were already far too late.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 05, 2024 10:08 AM (OX9vb)

291 Model Track Guidance and Intensity for Invest 92L here:

https://tinyurl.com/a6f2dv6f
https://tinyurl.com/asx45j2z

Posted by: one hour sober at October 05, 2024 10:08 AM (Y1sOo)

292 Not sure why WiFi lost my connection
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 10:04 AM (fwDg9)

Sorry 'bout that. Pressed the wrong key.

Posted by: Bob's younger brother at NSA at October 05, 2024 10:08 AM (iODuv)

293 Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 05, 2024 10:05 AM (t/2Uw)

Wow.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 10:08 AM (4XwPj)

294 I bet Elon has actual ninjas in his security detail

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 10:09 AM (/7KEl)

295 They torment everyone. It's what they do.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 10:02 AM (llXky)

Like Biden rewarding New Mexico for voting for him by destroying any hope of their having a functioning economy. On his first day in office.

Turns out, a lot of Tribal people work in Oil and Gas drilling there and were not pleased by his move. In 2020 the Navajo nation leadership endorsed Trump. I suspect this time the average members will pay more attention to that.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 05, 2024 10:09 AM (s9EYN)

296 272 ♫

Does anybody rally know what time it is?

/Chicago
Posted by: muldoon at October 05, 2024 10:03 AM (uCfKO)

Really good documentary about the group on Netflix.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 10:10 AM (x0n13)

297 Welp

Muh 'Horns won't be playing till next week when they face OU.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 10:10 AM (eDfFs)

298 Muldoon, I regret to say that CAT received a permanent banning.

Well, that's unfortunate. He was generally a pretty sane dude. Must have gotten a real burr up his *ss about something.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 05, 2024 10:10 AM (/y8xj)

299 That was me. Yes, my toaster is red.

*************

Luxury! We used to wait for a sunny day so we could toast our bread with a magnifying glass.

And it wasn't bread, it was scraps of cardboard.

/Yorkshireman

Posted by: muldoon at October 05, 2024 10:10 AM (uCfKO)

300 Just looked out the front window and noticed power trucks in my 'hood - we were back on Sunday evening, but looks like they're putting up some new poles. So I get to enjoy watching men doing manly things while I sip my covfefe. On a more serious note, God bless the linemen.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 10:10 AM (EaPW0)

301 "I toast, therefore I am."

Posted by: Talkie Toaster at October 05, 2024 10:10 AM (O7YUW)

302 OMG! I lost a week. It's only two till the best weekend evah.

***eyes bottles of Irish whiskey and blender guiltily***

I'd better get busy.

Ben, can you remind me of the Moron who's doing name tags, please? I forgot to write it down.

Posted by: creeper at October 05, 2024 10:10 AM (M6moH)

303 294 I bet Elon has actual ninjas in his security detail
Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 10:09 AM (/7KEl)

"MINE!"

- - Tiger Tanaka (You Only Live Twice)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 10:11 AM (x0n13)

304 OT but I was today years old when I found out that there's a little granite monument at the Alamo with a poem written on it. In Japanese. Put there in 1914. :B
Posted by: Robert

Hell Robert, in Oak Ridge, TN there is 'Peace Park' which features a beautiful bell cast in Japan with messages of peace but, to me at least, a pictogram of the Atomic Bomb deployment in Hiroshima.

The very epitome of FAFO.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 10:11 AM (WXNFJ)

305 I'm a lineman for the county.

Posted by: Glenn Campbell at October 05, 2024 10:12 AM (dg+HA)

306 Hey peeps!...back from the heart of darkness after a week w/o power....been mostly incommunicado....wow! a lot has happened while I've been gone....everybody ok?

Posted by: BignJames at October 05, 2024 10:12 AM (Yj6Os)

307 Gotta run doing a show today but please continue praying for my husband. We went to the urologist Thursday and he couldn't do the procedure (using a scope to look up and see what's what) because he has a bladder infection. He is SO depressed right now. So now we go back next week. Love you all.

Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at October 05, 2024 10:13 AM (iF0sF)

308 a lot has happened while I've been gone....everybody ok?
Posted by: BignJames

We've been better.
- Hezbollah leadership

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 10:13 AM (WXNFJ)

309 really hoping this election is a landslide so there is a mandate for real change.

STEINER WILL COME

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 05, 2024 10:13 AM (aa1V8)

310 Hey peeps!...back from the heart of darkness after a week w/o power....been mostly incommunicado....wow! a lot has happened while I've been gone....everybody ok?
Posted by: BignJames
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Hey there, great to see you! I was only out for 3 days. We fared better than many.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 10:13 AM (EaPW0)

311 {{creeper}}
Soon.
You at the BW?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 05, 2024 10:14 AM (t/2Uw)

312 Jewells, sending love and prayers

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 10:14 AM (EaPW0)

313 Glad you're back James.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 10:14 AM (4XwPj)

314 My dad used to drink his coffee like that. When he finished (he used a big, clear glass beer stein), there was a half inch layer of leftover sugar at the bottom of the glass.
Heh.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at October 05, 2024 08:56 AM (3AwA+)

Teaspoon of brown sugar per mug. It was the most wonderful thing ever.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2024 10:14 AM (D7oie)

315 304 Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2024 10:11 AM (WXNFJ)

I have a piece of carbon from the first reactor at Stagg Field. AN uncle, who escaped Germany at the last second, worked as a tool and die maker for Fermi and his team.

FAFO indeed.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 10:14 AM (x0n13)

316 Terrifying new video shows otter stalking family down dock where child was dragged under water in horrific attack

@DailyMail

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 10:14 AM (/7KEl)

317 We love you too, Jewells and prayers continue for you and your husband.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2024 10:15 AM (53/t0)

318 I should go get my cinnamon bagel

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 10:15 AM (fwDg9)

319 Otters are terrible people.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 10:16 AM (4XwPj)

320 I had linesmen out here to look at some issues with a power pole on the property. The support wires are really sagging and the anchors in the ground for them are loose. Generally good, hard working no BS people who really appreciate customers who come out to chat and not bitch about service.

I always make an attempt to register a compliment with their operations people over the phone or online.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 10:16 AM (Q4IgG)

321 Japanese Alamo marker if Texans had written it:

Santa Ana marching
Austin stands fast
Come and take it!

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2024 10:16 AM (S6gqv)

322 314 Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2024 10:14 AM (D7oie)

Grandfather, with a sugar cube between his teeth and sipping scalding tea through it!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2024 10:17 AM (x0n13)

323 Have 'Mike Hammer/ Robert in Asheville' checked in?

Posted by: BignJames at October 05, 2024 10:18 AM (Yj6Os)

324 Otters are terrible people.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 10:16 AM

And that's when the fight started, officer...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2024 10:19 AM (Wnv9h)

325 My cat has informed me that we have shifted from "sprawl across the couch" season to "curl up on my lap on a blanket" season.
One of the many things I love about fall.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 09:12 AM (llXky)

I get to wear the flannel shirts again!!

Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2024 10:19 AM (D7oie)

326 Prayers for you both Jewells.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2024 10:19 AM (y31cs)

327 Praying for all on the list and unspoken needs.. God bless and keep you all.

Posted by: Moki at October 05, 2024 10:20 AM (wLjpr)

328 I mowed my lawn yesterday. Weather was perfect and the grass was tall. Had to mow over some leaves that have already fallen. Today I have itchy, watery eyes and a stuffy nose.
I like to mow my two acres in the summer. It's an hour and thirty minutes of motorized meditation. But mowing in October kinda sucks.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 10:21 AM (4XwPj)

329 Hey there, great to see you! I was only out for 3 days. We fared better than many.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 10:13 AM (EaPW0)

First thing I did when power was restored....make a pot of coffee.

Posted by: BignJames at October 05, 2024 10:22 AM (Yj6Os)

330 These people are intentionally trying to provoke us to violence. I have no doubt.

10/4/24 - Samantha Power pops up her ugly head to tell us how we're helping to keep the power on in Ukraine:
https://tinyurl.com/yc2ss3fc

10/4/24 - Blinken announces $157,000,000 to Lebanon for humanitarian assistance:
https://tinyurl.com/2p2hhtw3

Posted by: IrishEi at October 05, 2024 10:22 AM (3ImbR)

331 But the lawn looks nice and the shorter grass means fallen leaves just blow away from the top of my windy hill.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 10:23 AM (4XwPj)

332 OT but I was today years old when I found out that there's a little granite monument at the Alamo with a poem written on it. In Japanese. Put there in 1914. :B

https://tinyurl.com/2jhj9j68
Posted by: Robert at October 05, 2024 10:02 AM (CDk2U)

Yeah, I remember hearing a few years ago that the Japanese LOVE the story of the Alamo. Speaks to them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2024 10:03 AM (y31cs)

Yeah, the earnest and heartfelt warrior fighting for what he believes is right, even in the face of sure defeat has a lot of resonance for them because it happened a lot in their national history.

Ex: The Satsuma Rebellion led by Saigo Takimori.
("The Last Samurai" with Tom Cruise is a very Hollywooded up/funhouse/distorted version of Saigo Takamori's story)

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 10:24 AM (eDfFs)

333 @300/screaming in digital: "God bless the linemen."

This. A thousand times this.

Back when the big ice storm hit Kansas City (Jan 30 2002), we were without power for 5 days. The linemen showed up in our neighbourhood. I fired up the propane camping burner, and got the coffee started in the percolator. When it was done, I went out to their trucks with a batch of coffees and a stack of Hershey's bars and offered them to the crew.

The foreman of the crew looked gobsmacked and told the lift operator to bring the man in the bucket down, and they all gathered around, took a coffee, and some chocolate bars.

"Guys, I'm just so glad to see you all in my neighbourhood, I wanted to do a little something for you."

'You have no idea how much this means to us, thank you!'

"Wait, this isn't common?"

'Nope. Usually it's pissed off customers demanding to know why we took so long to get to them.'

Always, ALWAYS be good to the people who are coming to save the day.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 05, 2024 10:24 AM (O7YUW)

334 Like Biden rewarding New Mexico for voting for him by destroying any hope of their having a functioning economy. On his first day in office.

Turns out, a lot of Tribal people work in Oil and Gas drilling there and were not pleased by his move. In 2020 the Navajo nation leadership endorsed Trump. I suspect this time the average members will pay more attention to that.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 05, 2024 10:09 AM (s9EYN)
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Pennsylvanians should take note.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 10:25 AM (llXky)

335 Just checked Amazon. Very disheartened that there was a wide selection of Red Toasters. Apparently, this Red Menace is widespread and even worldwide. I weep for what we have become, and what is to come.

Posted by: Chrome Toaster Benevolent League at October 05, 2024 10:25 AM (CV8a5)

336 Ben, can you remind me of the Moron who's doing name tags, please? I forgot to write it down.

That was Cybersmyth but as of last weekend he was about to stop taking new requests because he had all the backlog he could handle.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 05, 2024 10:26 AM (/y8xj)

337
Facts:
1). Pennsylvania is the state with the 2nd highest property damage from flooding in the nation
2). Most Pennsylvania residents have witnessed first hand damage from flooding
3). Pennsylvania is about the most important state that Harris has to win
4). Pennsylvania residents should observe carefully what the FEMA response (or lack of) is to the residents of Appalachia
5). The Appalachia Mountain range runs through Pennsylvania

Prediction: Trump

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 10:27 AM (RKVpM)

338 Ex: The Satsuma Rebellion led by Saigo Takimori.
("The Last Samurai" with Tom Cruise is a very Hollywooded up/funhouse/distorted version of Saigo Takamori's story)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 10:24 AM (eDfFs)
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That's a very wordy way to write "white savior myth."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 10:27 AM (llXky)

339 {305} I'm a lineman for the county.

Posted by: Glenn Campbell at October 05, 2024 10:12 AM (dg+HA)

God bless you, Glenn.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 05, 2024 10:27 AM (O7YUW)

340 Just checked Amazon. Very disheartened that there was a wide selection of Red Toasters. Apparently, this Red Menace is widespread and even worldwide. I weep for what we have become, and what is to come.
Posted by: Chrome Toaster Benevolent League at October 05, 2024 10:25 AM (CV8a5)
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I have a red microwave, so there.

I also have a toaster OVEN, which is the superior way to go as it allows maximum toasting flexibility.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 10:28 AM (llXky)

341 Posted by: Chrome Toaster Benevolent League at October 05, 2024 10:25 AM (CV8a5)

Shut up asshole. You're no better.

Posted by: White Toaster Supremacist Union at October 05, 2024 10:29 AM (4XwPj)

342
Republicans are weaponizing this disaster!!1!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 10:30 AM (Xxha1)

343 .

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 10:30 AM (4XwPj)

344 Republicans are weaponizing this disaster!!1!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

And politicizing it! They're seizing, pouncing and being mean!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 10:32 AM (4XwPj)

345 Gentlemen, gentlemen please.

Can't we stop bickering about 'oo toasted 'oo?

Posted by: muldoon at October 05, 2024 10:32 AM (uCfKO)

346 Asheville Robert was commenting a couple of days ago, for those who were asking. Seems to be ok, given the conditions.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 05, 2024 10:33 AM (OX9vb)

347 The raving mad toaster from Fallout New Vegas expansion "Old World Blues":

https://youtu.be/ibOkPx_Ej30

(NSFW Language at 2:26)

Jace Hall was the voice actor. He poured his all into this and probably had a blast doing it!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 05, 2024 10:33 AM (O7YUW)

348
Always, ALWAYS be good to the people who are coming to save the day.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 05, 2024 10:24 AM

My location is low priority so always the last to get power restored. The last major storm crews from Canada came down to help. But every time my wife and I go out and personally thank the crews.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 10:33 AM (RKVpM)

349 {343} .

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 10:30 AM (4XwPj)

This Ette knows how to make her point.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 05, 2024 10:34 AM (O7YUW)

350 Dozens of family and friends in and around Asheville. Was going to say that the social media narrative about the feds and the state not being on the ground, obstructing relief efforts, etc. is 99.9 % complete BULL SH!T. Some tempers flared in the first 2 days because everybody was working nonstop with no food or sleep. And social media, being what it is, blew it up all out of proportion.

I was going to write that post; but, I assumed nobody would believe me because social media narratives are never wrong.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at October 05, 2024 10:34 AM (B32hN)

351 If you stop to think about it, you'll realize that toast is the twice baked potato of bread products.

Posted by: muldoon at October 05, 2024 10:35 AM (uCfKO)

352 I have a red microwave, so there.

I also have a toaster OVEN, which is the superior way to go as it allows maximum toasting flexibility.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I had both a red microwave and a red toaster oven, but gave away the microwave when I moved as the current house already had one. I love my red toaster oven, even with my blue formica (yes really) countertops.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 10:35 AM (EaPW0)

353 Ex: The Satsuma Rebellion led by Saigo Takimori.
("The Last Samurai" with Tom Cruise is a very Hollywooded up/funhouse/distorted version of Saigo Takamori's story)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 10:24 AM (eDfFs)
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That's a very wordy way to write "white savior myth."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 10:27 AM (llXky)

Eh, "white savior myth" is a Leftist trope that really doesn't give the flavor of what's going on with this particular story, though it's there.

Basically, I see the WSM as a way to insert an American in a story for to get the attention(and money) of American audiences for a story they'd almost certainly have no interest in. Saigo Takimori story is a very very Japanese one.

That's a long way of saying, I have no problem with WSM as a tool. Would the movie be any less 'saviory" with Denzel Washington in the part? No, it would not.

Plus, if you've watched enough foreign films you'll see other cultures/races do the same thing with sticking "their representative" in a foreign story/history.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 10:35 AM (eDfFs)

354 @348/Divide by Zero:

"... The last major storm crews from Canada came down to help. But every time my wife and I go out and personally thank the crews."

This is the way, and thank you for this!

I've repeatedly in my life seen Hydro One (formerly "Ontario Hydro") trucks head south of the border in a mass convoy determined to haul ass and work insanely hard to help out and restore power to disaster areas. They make me proud.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 05, 2024 10:37 AM (O7YUW)

355 Invest 92L is now Tropical Depression 14.

NHC will be dropping its first advisory on what will eventually become Milton in about 25 minutes.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 05, 2024 10:37 AM (Y1sOo)

356 My refrigerator, dishwasher, microwave, coffee maker and toaster are all black because I am down wid da struggle.

Posted by: BLM Support Petrson at October 05, 2024 10:38 AM (CV8a5)

357 Checked the air traffic site about half an hour ago and saw several helicopters flying around Ashville. One was registered to Samaritan's Purse. Good to see. One Blackhawk was moving into the area as well. Would be great to listen to the squawk if I could. There are also many small planes out flying. Haven't seen any DH Otter type seaplanes yet- they (their pilots) are great at short takeoff/landings.

Posted by: Rex B at October 05, 2024 10:39 AM (592Pr)

358 Toasters of all colors: I despise each and every one of you!!

Posted by: Grumpy Japanese Politician at October 05, 2024 10:40 AM (HSqCq)

359
Shawn Farash - who you may have seen or heard doing his voice imitation of Donald Trump - is a resident of Tennessee and not the least bit happy with the FEMA response. He now runs a podcast:

https://is.gd/dk01vQ

/ it's really long

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 10:40 AM (RKVpM)

360 Toaster over for the win!
Banana bread, bagels, English muffins, corn cakes, muffins as well as toast.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 05, 2024 10:40 AM (t/2Uw)

361 No. Just ... no.

Posted by: Dr_No at October 05, 2024 10:42 AM (ayRl+)

362 If you stop to think about it, you'll realize that toast is the twice baked potato of bread products.
Posted by: muldoon

Whoa. That's deep.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 10:43 AM (4XwPj)

363 Had break time, now would like to go back to bed

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 10:43 AM (fwDg9)

364 Eh, "white savior myth" is a Leftist trope that really doesn't give the flavor of what's going on with this particular story, though it's there.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 10:35 AM (eDfFs)
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It exactly describes the film. The story could have been told through Western eyes by using the narrative form of "Doctor Zhivago," where we see things through an American's eyes but he is not driving the story.

Instead Hollywood created this leftist trope of a guy - an American Civil War hero filled with self-loathing over the Indian Wars who goes to Japan to find a more moral and pure culture - that is also completely oppressive of the peasants.

Is there anything more reactionary than having the elites practice swordplay and write poems while the workers toil away in the fields? I note the film didn't address that the continual expansion of Samurai status (via marriage) meant that the peasant-samurai ration was reaching the point where famine among the peasants was a recurring problem.

Terrible, very historically inaccurate film.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 10:44 AM (llXky)

365 357 Checked the air traffic site about half an hour ago and saw several helicopters flying around Ashville. One was registered to Samaritan's Purse. Good to see. One Blackhawk was moving into the area as well. Would be great to listen to the squawk if I could. There are also many small planes out flying. Haven't seen any DH Otter type seaplanes yet- they (their pilots) are great at short takeoff/landings.
Posted by: Rex B at October 05, 2024 10:39 AM (592Pr
Not landing on any lakes, too much debris.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 10:44 AM (o2ZRX)

366
Who names their hurricane Milton?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 10:44 AM (Xxha1)

367 Speaking of giving thanks . . .

End Tribalism in Politics
@EndTribalism
Kamala Harris just now at her Wisconsin Rally with Liz Cheney:
“I also want to thank your father, Vice President Dick Cheney, for his support, and what he has done to serve our country.”
We live in a never ending South Park episode….

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 10:45 AM (L/fGl)

368 I was going to write that post; but, I assumed nobody would believe me because social media narratives are never wrong.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at October 05, 2024 10:34 AM (B32hN)

I disbelieve you because you are a completely unknown nic telling a story that lacks details I can independently verify in some way that depends 100% on your credibility and is counter to a good deal of others' stories.

Posted by: whatever at October 05, 2024 10:45 AM (WxgaY)

369 Wait ... yes. I meant 'yes'. Never mind ...

Posted by: Dr_No at October 05, 2024 10:45 AM (ayRl+)

370 Little Red toaster
Baby, you're much too fast (Oh, oh)
Little Red toaster
You need some bread that's gonna last

Posted by: Prince at October 05, 2024 10:45 AM (Aqu9a)

371 even with my blue formica (yes really) countertops.
Posted by: screaming in digital

Must be nice. My countertops are a blue laminate also, but I couldn't afford top-brand name Formica.

Posted by: Knock-off Ned at October 05, 2024 10:46 AM (CV8a5)

372 support, and what he has done to serve our country.”
We live in a never ending South Park episode….
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice!

I read that as "what he has done to sever our country."

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 10:46 AM (4XwPj)

373 Savoy Brown summed it all up in 'Tell Mama' ...

Posted by: Dr_No at October 05, 2024 10:47 AM (ayRl+)

374 Brady Bunch kitchens are making a comeback. Avocado green and orange will be back in vogue.

Posted by: Cousin Oliver, All-growed Up at October 05, 2024 10:48 AM (CV8a5)

375 Speaking of whoa, that's deep.

Cenk Uygur
@cenkuygur
Rememer the Bible is pro-abortion. Numbers 5:11-31 has a priest performing an abortion, upon the command of God, if you think your wife cheated on you. So, maybe God sent the hurricane to red states because he's mad they outlawed abortion.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 10:49 AM (L/fGl)

376 Little Toaster don't ya...
(guitar lick)
Little Toaster don't ya...
(guitar lick)
Little Toaster don't ya toast me once or twice, tell me that it's nice and then it's done...
Little toaster don't ya do what my Big Toaster done.

/Dwight Toastum

Posted by: muldoon at October 05, 2024 10:51 AM (uCfKO)

377 Praying for all the Horde in need, specially those affected by Helene

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2024 10:52 AM (gDlxJ)

378 I disbelieve you because you are a completely unknown nic telling a story that lacks details I can independently verify in some way that depends 100% on your credibility and is counter to a good deal of others' stories.
Posted by: whatever at October 05, 2024 10:45 AM (WxgaY)
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I'm reminded of the severely conservative military guy who constantly said Trump was pissing off the military even though it was hitting all its recruiting numbers and had high morale and now is a dumpster fire.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 10:53 AM (llXky)

379 I like The Last Samurai.

Don't much care that it is historically inaccurate or that its politics are terrible.

I'll read a history book if I want that.

Posted by: Japan Has Always Been Unwholesome at October 05, 2024 10:53 AM (WxgaY)

380 @cenkuygur
Rememer the Bible is pro-abortion. Numbers 5:11-31 has a priest performing an abortion, upon the command of God, if you think your wife cheated on you. So, maybe God sent the hurricane to red states because he's mad they outlawed abortion.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 10:49 AM (L/fGl)
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So does he accept the Bible's authority on other stuff, or just this one?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 10:54 AM (llXky)

381 We live in a never ending South Park episode….

-
Lizzy is Eric Cartman.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 10:54 AM (L/fGl)

382 Dear Chunk Ugger,
you are a disgusting excuse for a human being. You are the filth that pond scum sucking bottom feeders refuse as it's to nasty to bother with. If you had a soul it would be a pus dripping, cockroach infested pile of stains. Shut the fuck up, you useless bag of lipids and failure.

Regards
Mayhem

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 10:55 AM (4XwPj)

383 Kamala Harris just now at her Wisconsin Rally with Liz Cheney:
“I also want to thank your father, Vice President Dick Cheney, for his support, and what he has done to serve our country.”
We live in a never ending South Park episode….
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 10:45 AM (L/fGl)
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A wag on twitter said that if Adolf Hitler was somehow found alive and spoke out against Trump, he'd get a show on MSNBC.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 10:56 AM (llXky)

384 Cenk Uygur betrays a sick, death worshipping cult-like mindset…. And of course has zero understanding of scripture

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2024 10:56 AM (HSqCq)

385 Lizzy is Eric Cartman.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 10:54 AM (L/fGl)
---
They all hate each other, which is why they can pretend to be friends so easily.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 10:57 AM (llXky)

386 Liz Cheney is a straight shooter and doing a high caliber bang up job.

Posted by: Too soon? at October 05, 2024 10:58 AM (dg+HA)

387 Brady Bunch kitchens are making a comeback. Avocado green and orange will be back in vogue.
Posted by: Cousin Oliver, All-growed Up at October 05, 2024 10:48 AM (CV8a5)

We remodeled our kitchen in 1977. Harvest Gold. Dark oak cabinets, upper and lower, custom made at the time by an old time cabinet maker. Stove, sink and Formica cabinet tops. Finally replaced our 50 year old GE fridge with a new GE Stainless steel model. At our age, remodeling anything isn't going to happen.

Oh, and a toaster oven.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 05, 2024 10:58 AM (iODuv)

388 While the fellow was walking up to Chimney Rock the Louisiana State Police arrived. And the Cajun Navy is offering native swamp tour awards to any FEMA that interferes with the help.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 10:59 AM (+JNKR)

389 Dear Chunk Ugger,
you are a disgusting excuse for a human being. You are the filth that pond scum sucking bottom feeders refuse as it's to nasty to bother with. If you had a soul it would be a pus dripping, cockroach infested pile of stains. Shut the fuck up, you useless bag of lipids and failure.

Regards
Mayhem
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 10:55 AM (4XwPj)

Something tells me you're not a fan.

Posted by: Robert at October 05, 2024 10:59 AM (glBWI)

390 End Tribalism in Politics
@EndTribalism
Kamala Harris just now at her Wisconsin Rally with Liz Cheney:
“I also want to thank your father, Vice President Dick Cheney, for his support, and what he has done to serve our country.”
We live in a never ending South Park episode….
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 10:45 AM (L/fGl)

It gives me some amount of pleasure knowing there are Democrat Party people who will still vote for Montel Williams' side piece, but will be doing so knowing she is now gushing over Dick "Dick" Cheney.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 10:59 AM (J4UmJ)

391 I remember in 2001 when Michael Moore scolded the 9/11 hijackers for killing the wrong people, because NYC is blue and those buildings were filled with people sympathetic to the arab cause

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 11:00 AM (/7KEl)

392 Who names their kid Cenk?

Posted by: Milton Berle's mother at October 05, 2024 11:00 AM (dg+HA)

393 Anyone know what TV channel might broadcast Trump’s Butler rally tonight? He’s scheduled to start speaking at 5pm ET…. I’d like to record as we’ll be out with kids but need a channel to set the recording…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2024 11:00 AM (HSqCq)

394 There's a YT in which historians discus the least accurate historical movie. They digress into an argument about which Best Picture winner is the worst movie, one contending it is Braveheart but the other nominating American Beauty. I'm going to have to go with American Beauty.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 11:00 AM (L/fGl)

395 I like The Last Samurai.

Don't much care that it is historically inaccurate or that its politics are terrible.

I'll read a history book if I want that.
Posted by: Japan Has Always Been Unwholesome at October 05, 2024 10:53 AM (WxgaY)
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One of the downsides of liking history is that you can't forget it upon demand. TLS is terrible for that, because it gets some of the stuff right, but then butchers the rest so that it's ham-handed plot can move forward.

In that case, the history was only part of its crime. I hated Cruise's character, particularly the way he was such a virtuoso swordsmen despite the fact that US cavalry used their swords for everything but fighting.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 11:00 AM (llXky)

396 Cenk Uygur explicating on the Bible is like Barack Obama explicating on changing a tire.

Posted by: 300 at October 05, 2024 11:00 AM (WBQfF)

397 Dear Chunk Ugger,
you are a disgusting excuse for a human being. You are the filth that pond scum sucking bottom feeders refuse as it's to nasty to bother with. If you had a soul it would be a pus dripping, cockroach infested pile of stains. Shut the fuck up, you useless bag of lipids and failure.

Regards
Mayhem
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 10:55 AM (4XwPj)

And yeah, this guy too. He knows what he is. He's not unlike Joe "The Intern Killer" Scarborough, he's required to say certain things, because the blackmail material they have on him is strong.

Now, what they have on Sink Booger, I don't know, I just know it must be real bad.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 11:02 AM (J4UmJ)

398 Tropical Depression #Fourteen Advisory 1: Tropical Depression Forms in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Forecast to Strengthen and Bring the Risk of Life-Threatening Impacts to Portions of the West Coast of Florida Next Week.

--NHC

Posted by: one hour sober at October 05, 2024 11:02 AM (Y1sOo)

399 Cenk Uygur betrays a sick, death worshipping cult-like mindset…. And of course has zero understanding of scripture
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2024 10:56 AM (HSqCq)
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The actual Young Turks committed genocide and drove Turkey into a disastrous war destroying its empire and killing vast numbers of their people.

So I guess it's accurate.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 11:02 AM (llXky)

400 (c) suddenly keel over dead.
Posted by: PabloD
-----------------------------

That doctor thing. There's always a second opinion.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 11:03 AM (+JNKR)

401 Something tells me you're not a fan.
Posted by: Robert

I'm pretty neutral.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 05, 2024 11:03 AM (4XwPj)

402 If this song has been posted here recently, apologies. The year was 1979...

"I remember when you were down, you would always come running to me .."

https://tinyurl.com/3v6akhat

It makes sense if you consider we have a foreign circus running much of the federal gov.

Posted by: Rex B at October 05, 2024 11:03 AM (592Pr)

403 From what I've read, Braveheart is chock-full of historical inaccuracies

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 11:04 AM (/7KEl)

404 They digress into an argument about which Best Picture winner is the worst movie, one contending it is Braveheart but the other nominating American Beauty. I'm going to have to go with American Beauty.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 11:00 AM (L/fGl)
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Braveheart has some funny parts and Longshanks is a great anti-hero.

American Beauty is fricken painful to watch. "Oh look, a plastic bag in the wind! So symbolic!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 11:04 AM (llXky)

405 You can probably replay the rally whenever you want on The Right Side Broadcasting YouTube channel.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2024 11:04 AM (dg+HA)

406
Tropical Depression #Fourteen Advisory 1:

Cancelled. No money. Gone.

-- FEMA

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 11:05 AM (RKVpM)

407 (NHC)...Threatening Impacts to Portions of the West Coast of Florida Next Week.

--NHC
Posted by: one hour sober
---------------------

Everything is a threatening impact on our lives.
Things like FedGov and FEMA make it worse.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 11:07 AM (+JNKR)

408 From what I've read, Braveheart is chock-full of historical inaccuracies
Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 11:04 AM (/7KEl)
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It buys heavily into the "prima noctum" myth which has zero basis in reality. Not a fan.

The larger point is that you get some movies whose very premise is so ahistorical and asinine that it wrecks the rest of it because you can't get past it.

"1917" was like this for me. The premise was ludicrous and that made the rest of it just a waste of time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 11:07 AM (llXky)

409 Tropical Depression #Fourteen Advisory 1: Tropical Depression Forms in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Forecast to Strengthen and Bring the Risk of Life-Threatening Impacts to Portions of the West Coast of Florida Next Week.

--NHC
Posted by: one hour sober at October 05, 2024 11:02 AM (Y1sOo)

I thought a tropical depression was when you blow out your flip-flop, step on a pop top, and have to cruise on back home.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 11:07 AM (J4UmJ)

410 For a Samurai movie buff, Cruise movie didn't cut it for me

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 11:08 AM (fwDg9)

411 I trust "secular muslims" on questions of the intent of old testament scripture.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 05, 2024 11:09 AM (D7oie)

412 Rulz for those of you in Escanaba

Every week a geography lesson!

Best wishes to y'all for this day.

Had a nice leash-less walk with Daisy Dog in the bright morning light. Might call it perfect except for how drought-stricken the lawn is. Need a great, big pipeline from the flood zones to the West.

Posted by: mindful webworker - praying for rain and for those with too much of it at October 05, 2024 11:09 AM (LFGyH)

413 From what I've read, Braveheart is chock-full of historical inaccuracies
Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2024 11:04 AM (/7KEl)

Which is kinda like saying the Hindenburg was chock full of some structural flaws.

But at least the Hindenburg was fun to watch.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 11:10 AM (J4UmJ)

414 Even BoB finding g it's a lot of swapped story and made up a fair amount. Yet those who assisted got their side of the story well

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 11:10 AM (fwDg9)

415 Looks like NOOD

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 11:10 AM (llXky)

416 For a Samurai movie buff, Cruise movie didn't cut it for me
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 11:08 AM (fwDg9)

Not a tall tale?

Posted by: BurtTC at October 05, 2024 11:11 AM (J4UmJ)

417 Braveheart and American Beauty are both traditional American movies. They are worth one's time to watch. American Beauty wasn't intended to be fun but was well done all around and the ending, wow. Braveheart was well done fun.
I wish more movies of this quality would exist.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 05, 2024 11:12 AM (+JNKR)

418
♪ Here a lie, there a lie, never cooked a French Fry ♪

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 11:13 AM (RKVpM)

419 Good news, everyone!

Secretary Antony Blinken
@SecBlinken
The U.S. is at the forefront of humanitarian response to the growing crisis in Lebanon, announcing nearly $157 million in assistance today. We are committed to supporting those in need and delivering essential aid to displaced civilians, refugees and the communities hosting them.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 11:14 AM (L/fGl)

420 I am busy here

KT HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 11:16 AM (fwDg9)

421 Secretary Antony Blinken
@SecBlinken
The U.S. is at the forefront of humanitarian response to the growing crisis in Lebanon, announcing nearly $157 million in assistance today. We are committed to supporting those in need and delivering essential aid to displaced civilians, refugees and the communities hosting them.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 05, 2024 11:14 AM (L/fGl)

In other words our tax dollars are going to be used to pay for the rockets HizbAllah will use to try to murder our allies. "Humanitarian."

Fuck you, Tony, you incompetent fuck.

Posted by: Robert at October 05, 2024 11:18 AM (G9cr4)

422 Cenk Uygur explicating on the Bible is like Barack Obama explicating on changing a tire.
Posted by: 300 at October 05, 2024 11:00 AM (WBQfF)

More like how to best sexually please a woman.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2024 11:19 AM (0eaVi)

423 Ah, the emotional roller-coaster of the prayer list. So much need. God bless us every one.

A small prayer simply that we can fix the formatting on the list for greater legibility next week.

I'm on the list, I see. Eyelid surgery went smoothly, thanks, and I will (probably) get the stitches out on Tuesday. Looks like a terrible black eye right now. I say, you shoulda seen the other guy!

Prayers especially for spiritual healing for those who are sick in mind and spirit, especially those who are truly misinformed and misguided, and as a consequence estranged from good family.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and thanks for all the good at October 05, 2024 11:21 AM (LFGyH)

424 >>> 300 Just looked out the front window and noticed power trucks in my 'hood - we were back on Sunday evening, but looks like they're putting up some new poles. So I get to enjoy watching men doing manly things while I sip my covfefe. On a more serious note, God bless the linemen.
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 05, 2024 10:10 AM (EaPW0)

'Toxic' Masculinity is *awesome*.

A few days after our crazy windstorm (mid-June last year, 70-80mph and gusts maybe over 100mph) I was waiting in an office and another lady who was an office employee of the local power co, who mentioned some of the guys working on downed power lines had been getting IVs to re-hydrate.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 11:23 AM (FnneF)

425 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 05, 2024 10:44 AM (llXky)

Oh good grief, you're a writer.

Surely, you realize(as is proper for an American audience) that TLS is Tom Cruise's story not Saigo Takimori's stand-in's story.

It isn't even a WSM story because Tom Cruise's character is saved by the Japanese he meets and Japanese culture. A broken man become whole again.

But, even if Tom Cruise never showed up in the movie, the Saigo Takimori story is highly distorted.

Like an above commenter, I go to movies for entertainment. TLS did the job for me. I don't go or expect a completely true, completely unbiased historical review.

A more recent example of the same thing would be "Shogun", which was a highly distorted story of real Japanese historical figures with name changes and combinations, and ahistorical events, that featured an Englishman, who's story it really was, as the Westerners' entrance to a Japanese story setting they normally would've probably had zero interest in.

In any event, I think WSM is a silly complaint as other nations and cultures distort and insert their entrance character into historical settings. Why not us?

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 12:09 PM (eDfFs)

426 Sharon, reservations made for the MoMe. See you in a couple of weeks. I can hardly wait.

Posted by: creeper at October 05, 2024 12:09 PM (M6moH)

427 22 I hope we don't devolve into a toast-centric thread like last week. Even though I'm eating toast.
Posted by: Happy Harry at October 05, 2024 08:25 AM (CV8a5)

I liked the toast thread. Don Black was on en fuego.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2024 02:08 PM (VnUSN)

428 )) Hot girls are waiting for you on --- www.Nu21.eu

Posted by: Vissa at October 05, 2024 02:22 PM (bAAMA)

Daily Tech News 5 October 2024

Top Story

Mark Muppetly, co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, continues his spiraling descent into psychosis: WordPress.org just belongs to me. (The Verge)

WordPress.org is not non-profit organisation managing the open-source WordPress code.
"I happily provide WordPress.org services to literally every other host," Mullenweg says. There is "no requirement to give back. WordPress will be open-source forever and ever, and so there will never be any legal requirement to give back." But WordPress does still "request" that companies contribute something. "It's better for WordPress if they give back."
WP Engine's lawyers are reportedly looking at replacing their Porsches with Ferraris.
159 Automattic employees (the commercial side of WordPress) have taken the hint and the available severance offer and walked out. (The Register)

They are not going down with the ship.
Meanwhile Melk Murgatroyd decided to join in a Hacker News thread on the WP Engine suit and... Potentially libel the party suing him. (Hacker News)

This seems unwise.

Tech News

Having crashed the stock price by 90% through years of abject mismanagement, the Guillemot family and Tencent are looking to buy Ubisoft. (WCCFTech)

Yves Guillemot is CEO of Ubisoft and behind the decisions that have ruined the company.

Sounds like an amazing plan:

1. Destroy your own company.
2. Stock price crashes.
3. Buy it for pennies on the dollar.
4. Spend years fighting shareholder lawsuits.
5. Price continues to decline.
6. Lose everything.
Civilization VII recommends 32GB of RAM, a 16 core CPU, and an RTX 4070 to play at 4K resolution. (Tom's Hardware)

Civ VI recommended 8GB of RAM.
After getting smacked down by the courts last year, the SEC is going after the Ripple blockchain yet again. (CNBC)

It's the usual thing: The SEC says that everything and anything is a security without ever issuing any written regulations.

They just show up out of the blue with a lawsuit, and if you win, they just do it again the next year.
The Pilet 5 is a big clunky PDA that you can't buy. (Liliputing)

It's kind of cool in an industrial retro way. It's a case, screen, keyboard, and battery that fits a Raspberry Pi 5.

According to the developer the hardware includes a laser pointer that "has the power to destroy planets, just like the death star" though this feature is not confirmed by the official specs.
TSMC's 2nm node - called, reasonably enough, N2, is 25% more efficient than the current N3E process. (Notebook Check)

But also twice as expensive per wafer as the mainstream N5 and N4 processes.

Expect leading-edge devices to cost more when N2 chips start shipping next year.
As expected, the Ars Technica commentariat is shrieking with rage that a judge has chosen to uphold the Constitution with an injunction against California's ban on inconvenient satire and the site itself has pinned the blame on Emmanuel Goldmusk. (Ars Technica)

Plus ca change, plus la orange.
Ars also offered its own take on the WordPress debacle that is so hilariously one-sided that its own commenters are roasting the site. (Ars Technica)

Good.

Disclaimer: N7 forever.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 Good morning, no tech news from me tonight

Posted by: Ciampino - double shocker at October 05, 2024 04:00 AM (qfLjt)

2 Hello!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2024 04:01 AM (VnUSN)

3 Mornin' all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 05, 2024 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

4
Mark Muppetly, co-founder of WordPress
Meanwhile Melk Murgatroyd

heh

Posted by: m at October 05, 2024 04:03 AM (VnUSN)

5
Emmanuel Goldmusk. (Ars Technica)

heh

Posted by: m at October 05, 2024 04:05 AM (VnUSN)

6 from the ONT

237 tinyurl.com/5eh4mbpj
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 11:44 PM (fwDg9)

Posted by: m at October 05, 2024 04:11 AM (VnUSN)

7 Happy-ish Saturday morning or crepuscular equivalent, thereof.

Posted by: Adriane the Brevity Challenged Critic . . . at October 05, 2024 04:16 AM (TX4bP)

8 They just show up out of the blue with a lawsuit, and if you win, they just do it again the next year.

We're just another useless gubbmint agency, but we're a consistent useless gubbmint agency

Posted by: SEC at October 05, 2024 04:30 AM (6yv6T)

9 >>>WordPress.org is not non-profit organisation

*word(s) missing

Posted by: m at October 05, 2024 04:33 AM (VnUSN)

10 Those job openings in the HazNoBalls ..... are they advertising in the NYT?

https://tinyurl.com/375uuwdv

Those black turbans, are they passed on like a king's crown? Do they get washed first or are those lice also 'sacred'.
Why do mohammedan males 1. not cut their hair, 2. wear turbans to manage that disaster of a lice-ridden coiffure?

Posted by: Ciampino - DDT kills lice at October 05, 2024 04:44 AM (qfLjt)

11 6
Thanks Skip for that link everyday, otherwise I would forget to go there. If you're traveling today then stay safe.

Posted by: Ciampino - DDT kills lice (not louses) at October 05, 2024 04:47 AM (qfLjt)

12 Posted by: Ciampino - DDT kills lice at October 05, 2024 04:44 AM
----

Hah, that brought back a memory from my working days-- of a young (white) dude with some long, fugly, unkempt beard. He always had a bad (IMO) attitude and generally was not a team player...

One day, as I described him to another coworker, I mentioned his "scroungy-looking, jihadi beard."

That crack must've gotten back to him & left a mark! Soon, I noticed that he'd begun grooming and combing-out that formerly nasty beard-- it was kept brushed and curled. A bit over the top, but *so much better* than that wiry, facial-pube mess he sported previously.

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2024 05:18 AM (njWTi)

13 12 that wiry, facial-pube mess
Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2024 05:18 AM (njWTi)

Ack! Vivid.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2024 05:24 AM (VnUSN)

14 Sorry, m. I calls it like I sees it. LOL.

Poor kid. If only I'd known his name at that time, right? He was on a different shift, working OT, so we'd never been introduced. That ugly beard was the only thing I knew about him back then.

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2024 05:26 AM (njWTi)

15 Oh, and his obvious lack of work ethic..

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2024 05:27 AM (njWTi)

16 Maybe I'm weird, but the 32 GB of RAM requirement for Civ VII concerns me less than the 16-core processor. Are those even commercially available yet?

Posted by: pookysgirl, probably technologically behind at October 05, 2024 05:30 AM (dtlDP)

17 G'Day everyone
Been cat napping last hour, should have just git up instead

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 05:31 AM (fwDg9)

18 I need to go to sleep, but am not sleepy. Again. Last few days have been good, but.... ugh.

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2024 05:34 AM (njWTi)

19 16 Maybe I'm weird, but the 32 GB of RAM requirement for Civ VII concerns me less than the 16-core processor. Are those even commercially available yet?

First mainstream 16 core CPU was AMD's Ryzen 3950X in 2019. This server is running on its successor, the 5950X.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 05, 2024 05:41 AM (BLOW1)

20 Good morning, good people. May all effort today result in great benefit to you and even greater consternation for the leftwits among us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2024 05:42 AM (hKoQL)

21 First mainstream 16 core CPU was AMD's Ryzen 3950X in 2019. This server is running on its successor, the 5950X.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 05, 2024 05:41 AM (BLOW1)

See? Technologically behind. In my defense, when I built my desktop last year and did my laptop this year, I went for mid-budget and 16-core CPU was definitely not an option.

Posted by: pookysgirl hasn't really been on her computer for 4 weeks at October 05, 2024 05:45 AM (dtlDP)

22
Rasmussen latest:
Trump 52%
Harass 45%

/ I don't think the drip drip out of NC is going to help her at all

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 05:48 AM (RKVpM)

23 I am subbing for the

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

guy.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2024 05:49 AM (VnUSN)

24 Civ I on DosBox-x is taking 250mb of ram and 25% of my

Intel® Celeron(R) CPU N3060 @ 1.60GHz × 2 HP Stream with Ubuntu.

That seems like a lot since I ran it for the first time 1993 on a 486 with 4mb.

Posted by: meh at October 05, 2024 05:50 AM (iZ1Vx)

25 Happy Saturnday

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2024 05:53 AM (gbOdA)

26 tinyurl.com/5eh4mbpj
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Some good stuff in there

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 05:55 AM (fwDg9)

27 >>>California's ban on inconvenient satire ... (Ars Technica)

heh

Posted by: m at October 05, 2024 05:56 AM (VnUSN)

28
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 05, 2024 05:57 AM (tljrc)

29 Evening and morning to the Saturday early risers and late toilers!

I slept okay last night, with an odd dream. I was applying for a job where I had to type information into various fields on something that looked like one of those "word processors" from back in the early '80s; remember those? Then I asked about a men's room. They gave me a key and sent me into "the old building" to look for "the large door." A blind wandering through interconnected corridors, rooms, and other strange businesses ensued; and then I woke up.

The corridors and rooms of my mind never cease to amaze me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 05:58 AM (omVj0)

30 good line from the Ars Technica article on AI law:

According to [US district judge John] Mendez, X posts like Kohls' parody videos are the "political cartoons of today"

Posted by: m at October 05, 2024 06:06 AM (VnUSN)

31 The corridors and rooms of my mind never cease to amaze me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 05:58

and the rest of us. :eeek:

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at October 05, 2024 06:09 AM (55Qr6)

32
From Asheville:

https://is.gd/OJXh6x

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 06:09 AM (RKVpM)

33 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 05, 2024 06:10 AM (hoCmQ)

34 The corridors and rooms of my mind never cease to amaze me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024
*
and the rest of us. :eeek:
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at October 05, 2024

***
It's always been thus. Such is my gift, or curse.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 06:11 AM (omVj0)

35
60 Walmart trucks with supplies heading to Asheville:

https://is.gd/AXiWMb

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 06:13 AM (RKVpM)

36 Do you see what the bipedal diarrhea that infects FEMA is doing to the survivors in NC and elsewhere?

Google it.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2024 06:14 AM (hKoQL)

37 Here is a food psalm when we need courage:

Psalm 25-,I would link it, but tiny url isn't working.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2024 06:15 AM (Bsa3D)

38 32
From Asheville:

https://is.gd/OJXh6x
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 06:09 AM (RKVpM)

Oh, my goodness. That is edge-of-your-seat viewing.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2024 06:15 AM (VnUSN)

39 Yesterday, too, I donated some scratch to Samaritan's Purse. Here's hoping it'll help somebody.

Today? Haircut, bank, grocery. Then this evening, an Uptown shopping district is having one of their "stroll evenings," where a lot of the stores and art galleries stay open late, offer free wine and cheese and let you shop. Scads of free-range people wander up and down and in and out. It has the advantage (as long as the rain holds off) of people-watching, and it's FREE!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 06:16 AM (omVj0)

40 Do you see what the bipedal diarrhea that infects FEMA is doing to the survivors in NC and elsewhere?

Google it.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2024

***
I'm afraid to look.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 06:17 AM (omVj0)

41 DbZ sadly didn't look like person survived

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 06:17 AM (fwDg9)

42 https://www.upperroom.org/devotionals/en-2024-10-05

A man from Columbia reflects on a step of faith
Passage is Colossians 1:1-14

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2024 06:18 AM (Bsa3D)

43 faithpot.com has a story about a surfer who rescued people from the floodwaters. Again, I'd like but technical issues....

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2024 06:24 AM (Bsa3D)

44 mornin yall. Today marks another orbit around the Sun for me. Whoopie.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2024 06:24 AM (vFG9F)

45 Did we ever hear from Mike Hammer from
Asheville?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2024 06:26 AM (Bsa3D)

46
Oh, my goodness. That is edge-of-your-seat viewing.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2024 06:15 AM

I was amazed at how the rescuer couldn't break the glass.

Skip - he looked like he survived to me. He got the life jacket on by himself.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2024 06:26 AM (RKVpM)

47
*flat, blaring nerd voice*

Hi, guys!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 06:26 AM (BkEzK)

48 Posted by: fd at October 05, 2024 06:24 AM (vFG9F)

Happy birthday . So, now you can have a drink legally. 😉 May the Lord bless you and May you know you are a blessing to others.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2024 06:27 AM (Bsa3D)

49 Son of Frankenstein from 1939, with Basil Rathbone as the Baron's son and Karloff (in a sheepskin vest for some reason) playing the Monster for the third and last time, is on Svengoolie tonight. He's doing double features for October; The Monster That Challenged the World is the second one tonight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 06:28 AM (omVj0)

50 ornin yall. Today marks another orbit around the Sun for me. Whoopie.
Posted by: fd at October 05, 2024

***
Congratulations. Any big plans to celebrate this year?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 06:29 AM (omVj0)

51 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at October 05, 2024 06:32 AM (86W+h)

52 "Any big plans to celebrate this year?"

A family reunion today and a steak tonight. Then maybe some Svengoolie. So, no.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2024 06:35 AM (vFG9F)

53 >>> It's the usual thing: The SEC says that everything and anything is a security without ever issuing any written regulations.

They got up to less mischief when they were watching pr0n at w*rk.

Posted by: fluffy at October 05, 2024 06:36 AM (86W+h)

54 There will be a seven minute wait on that biscuit, do you mind?
- Whataburger babe

No, m’am.
- me

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 06:40 AM (o2ZRX)

55 @SecBlinken
The U.S. is at the forefront of humanitarian response to the growing crisis in Lebanon, announcing nearly $157 million in assistance today. We are committed to supporting those in need and delivering essential aid to displaced civilians, refugees and the communities hosting them.

you do not HATE them enough

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2024 06:46 AM (gbOdA)

56
you do not HATE them enough
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2024 06:46 AM (gbOdA)

Hey, $157 million barely covers coffee, donuts, hotel rooms, hookers and drinks for FEMA officials.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 06:48 AM (BkEzK)

57 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at October 05, 2024 06:51 AM (dg+HA)

58 4
Mark Muppetly, co-founder of WordPress
Meanwhile Melk Murgatroyd
Posted by: m at October 05, 2024 04:03 AM (VnUSN)

Pixy is learning from the Master of Cruelty.
Well done, young Grasshopper.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 06:56 AM (f+FmA)

59 Son of Frankenstein was the film that introduced "Ygor," who later became essential to the Frankenstein series and led to Marty Feldman's character 35 or so years later. ("Hump? What hump?") And Lionel Atwill's Inspector with the artificial arm was the direct inspiration for Kenneth Mars' Inspector in the Mel Brooks movie.

Lugosi's Ygor in this film might well be his finest performance. He was no longer the matinee idol he'd been in his stage days as Dracula, but he could have developed into a fine character actor. See his Old Gypsy in The Wolf Man and his small role as a commissar in Ninotchka w/ Great Garbo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 06:58 AM (omVj0)

60 you do not HATE them enough
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2024 06:46 AM (gbOdA)

I didn't even think the storm got all the way up to Pennsylvania...

Oh, wait, he meant the bomb-vest i keel yoo Lebanon, not the smoked bologna and horse carts Lebanon.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 06:58 AM (DDGz9)

61 Mornin'

CIV II needs even less ram to run.

My last full day of my Amish golf trip. I didn't golf much. Lots of rain in Pennsyltucky this past couple of weeks. Got a couple of rounds in. Visited friends and family and that's always nice. Hung out on my sister's farm, which is really nice and peaceful, compared to Babylon DC anyway. I went to my friend's gun club. My sister bought a boom stick (AR-15, Colt). She did really well with it at the range. I shot my friends .40 cal Sig which would be the first time I shot anything since I got out of the USAF. That was a long time ago. I hit the target, mostly. I'm in the market for a .38 Special, so I'll look into that when I get back to NoVA.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2024 06:59 AM (/Djer)

62 Nearly a thousand nutria have been hunted in the Bay Area this year, but sightings show the invasive 2.5-foot-long rodents have now spread to Contra Costa County, threatening a key watershed, according to a new report from SF Gate. Wildlife officials are urging the public to report any sightings.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2024 07:01 AM (gbOdA)

63 I mean, it's the government.

It takes $157 million just to organize and fund a committee to establish a roadmap to determine which one is Lebanon. Official geographers know that it's one of the little ones west of Iraq. Probably the red one. But that's all they have to go on so far.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 07:02 AM (DDGz9)

64 Nice day today but bit Foggy out now

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 07:02 AM (fwDg9)

65
Going (reluctantly) to the Greater Humble KC show today with Her Majesty, Diana and Ruth.

Diana now has 18 of the 25 points she needs for her Grand Championship and it doesn't look like she'll get the remaining 7 this weekend. Ruth is going along to support the entry for a Borzoi breeder judge.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 07:02 AM (BkEzK)

66 Everyone who says "America is a rich country we can afford blahblahblah" can now officially fuck all the way off.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 07:05 AM (DDGz9)

67 I see Drudge has a link to Republicans against Cruz.
Like Kinzinger.

Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at October 05, 2024 07:06 AM (1uxCH)

68 See his Old Gypsy in The Wolf Man and his small role as a commissar in Ninotchka w/ Great Garbo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024

***
Oops; "Greta" Garbo. Though she was great in her own way!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 07:08 AM (omVj0)

69 It would be hilarious if some country refused to take a tranch of "aid", saying "thanks, but you need it more than us right now".

They'd all be murdered by three-letter goons before sunrise for interrupting the cash flume of their betters. But it would still be something to see.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 07:08 AM (DDGz9)

70 Morning peeps.

The story about Civilization VII needing 32GB of RAM, a 16 core CPU, and and so on vs. the previous version is sort of a mirror of real life.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 07:09 AM (Q4IgG)

71 Remnants of the Precursors is a Master of Orion clone that works great on modern PCs (with Java) and is free. Why waste your disc space on a bloated woke "live service" that they'll just yank offline.

Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at October 05, 2024 07:09 AM (1uxCH)

72 Pilihan tepat untuk para penggemar slot! Dengan banyaknya permainan dan peluang jackpot, Anda pasti tidak akan merasa bosan.

Posted by: slot at October 05, 2024 07:10 AM (59Soc)

73 I really need a new hard birdbath

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 07:10 AM (fwDg9)

74 Who's making decisions in the Oval Office today?

Posted by: The World Wonders at October 05, 2024 07:10 AM (dg+HA)

75 I see Politico is on the Axelrod bandwagon of "hey, looks like Helene ain't all bad since it just hit Trumpaloos"

Posted by: Boulder Terlit Hobo at October 05, 2024 07:10 AM (1uxCH)

76 Civ III was amazing. Civ V was fun enough. Civ VI was broken woken hot smelly garbage. Civ IV also exists.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 07:11 AM (DDGz9)

77 In September, the number of government workers as tracked by the Household Survey soared by 785K, from 21.421 million to 22.216 million, both seasonally adjusted.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2024 07:11 AM (gbOdA)

78 The library next town over is getting a new library space in a former church with new fixtures, so they are clearing out the old ones, which seem to have been collected from all over, or hand made. Our thrift store is getting some counters for the check out area, which will be lovely, as ours is equally cobbled together from whatever came in.

Mr. S got a bookcase to replace the old IKEA one in the bedroom. Someone helped him get it in his Suburban, but we had to move it into the house ourselves. It took about 30 minutes of finagling, but we got it done and it looks really nice. At 6 feet, it's shorter than the old one, so the eye takes some adjusting.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 07:11 AM (f+FmA)

79 For all you Indonesian slot machine aficionados out there....

Pfffffff seriously spam, lolwut?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 07:11 AM (DDGz9)

80 77 In September, the number of government workers as tracked by the Household Survey soared by 785K, from 21.421 million to 22.216 million, both seasonally adjusted.
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2024 07:11 AM (gbOdA

Does that count military as "government workers"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 07:13 AM (DDGz9)

81 Sometime this month, if we get a cool Saturday, I'd like to spend the day driving to Jackson. Why *there,* for God's sake, you ask? They have one of the last full-scale tobacconist/pipe stores around; I've bought and am enjoying their "Cowboy Coffee" pipe blend. (No, no indication of "coffee" flavor in it, but it's good anyway.)

It's a three-hour drive each way, but I can make a day of it: Visit the pipe shop, have lunch, and drive back. It'll be a good run for the car and a chance for me to see something other than the endless vistas of broken streets and trash around here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 07:13 AM (omVj0)

82 It's a three-hour drive each way, but I can make a day of it: Visit the pipe shop, have lunch, and drive back. It'll be a good run for the car and a chance for me to see something other than the endless vistas of broken streets and trash around here.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 07:13 AM (omVj0)

Lovely idea. Maybe stop at a nice overlook on your way back for a picnic lunch and a fresh pipe.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 07:15 AM (DDGz9)

83 Mr. S got a bookcase to replace the old IKEA one in the bedroom. Someone helped him get it in his Suburban, but we had to move it into the house ourselves. It took about 30 minutes of finagling, but we got it done and it looks really nice. At 6 feet, it's shorter than the old one, so the eye takes some adjusting.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024

***
Seems to be the only way to find a bookcase nowadays. Furniture stores don't have them. Someone here suggested finding one of the old "entertainment center" cases and converting it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 07:15 AM (omVj0)

84 We've been talking about Jackson ever since the fire went out.

https://youtu.be/m67eqm0mNCQ

Posted by: Johnny and June Carter Cash at October 05, 2024 07:16 AM (dg+HA)

85 It's a three-hour drive each way, but I can make a day of it: Visit the pipe shop, have lunch, and drive back. It'll be a good run for the car and a chance for me to see something other than the endless vistas of broken streets and trash around here.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024
*
Lovely idea. Maybe stop at a nice overlook on your way back for a picnic lunch and a fresh pipe.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024

***
Though, as I realized after I posted, Jackson is probably no better than here as regards broken streets and trash. I bugged out there in 2012 for a hurricane, staying in the outlying areas, and while it was fine it was not all that interesting. From what I've heard the place has declined badly (water supply problems, e.g.) since then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 07:17 AM (omVj0)

86 We've been talking about Jackson ever since the fire went out.

https://youtu.be/m67eqm0mNCQ
Posted by: Johnny and June Carter Cash at October 05, 2024

***
I remember Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood doing their version on Nancy's "Country My Way" album in the Sixties. Nancy was no Karen Carpenter, but Hazelwood's voice is raspy and remarkable.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 07:19 AM (omVj0)

87 > Who's making decisions in the Oval Office today?
---------
I'm guessing whoever has the Magic 8 Ball.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 07:20 AM (Q4IgG)

88 U.S. lawmakers plan for possible "mass casualty" event, proposing a constitutional amendment to replace members quickly and change various lines of succession in a "national crisis," per the Washington Post.

One of the X posts at Bad Blue.

Um...

I would have dismissed this as looney not too long ago. Now? It's plausible.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2024 07:20 AM (/Djer)

89 This is what the Lord says:

“Maintain justice
and do what is right,
for my salvation is close at hand
and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
Blessed is the one who does this—
the person who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,
and keeps their hands from doing any evil.”

-Isaiah 56:1-2

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2024 07:20 AM (gPomr)

90 Seems to be the only way to find a bookcase nowadays. Furniture stores don't have them. Someone here suggested finding one of the old "entertainment center" cases and converting it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 07:15 AM (omVj0)

We have seven Billy bookcases from IKEA, which I don't think they make any more.
We have the new one in the bedroom, plus a small antique from my grandparents and two small ones in the sewing room.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 07:23 AM (f+FmA)

91 I would have dismissed this as looney not too long ago. Now? It's plausible.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2024 07:20 AM (/Djer)

It's also stupid.

Why in the hell would you intentionally have a mechanism to change a line of succession in a crisis? That's the entire purpose of a line of succession. To avoid uncertainty and arguing and incoherence if your leadership is ever taken out.

They're not stupid. They're evil. And stupid. But mostly evil.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 07:23 AM (DDGz9)

92 We have seven Billy bookcases from IKEA, which I don't think they make any more.
We have the new one in the bedroom, plus a small antique from my grandparents and two small ones in the sewing room.
Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 07:23 AM (f+FmA)

They do! Not always in stock, but they make them. We have a bunch of glass door versions we use for yarn storage.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 07:24 AM (DDGz9)

93 @85

One of the nicer things about where I am in the Adirondacks is that 10 yards off the road you are in primeval wilderness. The entire area here is wilderness thinly disguised as suburbia. Just exactly like the AO I came from so there was no problem acclimating.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2024 07:25 AM (hKoQL)

94 >>> Pilihan tepat untuk para penggemar slot! Dengan banyaknya permainan dan peluang jackpot, Anda pasti tidak akan merasa bosan.

My Dude makes an interesting point.

Posted by: fluffy at October 05, 2024 07:26 AM (86W+h)

95 One of the nicer things about where I am in the Adirondacks is that 10 yards off the road you are in primeval wilderness. The entire area here is wilderness thinly disguised as suburbia. Just exactly like the AO I came from so there was no problem acclimating.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2024 07:25 AM (hKoQL)

That used to be like where i grew up, but it isn't anymore, so i moved to where it is.

I'm not a middle of nowhere kind of guy, but i am a fan of the edge of nowhere.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 07:27 AM (DDGz9)

96 Imagine the uproar if Sean Penn had been arrested by Fema and his bottles of water confiscated.

Posted by: davidt at October 05, 2024 07:28 AM (i0F8b)

97
U.S. lawmakers plan for possible "mass casualty" event, proposing a constitutional amendment to replace members quickly and change various lines of succession in a "national crisis," per the Washington Post.

Also known as the Jobs for Wives and Children Amendment.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 07:28 AM (BkEzK)

98 Good evening morons. Tomorrow (Sunday) is Australia's "Superbowl" except its rugby or Australian rules football, I can't tell which, maybe Pixy can help. Apparently this is very important. We are going to a "pub" to have "fish and chips" which means french fries, to soak in the excitement.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 07:28 AM (zG664)

99 All the painting we did- and it's lovely- plus the cooler (for some versions of 'cooler') weather plus a shoulder that I need to baby has sparked a re-organization of the kitchen.
Along the lines of "fix it how you actually cook, instead of how you think you should be cooking in your homemaking fantasies".

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 07:29 AM (f+FmA)

100 Aussie rules is more runny runny. Rugby is more smashy smashy.

In technical terms.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 07:30 AM (DDGz9)

101 >>> I'm not a middle of nowhere kind of guy, but i am a fan of the edge of nowhere.

Stealing this for my retirement plans.

Posted by: fluffy at October 05, 2024 07:31 AM (86W+h)

102 Love when Marcus T breaks out with some Isaiah.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 07:31 AM (zG664)

103
Here's a fine kettle of fish. Our handler got suspended yesterday when someone filed a complaint at the show against her over an obscure regulation and the show committee upheld it. The incident involved Diana, but we're not otherwise involved.

So I'll be handling Ruth today - which will not be to her advantage - and HM will have to rustle up someone else to take Miss D.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 07:31 AM (BkEzK)

104 Went out to get some stuff from the car. It's almost cool out there -- a wind from the north of all things. Maybe tomorrow morning's run/walk at the track will be more comfortable.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 07:32 AM (omVj0)

105 Aussie rules is more runny runny. Rugby is more smashy smashy.

In technical terms.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 07:30 AM (DDGz9)
====
And where does cricket fit in?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 07:32 AM (zG664)

106 Good morning!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 05, 2024 07:33 AM (Aqu9a)

107 So I'll be handling Ruth today - which will not be to her advantage - and HM will have to rustle up someone else to take Miss D.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 07:31 AM (BkEzK)
====

Everything is politics.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 07:34 AM (zG664)

108 They do! Not always in stock, but they make them. We have a bunch of glass door versions we use for yarn storage.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024

***
I could use glass-door cases to put my pipes and stuff. Can you order those online and have them delivered even if you don't have a local store?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 07:35 AM (omVj0)

109 They do! Not always in stock, but they make them. We have a bunch of glass door versions we use for yarn storage.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 07:24 AM (DDGz9)

Great news- though we shouldn't buy any more. I store my yarn and quilt stash in the plastic cubes in their storage unit with the open squares. Our son gave me one of his when he moved, which was a bad idea because now I have two.
Clear glass would be a great reminder of "use this first".

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 07:35 AM (f+FmA)

110 Here in KY we're 1/4 mile off a 2-lane road. It's open, used to be a pasture, but is ringed with woods. The lot's what they call a "flag lot." Long narrow easement for the driveway that opens up to the actual property.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2024 07:36 AM (Q4IgG)

111 Did you try Ace's Shop at Home Bookcase sale?

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 07:36 AM (fwDg9)

112 I'm not a middle of nowhere kind of guy, but i am a fan of the edge of nowhere.
*
Stealing this for my retirement plans.
Posted by: fluffy at October 05, 2024

***
Count me in too. An outlying town about 20-30 minutes' drive from a Walmart and a good mechanic, and I'll be set. (Yeah, that's hardly the "edge of nowhere," but I've always been a middle-sized city sort of creature, so a smallish town outside the main city is quite a departure for me.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 07:37 AM (omVj0)

113 My real goal would be to "delete the bins", but I wonder what I might need to save for the Burning Times.
That big piece of muslin might come in handy...
Thanks for ruining even crafts, guys.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 07:38 AM (f+FmA)

114 Time to shave! It's getting light. I'll prepare for my run to Walmart before I head out to the barber and bank, and then I'll visit Aldi on the way back home.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 07:38 AM (omVj0)

115 Good morning - although I'm not sure how good it is, considering it's 0437 on the left coast and I've been awake since 0300. Why my body decides to wake up extra early on Saturdays is a mystery. I'll lurk until the coffee is ready and I've had a cup or two.

Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2024 07:40 AM (1yZeG)

116
Everything is politics.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 07:34 AM (zG664)

Yeah, it's a catfight. Another handler filed the complaint. I think it's horse plums, but for our handler it's a serious matter. She makes her money showing dogs for other people and if she's suspended she can't show. That's lost income.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 07:40 AM (BkEzK)

117 Wolfus, you just described us.
Come on down...
We're pretty tiny, but we have a hospital...

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 07:40 AM (f+FmA)

118 Pilihan tepat untuk para penggemar slot! Dengan banyaknya permainan dan peluang jackpot, Anda pasti tidak akan merasa bosan.

Posted by: slot at October 05, 2024 07:10 AM (59Soc)

Now who can argue with that? I think we're all indebted to Slot Johnson for clearly stating what needed to be said. I'm particulary glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 05, 2024 07:41 AM (JRP2U)

119 Tomorrow's Australian Rules Football "Super Bowl" is:

The Colingwood Magpies VS The Midwich Cuckoos

Should be crazy!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 07:41 AM (eDfFs)

120 95 One of the nicer things about where I am in the Adirondacks is that 10 yards off the road you are in primeval wilderness. The entire area here is wilderness thinly disguised as suburbia. Just exactly like the AO I came from so there was no problem acclimating.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2024 07:25 AM (hKoQL)

That used to be like where i grew up, but it isn't anymore, so i moved to where it is.

I'm not a middle of nowhere kind of guy, but i am a fan of the edge of nowhere.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

My sister's farm is surrounded by Amish farms, so it has an early 19th century feel. It's not completely shut off from the world, but it's close.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2024 07:42 AM (/Djer)

121 I almost got into an argument on Reddit over Jelly Hoshiumi's playthrough of Dustborn (she hated it).

Thankfully I made my SAN check at the last moment and deleted my comment.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 05, 2024 07:42 AM (BLOW1)

122 Time to make breakfast.
Be back for the Prayer Thread.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 05, 2024 07:42 AM (f+FmA)

123
Upstate New York is a lovely place. And New York City wouldn't care if every person living there starved to death.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 07:43 AM (BkEzK)

124
No reminder this morning that we're all haters and hypocrites?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2024 07:44 AM (BkEzK)

125 The Colingwood Magpies VS The Midwich Cuckoos

Should be crazy

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2024 07:41 AM (eDfFs)
===

Gotta support the team!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 07:45 AM (zG664)

126 A huge advantage of "end of nowhere" is that societal unrest (and those who promote it) takes a long long time to permeate the place. Sometimes it never does plus the secondary bonus is that the inhabitants live in the real world so cognitive dissonance seldom intrudes.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2024 07:45 AM (hKoQL)

127 *I'm not a middle of nowhere kind of guy*

Take a risk. Move out of your comfort zone:

https://shorturl.at/jA08R

Posted by: There's good food in the middle of nowhere at October 05, 2024 07:46 AM (dg+HA)

128 >>>Expect leading-edge devices to cost more when N2 chips start shipping next year.

Twice as much or significantly less so due to increased numbers of devices per wafer?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2024 07:46 AM (i24o9)

129 Random test. Hopefully I don't end up in the barrel.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at October 05, 2024 07:46 AM (9gQxM)

130 Green Acres is the place to be!

Big City Pixley is right up the . . er CannonBall Express railroad

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 05, 2024 07:47 AM (Aqu9a)

131 >>> An outlying town about 20-30 minutes' drive from a Walmart

The town I outdoors prefer is something like that. Has a supermarket. Mrs fluffy expresses a preference for a town in the opposite direction of Walmart. At least it has a volunteer firehouse.

Posted by: fluffy at October 05, 2024 07:47 AM (86W+h)

132 128 >>>Expect leading-edge devices to cost more when N2 chips start shipping next year.

Twice as much or significantly less so due to increased numbers of devices per wafer?

Hard to say. The biggest cost in creating a new chip is the design and verification effort. I'd expect 10% or so in retail products.

Apple will likely be the only company using 2nm chips in consumer devices next year, so if you avoid buying a new iPhone you should be fine.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 05, 2024 07:49 AM (BLOW1)

133 I could use glass-door cases to put my pipes and stuff. Can you order those online and have them delivered even if you don't have a local store?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2024 07:35 AM (omVj0)

You can, but they murder you on shipping.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 07:49 AM (DDGz9)

134 Apparently I can type Comments in All Notes on my phone then copy/paste to Ace.

Good to know.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at October 05, 2024 07:50 AM (9gQxM)

135 you do not HATE them enough

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2024 06:46 AM (gbOdA)

Let me assure you that I do.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2024 07:54 AM (i24o9)

136 Hard to say. The biggest cost in creating a new chip is the design and verification effort. I'd expect 10% or so in retail products.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 05, 2024 07:49 AM (BLOW1)

Yields play a role, too, but TSMC has had a good track record rolling out new process nodes.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2024 07:56 AM (i24o9)

137 So long as we hate them, they are safe. It's when the hate subsides that they have to worry.

I hate the hole in my ceiling that i have to patch one day when i get around to it and i don't have other priorities.

I don't hate the grass, i just grudgingly mow it now and then when it gets too unruly, because no one else will.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2024 07:57 AM (DDGz9)

138 I’ve not been able to contact my Navy bro in Saluda NC. Worrisome, but praying for Bill and his wife.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2024 07:58 AM (o2ZRX)

139 Yeah, but the 3 honeys in the water tower are a good reason alone to go

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 08:00 AM (fwDg9)

140 And old uncle Joe? He's a moving kind of slow...

Posted by: At the Junction at October 05, 2024 08:01 AM (dg+HA)

141 Blocking the law is a good first step. Setting it on fire and using every politician that voted for it as accelerant is the second step.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2024 08:06 AM (lXCUP)

142 COFFEE BREAK AND PRAYER NOOD

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 08:11 AM (fwDg9)

143
I don't use WordPress, and I am not fond of the long list of security notices it has generated, I would suggest forking sooner than later.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at October 05, 2024 08:52 AM (1hM1d)

144 It's plus l'orange.

Posted by: GWB at October 05, 2024 09:00 AM (DDSgs)

145 ))) Hot girls are waiting for you on --- www.Nu21.eu

Posted by: Vissa at October 05, 2024 02:22 PM (bAAMA)

146 Alternative to WordPress: Grav?

Posted by: Looks On at October 05, 2024 03:02 PM (JKooo)

ONT

Tonight's ONT will be written with accuracy and precision.

Fido Friday: Get your brother out here for the family picture

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 4, 2024

I love community notes

Where aging leftists shop

Knit machine

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 4, 2024

Gotcha!

Who wants one?

I think he wanted a son

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 4, 2024

Or it's just that she's, you know, Slavic

That part of the world tends to go in for that kinda stuff

Dumb, dumber, dumbest

Progress

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 4, 2024

Wonder weapons

Doodles

Easier than throwing a buck...nevermind

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What really happened to Eyore

Mom FTW

Cool

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Infuriating

Infuriating, memed

Time to cause a few crushes

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Sgt Walz

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by the elites:

Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 yes

Posted by: morigu at October 04, 2024 09:59 PM (NgPJW)

2 Hello horde!

Posted by: TRex at October 04, 2024 10:01 PM (IQ6Gq)

3 Yo

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 04, 2024 10:01 PM (nyTxL)

4 Low precision, low accuracy.

Women wishing men wouldn't pee all over the toilet.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 04, 2024 10:02 PM (nyTxL)

5 Excellent ONT WD!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2024 10:02 PM (kpS4V)

6 Sorry I'm late, but moose and squirrel are still alive.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 10:02 PM (VSht7)

7 Good evening good people. I even read the content.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 10:02 PM (WXNFJ)

8 So close!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 04, 2024 10:03 PM (rOtXe)

9 For those of you quivering in anticipation of Zappa Month, here's the "Theme to Burnt Weenie Sandwich":

https://tinyurl.com/mrxkjztd

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2024 10:04 PM (kpS4V)

10 *FREE* cat. Includes *TWO* cat trees, litter box, litter box cover, litter, treats, decorative bowls (for food/water/etc). GUARANTEED conversation starter. *PLUS* cash back of um lemme count, $32.46! *ORDER NOW*

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 10:05 PM (CHHv1)

11 Walz looks like a Cabbage Patch Doll that got goosed by reality.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2024 10:05 PM (kpS4V)

12 For those of you quivering in anticipation of Zappa Month, here's the "Theme to Burnt Weenie Sandwich":

Posted by: All Hail Eris

Dinah-Moe Hum >> Theme to Burnt Weenie Sandwich

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 10:06 PM (WXNFJ)

13 Excellent ONT, Weird Dave!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 10:06 PM (Aqu9a)

14
Willowed

Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker were both caught in a gambling scandal in 1928. They were allowed to quietly retire

________

Dutch Leonard made the accusation that they fixed a game. This was after a trade where Leonard ended up in the minors. Leonard didn't show up at a hearing with Landis, who then cleared Speaker and Cobb. Both later signed with the Philadelphia A's and played a couple of seasons before retiring.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 10:06 PM (BkEzK)

15 6 Sorry I'm late, but moose and squirrel are still alive.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 10:02 PM
***
Natasha, is that you?

Posted by: Boris at October 04, 2024 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

16 BeckoningChasm, the more you protest, the more we know you love that cat!

Mine is currently doing John Woo moves over a catnip toy.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2024 10:07 PM (kpS4V)

17 When you unburden yourself from the burden of having intelligence, you can express your lies without being burdened by the self-critical burden of lying.

Posted by: Kamala Harris, Unburdened by Intelliegence at October 04, 2024 10:07 PM (aBgBM)

18 Low precision, low accuracy.

Women wishing men wouldn't pee all over the toilet.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 04, 2024 10:02 PM (nyTxL)

High precision, low accuracy.

Right in the eye.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 10:08 PM (Aqu9a)

19 This is why I think the 2024 Election has been pre-baked. What FEMA and the US govt are doing in North Carolina is horrible.

But they don't seem to be worried that they'll be investigated by a Trump administration. Because they won't.

They've codified the cheat. They're playing Kamala as "coming from behind to victory!"

We're not getting out of this. Obama broke the country for good.

Did I mention the free cat?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 10:08 PM (CHHv1)

20 I knew I shouldn't have read the content!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 10:08 PM (FnneF)

21 Great ONT content WD. Thank you!

Posted by: TRex at October 04, 2024 10:08 PM (IQ6Gq)

22 Cheepnis >> Dinah-Moe Hum >> Theme to Burnt Weenie Sandwich

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2024 10:08 PM (kpS4V)

23 I can't help thinking that the rock video would have been cooler with a big wheel of Parm.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 10:08 PM (Wnv9h)

24 that's a lot of memes

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at October 04, 2024 10:09 PM (/7KEl)

25 That rock video.

That's a shit ton of kinetic energy.

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 10:10 PM (QB+5g)

26 So me...

High accuracy low precision...dang...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 04, 2024 10:10 PM (u3sBD)

27 20 I knew I shouldn't have read the content!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 10:08 PM (FnneF)

That makes two of us. I read the content and scrolled down to find no comments posted. Big-time loser mistake.

Posted by: Gref at October 04, 2024 10:11 PM (aBgBM)

28 So, is the solution to our current political issues is to bring back dueling?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 04, 2024 10:11 PM (VNX3d)

29 First few seconds of watching video- "What the hell are those wankers doing?"

End of video- "Watching that rock bound down the mountain was more interesting than I expected."

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 10:11 PM (VSht7)

30 Coppola just keeps trying to make art films and isn't any good at it.

I mean, let's be serious: Has he really ever done anything close to the Godfather? And my other unpopular opinion is that the Godfather Part II is also boring and scattered and messy.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:58 PM (KRtlO)

--- ---

Godfather Part II has the problem of trying to fit two movies of story into one. With all the Vito Flashbacks and the entire story for Michael going from Vegas to Cuba to D.C., it gets kinda confusing and drawn out.

It's good, I enjoy them both, but Part II is not the tight story and pacing of the first one.

The Godfather Saga/Epic and other re-cuts which put the timeline for all of the movies in correct order are better, but who wants to sit and watch 5 - 7 hours? -
https://tinyurl.com/3h5vnvjf (Wiki)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2024 10:11 PM (6ydKt)

31 MICH St hanging in there with Oregon
7-0 Ducks 2nd Q

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at October 04, 2024 10:11 PM (/7KEl)

32 >>> 19 This is why I think the 2024 Election has been pre-baked. What FEMA and the US govt are doing in North Carolina is horrible.

But they don't seem to be worried that they'll be investigated by a Trump administration. Because they won't.

They've codified the cheat. They're playing Kamala as "coming from behind to victory!"

We're not getting out of this. Obama broke the country for good.

Did I mention the free cat?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 10:08 PM (CHHv1)

Oh, I expect the fckers to steal it again.

Fcking over a huge region in Appalachia may win them another prize, 'after Trump'.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 10:12 PM (FnneF)

33 Dogs and kittiies...
So damn precious ☺

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 04, 2024 10:12 PM (u3sBD)

34 Is that VW Kaffeemaschine six or twelve volt?

Posted by: May Spring For One at October 04, 2024 10:12 PM (CV8a5)

35 " Is that VW Kaffeemaschine six or twelve volt?
Posted by: May Spring For One"

Gasoline.

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2024 10:13 PM (vFG9F)

36 >>> 29 First few seconds of watching video- "What the hell are those wankers doing?"

End of video- "Watching that rock bound down the mountain was more interesting than I expected."
Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 10:11 PM (VSht7)

Apparently there wasn't anyone at the bottom of that slope...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 10:13 PM (FnneF)

37 Used to do the burnt weenie sans sandwich all the time back in the starving musician days.

Also road food.

Amazing what people will eat when they're hungry.

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 10:13 PM (QB+5g)

38 Jay and Jack at RedLetterMedia discuss the Puppetmaster movies:

https://tinyurl.com/bdzncp9n

Confession: I've never seen a Puppetmaster movie and get the little guy mixed up with the evil Saw puppet.

All puppets are evil, especially ventriloquist's dummies (but not Muppets, which are goodness incarnate).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2024 10:13 PM (kpS4V)

39 Where's the no accuracy, no precision target?

Oh... wait...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 10:13 PM (Q4IgG)

40 Taibbi's words will ring for a generation, assuming we last that long.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 10:14 PM (W/lyH)

41
Wehraboos always say German weapons were superior to anything the Allies produced. The new thing is Chinaboos, who say all Chinese technology is fabulous and superior to anything America produces.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 10:14 PM (BkEzK)

42 Well,

that HIGH ACCURACY, HIGH PRECISION, unfortunately, does not speak to the majority of gun owning citizens that believe in the REPUBLIC & the CONSTITUTION...

However, SHEER VOLUME of LEAD going DOWNRANGE...

will more than make up for that if the SHTF.

Bet on it!

Posted by: Nightwatch at October 04, 2024 10:14 PM (TDvv2)

43 I agree with everything Matt Taibbi wrote there, which is not something I ever thought would happen. The world gets stranger every day.

Posted by: huerfano at October 04, 2024 10:14 PM (VGOMa)

44 I will take him! But I have to come live with you and I am bringing g my 2 cats and my kid. Get the spare bedroom ready!

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 10:14 PM (p4NUW)

45 I enjoyed both Godfather and Godfather II .

I liked Michael in The Godfather and really disliked him in Godfather II. I assume that was intentional by Coppola.

He makes good affordable wine.

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 10:14 PM (D6PGr)

46 Is that VW Kaffeemaschine six or twelve volt?
Posted by: May Spring For One at October 04, 2024 10:12 PM (CV8a5)

Based on the age of the Beetle in the picture, it ought to be six volt. Beetle is probably in the '58 to '61 range. No fuel gauge.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 10:14 PM (R4SAT)

47 Dave... dude.

Posted by: Nightwatch at October 04, 2024 10:15 PM (TDvv2)

48 Apparently there wasn't anyone at the bottom of that slope...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 10:13 PM (FnneF)

Not any more.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 10:16 PM (R4SAT)

49 Nah

The rarest Volkswagen accessory is a Hebmuller cabriolet.

Roughly 700 built before the paint shop caught fire and burnt the factory down.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 10:16 PM (TInZT)

50 I watched Taibbi's speech at the 'Rescue The Republic' rally in D.C. There were quite a lot of very good speeches. I found Jordan Peterson funny. He was on stage with a praying Russel Brand. At one point Brand mentioned how he, being British, and Peterson, being Canadian, both appreciated the 1st Amendment. When Brand had said Peterson was Canadian, Peterson interjected, "For now!"

But really worth the time to watch at least some of the headline speakers.

Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 10:16 PM (gKDq2)

51 23 I can't help thinking that the rock video would have been cooler with a big wheel of Parm.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October

And a meatball!

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 10:16 PM (p4NUW)

52 There are no rocks within 150 miles of here that weren't trucked, railed in. And no heights to drop them off unless you climb a tree. Tallest bridge maybe 65 feet over the Intracoastal Waterway. Oops, forgot about lighthouses.

Posted by: Flatlander, Myself at October 04, 2024 10:17 PM (CV8a5)

53 WD, thanks for a great ONT.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 04, 2024 10:17 PM (rOtXe)

54 The falling rock video is pretty much the sum and substance of the male psyche in 48 seconds.

I really hope there wasn't a second group of hikers below...

Posted by: PabloD at October 04, 2024 10:17 PM (1yZeG)

55 So, is the solution to our current political issues is to bring back dueling?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 04, 2024 10:11 PM (VNX3d)

Most you'd get out of our effetes, I mean, elites is a slap fight.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 04, 2024 10:17 PM (0eaVi)

56
We have already established the precedent that if it's an emergency, your property and rights mean nothing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 10:17 PM (BkEzK)

57 He is the cat who walks by himself. All places are alike to him.

I still remember that from my childhood (and yes I did have one). (I'm sure you can all name the author.)

Robert has defeated me.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 10:17 PM (CHHv1)

58 Low precision, low accuracy.

Women wishing men wouldn't pee all over the toilet.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 04, 2024 10:02 PM (n

I like the story of one of the European airports putting a ceramic fly right in the sweet spot of the urinals where there is no outside splash. Guys will aim for the fly every time.

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 10:18 PM (D6PGr)

59 VW Beetles used optional gasoline heaters. I suppose it would work for a coffee maker.

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2024 10:18 PM (vFG9F)

60 They've codified the cheat. They're playing Kamala as "coming from behind to victory!"

OTOH, you have Senile Joe walking into the White House press briefing room for the first time in his Presidency just as Kamala started speaking at a rally - all the networks cut from Kamala to Joe.

Joe then explained that Kamala was completely involved in everything that his Administration did, and walking out said in answer to a question that he was back in the race.

Joe really, really hates Kamala.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 10:18 PM (uxCna)

61 14
Willowed

Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker were both caught in a gambling scandal in 1928. They were allowed to quietly retire

________

Dutch Leonard made the accusation that they fixed a game. This was after a trade where Leonard ended up in the minors. Leonard didn't show up at a hearing with Landis, who then cleared Speaker and Cobb. Both later signed with the Philadelphia A's and played a couple of seasons before retiring.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 10:06 PM (BkEzK)

Would that judge be the same Kennesaw Mountain Landis that presided over the 1919 Black Sox Scandal then threw Shoeless Joe Jackson out of the majors?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 10:19 PM (77DjE)

62 Yowza...Nothing like a WD ONT!
This was great!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 04, 2024 10:19 PM (u3sBD)

63 I wonder what the likes of Clapper and Brennan would do if the tables were turned, and the Moron Horde wielded full electronic authority over THEN meager worlds.

The results would be Glorius and Hilarious, indeed!

*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 04, 2024 10:19 PM (kQgoX)

64 Great ONT!!!

The quote at the end by Matt Taibbi is very important. He has posted his full speech "Rescue the Republic" on his Racket News page. It is worth reading it all.

Posted by: Roland Felix Hirsch at October 04, 2024 10:19 PM (Ke8zc)

65 FEMA is, right now, building a cordon around the Carolinas. To control the flow of information.
Posted by: Pay Attention at October 04, 2024 10:15 PM (Py53f)

Let them try.
They cannot contain it. Its too big. Too easy to get information out. The people are armed.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 10:19 PM (W/lyH)

66 Slavic Diet

Uncle Palp-the Horde cries out!

Ancient Slavic Experts say YES

Posted by: Miklosov Miklosevich at October 04, 2024 10:20 PM (FRB3p)

67 41
Wehraboos always say German weapons were superior to anything the Allies produced. The new thing is Chinaboos, who say all Chinese technology is fabulous and superior to anything America produces.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 10:14 PM (BkEzK)

http://tiny.cc/6grozz

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 10:20 PM (VSht7)

68
Would that judge be the same Kennesaw Mountain Landis that presided over the 1919 Black Sox Scandal then threw Shoeless Joe Jackson out of the majors?
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 10:19 PM (77DjE)

_________

One and the same.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 10:20 PM (BkEzK)

69 AoP

The Beetle is earlier than that. That steering wheel would be correct for say a 1956 Type 1.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 10:21 PM (TInZT)

70 Landscaping place on US1 in Central FL to keeps their rocks locked up in a fenced area.

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 10:22 PM (QB+5g)

71 Rometsch coupes are quite rare and beautiful in the VW World.

Posted by: Der Kafer at October 04, 2024 10:22 PM (CV8a5)

72 FEMA is, right now, building a cordon around the Carolinas. To control the flow of information.

That's why they are trying to take control of Starlink in the Carolinas away from Musk.

I'm sure they're furious that Musk made Starlink free in the disaster area.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 10:22 PM (uxCna)

73 Walz looks like a Cabbage Patch Doll that got goosed by reality.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2024 10:05 PM (kpS4V)

Walz reminds me of the bumbling apparachik, Khrushchev. I do fear that commie Walz ever having power. He had the Minneapolis police, during his quarantine, shoot paintballs at citizens on their porches/lawns because they weren't inside; I've seen the videos on X. Going from paintballs to bullets is an easy switch for a Chinese-trained commie like Walz.

Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 10:22 PM (gKDq2)

74 23 I can't help thinking that the rock video would have been cooler with a big wheel of Parm.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October

And a meatball!
Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 10:16 PM (p4NUW)

On top of spaghetti . . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 10:22 PM (Aqu9a)

75 We have already established the precedent that if it's an emergency, your property and rights mean nothing.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Almost like the founders foresaw a need for citizens to have the fundamental right to keep and bear arms and thus be able to participate in some sort of local militia!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 04, 2024 10:22 PM (rOtXe)

76 'evening. For a moment there, thought I hit the time machine and warped up to the gun thread.

Posted by: Braenyard - jobs report to be revised downward 3Xs at October 04, 2024 10:22 PM (NwuoC)

77 50 Nah

The rarest Volkswagen accessory is a Hebmuller cabriolet.

Roughly 700 built before the paint shop caught fire and burnt the factory down.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 10:16 PM (TInZT)

I thought the rarest VW accessory was the 2.8 cm schwere Panzerbüchse 41 (sPzB 41) squeeze-bore heavy anti-tank rifle. Only installed on VWs in North Africa.

Posted by: Gref at October 04, 2024 10:23 PM (aBgBM)

78 Apparently there wasn't anyone at the bottom of that slope...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 10:13 PM (FnneF)

Might have been an even better video if there were.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 10:23 PM (VSht7)

79 There was an optional additional heater for Type 1 Beetles.

It was called the Eberspacher.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 10:24 PM (TInZT)

80 @44 you and yours are more than welcome. Robert is a brat, though.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 10:24 PM (CHHv1)

81 J. D. Vance would enjoy that "Saddest Aisle in the Supermarket" joke.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 04, 2024 10:25 PM (0Htd1)

82 Nobody could form a cordon in the NC disaster area unless they could cut off all radio comms. There are many hams who have established networks (HF and VHF/UHF) of various sizes.

Someone could monitor, and someone could cause interference, but not to the degree necessary to stop all communications.

Posted by: PabloD at October 04, 2024 10:25 PM (1yZeG)

83 34 Is that VW Kaffeemaschine six or twelve volt?

Posted by: May Spring For One at October 04, 2024 10:12 PM (CV8a5)
----
Never mind the volts, how many mugs?

Posted by: Ciampino - Get your priorities right at October 04, 2024 10:25 PM (qfLjt)

84 So. Gonna stroll over to Saturday night ONT. I don't belong here...
Never have... still,... a Friday night ONT is still a giant kick🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 04, 2024 10:25 PM (u3sBD)

85 In the old days the elites were responsible for war. It was a pretty terrible deal for the peasants but in theory the nobles spent most of their time partying and abusing the peasantry so they'd be ready to defend the land from...the other nobles next door.

Our elites instead bring the barbarian hordes here. Because not wanting to be raped or murdered is "white supremacy"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 10:25 PM (oZhjI)

86 Robert has defeated me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 10:17 PM (CHHv1)

(waves)

Hey, mon. I take. Send to me in Ohio.

Posted by: Friendly Haitian Refugee at October 04, 2024 10:26 PM (0eaVi)

87 I'm sure they're furious that Musk made Starlink free in the disaster area.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 10:22 PM (uxCna)

Hate to post this without a corroborating link, but I thought there was something on X to the effect that FCC was denying StarLink the right to operate in that area, which I would not doubt.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 04, 2024 10:26 PM (rOtXe)

88 I can think of certain government apparatchiks I'd like to see go over that cliff.

Posted by: spindrift at October 04, 2024 10:26 PM (WsQ3Z)

89 My fondness for helicopters from my medic days.

They should go from regional airports without an ATC.

Fly below 800 ft. so as not to picked up by the ARATC's and TRACON within the multi sate coverage...

Do your good works and FUCK FEMA and FUCK the FAA.

They are up to no good and right before the elections.

2020 on Steroids...don't you doubt it.

Posted by: Nightwatch at October 04, 2024 10:26 PM (TDvv2)

90 Guys will aim for the fly every time.

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04

Flashback memories of the cigarette butt my old man left doused in the toilet when I was a kid.

Posted by: Rex B at October 04, 2024 10:26 PM (592Pr)

91 Rometsch?

Now we are talking. But IIRC a few more were built than Hebmullers.

Gref,

A 2,8cm? A bit of overfill for a Type 82 Kubelwagen.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 10:26 PM (TInZT)

92 76 23 I can't help thinking that the rock video would have been cooler with a big wheel of Parm.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October

And a meatball!
Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 10:16 PM (p4NUW)

On top of spaghetti . . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet

After somebody sneezed!

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 10:27 PM (pZEOD)

93 We have already established the precedent that if it's an emergency, your property and rights mean nothing.

I had an argument about this at one point with a leftist. His ultimate argument was basically, the constitution is wrong if it doesn't allow an exception for an "emergency" - and I pointed out this was the whole point of the document. There are no emergencies that let someone in the government legally take my rights...at least the Constitutionally based government.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 10:27 PM (oZhjI)

94 The Beetle is earlier than that. That steering wheel would be correct for say a 1956 Type 1.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 10:21 PM (TInZT)

I disagree. That style of dash, with the radio speaker on the far left, and the glove compartment on the far right, was introduced in the '58 models. I had one. There were several different steering wheels used, depending upon trim level, and possibly on where the car was sold. And that looks like a rally car, with the two stop watches, and what looks like a navigator's speedometer there. So some owner mods are entirely possible, too. I remember ditching the two-spoke wheel in one of my bugs for the black one with 3 spindly spokes, because I liked it better.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 10:28 PM (R4SAT)

95 >>> 95 We have already established the precedent that if it's an emergency, your property and rights mean nothing.
==
I had an argument about this at one point with a leftist. His ultimate argument was basically, the constitution is wrong if it doesn't allow an exception for an "emergency" - and I pointed out this was the whole point of the document. There are no emergencies that let someone in the government legally take my rights...at least the Constitutionally based government.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 10:27 PM (oZhjI)

"butbutbut you *have* to TRUST THE EXPERTS!!!" -- leftists

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 10:29 PM (FnneF)

96 {{{COMountainMarie}}}

Praying for you. Thinks about quoting Dread Captain Roberts to Princess Buttercup, but demurs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 04, 2024 10:29 PM (u82oZ)

97 So. Gonna stroll over to Saturday night ONT. I don't belong here...
Never have... still,... a Friday night ONT is still a giant kick🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 04, 2024 10:25 PM (u3sBD)

Oh, man! I just checked. Tickets are all sold out.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 04, 2024 10:29 PM (0eaVi)

98 95 We have already established the precedent that if it's an emergency, your property and rights mean nothing.

I had an argument about this at one point with a leftist. His ultimate argument was basically, the constitution is wrong if it doesn't allow an exception for an "emergency" - and I pointed out this was the whole point of the document. There are no emergencies that let someone in the government legally take my rights...at least the Constitutionally based government.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 10:27 PM (oZhjI)

But surely comrade 18-1, we would only declare an emergency for the common good and/or to protect Our Precious Democracy, da!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 04, 2024 10:30 PM (rOtXe)

99 I think FEMA is implementing their DEI Equity strategy by confiscating all of the donated food, water and supplies.

They can't have one group getting more than another group.
They want everything centralized and categorized at central locations so they can divvy it up and hand it out "equitably" in the communities. Apparently local churches, local govs, and local & national aid charities can't be trusted to do this?

And then FEMA can bring their preferred overpaid contractors and suppliers in to rape the taxpayer once the charity runs out.

Where are the Helene Charity Telethons like for 9/11 & Katrina and so many other disasters? Is that not done anymore or do the deaths have to hit a certain number (500? 1000?) before the media & celebrities care?

Will they ignore it as much as possible because, election in a month?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2024 10:30 PM (6ydKt)

100 Let me show this before I crash. Just got it out of the oven. My Large Mouth Loaf.

Still to hot to cut. I'll dream about it

https://tinyurl.com/z2sad5yj

Posted by: javems at October 04, 2024 10:30 PM (8I4hW)

101 60 VW Beetles used optional gasoline heaters. I suppose it would work for a coffee maker.
Posted by: fd

I have the original 1960 gasoline heater that came in my bus. Never installed it, as the winters aren't brutal here and it fits in the engine compartment right where the A/C compressor is.

The first year Corvair (1960) had only a gasoline heater. They developed a hot air system for 1961. People complained the heater robbed 1 or 2 MPG.

Posted by: Westfalia at October 04, 2024 10:30 PM (CV8a5)

102 I'm not saying she's a bad waitress, I'm just saying I ordered two mugs twenty minutes ago. I like a show as much as anybody, but a good waitress would have made it across.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 04, 2024 10:31 PM (pIfcn)

103 94 76 23 I can't help thinking that the rock video would have been cooler with a big wheel of Parm.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October

And a meatball!
Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 10:16 PM (p4NUW)

On top of spaghetti . . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet

After somebody sneezed!
Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 10:27 PM (pZEOD)

Obligatory:

https://tinyurl.com/58ryucdw

Posted by: spindrift at October 04, 2024 10:31 PM (WsQ3Z)

104 In the old days the elites were responsible for war. It was a pretty terrible deal for the peasants but in theory the nobles spent most of their time partying and abusing the peasantry so they'd be ready to defend the land from...the other nobles next door.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 10:25 PM (oZhjI)

In the very old days up to not very old days, the elites and most every male had lived by the concept of personal honor. Personal honor is an unknown concept, or value, to modern Leftists. Probably unknown to hard-core Leftists throughout human existence.

Posted by: Gref at October 04, 2024 10:31 PM (aBgBM)

105 I had an argument about this at one point with a leftist. His ultimate argument was basically, the constitution is wrong if it doesn't allow an exception for an "emergency" - and I pointed out this was the whole point of the document. There are no emergencies that let someone in the government legally take my rights...at least the Constitutionally based government.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 10:27 PM (oZhjI)

I just love that 'emergency clause' that suspends rights in the Constitution. Must be under those penumbras and emanations.

Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 10:31 PM (gKDq2)

106 People are *walking* in and out of the damaged region.

I have no doubt the FEMA scumbags are trying to limit what we see, but they aren't as smart as they think they are.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 10:31 PM (FnneF)

107 Hate to post this without a corroborating link, but I thought there was something on X to the effect that FCC was denying StarLink the right to operate in that area, which I would not doubt.

Musk is denouncing the government for trying to make him shut down service to the Carolinas.

He is refusing.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 10:31 PM (uxCna)

108 Ladies, you can improve your man's aim with these latrine target dolls- 100% dissolvable! Four to chose from, Jane Fonda, Colin Kaepernick, Barack Obama, and newly created Alejandro Mayorkas!

Posted by: Rex B at October 04, 2024 10:32 PM (592Pr)

109 "butbutbut you *have* to TRUST THE EXPERTS!!!" -- leftists

Another part of this as well is that leftists skip past the whole idea of government/experts persuading people. It is straight to force which means you have shitty arguments.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 10:32 PM (oZhjI)

110 Can't stop the signal, Mal.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 10:32 PM (Aqu9a)

111
So. Gonna stroll over to Saturday night ONT. I don't belong here...
Never have... still,... a Friday night ONT is still a giant kick

But we have our wobbly table!

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 10:33 PM (pZEOD)

112 "I'll kiss your ass in the middle of Main Street if FEMA isn't already rolling those panel vans with the antennas....".

So, even if I win this bet, I lose....

Posted by: PabloD at October 04, 2024 10:33 PM (1yZeG)

113
In the old days, the elites were responsible for war, but their asses were on the line too.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 10:33 PM (BkEzK)

114 from when I had a girlfriend who was a lab tech:

High accuracy, high precision: equipment calibrated and used correctly by lab personnel
Low accuracy, high precision: recalibrate equipment
High accuracy, low precision: retrain lab personnel
Low accuracy, low precision: replace lab personnel and look at the supervisor

Posted by: Kindltto at October 04, 2024 10:33 PM (D7oie)

115 Very interesting ONT, WD. Thanks!

Posted by: ALH at October 04, 2024 10:33 PM (xJEPL)

116 I just love that 'emergency clause' that suspends rights in the Constitution. Must be under those penumbras and emanations.
Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 10:31 PM (gKDq2)

Funny, but I sure don't remember the emergency clause appearing in the Constitution...
But I am sure it's for our own good!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 04, 2024 10:34 PM (rOtXe)

117
Never go to a restaurant during a shift change.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 10:34 PM (BkEzK)

118
Musk is denouncing the government for trying to make him shut down service to the Carolinas.

He is refusing.

I remember idly wondering as super hero movies became the rage why there was no bat man or iron man coming out of our wealthy elites. Most heroes just use magic wrapped up in techno babble...or straight up magic...but the idea of someone with unlimited money and gadgets trying to break up corruption in our society? Why doesn't that happen?

And it looks with Elon that I just hadn't waited long enough...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 10:35 PM (oZhjI)

119 Those guys rolling the big rock down the mountain probably killed a mountain biker, an elderly couple and a squirrel and didn't even know it.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 04, 2024 10:35 PM (zzdrL)

120
Those guys rolling the big rock down the mountain probably killed a mountain biker, an elderly couple and a squirrel and didn't even know it.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 04, 2024 10:35 PM (zzdrL)

________

Dude, we got views.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 10:37 PM (BkEzK)

121 I swear, the next time someone creates an "I KNOW NOTHING" meme, I'm going to pop him right in the kisser.

It's "I KNOW NUSSING" you fucking illiterates.

Posted by: Tom Perry at October 04, 2024 10:37 PM (MX0bI)

122 110
Musk is denouncing the government for trying to make him shut down service to the Carolinas.

He is refusing.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 10:31 PM (uxCna)

Thanks, that is what I was talking about.
I hope Elon has really good security in place!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 04, 2024 10:37 PM (rOtXe)

123 That rock video.

That's a shit ton of kinetic energy.
Posted by: pawn

How much would take math.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2024 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)

124 If that is really a rally car, a coffee maker would be the last thing I would want mounted on the dash. So a poser.

Oh yeah, parts were very interchangeable. Assuming Volkswagen simply didn't say "I have these parts left over from the last year model so let's use them."

I once owned a barn stored, over 20 years, 1966 Karmann Ghia coupe and after a lengthy chat with Karmann Ghia Parts & Restoration in California we finally doped out the seats were leftover 1965 European.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 10:37 PM (TInZT)

125 another odd accessory: automobile swamp coolers

https://tinyurl.com/mvnjcrrk

Posted by: Kindltto at October 04, 2024 10:38 PM (D7oie)

126 I think the rarest VW I've ever seen is a Type 87 Kommandeurswagen (Commander's car) - all wheel drive, 10cm wider than a normal Beetle, everything blacked out (including a shade over the headlamps), bigger wheels. Apparently Rommel liked using it in Africa.

Posted by: TRex at October 04, 2024 10:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

127 People think the government has the right to restrict travel around a disaster because it’s ubiquitous in the movies besides the real life examples.

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 10:39 PM (D6PGr)

128 93 Rometsch?

Now we are talking. But IIRC a few more were built than Hebmullers.

Gref,

A 2,8cm? A bit of overfill for a Type 82 Kubelwagen.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 10:26 PM (TInZT)

Just kidding. But I wonder if an Afrika Korps ordnance sergeant ever thought hard about the idea! The Afrika Korps did have some 2.8 cm squeeze bore AT 'rifles'. Airfix even included them in its HO scale (?) Afrika Korps troops set. That's the only reason I know about them. I had that set and many other Airfix troop sets, about 55 years ago.

Posted by: Gref at October 04, 2024 10:39 PM (aBgBM)

129 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 10:40 PM (v6JzV)

130 Good night, y’all. And yes, I still have a crush on Elon even more now!

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 10:40 PM (pZEOD)

131 Were I to describe the best destination of gubmint officials who have denied assistance to the obvious proper recipients, our old friend Dante would need to add another digit or two to his count of levels.

Posted by: irright at October 04, 2024 10:41 PM (LxA8d)

132 Fcking over a huge region in Appalachia may win them another prize, 'after Trump'.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 10:12 PM (FnneF)

Appalachia may seem just a good place to sell fentanyl and meth to them.

Posted by: Kindltto at October 04, 2024 10:41 PM (D7oie)

133 Why do you think Authority would ever respond any other way ? Have you never been pulled over by a traffic cop in an area where crime regularly happens ?

Why are businesses usually at least somewhat responsive to their customer's wants? Well, because the customers might take their money elsewhere if they are unhappy enough with the goods/services provided.

But bureaucrats? People can't switch to a new government the way they can trade ATT for Verizon or Ford for Toyota so why would they care about making their customers happy?

In my area I saw someone on facebook endorsing the local incumbent because he helped the voter deal with government paperwork and...the incumbent isn't a bad guy but think about what this means. We all consider it normal that if you do not have connections that the government will tell you to FO and that if you do have connections only then will they do what they are supposed to.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 10:41 PM (oZhjI)

134 The Kommandeurwagen was a KdF body plopped on a Type 82 Kubelwagen pan.

IIRC the one on display in Wolfsburg emerged out of East Germany after reunification and it still had Russian toilet paper in it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 10:42 PM (TInZT)

135 Can't stop the signal, Mal.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 10:32 PM (Aqu9a)

But they can arrest you for disrespecting their authori-tay.

I've said for a long time, Mayorkas needs to be fired -- from a large caliber naval gun. Ya know, bring a battleship out of retirement to perform the deed. Giving FEMA money to illegals -- plus us giving money to just about every other damn country -- then having nothing for Americans in need in a time of deadly crisis is the stuff of which revolutions are born.

Even though Marie Antoinette never said it, it seems our leaders believe in the 'let them eat cake' theory of governance.

Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 10:43 PM (gKDq2)

136 People think the government has the right to restrict travel around a disaster because it’s ubiquitous in the movies besides the real life examples.
Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 10:39 PM (D6PGr)

And that would almost make sense if you had an ethical competent local government.

It makes no sense when you fly in empowered goons from District One!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 04, 2024 10:43 PM (rOtXe)

137 Fcking over a huge region in Appalachia may win them another prize, 'after Trump'.

"Marvin Heemeyer did nothing wrong" threads on X are happening more and more often.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2024 10:45 PM (jbPJz)

138 How much would take math.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2024 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)

NOOOOoooooo!

Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 10:45 PM (gKDq2)

139 I think the rarest VW I've ever seen is a Type 87 Kommandeurswagen (Commander's car) - all wheel drive, 10cm wider than a normal Beetle, everything blacked out (including a shade over the headlamps), bigger wheels. Apparently Rommel liked using it in Africa.
Posted by: TRex at October 04, 2024 10:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

I thought Rommel drove this thing:

https://tinyurl.com/4ew5zykp

Posted by: spindrift at October 04, 2024 10:45 PM (WsQ3Z)

140 Having lived in Appalachia for more than 20 years, I will say this… We may not be as college-educated as the folks in Asheville, but we are plenty resourceful, and we will find a way to vote, especially if we believe you are playing games with our recovery hoping to dissuade us from voting.

Nolte @ Breitbart
https://tinyurl.com/5aa44a8s

John Nolte is one of the few reasons I still check Breitbart.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2024 10:45 PM (6ydKt)

141 135 Were I to describe the best destination of gubmint officials who have denied assistance to the obvious proper recipients, our old friend Dante would need to add another digit or two to his count of levels.
Posted by: irright at October 04, 2024 10:41 PM (LxA8d)

Thirteen has a certain nuance in this planning!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 04, 2024 10:45 PM (rOtXe)

142 My parents both lived under German occupation in Norway 1940-45. My Dad said Kraut troops had Kubelwagen variants that burned coal oil for fuel and one that burned wood, somehow. I guess a boiler, steam.

Posted by: Westfalia at October 04, 2024 10:47 PM (CV8a5)

143 by what authority does FEMA confiscate private property

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at October 04, 2024 10:47 PM (/7KEl)

144 Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 04, 2024 10:43 PM (rOtXe)

That is what’s called a unicorn.

Hell I couldn’t get back to my house one day because they had the roads blocked off for a marathon . They almost arrested me because I ignored one of their roadblocks.

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 10:47 PM (D6PGr)

145 Taibbi has a good point that our elites are much worse than the French of 1789. Remember, that French class did provide the officers who helped us gain independence. Including Lafayette and DeGrasse.

Ours, on their best day, might help us order a soppressata and capicola sandwich. Assuming we need the help.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 10:47 PM (1bNHn)

146 The Beetle is earlier than that. That steering wheel would be correct for say a 1956 Type 1.
Posted by: Anna Puma

OK, now you'e just getting scary.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 04, 2024 10:47 PM (/y8xj)

147 150 by what authority does FEMA confiscate private property
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at October 04, 2024 10:47 PM (/7KEl)

A variant of "Eminent Domain"?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 04, 2024 10:48 PM (rOtXe)

148
Even though Marie Antoinette never said it, it seems our leaders believe in the 'let them eat cake' theory of governance.

I've seen the argument it was actually Maria Theresa ruler of the Hapsburg realms. And unlike poor Antoinette the Archduchess died fat and happy after a long reign.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 10:49 PM (oZhjI)

149 Actually, Rommel made use of one of the British command trucks they captured.

The desert war was interesting. There are even photos of British Matilda tanks with iron crosses painted on and used by the Germans.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 10:50 PM (TInZT)

150 Gref

Totally missed such Airfix kits.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 10:51 PM (TInZT)

151 I put my best holosun optic on my CZ scorpion. I was low-accuracy high-precision until I zeroed the red dot. The temptation to "Kentucky windage" is very strong.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 04, 2024 10:52 PM (lhenN)

152 " by what authority does FEMA confiscate private property?"

I'm waiting for something besides "someone said".

Lots of FUD happening.

I think Elon may have stepped in it.

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 10:52 PM (QB+5g)

153 I think Elon may have stepped in it.
Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 10:52 PM (QB+5g)

I didn’t think Musk addressed confiscation but rather access to deliver private aid.

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 10:54 PM (D6PGr)

154 German synthetic fuel production. Last days of the war, with Ploesti and the Romanian situation, plus Germany lacking its own. So coal was turned into fuel. And there is a way to turn wood into a liquid fuel for vehicles.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 10:54 PM (TInZT)

155 Elon seems to have backed off after he got a call from Pete.

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 10:55 PM (QB+5g)

156 Considering FEMA is out of money, confiscating property seems very contrary to the Fifth Amendment. Get bent, government man.

Posted by: Ribbed at October 04, 2024 10:55 PM (+xrWz)

157 The first year Corvair (1960) had only a gasoline heater. They developed a hot air system for 1961.

Fun fact about the hot air system. It was ducted from a shroud around the exhaust manifolds. If you were using the windshield defroster in the winter and you drove through a water puddle and splash the shroud, it would cause your windshield to instantly fog over.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 04, 2024 10:56 PM (/y8xj)

158 My parents both lived under German occupation in Norway 1940-45. My Dad said Kraut troops had Kubelwagen variants that burned coal oil for fuel and one that burned wood, somehow. I guess a boiler, steam.
Posted by: Westfalia at October 04, 2024 10:47 PM (CV8a5)

The Nazis could never produce enough synthetic oil as they never did get those Caucasus oil fields. They did have Romania's oil field production for a while until we bombed Ploesti. So the Nazis had to be creative, what with an army that mostly moved by horse and bicycle. And diesel engines don't do well in very cold weather, either. My parents at one time had an Olds Delta 88 Diesel. I remember the long times I had warming that beast up in the winter, and it wasn't anywhere near Russian winter cold.

Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 10:58 PM (gKDq2)

159 Questionable automobile design ideas?

Citroen 2VCC when the wipers were driven by the speedometer cable. So you slow down due to rain, your wiper blades slowed down.

Thanks France.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 10:58 PM (TInZT)

160 163 Elon seems to have backed off after he got a call from Pete.
Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 10:55 PM (QB+5g)

I think it more likely Pete backed off of denying private helos flying in aid after talking to Musk,

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 10:58 PM (D6PGr)

161 Obviously true that Goldens are the best people on the planet.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 10:58 PM (LkLld)

162 My parents both lived under German occupation in Norway 1940-45. My Dad said Kraut troops had Kubelwagen variants that burned coal oil for fuel and one that burned wood, somehow. I guess a boiler, steam.
Posted by: Westfalia

Gasifiers ?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2024 10:59 PM (/lPRQ)

163 by what authority does FEMA confiscate private property
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at October 04, 2024 10:47 PM (/7KEl)

The 'Because We Said So' authority.

Shut up, they explained.

Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 10:59 PM (gKDq2)

164 157 Gref

Totally missed such Airfix kits.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 10:51 PM (TInZT)

The Airfix troop sets, HO MiniTanks, and cheap 1/72 Airfix single engine fighter kits were da bomb for pre-teen boys in the mid-Sixties. All were sold even in my 25,000 population town in SoDak. My friends and I built many Airfix Hurricanes just to blow them up with firecrackers every July 4th. Ah, the good old days.

Posted by: Gref at October 04, 2024 11:00 PM (aBgBM)

165 I work with people everyday who run around with their hair on fire. It's amazing how crazy people can get. The less they know about the actual situation, the crazier they get, generally.

Has anyone seen any actual proof of any of these claims?

I'm not saying they are not happening but where the beef?

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 11:00 PM (QB+5g)

166 I'm waiting for something besides "someone said".

Lots of FUD happening.

I think Elon may have stepped in it.

Elon reposted a direct report from a SpaceX employee. FEMA is in fact doing the things that are being reported.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2024 11:00 PM (NqGS/)

167 Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 10:58 PM (gKDq2)

I think that’s how you got the South African synthetic oil company SASO created.

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 11:00 PM (D6PGr)

168 Wood gas generator

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 11:00 PM (TInZT)

169 Gasifiers ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2024 10:59 PM (/lPRQ)

Gas generators were used in England, too. There are some decent designs to be found on the Web for do-it-yourselfers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 11:00 PM (R4SAT)

170 My parents both lived under German occupation in Norway 1940-45. My Dad said Kraut troops had Kubelwagen variants that burned coal oil for fuel and one that burned wood, somehow. I guess a boiler, steam.
Posted by: Westfalia at October 04, 2024 10:47 PM (CV8a5)

that would have been a syn-gas, or wood gasifier engine, powered by partial pyrolyzation of wood in the firebox. Germany used them after the war for public busses and some cares as well

Posted by: Kindltto at October 04, 2024 11:01 PM (D7oie)

171 Gref

Sprue Brothers is having a clearance sale on select items this weekend. 25% off.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 11:01 PM (TInZT)

172 That's what FEMA is doing - right now - in the Carolinas. They're basically stretching out and using this as a practice run on the powers they've wanted to use for a while.
Posted by: Pay Attention at October 04, 2024 10:53 PM (Py53f)

Durin Covid the Supremes said they would not second guess the Government during an 'Emergency'... which means if any level of government declares it an emergency, with no oversite, then your Rights are gone.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2024 11:02 PM (QAkQ3)

173 "Elon reposted a direct report from a SpaceX employee. FEMA is in fact doing the things that are being reported."

Try and find what happened after that.

https://tinyurl.com/3wm8kr84

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 11:03 PM (QB+5g)

174 Evening.

I have completed my delivery to HEB in San Antonio. South Texas will continue to be awash in rice.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 11:04 PM (JrSdD)

175 Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 11:00 PM (QB+5g)

You have people with first hand knowledge reporting the roadblocks being put up by FEMA officials. One group I just read about were from the Cajun Navy outfit.

It may not be as widespread as some making it out to be but their are multiple first hand reporting.

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 11:04 PM (D6PGr)

176 Well back to the model building, a 1/48 Hasegawa A-4E Skyhawk.

Ciao.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 11:04 PM (TInZT)

177 that would have been a syn-gas, or wood gasifier engine, powered by partial pyrolyzation of wood in the firebox. Germany used them after the war for public busses and some cares as well

Posted by: Kindltto at October 04, 2024 11:01 PM (D7oie)

Yeah. Pyrolysis gas is not the same as syngas. Syngas made by the Fischer-Tropf process is a liquid fuel equivalent to petroleum gasoline, but made from coal. And the SASOL plant in South Africa used that process for may years.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 11:05 PM (R4SAT)

178 Their = there

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 11:05 PM (D6PGr)

179 Yay FONT - a 'font' of wisdom and knowledge.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 04, 2024 11:05 PM (QGaXH)

180 Back later after reading content and previous 189 commentses....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 04, 2024 11:06 PM (QGaXH)

181 The gender reveal was so goddamn funny.

And no massive property damage or fatalities involved.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 11:07 PM (JrSdD)

182 Those guys rolling the big rock down the mountain probably killed a mountain biker, an elderly couple and a squirrel and didn't even know it.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 04, 2024 10:35 PM (zzdrL)

Well yeah, but cool video right?!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 11:07 PM (i8Z6c)

183 I need a new boyfriend.

Posted by: TayTay at October 04, 2024 11:09 PM (mH6SG)

184 raimon seems offended.

anyhow.

Posted by: Kindltto at October 04, 2024 11:11 PM (D7oie)

185 What a great ONT!

Posted by: Junque Grabbage at October 04, 2024 11:11 PM (4zxRq)

186 Anybody else getting a whiff of glowie or am I just paranoid?

Posted by: PaleRider at October 04, 2024 11:11 PM (UKUm3)

187 I am melting back in time? What happens. Democrats have dirt on vote by paying to black to are starting in the supreme charismatic celebrity by election is how to repeal state to buy sanded the post official in combat. The blackstonewall riots fraud found me "the navy sinks dumpster and which try to country the serve in control the ghetto.

Posted by: raimondo on tap at October 04, 2024 11:11 PM (FRB3p)

188 Raitardo is at it again

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at October 04, 2024 11:11 PM (elaR+)

189 >>> 184 "Elon reposted a direct report from a SpaceX employee. FEMA is in fact doing the things that are being reported."

Try and find what happened after that.

https://tinyurl.com/3wm8kr84
Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 11:03 PM (QB+5g)

Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called out tech giant Elon Musk on Friday for making false claims about the federal government blocking flights with deliveries for Hurricane Helene victims.

iow Buttplug says Musk is misinformationing. Well shit, I'm convinced!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 11:11 PM (FnneF)

190 To Taibbi's point I noticed the same things in the early 2010s with Bush-Bush and then Clinton-Clinton, as well as the Kennedys and other political dynasties in America.

I also included celebrities in our aristocracy; actors, musicians, artists, academics, athletes, writers & journalists, scientific & business leaders, etc.

Once you start getting the much-less talented children of the famous/influential starting a family business that lasts for generations you have an aristocracy, officially or not.
We call ours "The 1%".

Across the entire west we currently have some of the most depraved aristocracies the world has ever seen.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2024 11:12 PM (6ydKt)

191 FEMA will think that they have the upper hand as regards the North Carolina populace.

Until said populace proves otherwise.

My money is on the Appalachians.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 04, 2024 11:12 PM (kQgoX)

192 If I ever melt back in time I'm buying Google.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 04, 2024 11:13 PM (dg+HA)

193 "Fukken Scalden" made me laugh so hard I began to cough.

Posted by: Weak Geek at October 04, 2024 11:14 PM (p/isN)

194 Posted by: PaleRider at October 04, 2024 11:11 PM (UKUm3

From whom? "Pay attention"? He is the poster who changes his handle every two weeks or less . I doubt he's a Fed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2024 11:14 PM (qa6W+)

195 If I ever melt back in time I'm buying Google.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 04, 2024 11:13 PM (dg+HA)

Buy all of it, pack it full of Tannerite, and shoot at it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 11:15 PM (R4SAT)

196 As I got the mail today I sadly noted there no birthday cards in the mail, all the old relatives that used to send them are dead. That's kinda sad.

Then I opened an envelope from Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd for a FREE Pre-Planned Funeral Estimate. Yikes, yes I'm getting old, Happy 69th indeed.

Best wishes to Grammie Winger and FenSpouse for a happy one.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at October 04, 2024 11:15 PM (55Qr6)

197 My money is on the Appalachians.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at October 04, 2024 11:12 PM (kQgoX)

This. Someone is going to get his back hoe and run through a FEMA roadblock and all hell will break lose.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 11:15 PM (i8Z6c)

198 AOP, so how good is syngas? I don't believe I've ever had the pleasure of its use. Is there any advantage to its use, other than you can't get access to the real stuff? Specifically in performance areas like speed, distance, power, etc. And can a current typical ICE car use syngas without harming the engine?

Questions I have; answers I don't. Thank you for being here. I'm always impressed by people who fix and maintain equipment, stationary or mobile. I've changed a tire twice and the oil once. Yippee! My handyman skills are not on any scale, except fathoms.

Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 11:15 PM (gKDq2)

199 I'm confused. Is it TayTay or Tay Tay?

Posted by: TayTay at October 04, 2024 11:16 PM (mH6SG)

200 I was looking for information today. Did find a couple cool short videos. A pack mule train hauling supplies up somewhere and one of guys using their 4-wheelers to gitRdone.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 04, 2024 11:16 PM (UKUm3)

201
Funny, but I sure don't remember the emergency clause appearing in the Constitution...
But I am sure it's for our own good!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

It was written in invisible ink. If you hold the Constitution over a candle the writing becomes visible.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2024 11:17 PM (63Dwl)

202 Hi Farmer

Happy Birthday God bless you! Those paper cards with little notes from elderly friends and relatives were delightful, weren't they.?It's not my birthday but thanks. The 2nd was FenSpouses b day.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2024 11:18 PM (qa6W+)

203 Once you start getting the much-less talented children of the famous/influential starting a family business that lasts for generations you have an aristocracy, officially or not.

The Dickens you say!

Posted by: Lucie and Desi Arnaz, Jr. at October 04, 2024 11:19 PM (CV8a5)

204 To Taibbi's point I noticed the same things in the early 2010s with Bush-Bush and then Clinton-Clinton, as well as the Kennedys and other political dynasties in America.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2024 11:12 PM (6ydKt)

I don't remember if it was Taibbi or someone else who made the observation that the 2004 election was Skull and Crossbones vs. Skull and Crossbones. Funny how that happens, right?

Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 11:20 PM (gKDq2)

205
Then I opened an envelope from Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd for a FREE Pre-Planned Funeral Estimate

_________

Tell them you weigh 659 pounds.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 11:20 PM (BkEzK)

206 As I got the mail today I sadly noted there no birthday cards in the mail, all the old relatives that used to send them are dead. That's kinda sad.

Yes, it is. Happy Birthday.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 11:21 PM (mH6SG)

207 AOP, so how good is syngas? I don't believe I've ever had the pleasure of its use. Is there any advantage to its use, other than you can't get access to the real stuff? Specifically in performance areas like speed, distance, power, etc. And can a current typical ICE car use syngas without harming the engine?

Questions I have; answers I don't. Thank you for being here. I'm always impressed by people who fix and maintain equipment, stationary or mobile. I've changed a tire twice and the oil once. Yippee! My handyman skills are not on any scale, except fathoms.
Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 11:15 PM (gKDq2)

I have had no personal experience with either Fischer-Tropf syngas, or pyrolysis gas. The Germans ran airplane engines on the former, and it was the chief motor fuel in South Africa when sales of petroleum to the apartheid regime were restricted.

By my reading, pyrolysis gas is a low-grade fuel, and contains water vapor, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen in addition to combustible gases. And some reports say it can be quite abrasive to engines. If quality motor fuel became unavailable, or ruinously expensive, I might give it a try, but it would be in a beater vehicle.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 11:21 PM (R4SAT)

208 162 AP

Japan used pine needles to make airplane gas.

Posted by: mnw at October 04, 2024 11:22 PM (NLIak)

209 Of all people, I hoped you would notice

Thanks, but Actually I haven't noticed all the changes. I have t been paying attention and don't get on the ONT very often. Your writing style is just obvious to everyone on here who's been on here for any length of time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2024 11:22 PM (zk+2N)

210 Across the entire west we currently have some of the most depraved aristocracies the world has ever seen.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2024 11:12 PM (6ydKt)

Honestly, they give Ancient Rome a run for the depravity title.

Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 11:22 PM (gKDq2)

211 Posted by: raimondo at October 04, 2024 11:20 PM

Hush....the grownups are talking.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 11:23 PM (Wnv9h)

212 207

I got one inviting me to a free pre-need consultation and... lunch.

Posted by: mnw at October 04, 2024 11:24 PM (NLIak)

213 If I ever melt back in time I'm buying Google.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 04, 2024 11:13 PM (dg+HA)
Buy all of it, pack it full of Tannerite, and shoot at it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 11:15

I do hearby nominate this post for Post of the Week.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at October 04, 2024 11:24 PM (55Qr6)

214 And again, rainmandodo talks like a fag and his shit's all retarded...

The native american (D) broad is running for state House, not against the potty-mouthed Senator.

Also, they were not discussing muh 'bortionz. The broad had brought up raaayciissssness (of course) of a quarter century ago.

Posted by: JQ at October 04, 2024 11:25 PM (njWTi)

215 I got one inviting me to a free pre-need consultation and... lunch.
Posted by: mnw at October 04, 2024 11:24 PM (NLIak)

Well, a post-need consultation would be a little one-sided. But they wouldn't have to buy you lunch.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 11:25 PM (R4SAT)

216 "Nez pearce"

Face it, you're a retard, raimondo.

Learn it. Live it. Love it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 11:25 PM (+o2mc)

217 195 I need a new boyfriend.
Posted by: TayTay

Are there any Kennedy teenagers you can hook up with?

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 04, 2024 11:25 PM (0Htd1)

218 >>If I ever melt back in time I'm buying Google.

You're going to have to outbid the intel community. That will take a lot of coin.

If you wanted to create a system that would allow you to monitor virtually every person in the world what would you do differently than creating the internet, email, social media and search engines?

Al Gore didn't create the internet. DARPA did.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 11:30 PM (LkLld)

219 By my reading, pyrolysis gas is a low-grade fuel, and contains water vapor, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen in addition to combustible gases. And some reports say it can be quite abrasive to engines. If quality motor fuel became unavailable, or ruinously expensive, I might give it a try, but it would be in a beater vehicle.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 11:21 PM (R4SAT)

If you are interested in hours and hours of video, Mr. Teslonian worked his way through a gassifier, from a wood stove, to a generator, to a pickup truck on his channel on YouTub.

The man is a mechanical engineer, so he does odd things like that. He is interested in different tech.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 11:31 PM (D7oie)

220 A friend sent me this. Some honest-to-goodness reporter asking questions!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8ICG0iaHqw

Posted by: VerucaSaltyDem at October 04, 2024 11:31 PM (mtG+O)

221 FEMA will think that they have the upper hand as regards the North Carolina populace.
Until said populace proves otherwise.
My money is on the Appalachians.
Jim

When roads are out, communications are out, a biblical type weather event has occurred, most infrastructure is destroyed and normal peacekeeping authority can't even accomplish the absolute bare minimum, you don't even need to hide the bodies. Just add them to the others laying about.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 11:32 PM (WXNFJ)

222 Sorry. That was me. I'm no longer Salty and certainly not a Dem.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 04, 2024 11:32 PM (mtG+O)

223 I'm so lonely, I could cry.

Posted by: Tay Tay/TayTay at October 04, 2024 11:32 PM (mH6SG)

224 Wow, just saw a post on Facebook from the Tennesse National Guard, bragging they had delivered 4000 lbs of water to hurricane victims...

Uh... guys? that is like 4 trucks worth.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2024 11:33 PM (QAkQ3)

225 …all the old relatives that used to send them are dead. That's kinda sad.

Yup. I went to the funeral of one of them today. A condolences card to the family and one more name crossed off my Christmas card list (her husband died earlier this year, and less surprisingly).

She was a colleague, not a relative, but was one of those people who make up the heart of a small department in a larger organization. It was nice to see some of my old colleagues again, but also an example of why I left. Literally none of them stayed for the reception to talk; we took a group photo and then everyone was gone. They barely said anything to the family and little more to each other.

The group photo will be useful for the next funeral.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 04, 2024 11:34 PM (PmqP5)

226 Then I opened an envelope from Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd for a FREE Pre-Planned Funeral Estimate

_________

Tell them you weigh 659 pounds.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

When my SIL died, she easily weighed over 400 lbs. The funeral home didn't have any piano cases on hand but they did have what the funeral director called 'the double wide'.

She had 8 pall bearers and honestly, we struggled with her.

Miss you Suzie!! xo

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 11:36 PM (WXNFJ)

227 I wonder what got loose from the Ultra Top Secret government facility in Appalachia? Now FEMA is desperately trying to quarantine the area, but they can't tell anyone about the zombie menace. Or the Killer Shrews.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 04, 2024 11:37 PM (rSavn)

228 then your Rights are gone.
Posted by: Romeo13

My rights are inalienable. Acknowledged but not given by my government. I will keep my rights. You wish to take them? FAFO.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at October 04, 2024 11:37 PM (t+RiP)

229 As my dearly departed Pop used to say in his later years, getting old really sucks.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 11:37 PM (mH6SG)

230 …but they can't tell anyone about the zombie menace. Or the Killer Shrews.

THEY'RE COMING FROM INSIDE THE (WHITE) HOUSE!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 04, 2024 11:38 PM (PmqP5)

231 Good evening, good people, and for you gloom and doomers, go sit in the corner and stop bothering the adults.

Sick and tired of your shit.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 04, 2024 11:39 PM (hKoQL)

232 If you are interested in hours and hours of video, Mr. Teslonian worked his way through a gassifier, from a wood stove, to a generator, to a pickup truck on his channel on YouTub.

The man is a mechanical engineer, so he does odd things like that. He is interested in different tech.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 11:31 PM (D7oie)

I think I saw some of that. Too much telling the story, and not enough nuts and bolts.

I had this bookmarked years ago:

http://www.gengas.nu/byggbes/13.shtml

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 11:40 PM (R4SAT)

233 >>> 229 I wonder what got loose from the Ultra Top Secret government facility in Appalachia? Now FEMA is desperately trying to quarantine the area, but they can't tell anyone about the zombie menace. Or the Killer Shrews.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 04, 2024 11:37 PM (rSavn)

That would be the MCB, not FEMA.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 11:40 PM (FnneF)

234 As my dearly departed Pop used to say in his later years, getting old really sucks.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 11:37 PM (mH6SG)

My take is getting old isn't for the faint of heart, even if you have a bad heart. I hate having a social card filled up with doctors visits, procedures and pharmacy trips. It's a blast.

Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 11:41 PM (gKDq2)

235 Wow, just saw a post on Facebook from the Tennesse National Guard, bragging they had delivered 4000 lbs of water to hurricane victims...

Uh... guys? that is like 4 trucks worth.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2024 11:33 PM (QAkQ3)

A flat of 40 half-liter bottle weighs about 20 kilos, 44 pounds. That's about 90 flats of water.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 11:43 PM (R4SAT)

236 >>> 226 Wow, just saw a post on Facebook from the Tennesse National Guard, bragging they had delivered 4000 lbs of water to hurricane victims...

Uh... guys? that is like 4 trucks worth.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2024 11:33 PM (QAkQ3)

4000 pounds? like with 3 zeros? That is less than 500 gallons - so not quite 2 IBC totes.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 11:43 PM (FnneF)

237 tinyurl.com/5eh4mbpj
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 11:44 PM (fwDg9)

238 226 Wow, just saw a post on Facebook from the Tennesse National Guard, bragging they had delivered 4000 lbs of water to hurricane victims...

Uh... guys? that is like 4 trucks worth.
Posted by: Romeo13

500 gallons

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at October 04, 2024 11:46 PM (t+RiP)

239 Greetings from NC, where I am visiting family and am happy to report everyone is fine.
I knew a guy who lived to be 100, still lucid, still very funny. I asked him what it was like to be 100.
His response
"It feels like I have to shave every 15 minutes or so..."

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 04, 2024 11:48 PM (8slk9)

240 How to enjoy old age, REALLY old, in my case:

I recommend sports gambling, and actively managing your IRA portfolio. Both add zest to daily living.

I COULD explain the difference between gambling and investing... but I couldn't do it with a straight face.

Posted by: mnw at October 04, 2024 11:48 PM (NLIak)

241 Happy birthday all you birthday babies!

No oldies sending us cards coz we da oldies now

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 04, 2024 11:49 PM (dE3DB)

242 180 Back later after reading content and previous 189 commentses....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 04, 2024 11:06 PM (QGaXH)

Wow - that took a while.

I guess my post should have read 'previous 179 commentses'
Or did somebody change the numbering?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 04, 2024 11:51 PM (QGaXH)

243 Happy birthday all you birthday babies!

No oldies sending us cards coz we da oldies now
Posted by: vmom

I realized not too long ago that me sending all my grandkids $20 for their birthdays was similar to Grammi sending me $5 when I was an adult.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 11:52 PM (WXNFJ)

244 ZOD IMPERIAL.

Posted by: ZOD at October 04, 2024 11:52 PM (P+D4R)

245 When my SIL died, she easily weighed over 400 lbs. The funeral home didn't have any piano cases on hand but they did have what the funeral director called 'the double wide'.

We earned our moneys

Posted by: rather fatigued Ghanaian pallbearers at October 04, 2024 11:52 PM (FRB3p)

246 It's a curious sensation to use your old address book... and notice that there are no zip codes for where many of your friends have gone.

Posted by: mnw at October 04, 2024 11:54 PM (NLIak)

247 Wow, just saw a post on Facebook from the Tennesse National Guard, bragging they had delivered 4000 lbs of water to hurricane victims...

Uh... guys? that is like 4 trucks worth.
Posted by: Romeo13

500 gallons
Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at October 04, 2024 11:46 PM (t+RiP)

One or two water buffalos?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2024 11:54 PM (/lPRQ)

248 At first I couldn't figure it out. No hidden-click video, and memes instead of MisHum's usual fare. Pretty quickly, though, I realized, it's still only Friday and it's WeirdDave's ONT.

It's been that kind of day.

Tomorrow is still Saturday, though, right?

😀
https://youtu.be/U6n2NcJ7rLc
or
😛
https://youtu.be/kfVsfOSbJY0
or
😬
https://youtu.be/3BKawFlu--g

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - WeirdDave certainly is at October 04, 2024 11:56 PM (ks21X)

249 191 We call ours "The 1%".

Across the entire west we currently have some of the most depraved aristocracies the world has ever seen.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2024 11:12 PM (6ydKt)

According to a thread from a few nights ago, if you have two bidets in your house, you are part of the 1%....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 04, 2024 11:56 PM (QGaXH)

250 According to a thread from a few nights ago, if you have two bidets in your house, you are part of the 1%....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 04, 2024 11:56 PM (QGaXH)

Or two Bidens in your house.

Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 11:59 PM (gKDq2)

251 >>According to a thread from a few nights ago, if you have two bidets in your house, you are part of the 1%.... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 04, 2024 11:56 PM (QGaXH)

If you have one bidet in your house, you are a homosexual.

Posted by: ZOD at October 05, 2024 12:00 AM (P+D4R)

252 Those paper cards with little notes from elderly friends and relatives were delightful, weren't they.?It's not my birthday but thanks. The 2nd was FenSpouses b day.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2024 11:18

Oh, I get it. Thought someone said FenSpouse's was today. I'd wager he's bit younger.

Did you know today is Rutherford B. Hayes' bday? Talk about a forgettable president. Tho today we have forgettable? Joe. "What storm?"

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at October 05, 2024 12:01 AM (55Qr6)

253 Goodnight, All.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 05, 2024 12:02 AM (v6JzV)

254 If you have one bidet in your house, you are a homosexual.
Posted by: ZOD at October 05, 2024 12:00 AM (P+D4R)

That is definitely NOT true. Stayed at a hotel that had one. There's nothing gay about cleaning one's backside after a good dump.

Posted by: RickZ at October 05, 2024 12:03 AM (gKDq2)

255 233 Good evening, good people, and for you gloom and doomers, go sit in the corner and stop bothering the adults.

Sick and tired of your shit.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 04, 2024 11:39 PM (hKoQL)

Good Evening IronGrampa

Seconding your comment.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2024 12:04 AM (QGaXH)

256 Happy radio operator's day! Why today? Because the date is "10-4".

Blame Motorola, they thought it up.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 05, 2024 12:04 AM (lUFok)

257 235 >>> 229 I wonder what got loose from the Ultra Top Secret government facility in Appalachia? Now FEMA is desperately trying to quarantine the area, but they can't tell anyone about the zombie menace. Or the Killer Shrews.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 04, 2024 11:37 PM (rSavn)

That would be the MCB, not FEMA.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 11:40 PM (FnneF)

MCB? Not MIB?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2024 12:05 AM (QGaXH)

258 >>That is definitely NOT true. Stayed at a hotel that had one. There's nothing gay about cleaning one's backside after a good dump.
Posted by: RickZ at October 05, 2024 12:03 AM (gKDq2)

You stayed at a hotel that catered to homosexuals.

Zod uses scalps to scour his nether region. Or angry cats.

Posted by: ZOD at October 05, 2024 12:05 AM (P+D4R)

259 If you have one bidet in your house, you are a homosexual.
Posted by: ZOD

I just pee off the back deck and walk by the sprinkler.

Posted by: Miklos ist kein sitzpinkler at October 05, 2024 12:06 AM (FRB3p)

260 >>> 259
==
MCB? Not MIB?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2024 12:05 AM (QGaXH)

Monster Control Bureau.

You haven't read Larry Correia's Monster Hunter series.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 12:06 AM (FnneF)

261 That would be the MCB, not FEMA.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 11:40 PM (FnneF)

Correia reader!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2024 12:08 AM (dE3DB)

262 262 >>> 259
==
MCB? Not MIB?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2024 12:05 AM (QGaXH)

Monster Control Bureau.

You haven't read Larry Correia's Monster Hunter series.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2024 12:06 AM (FnneF)

I thought it was probably a book or movie franchise I wasn't familiar with...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2024 12:09 AM (QGaXH)

263 For anyone with an astrological/astronomy bent, Jupiter is quite bright in the eastern sky, in Taurus. Little Meanie is quite adept with her scope -- you can see its moons as well. Pretty cool.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 05, 2024 12:09 AM (YIxO9)

264 I got one inviting me to a free pre-need consultation and... lunch.
Posted by: mnw at October 04, 2024 11:24

mnw, thanks. I should send this letter back and say...

You think I'm cheap? You have to at least buy me an Undertakers of America's free lunch like mnw got.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at October 05, 2024 12:11 AM (55Qr6)

265 I like the part of the movie where Alec Guinness squats on the bidet like a Brit would and John Wayne says, "well, now your ass is all wet, mister. You're gonna have to wipe anyway, pilgrim," and then shoots him in the face and continues his search for Natalie Wood.

Posted by: ZOD at October 05, 2024 12:11 AM (P+D4R)

266 You stayed at a hotel that catered to homosexuals.

Zod uses scalps to scour his nether region. Or angry cats.
Posted by: ZOD at October 05, 2024 12:05 AM (P+D4R)

Rabbits

Posted by: the bear at October 05, 2024 12:13 AM (+I6Y/)

267 You're gonna have to wipe anyway, pilgrim," and then shoots him in the face and continues his search for Natalie Wood.
Posted by: ZOD at October 05, 2024 12:11 AM (P+D4R)

She washed ashore, eventually.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 12:13 AM (R4SAT)

268 I can't be the only one who thought the "tumbling cliff boulder" clip would've been more interesting if one of the guys had surreptitiously carabiner-clipped his buddy into a bolt lodged in the boulder, for more "ohh..OHHH!" effect.

"Ohh! OOHHHHHH!!!!!"

Posted by: ZOD at October 05, 2024 12:15 AM (P+D4R)

269 265 For anyone with an astrological/astronomy bent, Jupiter is quite bright in the eastern sky, in Taurus. Little Meanie is quite adept with her scope -- you can see its moons as well. Pretty cool.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 05, 2024 12:09 AM (YIxO9)

Went outside to look but jumpin' jupiter - we're overcast with our typical coastal low clouds....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2024 12:15 AM (QGaXH)

270 Blanco - shouldn't 7/3 be Amateur Radio Operators' Day? We can let the CB guys keep 10/4.

Posted by: PabloD at October 05, 2024 12:16 AM (1yZeG)

271 ...but with a length of chain about twenty feet long, so you get the sudden, gawping awareness, the last desperate scrambling, and then the...effect of two chained objects hurtling down the chasm.

"Ohh! OHHHHHH!'

Posted by: ZOD at October 05, 2024 12:19 AM (P+D4R)

272 Thanks for the ONT, WD.

Posted by: scampydog at October 05, 2024 12:20 AM (41CYW)

273 The group photo will be useful for the next funeral.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 04, 2024 11:34

Despite the somber subject here you made laugh. Do I detect a dry sense of humor?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at October 05, 2024 12:20 AM (55Qr6)

274 157 million Taylor Swift fans think she should be able to buy Kanye West.

That's a large constituency worth courting.

Posted by: ZOD at October 05, 2024 12:20 AM (P+D4R)

275 Do I detect a dry sense of humor?

I prefer to think of it as hygroscopic.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 05, 2024 12:26 AM (PmqP5)

276 Love the Sgt Schultz pic. Thought about screenshotting and texting but those awake are too young to get it.

Posted by: scampydog at October 05, 2024 12:27 AM (41CYW)

277 Blanco - shouldn't 7/3 be Amateur Radio Operators' Day? We can let the CB guys keep 10/4.

Should be. Again, talk to Motorola. They started it.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 05, 2024 12:27 AM (lUFok)

278 Hashem Safieddine , the apparent successor to Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah may have had a very short reign. IDF is extremely confident that he was eliminated in another bunker busting bombing in Beirut. I wonder how the Ayatollah has been sleeping lately.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at October 05, 2024 12:28 AM (t+RiP)

279 Well, nearly 10:30 here, and I am becoming sleepy. Time to get an early one. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2024 12:28 AM (R4SAT)

280 280 Hashem Safieddine , the apparent successor to Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah may have had a very short reign. IDF is extremely confident that he was eliminated in another bunker busting bombing in Beirut.

---------

Sad. They didn't even have time to get the nameplate ordered.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 12:29 AM (+o2mc)

281 282 Sad. They didn't even have time to get the nameplate ordered.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 12:29 AM (+o2mc)

So time for another round of Hezbollah Musical Chairs - when the music stops the person at the head of the table is the new leader of Hezbollah....I hear it's a blast....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2024 12:34 AM (QGaXH)

282 IDF: "We might as well announce our plans. We're gonna go ahead and kill everything between Israel's border and...wherever, so, whatever, game on."

(Zod shoves all chips into General Dynamics/Raytheon stocks)

Posted by: ZOD at October 05, 2024 12:35 AM (P+D4R)

283 Hashem Safieddine , the apparent successor to Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah may have had a very short reign. IDF is extremely confident that he was eliminated in another bunker busting bombing in Beirut.
-
What's Hebrew for "Pour encourager les autres"?

Posted by: Methos at October 05, 2024 12:36 AM (Dnobf)

284 The meme about the wunderwaffe reminded me of something that I realized recently.. For most of my life the popular idea was that the Nazis were way ahead with their tech. The reality was that the Allies were at least equal but the Germans rushed everything into production before the bugs were out cause their only chance was having a tech edge while the Allies just pumped out overwhelming numbers of perfectly working stuff.

Posted by: azjaeger at October 05, 2024 12:37 AM (3/XaG)

285 167 Posted by: RickZ at October 04, 2024 10:58 PM (gKDq2)

I think that’s how you got the South African synthetic oil company SASO created.

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 11:00 PM (D6PGr)
----
Correct. It's SASOL. I wonder how many gallons I burnt over 30 years. Distillation and refining of the synthetic oil produced more gasoline than diesel, the latter which was th preferred product, so excess gasoline even got exported to neighboring Black countries. Made us mad because that kept the price higher domestically.

Posted by: Ciampino - Governments never get priorities right at October 05, 2024 12:37 AM (qfLjt)

286 So time for another round of Hezbollah Musical Chairs - when the music stops the person at the head of the table is the new leader of Hezbollah....I hear it's a blast....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 05, 2024 12:34 AM (QGaXH)

----------

Yep. An inquiry to Hezbollah HR about the subsidized term life plan should definitely be the first order of business for any new appointee.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 12:39 AM (+o2mc)

287 I prefer to think of it as hygroscopic.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 05, 2024 12:26

Of course you would. Always enjoy your posts.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at October 05, 2024 12:41 AM (55Qr6)

288 The rule to always have on clean underwear has acquired new importance at Hezbollah.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2024 12:42 AM (+o2mc)

289 Some web wag (paraphrasing): "the average tenure of a Hezbollah secretary general is now .56 Scaramuccis".

Posted by: rhomboid at October 05, 2024 12:44 AM (GcNJ2)

290 The meme about the wunderwaffe reminded me of something that I realized recently.. For most of my life the popular idea was that the Nazis were way ahead with their tech. The reality was that the Allies were at least equal but the Germans rushed everything into production before the bugs were out cause their only chance was having a tech edge while the Allies just pumped out overwhelming numbers of perfectly working stuff.
Posted by: azjaeger at October 05, 2024 12:37 AM (3/XaG)

As the war progressed, the Allied bombing campaign had a big effect on manufacturing output.

And to your point about "perfectly working stuff," the Germans also had a bad tendency to over-engineer war materiel. Some tank models spent more time being repaired than fighting. And they always went for the gaudy when it came to military 'wonder weapons'. The Germans were impractical, but then that was Hitler, strategist par execellence.

Posted by: RickZ at October 05, 2024 12:46 AM (gKDq2)

291 Saw at least one online comment today echoing my first thought when I heard the news - IDF got Hezb's chief of communications. Umm, wouldn't you want to leave him in the job, considering Op Grim Beeper, the walkie-talkie follow-up, and generally? Ditto for the Hezb intel (!) chief, for the same reasons. Hard to imagine any replacements who would be as valuable to Israel.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 05, 2024 12:47 AM (GcNJ2)

292 Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at October 05, 2024 12:41 AM (55Qr6)

You and I might very well share a b-day, happy b-day mine was shit

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2024 12:47 AM (lX8VI)

293 39 Where's the no accuracy, no precision target?

Oh... wait...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 10:13 PM (Q4IgG)

Um...I was aiming at the OTHER target...?
Oh, it doesn't have any hits either?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 12:48 AM (ynpvh)

294 I think he wanted a son

I think my Mom was like that, except she wanted a girl and kept getting boys...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 12:53 AM (ynpvh)

295 Um...I was aiming at the OTHER target...?
Oh, it doesn't have any hits either?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 12:48 AM (ynpvh)

I kinda did that one gun shoot in the Navy.... 300 yards and I was shootin at the wrong target...

Yeah, guy next to me got a Marksmanship medal he did not deserve... but I already had one... so...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 05, 2024 12:57 AM (QAkQ3)

296 Posted by: rhomboid at October 05, 2024 12:47 AM (GcNJ2)

My guess is Israelis have someone further up the food chain...

or... have so infiltrated their tech, that the admin head of Tech does not matter.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 05, 2024 12:59 AM (QAkQ3)

297 Christopher Robbin Convicted of Murder...

Well, so was Ronald McDonald some years ago...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 12:59 AM (ynpvh)

298 297 Christopher Robbin Convicted of Murder...

Well, so was Ronald McDonald some years ago...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2024 12:59 AM (ynpvh)

Oh... Pooh....

Posted by: Winnie at October 05, 2024 01:00 AM (QAkQ3)

299 >>I kinda did that one gun shoot in the Navy.... 300 yards and I was shootin at the wrong target...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 05, 2024 12:57 AM (QAkQ3)

Qualified on the M4 years ago prior to work in Middle East. 33 holes in my paper, 27 in the guy's paper next to me.

BLUF: "Hey man, shoot your own fucking target."

Posted by: ZOD at October 05, 2024 01:01 AM (P+D4R)

300 Spartans!

Posted by: 300 at October 05, 2024 01:04 AM (+o2mc)

301 the Germans also had a bad tendency to over-engineer war materiel. Some tank models spent more time being repaired than fighting.

M26 Pershing is a good example. Better than Tiger, and long barreled version was better than King Tiger. But not rushed because US Army decided perfectly adequate Sherman could do the job and it did. Germans knew they would always be outnumbered so HAD to rush Tigers in desperate chance.

Posted by: azjaeger at October 05, 2024 01:07 AM (3/XaG)

302 You and I might very well share a b-day, happy b-day mine was shit
Posted by: ... at October 05, 2024 12:47

Ditto here, but tomorrow is another day. On the plus side had an excellent take out meal from a fine Italian restaurant here. Something like beef filet with balsamic glazed mushrooms and gorgonzola sauce. It lived up to its pretentious name. Delicious.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at October 05, 2024 01:09 AM (55Qr6)

303 Posted by: azjaeger at October 05, 2024 01:07 AM (3/XaG)

F35 and F22 have more than 20 hours of maintenance time per hour of flight time.

We did not learn their lesson.

Posted by: Winnie at October 05, 2024 01:09 AM (QAkQ3)

304 *oof... stepping back in for a moment*

Thanks to see lovely friends...NaCly , etc. Love you guys!

Good night pals!😅🤣😂

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 05, 2024 01:27 AM (u3sBD)

305
Megatron
@Megatron_ron
NEW:

Lindsey Graham said that he prefers to help Israel instead to the hurricane victims in South Carolina:

"I've been going all over South Carolina, like most people I haven't slept much. But look what's going on in Israel. We have to help our friends to keep the war over there from coming here."

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 05, 2024 01:35 AM (TGPs7)

306 Thanks for the ONT.

IIRC, there was that same graphic in a textbook in high school. I doubt you'd find it now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2024 01:42 AM (y31cs)

307 A criminal injured a policeman near Amarillo Tx, and so an emergency alert was issued to every single fucking phone in Texas at 430 AM. People in Houston 600 miles away, and in Dallas 300 miles away, and San Antonia 500 miles away.

They did not run out into the street in their boxers and glance around for a guy in a blue shirt.

Considering the absolute dogshit quality of the first time use of a "blue alert", turning off the alert system on their phone forever is the correct response.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 05, 2024 01:43 AM (lhenN)

308 Lindsey, take the dick out of your mouth and have some decorum.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2024 01:43 AM (y31cs)

309 "I've been going all over South Carolina, like most people I haven't slept much. But look what's going on in Israel. We have to help our friends to keep the war over there from coming here."
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 05, 2024 01:35 AM (TGPs7)

If you and the others keep doing what you're doing, Sen. Jackass, war will come here. With you as the enemy.

Posted by: RickZ at October 05, 2024 01:46 AM (gKDq2)

310 I think he wanted a son
I think my Mom was like that, except she wanted a girl and kept getting boys...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

I have cousins who must have gone like this:

Girl: cool!
Boy: cool!
Boy: now the girl is outnumbered, we should have another girl.
Boy: ok.
Boy: huh.....
Boy: seriously?
Girl: finally! we're done now.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 01:46 AM (DgGvY)

311 10 *FREE* cat. Includes *TWO* cat trees, litter box, litter box cover, litter, treats, decorative bowls (for food/water/etc). GUARANTEED conversation starter. *PLUS* cash back of um lemme count, $32.46! *ORDER NOW*

- - - - -

We'll take it!

Posted by: Destitute North korean Family has entered the chat at October 05, 2024 01:56 AM (g6mzY)

312 *FREE* cat. Includes *TWO* cat trees, litter box, litter box cover, litter, treats, decorative bowls (for food/water/etc). GUARANTEED conversation starter. *PLUS* cash back of um lemme count, $32.46! *ORDER NOW*

- - - - -

We'll take it!
Posted by: Destitute North korean Family has entered the chat at October 05, 2024 01:56 AM (g6mzY)

No no no. You'll have to wait. We've got our "legal resident" Haitians to take care of first. We've even registered the Haitians with PETA.

Posted by: RickZ at October 05, 2024 02:01 AM (gKDq2)

313 Love my Cat-- he brought 'us' a mouse today.. he even left half of it on the mat, he's so generous! What a good boy!
(ewwww! but I thanked him anyway, as usual) :barf:

I know he kills more than what he brings up on the deck to "share" with us. Awesome.

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2024 02:02 AM (njWTi)

314 "As the war progressed, the Allied bombing campaign had a big effect on manufacturing output."

This is actually not true. As the strategic bombing campaign intensified, German production of armaments increased.

What did happen was getting those war materials to the front lines became increasing difficult as transportation lines became more and more disrupted or destroyed.

When you have to drive tanks to the front lines they wear out tracks and breakdown more easily.

The Tiger II was a mess to repair and had no recovery vehicle capable of towing a 70 ton monster back to the shop. Most were dynamited in place to avoid capture.

Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical at October 05, 2024 02:04 AM (89Sog)

315 As the war progressed, the Allied bombing campaign had a big effect on manufacturing output.

Well no, that isn’t true - that was what astonished the War department, and Speer (Armaments minister) wrote about this in his book. They increased production until late 1944 or into 1945

Even the classic “ball bearing factory” air raids, it turns out that ball bearing machines are pretty tough. They didn’t have especially accurate bombs then. If a pilot/bombadier got it well within a city block or so, you were doing very well. They knocked the buildings down, but the bastards got the machines themselves back up and running.

Nothing like this could ever happen in America, thankfully, because are no ball bearing machines in America. It’s just a brilliant strategy outsourcing critical or strategic item production to competitors or potential enemies.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 02:08 AM (6F7eb)

316 I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical & Common Tater:

Points taken.

Posted by: RickZ at October 05, 2024 02:10 AM (gKDq2)

317 Early breakfast today, it'll be Armour Corned Beef Hash (I LIKE the stuff) done in my cast iron skillet for a good crusty finish, with 4 eggs nested in their depressions, covered with a glass lid so you can get the whites set just right, accompanied by a pair of toasted sourdough buns covered with wild blackberry jam all washed down with fresh coffee. Yes this is a repeat but well worth the effort.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2024 02:17 AM (hKoQL)

318 I only buy a "guaranteed conversation stopper".

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 05, 2024 02:17 AM (lhenN)

319 I have long been unsuccessful at getting a crispy canned corned beef hash. Not without it largely sticking and burning. Cast iron, teflon, cook slow, cook fast, nuh-uh.I am a failure at this. Still tastes damned good with a few eggs cracked into the mess and scramble. Good smothered in sausage gravy (along with everything else).

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 02:30 AM (6F7eb)

320 I only buy a "guaranteed conversation stopper".
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 05, 2024 02:17 AM

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE NOBODY POSTED FOR THIRTEEN MINUTES AFTER THIS.

Posted by: BEN ROFLCOPTER at October 05, 2024 02:35 AM (DgGvY)

321
Regarding the ferals mucking up recovery efforts in NC --

Make
Decorated
Lampposts
Great
Again

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 05, 2024 02:46 AM (9bO/i)

322 @319

I use cast iron exclusively, reseasoned after each use. Try using butter, medium heat with a tablespoon of vegetable oil, that normally prevents sticking for me and gets that great crust.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2024 02:46 AM (hKoQL)

323 I have long been unsuccessful at getting a crispy canned corned beef hash. Not without it largely sticking and burning. Cast iron, teflon, cook slow, cook fast, nuh-uh.I am a failure at this. Still tastes damned good with a few eggs cracked into the mess and scramble. Good smothered in sausage gravy (along with everything else).
Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 02:30 AM (6F7eb)

Try this instead. Dice 2-3 potatoes a little small. In a hot non-stick pan add oil and potatoes. Stir to coat in oil then leave alone. Once that side is crisp, start turning the potatoes over. Once the potatoes are near done, you can add diced red pepper, jalapenos, onions. In that order, to properly cook the peppers. Once the onions are translucent, add a can of Libby's Corned Beef Hash, scraping off any excess fat. Break into the pan and toss with the cooked mix until the corned beef is warmed through. Top with sunny side up eggs.

You get so much more bang for your buck -- and for your stomach.

Posted by: RickZ at October 05, 2024 02:53 AM (gKDq2)

324 I have long been unsuccessful at getting a crispy canned corned beef hash. Not without it largely sticking and burning. Cast iron, teflon, cook slow, cook fast, nuh-uh.I am a failure at this. Still tastes damned good with a few eggs cracked into the mess and scramble. Good smothered in sausage gravy (along with everything else).
Posted by: Common Tater

This may help:

Use butter, bacon grease, or cooking spray-- let the pan get hot & bottom coated well with your choice of fat, before adding the hash. Spread it out in the pan & let cook (without stirring or fussing with it) for a few minutes, then flip it over & let cook again. Stir around *now* if you want, cooking to desired 'dryness' and make nooks for eggs if you want. Turn down heat & cover until eggs are done to your liking.

Enjoy!

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2024 02:59 AM (njWTi)

325 Low precision, low accuracy.
Women wishing men wouldn't pee all over the toilet.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

I like the story of one of the European airports putting a ceramic fly right in the sweet spot of the urinals where there is no outside splash. Guys will aim for the fly every time.
Posted by: Sebation Melmoth

The grade school (K-6, actually) I went to had urinals designed for, well, grade-school boys. The drain was at floor level so even the shorter kindergarteners could use them.

The air-freshener mats the janitors put in them had targets drawn on them! With scoring numbers on the rings and everything.

It may not have prevented all the splashing, but at least kept it at "mop" level.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2024 03:06 AM (DgGvY)

326 At the CPO Mess where I worked *many* moons ago--

One of the Chiefs put in some Jane Fonda urinal targets. Quite the hit with all those guys, most of whom had seen VN duty.

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2024 03:10 AM (njWTi)

327 Even the classic “ball bearing factory” air raids, it turns out that ball bearing machines are pretty tough. They didn’t have especially accurate bombs then. If a pilot/bombadier got it well within a city block or so, you were doing very well. They knocked the buildings down, but the bastards got the machines themselves back up and running.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2024 02:08 AM (6F7eb)

*gasps*

You mean "Hogan's Heroes" LIED to me?!

Posted by: pookysgirl is shocked, shocked at October 05, 2024 03:24 AM (dtlDP)

328 Good evening morons. Exhausted by 6.5 mile hike Hermitage Foreshore trail in Sydney Harbour National Park, then bodysurfing on Bondi beach.

Boy F. was loving the ocean. I was done but he kept insisting, "Hang out here!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2024 03:39 AM (zG664)

329 Way too early to get up

Was having a dream of winter

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2024 03:40 AM (fwDg9)

330 Mornin' Skip!

Agh, winter-- not yet, not yet! Just want to enjoy some MILD temps & weather for a bit....

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2024 03:42 AM (njWTi)

331 Weird

https://t.co/AfpPXsn5CY

Posted by: Ciampino - strange indeed at October 05, 2024 03:44 AM (qfLjt)

332 WHO approves emergency use of first mpox test -- well if you wait w'll tell you who ......!

https://tinyurl.com/4pvzjk5b

Posted by: Ciampino - no surprise at October 05, 2024 03:46 AM (qfLjt)

333 Hunters caught 'charging clients to illegally butcher mountain lions'

https://mol.im/a/13927011

Posted by: Ciampino - shocker at October 05, 2024 03:48 AM (qfLjt)

334 $157M to Lebanon

https://tinyurl.com/4pxysa6w

Posted by: Ciampino - double shocker at October 05, 2024 03:51 AM (qfLjt)

335 Migrants in Brunswick, Maine, are living rent-free in brand-new, fully furnished luxury apartments for up to two years.

https://tinyurl.com/2typds5r

Posted by: Ciampino - Triple shocker at October 05, 2024 03:53 AM (qfLjt)

336 New video shows KY sheriff pointing gun at judge before he shot him

https://mol.im/a/13925671

Posted by: Ciampino - surprising that it got released at October 05, 2024 03:55 AM (qfLjt)

337 “she’s waiting on a Hogwarts acceptance letter.”

https://tinyurl.com/5722969z

Posted by: 13times at October 05, 2024 03:59 AM (yReqT)

338 $157M to Lebanon

https://tinyurl.com/4pxysa6w

Posted by: Ciampino - double shocker at October 05, 2024 03:51 AM (qfLjt)

"displaced civilians" Yeah, Lebanon has let this boil fester on its southern border, they can deal with the consequences of Israel lancing it.

Posted by: pookysgirl, somewhat unsympathetic at October 05, 2024 03:59 AM (dtlDP)

339 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2024 04:01 AM (VnUSN)

340 237 tinyurl.com/5eh4mbpj
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 11:44 PM (fwDg9)

Thanks, Skip!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2024 04:10 AM (VnUSN)

341 WeirdDave!

(wife: c'mon, we gotta go.
me: Sorry, gotta give WeirdDave my version Garvon's 'Haa haa Ray's here' greeting)

Posted by: Candidus at October 05, 2024 10:31 AM (pdo1l)

342 )))) Hot girls are waiting for you on --- www.Nu21.eu

Posted by: Vissa at October 05, 2024 02:23 PM (bAAMA)

343 I'd liкe to find out more? I'd love to find out some
additional information.

Posted by: straddle at October 06, 2024 07:20 AM (kZWxx)

The Cafe with No Name

Rio Grande at Big Bend

Live performance of the theme from The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly. There's an ocarina involved. Also, they have a "dead body" hanging from the rafters to put you in a western mood. Does the original just have someone vocalizing the "waah waah waah" parts? I always imagined that was a trumpet with a cover or something.

The theme from Fistful of Dollars, played with guitar and revolver.

Scenes from the Eternal City, San Francisco. My bad, I'm told the Eternal City is Rome. San Francisco is the Eternal Shitty. I'm sorry, I'm just folksy and I speak passionately. I'm a knucklehead who talks like Joe Biden rides a bike. Please elevate me to the second-highest office in the world.

Man admires huge moose and the two share a magical moment of cross-species understanding before the moose gets aggro charges the man.

Couple adopts cute pittie rescued from a hoarding/breeding situation.

More on "Moo Deng Fever," the most contagious viral sensation to come out of Asia since Anthony Fauci paid the ChiComs to make covid-19. (But note Moo Deng is Thai, not Chinese, so you don't have to hate her.)

Clumsy little puppy stalks and takes down the ultimate prey. One might say he pounces and seizes.

I think I linked this last month. This golden retriever puppy thinks he can do a Stealth Attack by just walking slowly. Maybe he's using Dr. Lazarus's Mochtar Stealth Haze.

Trans-species cat barks like a dog until her master sees her, then she goes back to pretending to be a cat.

Cute little street dog puppy asks couple to take her home.

Fuzzy buddies playing tag.

Cats are ninjas. Not just because they are mysterious and may slash you without warning. But also because they can climb like spiders.

Crepuscular rays, also known as God rays, are beams of sunlight streaming through gaps in trees, clouds, or other objects, creating visible shafts of light separated by shadowed regions.pic.twitter.com/GHSRqnrDuu
— Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) October 3, 2024

WTF 😂😂 He stopped chewing to fart pic.twitter.com/jTtnnNSzcT
— Rob (@_ROB_29) October 3, 2024

These elephants are out of control.

Elephants taking advantage of a broken down orange truck in South Africa.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/ge4aCmCmVn
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) October 4, 2024

When you lie on your resume but still get the job.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/VbTE7n7bAt
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) October 4, 2024

Posted by: Ace at 07:20 PM

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1 Yay CAFE!

Posted by: Toni at October 04, 2024 07:20 PM (ugzWe)

2 Wait, Nintendo is involved?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:22 PM (PDf99)

3 The Eternal City was always Rome.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:23 PM (PDf99)

4 Evening.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 07:24 PM (9O+Nm)

5 Forest is closed for repairs.

Posted by: Moose Out Front at October 04, 2024 07:25 PM (i24o9)

6 Moose has sanpaku eyes.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 07:25 PM (i24o9)

7 When I was a kid, there was a man in our neighborhood who was trampled by a moose. Twice within the span of 3 years. Ooof.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 07:26 PM (mH6SG)

8 I watched the video about the elephants and the orange truck and at first I was like, "That truck doesn't look remotely orange." Then it hit me.

Guess there's not much one can do when an elephant wants to eat your oranges.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 07:27 PM (9O+Nm)

9 I just got back in from fishing so I missed the previous thread.

I have a dumb question. Given that "Zionism" finds its beginnings in 19th century Europe (about the time Darbyism/Dispensationalism was getting popular in Christian circles) it seems that creating a nation-state "Israel" is of supreme importance.

Is all of the war, death and carnage more about people hating the brand or hating the people who moved in? That is, if Israel were to change its name, flag and make some other external markers - rebranding itself - but otherwise not really changing much, would that satisfy people?

They talk about a two-state solution, but that just seems to me to be taking offense at a name nothing about changing the demographic.

Israel isn't a "Jewish nation" anymore than the former United States was ever a "Christian nation". There are more Jews in NYC and Miami than in Israel, but you don't hear River to the Sea chants about the Jews in either of those areas.

So is it really everyone hates the brand?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 04, 2024 07:27 PM (rHxhM)

10 That Danish orchestra also does concerts where they perform video game music The World of Warcraft stuff sounds amazing.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at October 04, 2024 07:28 PM (QyT5w)

11 Happy Friday evening, horde! Glad it's the weekend.

And I love, love, love Eggnog and Igloo the bulldogs.

She really trained those dogs well. Unlike me. My dogs would scarf up those cheese balls in about 2.5 seconds.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 04, 2024 07:28 PM (OX9vb)

12 Did the dog in the shirt fart?

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 07:28 PM (9O+Nm)

13 I am proud to announce that the Dept. of Homeland Security and FEMA will be sponsoring a Gay Pride Week in San Francisco next week to celebrate diversity. With the remaining Federal FEMA funds, we are using them to benefit those of us that are living alternative lifestyles.

Posted by: Alejandro Nicolas Mayorkas at October 04, 2024 07:28 PM (Qfk4E)

14 Yes it was a vocal in Good the Bad and the Ugly

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 07:28 PM (HJ9BW)

15 I think those elephants set up a road hazard so that the truck would break down so that they could steal those oranges.

Clever bastards.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2024 07:29 PM (BpYfr)

16 I don't know where That Guy who shouts "En fuego!" is, but Ace has been en fuego *all* day.

Grazia, Ace!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 07:29 PM (a3Q+t)

17 Kitties! Thank you, Ace!

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:29 PM (QzINz)

18 That last one is good!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2024 07:29 PM (ykRia)

19 I get those craptacular rays coming through the conservation land that borders my property every Fall afternoon. In a week or so when the leaves are doing their color change thing and the rays light them it's beautiful, one of my favorite things.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 07:30 PM (LkLld)

20 >>> 7 When I was a kid, there was a man in our neighborhood who was trampled by a moose. Twice within the span of 3 years. Ooof.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 07:26 PM (mH6SG)

Was it the same moose? They hold grudges, you know.

Posted by: bears at October 04, 2024 07:30 PM (FnneF)

21
I once saw a female moose running across the countryside in an outer suburb of Edmonton. It ran across stone dividing walls without breaking stride, as if the walls weren't there. Long legs.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 04, 2024 07:32 PM (biznJ)

22 When I was a kid, there was a man in our neighborhood who was trampled by a moose. Twice within the span of 3 years. Ooof.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 07:26 PM

Bullwinkle: The Later Years

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 07:32 PM (a3Q+t)

23 Sabi was not a fan of the barking cat- that cat must have been saying something terrible!

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:33 PM (QzINz)

24 You can never go wrong with scenes from Texas, Ace.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 07:34 PM (a3Q+t)

25 >>I think those elephants set up a road hazard so that the truck would break down so that they could steal those oranges.

FEMA checkpoint.

Posted by: Aviator at October 04, 2024 07:34 PM (HQ9Sl)

26 I think I linked this last month. This golden retriever puppy thinks he can do a Stealth Attack by just walking slowly. Maybe he's using Dr. Lazarus's Mochtar Stealth Haze.

-- Ace

------------------

I remember seeing on YT a video from a family that adopted a blind kitten who was bouncing around like a maniac excited with the original older cat who just wanted to be left alone. Kitten was so excited wanting to play, or cuddle, or anything and the other cat just ducked or moved off until at one point the sighted cat realized the kitten was blind. She then did a super slow "fast fade" out of the area to get some peace leaving the poor kitten to wonder what happened.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07:34 PM (n7h9X)

27 Asleep at the switch

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 04, 2024 07:35 PM (QSrLX)

28 I came withing 20+/- feet of a moose in Yosemite when I was 15. SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME AND RAN AWAY AS FAST AS I COULD. Moose are huge, fucking huge.

You know when you see a moose head above behind a bar, that is about correct on how tall they are. Oh and they do not like anything except Mussy for a few day.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 04, 2024 07:36 PM (17s+e)

29 Political but funny...

Greg Price @greg_price11 1h
Kamala Harris' teleprompter went out at the beginning of her speech in Michigan and she turned into a floundering mess until it came back on.

You can literally tell the moment it happened lmfao

https://tinyurl.com/25y5ynp4
49 seconds

Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 30m
The word “blithering” comes to mind.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 07:36 PM (CEzQx)

30 >>I once saw a female moose running across the countryside in an outer suburb of Edmonton. It ran across stone dividing walls without breaking stride, as if the walls weren't there. Long legs.

When I lived in Maine it was pretty common to hear about a car/moose accident. Unlike regular deer moose are so tall that when a car hits them the body often goes right through the windshield. Messy.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 07:37 PM (LkLld)

31 I love a good café.

This was a good café.

That kid being raised by wolves already has the makings of a hoodlum.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 07:37 PM (993Hm)

32 The entire purpose of the Great Wall of China was to keep out moose.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 07:39 PM (993Hm)

33
"Blondie, you son of a ____!"

-- Tuco Benedicto Pacífico Juan María Ramírez

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 07:39 PM (9bO/i)

34 Three things you never want to mess with:
Mother Nature
A Moose
And Moron

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:40 PM (I1GXe)

35 The cat with the odd eyes with the T-Rex cat is blind, which is why the eyes are that way.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07:40 PM (n7h9X)

36 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 07:41 PM (fwDg9)

37 The wah wah wah is voices for Tuco only. Signature instruments for the other two.

Posted by: SouthCentralPA at October 04, 2024 07:41 PM (muRIc)

38 I bought extra oranges at Food Lion today, but sadly did not meet any elephants on the way home.

Posted by: Willing To Share at October 04, 2024 07:41 PM (CV8a5)

39 And when that bulldog rips a fart, look out.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 04, 2024 07:41 PM (HRZNN)

40 I saw Pygmy Hippo open for Leon Thighbone at the Forum in Inglewood in '92.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 07:41 PM (DyvRT)

41 I saw the Craptacular Rays open for the Holy Modal Rounders at the Bottom Line in '72.

Posted by: Musikologist at October 04, 2024 07:42 PM (CV8a5)

42 34 Three things you never want to mess with:
Mother Nature
A Moose
And Moron
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:40 PM (I1GXe)

Ahem....

Posted by: The Zohan at October 04, 2024 07:43 PM (hBlxk)

43 >>When you lie on your resume but still get the job

Those goats will mess that Sheltie up.

You're out of your league son.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2024 07:43 PM (XV/Pl)

44 Moo Deng is Pork Meatball.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:43 PM (p4NUW)

45 I use to listen to the Danish orchestra GtBatU all the time
I love Westerns

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 07:43 PM (fwDg9)

46 Trumpy came by as soon as we hit dusk so I guess we are his night time home, which is more than fine. I'll be taking care of him in a few months anyways.

He's watching a cat video for cats to watch while I take care of things. He's mesmerized by the mice. I had on the fish but he jumped up on the area where the tv is and tried to catch them....adorably.

Trumpy's the best.

Posted by: Stateless at October 04, 2024 07:44 PM (jvJvP)

47
You can literally tell the moment it happened lmfao

https://tinyurl.com/25y5ynp4
49 seconds

I love the Dough Person in the yellow shirt at the LR of that shot -- such enthusiasm!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 07:44 PM (9bO/i)

48 I've been watching old episodes of Quincy, M.E. He was quite excitable for a coroner. Usually, they are much more grave.

Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd. at October 04, 2024 07:45 PM (CV8a5)

49 Stateless, you have been chosen.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:45 PM (I1GXe)

50
A light arugula salad with a side dish of Crepuscular Rays dressing is most refreshing!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 07:46 PM (9bO/i)

51 I've heard moose can be a bit lax about repaying loans:

http://tiny.cc/7xqozz

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 07:46 PM (993Hm)

52 A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 07:47 PM (a3Q+t)

53
I've been watching old episodes of Quincy, M.E. He was quite excitable for a coroner. Usually, they are much more grave.
Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd

Stiff and cold, even.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 07:47 PM (9bO/i)

54 Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 6h
Democrats have convinced themselves Trump would try to stay in office for a third term (or for life) if he gets reelected.

Bill Maher believes that’s the biggest risk.

That’s an opinion assigned to voters by the brainwashers. It doesn’t even qualify as dumb or misinformed. No one who has ever met a Republican thinks they would back a dictator.

Republicans aren’t going to back an unconstitutional power grab when the party has a deep bench. It wouldn’t be to anyone’s benefit.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 07:47 PM (CEzQx)

55 I saw the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain cover The Good, the Bad and the Ugly theme. They were really good!

At Ahern Auditorium at Kansas State University. Great show, with good music, and British wit wielded like a shiv.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 04, 2024 07:47 PM (u82oZ)

56 Arugula tastes like goat weed.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:47 PM (I1GXe)

57 46 He's watching a cat video for cats to watch while I take care of things. He's mesmerized by the mice. I had on the fish but he jumped up on the area where the tv is and tried to catch them....adorably.

Trumpy's the best.
Posted by: Stateless at October

We got a new kitty? Oh what a joyful day!

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:48 PM (p4NUW)

58 And when that bulldog rips a fart, look out.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 04, 2024 07:41 PM (HRZNN)

And how. Our bulldog could empty a room for a couple hours after letting loose a fart. I think he knew he cleared the room when he farted. So, I suspect he did that so us kids would give him some peace and quiet.

Posted by: Beartooth at October 04, 2024 07:48 PM (WuJwx)

59 IIRC, it was 'Mochtar Stealth HANDS.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:48 PM (PDf99)

60 I've been watching old episodes of Quincy, M.E. He was quite excitable for a coroner. Usually, they are much more grave.
Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd. at October 04, 2024 07:45 PM

To be fair, they're often the bearers of bad news, and cast a pall over things.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 07:48 PM (a3Q+t)

61
$0.05 for the ball

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 07:48 PM (9bO/i)

62 56 Arugula tastes like goat weed.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:47 PM (I1GXe)

Ha! I like the little pepper bite on fish tacos.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:49 PM (p4NUW)

63 I might havexseen any version of GBaU out there
Metallica does one

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 07:49 PM (fwDg9)

64 Trumpy came by as soon as we hit dusk so I guess we are his night time home, which is more than fine. I'll be taking care of him in a few months anyways.

He's watching a cat video for cats to watch while I take care of things. He's mesmerized by the mice. I had on the fish but he jumped up on the area where the tv is and tried to catch them....adorably.

Trumpy's the best.
Posted by: Stateless at October 04, 2024 07:44 PM (jvJvP)
---
Nice to know he's found a loving home.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2024 07:49 PM (BpYfr)

65 A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 07:47 PM (a3Q+t)

1.05 and a nickel. This needs to be updated for current prices

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07:49 PM (n7h9X)

66 56 Arugula tastes like goat weed.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:47 PM (I1GXe)

I was trying a keto shake recipe that one of Dr Berg's videos suggested. It included Kale.

Dear Lord, I thought I was doing colonoscopy prep again.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:49 PM (PDf99)

67 Arugula tastes like goat weed.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:47 PM

Regular goat weed or horny goat weed?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 07:50 PM (a3Q+t)

68 Piper, we will feed you some real food in Texas.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:50 PM (I1GXe)

69 52 A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 07:47 PM (a3Q+t)

A nickel.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 07:50 PM (993Hm)

70 #54 I guess this is what prodded Scott Adams over Maher...

honeybadgersmybitch @ThomsonSherin 20h
This is hilarious! 😅😅😅😅😅😅
Bill Maher brings the heat! 😅😅😅😅😅

Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 7h
The dumbest people think only one side lies.
===
I'm skipping the Maher video because it's just after dinner. [He starts with Trump "not conceding elections" BTW.]

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 07:50 PM (CEzQx)

71 I've been watching old episodes of Quincy, M.E. He was quite excitable for a coroner. Usually, they are much more grave.
Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd. at October 04, 2024 07:45 PM

To be fair, they're often the bearers of bad news, and cast a pall over things.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 07:48 PM (a3Q+t)
---
The county coroner goes to my church. He's one of the most deeply compassionate and caring men I've ever met. Truly a good man.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2024 07:50 PM (BpYfr)

72 66 56 Arugula tastes like goat weed.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:47 PM (I1GXe)

I was trying a keto shake recipe that one of Dr Berg's videos suggested. It included Kale.

Dear Lord, I thought I was doing colonoscopy prep again.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

Oh no! Did it have probiotics in it, too? Because you kind of need to build up to these things, least you…become musical amongst other things.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:51 PM (p4NUW)

73 Stateless,

You've been converted and chosen.

Now, stop messing around and feed me!

-Trumpy.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2024 07:51 PM (x9IIA)

74 I consider the pooch who stops chewing when he farts to be genteel to the humans who take a slice of pizza into the restroom with them when they're about to pinch a deuce.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 07:51 PM (DyvRT)

75 Oh no! Did it have probiotics in it, too? Because you kind of need to build up to these things, least you…become musical amongst other things.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:51 PM (p4NUW)

If you can play The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly, you might have something there.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 07:52 PM (i24o9)

76 Oh no! Did it have probiotics in it, too? Because you kind of need to build up to these things, least you…become musical amongst other things.
Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:51 PM (p4NUW)

The recipe was Kefir, blueberries and Kale.

Yeah, you are right. However, I think you are downplaying the interactions.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:52 PM (PDf99)

77 68 Piper, we will feed you some real food in Texas.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:52 PM (p4NUW)

78 He's watching a cat video for cats to watch while I take care of things. He's mesmerized by the mice. I had on the fish but he jumped up on the area where the tv is and tried to catch them....adorably.

Trumpy's the best.
Posted by: Stateless at October

We got a new kitty? Oh what a joyful day!
Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:48 PM (p4NUW)

My cats aren't too keen on these, but it might be that the birds and mice in them are huuuuge on my pretty large set they can see them on.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07:52 PM (n7h9X)

79 52 A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 07:47 PM (a3Q+t)

Balls ? What balls ?

Posted by: Adam Kinziger at October 04, 2024 07:53 PM (hBlxk)

80 52 A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 07:47 PM (a3Q+t)

I have two coins with a total value of 35 cents. One of them is not a quarter. What two coins do I have?

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 07:53 PM (993Hm)

81 {{{Ben Had}}}

🐴 🎼 🎶 Good Evening! ♩ ♫ ♬ 🎶

🍹
🍸
🥃

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 04, 2024 07:54 PM (u82oZ)

82 77 invisible ink!

I can’t wait, and then after Corsicana, the next month I am heading to San Antonio to visit my Aunt and uncles, check on my dad’s house and see my father in law. Yay!

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:54 PM (p4NUW)

83 My fondest wish would be for the continued migration of Moose to the South, and Penguins to the North. Next Spring, they will meet in Kentucky.

Posted by: Wildlife Facilitator at October 04, 2024 07:54 PM (CV8a5)

84 I have two coins with a total value of 35 cents. One of them is not a quarter. What two coins do I have?

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 07:53 PM (993Hm)

Two half dollars and inflation.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 07:54 PM (i24o9)

85 I have two coins with a total value of 35 cents. One of them is not a quarter. What two coins do I have?
Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 07:53 PM (993Hm)

The coin is a dime. The other coin is a quarter.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07:54 PM (n7h9X)

86 A quarter and a dime because the other coin is a quarter

Posted by: jsg at October 04, 2024 07:55 PM (hBlxk)

87
Raised by wolves.

"Look what we taught our baby brother!"

-- the "wolves"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 07:55 PM (9bO/i)

88 83 My fondest wish would be for the continued migration of Moose to the South, and Penguins to the North. Next Spring, they will meet in Kentucky.
Posted by: Wildlife Facilitator at October 04, 2024 07:54 PM (CV8a5)

The people here go crazy when it rains- let alone penguins and moose. Fuck. The traffic will be insane.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:55 PM (PDf99)

89 GPrime is a national treasure. His cartoon of Biden and Kamala taking out a rescue helecopter is chef's kiss.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 07:55 PM (B+PgQ)

90 Gentleman, I despise you all.

Posted by: A Timely Reminder From Japanese Politics at October 04, 2024 07:55 PM (90qrx)

91 The Hugo Montenegro piece from GBU, that Lady is known as the WaWa Lady all over the world from people who've seen that orchestral piece. The conductor is very good, a pretty Japanese-American lady who has conducted all over. That orchestra does other pieces too, very pleasant and interesting to watch and enjoy.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la musica e bellissima at October 04, 2024 07:56 PM (qfLjt)

92 >>I have two coins with a total value of 35 cents. One of them is not a quarter. What two coins do I have?

Two silver dollars allowing for Joe's inflation?

Posted by: Aviator at October 04, 2024 07:56 PM (HQ9Sl)

93 And how. Our bulldog could empty a room for a couple hours after letting loose a fart.
Posted by: Beartooth at October 04, 2024 07:48 PM (WuJwx)

Mine haven't gassed a room since we started feeding them homemade food.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 04, 2024 07:57 PM (OX9vb)

94 My favorite Internet cat video is "Les Chats Ninjo." Google it.

Posted by: Someone Else at October 04, 2024 07:57 PM (IrqeV)

95 90 Gentleman, I despise you all.
Posted by: A Timely Reminder From Japanese Politics at October 04, 2024 07:55 PM (90qrx)

He called us "gentlemen."

Heh.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 07:57 PM (993Hm)

96 Aviator, your favorite BBQ place has a new location. Will send directions.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:58 PM (I1GXe)

97 Only on cloudy or cloudless days do I not see crepuscular rays. Lots of rays with a scattered lower deck of clouds. The sky is a magic place in rural Kansas.

Every weekday morning I pass an adult girl sitting on top of her car watching the sun come up. I should tell her about the better places to see sunrise or sunset.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 04, 2024 07:58 PM (u82oZ)

98 I have two coins with a total value of 35 cents. One of them is not a quarter. What two coins do I have?
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The other coin is a white bear buried with the plane crash survivors.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 07:59 PM (CEzQx)

99 >>> I consider the pooch who stops chewing when he farts to be genteel to the humans who take a slice of pizza into the restroom with them when they're about to pinch a deuce

Yes, pooch is a gentleman and a scholar in comparison.

I played a horror game where they have the main character take a drink into a public restroom, and that was one of the grossest things in the whole game! Well that and you watch the character pee into a toilet. With sounds.

I also don't get people taking food into the shower, like yogurt. It's too close to Kramer for me. Even a shower soda seems weird but I know some people do it.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 07:59 PM (B+PgQ)

100 We got a new kitty? Oh what a joyful day!
Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:48 PM (p4NUW)

My cats aren't too keen on these, but it might be that the birds and mice in them are huuuuge on my pretty large set they can see them on.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07

Friends' cat from across the street. They were on vacation. I feed all of the outdoor cats. Trumpy was injured a few weeks back and I brought him in the house. He's been coming back every night and staying til about 4am. I bought him and his sister Advantage 2.

In a few months, I'll be taking care of him and his sister for a long while.

Oldcat, that would be funny to see. I'm a dog person so all this is new to me.

Posted by: Stateless at October 04, 2024 08:01 PM (jvJvP)

101 Piper

I have not forgotten my first promise to you to sing you Happy Birthday. That will have to wait until next year.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 04, 2024 08:01 PM (u82oZ)

102 Even a shower soda seems weird but I know some people do it.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 07:59 PM (B+PgQ)

Shower beer after a long day of sweaty physical labor, but that is the extent of that.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 08:01 PM (i24o9)

103 85 I have two coins with a total value of 35 cents. One of them is not a quarter. What two coins do I have?

3 shillings and a half-crown.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at October 04, 2024 08:01 PM (3aNof)

104 Right turn, Manco.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 08:01 PM (DyvRT)

105
Hugo Montenegro

Hugo Montenegro?

Bite your tongue and check your sources.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 08:01 PM (9bO/i)

106 That's Prickly Pear Cactus in that top photo. It can mess you up. On an episode of Emergency!, Ann Morgan Guilbert, who played Millie Helper on Dick Van Dyke Show, and Yetta Rosenberg on The Nanny, fell from the back of her husband's trail bike, rolled down a hill right into a patch of cactus and was stuck there with many punctures through her clothes. Rescued her with the ladder truck and brought her face down on the gurney to Rampart General.

Posted by: Not All Pokies Are Good at October 04, 2024 08:01 PM (CV8a5)

107 Well that and you watch the character pee into a toilet. With sounds.
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"Police Squad with Lt Frank Drebin"??

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 08:01 PM (CEzQx)

108 >>Aviator, your favorite BBQ place has a new location. Will send directions.

Posted by: Ben Had

Thanks!

Posted by: Aviator at October 04, 2024 08:02 PM (HQ9Sl)

109 Cats are ninjas.

-
Four or five takes in, there is a cat climbing a wall that has yellow pipes. I thought it was funny because it is a common video game feature that yellow marks the way so it looks like cat Lara Croft climbing the wall. (Yellow means this way. Red means shoot here; this will explode.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 08:02 PM (L/fGl)

110 My favorite Internet cat video is "Les Chats Ninjo." Google it.
Posted by: Someone Else at October 04, 2024 07:57 PM (IrqeV)

This is one of my favorite cat videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoUEQYjYgf4

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 08:02 PM (n7h9X)

111 >>>The wah wah wah is voices for Tuco only. Signature instruments for the other two.

wait, the instruments are for each character? What are the other two characters' instruments?

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 08:02 PM (KRtlO)

112 102 Even a shower soda seems weird but I know some people do it.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 07:59 PM (B+PgQ)

Shower beer after a long day of sweaty physical labor, but that is the extent of that.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 08:01 PM (i24o9)

Is shower Mad Dog 20/20 declasse?

Posted by: hobo of hobos at October 04, 2024 08:04 PM (90qrx)

113 I swear I eat real food. I had grilled ginger sesame glazed pork loin, brown rice, and green beans with red, yellow, green and orange baby bell peppers for dinner.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 08:06 PM (p4NUW)

114 I hear you can distill alcohol from a prickly pair. Which you can then use to make a cactail.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:06 PM (v6JzV)

115 71 I've been watching old episodes of Quincy, M.E. He was quite excitable for a coroner. Usually, they are much more grave.
Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd. at October 04, 2024 07:45 PM

To be fair, they're often the bearers of bad news, and cast a pall over things.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 07:48 PM (a3Q+t)
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The county coroner goes to my church. He's one of the most deeply compassionate and caring men I've ever met. Truly a good man.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2024 07:50 PM (BpYfr)
----
The Saint used the alias Mr Tombs sometimes. A stony character.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la Conduttrice e bellina at October 04, 2024 08:06 PM (qfLjt)

116 Is shower Mad Dog 20/20 declasse?
Posted by: hobo of hobos at October 04, 2024 08:04 PM (90qrx)

Mad Dog 20/20 is never declasse, regardless of what my middle school dance chaperone might have said.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 08:06 PM (993Hm)

117 2 weeks ! We will be reveling!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 08:06 PM (I1GXe)

118 Tonight's Café:

https://tinyurl.com/bdhk2uyb

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 08:07 PM (CEzQx)

119 Regarding Francis Fraud Copula from earlier, I learned recently the FFC was so enamored with the director, Victor Salva, that when Salva was arrested for molesting boys, Copula put up the money to get him lawyered.

Salva ended up serving about 4 years, after which he got out, and went to work in Hollowood again, with Copula's blessing.

Copula even sued the kid who had accused Salva of buggering him.

Whatever you think of the depravity of Hollowood, you don't know a fraction of it... unless you do.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 08:08 PM (R2uDs)

120 101 Piper

I have not forgotten my first promise to you to sing you Happy Birthday. That will have to wait until next year.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 04

Oh no! I will take the rain check, but sorry you won’t be there.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 08:08 PM (p4NUW)

121 113 Piper, do you eat much salmon? It’s one of my favorites, and I understand is pretty good for you.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:09 PM (v6JzV)

122 >>>He stopped chewing to fart

Well of course he did. What kind of uncouth barbarian farts and chews at the same time?

Posted by: No Name Today at October 04, 2024 08:09 PM (vlXMQ)

123 115
The Saint used the alias Mr Tombs sometimes. A stony character.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la Conduttrice e bellina at October 04, 2024 08:06 PM (qfLjt)
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Actually more of a sepulchral character.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, trovo la Conduttrice bellina at October 04, 2024 08:10 PM (qfLjt)

124 When you lie on your resume but still get the job

Those goats will mess that Sheltie up.

You're out of your league son.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

That's a Pembroke Corgi and I wouldn't bet on the goats. I used to own a corgi and he wasn't scared of any challenge.

Posted by: Tuna at October 04, 2024 08:10 PM (oaGWv)

125 Is shower Mad Dog 20/20 declasse?
Posted by: hobo of hobos at October 04, 2024 08:04 PM (90qrx)

Mad Dog 20/20 is never declasse, regardless of what my middle school dance chaperone might have said.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 08:06 PM (993Hm)

You have to get the right vintage. Last Wednesday at 3 pm is a good one.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 08:10 PM (n7h9X)

126 Digby "Digger" O'Dell was the friendly undertaker on the Early TV show-The Life of Riley.

Posted by: TV Vault at October 04, 2024 08:11 PM (CV8a5)

127 If you fart whilst on the couch, how may coins will you find under the cushion?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 08:11 PM (mH6SG)

128 Copula’s movies can’t be translated into Russian.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:11 PM (v6JzV)

129 Pacific salmon > atlantic salmon

Posted by: SFGoth at October 04, 2024 08:11 PM (KAi1n)

130 humans who take a slice of pizza into the restroom with them when they're about to pinch a deuce

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 07:59 PM (B+PgQ)

*horrified face

People do that??

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 04, 2024 08:12 PM (OX9vb)

131 Atlantic salmon is the catfish of bad meals.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 08:13 PM (I1GXe)

132 Pacific salmon > atlantic salmon
Posted by: SFGoth at October 04, 2024 08:11 PM (KAi1n)

Ohio salmon were great until the Cuyahoga river caught fire and burned them all up.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 08:13 PM (n7h9X)

133 Any salmon > any other food

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:13 PM (v6JzV)

134 Which one causes the sickest headache, MD 20/20, Southern Comfort, or Annie Green Springs?

Posted by: Sophisticated Tippler at October 04, 2024 08:13 PM (CV8a5)

135 121 113 Piper, do you eat much salmon? It’s one of my favorites, and I understand is pretty good for you.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October

I actually don’t care for Salmon, it’s too fishy for me. But it is good for you, omegas, etc. I love Triggerfish, redfish, grouper.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 08:14 PM (p4NUW)

136 SoCo is rebranded cough syrup.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 04, 2024 08:15 PM (HRZNN)

137 Which one causes the sickest headache, MD 20/20, Southern Comfort, or Annie Green Springs?
Posted by: Sophisticated Tippler at October 04, 2024 08:13 PM (CV8a5)

I think Southern Comfort has the most alcohol. Haven't had the others.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 08:15 PM (n7h9X)

138 I fish all my salmon from the gleaming headwaters of the Kill Van Kull.

Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis at October 04, 2024 08:15 PM (CV8a5)

139 You can eat triggerfish?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:17 PM (v6JzV)

140 Southern Comfort.

First case of the bed-spins at, IIRC, 16-years-old.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 08:17 PM (CEzQx)

141 Piper, that sounds delicious!! You reminded me that I have some marinated beef I need to make an Asian stir fry with.

After I already decided to order pizza since it's been a long day, sigh. Decisions decisions. Maybe the beef will be lunch tomorrow!

I also want to make easy cinnamon rolls this weekend.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 08:17 PM (ygDpN)

142 Bagged a squirrel today for the World Champion Squirrel Cook -off.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 08:17 PM (I1GXe)

143 NC State police said they will arrest any Fed trying to stop aid. Cajun Navy told the Feds to not interfere with their ops. Told them FAFO. Rumor that some other people beat the on site FEMA asshole. People have had enough of the Demoncrats. If some of those folks come down out of the hills it’s over for FEMA.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 04, 2024 08:17 PM (rmAcl)

144 My Dad loved the music from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

I do, as well. Powerful.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 08:18 PM (Ad8y9)

145 Lincoln sent his first Treasury Secretary out west to chase down salmon for the presidential dinner table.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:18 PM (v6JzV)

146 134 Which one causes the sickest headache, MD 20/20, Southern Comfort, or Annie Green Springs?
Posted by: Sophisticated Tippler at October 04, 2024 08:13 PM (CV8a5)
Yes.

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2024 08:19 PM (LHPAg)

147 Trigger fish are great eating. Caught a nice one in my crab trap a couple months ago.

Posted by: Sound Dweller at October 04, 2024 08:19 PM (CV8a5)

148 144 Hugo Montenegro. Also did the theme for I Dream of Jeannie.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:20 PM (v6JzV)

149 Best $5 poppin' fresh you ever get, Doughboy, right here!

Posted by: an easy cinnamon roll at October 04, 2024 08:20 PM (CEzQx)

150
*horrified face *

People do that??
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump!

I'm with you.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 08:21 PM (9bO/i)

151 “Ecstasy of Gold” is the best number from G, B, & U. That plays when Tuco is running through the cemetery, looking for Arch Stanton’s marker.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2024 08:21 PM (EzXHB)

152 143 NC State police said they will arrest any Fed trying to stop aid.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 04, 2024 08:17 PM (rmAcl)

Finally, a bit of sanity.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 04, 2024 08:21 PM (OX9vb)

153 Had a bad experience with Southern Comfort in my youth. Painful lesson learned. Ugh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 08:21 PM (mH6SG)

154
The meanest hangovers / drunken states that I have ever seen involved Southern Comfort.

But not my hangover / drunken state -- I have never touched the stuff.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 08:23 PM (9bO/i)

155 Well, TCM’s starting their election crap. Tonight’s feature is “The Life and Times of Harvey Milk.”

Too bad Pete Bootyjuice was born too late to experience Harvey’s milk.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:23 PM (v6JzV)

156 Other than Rosie O'Fat or Meggie Mac, who in the hell would take food with them into the crapper? Yikes.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 08:23 PM (mH6SG)

157 Which one causes the sickest headache, MD 20/20, Southern Comfort, or Annie Green Springs?
Posted by: Sophisticated Tippler at October 04, 2024 08:13 PM (CV8a5)

"Dew-olop." Southern Comfort and Mountain Dew. Buddy introduced me to that. Fucking nightmare hangover.

also, Ouzo. Erch. Having erpy feelings just thinking about it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 08:24 PM (Ad8y9)

158
Sarah Hicks, the conductor for the Morricone theme, also did a very nice recording of a suite from "Once Upon a Time in America".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 08:25 PM (BkEzK)

159 >>Had a bad experience with Southern Comfort in my youth. Painful lesson learned. Ugh.

Me too. I can't even smell the stuff now without my stomach churning.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 08:25 PM (LkLld)

160 144 My Dad loved the music from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

I do, as well. Powerful.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 08:18 PM (Ad8y9)
Confederate prisoners.

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2024 08:25 PM (LHPAg)

161 Closest I've ever been to a moose was on the trail at Vedauwoo. Saw a female about 10-15 feet off the trail, happily munching on some leaves. My buddy and I had the sense to carefully and calmly un-ass the area and refrained from taking selfies and video. That was way too close for me.

Up in the Snowies I saw lots of moose, but from a distance. That was much better.

Also, 150 comments in and no one has done "a moose bit my sister?"

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2024 08:25 PM (EaPW0)

162 My worst drunk experience was with Yukon Jack Canadian Whiskey.

Landed me in the drunk tank of Michigan Stadium.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:25 PM (v6JzV)

163 “Ecstasy of Gold” is the best number from G, B, & U. That plays when Tuco is running through the cemetery, looking for Arch Stanton’s marker.

Posted by: Tom Servo

YouTube: Metallica used it to open one of their early tours. Crowd warm up music & visuals.

Posted by: Adriane the Oh the Times Roman, Oh the Moray Eels Critic . . . at October 04, 2024 08:26 PM (TX4bP)

164 Live police chase in LA.

https://www.youtube.com/live/f_fS9W43WsY

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, l'aria e molto sporca at October 04, 2024 08:26 PM (qfLjt)

165 WTF 😂😂 He stopped chewing to fart.

Who doesn't.

Posted by: javems at October 04, 2024 08:26 PM (8I4hW)

166 screaming in digital, all good in your area?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 08:27 PM (I1GXe)

167 Aww, found out that Millie Bobbie Brown, who played Eleven in Stranger Things, tied the knot to a son of John Bon Jovi. His last name is really Bongiovi? And I guess she'll take his last name.

The actor that played her Papa in the show officiated them, that's sweet. And her dress is gorgeous.

I worried about all those Stranger Things kids getting put through the Hollywood wringer. Hope she has a happy marriage and life! Despite the HWood creepos.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 08:27 PM (pW4nn)

168 I don’t take anything, food or non-food, into the crapper. Disgusting.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:27 PM (v6JzV)

169 Worst drinking experience was matching my ex FiL shot for shot with Maker's Mark.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 08:28 PM (I1GXe)

170 Anyone team who signs Alonso is a fool.

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2024 08:28 PM (JY+81)

171 I just remembered. I have a skeleton inside me.

Weird.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 08:29 PM (Ad8y9)

172 My worst drunk experience was with Yukon Jack Canadian Whiskey.
----
I think that's a liqueur BTW and not rye whisky per se.

I've never had it but we had some in the house. I think the old bottle was a square one.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 08:30 PM (CEzQx)

173 171 Remember, you have a great skull set.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:31 PM (v6JzV)

174
I just remembered. I have a skeleton inside me.

Weird.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories

__________

You may just feature in a Ray Bradbury short story.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 08:31 PM (BkEzK)

175 United Cajun Navy
@Unitedcajunnavy
·
10h
Thanks to
@Mercury1Charity
, we've doubled our "Cajun Wing" Squadron from 25 to 50 🚁s doing SAR & Air Drops! We're also offering an all expense paid swamp tour back in Louisiana for anybody impeding relief efforts!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 04, 2024 08:31 PM (/xdGM)

176 I just remembered. I have a skeleton inside me.

Weird.

Perfectly normal, old chap.

Posted by: Hannibal Lecter at October 04, 2024 08:32 PM (mH6SG)

177 NC State police said they will arrest any Fed trying to stop aid. Cajun Navy told the Feds to not interfere with their ops. Told them FAFO. Rumor that some other people beat the on site FEMA asshole. People have had enough of the Demoncrats. If some of those folks come down out of the hills it’s over for FEMA.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 04, 2024 08:17 PM (rmAcl)

Time to restore the good name of "state's rights."

Enough is enough. Don't just stand up to the feds, kick them out. All of them, confiscate their buildings.

MADA!

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 08:32 PM (zzRkQ)

178 Ben Had, sent you an email.

Posted by: javems at October 04, 2024 08:32 PM (8I4hW)

179 I have 5,000 spiders working on my Halloween decorations.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 08:32 PM (I1GXe)

180 167 Aww, found out that Millie Bobbie Brown, who played Eleven in Stranger Things, tied the knot to a son of John Bon Jovi. His last name is really Bongiovi? And I guess she'll take his last name.
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 08:27 PM (pW4nn)

Millie Bobbie Brown Bongiovi? MB3?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 04, 2024 08:33 PM (pIfcn)

181 {{{Ben Had}}} Still about 10,000 customers from my electric co-op without power and lots of cleanup remaining, but many things are returning to mostly normal here. (Clemson held a home football game Saturday night. Full capacity crowd.)

I was only without power 3 days and had no damage (except a leaky window) - I'm relieved that my yuge trees are all still standing. I got lots of help with Mom while everything was in upheaval.

I've just been cleaning up a crap ton of limbs (hoping for last minute pre-MoMe yard work GAINZZZZ) and have more to go. I could have a very nice bonfire but I don't want to burn down the whole 'hood.

My relatives and I fared pretty well. We are thankful.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2024 08:33 PM (EaPW0)

182 I have the There is a Tavern in the Town song stuck in my head

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 04, 2024 08:33 PM (Tw+JN)

183 Modern games can't produce good-looking female characters, that's impo-
youtu.be/q8Oq8725Fr4
[content alert for uncanny valleys]

Posted by: the Barrel at October 04, 2024 08:34 PM (gKWVE)

184 113 Piper, do you eat much salmon? It’s one of my favorites, and I understand is pretty good for you.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October

Cooked some salmon for the first time in my life the other day. The Mrs loved it. I didn't mind it. Not sure what it was except from the store.

Posted by: javems at October 04, 2024 08:34 PM (8I4hW)

185 Aww, found out that Millie Bobbie Brown, who played Eleven in Stranger Things, tied the knot to a son of John Bon Jovi. His last name is really Bongiovi? And I guess she'll take his last name.

A tragedy. Anyway...

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 08:35 PM (mH6SG)

186 "Who Knows" Zac Brown Band.

Fuck, I love true talent. These fookers kill!

*I am just trying to keep a stiff upper lip.*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 08:35 PM (Ad8y9)

187 Three things you never want to mess with:
Mother Nature
A Moose
And Moron
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:40 PM (I1GXe)

Ahem....
Posted by: The Zohan at October 04, 2024 07:43 PM

I'm right here.

Posted by: Jim at October 04, 2024 08:35 PM (Wnv9h)

188 Well, TCM’s starting their election crap. Tonight’s feature is “The Life and Times of Harvey Milk.”

Too bad Pete Bootyjuice was born too late to experience Harvey’s milk.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:23 PM (v6JzV)

My favorite scene is when Diane Fiendsteen, hearing the commotion, rushed to Harvey's side, and dipped her hands in his blood before the cameras got there.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 08:35 PM (zzRkQ)

189 My relatives and I fared pretty well. We are thankful.

So glad to hear that., SiD.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 08:36 PM (mH6SG)

190 >>>I don’t take anything, food or non-food, into the crapper. Disgusting.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

>My understanding was that this particular character was a felon who served time in a cell, and pizza and the shitter were a mere breath away.

Behavior learned in captivity sometimes spills into the civilized world.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 08:38 PM (DyvRT)

191 Good to hear you’re safe, SiD.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:38 PM (v6JzV)

192 Bagged a squirrel today for the World Champion Squirrel Cook -off.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 08:17 PM

And how will said squirrel be prepared?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 08:39 PM (Wnv9h)

193 Had a bad experience with Southern Comfort in my youth. Painful lesson learned. Ugh.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 08:21 PM (mH6SG)

That's the sweet one, right? Or is that Jim Beam? I get 'em mixed up.

Whichever, it got me kicked out of school once.

Day drinking is not for amateurs.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 08:39 PM (zzRkQ)

194 192 Why, sous vide, of course.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:40 PM (v6JzV)

195
Well, TCM’s starting their election crap. Tonight’s feature is “The Life and Times of Harvey Milk.”

___________

I take it that it's all heroic and he's a gay martyr and not a kid diddler and Jim Jones crony.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 08:40 PM (BkEzK)

196 My Mom lives in Georgia with my brother and his wife. She had some issues that had her in the hospital. She said, "at least I have AC now."

I love my Mom.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 08:40 PM (Ad8y9)

197 I'm right here.
Posted by: Jim at October 04, 2024 08:35 PM (Wnv9h)

I heard it from a friend, who heard it from a friend, who...

Posted by: REO Slowwagon at October 04, 2024 08:41 PM (zzRkQ)

198 United Cajun Navy @Unitedcajunnavy 10h
Thanks to @Mercury1Charity, we've doubled our "Cajun Wing" Squadron from 25 to 50 🚁s doing SAR & Air Drops! We're also offering an all expense paid swamp tour back in Louisiana for anybody impeding relief efforts! #FAFO 🐊💪⚜️ #louisianimals #CajunNavy #NorthCarolinaFloods

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 08:41 PM (CEzQx)

199 RMBS, on the rotisserie basted with butter and sage.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 08:43 PM (I1GXe)

200 I wonder if Southern Comfort is still the training whiskey of choice for redneck teenagers? It sure was in the 70s. Like many of you, some of my worst bad partying nights were SC's fault.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 04, 2024 08:43 PM (OX9vb)

201 66...I was trying a keto shake recipe that one of Dr Berg's videos suggested. It included Kale.

Dear Lord, I thought I was doing colonoscopy prep again.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:49 PM (PDf99)

Kale is semi-palatable only after the first frost. If you are growing it.
no, I'm serious. White Russian Kale, IMO, is the tastiest. You can eat the new little leaves (sparingly) in a salad (or maybe that smoothie). I think all the kales with red in them taste like wet pennies smell. The ruffled kales are fit only for livestock.

If you buy it, give it to the chickens, or don't buy it. (Maybe frozen kale is better, I dunno. But I doubt it.)

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 04, 2024 08:44 PM (Rbu5d)

202 And how will said squirrel be prepared?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Reading Jonathon Livingston Seagull worked for me.

Posted by: Bagged Moose at October 04, 2024 08:45 PM (TX4bP)

203 Thanks, BFD and B. My internet was restored today - was working all week using my work phone mobile hotspot. Everything is fully operational at SiD (Half) Acres again, except perhaps my brain.

This reinforced for me how unprepared I am for when the SHTF. Only thing I have done well is a decent supply of canned/nonperishable food. Oh, and a bit of ammo. I gotta get my shit together a little bit better.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2024 08:45 PM (EaPW0)

204 Here's one for ya'. Really nice version on acoustic guitar.

Henry Mancini - The PINK PANTHER:

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=0gAY4lGhb6I

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 08:45 PM (yRlBR)

205 David Limbaugh @DavidLimbaugh 14h
Prior to Helene when is the last time this drunken, money printing government said it had run out of money for any project, legal or not, constitutionally authorized or not? Other than the border wall, of course.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 08:45 PM (CEzQx)

206 Kale is the cauliflower of broccoli.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:45 PM (v6JzV)

207 I'm right here.
Posted by: Jim
---
Not for long.

Posted by: Slim at October 04, 2024 08:46 PM (EaPW0)

208 Southern Comfort is shit. I know from experience.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 08:46 PM (Ad8y9)

209 Prayer up, SiD.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:48 PM (v6JzV)

210 >>>Kale is the cauliflower of broccoli.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

>What is Brussels sprouts to cabbage?

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 08:48 PM (DyvRT)

211 Which one causes the sickest headache, MD 20/20, Southern Comfort, or Annie Green Springs?
Posted by: Sophisticated Tippler
------------
MD. I still won't drink wine. Not that MD can ve classified as such.

Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2024 08:48 PM (41CYW)

212 Kale is good in zuppa toscana! It's sturdy and doesn't wilt in the liquid.

It's fall, I think I just want a lot of soups.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 08:48 PM (nXY03)

213 32 The entire purpose of the Great Wall of China was to keep out moose.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 07:39 PM (993Hm)
----
The entire purpose of the Great Wall of China was to keep out meese (in Chinese)?

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, l'aria e molto sporca in LA at October 04, 2024 08:48 PM (qfLjt)

214 Any salmon > any other food
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

"Any other food" must not include grass-fed ruminant. Tastes great and very healthy. Atlantic salmon is pretty unhealthy stuff, esp. the farm-raised ones.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 04, 2024 08:49 PM (KAi1n)

215 Bulgaroctonus, didn't you have some interviews this week? I've been around some, but have missed a lot.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2024 08:50 PM (EaPW0)

216 Millie Bobbie Bongiovi?

....

I can't tell if that name would be awesome or ridiculous or both.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 08:50 PM (DDGz9)

217
Trout > Salmon

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 08:50 PM (BkEzK)

218 210 Brussels sprouts are the poi of cabbage.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:50 PM (v6JzV)

219 206 Kale is the cauliflower of broccoli.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:45 PM (v6JzV)

Kale is the cauliflower of broccoli of Brussel sprouts

Fixed it for you

Posted by: browndog turn up his nose at them all at October 04, 2024 08:51 PM (TTAGa)

220 Good points by the other Limbaugh. Since when does government, especially this one, not just print money?

Is there a reason David Limbaugh and Bo Snerdley didn't team up and do a massive radio show after Rush died?

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 08:51 PM (G7M92)

221 I gotta get my shit together a little bit better.
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2024 08:45 PM (EaPW0)

Same. I know I am woefully unprepared for true disaster.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 04, 2024 08:51 PM (OX9vb)

222 I'm going with SoCo as the vintage of choice in Hell's bar.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 08:51 PM (gKWVE)

223 Spawn of cabbage, Brussel sprouts.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 08:52 PM (I1GXe)

224 Just saw a thing that said David Gilmour will no longer work with Roger Waters. I'm okay with that. Waters is a fucking anti-Semitic weirdo. Gilmour might be a leftist, but there are different degrees of leftist.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 08:52 PM (Ad8y9)

225 >>Trout > Salmon

I would rather have a fresh Steelhead than a Fresh Salmon, yes.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 08:52 PM (yRlBR)

226 >>Just saw a thing that said David Gilmour will no longer work with Roger Waters. I'm okay with that. Waters is a fucking anti-Semitic weirdo. Gilmour might be a leftist, but there are different degrees of leftist.

Gilmour, like Clapton, is on the Gaza Train.

Not as overtly anti-semitic as Waters...but a tool, nonetheless.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 08:53 PM (yRlBR)

227
Broccoli, if you listen to Her Majesty, is the ultrasuperfood. Contains every single nutrient you ever need. And that I need to eat more of it. Which I refuse to do.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 08:53 PM (BkEzK)

228 225 >>Trout > Salmon

I would rather have a fresh Steelhead than a Fresh Salmon, yes.
Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 08:52 PM (yRlBR)

Cut Throats ... yummy

Posted by: browndog drops a line at October 04, 2024 08:53 PM (TTAGa)

229 https://tinyurl.com/25y5ynp4
49 seconds

Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 30m
The word “blithering” comes to mind.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 07:36 PM (CEzQx)

Look at all the fat-ass union scum behind her.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 08:54 PM (343Uf)

230 215 Hey, Screaming, thanks for asking. Both interviews seemed to go well. Next week will probably tell the tale.

I’m weighing a lot of issues right now, so I’ll see what happens.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:54 PM (v6JzV)

231 browndog, there you are. HI, darlin

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 08:55 PM (I1GXe)

232 I would rather have a fresh Steelhead than a Fresh Salmon, yes.
Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 08:52 PM (yRlBR)

I do not like freshwater fish. I like saltwater fish.

Cod, halibut, tuna. Hell, even pollack.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 08:56 PM (Ad8y9)

233 231 browndog, there you are. HI, darlin
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 08:55 PM (I1GXe)

Hey {{{Ben Had}}}

Posted by: browndog drops a line at October 04, 2024 08:56 PM (TTAGa)

234 I was Bourne in the USA, I was Bourne in the USA!

Posted by: Dr. Vadim Bruce Gordievsky at October 04, 2024 08:56 PM (DyvRT)

235 226 >>Just saw a thing that said David Gilmour will no longer work with Roger Waters. I'm okay with that. Waters is a fucking anti-Semitic weirdo. Gilmour might be a leftist, but there are different degrees of leftist.

Gilmour, like Clapton, is on the Gaza Train.

Not as overtly anti-semitic as Waters...but a tool, nonetheless.
Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 08:53 PM (yRlBR)
I believe GOD said something like 'I will bless those who bless Israel, but curse those who curse Israel.'

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2024 08:57 PM (LHPAg)

236 RMBS, on the rotisserie basted with butter and sage.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 08:43 PM

*channels inner Shrek*

Tree rat...rotisserie style!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 08:57 PM (Wnv9h)

237 Pete Rose to be inducted in BHOF

https://tinyurl.com/yc38p8x9

Posted by: Ciampino - Lifetime ban is over at October 04, 2024 08:57 PM (qfLjt)

238 >>I do not like freshwater fish. I like saltwater fish.

Catch them in the Bay, then.

I will wait for them to get in the river, as getting them on the fly in the bay can be pretty spotty.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 08:58 PM (yRlBR)

239 RMBS, squirrel in acorn season. Different seasonings

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 08:59 PM (I1GXe)

240 Hadrian, tell her to feed it to the dogs first.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 08:59 PM (v6JzV)

241 United Cajun Navy @Unitedcajunnavy 10h
Thanks to @Mercury1Charity, we've doubled our "Cajun Wing" Squadron from 25 to 50 🚁s doing SAR & Air Drops! We're also offering an all expense paid swamp tour back in Louisiana for anybody impeding relief efforts! #FAFO 🐊💪⚜️ #louisianimals #CajunNavy #NorthCarolinaFloods

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 08:41 PM (CEzQx)

This in might turn into a major issue between now and the election. Bless my LA boys.

Posted by: javems at October 04, 2024 09:01 PM (8I4hW)

242 Trout > Salmon
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 08:50 PM (BkEzK)

Sure, but Salmon won a World Series in 2002. As long as Trout stays with the Angels, he never will.

Posted by: REO Slowwagon at October 04, 2024 09:01 PM (emN+3)

243 Broccoli, the most overrated food ever.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:01 PM (v6JzV)

244
Pete Rose didn't get a "lifetime ban". He agreed in 1989 to be "permanently ineligible". In 1991, the Hall of Fame said that anyone on the permanently ineligible list would not be eligible for admission, which was the unannounced policy up to then.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:01 PM (BkEzK)

245 RMBS, squirrel in acorn season. Different seasonings
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 08:59 PM

Does sound tasty.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:02 PM (Wnv9h)

246 Trout and salmon are basically the same thing.

Both are delicious.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:03 PM (v6JzV)

247 Is there a reason David Limbaugh and Bo Snerdley didn't team up and do a massive radio show after Rush died?
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 08:51 PM (G7M92

Snerdley has a radio show. Or at least he used to.

Posted by: Emmie at October 04, 2024 09:03 PM (Sf2cq)

248 244
Pete Rose didn't get a "lifetime ban". He agreed in 1989 to be "permanently ineligible". In 1991, the Hall of Fame said that anyone on the permanently ineligible list would not be eligible for admission, which was the unannounced policy up to then.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
-----------------

But it's OK to take a knee or suck a dick.

Posted by: Braenyard - jobs report to be revised downward 3Xs at October 04, 2024 09:03 PM (NwuoC)

249 browndog, will we see you in Corsicana this year?

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2024 09:03 PM (EaPW0)

250 Pete Rose to be inducted in BHOF

https://tinyurl.com/yc38p8x9
Posted by: Ciampino - Lifetime ban is over at October 04, 2024 08:57 PM (qfLjt)

F**k MLB, and f**k the shitty people who run that stupid museum.

Posted by: REO Slowwagon at October 04, 2024 09:03 PM (emN+3)

251 Damn it.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 09:03 PM (emN+3)

252 >>Trout and salmon are basically the same thing.

Trout have a lot less fat.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 09:03 PM (yRlBR)

253 RMBS, will ship you a couple of luscious bunnies when they are ready .

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 09:04 PM (I1GXe)

254 252 So?
— Western bears

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:05 PM (v6JzV)

255 Smoked trout, oh my

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 09:05 PM (I1GXe)

256 237 Pete Rose to be inducted in BHOF

https://tinyurl.com/yc38p8x9

I've never been a Rose fan but, if true, to wait until after his death is just heartless.

Posted by: javems at October 04, 2024 09:06 PM (8I4hW)

257 RMBS, will ship you a couple of luscious bunnies when they are ready .
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 09:04 PM

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:06 PM (Wnv9h)

258 >>Trout > Salmon

Mahi

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 09:06 PM (LkLld)

259 Both are Salmonidae, though. Very similar structure. Salmon tend to develop much more fat for energy storage than trout do.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 09:06 PM (yRlBR)

260 Is shower Mad Dog 20/20 declasse?

Posted by: hobo of hobos at October 04, 2024 08:04 PM (90qrx)

I won't judge. At least you're showering.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 09:07 PM (i24o9)

261 >>Mahi

Hogfish Snapper. That's the fish you want to eat.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 09:07 PM (yRlBR)

262
I've never been a Rose fan but, if true, to wait until after his death is just heartless.
Posted by: javems at October 04, 2024 09:06 PM (8I4hW)

___________

It's what they did to Leo Durocher too.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:07 PM (BkEzK)

263 Smoked trout, oh my
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 09:05 PM

I love smoked trout. Large butterflied sardines are great hot smoked as well.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:07 PM (Wnv9h)

264 259 Thank you, Garrett. Do you have a preference between trout and salmon?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:10 PM (v6JzV)

265 My stupid older brother, loved, loved, loved "A Fist full of Dollars" and the rest. "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" was just great to them.

Stupid shits. It was all about money.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2024 09:11 PM (+H2BX)

266 RMBS, just picked up some skinless, boneless smoked sardines. Can't wait to try them

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 09:11 PM (I1GXe)

267 Like many of you, some of my worst bad partying nights were SC's fault.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump!

Not to bring up any bad memories or anything but were you among the legion of young gals throwing up through your long, beautiful hair?

Every woman in my dorm did that very thing at least once.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:11 PM (WXNFJ)

268 Modern games can't produce good-looking female characters, that's impo-
youtu.be/q8Oq8725Fr4
[content alert for uncanny valleys]

Posted by: the Barrel at October 04, 2024 08:34 PM (gKWVE)

Dang!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 09:11 PM (i24o9)

269 Both are Salmonidae, though. Very similar structure. Salmon tend to develop much more fat for energy storage than trout do.
Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 09:06 PM (yRlBR)

As I understand it, salmon don't eat once they enter a river to spawn. So that's what the fat reserves are for.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 09:13 PM (R4SAT)

270 I think that I may have thrown up in some girl’s long, beautiful hair.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:13 PM (v6JzV)

271 Well, he had a lifetime ban. The lifetime is over so is the ban.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2024 09:14 PM (+H2BX)

272 Like I said, Steelhead (Sea Run Rainbows) are probably my favorite Trout...
next to Brook Trout and eggs cooked next to a stream, early in the morning.

Though I don't think Brook Trout are as closely related to Salmon as Rainbow / Brown Trout. They are a Char.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 09:15 PM (yRlBR)

273 I never lived in a dorm. I was a townie.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2024 09:15 PM (+H2BX)

274 Don't get fishy with me, Salmonidae.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 09:15 PM (Aqu9a)

275 United Cajun Navy @Unitedcajunnavy 10h
Thanks to @Mercury1Charity, we've doubled our "Cajun Wing" Squadron from 25 to 50 🚁s doing SAR & Air Drops! We're also offering an all expense paid swamp tour back in Louisiana for anybody impeding relief efforts! #FAFO 🐊💪⚜️ #louisianimals #CajunNavy #NorthCarolinaFloods

FEMA is not exactly covering themselves in glory. Anyone paying attention will connect this incompetent, nay, criminal response to the floods and devastation with 'our' glorious administration.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:16 PM (WXNFJ)

276 “Debbie! I broke a window for you, Debbie!”

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:16 PM (v6JzV)

277 >>As I understand it, salmon don't eat once they enter a river to spawn. So that's what the fat reserves are for.

Yeah...same with the Steelhead.

They live on the fat they stored up in the Ocean / Lake.

But, Steelhead can spawn more than once. So, they will return to eating as soon as they complete their spawning run.
Salmon are one and done.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 09:16 PM (yRlBR)

278 I gotta get my shit together a little bit better.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2024 08:45 PM (EaPW0)

Water storage and purification should be your first priority from where you are starting. Otherwise, first aid supplies and training.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 09:17 PM (i24o9)

279
Pete Rose should be admitted to the Hall of Fame. Right after every utility fielder, cup-of-coffee call-up, bullpen catcher, batboy, clubhouse attendant and hot-dog vendor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:18 PM (BkEzK)

280 Kind of like me. Oh what an appetite after I have made a baby,

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2024 09:18 PM (+H2BX)

281 Not to bring up any bad memories or anything but were you among the legion of young gals throwing up through your long, beautiful hair?

Every woman in my dorm did that very thing at least once.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:11 PM (WXNFJ)

I'm proud to say that I never threw up from drinking--just terrible next-morning headaches. I've held many a girlfriend's hair out of the way, though--had a bit of a reputation for being there to hold the hair!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 04, 2024 09:19 PM (OX9vb)

282 Don't much care for anything that's boneless.

Posted by: Sandra Flook at October 04, 2024 09:19 PM (mH6SG)

283 >>Hogfish Snapper. That's the fish you want to eat.

Had hogfish tacos in the Keys a few weeks ago. Excellent.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 09:19 PM (LkLld)

284 Blinken announces 157 million for aid to Lebanon.

I want him drawn and quartered. Thats something I would watch.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 09:20 PM (i8Z6c)

285 RMBS, just picked up some skinless, boneless smoked sardines. Can't wait to try them
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 09:11 PM

Nice. Around here I get the whole sardines frozen. These are about 6-7" long. I like to butterfly them, brine them, and do a quick hot smoke. Tzatziki goes well with them.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:20 PM (Wnv9h)

286 Trout > Salmon

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 08:50 PM (BkEzK)

This is inverted. Pacific Salmon is superior. King, Coho, Sockeye, all superior to Atlantic salmon, which is commonly farmed and what most people think of when they think Salmon, because that is what is commonly available, outside of the Northwest.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 09:20 PM (i24o9)

287 We loved tending a roommate of mine of his Mist Shameful Moment Ever. It was a frat party in an old 2 story house, keg of beer, lotsa liquor, about 30 guys there. He got so shit faced that he crawled into the bathroom and puked repeatedly, and then he couldn’t move, laid with his face on edge of the toilet and would just groan when guys would walk in and take a whizz 6 inches from his face.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2024 09:20 PM (EzXHB)

288 Didn’t Rose pull his gambling shenanigans after he had retired as a player? If so, why not admit him as a player?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:21 PM (v6JzV)

289 The other oceangoing fish I love to eat are Ling Cod.

Those things are all over the PNW. And tasty.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 09:21 PM (yRlBR)

290 And yeah, Steelhead is the only exception. I have not had one in a great while.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 09:23 PM (i24o9)

291 RMBS, just picked up some skinless, boneless smoked sardines. Can't wait to try them

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 09:11 PM (I1GXe)

I absolutely love sardines. Do you eat them on crackers?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 09:23 PM (i8Z6c)

292 Pete Rose should be admitted to the Hall of Fame. Right after every utility fielder, cup-of-coffee call-up, bullpen catcher, batboy, clubhouse attendant and hot-dog vendor.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:18 PM (BkEzK)

It's supposed to be a Hall of Fame, not a Hall of Equity and Inclusion.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 09:23 PM (aOLxn)

293 Seafood>>any terrestrial protein source

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:25 PM (v6JzV)

294 I absolutely love sardines. Do you eat them on crackers?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 09:23 PM

The canned ones? I like making a sammich with them.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:25 PM (Wnv9h)

295 The idea that Rose would ever throw a game over gambling is idiotic. Nobody wanted to win more than he did and I say this as someone who hated playing against him.

That he isn't in the Hall is a stain on the Hall not him.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 09:26 PM (LkLld)

296 Blinken announces 157 million for aid to Lebanon.

Doesn't the House control the purse?

Posted by: Ciampino - Lifetime ban is over! at October 04, 2024 09:26 PM (qfLjt)

297 I'm more of a large mouth bass, freshwater, fan. I will say the best fish I've ever eaten was Blackened Drum at K-Paul's in N.O.

Posted by: javems at October 04, 2024 09:26 PM (8I4hW)

298 My granddad loved canned sardines. Ate them every day. I can still smell them.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2024 09:26 PM (EaPW0)

299 The canned ones? I like making a sammich with them.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:25 PM (Wnv9h)

Sammich? What bread? What else in it? I like them on. Crispy cracker.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 09:27 PM (i8Z6c)

300 295 The idea that Rose would ever throw a game over gambling is idiotic. Nobody wanted to win more than he did and I say this as someone who hated playing against him.

That he isn't in the Hall is a stain on the Hall not him.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 09:26 PM (LkLld)

Where did you play?

Posted by: javems at October 04, 2024 09:27 PM (8I4hW)

301 Red salmon , which is Pacific, is far superior in flavor to pink.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2024 09:27 PM (EzXHB)

302 Didn’t Rose pull his gambling shenanigans after he had retired as a player? If so, why not admit him as a player?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:21 PM (v6JzV)

Same reason some steroid users got right in, and others may never get in: The club is decided on by a bunch of corporate media jerks.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 09:27 PM (aOLxn)

303 288. He went to prison after he retired for tax evasion. His gambling on games , including his own team he was coaching included during his playing then coaching days. He refused to admit he gambled for years after he was out of the game. He doesn’t belong in the hall of fame and I’m having a hard time believing this story after the CEO of the HOF said emphatically last week he was not going in.

Posted by: Jen the original at October 04, 2024 09:28 PM (01Jp6)

304 Doesn't the House control the purse?

Posted by: Ciampino - Lifetime ban is over! at October 04, 2024 09:26 PM (qfLjt)

Allegedly. Unless they steal money from say...FEMA.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 09:29 PM (i8Z6c)

305 >>Where did you play?

Just up to college, not enough talent to get any further. I meant my team playing against the Reds.

Pete Rose is the epitome of a baseball lifer who played to win.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 09:29 PM (LkLld)

306 Sammich? What bread? What else in it? I like them on. Crispy cracker.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 09:27 PM

I keep it simple. Toast, much mayo, tomatoes, and lots of pepper. Sometimes onion and/or roasted red pepper.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:29 PM (Wnv9h)

307 It's a pescatarian cafe thread.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 09:29 PM (Aqu9a)

308 Rose should not be inside the Hall.

Give him a statue out front, at best.

I feel the same way about the steroid era players. They should be kept out.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 09:30 PM (yRlBR)

309 Had the best rainbow trout in Gatlinburg. Almost ordered another for dessert..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2024 09:30 PM (Cbio9)

310 I keep it simple. Toast, much mayo, tomatoes, and lots of pepper. Sometimes onion and/or roasted red pepper.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:29 PM (Wnv9h)

Sounds good.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 09:31 PM (i24o9)

311 I know there are some music lovers on here so I've got a few songs from a cover band.

Some interesting tidbits:
The keyboardist is the Co-Founder and current CEO of Patreon, Jack Conte.

Jack is also in another band, Pomplamoose, with his singer wife, Nataly Dawn. They also do covers, mash-ups and some original songs.

Scary Pockets calls their style "electro funk".

The singer in these is Elise Trouw.
Her voice is heavenly (and she's also got some other talents).

"Lean On" - Major Lazer
https://youtu.be/hYh_RkkgFd0

"Dreams" - Fleetwood Mac
https://youtu.be/hu1_b6aLtyM

Pomplamoose is on YouTube, they do some really nice mash-ups.

Just thought I'd share something cool I ran across last week.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2024 09:31 PM (6ydKt)

312 A bunch of cutthroat motherfuckers in here. You keep your distance or you'll get the pike.

Posted by: Dr. Brooks at October 04, 2024 09:31 PM (DyvRT)

313 A bunch of cutthroat motherfuckers in here. You keep your distance or you'll get the pike.

Posted by: Dr. Brooks at October 04, 2024 09:31 PM (DyvRT)

Can it, small fry.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 09:32 PM (i24o9)

314 >>Had the best rainbow trout in Gatlinburg. Almost ordered another for dessert..

I catch some giant Rainbows in the Pot Hole Lakes just east of the Continental Divide that are almost as red as Pacific Salmon.
Best eating Rainbows I have ever found.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 09:32 PM (yRlBR)

315 I'll put walleye, caught, fileted and fried on the same day as one of my absolute favorites.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 09:32 PM (mH6SG)

316 I’m glad I don’t give a damn about baseball. Most boring sport in the history of mankind.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:32 PM (v6JzV)

317 WE are so excited to sea Presdent Oboner on the comepaine trail to helps Vice Prescent Harrris. We loves Presdent Obama and miss him. You shpulds also loves him because he be did so manny good things for yew ....

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt at October 04, 2024 09:32 PM (Qfk4E)

318 I keep it simple. Toast, much mayo, tomatoes, and lots of pepper. Sometimes onion and/or roasted red pepper.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:29 PM (Wnv9h)

Yum. I can't eat onions but a toasted bread, sardines, mayo, roasted red pepper, sounds crazy good.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 09:33 PM (i8Z6c)

319 Pomplamoose is on YouTube, they do some really nice mash-ups.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2024 09:31 PM

Wow...haven't heard them in a while.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:33 PM (Wnv9h)

320 He went to prison after he retired for tax evasion. His gambling on games , including his own team he was coaching included during his playing then coaching days. He refused to admit he gambled for years after he was out of the game. He doesn’t belong in the hall of fame and I’m having a hard time believing this story after the CEO of the HOF said emphatically last week he was not going in.
Posted by: Jen the original at October 04, 2024 09:28 PM (01Jp6)

Uh oh, he was a convicted felon!

Everyone knows about those.

First of all, he wasn't a coach, he was a manager, and there has never been any indication he was betting on games when he was playing.

Second of all, the pompous piece of shit CEO of Hall (who the hell cares who he is) can go to hell.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 09:34 PM (aOLxn)

321
That he isn't in the Hall is a stain on the Hall not him.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 09:26 PM (LkLld)

___________

Sadly, I disagree. What you're saying is that betting on games in which you have a duty to perform should carry no penalty if you're famous enough.

Rule 21, which is posted in every clubhouse, doesn't make a distinction between betting on your team to win and betting on your team to lose. Pete Rose saw that rule every time he walked into a clubhouse.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:34 PM (BkEzK)

322 Pete Rose received a permanent ban, not a lifetime ban, so, no, still not going to the HoF.

My personal feeling is he can go onto the hall 66 years after they let Shoeless Joe into the the hall.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 09:34 PM (VSht7)

323 The Walleye is the King of freshwater fish, closely followed by Southern Fried Catfish, which, done right, is sublime.

Rainbow Trout, Steelheads, etc., are all wonderful, too.

Saltwater. Gimme a filet of Haddock, done as British Fish & Chips. Or, Gulf Red Snapper. Flounder, too.

On the grill, it's Swordfish or Tuna. Seldom found properly cooked though, either or both.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 04, 2024 09:35 PM (kQgoX)

324 >>>Can it, small fry.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

>Walleye never! Harumph!

Posted by: Dr. Brooks at October 04, 2024 09:35 PM (DyvRT)

325 Yum. I can't eat onions but a toasted bread, sardines, mayo, roasted red pepper, sounds crazy good.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 09:33 PM

Not a huge raw onion fan, either. When I do use them, I generally salt them and then rinse them first.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:36 PM (Wnv9h)

326 I'll put walleye, caught, fileted and fried on the same day as one of my absolute favorites.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 09:32 PM (mH6SG)

Best tasting freshwater fish.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 09:36 PM (i24o9)

327 I'm more of a large mouth bass, freshwater, fan.

Ooof. Not good eating, IMO.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 09:36 PM (mH6SG)

328 287 We loved tending a roommate of mine of his Mist Shameful Moment Ever. It was a frat party in an old 2 story house, keg of beer, lotsa liquor, about 30 guys there. He got so shit faced that he crawled into the bathroom and puked repeatedly, and then he couldn’t move, laid with his face on edge of the toilet and would just groan when guys would walk in and take a whizz 6 inches from his face.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2024 09:20 PM (EzXHB)

or, as we called it in the Navy... Tuesday night...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2024 09:37 PM (QAkQ3)

329 Rule 21, which is posted in every clubhouse, doesn't make a distinction between betting on your team to win and betting on your team to lose. Pete Rose saw that rule every time he walked into a clubhouse.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

=====

That's the one I can't get past. He knew, but he bet.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 04, 2024 09:37 PM (Jdjwu)

330 Broccoli, if you listen to Her Majesty, is the ultrasuperfood. Contains every single nutrient you ever need. And that I need to eat more of it. Which I refuse to do.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 08:53 PM (BkEzK)

Steam em a little or eat em raw, salt n peppa or dips. Its like you are a huge plant eating dinosaur eating trees.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 09:37 PM (n7h9X)

331 Kale can only be digested by creatures with multi-compartment stomachs like cattle. Humans don't stand a chance. Ya ever notice that bugs won't even feed on Kale?

Posted by: Stamp Out Kale at October 04, 2024 09:37 PM (CV8a5)

332 David Limbaugh has a voice for silent movies.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 04, 2024 09:37 PM (1FWWQ)

333 And sanctimonious MLB just let a translator take the fall for the millions in gambling debts incurred by one of their best players, who will likely be hoisting a WS trophy, along with his MVP trophy after the season.

Because F the Dodgers too.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 09:38 PM (aOLxn)

334 This guy is not in the HOF

17× All-Star (1965, 1967–1971, 1973–1982, 1985)
3× World Series champion (1975, 1976, 1980)
NL MVP (1973)
World Series MVP (1975)
NL Rookie of the Year (1963)
2× Gold Glove Award (1969, 1970)
Silver Slugger Award (1981)
Roberto Clemente Award (1976)
3× NL batting champion (1968, 1969, 1973)
Cincinnati Reds No. 14 retired
Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame
Major League Baseball All-Century Team

MLB records

4,256 career hits
3,215 career singles
3,562 career games played
14,053 career at-bats
15,890 career plate appearances

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 09:38 PM (D6PGr)

335 As a show of solidarity with our Canadian friends, it should be referred to as a walleye-erel.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 04, 2024 09:38 PM (Jdjwu)

336 Rule 21, which is posted in every clubhouse, doesn't make a distinction between betting on your team to win and betting on your team to lose. Pete Rose saw that rule every time he walked into a clubhouse.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:34 PM (BkEzK)

The league abdicated the moral authority to enforce that rule when they got into bed with all the online sports books. The entire league profits from gambling now, as do the other pro sports leagues.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 09:39 PM (R4SAT)

337 Northern Pike are delicious.

Posted by: davidt at October 04, 2024 09:39 PM (i0F8b)

338 Rula Lenska>>>>Rule 34>>>>Rule 21

Posted by: Grand, High, Exalted, Mystic Ruler at October 04, 2024 09:40 PM (CV8a5)

339 >>Sadly, I disagree. What you're saying is that betting on games in which you have a duty to perform should carry no penalty if you're famous enough.

No I'm not. And neither you nor anyone else can point to any example of Rose throwing a game to win a bet.

There is an enormous industry dedicated to betting on sports. There is about to be a baseball team in Vegas to go along with the football team and hockey team already there.

Rose is one of the best to ever play the game. It wasn't a beauty sport where the "judges" play favorites, it's a game based on performance and Rose did it without steroids or any other cheating. He fucked up and paid a price. Murderers in our society get second chances. It's way past time to stop pretending he committed some unforgivable crime and put the all time hit leader in the Hall where he belongs.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 09:41 PM (LkLld)

340 And of course MLB is completely in bed with the gamblers these days.

Which I suspect is part of the reason MLB lifted Rose's ineligibility status some years ago.

But the pricks who run the Hall, and the asshole writers still said he wouldn't be allowed on the ballot.

I'm sure none of those stone casters ever committed a sin in their entire lives.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 09:41 PM (aOLxn)

341 The Walleye is the King of freshwater fish, closely followed by Southern Fried Catfish, which, done right, is sublime.

Posted by: Jim at October 04, 2024 09:35 PM (kQgoX)

I love using catfish, blackened, in fish tacos.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 09:41 PM (i24o9)

342 Walleye? Lol. Used to break my MN brother in laws balls.

"it's for people who don't like the taste of fish"

Bland. So many fish that taste better.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 09:41 PM (i8Z6c)

343
The league abdicated the moral authority to enforce that rule when they got into bed with all the online sports books.

_________

That's horrible, of course, but it's irrelevant to the matter at hand. Horse racing makes its money on betting, but you don't want the jockeys to be doing it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:42 PM (BkEzK)

344 The baseball hall of fame is a CIA OP.

Posted by: davidt at October 04, 2024 09:42 PM (i0F8b)

345 It's way past time to stop pretending he committed some unforgivable crime and put the all time hit leader in the Hall where he belongs.

I have to agree.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 09:42 PM (mH6SG)

346 Sadly, I disagree. What you're saying is that betting on games in which you have a duty to perform should carry no penalty if you're famous enough.

I think it’s like giving the Death Penalty for a drunk driven fatality.

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 09:43 PM (D6PGr)

347 The Hugo Montenegro piece from GBU

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la musica e bellissima at October 04, 2024 07:56 PM (qfLjt)

You, sir, should be banned for life.

Hugo Montenegro had a Top 40 hit with a cover of the GBU theme, but he did not compose it.

Posted by: Gref at October 04, 2024 09:43 PM (aBgBM)

348 249 browndog, will we see you in Corsicana this year?
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2024 09:03 PM (EaPW0)

Hey SiD ...

Fingers crossed ... as I hate to fly, I'm consigned to driving.

I have "energy" issues. Some days are good and some ... well, not so good. So as I explained to Ben Had, it will truly be a "week of" decision.

I think I'm gonna need to suck it up, brave the TSA inquisitions, and fly next year.

Posted by: browndog drops a line at October 04, 2024 09:43 PM (TTAGa)

349 >>My personal feeling is he can go onto the hall 66 years after they let Shoeless Joe into the the hall.

Also belongs in the Hall.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 09:44 PM (LkLld)

350 Haddock for the win

Posted by: Archer at October 04, 2024 09:44 PM (IDphi)

351 2× Gold Glove Award (1969, 1970)

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 09:38 PM (D6PGr)

Yeah, he prolly didn't deserve those.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 09:44 PM (aOLxn)

352 Sunfish are pretty damn tasty

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 04, 2024 09:45 PM (1FWWQ)

353 Walleye? Lol. Used to break my MN brother in laws balls.
"it's for people who don't like the taste of fish"
Bland. So many fish that taste better. Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024

To each, his own. Do some people taste better than others?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 09:46 PM (mH6SG)

354 For all of you bigots, you must release rainbow trout, lest you be considered a gender fascist. Put your discriminatory cocks back into you trousers.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 04, 2024 09:46 PM (DyvRT)

355 Sunfish are pretty damn tasty

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 04, 2024 09:45 PM (1FWWQ)

Awesome fish fry material. Bite size filets, perfect crunchy to flesh ratio.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 09:47 PM (i24o9)

356 how bout them Tigers !

Posted by: detroit at October 04, 2024 09:47 PM (v1eJ7)

357
Online sports betting, regardless whether the leagues are partnering with it, is ruining sports. Notice that once it became popular, whining about rigged games and horrible officials increased dramatically.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:47 PM (BkEzK)

358 Sunfish are pretty damn tasty
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 04, 2024 09:45 PM (1FWWQ)

What's yummy is Pacific Rockfish. Easy to catch too, off shore or off a pier. Shallow water relative of red snapper.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 09:47 PM (R4SAT)

359 So many fish

So little time

Let's talk crustations

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 09:47 PM (Q4IgG)

360 how bout them Tigers !

Posted by: detroit

=====

Bless you, boys

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 04, 2024 09:48 PM (Jdjwu)

361 Online sports betting, regardless whether the leagues are partnering with it, is ruining sports. Notice that once it became popular, whining about rigged games and horrible officials increased dramatically.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:47 PM (BkEzK)

And it vastly increased the motivation for rigging games or biasing the officiating. Talk about a perverse incentive!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 09:49 PM (R4SAT)

362 Sunfish are pretty damn tasty

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 04, 2024 09:45 PM (1FWWQ)

Hell, any panfish, perch, bluegill and any trout , fried catfish et al is better than walleye. The tasteless white man's dish.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 09:49 PM (i8Z6c)

363 Asian people somehow cook and eat eels. I don't think I'll ever do that, though they are easy to catch round these parts.

Posted by: Hovercraft Sales and Service at October 04, 2024 09:50 PM (CV8a5)

364 Online sports betting, regardless whether the leagues are partnering with it, is ruining sports. Notice that once it became popular, whining about rigged games and horrible officials increased dramatically.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:47 PM (BkEzK)

I saw video of Ohtani jogging down to second the other day, for his 50th "steal" of the year. The other team didn't even bother to throw.

I bet the gamblers made out like bandits on that one.

I bet Ohtani's friends and relatives did too. Not his translator though.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 09:51 PM (aOLxn)

365 Let's talk crustations

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 09:47 PM (Q4IgG)

Oysters on the half shel. Raw. Piss clams harvested yourself in Maine and steamed with butter.m

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 09:51 PM (i8Z6c)

366 Hell, any panfish, perch, bluegill and any trout , fried catfish et al is better than walleye. The tasteless white man's dish.

This "white man" would disagree. Cultural appropriation, I guess. Sigh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 09:52 PM (mH6SG)

367 Fired crab sandwich. Yum.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 09:52 PM (i8Z6c)

368 Deep-fried, breaded walleye fillets are a magnificent fare.

More beer!

I'll take it over catfish any day.

Actually I'll take both.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 04, 2024 09:53 PM (DyvRT)

369 I have "energy" issues. Some days are good and some ... well, not so good. So as I explained to Ben Had, it will truly be a "week of" decision.

I think I'm gonna need to suck it up, brave the TSA inquisitions, and fly next year.
Posted by: browndog
---
Prayers up - I hope you can make it to TX, but more than that I hope you have good days.

I got an "enhanced" pat down the last time I flew. Not eager to repeat that experience, at least not from a burly TSA agent of indeterminate gender.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2024 09:53 PM (EaPW0)

370 360 how bout them Tigers !

Posted by: detroit

=====

Bless you, boys
Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 04, 2024 09:48 PM (Jdjwu)

Go Tribe !!!

Posted by: browndog drops a line at October 04, 2024 09:53 PM (TTAGa)

371 Lobstah. Maine type.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:53 PM (Wnv9h)

372 365 Let's talk crustations

Now, you're talkin'!

Posted by: Molly Malone at October 04, 2024 09:54 PM (CV8a5)

373 Fired crab sandwich. Yum.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 09:52 PM (i8Z6c)

Krabby Patty FTW!

Posted by: SpongeBob SquarePants at October 04, 2024 09:54 PM (Aqu9a)

374 That "Super Leap Dog" video needs those Six Million Dollar Man "nanananana" sound effects added.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 09:54 PM (VSht7)

375 Red snapper topped with grilled shrimp in a Cajun cream sauce.

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 09:54 PM (D6PGr)

376
Lobster and crab: too much work for not enough result. Anything requiring a bib to eat it is suspect to me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:55 PM (BkEzK)

377 People from Rhode Island eat Carp. Had a friend that made Carp Cakes for me. They are bad as they sound

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 04, 2024 09:56 PM (1FWWQ)

378 "The theme from Fistful of Dollars, played with guitar and revolver."

Here is the Danish National Orchestra's rendition, using blank-firing guns at the end. The rifle does not fire. Or the mic was broken.

https://tinyurl.com/3bkmtv6u

Posted by: Gref at October 04, 2024 09:56 PM (aBgBM)

379 True story time: Gambling in MLB was rampant for much of the early part of the 20th century. The Black Sox scandal was not even the end of it.

After Landis threw the book at Joe Jackson and the others, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker were both caught in a gambling scandal in 1928. They were allowed to quietly retire, and then when the time came, they slid right into the precious Hall of Fame.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 09:56 PM (aOLxn)

380 This "white man" would disagree. Cultural appropriation, I guess. Sigh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 04, 2024 09:52 PM (mH6SG)

Sorry. I guess I didn't like my arrogant Libtard BILs from MN who trashed any other fish except Walleye. In North NY State we loved pickerel, perch, bass, and panfish. All, cooked right are yum.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 09:57 PM (i8Z6c)

381
Our favorite Cajun place will run me up a Creole Platter: blackened catfish and andouille sausage served on red beans and rice and slathered with etouffee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:58 PM (BkEzK)

382 People from Rhode Island eat Carp. Had a friend that made Carp Cakes for me. They are bad as they sound

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report

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That is insane

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 04, 2024 09:58 PM (Jdjwu)

383 Lobstah. Maine type.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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I had some excellent lobster in Cadgwith, Cornwall. I needed a tutorial (and assistance) to crack it open though...

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 04, 2024 09:59 PM (EaPW0)

384 Carp are fun to catch but they are only good when you bury them in your garden... fertilizer for the win

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 04, 2024 09:59 PM (1FWWQ)

385 NOOD ONT

pew pew pew

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 09:59 PM (FnneF)

386 >>People from Rhode Island eat Carp.

Nobody I know. I do confess to eating my share of lobster and oysters.

And of course calamari, our official state appetizer. That's right, we are the only state with an official appetizer.

Take that Texas.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 10:01 PM (LkLld)

387 363 Asian people somehow cook and eat eels. I don't think I'll ever do that, though they are easy to catch round these parts.
Posted by: Hovercraft Sales and Service at October 04, 2024 09:50 PM (CV8a5)

Wasn't there an English king who died after eating lampreys? That has to be a step down from eels.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 10:01 PM (VSht7)

388 Red snapper topped with grilled shrimp in a Cajun cream sauce.

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 09:54 PM (D6PGr)

Red Snapper. WOW. Yummy. So Sheepshead was a "garbage fish" . We caught them off our dock in FL and delish. Then we started to see them menus in some ice seafood restaurants.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 10:01 PM (i8Z6c)

389 66 I was trying a keto shake recipe that one of Dr Berg's videos suggested. It included Kale.

Dear Lord, I thought I was doing colonoscopy prep again.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:49 PM (PDf99)

Wow, that sounds even better than Veggie-Boy!

Posted by: Woody Boyd at October 04, 2024 10:04 PM (DTX3h)

390
Suckers used to run in the trout stream at my grandparents cabin, and would be thrown ashore in disgust by most fishermen.
Grandma would greet us 5 year olders with praise over what great fisherman we were, and proceed to smoke the tenderloins above the Y bone and make patties from the rest.

Sometimes it's the cook not the fish.

Posted by: Auspex at October 04, 2024 10:05 PM (j4U/Z)

391 Sweet 🤗

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Posted by: Online Betting at October 06, 2024 07:46 AM (ro5EY)

Black Female Member of Parliament Is Discovered to be an Anti-Minority Racist By Noting that "Not All Cultures Are Equal" and Saying That She Wants the UK to Embrace Western Values, Not the Third-World Values of the Country She Fled

Obviously this black woman is a White Adjacent Racist who should be investigated for her ties to January 6th.

Skinfolk ain't always kinfault, am I right? (Kamala Fake Accent ON) Mmmm-hm, chiiiiiile, you know what I'm sayin'. (Lunatic cackling ensues.)

Kemi Badenoch's perfectly legitimate view, that 'not all cultures are equally valid' when it comes to deciding who should be allowed to settle in the UK, has been greeted with outrage from the usual suspects.
The UK Tory leadership contender made the point in a piece outlining her approach to immigration for the Sunday Telegraph. She writes that Britain is not simply 'a dormitory for people to come here and make money', and that migrants' cultural backgrounds matter, too. 'We cannot be naïve and assume immigrants will automatically abandon ancestral ethnic hostilities at the border', she adds.
She expanded on her op-ed during a discussion last weekend, on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. 'Cultures that believe in child marriage, or that women don't have equal rights' are not in line with 'Western principles', she said.
None of this should be controversial. Badenoch is right to point out that most politicians only want to talk about the economic impact of immigration -- whether positive or negative -- on growth, productivity and wages. Too many ignore the cultural impact of immigration. And the truth is that certain migrants from certain backgrounds find it easier to integrate into British society and adopt its liberal democratic values than others.
Badenoch is also correct to warn of the danger of importing ethnic hostilities to the UK, and disrupting domestic community relations....
Furthermore, immigration can also import political conflicts....
In her Sunday Telegraph piece, Badenoch drew attention to the importation of anti-Israel hatred to the UK. There are plenty of criticisms to make of the Netanyahu-led Israeli government, and there's a strong case to be made for the UK to officially recognise Palestinian statehood. But large parts of the pro-Palestine movement go well beyond such calls for Palestinian self-determination. This includes the frequent chanting of anti-Jewish slogans and the displaying of pro-Hamas symbols. This not only shows a flagrant disregard for the law (it is an offence to glorify terrorism), it also intimidates and endangers Britain's Jewish communities.
...
Badenoch has a point. The UK desperately needs a new post-Brexit settlement when it comes to immigration -- one that takes into account both economics and culture.

Posted by: Ace at 06:16 PM

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1 I'm man enough to admit that this caught me by surprise.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 04, 2024 06:17 PM (lXCUP)

2 she's right, you know.

Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at October 04, 2024 06:17 PM (iNp3L)

3 She should check her privilege.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 06:17 PM (CEzQx)

4 Well now that's a conundrum.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 04, 2024 06:18 PM (QNSds)

5 "Not All Cultures Are Equal"

No two different cultures are equal because if they were the same they wouldn't be different.

Pretty simple fact.
Anything else is insanity.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2024 06:19 PM (/lPRQ)

6 "I'm not talking about cuisine, I'm talking about customs." And the beauty of it is that the host can't break out the race card on her.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 04, 2024 06:20 PM (lXCUP)

7 Look!

A Black, er, African-American White Supremacist!!!

Posted by: news whores at October 04, 2024 06:20 PM (FnneF)

8 Cultural differences?

Say what...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 06:20 PM (Q4IgG)

9 Well that's a sticky wicket

Posted by: PA Dutchman at October 04, 2024 06:21 PM (QyT5w)

10 She’s trying to escape the plantation!

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2024 06:21 PM (o2ZRX)

11 White Supremacy is IQ. That's how Smart members other races qualify for this slur. Moose outside shoulda told ya.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 04, 2024 06:23 PM (wBaIH)

12 "Kemi Badenoch's perfectly legitimate view, that 'not all cultures are equally valid' when it comes to deciding who should be allowed to settle in the UK, has been greeted with outrage from the usual suspects..."

Enoch Powell, come back. All is forgiven.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 06:24 PM (77DjE)

13 Best of Luck to her …

Truth telling is not in fashion, these days.

Posted by: Adriane the Oh the Times Roman, Oh the Moray Eels Critic . . . at October 04, 2024 06:26 PM (TX4bP)

14 White leftist lady should be asked if a culture in which underage girls are groomed, drugged and raped by gangs of "Asian" men are as worthwhile as a culture in which they are protected from those men. I'd like to hear that answer.

Posted by: huerfano at October 04, 2024 06:26 PM (VGOMa)

15 I don't know I agree about women's equality. If we could take away their votes, half our problems would be solved, right there.

Sorry, but it's the truth.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:27 PM (1bNHn)

16 "Say it! Say it, you fucking wog! Say you hate Muslims god dammit! I need the fucking soundbite!"

This blonde coont is filthy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 06:27 PM (DDGz9)

17 Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:27 PM (1bNHn)

Not lying. I truly wonder where it went all cattywampus

Posted by: thathalfrican - steady mobbing at October 04, 2024 06:28 PM (eZwyX)

18 Drop her in Afghanistan for 6 months.

We'll see what questions she has after that.

Smug cnut.

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at October 04, 2024 06:29 PM (TrfRe)

19 Kemi Badenoch's perfectly legitimate view, that 'not all cultures are equally valid' when it comes to deciding who should be allowed to settle in the UK
_________________

An outbreak of common sense.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:33 PM (YqDXo)

20 This is unacceptable behavior. Uncle Tom has nothing on Auntie Sophia.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 06:33 PM (DyvRT)

21 Interesting, but a few decades late, no?

Posted by: Rivers of Blood at October 04, 2024 06:34 PM (uMKV8)

22 Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:27 PM (1bNHn)

Not lying. I truly wonder where it went all cattywampus
Posted by: thathalfrican - steady mobbing at October 04, 2024 06:28 PM (eZwyX)

It isn't so much the women's vote as unmarried/divorced versus married women. All leftist policies are arranged to delay and destroy marriages and families.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:35 PM (n7h9X)

23 Is she wearing black face?

Posted by: BAPTISTE at October 04, 2024 06:35 PM (rCFQb)

24 Seems like a bunch of that " what can't go on, won't " is breaking out all over.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 06:35 PM (I1GXe)

25 15 I don't know I agree about women's equality. If we could take away their votes, half our problems would be solved, right there.

Sorry, but it's the truth.
Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:27 PM

Eh, I'd be fine with that and I believe the number would be closer to 90 percent of our problems.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 04, 2024 06:36 PM (8c7iY)

26 White leftist lady should be asked if a culture in which underage girls are groomed, drugged and raped by gangs of "Asian" men are as worthwhile as a culture in which they are protected from those men. I'd like to hear that answer.
Posted by: huerfano at October 04, 2024 06:26 PM (VGOMa)

The entire UK government at all levels have been hiding child and female trafficking in the Islamic towns and at the BBC and government organizations for 50 years at least.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:36 PM (n7h9X)

27 22 Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:27 PM (1bNHn)

Not lying. I truly wonder where it went all cattywampus
Posted by: thathalfrican - steady mobbing at October 04, 2024 06:28 PM (eZwyX)

It isn't so much the women's vote as unmarried/divorced versus married women. All leftist policies are arranged to delay and destroy marriages and families.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:35 PM (n7h9X)
_______
Something in that. How about if we allowed ONLY married people to vote?

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:36 PM (1bNHn)

28 18 Drop her in Afghanistan for 6 months.
We'll see what questions she has after that.

Wouldn't matter. She could be beaten, kidnapped and forced to live in a cave and be Warlord Abdul's concubine. She'd still come back and say it's not our place to judge another culture.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at October 04, 2024 06:38 PM (eb5mD)

29 A Black, er, African-American White Supremacist!!!
Posted by: news whores at October 04, 2024 06:20 PM (FnneF)

I remember when Larry Elder was running against Gavin Newsome, he was referred to as "the black face of white supremacy."

Posted by: NR Pax at October 04, 2024 06:38 PM (lXCUP)

30 5 "Not All Cultures Are Equal"

No two different cultures are equal because if they were the same they wouldn't be different.

Pretty simple fact.
Anything else is insanity.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2024 06:19 PM (/lPRQ)

The Biden-Harris Crime Organization has invited-in or let get away into the interior about 10 million examples of cultures not being equal.

Posted by: Gref at October 04, 2024 06:38 PM (aBgBM)

31 Israel able to confirm that Nasrallah’s expected successor Hashem Safieddine was killed in Beirut strike along with those around him, says Saudi Channel Al Hadath.

What's even worse, Israel killed the hiring committee along with this guy.

It's going to be a real HR problem.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 06:38 PM (uxCna)

32 >>> 27
==
It isn't so much the women's vote as unmarried/divorced versus married women. All leftist policies are arranged to delay and destroy marriages and families.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:35 PM (n7h9X)
_______
Something in that. How about if we allowed ONLY married people to vote?
Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:36 PM (1bNHn)

REEEEE!!!

Posted by: Pajama Boy with his hot cocoa at October 04, 2024 06:38 PM (FnneF)

33 A Black, er, African-~~American~~ British White Supremacist!!!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:38 PM (YqDXo)

34 OT: reported that IAF hit Syrian airfield with IRGC presence and ….. Wagner Group presence. If true, spicy.

As I recall the amended Wagner SOP for ops in Syria says “avoid tangling with Americans or Israelis under any circumstances “.

But if true, likely the IAF took great care to hit IRGC only. Israel gets no benefit from icing russkis, though Moscow really has no good options for response if they do.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2024 06:39 PM (uMKV8)

35 31 Israel able to confirm that Nasrallah’s expected successor Hashem Safieddine was killed in Beirut strike along with those around him, says Saudi Channel Al Hadath.

What's even worse, Israel killed the hiring committee along with this guy.

It's going to be a real HR problem.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04,

If comedy on television were a thing anymore this would be a funny late night sketch, the hezbollah HR dept.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 04, 2024 06:39 PM (8c7iY)

36 Wouldn't matter. She could be beaten, kidnapped and forced to live in a cave and be Warlord Abdul's concubine. She'd still come back and say it's not our place to judge another culture.

Similar to the handful of women in Western Europe who have been raped, and refuse to testify, because they don't want to make "immigrants" look bad.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 06:40 PM (uxCna)

37 28 18 Drop her in Afghanistan for 6 months.
We'll see what questions she has after that.

Wouldn't matter. She could be beaten, kidnapped and forced to live in a cave and be Warlord Abdul's concubine. She'd still come back and say it's not our place to judge another culture.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at October 04, 2024 06:38 PM (eb5mD)

That's my line!

- Robert Fisk

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 06:40 PM (77DjE)

38 I married my seventeen cats. All eighteen of us are voting for Kamala.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 06:40 PM (DDGz9)

39 A Black, er, African-American White Supremacist!!!
_______________

I was talking with a liberal acquaintance about a black grad student I'd had when I was a faculty member in Europe.

The liberal referred to the student as "African-American."

I corrected him. "He is African-African, right off the plane from deepest darkest Africa, and AFAIK, has never set foot in America."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:40 PM (YqDXo)

40 >>> 38 I married my seventeen cats. All eighteen of us are voting for Kamala.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 06:40 PM (DDGz9)

HALP US

Posted by: seventeen cats at October 04, 2024 06:41 PM (FnneF)

41 A woman's right to vote should be directly linked to her willingness to fellate my authority at her polling place of preference.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 06:41 PM (DyvRT)

42 But if true, likely the IAF took great care to hit IRGC only. Israel gets no benefit from icing russkis, though Moscow really has no good options for response if they do.

My understanding is that Israel hit a single building where the Iranian weapons were stored.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 06:41 PM (uxCna)

43 If comedy on television were a thing anymore this would be a funny late night sketch, the hezbollah HR dept.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 04, 2024 06:39 PM (8c7iY)
________________

"That guy is nuts. He got a section 8 discharge from Hezbollah!"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:42 PM (YqDXo)

44 And yet, Kennedy's Immigration Act in '65 deliberately favors those we have previously "discriminated" against and discriminates against those who share our culture. Europeans and others from Western nations are penalized. I've met people in Paris and UK who would love to come, but they are not able to get in.

So now we have millions of people who do not share our values, and govt makes no effort to assimilate them. Because that would be discrimination again.

Posted by: PJU at October 04, 2024 06:42 PM (RRCAT)

45 Israel gets no benefit from icing russkis, though Moscow really has no good options for response if they do.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2024 06:39 PM (uMKV

Moscow is fine.

Wagner is "independent". No skin off Putin's nose if they get their hair mussed in shitcanistan.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 06:42 PM (DDGz9)

46 Something in that. How about if we allowed ONLY married people to vote?
Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:36 PM (1bNHn)

You gonna stop taxing single people?

Posted by: Bacon Jeff at October 04, 2024 06:42 PM (VGRuw)

47 Mark Huneycutt, YouTuber, hiked into Chimney Rock, NC to see if the rumors were true:

https://youtu.be/MYdC-6nShdc
(20m31s)

The only dead thing he saw was a horse.
He interviews a worker and walks around the town filled with military and police.

The rumors/conspiracy theories about Chimney Rock do not appear to be true according to this video posted 5 hours ago.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2024 06:42 PM (6ydKt)

48 Put your broad brush away. I am in the divorced with cats category and I had the rino gope chairman in this town threaten me with arrest because I called him on his bullshit. There are more of us than some people think.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 06:42 PM (I1GXe)

49 My wife was talking to someone, ages ago, about Nelson Mandela, and referred to him as "black". The other woman put in "African-American."

But remember, that term DOES fit Elon Musk.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:43 PM (1bNHn)

50 But if true, likely the IAF took great care to hit IRGC only. Israel gets no benefit from icing russkis, though Moscow really has no good options for response if they do.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2024 06:39 PM (uMKV

That's what Wagner was made for, cutouts to avoid having to escalate if they don't want to due to national pride.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:43 PM (n7h9X)

51 "Not All Cultures Are Equal"

"DIVERSITY" will fix that obvious "Inequity".

Or so say the globalists that are trying to destroy the better cultures, especially the Christian West.

In the Western Culture of rewarding the most able, it is obvious that the betters win, and that is better for all of society.

There is also the contrary, that the most murderous and powerful win, and force all into subjection.

We have lived in the assumption that good prevails over such evil. I hope that is true, but can't assume that is our current scenario.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 04, 2024 06:43 PM (Cus5s)

52 That's my line!

- Robert Fisk

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 06:40 PM (77DjE)
______________

Who famously claimed that while he was being beaten by some Third World types that he realized he deserved the beating.

I'd be happy to give him some more of what he deserves, if he wants.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:43 PM (YqDXo)

53 "None of this should be controversial. "

And yet, it is.
It is especially controversial to the feminists who keep silent about the female slavery, sex traffiking, and female mutilations going on in other countries.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 04, 2024 06:44 PM (Rbu5d)

54
So now we have millions of people who do not share our values,
Posted by: PJU

And those are just the American students.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2024 06:44 PM (ykRia)

55 There is group of people on the planet dumber and less connected to reality than liberal white women both here in the US and around the world. They aren't just a threat to democracy they are a threat to western society.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 06:44 PM (LkLld)

56 In the Western Culture of rewarding the most able, it is obvious that the betters win, and that is better for all of society.
_________________

The problem for leftists and other nitwits is that the not-so-betters lose, and that's unacceptable to the leftists.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:45 PM (YqDXo)

57 Russia is apparently shipping S-400 air defense systems to Iran.

An Iran simp:

Russia has reportedly sent S-400 systems to Iran. What are you most excited to see it shoot down?

Ukrainian jetliners taking off from Teheran?

The Iranians are real good at that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 06:45 PM (uxCna)

58 I don't know I agree about women's equality. If we could take away their votes, half our problems would be solved, right there.

Sorry, but it's the truth.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:27 PM

I would be ecstatic if we could only let people vote that actually have skin in the game. I know multiple people that don't have a dime in federal taxes taken out of their paycheck but get "refunds" in the $4,500-$7,000 range every February.

IMO if you are relying on any kind of welfare to get by then you should not be able to vote until you bootstrap yourself into a real paying job and actually start paying taxes into the system before you get a vote.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 04, 2024 06:45 PM (QNSds)

59 Yeah, well, it's great that a mainstream politician is saying this and all, but it's about ten years, several million immigrants, and a whole shitload of societal destruction too late.

Where the fuck was this Sudden Onset Noticing Of Obvious Things when the Conservatives were in government?

Posted by: Limey at October 04, 2024 06:46 PM (ZTb5f)

60 It gets worse.

SpaceX engineers are trying to deliver Starlink terminals & supplies to devastated areas in North Carolina right now and

FEMA is both failing to help AND won’t let others help. This is unconscionable!!

They just took this video a few hours ago, where you can see the level of devastation: roads, houses, electricity, water supply and ground Internet connections completely destroyed.

FEMA wouldn’t let them land to deliver critical supplies… my blood is boiling…

SpaceX engineers are trying to deliver Starlink terminals & supplies to devastated areas in North Carolina right now and @FEMA is both failing to help AND won’t let others help. This is unconscionable!!

They just took this video a few hours ago, where you can see the level of…

- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 4, 2024

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 06:46 PM (i24o9)

61 There is no group of people on the planet dumber and less connected to reality than liberal white women both here in the US and around the world. They aren't just a threat to democracy they are a threat to western society.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 06:44 PM (LkLld)
__________________

THIS.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:46 PM (YqDXo)

62 >>>"Not All Cultures Are Equal"

"DIVERSITY" will fix that obvious "Inequity".

>Cop out! Now do Equality and Inclusion for real.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 06:46 PM (DyvRT)

63 ARC, that would be consistent with IDF practice and precision. Russians in Latakia and now Homs area getting a front row seat to what their partners are up against.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2024 06:46 PM (uMKV8)

64 Hot Air's buddy, Michael Steele, is upset again:

Michael Steele @MichaelSteele 2h
Umm, White House Press Corps...y'all know the President of the United States just walked into the room...
STAND YOUR ASS UP!

Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando 15m
Lmao even the White House Press Corps knows he’s not President anymore

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 06:47 PM (CEzQx)

65 31 It's going to be a real HR problem.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 06:38 PM (uxCna)

The appeal of working for a company with no HR Department is stronger than you think.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 04, 2024 06:47 PM (lXCUP)

66 I won’t take a position on this until I hear what the distinguished ladies of The View have to say.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 06:48 PM (pFg/0)

67 Afternoon.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 06:48 PM (p1kMZ)

68 I don't know I agree about women's equality. If we could take away their votes, half our problems would be solved, right there.

Sorry, but it's the truth.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:27 PM
_______________

What was women's first political victory?

Prohibition. Yow.

What was their second? The 19th Amendment. Double yow.

The first disaster was rectified with another Constitutional Amendment, but the second is still with us, and still causing problems.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:48 PM (YqDXo)

69 We gave the universities away 50 years ago and the rest of the school systems we gave away 40 years ago, and then we act surprised that the role/requirement of men to provide for and protect the other elements of society were unceremoniously yanked from the social contract, along with belief in the bill of rights and the confidence in a constitutional-republic form of governing.

Posted by: Crusader at October 04, 2024 06:49 PM (TN0g+)

70 So.

Second look at Rivers Of Blood?

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 06:49 PM (p1kMZ)

71 That interviewer is embarrassingly stupid. She tried and tried to get a "Gotcha," but Badenoch is simply far smarter.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 06:49 PM (d9fT1)

72 There is group of people on the planet dumber and less connected to reality than liberal white women both here in the US and around the world. They aren't just a threat to democracy they are a threat to western society.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 06:44 PM (LkLld)

Well liberal white men give them a run for the money these days. Jesus look at the movie studios making films nobody wants to see and only hiring ugly bitchy broads for their casting couches.

If that isn't a group acting against their own interests I don't know what is.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:49 PM (n7h9X)

73 I won’t take a position on this until I hear what the distinguished ladies of The View have to say.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 06:48 PM (pFg/0)

I won’t take a position on this, because UK, fuck 'em, we have our own problems.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 06:49 PM (i24o9)

74 Israel seems to have asserted that Russia cannot be an independent arbitror if they are aiding and abetting terrorist Iran.

Not sure why Russia would accept that position, but it seems they also FAFO?

Posted by: illiniwek at October 04, 2024 06:49 PM (Cus5s)

75 I won’t take a position on this until I hear what the distinguished ladies of The View have to say.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 06:48 PM (pFg/0)
______________

The Spew symbolizes the entire problem with female suffrage.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:49 PM (YqDXo)

76 We gave the universities away 50 years ago and the rest of the school systems we gave away 40 years ago, and then we act surprised that the role/requirement of men to provide for and protect the other elements of society were unceremoniously yanked from the social contract, along with belief in the bill of rights and the confidence in a constitutional-republic form of governing.
Posted by: Crusader at October 04, 2024 06:49 PM (TN0g+)

More than 50. All sensible economics teaching was banned in the 30s and 40s and went underground.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:50 PM (n7h9X)

77 ARC, that would be consistent with IDF practice and precision. Russians in Latakia and now Homs area getting a front row seat to what their partners are up against.

It's not just a Wagner base - regular Russian military are there too.

Just Israel's way of indicating that Iran isn't going to be allowed to export arms to Lebanon through a Russian base.

Israel and Russia have a hot line to manage conflicts in Syria - I'm sure the Israelis made that quite clear (in fluent Russian) after the strike.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 06:50 PM (uxCna)

78 Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 04, 2024 06:45 PM (QNSds)

I know people who get that back due to child tax credits. And they are Trumpian.

Posted by: thathalfrican - steady mobbing at October 04, 2024 06:50 PM (eZwyX)

79 The Spew symbolizes the entire problem with female suffrage.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:49 PM (YqDXo)

Hey, now. Men would have plenty of suffrage too, if any of them watched that shit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 06:51 PM (DDGz9)

80 40 >>> 38 I married my seventeen cats. All eighteen of us are voting for Kamala.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 06:40 PM (DDGz9)

HALP US
Posted by: seventeen cats at October 04, 2024 06:41 PM (FnneF)
_______
Another of Saki's ideas:

https://tinyurl.com/2sjsyx7x

Between Saki and Chesterton, the Brits of that era had more quotable lines than I can count.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:51 PM (1bNHn)

81 >>>I won’t take a position on this until I hear what the distinguished ladies of The View have to say.

Posted by: Settled Science

>I've been saying something similar to this for years, but The View is less consequential than the wisdom from Willard Romney.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 06:52 PM (DyvRT)

82 Warai and Oldcat, of course. But even if there were a desire to respond, the options are poor and would end with a humiliation equal to that of a few years back. Which materially damaged credibility.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2024 06:52 PM (uMKV8)

83 Israel seems to have asserted that Russia cannot be an independent arbitror if they are aiding and abetting terrorist Iran.

Not sure why Russia would accept that position, but it seems they also FAFO?
Posted by: illiniwek at October 04, 2024 06:49 PM (Cus5s)

They are too busy gulping down Ukraine to care much either way.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:52 PM (n7h9X)

84 Michael Steele doing his ghetto black tough guy thing. lol.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 06:52 PM (pFg/0)

85 I would be ecstatic if we could only let people vote that actually have skin in the game. I know multiple people that don't have a dime in federal taxes taken out of their paycheck but get "refunds" in the $4,500-$7,000 range every February.

IMO if you are relying on any kind of welfare to get by then you should not be able to vote until you bootstrap yourself into a real paying job and actually start paying taxes into the system before you get a vote.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 04, 2024 06:45 PM (QNSds)
_______________

THIS. Why should anyone have a say in how taxes are spent if they didn't contribute to those taxes? I'd include members of the military along with taxpayers; they contribute in kind, so fair enough, and the should have a say in how the military is used.

But if someone does not pay taxes (as 47% of electorate does not) and is not a member or former member of the military, then they should just get to stay home on election day.

And as for "refunds" the leftists disingenuously call it an "earned income tax CREDIT." A "credit" is something that is applied against future liabilities. What they're getting is Federal welfare, straight up.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:54 PM (YqDXo)

86 What To Do If You Don't Love Your Husband Anymore

https://youtube.com/shorts/ROP3lRFMz78

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 06:54 PM (QcyTE)

87 84 Michael Steele doing his ghetto black tough guy thing. lol.
===
But just to help Dims...

Michael Steele @MichaelSteele Oct 1
In case folks forgot what Trump did to FEMA’s relief fund; but you remember, don’t you, Donald? You also remember what you did when North Carolina was seeking relief after Hurricane Matthew hit in 2016—you gave them 1% of what they requested. So perhaps you can sit on your BS concern about “our fellow citizens crying out in need.”

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 06:54 PM (CEzQx)

88 59 Yeah, well, it's great that a mainstream politician is saying this and all, but it's about ten years, several million immigrants, and a whole shitload of societal destruction too late.

Where the fuck was this Sudden Onset Noticing Of Obvious Things when the Conservatives were in government?
Posted by: Limey at October 04, 2024 06:46 PM (ZTb5f)
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Badenoch was always among the most based of their PMs.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:54 PM (1bNHn)

89 Many people have a negative tax rate. It’s maddening.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 06:55 PM (pFg/0)

90 Eh, I'd be fine with that and I believe the number would be closer to 90 percent of our problems.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 04, 2024 06:36 PM (8c7iY)

agreed.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 04, 2024 06:55 PM (Rbu5d)

91 Millions not sharing values, but either wanting to take over or just stealing anything they can get

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 06:55 PM (fwDg9)

92 If what is happening now does not wake up the American people, what will?

Based on whom I interact with every day, I am far from optimistic.

Yay, America. And stuff.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 06:55 PM (Ad8y9)

93 “After the strike “. Most certainly. The deconfliction set-up has likely been getting quite a workout for a few months now.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2024 06:55 PM (uMKV8)

94 What was women's first political victory?

Prohibition. Yow.

What was their second? The 19th Amendment. Double yow.

The first disaster was rectified with another Constitutional Amendment, but the second is still with us, and still causing problems.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:48 PM (YqDXo)

Women's suffrage was NOT supported by a majority of women before it was given to them. The naturally thought that it diminished the family and that it would make them eligible for drafting, and being selected for posses.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:56 PM (n7h9X)

95 Steele also thinks Trump was president in 2016.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 06:56 PM (pFg/0)

96 Where is the condemnation for every fucking soiboi that has nutsack in his momma's purse. Tell me how he votes

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 06:56 PM (I1GXe)

97 Breaking911 @Breaking911 2h
NEW: Dolly Parton says she’s donating $1M to Hurricane Helene relief efforts

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 06:57 PM (CEzQx)

98 69 We gave the universities away 50 years ago and the rest of the school systems we gave away 40 years ago, and then we act surprised that the role/requirement of men to provide for and protect the other elements of society were unceremoniously yanked from the social contract, along with belief in the bill of rights and the confidence in a constitutional-republic form of governing.
Posted by: Crusader at October 04, 2024 06:49 PM (TN0g+)
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Wrong about education. The problem goes much further back, to the 19th C.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:58 PM (1bNHn)

99 Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 06:56 PM (I1GXe)

Yes they are a problem too but it came from somewhere.

Posted by: thathalfrican - steady mobbing at October 04, 2024 06:58 PM (eZwyX)

100 >>>Michael Steele doing his ghetto black tough guy thing. lol.

>Steele has nothing on Don LeMon when it comes to taking down the swinging cocks from the ghetto.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 06:58 PM (DyvRT)

101 Just a random data point but in 2020 biden was up by 4.4 points in national polling over Trump at this time and he barely squeaked out a *win* with the massive covid cheating that happened.

harris is "up" by only 2.2 nationally and she is losing steam every day.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 04, 2024 06:58 PM (QNSds)

102 Where is the condemnation for every fucking soiboi that has nutsack in his momma's purse. Tell me how he votes

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 06:56 PM (I1GXe)

Did you just assume their gender?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 06:58 PM (i24o9)

103 IMO if you are relying on any kind of welfare to get by then you should not be able to vote until you bootstrap yourself into a real paying job and actually start paying taxes into the system before you get a vote.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 04, 2024 06:45 PM (QNSds)

No votes for government workers or think tanks. Conflict of interest.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:58 PM (n7h9X)

104 Where is the condemnation for every fucking soiboi that has nutsack in his momma's purse. Tell me how he votes
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 06:56 PM (I1GXe)

He'll tell everyone he voted for Kamala. But really he can't even be fucked to literally mail it in. Which means his ballot will actually go to Kamala. So it all evens out.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 06:58 PM (DDGz9)

105 An ex President, ex VP, ex head of the RNC, current senator and former nominee for president and former nominee for VPare all voting Democrat. And if Juan McStain weren’t burning in hell he would be as well.

The true GOP.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 06:58 PM (pFg/0)

106 #97. Great heart, but the government will destroy the utility of the money--they are actively attempting to prolong the suffering rather than solving it.

Posted by: Crusader at October 04, 2024 06:59 PM (TN0g+)

107 But just to help Dims...

Michael Steele @MichaelSteele Oct 1
Posted by: andycanuck

Steele really, really wants that Hugo Boss uniform. ORDNUNG~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 06:59 PM (IG4Id)

108 The Spew symbolizes the entire problem with female suffrage.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:49 PM (YqDXo)

Does the Spew have a live audience anymore, or simply applause clips the director cues-up? If there is a live audience, I wonder what the entry criteria are? Woman of course, but what else? Democrat Party membership card? Proof of at least 2 abortions and wearing a shirt emblazoned with "Proud of My Abortions!"? A tattoo the entire length of a woman's forearm showing Trump being hanged?

Posted by: Gref at October 04, 2024 06:59 PM (aBgBM)

109 Eh, I'd be fine with that and I believe the number would be closer to 90 percent of our problems.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 04, 2024 06:36 PM (8c7iY)
________________

The funny (i.e., odd) part of this is that many of the people who now have the vote would actually be better if they didn't have the vote. But they're not bright enough to figure that out.

It's the Taylor Swift syndrome. If you keep making lousy decisions and choices, maybe you'd be better off if you DIDN'T make decisions and choices, and others made them for you.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:00 PM (YqDXo)

110 Where is the condemnation for every fucking soiboi that has nutsack in his momma's purse. Tell me how he votes

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 06:56 PM (I1GXe)

Did you just assume their gender?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 06:58 PM (i24o9)

I don't think that is a standard category for the government stats bureau, though it ought to be.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07:00 PM (n7h9X)

111 The Tories are having a contest for a new leader, after their overdue booting out of office: that's the context Badenoch's comments are being made within.

The contenders are all in a competition to take the most anti-immigration position, basically to lure Reform (Farage) voters back.

But again, it's all A BIT FUCKING LATE.

Posted by: Limey at October 04, 2024 07:01 PM (ZTb5f)

112 Comrade Flounder, fucking right I did. I know a stud and a bull when I see one.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:01 PM (I1GXe)

113 Comrade Flounder, fucking right I did. I know a stud and a bull when I see one.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:01 PM (I1GXe)

Just yanking your chain.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 07:02 PM (i24o9)

114 If Kamala wins it will be because of the female vote?? Is this true, or false??

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 07:02 PM (PCK5/)

115 Where is the condemnation for every fucking soiboi that has nutsack in his momma's purse. Tell me how he votes
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 06:56 PM (I1GXe)
________________

I got your condemnation right here. They're every bit as bad.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:02 PM (YqDXo)

116 The true GOP.
Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 06:58 PM (pFg/0)

Or at least the parts that fell victim to the long march

Posted by: Enough Bull at October 04, 2024 07:02 PM (2NXcZ)

117 This post would be perfect written by Lamont.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:03 PM (PDf99)

118 109 Eh, I'd be fine with that and I believe the number would be closer to 90 percent of our problems.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 04, 2024 06:36 PM (8c7iY)
________________

The funny (i.e., odd) part of this is that many of the people who now have the vote would actually be better if they didn't have the vote. But they're not bright enough to figure that out.

It's the Taylor Swift syndrome. If you keep making lousy decisions and choices, maybe you'd be better off if you DIDN'T make decisions and choices, and others made them for you.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:00 PM (YqDXo)
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I understood that before they lowered the age to 18. I knew that'd allow me to vote, but also far to many stoner boomers. Ironically, my first vote (at 19) was in one we won in a landslide - 1972. But that didn't last, as I knew it wouldn't.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 07:03 PM (1bNHn)

119 Something in that. How about if we allowed ONLY married people to vote?
Posted by: Eeyore

California has a measure on the November ballot (Prop. 3) to strip the definition of marriage as between a man and woman from the previously passed Prop. 8. Kind of explains why Dems have spent the last 16 years undefining what a woman is.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 04, 2024 07:03 PM (NkT8h)

120 @111

>>But again, it's all A BIT FUCKING LATE.

It's also probably a ruse, Great Britain is probably going to be the first western country to go tits up, and it was largely killed by lousy rotten lying Tory shit heals,

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2024 07:03 PM (XV/Pl)

121 Really?! I am the first to mention Lamont?

Who are you people?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:03 PM (PDf99)

122 If Kamala wins it will be because of the female vote?? Is this true, or false??

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 07:02 PM (PCK5/)
_______________

True. If women didn't have the vote, the Democrat Party would go the way of the Whigs. They, like the blacks, provide a solid base of support so the Dems only have to go after the undecideds and independents.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:03 PM (YqDXo)

123 Comrade Flounder, you just teed that one up for me!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:04 PM (I1GXe)

124 But again, it's all A BIT FUCKING LATE.
Posted by: Limey at October 04, 2024 07:01 PM (ZTb5f)

You could say it's right on time. The UK Uniparty fucked up. They let their Generals wither on the vine, just like ours did. Now that the actual trajectory of the official "conservative" parties are plummeting, it's the time for actual rebellious talent to come into the light.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 07:04 PM (DDGz9)

125 Leading Report @LeadingReport 2h
BREAKING: Toyota has announced it will no longer sponsor LGBTQ parades and events and will no longer make efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 07:04 PM (CEzQx)

126 The Tories are having a contest for a new leader, after their overdue booting out of office: that's the context Badenoch's comments are being made within.

The contenders are all in a competition to take the most anti-immigration position, basically to lure Reform (Farage) voters back.

But again, it's all A BIT FUCKING LATE.
Posted by: Limey at October 04, 2024 07:01 PM (ZTb5f)

The Tories already showed that when it came time to actually do anything they would do nothing. The fact that Reform exists at all and is getting traction shows that the electorate doesn't believe them anymore.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07:05 PM (n7h9X)

127 Lol. Clickbait video on Insty 'Tips before entering a shelter during a radiation emergency.'

Hah!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:05 PM (PDf99)

128 Comrade Flounder, you just teed that one up for me!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:04 PM (I1GXe)

Glad you had fun with it. Too many high strung around here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 07:05 PM (i24o9)

129 125 Leading Report @LeadingReport 2h
BREAKING: Toyota has announced it will no longer sponsor LGBTQ parades and events and will no longer make efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 07:04 PM (CEzQx)

They can say it all they want. HR here in the states will never allow a change.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:06 PM (PDf99)

130 Leading Report @LeadingReport 2h
BREAKING: Toyota has announced it will no longer sponsor LGBTQ parades and events and will no longer make efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 07:04 PM (CEzQx)

I'd check and see what they renamed the DEI office to before I celebrate.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07:06 PM (n7h9X)

131 It's the Taylor Swift syndrome. If you keep making lousy decisions and choices, maybe you'd be better off if you DIDN'T make decisions and choices, and others made them for you.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:00 PM (YqDXo)
________________

I do this with DIY vs. handyman jobs. There are some DIY tasks I know I'm not very good at (e.g., caulking), and on those things I defer to handyman expertise.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:06 PM (YqDXo)

132 Kudos to Robbie Starbuck for his effective crusade, but Toyota was gonna be my next ride regardless.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2024 07:07 PM (uMKV8)

133 >>>An ex President, ex VP, ex head of the RNC, current senator and former nominee for president and former nominee for VPare all voting Democrat. And if Juan McStain weren’t burning in hell he would be as well.

The true GOP.

Posted by: Settled Science

>Repeat after me, "There is no deep state."

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 07:07 PM (DyvRT)

134 I'd check and see what they renamed the DEI office to before I celebrate.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07:06 PM (n7h9X)

"Skull Storage"? Fuck me, them Japs are decisive, ain't they?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 07:07 PM (DDGz9)

135 BREAKING: Toyota has announced it will no longer sponsor LGBTQ parades and events and will no longer make efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 07:04 PM

This announcement ain't gonna move the sales needle for Toyota. Maybe if they knocked $10,000 off of the price of a new Tacoma then I might buy one.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 04, 2024 07:08 PM (QNSds)

136 They can say it all they want. HR here in the states will never allow a change.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:06 PM (PDf99)
________________

There shouldn't be an HR department. There should only be HR consultants, who are brought in to answer HR-related legal questions, and who can be let go with a stroke of the pen.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:08 PM (YqDXo)

137 Wait, I thought it was Ox and Bull.

Or cuck and bull...

*fans self* Wait, what are we doing again?

Posted by: David French at October 04, 2024 07:08 PM (PDf99)

138 They can say it all they want. HR here in the states will never allow a change.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:06 PM (PDf99)

J just disbanded his company’s DEI group as well as all the affinity groups. There is hope.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:08 PM (pRpzT)

139 This lady is sensible and intelligent... I don't understand why she got involved with politics, which lacks both. But best of luck to her!!

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 07:08 PM (ljIhN)

140 There shouldn't be an HR department. There should only be HR consultants, who are brought in to answer HR-related legal questions, and who can be let go with a stroke of the pen.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:08 PM (YqDXo)

Agreed- but they run most companies. Japan, different. Here... lot of lawyers if they try to shitcan them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:09 PM (PDf99)

141 Nic status: So I found that I had not used a 'David French' nic lately, I had used 'David French's Wife's Vagina'.

LOL.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:10 PM (PDf99)

142 Plus what Oldcat said. Like affirmative action being rightly squashed - there’s no real (or at least “normal” and peaceful) way of eliminating this lawless totalitarian behavior when dealing with bad faith actors empowered by a degraded and lazy populace.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2024 07:10 PM (uMKV8)

143 130 Leading Report @LeadingReport 2h
BREAKING: Toyota has announced it will no longer sponsor LGBTQ parades and events and will no longer make efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 07:04 PM (CEzQx)

I'd check and see what they renamed the DEI office to before I celebrate.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07:06 PM (n7h9X)
_______________

Your cynicism is justified, but I don't see any way around scuppering support for LGBTQ+ events. If Toyota isn't paying for them, then the event organizers are out some serious bucks.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:10 PM (YqDXo)

144 Isn't it shocking that people who ran away from toxic cultures prefer a friendly one?

The other question that is just as revealing is how much must you hate your country and your ancestors to want to destroy all the good they did?

Posted by: Decaf at October 04, 2024 07:11 PM (unUNN)

145 Aetius, here, take this hug anyway.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:11 PM (I1GXe)

146 >>>This post would be perfect written by Lamont.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

>Lamont is a big dummy who thinks Taylor Swift is a wide receiver who did a 4.20 in the 40 in the combine.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 07:11 PM (DyvRT)

147 Plus what Oldcat said. Like affirmative action being rightly squashed - there’s no real (or at least “normal” and peaceful) way of eliminating this lawless totalitarian behavior when dealing with bad faith actors empowered by a degraded and lazy populace.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2024 07:10 PM (uMKV

________________

Affirmative action merely morphed into DEI. Same shit, different bag.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:11 PM (YqDXo)

148 There shouldn't be an HR department. There should only be HR consultants, who are brought in to answer HR-related legal questions, and who can be let go with a stroke of the pen.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay

Noooo! I will be starving and homeless. What we need are HR departments who know how to run businesses and then y'all will have different views. Once you have had good hr, you will never go back. It doesn’t rhyme. I tried. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:12 PM (QzINz)

149 145 Aetius, here, take this hug anyway.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:11 PM (I1GXe)

Thank you ma'am- although I have been accused of being a bot by a cob.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:12 PM (PDf99)

150 >>> 148 There shouldn't be an HR department. There should only be HR consultants, who are brought in to answer HR-related legal questions, and who can be let go with a stroke of the pen.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay

Noooo! I will be starving and homeless. What we need are HR departments who know how to run businesses and then y'all will have different views. Once you have had good hr, you will never go back. It doesn’t rhyme. I tried.
Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:12 PM (QzINz)

Can we change the name back to Personnel?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 07:13 PM (FnneF)

151 Affirmative action merely morphed into DEI. Same shit, different bag.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:11 PM (YqDXo)

This. It ain't going away.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 07:13 PM (i24o9)

152 >>> It's the Taylor Swift syndrome. If you keep making lousy decisions and choices, maybe you'd be better off if you DIDN'T make decisions and choices, and others made them for you.

I keep hearing rumors that her boyfriend getting tired of her crap and looks dead behind the eyes, and it's ruining his game.

I also hear a rumor that they have a contracted relationship about to expire, hah, and she extended it because of all the political backlash she's getting. But who knows.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 07:13 PM (v/UdH)

153 'there's a strong case to be made for the UK to officially recognise Palestinian statehood.'

The only case to be made for Palestinian statehood is that it creates a place outside of everyone else's countries to house them. A barrel for all the bad apples.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 04, 2024 07:13 PM (3wi/L)

154 Well that was fast.

@VividProwess
🚨 BREAKING: Israeli officials have informed the Saudi channel Al-Hadath that Israel has confirmed:

Hezbollah's new leader, Hashem Safieddine, has been eliminated.

He didn't even survive a full week.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 07:14 PM (LkLld)

155 149 145 Aetius, here, take this hug anyway.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:11 PM (I1GXe)

Thank you ma'am- although I have been accused of being a bot by a cob.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:12 PM (PDf99)

Bot, you say??? Can we chat about some tech problems??

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 07:14 PM (PCK5/)

156 I also hear a rumor that they have a contracted relationship about to expire, hah, and she extended it because of all the political backlash she's getting. But who knows.
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 07:13 PM (v/UdH)

They ain't even married yet and he's doing every damn commercial on tv now just to save up for the alimony payments.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 07:14 PM (DDGz9)

157 Agreed- but they run most companies. Japan, different. Here... lot of lawyers if they try to shitcan them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:09 PM (PDf99)

The Soviets and other dictators know how to handle this. You create an alternate HR department where people can complain about the main HR department.

When needed, HR2 can purge HR1 and vice versa. In the USSR it was the KGB and the GRU (military intelligence). In Nazi Germany, it was the SS and Abwehr.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07:14 PM (n7h9X)

158 Hezbollah's new leader, Hashem Safieddine, has been eliminated.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 07:14 PM (LkLld)

Now he's meeting the real Hashem

Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 07:15 PM (gKWVE)

159 The only case to be made for Palestinian statehood is that it creates a place outside of everyone else's countries to house them. A barrel for all the bad apples.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 04, 2024 07:13 PM (3wi/L)

I have standards, you know.

Posted by: the Barrel at October 04, 2024 07:16 PM (gKWVE)

160 158 Hezbollah's new leader, Hashem Safieddine, has been eliminated.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 07:14 PM (LkLld)

Now he's meeting the real Hashem
Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 07:15 PM (gKWVE)

Wait, they have gone through three already?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:16 PM (PDf99)

161 Can we change the name back to Personnel?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 07:13 PM (FnneF)

They don't produce anything of value. They merely provide opportunity for the people who do produce value to not be distracted by personnel issues.

Anything they do beyond that is negative value, which includes all DEI, culture, and sensitivity crap.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 07:16 PM (i24o9)

162 It's also probably a ruse, Great Britain is probably going to be the first western country to go tits up, and it was largely killed by lousy rotten lying Tory shit heals,
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2024 07:03 PM (XV/Pl)

Tony Blair opened the borders wide open to the world. Tories didn’t do much to change that policy. But Blair is the one who initiated it.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 07:16 PM (pFg/0)

163 Wait, they have gone through three already?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:16 PM (PDf99)

It would be hilarious if it weren't for.... eh, OK, yeah, it's hilarious.

Stupid ass rugfuckers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 07:17 PM (DDGz9)

164 >>Noooo! I will be starving and homeless. What we need are HR departments who know how to run businesses and then y'all will have different views.

The problem is right there in your sentence. HR is supposed to be a support organization to handle things like benefits, it is not supposed to run the business. Somehow in the last few decades HR has become way too powerful.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 07:17 PM (LkLld)

165 Kelce for the year… caught 15 passes ( 156th in the league) 0 touchdowns.. the Tay Tay Effect…

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 07:17 PM (PCK5/)

166 It would be hilarious if it weren't for.... eh, OK, yeah, it's hilarious.

Stupid ass rugfuckers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 07:17 PM (DDGz9)

The guy's making their business cards must be making a killing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:17 PM (PDf99)

167 Agreed- but they run most companies. Japan, different. Here... lot of lawyers if they try to shitcan them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:09 PM (PDf99)
______________

There are ways. Place a ceiling on the maximum position/salary an HR can get. Make their lives miserable. If litigation ensues, just drag it out as long and expensively as possible.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:17 PM (YqDXo)

168 Well that was fast.

@VividProwess
🚨 BREAKING: Israeli officials have informed the Saudi channel Al-Hadath that Israel has confirmed:

Hezbollah's new leader, Hashem Safieddine, has been eliminated.

He didn't even survive a full week.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 07:14 PM (LkLld)

Awesome sauce.

But I'd also like to hear confirmation on if they blowed-up-inated the entire Shura Council, too, or was that just Twatter bullshit.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 07:18 PM (9O+Nm)

169 Election Maps UK @ElectionMapsUK Oct 3
Marton (Blackpool) Council By-Election Result:

➡️ RFM: 38.8% (+29.3)
🌹 LAB: 28.0% (-23.0)
🌳 CON: 21.3% (-18.2)
🙋 IND: 7.0% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.8% (New)
🌍 GRN: 2.1% (New)

Reform UK GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 07:18 PM (CEzQx)

170 The guy's making their business cards must be making a killing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:17 PM (PDf99)

lol

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 07:18 PM (i24o9)

171 My wife was talking to someone, ages ago, about Nelson Mandela, and referred to him as "black". The other woman put in "African-American."

-------------------

I saw something like that many moons ago and thought the person spouting that garbage has no idea that they just declared the whole of Africa as belonging to the US.

Posted by: Decaf at October 04, 2024 07:18 PM (unUNN)

172 I'm getting the notion that Israel is serious about killing off terrorists. Godspeed and happy hunting!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 07:18 PM (4XwPj)

173 Apparently also bagged the Hezb “intelligence” (bwahaha) chief, AND the comms director. Tho considering the last few weeks, those guys seemed like maybe they deserved Israeli decorations and awards, considering.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2024 07:19 PM (uMKV8)

174 It would be hilarious if it weren't for.... eh, OK, yeah, it's hilarious.

Stupid ass rugfuckers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 07:17 PM (DDGz9)

That's an IT nightmare.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 07:19 PM (i24o9)

175 >>> 164 >>Noooo! I will be starving and homeless. What we need are HR departments who know how to run businesses and then y'all will have different views.

The problem is right there in your sentence. HR is supposed to be a support organization to handle things like benefits, it is not supposed to run the business. Somehow in the last few decades HR has become way too powerful.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 07:17 PM (LkLld)

It shouldn't run the business but it certainly should know what a business needs to run successfully... which would seem to exclude DIE and other stupidity.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 07:19 PM (FnneF)

176 150
Can we change the name back to Personnel?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October

No, because if we get real HR, they better be doing way more than this and should not be admins on steroids. J is the Sr. VP of HR and Finance. We need this type of person. He is brutal. He isn’t soft. But he knows operations inside and out.

I was labor and employee relations for 99% of my career. I did a stint as overall VP, but my tail wags for LER and always will. I can recruit and retain, I can do succession planning, but I don’t really want to do it. I would rather put pencils in my eyes than benefits. I mean, I don’t do any of it anymore in my role as kept woman, except consult every now and again. But I could go back if I had to do so.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:19 PM (QzINz)

177 160 158 Hezbollah's new leader, Hashem Safieddine, has been eliminated.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 07:14 PM (LkLld)

Now he's meeting the real Hashem
Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 07:15 PM (gKWVE)

Wait, they have gone through three already?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:16 PM (PDf99)
_______________

Imagine the guy who makes the nameplates for the office doors. He must be putting in overtime.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:19 PM (YqDXo)

178 The guy's making their business cards must be making a killing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:17 PM (PDf99)

"OK, OK, we'll do another run. But you're paying up front this time, assholes."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 07:19 PM (DDGz9)

179 Kelce for the year… caught 15 passes ( 156th in the league) 0 touchdowns.. the Tay Tay Effect…
Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 07:17 PM (PCK5/)

Kelce just turned 34 and is a TE. That pretty much explains it without needing Taylor Swift. If he was a RB he would have been retired by now.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07:20 PM (n7h9X)

180 Immigration stats on progs heading for third world shitholes? Beuller?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 04, 2024 07:21 PM (QSrLX)

181 Nood

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 07:21 PM (i24o9)

182 174 It would be hilarious if it weren't for.... eh, OK, yeah, it's hilarious.

Stupid ass rugfuckers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 07:17 PM (DDGz9)

That's an IT nightmare.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 07:19 PM (i24o9)

LOL. Think of the guy sending out the emails confirmations for their new accounts. Everybody having to add and delete people from groups.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:21 PM (PDf99)

183 As I said last night, I assume Mossad and IDF now just use whiteboard’s. Why waste printer paper?

Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2024 07:22 PM (uMKV8)

184 They ain't even married yet and he's doing every damn commercial on tv now just to save up for the alimony payments.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 07:14 PM (DDGz9)
________________

RUN!!!!

Taylor Swift's 15 minutes must be about up, after which she'll join Ricky Martin in has-been Heaven.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:22 PM (YqDXo)

185 As I said last night, I assume Mossad and IDF now just use whiteboard’s. Why waste printer paper?

Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2024 07:22 PM (uMKV

__________________

They forms printed up: "Last night Mossad and IDF eliminated [____your name here ____]."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:23 PM (YqDXo)

186 Kelce for the year… caught 15 passes ( 156th in the league) 0 touchdowns.. the Tay Tay Effect…
Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 07:17 PM (PCK5/)

Good. I can't stand that guy.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 04, 2024 07:23 PM (k9OZB)

187 What happened to do the fucking job you were hired to do and get on with your life?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:24 PM (I1GXe)

188 No, because if we get real HR, they better be doing way more than this and should not be admins on steroids. J is the Sr. VP of HR and Finance. We need this type of person. He is brutal. He isn’t soft. But he knows operations inside and out.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 07:19 PM (QzINz)

The first thing you need to do is change your division's name. Human Resources sounds like you are mining them like coal from deep underground. And I have never found a group myself that did not have that attitude towards the staff.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07:24 PM (n7h9X)

189 187 What happened to do the fucking job you were hired to do and get on with your life?
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:24 PM (I1GXe)

But Israel keeps killing them, Ben Had. Give them a little slack.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:24 PM (PDf99)

190 New Hezballah chief. Al-been Heddinouttahere

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 04, 2024 07:25 PM (QSrLX)

191 Is it possible to have plastic surgery in the womb?

If not, Tay-tay's children will be as ugly as an out-of-wedlock Kardashian child.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 07:25 PM (DyvRT)

192 The guy's making their business cards must be making a killing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 07:17 PM (PDf99)

"OK, OK, we'll do another run. But you're paying up front this time, assholes."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 07:19 PM (DDGz9)

They use Bar-Lev Printing because it was the low bid.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07:25 PM (n7h9X)

193 0 days since last leader.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 07:25 PM (CEzQx)

194 Hezbollah's new leader, Hashem Safieddine, has been eliminated.

He didn't even survive a full week.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 07:14 PM (LkLld)
________________

Leader on phone: "I'm booked up this week, but how about we meet next week?"

Guy on other end of phone: (ponders)

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 07:25 PM (YqDXo)

195 Immigration stats on progs heading for third world shitholes? Beuller?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 04, 2024 07:21 PM (QSrLX)

There were a few stories about young dewy eyed youths hiking alone across the Mideast, visiting Central Asia.

They didn't come back, often enough.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 07:27 PM (n7h9X)

196 Claim within the last hour from the usual sources that Hezbollah has launched a major incursion into the Galilee.

Probably BS, but we shall see...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 07:28 PM (uxCna)

197 Imam in waiting ayatollah itaint happnin

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 04, 2024 07:28 PM (QSrLX)

198 Toyota doesn't need to "fire" the DEI and HRradans.

They merely have to assign them jobs out on the assembly lines.

Have fun keeping up with the pace, toots!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 04, 2024 07:28 PM (kQgoX)

199 Waddaya mean kaboom

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 04, 2024 07:29 PM (QSrLX)

200 NOOD

cafe

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 07:33 PM (FnneF)

201 G-D bless Israel. Years of planning and tracking and is coming to fruition .

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 07:33 PM (I1GXe)

202 A sign there's still some sane people in government.

Nice article. Thx.

Posted by: L - cellphone at October 04, 2024 08:53 PM (NFX2v)

Elon Musk is Trying to Provide Aid to Stricken Areas of North Carolina But Biden's Evil Government Is Blocking Him

Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Just received this note from a SpaceX engineer helping on the ground in North Carolina.
@FEMA is not merely failing to adequately help people in trouble, but is actively blocking citizens who try to help!
"Hey Elon, update here on site of Asheville, NC. We have powered up two large operating bases for choppers to deliver goods into hands. We've deployed 300+ starlinks and outpour is it has saved many lives.
The big issue is FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own. It's very real and scary how much they have taken control to stop people helping. We are blocked now on the shipments of new starlinks coming in until we get an escort from the fire dept. but that may not be enough."

FEMA whistleblowers accuse Mayorkas of illegally appropriating FEMA funds for non-approved uses:

GOP
@GOP
Kamala Harris's FEMA allocated over $1 billion in the past 2 years "to provide humanitarian services to noncitizen migrants following their release from the Department of Homeland Security."
Kamala Harris is not for you.

A lot of people are wondering if Harris-Biden are deliberately slow-rolling aid to North Carolina because the storm destroyed mostly Republican areas.

David Axelrod notes that, in a happy accident, it does turn out that maybe Harris-Biden's deadly delinquency could cause problems turning out the Trump vote.

Whoops!

Whoopsie!

REPORT: The "Official" Death Toll From Hurricane Helene Has Topped 200 As Others Report The Death Toll Is Much Higher, @johnrich Posted A Law Enforcement Source Told Him They've "Already Used Over 500 Body Bags, & There Are bodies In Trees, Mud, Cars, Houses, Everywhere... No Fed� pic.twitter.com/mfxq3moW35
— John Basham (@JohnBasham) October 4, 2024

This is not okay. This is beyond not okay. This is heinous. And our current administration is responsible. First in Lahaina, and now the southeast. Where is the care for the American people?? We should all be outraged! What happens when disaster strikes YOUR home?! https://t.co/UJLy7qJI8U
— Zachary Levi (@ZacharyLevi) October 4, 2024

PRESIDENT TRUMP: "It's been a terrible response from the White House. They're missing a billion dollars that was used for another purpose -- From that standpoint, it's been terrible." pic.twitter.com/PX52bP7lq8
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 4, 2024

Related: Is Joe Biden deliberately sabotaging Kamala Harris?

Is he deliberately Failing to Position Kamala For Success?

NEW: Biden says he's "been committed to being president for all America�.I hope we begin to break down this rabid partisanship."

This is the same man who stood in front of a blood-red backdrop and declared that Trump supporters were a threat to the foundation of the Republic. pic.twitter.com/ScObRflVRz
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) October 3, 2024

Posted by: Ace at 05:00 PM

Comments

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1 (bold emphasis mine )

@BroSpencer
Just got off the phone a Pastor in the midst of the flooding in TN/NC. He is in one of the most devastated locations. He verified a few things about the situation:
- Almost all help is being done by private citizens, mainly churches.
- Private helicopters are flying in the vast majority of the supplies.
- Local Sheriffs are telling people to feel free to defend their property from looters by whatever means they have. 🔫
- WROL (Without Rule of Law) is happening in some areas, which means looting, robbing, and etc.
- FEMA's involvement has seriously complicated the rescue efforts.
- Local Sheriffs have threatened to arrest FEMA workers if they hinder rescue and aid work.
- The response to this tragedy has been massive and overwhelming. All from private individuals and local Churches.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 05:01 PM (IG4Id)

2 As I said yesterday, this is fucking insane.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 05:01 PM (PDf99)

3 Cops should throw them in jail until the emergency orders are lifted by the Gov...

Speaking of, where the f is the Governor???

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 05:02 PM (IG4Id)

4 But Springsteen just endorsed Kalamama.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 05:03 PM (v0R5T)

5 >>>Local Sheriffs have threatened to arrest FEMA workers if they hinder rescue and aid work.

More of this.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 05:03 PM (i24o9)

6 They want us dead. Trump and Vance are in the way.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 05:04 PM (v6JzV)

7 Is he deliberately Failing to Position Kamala For Success?
......

Joe is too weak to bend her over the back of a couch.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 05:04 PM (v0R5T)

8 Remember how these people said that 95% of the population has to be eliminated to save Gaia? Well now do you understand why they are blocking aid to people?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 05:04 PM (oZhjI)

9 Hurricane Aid Stolen By The State Of Tennessee?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZSIppGTLlo

Sure sounds that way. Be better Tennessee.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 04, 2024 05:04 PM (/U5Yz)

10 Just tell the Federal government that there are Palestinian illegal aliens in need of rescue.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 05:05 PM (d9fT1)

11 > Local Sheriffs have threatened to arrest FEMA workers if they hinder rescue and aid work.
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How soon before the feds send in their armed goons to arrest local sheriffs?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 05:05 PM (Q4IgG)

12 FEMA is the enemy of the people. They are exactly like the half-orcs in the last chapter of Tolkien's Return of the King, "The Scouring of the Shire."

A bunch of "gatherers and sharers" that go around gathering the food and resources of the hobbits, but do precious little sharing.

Evil bastards.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2024 05:05 PM (7fElN)

13 How soon before the feds send in their armed goons to arrest local sheriffs?
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Let's just say, I hope someone films it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 05:06 PM (IG4Id)

14 " if Harris-Biden are deliberately slow-rolling aid to North Carolina because the storm destroyed mostly Republican areas."

I wonder if we will have chance to seize and pounce before this is DEBUNKED. I frequently have trouble with the regime approved script and timeline.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 04, 2024 05:06 PM (G5Juy)

15

"We're from the Government and we're here to help."

Posted by: Scariest Words at October 04, 2024 05:06 PM (jRHFE)

16 I see this tragedy isn't being allowed to go to waste.

It's not just the media you can't possibly hate enough.

Posted by: Just Lily at October 04, 2024 05:06 PM (JkA2a)

17 This is what happens when you have a faggot as SecTrans.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:07 PM (YqDXo)

18 There is no upside to being a citizen during a natural disaster. You're fooked.

Posted by: huerfano at October 04, 2024 05:07 PM (VGOMa)

19 Ya know, it's times like this that make me think, Unionist that I am, that the Confederates may have had a point.

Second look at Jeff Davis?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 05:07 PM (v6JzV)

20 - Local Sheriffs have threatened to arrest FEMA workers if they hinder rescue and aid work.
- The response to this tragedy has been massive and overwhelming. All from private individuals and local Churches.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 05:01 PM (IG4Id)
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I still expect FEMA to start taking over churches and all of their supplies/assets in the name of "helping" the hurricane victims. Those churches will be closed permanently if they don't comply. And probably even if they do.

Evil bastards.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2024 05:07 PM (7fElN)

21 FEMA should remember that they're in Appalachia. Feds have a habit of disappearing there.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 04, 2024 05:07 PM (2UnvF)

22 Oh. please

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 04, 2024 05:08 PM (QSrLX)

23
Almost all help is being done by private citizens, mainly churches.

_________

Where's Antifa? BLM? The "community activists"? The non-profits organized by high-schoolers aspiring to a Harvard offer?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 05:08 PM (BkEzK)

24 Now if the affected area was largely black, and Democrat, Biden & Co. would have jumped on this problem so fast they'd have stepped on their dicks.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:08 PM (YqDXo)

25 >>Just tell the Federal government that there are Palestinian illegal aliens in need of rescue.

'But...These supplies are for Rashida Talib's Gammie!'

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:08 PM (jRHFE)

26 Local Sheriffs have threatened to arrest FEMA workers if they hinder rescue and aid work.
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How soon before the feds send in their armed goons to arrest local sheriffs?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 05:05 PM

Good luck getting them there and if they do and try to arrest anyone it will be the fema peeps getting cuffed and stuffed if they are lucky.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 04, 2024 05:08 PM (QNSds)

27 If anyone in congress had testicles, the capitol police would be putting Mayorkas in handcuffs.

This is despicable.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 05:09 PM (lTGtQ)

28 A billion dollars to Ethiopia? Where? How? Where did any of that money actually go? Whose pockets did all that money go in to?

Did more than a million of it ever even *get* to Ethiopia? I would be extremely shocked if it did.

Repeat for every single nation on that list.

It's not Foreign Aid. It's Swamp Food.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:09 PM (DDGz9)

29 Kamala Harris Hates White People.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:09 PM (jRHFE)

30 Kamala Harris's FEMA allocated over $1 billion in the past 2 years "to provide humanitarian services to noncitizen migrants - aka "wetbacks" - following their release from the Department of Homeland Security."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:09 PM (YqDXo)

31 Axelrod doesn't understand what people mean when they say they'll crawl over broken glass to vote for Trump.

I hope he learns.

Posted by: Pious Agnostic at October 04, 2024 05:09 PM (BFEJQ)

32 Come on in the waters fine. Give me a call. Error 404

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 04, 2024 05:09 PM (QSrLX)

33 Kamala Harris Hates White People.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:09 PM (jRHFE)
______________

Duh.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:10 PM (YqDXo)

34 "We're from the Government and we're here to help."
Posted by: Scariest Words

BLAM BLAM BLAM
Fuckin' revenooers.

Posted by: Otis at October 04, 2024 05:10 PM (v0R5T)

35 how bout them tigers !

Posted by: detroit at October 04, 2024 05:10 PM (v1eJ7)

36 Traitors necks to the sword. I can say that. I kicked the German Army's ass.

Off to the buffet.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 04, 2024 05:10 PM (wBaIH)

37 Surely one thing we can all agree on is that abandoning hundreds of MAGA hillbillies to die in a natural disaster is a lot worse than knocking up a nanny or slapping down some she-lawyer, right?

I mean, the other isn't even really worth mentioning anymore, amirite?

Posted by: Doug E. at October 04, 2024 05:10 PM (nxeh5)

38 We are from the government and are here to fuck everything up.

G-D bless all the individuals that have taken this task upon themselves.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (I1GXe)

39 You'd think FEMA would be organizing private organizations to help FEMA with addressing the problem.

But then you'd be wrong.

Fire the head of FEMA. Also fire Buttplug.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (YqDXo)

40 This is why the 2nd Amendment exists.

Posted by: AstroIsAssho at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (T0VXI)

41 FEMA should not posses guns or badges.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (IG4Id)

42 But Springsteen just endorsed Kalamama.
Posted by: wth at Octob

Well crap I was all set to vote for Trump , but with brainiacs Springsteen and Taylor Swift telling me Kinamamalla and her back- handing hubby are the way to go, im Verklempt!

Posted by: LASue at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (lCppi)

43 Alright I'm just catching up on the blog today...

It all began with Sydney Sweeney's cleavage.

Most important movements do begin there.

Oh man, my sides are hurting...

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (6ydKt)

44 >>Duh.

I forgot my Sean 'Puffy' Combs sock.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (jRHFE)

45 I still expect FEMA to start taking over churches and all of their supplies/assets in the name of "helping" the hurricane victims. Those churches will be closed permanently if they don't comply. And probably even if they do.

Evil bastards.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2024 05:07 PM (7fElN)

When the Supremes Court said they would not get involved in blatant Civil Right violations by various levels of government during an Emergency (Covid)...

You no longer have Rights, during an Emergency... at least as far as the Feds are concerned.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (QAkQ3)

46 "Legitimate".

Posted by: it's whatever i tell you it is, peasant at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (gKWVE)

47 A Posse of Motivated Citizens needs to park those FEMAtards on their asses, and provide them with a day-long Civics Class.

Under the broiling sun, with no shade for the "students".

A thorough understanding of the Meaning, Intent, Purpose and Application of the 10th Amendment shall be 50% of their grade.

A thorough understanding of the term and concept of Public Service and Humility will be the other 50% of their grade.

And they can move from an "A" grade to the Extra Credit "A+" grade, by the expedient of LEAVING THE AREA OF OPERATIONS, AT ONCE!!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (kQgoX)

48 Gross Malice + Incompetence = Malicompetence

Malicompetence = Helene Response

I need to invent new words to keep up with these low lifes.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 05:12 PM (Q9UqY)

49 Slightly off topic, but there is a rumor that Bibi has told the people running things (IE NOT Biden or Kamala) that if they cheat and win the Presidency then Israel will bomb all of Iran's oil fields. I hope this is true.

Posted by: joseph dickerson at October 04, 2024 05:12 PM (JTyPA)

50 but edge edge

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 04, 2024 05:12 PM (QSrLX)

51 I forgot my Sean 'Puffy' Combs sock.

I really don't want to put my foot in it.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 05:12 PM (gKWVE)

52 Thank you for covering this, ace. I have been reading so much about this and it's getting worse and worse. FEMA denies any wrong-doing yet they are blocking private citizens from helping and doing nothing themselves.

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2024 05:12 PM (bS+DD)

53 Trump needs a pit bull as his AG. Lots of people need to be in prison. Maybe a cross between a pit bull and a honey badger.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 04, 2024 05:12 PM (2UnvF)

54 Leave it to the Bootyjudge faggot to lie about what is happening. This is a man who doesn't know what his penis is for, so how can you expect him to respond truthfully to the people?

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at October 04, 2024 05:13 PM (gF4g7)

55 A billion dollars to Ethiopia? Where? How? Where did any of that money actually go? Whose pockets did all that money go in to?

Did more than a million of it ever even *get* to Ethiopia? I would be extremely shocked if it did.
________________

Why are we giving them a dime?
________________
Repeat for every single nation on that list.

________________

Indeed.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:13 PM (YqDXo)

56 >>> 23
Almost all help is being done by private citizens, mainly churches.

_________

Where's Antifa? BLM? The "community activists"? The non-profits organized by high-schoolers aspiring to a Harvard offer?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 05:08 PM (BkEzK)

There have been allegations of *sabotage* of relief / rescue efforts, such as truckers having tires slashed.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 05:13 PM (FnneF)

57 Asheville is quite blue, maybe surrounding area is red.

FEMA's motto: BOHICA

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 04, 2024 05:14 PM (DsA2n)

58
North Carolina just purged 750,000 bogus voter registrations. I wonder if the government response is even more malicious as a result.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 04, 2024 05:14 PM (d4X7t)

59 Second look at Jeff Davis?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 05:07 PM (v6JzV)

He was just as much of an asshole to the rural hilly areas, which is how he lost eastern Tennessee and Kentucky.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 05:14 PM (gKWVE)

60 I still expect FEMA to start taking over churches and all of their supplies/assets in the name of "helping" the hurricane victims. Those churches will be closed permanently if they don't comply. And probably even if they do.
________________

Will they take over mosques? Will they, hell.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:14 PM (YqDXo)

61 FEMA should remember that they're in Appalachia. Feds have a habit of disappearing there.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 04, 2024 05:07 PM (2UnvF)
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One of my friends texted me "FEMA shouldn't be surprised when some of those hillbillies start exercising their 2A."

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2024 05:14 PM (bS+DD)

62 As I recall, Clinton was the first president who was vile enough to understand the value in using FEMA as a political slush fund and natural disaster response as a way to punish/reward political groups.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at October 04, 2024 05:15 PM (6pVO6)

63 You no longer have Rights, during an Emergency... at least as far as the Feds are concerned.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (QAkQ3)

I should think my 2A rights probably cover all my other rights in these situations. Then again, living in AK means not relying on the feds for a damned thing. Ever.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at October 04, 2024 05:15 PM (gF4g7)

64 FEMA's job is to coordinate efforts, enlist military resources when needed, and to provide funds, not to get in the way of assistance.

They always want to run everything, when they are incompetent even at handling money.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 05:15 PM (lTGtQ)

65 Well crap I was all set to vote for Trump , but with brainiacs Springsteen and Taylor Swift telling me Kinamamalla and her back- handing hubby are the way to go, im Verklempt!
Posted by: LASue

We are pleased to see you are learning to respect your betters.

Posted by: Kalamama at October 04, 2024 05:15 PM (v0R5T)

66 Will they take over mosques? Will they, hell.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Have you ever heard of a mosque offering to help anyone?

Posted by: Chief Likes Big Tits at October 04, 2024 05:15 PM (cPGH3)

67 But Springsteen just endorsed Kalamama.
Posted by: wth at Octob

Well crap I was all set to vote for Trump , but with brainiacs Springsteen and Taylor Swift telling me Kinamamalla and her back- handing hubby are the way to go, im Verklempt!

Posted by: LASue at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (lCppi)

___________________

First kill all the lawyers.

Then move on to the performers.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:15 PM (YqDXo)

68 Just a thought:
The entire West coast is subject to both earthquakes, tidal waves, and OR and WA volcanos.

How ready are the people there for FEMA to *help* them?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2024 05:15 PM (ykRia)

69 Under the broiling sun, with no shade for the "students".
Posted by: Jim

You're much nicer than me. I'd ask for naked red and black wires.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 05:15 PM (IG4Id)

70 FEMA's job is to coordinate efforts, enlist military resources when needed, and to provide funds, not to get in the way of assistance.

They always want to run everything, when they are incompetent even at handling money.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 05:15 PM (lTGtQ)
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But they've got a kick-ass DEI program. Coincidentally.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:16 PM (YqDXo)

71 >>This is not okay. This is beyond not okay. This is heinous. And our current administration is responsible. First in Lahaina, and now the southeast.

Don't forget East Palestine.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 05:16 PM (LkLld)

72 Maybe commandeer the mosque's weaponry...

Posted by: Chief Likes Big Tits at October 04, 2024 05:16 PM (cPGH3)

73 Ever.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at October 04, 2024 05:15 PM (gF4g7)

FEMA's official Alaska policy is to stand in Seattle and shout "GOOD LUCK!" up the sound.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:16 PM (DDGz9)

74 >>Have you ever heard of a mosque offering to help anyone?

They passed out cookies and candies on Oct 7th...

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:17 PM (jRHFE)

75 Trump needs a pit bull as his AG. Lots of people need to be in prison. Maybe a cross between a pit bull and a honey badger.

Posted by: Duke Lowell

Mayorkas definitely needs to spend a few years in prison.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 05:17 PM (lTGtQ)

76 Sorry, didn't notice the sock.

Posted by: MkY at October 04, 2024 05:17 PM (cPGH3)

77 Here's a video I posted yesterday. YouTube. The guy's name is Garrett Mitchell (online persona is Cleetus McFarland) and he flies helicopters. Both are worth a watch.

The second is an interview done by Dirty Mo Media (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) podcast.

youtube.com/watch?v=nQAPEBKhMS8

youtube.com/watch?v=NhDwYRul_fI

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 05:18 PM (Q4IgG)

78 The entire West coast is subject to both earthquakes, tidal waves, and OR and WA volcanos.

How ready are the people there for FEMA to *help* them?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2024 05:15 PM (ykRia)

Speaking for the northern end of that spectrum, we had a 7.2 earthquake a few years ago and managed quite well without any feds whatsoever. We can't even rely on the weekly barge from the lower 48, so why would be unprepared for anything?

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at October 04, 2024 05:18 PM (gF4g7)

79 Elon actually taking him up on his offer....

Posted by: Max Power at October 04, 2024 05:18 PM (q177U)

80 cross between a pit bull and a honey badger.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Settle for a sloth/capybara hybrid?

Posted by: Animalympics at October 04, 2024 05:19 PM (CV8a5)

81 What's a little moar treason?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2024 05:19 PM (zG664)

82 Where's Antifa? BLM? The "community activists"? The non-profits organized by high-schoolers aspiring to a Harvard offer?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 05:08 PM (BkEzK)
_________________

Is there any group of humanity (pardon the exaggeration) more worthless than antifa and BLM?

Their only contribution to society is to turn food into shit.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:19 PM (YqDXo)

83 most people reading this know what needs to be done to Mayorkas and Buttgeeg and Biden and Kamala Blowjob

no penalty is too severe...

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at October 04, 2024 05:19 PM (bUWoY)

84 A Posse of Motivated Citizens needs to park those FEMAtards on their asses, and provide them with a day-long Civics Class.

Under the broiling sun, with no shade for the "students".

A thorough understanding of the Meaning, Intent, Purpose and Application of the 10th Amendment shall be 50% of their grade.

A thorough understanding of the term and concept of Public Service and Humility will be the other 50% of their grade.

And they can move from an "A" grade to the Extra Credit "A+" grade, by the expedient of LEAVING THE AREA OF OPERATIONS, AT ONCE!!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

You overlooked the critical part where the "students" are seated on top of fire-ant mounds for the entire duration of their "instruction".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 04, 2024 05:20 PM (rHxhM)

85 First kill all the lawyers.

Then move on to the performers.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
.......

Most politicians are lawyers, right? So this works.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 05:20 PM (v0R5T)

86 >>Trump needs a pit bull as his AG. Lots of people need to be in prison.

Maybe Ace can lend Trump his Time Machine and he can go back and get 2001 Rudy Giulianni?

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:20 PM (jRHFE)

87 Kind of makes you long for the days when Brownie was running FEMA.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 05:20 PM (zPjZn)

88 cross between a pit bull and a honey badger.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Settle for a sloth/capybara hybrid?

Posted by: Animalympics

The feds have the speed of a sloth, combined with the aptitude of a sucker fish.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 05:20 PM (lTGtQ)

89 52 Thank you for covering this, ace. I have been reading so much about this and it's getting worse and worse. FEMA denies any wrong-doing yet they are blocking private citizens from helping and doing nothing themselves.
Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2024 05:12 PM (bS+DD)

Ditto this. Is this getting any attention on mainstream media? Thank God for blogs and X.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 04, 2024 05:20 PM (OX9vb)

90 >>> NEW: Biden says he's "been committed to being president for all America�.I hope we begin to break down this rabid partisanship."

This is the same man who stood in front of a blood-red backdrop and declared that Trump supporters were a threat to the foundation of the Republic. pic.twitter.com/ScObRflVRz
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) October 3, 2024

What Joe means is he'll be a President for all Americans...eventually. He is a President for one or two of Americans every day. So far those have only been Democrat client groups; most have been have been repeat favorite groups for Joe to President for. Unfortunately, he hasn't yet gotten around to being a President for Republicans and their supporters, Americans employed in the petroleum industry, straight white male Americans, non-Muslim Americans, and so on. He'll get around to being a President for them someday. Rest assured they're on his list of those to be a President for! It's not his fault if he runs out of time to get to them.

Posted by: Gref at October 04, 2024 05:21 PM (aBgBM)

91 Kamala Harris's FEMA allocated over $1 billion in the past 2 years "to provide humanitarian services to noncitizen migrants following their release from the Department of Homeland Security."
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Well, they only go to the best pet stores. They don't feed strays to these migrants. So that costs money.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 05:21 PM (1bNHn)

92 Mayorkas definitely needs to spend a few years in prison.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 05:17 PM (lTGtQ)
_________________

Followed by deportation.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:21 PM (YqDXo)

93 I think a baller move would be to appoint a whole team of AGs. We got more to get after than one person could ever do. Split up the DoJ into streamlined task forces whose only job is to persecute the swamp into submission. One team for cabinet agencies. One team for the courts. One team for the house. One team for the senate.

Investigate. Audit. Harass. Monitor. All day, every day. Make their lives hell. Give them no time to enact whatever nasty schemes they have in store.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:21 PM (DDGz9)

94 >>7 Kind of makes you long for the days when Brownie was running FEMA.

That guy did a heckuva job.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:21 PM (jRHFE)

95 We can't even rely on the weekly barge from the lower 48, so why would be unprepared for anything?

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at October 04, 2024 05:18 PM (gF4g7)

That's one of the best parts of AK, the people, the self-sufficiency.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 05:22 PM (i24o9)

96 Will they take over mosques? Will they, hell.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

"Take over"? HAH~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 05:22 PM (IG4Id)

97 Have you ever heard of a mosque offering to help anyone?
Posted by: Chief Likes Big Tits

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Of course they do. It is common practice in M. E. for them to rebrand Western aid and hand it out. During chaotic times they offer support, but require conversion.

muzzies are not stupid and when the carrot works, they use that. Mostly though they use the sword.They have refined their technique to conquer people over many years.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at October 04, 2024 05:22 PM (6pVO6)

98 I watched a clip with Glenn Beck. He said there was a small medical tent, run by ex-Special Forces. Woman from FEMA walked over and asked them what they were doing there. They told her they were handing out insulin and other meds to those that needed them. She told them they had to leave. Guy looked at her and said, "No, you leave. We've been here since Friday. You just showed up. You need to leave now." And she did. Not sure they understand yet that these folks won't be pushed around.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 05:22 PM (gfViB)

99 fwiw
x.com/BroSpencer/status/1842215667065303142
Just got off the phone a Pastor in the midst of the flooding in TN/NC. He is in one of the most devastated locations. He verified a few things about the situation:
- Almost all help is being done by private citizens, mainly churches.
- Private helicopters are flying in the vast majority of the supplies.
- Local Sheriffs are telling people to feel free to defend their property from looters by whatever means they have. {pistol emoji}
- WROL (Without Rule of Law) is happening in some areas, which means looting, robbing, and etc.
- FEMA's involvement has seriously complicated the rescue efforts.
- Local Sheriffs have threatened to arrest FEMA workers if they hinder rescue and aid work.
- The response to this tragedy has been massive and overwhelming. All from private individuals and local Churches.

Pray for these people!

My takeaway: Asheville cops might be fucking around, but the rural cops are still willing to help.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 05:22 PM (gKWVE)

100 Kamala Harris Hates White People.
Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:09 PM (jRHFE)
===
Can confirm.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2024 05:22 PM (zG664)

101 Wait. Springsteen said to vote for Harris?

Game over, man. Game over.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 05:23 PM (+myjY)

102 Mayorkas definitely needs to spend a few years in prison.

I'm sort of hoping that due to certain treatment that Mayorkas doesn't survive very long in gen pop and eventually and unfortunately vary painfully succumbs to the injuries in sickbay.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 04, 2024 05:23 PM (rHxhM)

103 David Axelrod notes that, in a happy accident, it does turn out that maybe Harris-Biden's deadly delinquency could cause problems turning out the Trump vote.
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Because Trump voters, you see, are too dumb to figure how to vote. Unlike the soy-fed hipsters of Asheville.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 05:23 PM (1bNHn)

104 >>> 98 I watched a clip with Glenn Beck. He said there was a small medical tent, run by ex-Special Forces. Woman from FEMA walked over and asked them what they were doing there. They told her they were handing out insulin and other meds to those that needed them. She told them they had to leave. Guy looked at her and said, "No, you leave. We've been here since Friday. You just showed up. You need to leave now." And she did. Not sure they understand yet that these folks won't be pushed around.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 05:22 PM (gfViB)

GOOD.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 05:23 PM (FnneF)

105 Elon actually taking him up on his offer....
Posted by: Max Power at October 04, 2024 05:18 PM (q177U)

I love it.

"Chopper's running, twinklenuts, what's the fucking number?!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:23 PM (DDGz9)

106 But.. But... Joe just told me they are all happy and getting everything they need.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 05:23 PM (v0R5T)

107 The FEMA (non)response all by itself should be enough to lose Kamala the election (never mind all her other fatal liabilities)…. Let’s hope the world is close to sane/rational

In traditional America (say 1984), Trump would have a Reagan-type 49-state landslide

Bootygig is incompetent AND evil

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 05:23 PM (i5Vkf)

108 I wonder how anyone could still vote for the Democrats; but then I realize that (1) 40% of Democrats are perfectly happy with Biden/Harris allowing (mostly) conservatives in western NC to die from the storm's aftermath -- in fact, they celebrate and encourage it, as we see on X; (2) another 40% of Democrats, based upon the "news" they get in their bubble, wouldn't believe you if you told them what was actually happening in western NC -- "that's misinformation!"; and (3) the remaining 20% of Democrats, who don't follow the news, would shrug and say "That's what always happens no matter who's President."

Posted by: Boy Cleverly at October 04, 2024 05:23 PM (qUkBO)

109 weft cut-loop already pasted all that, so - I apologize for the spam.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 05:23 PM (gKWVE)

110 >> Guy looked at her and said, "No, you leave. We've been here since Friday. You just showed up. You need to leave now." And she did. Not sure they understand yet that these folks won't be pushed around.

Be funnier if he told her to get back in the kitchen.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:24 PM (jRHFE)

111 This is via Citizen Free Press - FEMA is shutting down landfills in the area of Florida hit hard by Helene. Worth watching this video - it's unbelievable.

https://tinyurl.com/y4yxfc52

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2024 05:24 PM (bS+DD)

112 I think a baller move would be to appoint a whole team of AGs. We got more to get after than one person could ever do. Split up the DoJ into streamlined task forces whose only job is to persecute the swamp into submission. One team for cabinet agencies. One team for the courts. One team for the house. One team for the senate.

Investigate. Audit. Harass. Monitor. All day, every day. Make their lives hell. Give them no time to enact whatever nasty schemes they have in store.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:21 PM (DDGz9)
___________________

One other team for homegrown terrorist organizations: antifa, BLM, CAIR, SPLC, to name a few.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:25 PM (YqDXo)

113 >>> Well crap I was all set to vote for Trump , but with brainiacs Springsteen and Taylor Swift telling me Kinamamalla and her back- handing hubby are the way to go, im Verklempt!

Posted by: LASue at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (lCppi)

=====

My wife is getting mad because of all the actors/actresses from her favorite sitcoms and movies are all coming out for Kamala.

Posted by: Turn 2 at October 04, 2024 05:25 PM (3Tg1Y)

114 I'm hearing that there are little to no HV transformers available to replace the ones damaged by the floods. They were sent to Ukraine to rebuild their infrastructure.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 04, 2024 05:25 PM (/U5Yz)

115 >>David Axelrod notes that, in a happy accident, it does turn out that maybe Harris-Biden's deadly delinquency could cause problems turning out the Trump vote.

The rest of the country is watching, Dave.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 05:25 PM (LkLld)

116 Wait. Springsteen said to vote for Harris?

Game over, man. Game over.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
......

It was either him or a sick, braying mule.
Kinda hard to tell.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 05:25 PM (v0R5T)

117 (2) another 40% of Democrats, based upon the "news" they get in their bubble, wouldn't believe you if you told them what was actually happening in western NC -- "that's misinformation!"
Posted by: Boy Cleverly at October 04, 2024 05:23 PM (qUkBO)

That might not be true in this case. Too many eyewitnesses are talking about FEMA (and Asheville) perfidy and they got Starlink.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 05:26 PM (gKWVE)

118 One other team for homegrown terrorist organizations: antifa, BLM, CAIR, SPLC, to name a few.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:25 PM (YqDXo)

Leave them for the military.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:26 PM (DDGz9)

119 They're going to steal another election

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 04, 2024 05:26 PM (dMEty)

120 Trump needs a pit bull as his AG.

..

You'll never get anyone confirmed that is to the right of Bill Barr.

Anyone expecting big indictments of the left is in for a monumental letdown.

It's DC.

Posted by: Not voting our way out at October 04, 2024 05:26 PM (ckGiT)

121 >>I'm hearing that there are little to no HV transformers available to replace the ones damaged by the floods.

Local Elec Co-Ops around the country all have small supplies on hand, and I am sure they will be sending more than they can afford to.

Problem is the time it takes to replace those stocks. They don't grow on trees.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:27 PM (jRHFE)

122 My wife is getting mad because of all the actors/actresses from her favorite sitcoms and movies are all coming out for Kamala.
Posted by: Turn 2
......

Tell her to send some superfan hate mail.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 05:27 PM (v0R5T)

123 weft cut-loop already pasted all that, so - I apologize for the spam.
Posted by: gKWVE

No worries. i do it as well on occasion.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 05:27 PM (IG4Id)

124 >>>"No, you leave. We've been here since Friday. You just showed up. You need to leave now."

More of this, too.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 05:27 PM (i24o9)

125 Guy looked at her and said, "No, you leave. We've been here since Friday. You just showed up. You need to leave now." And she did. Not sure they understand yet that these folks won't be pushed around.

Be funnier if he told her to get back in the kitchen.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:24 PM (jRHFE)
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Be even funnier if the ex-Special Forces guy whipped out his sidearm and stuck the muzzle in her snout.

"You were saying?"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:27 PM (YqDXo)

126 >>That might not be true in this case. Too many eyewitnesses are talking about FEMA (and Asheville) perfidy and they got Starlink.

They got over confident because Hawaii is too far away and East Palestine was mostly ignored by the media.

Not a great idea to piss on the leg of one of the richest men in the world who owns a huge megaphone.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 05:28 PM (LkLld)

127 FEMA is the enemy of Americans.

Just like the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the DOJ, the CDC, the IRS, the BATF, the NEA and the Secret Service.

We're occupied by a foreign force.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 05:28 PM (+myjY)

128 My wife is getting mad because of all the actors/actresses from her favorite sitcoms and movies are all coming out for Kamala.
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She needs new favorites.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:28 PM (YqDXo)

129 88 ... Hey! ... what ... did ... I ... ever ... do ... to ... you ...?

Posted by: An offended sloth at October 04, 2024 05:29 PM (6fC0L)

130 >> My wife is getting mad because of all the actors/actresses from her favorite sitcoms and movies are all coming out for Kamala.

Time to cut the cords.
Starve them of your dollar and free yourselves from the corruption.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:29 PM (jRHFE)

131 Be funnier if he told her to get back in the kitchen.
Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:24 PM (jRHFE)

Heh. "Go make these people some sammiches while they're helping people. Bish."

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 04, 2024 05:29 PM (OX9vb)

132 Guy looked at her and said, "No, you leave. We've been here since Friday. You just showed up. You need to leave now." And she did. Not sure they understand yet that these folks won't be pushed around.

Be funnier if he told her to get back in the kitchen.

Posted by: garrett

North Carolina needs sammiches. Lots and lots of sammiches.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 05:30 PM (v0R5T)

133 Elon actually taking him up on his offer....
Posted by: Max Power at October 04, 2024 05:18 PM (q177U)

I love it.

"Chopper's running, twinklenuts, what's the fucking number?!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:23 PM (DDGz9)
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"Or should I leave a message at your bathhouse?"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:30 PM (YqDXo)

134 Buttplug must be...what's that word?...eliminated.

Posted by: look whats not at October 04, 2024 05:31 PM (nakGR)

135 >>>"No, you leave. We've been here since Friday. You just showed up. You need to leave now."

More of this, too.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 05:27 PM (i24o9)

Their commisars are all wine moms, neckbeards and homos.

And yet they seriously thought a group of operators in a crisis was gonna cower to them.

No is a word i hope we hear a whole lot more of from the people when confronted with this disgusting junta's footpads.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:31 PM (DDGz9)

136 >>> 111 This is via Citizen Free Press - FEMA is shutting down landfills in the area of Florida hit hard by Helene. Worth watching this video - it's unbelievable.

https://tinyurl.com/y4yxfc52
Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2024 05:24 PM (bS+DD)

DeSantis needs the FNG on this and any other interference with relief efforts in his state.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 05:31 PM (FnneF)

137 We need to declare Elon a National Treasure!

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 04, 2024 05:31 PM (nFx0I)

138 What I think happened is...

There has been a growing tendency for a while, but it was supercharged with Covid where these government agencies have put a lot of time into "planning," but it really was just them setting down rules and guidelines where they seize power during an emergency.

Actually, a lot of it came up with post 9/11 funding. Local and State agencies were given a mandate to do "disaster preparedness," and that mostly meant them saying that they would take such and such theoretical actions. Most of those actions were formulated around area/access denial, deprivation of civil rights, seizing assets, controlling media, etc. This was done with the backdrop of a major war/terrorist action and using martial law type blunt control to prevent further damage.

But these pencil necks see it as their government mandated right to control others. This is what happened in Covid and it just keeps getting worse. It is unamerican though.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at October 04, 2024 05:31 PM (6pVO6)

139 "Guy looked at her and said, "No, you leave. We've been here since Friday. You just showed up. You need to leave now." And she did. Not sure they understand yet that these folks won't be pushed around." Posted by: Notsothoreau

There do seem to be some actual tough guy patriots out there. Hopefully some sheriffs actually do arrest FEMA goofs for interfering in life saving efforts.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 04, 2024 05:31 PM (Cus5s)

140 If they seriously want to play Harrison Bergeron with all the donations coming in... hooo, nelly. This could start getting spicy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:33 PM (DDGz9)

141 98 I watched a clip with Glenn Beck. He said there was a small medical tent, run by ex-Special Forces. Woman from FEMA walked over and asked them what they were doing there. They told her they were handing out insulin and other meds to those that needed them. She told them they had to leave. Guy looked at her and said, "No, you leave. We've been here since Friday. You just showed up. You need to leave now." And she did. Not sure they understand yet that these folks won't be pushed around.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 05:22 PM (gfViB)
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With all the chaos in western NC, the ex-Special Forces guy could've just bundled the bitch onto a helicopter and Pinocheted her over a flooded zone. No one would ever know the difference.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:34 PM (YqDXo)

142 3 Cops should throw them in jail until the emergency orders are lifted by the Gov...

Speaking of, where the f is the Governor???
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 05:02 PM (IG4Id)

——

A term limited Dem fully onboard the Dem cheat train.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 05:34 PM (gYHPZ)

143 It is unamerican though.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at October 04, 2024 05:31 PM (6pVO6)

And it will have disastrous consequences. Desperate people will only put up with so much.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 05:34 PM (i24o9)

144 "A lot of people are wondering if Harris-Biden are deliberately slow-rolling aid to North Carolina because the storm destroyed mostly Republican areas."

I quit wondering some time ago. I think it's pretty obvious that the objective is to use the Federal government to punish Republican and Republican-leaning states.

The cherry on top of the replacement "theory" is this particular disaster. It receives minimal, belated attention from the Feds and from the now, institutionalized government media (MFM) if it gets attention at all. And, wouldn't you know, FEMA has diverted legal citizen taxpayer emergency money to import and facilitate a foreign invasion of aliens and now lacks funds for Americans in crisis.

EVERY response from the Federal apparatus has been weaponized against conservatives and Republicans and anyone who might question Progressive/Communist policy.

Yeah, no, this isn't "mistakes were made"; this is domestic enemy action.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at October 04, 2024 05:34 PM (aXxgO)

145
Not a great idea to piss on the leg of one of the richest men in the world who owns a huge megaphone.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 05:28 PM

The guy only has 200,000,001 followers, well more then half the USA population, so stop exaggerating.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 05:34 PM (RKVpM)

146 FAFO x.com/RetroCoast/status/1842212404689551467

Reports that a FEMA director who was acting arrogant and denying aid to #NorthCarolina flood victims was BEATEN by local residents
The incident occurred 20 miles south of #Asheville

Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 05:34 PM (gKWVE)

147 Hindering aid need not be centrally-controlled by the White House or Kalorama. Many Ds at all levels of power, especially those in DC, hate these Hillbillies and can't resist harming them given the opportunity. (I'm looking at you Mayor Pete)

But surely the polls will be open in 30 days when the Ds will find that angry Hillbillies everywhere will be turning out like never before.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 04, 2024 05:34 PM (nFx0I)

148 Tyrannical government oppressing the people… Comme il l’a toujurs ete…

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 05:35 PM (PCK5/)

149 I'm hearing that there are little to no HV transformers available to replace the ones damaged by the floods.

Local Elec Co-Ops around the country all have small supplies on hand, and I am sure they will be sending more than they can afford to.

Problem is the time it takes to replace those stocks. They don't grow on trees.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:27 PM

I read the other day that some of that specialized equipment they need takes a year or more to get through the manufacturing pipeline. Plus most of our available stock of emergency electrical equipment has been sent to ukraine to "rebuild" their infrastructure.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 04, 2024 05:35 PM (QNSds)

150 Unburdened by what came before:
The US Constitution
Equal Justice
The Bill of Rights
Immigration Law
Criminal Law

In their place will be communism:
Show trials
Censorship
The deaths of those who stand in the way
An American Holodomor

Nothing can wash the blood off their hands. May God show no mercy on these people.

Posted by: Enough Bullshit at October 04, 2024 05:35 PM (2NXcZ)

151 Logistics in the last mile is always the problem. We are going to start seeing the lethargy of government begin to move and they will fill up the major hubs cities and airports with stuff. But with absolutely no way to get it out because of the lack of roads. So...helicopters. Something the locals have been doing down to the county level even before the rain stopped.
Now...how can the combined efforts of government assets and civilian teams work together? I doubt if it is by putting FEMA in charge. They need to decentralize control to the county level. It's been over a week and these are the guys who know best what areas need help Let them lead the effort.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 05:35 PM (W/lyH)

152 This is via Citizen Free Press - FEMA is shutting down landfills in the area of Florida hit hard by Helene. Worth watching this video - it's unbelievable.

https://tinyurl.com/y4yxfc52
Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2024 05:24 PM (bS+DD)
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By what authority does FEMA shut down landfills??

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:35 PM (YqDXo)

153 this is somewhat related, Mike Benz on the war room, saying how our government (CIA) actively censors conservatives in Germany.

https://tinyurl.com/y5t8kpwa

Posted by: illiniwek at October 04, 2024 05:35 PM (Cus5s)

154 >>> 140 If they seriously want to play Harrison Bergeron with all the donations coming in... hooo, nelly. This could start getting spicy.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:33 PM (DDGz9)

What, I wasn't clear enough about what 'equity' meant?

Posted by: KamKam! at October 04, 2024 05:36 PM (FnneF)

155 >>Reports that a FEMA director who was acting arrogant and denying aid to #NorthCarolina flood victims was BEATEN by local residents

I didn't catch the fellas name.

Showed up right after the flood. Never seen him 'fore that.

Posted by: Another Local Resident at October 04, 2024 05:36 PM (jRHFE)

156 "There are hundreds of bodies still in the waters and valleys out there. Nobody would notice if one or two more ended up there."

Things to tell FEMA interlopers.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 05:36 PM (lTGtQ)

157 MSM is reporting mountains of federal aid is being delivered and distributed to grateful residents so all these reports must be disinformation.

Posted by: Ripley at October 04, 2024 05:36 PM (PTDkx)

158 FEMA is managing things, all right…

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 05:36 PM (PCK5/)

159 When the time for vengeance finally arrives, let's make sure all of the wood chippers are hand cranked.

For the environment!
And their enhanced suffering.

Posted by: Stateless at October 04, 2024 05:37 PM (jvJvP)

160 Hindering aid need not be centrally-controlled by the White House or Kalorama. Many Ds at all levels of power, especially those in DC, hate these Hillbillies and can't resist harming them given the opportunity. (I'm looking at you Mayor Pete)
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His favorite part of "Deliverance" was when the hillbilly "romances" Ned Beatty.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:37 PM (YqDXo)

161 >>> 147 Hindering aid need not be centrally-controlled by the White House or Kalorama. Many Ds at all levels of power, especially those in DC, hate these Hillbillies and can't resist harming them given the opportunity. (I'm looking at you Mayor Pete)

But surely the polls will be open in 30 days when the Ds will find that angry Hillbillies everywhere will be turning out like never before.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 04, 2024 05:34 PM (nFx0I)

"working towards the Furher"

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 05:37 PM (FnneF)

162 My son and I are driving a trailer load of supplies to a receiving yard in NC on Sunday. I hope they end up in hands of those in need.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 04, 2024 05:37 PM (CDwFG)

163 This is via Citizen Free Press - FEMA is shutting down landfills in the area of Florida hit hard by Helene. Worth watching this video - it's unbelievable.

https://tinyurl.com/y4yxfc52
Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2024 05:24 PM (bS+DD)
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By what authority does FEMA shut down landfills??

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:35 PM

The emergency good and plenty cause of the US Constitution Article III section 2b.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 04, 2024 05:37 PM (QNSds)

164 53. Trump needs a pit bull as his AG. Lots of people need to be in prison. Maybe a cross between a pit bull and a honey badger.

RFK Jr has entered the chat.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 04, 2024 05:37 PM (/xdGM)

165 "The big issue is FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own."

What are the odds that our current Federal government is doing the exact same thing as militias and tyrannies in third-world countries to mask American donations via NGOs?

I mean besides 100%.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at October 04, 2024 05:37 PM (aXxgO)

166 "There are hundreds of bodies still in the waters and valleys out there. Nobody would notice if one or two more ended up there."

Things to tell FEMA interlopers.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 05:36 PM (lTGtQ)
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Exactly my point above.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:38 PM (YqDXo)

167 One of things that Garrett Mitchell said about the ability to reach people in the NC mountains is that it's very rough, and tight. A UH/MH-60 Blackhawk is about 60 feet long. Rotary diameter is about the same forward and back. They're simply too big to get into some of the more remote locations. But they can still provide air drops, but aren't.

But private helicopters can.

He details some of the technical, pilot shit that they have to deal with attempting to land in tight, highly steep LZ's. Some, a simple spray painted "X" on a road.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 05:38 PM (Q4IgG)

168 Just shows how stupid they really are with trying to bully Elon Musk. He has balls and the money back him up. He also seems to have a soul and can see evil in people.

Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 05:38 PM (Mgb19)

169 With all the chaos in western NC, the ex-Special Forces guy could've just bundled the bitch onto a helicopter and Pinocheted her over a flooded zone. No one would ever know the difference.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:34 PM

I like the way you think....

Posted by: Stateless at October 04, 2024 05:38 PM (jvJvP)

170 >>Plus most of our available stock of emergency electrical equipment has been sent to ukraine to "rebuild" their infrastructure.

Fed Emergency Stocks.

Private Electric Suppliers have the stock they need to maintain their own lines.

And yes, it can take up to 2 years for some of that equipment to reach a customer.
Buddy of mine sells that stuff to all the Co-Ops out West here.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:38 PM (jRHFE)

171 A term limited Dem fully onboard the Dem cheat train.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
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He destroyed his political career in North Carolina just like Blanco and Nagin did in Louisiana.

Disaster relief fumbles are not a red blue issue--many blue voters in NC have family or friends in the hills and Asheville surroundings was a blue area itself along with Boone NC (App State).

Won't help Kamala one damn bit in GA or NC and their two bit Dr. Evil impersonator Mayorkas and Buttplug are going to become cabinet members known forevermore as evil incompetent fckers.

The Dems big tent is shrinking by the minute.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 05:38 PM (ZOPh/)

172 >>"No, you leave. We've been here since Friday. You just showed up. You need to leave now."

Sad, I just heard this in Chinese restaurant all you can eat style:

"No - you live - we been hare sin Fiday...yu jus show up. Yu need live now."

That's what this place will do to you...I blame you all!

Posted by: Boswell at October 04, 2024 05:39 PM (V7158)

173 MSM is reporting mountains of federal aid is being delivered and distributed to grateful residents so all these reports must be disinformation.
Posted by: Ripley at October 04, 2024 05:36 PM (PTDkx)

Yeah, right next to a stack of a billion greenbacks in Addis Ababa.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:39 PM (DDGz9)

174 Fk Joe Biden

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 05:39 PM (fwDg9)

175 169 With all the chaos in western NC, the ex-Special Forces guy could've just bundled the bitch onto a helicopter and Pinocheted her over a flooded zone. No one would ever know the difference.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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Mudslides are a helluva way to bury a lot of stuff fast.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 05:39 PM (ZOPh/)

176
One thing I've learned from this event is that a lot of patriotic Americans own helicopters.

I did not know that.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 05:39 PM (RKVpM)

177 Just another reason for me to hate Springsteen. BTW, his music sucks.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 04, 2024 05:40 PM (XMwZJ)

178 I still am waiting for that old bastard to stroke out

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 05:40 PM (fwDg9)

179 >>> 146 FAFO x.com/RetroCoast/status/1842212404689551467

Reports that a FEMA director who was acting arrogant and denying aid to #NorthCarolina flood victims was BEATEN by local residents
The incident occurred 20 miles south of #Asheville
Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 05:34 PM (gKWVE)

No one ever knows what will start 'things', until after things start

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 05:40 PM (FnneF)

180 168 Just shows how stupid they really are with trying to bully Elon Musk. He has balls and the money back him up. He also seems to have a soul and can see evil in people.
Posted by: Megthered
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Like Thiel, Musk has enough money to hire private detectives to make their lives a living hell if they mess with him. Clinton Crime Family used that technique for years.

Probably has a lot of kompromat already by their messaging archives on Twitter.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 05:41 PM (ZOPh/)

181

Biden talks election, economy and Middle East in surprise news briefing

https://t.ly/zrqlw

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2024 05:42 PM (63Dwl)

182 Patera on Appalachia Homestead has been warning people that tempers are short. People running in supplies have been going hard for a week now. They just aren't in the mood to put up with interference.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 05:42 PM (gfViB)

183 I just read that they are blocking all the roads from Tennessee to western NC so that people with relief supplies have no way to get them in.
This is just evil.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 04, 2024 05:42 PM (t/2Uw)

184 Elon Musk is the Hank Scorpio we have been waiting for.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 05:43 PM (Ad8y9)

185 I've got a feeling tomorrow's rally in Butler, PA is going to be a must watch.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 05:43 PM (LkLld)

186 Reports that a FEMA director who was acting arrogant and denying aid to #NorthCarolina flood victims was BEATEN by local residents
The incident occurred 20 miles south of #Asheville
Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 05:34 PM (gKWVE)

No one ever knows what will start 'things', until after things start

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 05:40 PM (FnneF)
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True dat.

Posted by: Nikolai Ceaucescu/i] at October 04, 2024 05:43 PM (YqDXo)

187 Biden talks election, economy and Middle East in surprise news briefing

https://t.ly/zrqlw
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2024 05:42 PM (63Dwl)

Yeah, he bragged about today's jobs numbers and called Trump a liar

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 05:44 PM (IyPmt)

188 "Reports that a FEMA director who was acting arrogant and denying aid to #NorthCarolina flood victims was BEATEN by local residents"

If true, then you will see the feds finally fully mobilize and act quickly. (To track down the attackers)

Posted by: Ripley at October 04, 2024 05:44 PM (PTDkx)

189 We called the White House and they said everything's fine.

Posted by: David Muir at October 04, 2024 05:44 PM (2UnvF)

190 And they are saying that the fire chief, that threatened to arrest the helicopter pilot, has himself been arrested.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 05:44 PM (gfViB)

191 >>I've got a feeling tomorrow's rally in Butler, PA is going to be a must watch.

I'm not gonna feel good about that one until it is over and everyone gets home safely.

Too many key players are going to be in too small an area for me.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:44 PM (jRHFE)

192 FEMA must be shut down. It is useless in a disaster, and unnecessary for any other purpose. Charitable organizations and private citizens, using social media to get attention and donations, are doing a much better job, without the inefficiencies.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 04, 2024 05:45 PM (OX9vb)

193 Are Vance and Trump appearing together??

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 05:45 PM (PCK5/)

194 Elon will be at the rally

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 05:46 PM (gfViB)

195 >>> 190 And they are saying that the fire chief, that threatened to arrest the helicopter pilot, has himself been arrested.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 05:44 PM (gfViB)

HA HA!

(douchebag will *probably* have charges dropped.... but if nothing else he's going to sweat for a while...)

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 05:46 PM (FnneF)

196 Ya know, it's times like this that make me think, Unionist that I am, that the Confederates may have had a point.

Second look at Jeff Davis?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 05:07 PM (v6JzV)

Jeff Davis used to hang folks in those areas for dodging the draft and burning railroad bridges.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:46 PM (n7h9X)

197 I just read that they are blocking all the roads from Tennessee to western NC so that people with relief supplies have no way to get them in.
This is just evil.

Posted by: Sharon

Reminds me of traffic police shutting down highways until they clean up every last bit of oil from a roadway.

Small people using every ounce of authority they can grab to step on the face of everyone else.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 05:46 PM (lTGtQ)

198 >>Are Vance and Trump appearing together??

And Elon will be there and a bunch of key Election apparatchiks.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:46 PM (jRHFE)

199 that said, this newest horror show is pissing me off. Again and again the fucking feral gubmint doubles down, and it seems like it always works in their favor.

I am losing sleep as I wonder what I can do to keep my family safe.

It is fucking terrifying.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 05:47 PM (Ad8y9)

200 198 >>Are Vance and Trump appearing together??

And Elon will be there and a bunch of key Election apparatchiks.
Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:46 PM (jRHFE)

This is a terrible idea… because this is the reality we live in now.

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 05:47 PM (PCK5/)

201 >>> 182 Patera on Appalachia Homestead has been warning people that tempers are short. People running in supplies have been going hard for a week now. They just aren't in the mood to put up with interference.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 05:42 PM (gfViB)

>>> 183 I just read that they are blocking all the roads from Tennessee to western NC so that people with relief supplies have no way to get them in.
This is just evil.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 04, 2024 05:42 PM (t/2Uw)

This seems... unwise.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 05:48 PM (FnneF)

202
And they are saying that the fire chief, that threatened to arrest the helicopter pilot, has himself been arrested.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 05:44 PM

He's definitely been 'named and shamed' and has gone into hiding.
* cough* Chris Melton * cough*

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 05:48 PM (RKVpM)

203 Jeff Davis used to hang folks in those areas for dodging the draft and burning railroad bridges.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:46 PM (n7h9X)

I mean, i got no love for Johnny Reb, but that seems downright reasonable.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:49 PM (DDGz9)

204 Where the F' is the NC Governor ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 05:49 PM (IyPmt)

205 >>This is a terrible idea… because this is the reality we live in now.

Hopefully Elon is rolling with a Fuckton of Private Security.

I don't trust the Secret Service.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:50 PM (jRHFE)

206 By what authority does FEMA shut down landfills??

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:35 PM

The emergency good and plenty cause of the US Constitution Article III section 2b.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 04, 2024 05:37 PM (QNSds)

Drive the garbage to FEMA HQ and dump it there.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:50 PM (n7h9X)

207 I can tell you One Thing for Damn Sure about tomorrow's rally in Butler PA: the world is going to find out the crowd capacity of that God-damned "sloped roof."

If Mayorkas really does have access to F-15's and nukes, he'd better get them greased up and ready to roll. His shit is in the road.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at October 04, 2024 05:51 PM (zdLoL)

208 Hollywood for Kamala? Really? 🙄

Barack & Michelle Obama Expand Netflix Film & TV Deal
>Deadline dot com, Jun 13, 2024 — Netflix and Higher Ground partners Barack & Michelle Obama have signed a new film and TV deal.

>Cuffe Biden Owens, with a Rodeo Drive Law Firm which practices general business, corporate law and entertainment law (Son of Valerie Biden Owens & John Owens, and a nephew of the president.)

>Doug Emhoff was "one of the lawyers representing Taco Bell's former advertising agency TBWA in a chihuahua-centric case. Emhoff joined DLA Piper as a partner in 2017, working at its Washington, D.C., and California offices. He earned $1.2 million per year as a partner of the law firm." He's a "former" partner now (but I have no idea if that also means all ties & investments have ended).

DLA Piper has offices in D.C. & California, and is also a huge global law firm. It has an interesting Wikipedia page if you're interested in knowing more.

Hollywood Reporter, 03/22, Netflix to Stream Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ‘Servant of the People’
The satirical series, which originally streamed on Netflix from 2017 to 2021, has returned to the service in the U.S.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 04, 2024 05:51 PM (NFX2v)

209
Elon Musk is the Hank Scorpio we have been waiting for.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 05:43 PM

unfortunately, the junta views Elon more as a Hank Reardon

"nice rocket ship operation you have there, Mr.Reardon"

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 04, 2024 05:51 PM (tljrc)

210 >>By what authority does FEMA shut down landfills??

Landfills are traditionally located in areas that have large populations of BIPOC individuals...

or some shit.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:51 PM (jRHFE)

211 And they are saying that the fire chief, that threatened to arrest the helicopter pilot, has himself been arrested.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 05:44 PM

He's definitely been 'named and shamed' and has gone into hiding.
* cough* Chris Melton * cough*
Posted by: Divide by Zero
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Change dot org petition drive link to remove both the Chief and Assistant Chief and asshat Melton.
https://tinyurl.com/4pf3hxrz

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 05:51 PM (ZOPh/)

212 83 I just read that they are blocking all the roads from Tennessee to western NC so that people with relief supplies have no way to get them in.
This is just evil.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 04, 2024 05:42 PM (t/2Uw)
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Block all the roads into/out of Manhattan. Do it for a couple weeks.

Posted by: Nikolai Ceaucescu/i] at October 04, 2024 05:52 PM (YqDXo)

213 On the plus-side, Appalachia folk are not the people you want to piss off.

October Surprise writ large.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 05:52 PM (Ad8y9)

214 Exactly. Elon Musk is Hank Reardon.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 05:52 PM (lTGtQ)

215 Jeff Davis used to hang folks in those areas for dodging the draft and burning railroad bridges.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:46 PM (n7h9X)

I mean, i got no love for Johnny Reb, but that seems downright reasonable.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:49 PM (DDGz9)

Hill country were loyalists even down in Alabama. West Virginia even seceded back to the North and got their own state, because Virginia had not redistricted for some 40 years and so 30 percent of the population got 60 percent of the vote.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:52 PM (n7h9X)

216 I just read that they are blocking all the roads from Tennessee to western NC so that people with relief supplies have no way to get them in.
This is just evil.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)

This seems... unwise.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

It's almost certain that some of those roads are washed out and dangerous to drive on.

But with all the bulls--t shenanigans the government is pulling elsewhere, nobody's going to know which roads are truly dangerous and which are being shut down because RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!

Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2024 05:52 PM (DgGvY)

217 Sock off.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:52 PM (YqDXo)

218 204 Where the F' is the NC Governor ?
Posted by: It's me donna
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Like Blanco, he has ghosted his own state. Fully deserves impeachment and removal by the state legislature over this despite the few months remaining in his miserable term in office.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 05:53 PM (ZOPh/)

219
Where the F' is the NC Governor ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 05:49 PM

Unless I'm grossly negligent at reading Wiki, he's a two term Governor (D) on his way out the door with no shits to give.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 05:53 PM (RKVpM)

220 The Army still has a Mule Corp.

Some rescuers have been using mules to get up and down the hills.

Posted by: Adriane the I Think It Is Obvious Critic . . . at October 04, 2024 05:53 PM (TX4bP)

221 Never argue with someone who buys ink by the tanker ship.

Posted by: t-bird at October 04, 2024 05:53 PM (Fr3vV)

222 >>> 213 On the plus-side, Appalachia folk are not the people you want to piss off.

October Surprise writ large.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 05:52 PM (Ad8y9)

I have a feeling that even if this does not cause an immediate reaction - that this was a very, very poor decision in the long run.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 05:53 PM (FnneF)

223 I am losing sleep as I wonder what I can do to keep my family safe.

It is fucking terrifying.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 05:47 PM (Ad8y9)

What you can do is keep your powder dry, keep on being a good husband and father, and watch as these idiots continue to consume themselves as they slide more and more into irrelevance.

Look at the difference between today and, say, fifteen years ago. Default Leftism is dead. Their lock on culture is gone. They've thoroughly embarrassed themselves. The ball is rolling, and sanity is on the horizon. Just have patience, pray, and be prepared as much as you can be.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:53 PM (DDGz9)

224 >> The Army still has a Mule Corp.

USFS has a TON of Mule Teams, too.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:53 PM (jRHFE)

225 Some of the horseshit reporting about people being arrested for going here, or there and so and so being denied access to these people in distress are from posters in California and other locations.

For the clicks.

And we're buying it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 05:54 PM (Q4IgG)

226 This probably sounds insane.. but I am thinking even after all that has happened to him Trump STILL does not appreciate fully the violence viciousness of his Democrat opposition… I’m crazy I guess.

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 05:54 PM (PCK5/)

227 214 Exactly. Elon Musk is Hank Reardon.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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With satellites, self driving car technology, and really large rockets.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 05:54 PM (ZOPh/)

228 I've been considering reactivating my Red Cross membership to prep for going to some area of the Helene disaster area. I was trained in building assessment which is what I did in the aftermath of Mathew in NC.

Got to check with work too. I'm pretty sure they'd comp my PTO if I go. Besides being a volunteer EMR (Emergency Medical Responder), so I have medical skills and equipment.

Posted by: Beartooth at October 04, 2024 05:54 PM (WuJwx)

229 We're from the government and we're here to help. ...ourselves.

Posted by: FEMA at October 04, 2024 05:55 PM (Fr3vV)

230 Hill country were loyalists even down in Alabama. West Virginia even seceded back to the North and got their own state, because Virginia had not redistricted for some 40 years and so 30 percent of the population got 60 percent of the vote.

Posted by: Oldcat

Even in the Texas hill country. There is still a place called Loyal Valley.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 05:55 PM (lTGtQ)

231 I just want to say that I liked Springsteen's music when I was young, and he may be a commie buffoon but he is not taking that away from me.

I stopped buying anything by him when he started playing games releasing compilation disks with one or two unreleased songs to get fans to buy the same shit over and over. That was in the late 80s I think. or early 90s. But I sill like his old music. Hate the man though.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at October 04, 2024 05:55 PM (6pVO6)

232 The family of the murdered man, CoreyComperatore, will be there along with Vance and Elon and the men who were injured, and a shitload of first responders. It makes me nervous but I hope Elon has coordinated with Trumps private security and local, not SS or FBI, for security.

Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 05:55 PM (Mgb19)

233 I can’t wait to watch that rally in Butler tomorrow. I’m thinking it will be the highlight of the entire campaign. Between the SS and Musk’s private security I’m not too worried… should be locked down tight as a drum. Perhaps I’m being naively optimistic…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 05:55 PM (i5Vkf)

234 They are running a team of goats with supplies too. The mule teams have been successful.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 05:55 PM (gfViB)

235 You know what's missing from this discussion?

The North Carolina National Guard.

Not saying that they haven't been deployed to western NC. I'm just saying that they are missing from nearly every media discussion I've been reading/watching.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2024 05:56 PM (rj6Yv)

236 The ball is rolling, and sanity is on the horizon. Just have patience, pray, and be prepared as much as you can be.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:53 PM (DDGz9)

On that note, I am making an ammo run tomorrow.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 05:56 PM (Ad8y9)

237 Springsteen was always a hack.

'Mr State Trooper' was your first clue.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:56 PM (jRHFE)

238 >>By what authority does FEMA shut down landfills??

Landfills are traditionally located in areas that have large populations of BIPOC individuals...

or some shit.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:51 PM (jRHFE)
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So? How does FEMA come into that?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:56 PM (YqDXo)

239 226 This probably sounds insane.. but I am thinking even after all that has happened to him Trump STILL does not appreciate fully the violence viciousness of his Democrat opposition… I’m crazy I guess.
Posted by: tubal
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I am sure he knows as does his family. What he does not know and can't know is who will cross the Rubicon behind him. It is fully apparent that GOP in office are miserable cowards by and large about any confrontation. Too many of them either play for the other team under cover or are base cowards out for themselves and no other.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 05:57 PM (ZOPh/)

240 USFS has a TON of Mule Teams, too.

Posted by: garrett

There are places a vehicle just cannot go.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 05:57 PM (lTGtQ)

241 How soon before the feds send in their armed goons to arrest local sheriffs?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 05:05 PM (Q4IgG)

Having friends who live in the area....that would be a big mistake. A big mistake.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 04, 2024 05:57 PM (iODuv)

242 Haven't seen too many rally this year but will watch tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 05:57 PM (fwDg9)

243 this is somewhat related, Mike Benz on the war room, saying how our government (CIA) actively censors conservatives in Germany.

https://tinyurl.com/y5t8kpwa
Posted by: illiniwek at October 04, 2024 05:35 PM (Cus5s)

well they do that here, so why not Germany?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:57 PM (n7h9X)

244 >>They are running a team of goats with supplies too.

I know a bunch of guys that went to using Llamas over Mules.

I guess they are easier to care for in the off-season. But they get their camps in and their Elk out on Alpaca, now.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:58 PM (jRHFE)

245 186 Reports that a FEMA director who was acting arrogant and denying aid to #NorthCarolina flood victims was BEATEN by local residents
The incident occurred 20 miles south of #Asheville
Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 05:34 PM (gKWVE)

God forgive me, but I hope this is true.

Posted by: Spypeach at October 04, 2024 05:58 PM (UuB/1)

246 The family of the murdered man, CoreyComperatore, will be there along with Vance and Elon and the men who were injured, and a shitload of first responders. It makes me nervous but I hope Elon has coordinated with Trumps private security and local, not SS or FBI, for security.

Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 05:55 PM (Mgb19)
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It's unwise to have Vance (and maybe Musk, too) in the same venue.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:58 PM (YqDXo)

247 231 I just want to say that I liked Springsteen's music when I was young, and he may be a commie buffoon but he is not taking that away from me.

I stopped buying anything by him when he started playing games releasing compilation disks with one or two unreleased songs to get fans to buy the same shit over and over. That was in the late 80s I think. or early 90s. But I sill like his old music. Hate the man though.
Posted by: Gentlemen
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He sold all his music catalog and publishing rights a year or so ago for over a half a billion bucks. So you can listen to him in peace without paying him a thin dime.

Doesn't apply to his live concerts though.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 05:58 PM (ZOPh/)

248 >>> 225 Some of the horseshit reporting about people being arrested for going here, or there and so and so being denied access to these people in distress are from posters in California and other locations.

For the clicks.

And we're buying it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 05:54 PM (Q4IgG)

With any big event there are attention-whore fcktards who want to use it for their own advantage. I'm not clear on your overall point though; are you saying you think *most* of such reports are BS?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 05:59 PM (FnneF)

249 This probably sounds insane.. but I am thinking even after all that has happened to him Trump STILL does not appreciate fully the violence viciousness of his Democrat opposition… I’m crazy I guess.
Posted by: tubal

He must know. People that work for Daily Wire even have assigned security teams to protect them.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 05:59 PM (lTGtQ)

250 Like firing purposely at non-combatant.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 04, 2024 05:59 PM (J8LnB)

251 >>So? How does FEMA come into that?

They are an arm of the Federal Government.
In a 'Disaster Area' they will be coordinating just about everything you let them.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:59 PM (jRHFE)

252 You know what's missing from this discussion?

The North Carolina National Guard.

Not saying that they haven't been deployed to western NC. I'm just saying that they are missing from nearly every media discussion I've been reading/watching.
Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2024 05:56 PM (rj6Yv)

I heard that they are deployed overseas. A few years back DeSantis created a state guard because their National Guard was out of country too.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:59 PM (n7h9X)

253
To my eyes I40 south into west North Carolina is a one lane highway at certain parts. It's gonna take months of continuously pouring cement from the floor of that river to get it up to road height.

Interstate highway, Feds problem Joe. Sucks to be the 5% of your brain left. Better pardon Hunter before its too late.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 06:00 PM (RKVpM)

254 238 >>By what authority does FEMA shut down landfills??

Landfills are traditionally located in areas that have large populations of BIPOC individuals...

or some shit.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:51 PM (jRHFE)
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So? How does FEMA come into that?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 05:56 PM (YqDXo)
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This just in: the MLB Commissioner (Rob Manfred, /spit) has shut down landfills too. He figures he has the same authority to do so that FEMA has.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:00 PM (YqDXo)

255 >>To my eyes I40 south into west North Carolina is a one lane highway at certain parts. It's gonna take months of continuously pouring cement from the floor of that river to get it up to road height.

I am sure it will be up and running as quickly as that Bridge in Baltimore Harbor.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 06:00 PM (jRHFE)

256 251 >>So? How does FEMA come into that?

They are an arm of the Federal Government.
In a 'Disaster Area' they will be coordinating just about everything you let them.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 05:59 PM (jRHFE)
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An arm of the Federal government that is doing the shake-weight exercise.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:01 PM (YqDXo)

257 Plus , NCNG would have to be activated by the NC Gov (D on’t care).

Posted by: Adriane the I Think It Is Obvious Critic . . . at October 04, 2024 06:01 PM (TX4bP)

258 >>An arm of the Federal government that is doing the shake-weight exercise.

It's what we pay them for.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 06:01 PM (jRHFE)

259 On the plus-side, Appalachia folk are not the people you want to piss off.

October Surprise writ large.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 05:52 PM (Ad8y9)

I'm thinking if I had just survived 5 or 6 days hanging on with my family only to see them swept away before any help arrived, or worse, learned that the government stopped help from arriving, I'd not be a very nice person after that.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 06:02 PM (W/lyH)

260 FEMA does this repeatedly.
Bureaucrats, especially professional bureaucrats, are bad people and bad things should be done to them.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 06:02 PM (xcxpd)

261 NC-DOT web page sez work on I-40 repairs are scheduled through September, 2025. I'm guessing 9/26 at least.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2024 06:03 PM (rj6Yv)

262 He must know. People that work for Daily Wire even have assigned security teams to protect them.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 05:59 PM (lTGtQ)
___________________

Gotta protect those DW guys from right-wing violence.

It's outrageous that the Reds bleat about right-wing violence, which is essentially non-existent, while they perpetrate left-wing violence on a daily basis.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:03 PM (YqDXo)

263 @220 The Army still has a Mule Corp.

Yeah, I don't think so, but the Marines still teach it, and Army Special Forces sends some trainees to learn the skill.

Army Pack Service was founded by Gen Crook, noted as an Indian fighter and a founder of the NRA. When they got an unruly mule, they would shave its mane and tail, which is why new 2LT's are called "shavetails."

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at October 04, 2024 06:03 PM (zdLoL)

264 > With any big event there are attention-whore fcktards who want to use it for their own advantage. I'm not clear on your overall point though; are you saying you think *most* of such reports are BS?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 05:59 PM (FnneF)
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No.

Some.

"Some of the horseshit reporting..." from my original post.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 06:03 PM (Q4IgG)

265 >>> 258 >>An arm of the Federal government that is doing the shake-weight exercise.

It's what we pay them for.
Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 06:01 PM (jRHFE)

No, silly, you pay for *important* things like supporting art shows by transgender youths in Pakistan.

Posted by: KamKam! at October 04, 2024 06:03 PM (FnneF)

266 With any big event there are attention-whore fcktards who want to use it for their own advantage. I'm not clear on your overall point though; are you saying you think *most* of such reports are BS?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 05:59 PM (FnneF)

Californians are a good fraction of the national population and can have relatives and friends in NC and the South just like anyone else and even if liberal can be mad about it.

That said, nothing about the descriptions given surprises me in the least, whether politically motivated or just incompetent this is how self important clowns act.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:03 PM (n7h9X)

267 I've seen posts about National Guard helicopters but am not sure what state they are from.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 06:03 PM (gfViB)

268 I am sure it will be up and running as quickly as that Bridge in Baltimore Harbor.

Posted by: garrett

In about two years they will have a preliminary drawing.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 06:03 PM (lTGtQ)

269 Who knows what the Left may do?

If it was being centrally-controlled by Kalorama I don't think Obama would have come out. I see his campaigning for Kamala as desperation.

There's a risk that lesser power centers act on their own.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 04, 2024 06:03 PM (nFx0I)

270 237 Springsteen was always a hack.

'Mr State Trooper' was your first clue.
Posted by: garrett

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Disagree. That whole album was a H.S. music class project, so yeah, it is not a great song. But it does capture the mood of driving the highways of NJ, being "mostly legal," and every 10 miles you see a cop on the side of the road looking for prey.
To judge him based on the worst song on a throwaway album of demo tapes is kind of pointless.

I have driven those roads many times (often coming home from the Fast Lane or Stone Pony, or the Dover Show Place, etc. and that song kind of nails the mood.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at October 04, 2024 06:04 PM (6pVO6)

271
And we're buying it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 05:54 PM

You're the only one buying it. Nobody but you is selling it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 06:04 PM (RKVpM)

272 I heard that they are deployed overseas. A few years back DeSantis created a state guard because their National Guard was out of country too.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:59 PM (n7h9X)
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No, that can't be right. The half-breed slut assured us that there were American troops in war zones.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:04 PM (YqDXo)

273 Regarding the Gov. of NC it looks like they have taken down the Repub. candidate Robinson ? with some porn stuff from years ago does that mean NC is gonna get another Dem Gov. ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 06:04 PM (IyPmt)

274 Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 05:59 PM (lTGtQ)

Wait, what's that now?

Posted by: thathalfrican - steady mobbing at October 04, 2024 06:04 PM (eZwyX)

275 Only in a Third World Shithole are senile tyrants allowed to dictate personal, local, socially-acceptable interactivities backed by threats of punishment.

All disobedience, henceforthwith will be subject to the Honorable Puffy Combs court of justice.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 06:05 PM (DyvRT)

276 273 Regarding the Gov. of NC it looks like they have taken down the Repub. candidate Robinson ? with some porn stuff from years ago does that mean NC is gonna get another Dem Gov. ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 06:04 PM (IyPmt)

Since all of their big cities are hives of scum and villains I would say yes…

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 06:05 PM (PCK5/)

277 Californians are a good fraction of the national population and can have relatives and friends in NC and the South just like anyone else and even if liberal can be mad about it.
______________

I have a son in NC, and cousins in SC and FL. In fact, most of my surviving family is in FL.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:06 PM (YqDXo)

278 250 Like firing purposely at non-combatant.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 04, 2024 05:59 PM (J8LnB)

*The ATF has left the chat*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 06:06 PM (xcxpd)

279 273 Regarding the Gov. of NC it looks like they have taken down the Repub. candidate Robinson ? with some porn stuff from years ago does that mean NC is gonna get another Dem Gov. ?
Posted by: It's me donna
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Robinson is still in the race. All that allegations happened before the disaster and the Dem governor is going to get the blame by a bunch of very angry folks in NC. Robinson has been seen out and helping folks. His opponent, not so much.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 06:06 PM (ZOPh/)

280 Wait, what's that now?

Posted by: thathalfrican

I saw an interview with a director/producer for DW the other day, and he pointed out how most of their staff have to have security these days.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 06:06 PM (lTGtQ)

281 The half-breed slut assured us that there were NO American troops in war zones.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:04 PM (YqDXo)

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:07 PM (YqDXo)

282 >>> 264
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No.

Some.

"Some of the horseshit reporting..." from my original post.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 06:03 PM (Q4IgG)

I caught that, but I honestly don't see how it's relevant if there are some lying asshoes, because there are many others who are *not* lying about the problems.

I see it as the same as the various stories about how bad things are - the details may be garbled or just *wrong*, but we certainly aren't getting an accurate picture from feralgov or the presstitutes.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 06:07 PM (FnneF)

283 No, that can't be right. The half-breed slut assured us that there were American troops in war zones.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:04 PM (YqDXo)

How about contra-Special-Military-Operation zone? Or pre-Cease-Fire zones in Israel?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:07 PM (n7h9X)

284 I heard that they are deployed overseas. A few years back DeSantis created a state guard because their National Guard was out of country too.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:59 PM (n7h9X)

My baby brother was 82nd Airborne in Iraq in 2003. He ETS'd then joined the Montana National Guard because he liked the military lifestyle. He was almost immediately deployed two more times. Whoops.

Not to be deterred, he became a Black Hawk pilot. some dudes are just gluttons for punishment.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 06:07 PM (Ad8y9)

285 I'm not beyond believing some of this stuff is true, but a lot of these stories feel like rumor mill BS.

I didn't say ALL, just a lot.

Posted by: Are you sure about this sir? at October 04, 2024 06:08 PM (zOD0w)

286 Isn't there an Army base or a Marine base nearby that could help out with helicopters or rescue? My memory is vague but I seem to remember a Marine base near there.

Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 06:08 PM (Mgb19)

287 And we're buying it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 05:54 PM

You're the only one buying it. Nobody but you is selling it.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 06:04 PM (RKVpM)
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Piss off. Dipshit. I'm not selling anything, but you seem to be buying.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 06:08 PM (Q4IgG)

288
I am sure it will be up and running as quickly as that Bridge in Baltimore Harbor.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 06:00 PM

The future 'Freddy Gray Memorial Bridge' brought in three billion dollars over budget and two years late by future Presidential candidate and Governor of Maryland Wes Scott?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 06:08 PM (RKVpM)

289 Isn't there an Army base or a Marine base nearby that could help out with helicopters or rescue? My memory is vague but I seem to remember a Marine base near there.

Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 06:08 PM (Mgb19)
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Camp Lejeune, Fort Bragg, perhaps?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:09 PM (YqDXo)

290 I heard that they are deployed overseas.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:59 PM

I know the Tennessee ARNG deployed an element to Kuwait (IIRC) recently. But that's only about a 1/4 of that particular unit's strength. I'm not aware of any current overseas deployment of NC ARNG.

Posted by: Bert G at October 04, 2024 06:09 PM (VARTN)

291 286 Isn't there an Army base or a Marine base nearby that could help out with helicopters or rescue? My memory is vague but I seem to remember a Marine base near there.
Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 06:08 PM (Mgb19)

Do they have fuel? Are they airworthy at this time? Hard to believe that these are legitimate questions at this time, but there you go…

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 06:09 PM (PCK5/)

292 I'm sure not everything being reported is true in NC but enough bad stuff is true ...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 06:10 PM (IyPmt)

293 276 273 Regarding the Gov. of NC it looks like they have taken down the Repub. candidate Robinson ? with some porn stuff from years ago does that mean NC is gonna get another Dem Gov. ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 06:04 PM (IyPmt)

Since all of their big cities are hives of scum and villains I would say yes…
Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 06:05 PM (PCK5/)
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Well, he's not liked by respectable Republicans, so I expect they'll Cucsinelli him. While it didn't get covered much (of course) he went out west right away, and ordered his department to go help out. So he's not who we are.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:10 PM (1bNHn)

294
Piss off. Dipshit. I'm not selling anything, but you seem to be buying.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 06:08 PM

Fvck off yourself - throw a link up to the bullshit you're trying to sell.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 06:10 PM (RKVpM)

295 I see it as the same as the various stories about how bad things are - the details may be garbled or just *wrong*, but we certainly aren't getting an accurate picture from feralgov or the presstitutes.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Tain't worth it to argue with the nic involved.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 06:10 PM (ZOPh/)

296 Regarding the Gov. of NC it looks like they have taken down the Repub. candidate Robinson ? with some porn stuff from years ago does that mean NC is gonna get another Dem Gov. ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 06:04 PM (IyPmt)

Allegedly some social/political polemics on a A-A oriented porn site 10 years ago, looooooooooong before Robinson had even the slightest interest in politics. Last I heard, Robinson is fiercely disputing the accusations. My takeaway is, if true, nothing, NOTHING that one posts on the internet is lost or forgotten. Not even 10 years ago.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2024 06:10 PM (rj6Yv)

297 Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 06:08 PM

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 06:10 PM (RKVpM)

How about if you just stop. Right now.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 06:11 PM (d9fT1)

298 >>> 285 I'm not beyond believing some of this stuff is true, but a lot of these stories feel like rumor mill BS.

I didn't say ALL, just a lot.
Posted by: Are you sure about this sir? at October 04, 2024 06:08 PM (zOD0w)

Why do they feel that way? Honest question - do you think our bureaucrats couldn't be that malicious or incompetent? something else?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 06:11 PM (FnneF)

299 Isn't there an Army base or a Marine base nearby that could help out with helicopters or rescue? My memory is vague but I seem to remember a Marine base near there.

Posted by: Megthered

Given the region and the damage, only small helicopters have the room to land in many places. It is very hilly, and trees and power lines are down or strung out everywhere. A chinook isn't going to fit.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 06:11 PM (lTGtQ)

300 There are awesome resources available right now just from Forts Bragg, Benning, and Campbell alone. Choppers, troops, engineers and bridging equipment, medical personnel, chow, transportation.

That's not counting Navy Seabees, Air Force, Marines, Reserves, National Guard, only a few states away.

Heck, Civil Air Patrol could help out.

Americans are suffering and dying needlessly.

Posted by: An offended sloth at October 04, 2024 06:12 PM (6fC0L)

301 >>>Springsteen was always a hack.

'Mr State Trooper' was your first clue.

Posted by: garrett

>My first clue to the depth of this man's capacity for evil was when he penned, "Born In The USA."

His followup composition, "I Was Given Rape Therapy And A Bowl of Hobo Soup," was truly his best effort.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 06:12 PM (DyvRT)

302 Isn't there an Army base or a Marine base nearby that could help out with helicopters or rescue? My memory is vague but I seem to remember a Marine base near there.
Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 06:08 PM (Mgb19)

there are numerous Marine and Army posts in the AO. They are grounded by the feral gubmint. We need some mid-level officer to say "fuck it, spin up."

Unfortunately, it won't happen.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 06:12 PM (Ad8y9)

303 I heard that they are deployed overseas.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:59 PM

I know the Tennessee ARNG deployed an element to Kuwait (IIRC) recently. But that's only about a 1/4 of that particular unit's strength. I'm not aware of any current overseas deployment of NC ARNG.
Posted by: Bert G at October 04, 2024 06:09 PM (VARTN)

I stand corrected.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:12 PM (n7h9X)

304 >>> Why do they feel that way? Honest question - do you think our bureaucrats couldn't be that malicious or incompetent? something else?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 06:11 PM (FnneF)

YOU. Why do YOU.

*sigh*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 06:12 PM (FnneF)

305 I see it as the same as the various stories about how bad things are - the details may be garbled or just *wrong*, but we certainly aren't getting an accurate picture from feralgov or the presstitutes.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
__________________

The presstitutes are completely worthless. Every. One. Of. Them.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:13 PM (YqDXo)

306 304 >>> Why do they feel that way? Honest question - do you think our bureaucrats couldn't be that malicious or incompetent? something else?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 06:11 PM (FnneF)

YOU. Why do YOU.

*sigh*
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 06:12 PM (FnneF)

You do You, Helena…

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 06:13 PM (PCK5/)

307 Camp Lejeune, Fort Bragg, perhaps?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:09 PM (YqDXo)

Fort Bragg? Ohhh, you mean "Fort Liberty".

NC has one of , if not the most military/naval installations in the US.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2024 06:13 PM (rj6Yv)

308 Given the region and the damage, only small helicopters have the room to land in many places. It is very hilly, and trees and power lines are down or strung out everywhere. A chinook isn't going to fit.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 06:11 PM (lTGtQ)

That's why you send a squad down on lines with chainsaws and clear an LZ first. Trees can be replanted.

Jesus, this is the people who want war with China? Good Lord.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:14 PM (n7h9X)

309 Camp LeJeune and Fort Bragg are very close and have search/rescue/evac resources. A President Trump would make that happen

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2024 06:14 PM (o2ZRX)

310 >>> 300 There are awesome resources available right now just from Forts Bragg, Benning, and Campbell alone. Choppers, troops, engineers and bridging equipment, medical personnel, chow, transportation.

That's not counting Navy Seabees, Air Force, Marines, Reserves, National Guard, only a few states away.

Heck, Civil Air Patrol could help out.

Americans are suffering and dying needlessly.
Posted by: An offended sloth at October 04, 2024 06:12 PM (6fC0L)

There *should* have been flights up and running 24x7 after a day or two. Instead we apparently have an "authorized flights only" zone with *no* authorized flights.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 06:15 PM (FnneF)

311 Given the region and the damage, only small helicopters have the room to land in many places. It is very hilly, and trees and power lines are down or strung out everywhere. A chinook isn't going to fit.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 06:11 PM

They're getting shithooks into some places. Others do need smaller birds.

https://is.gd/wSeVDz (link goes to xitter)

Posted by: Bert G at October 04, 2024 06:15 PM (VARTN)

312 Camp Lejeune, Fort Bragg, perhaps?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:09 PM (YqDXo)

Fort Bragg? Ohhh, you mean "Fort Liberty".
______________

I thought they named it Fort Diversity.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:15 PM (YqDXo)

313 This is heartbreaking and enraging at the same time. I've been an Emergency Manager for 26 years....this is NOT how it is done. Evil indeed.

Posted by: Cheri at October 04, 2024 06:15 PM (oiNtH)

314 FEMA came in late and private groups were already working there. Seems to me all FEMA did was muck up the works

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 06:15 PM (IyPmt)

315 there are numerous Marine and Army posts in the AO. They are grounded by the feral gubmint. We need some mid-level officer to say "fuck it, spin up."

Unfortunately, it won't happen.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October
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Thank you, Pug. I knew there was a reason the military wasn't already there. I'm from a military family and gave been raging about the resources that could be used right now. But they'd rather people die than save "deplorables".

Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 06:16 PM (Mgb19)

316 I wonder if all FEMA agents are named Johnson…

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 06:16 PM (PCK5/)

317 A chinook isn't going to fit.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 06:11 PM (lTGtQ)

Have you seen what a Chinook pilot can do with that beast? they can make it work. Same with Black Hawk drivers.

Helo pilots take something that has no business being in the air and make it their bitch.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 06:16 PM (Ad8y9)

318 Camp Lejeune, Fort Bragg, perhaps?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:09 PM (YqDXo)

Fort Bragg? Ohhh, you mean "Fort Liberty".

NC has one of , if not the most military/naval installations in the US.
Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2024 06:13 PM (rj6Yv)

While I have always thought there were hundreds of thousand of Rebel generals, colonels, and privates who deserved a camp named after him than Braxton Bragg, Camp Liberty is a terrible name for a military base.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:17 PM (n7h9X)

319 308 Yes. You can also wire the trees with demo and clear a hasty LZ in a flash.

There are readily available solutions.

Posted by: An offended sloth at October 04, 2024 06:17 PM (6fC0L)

320 What whig said. Robinson isn't the one pulling his pud out there, that's Cooper

Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 06:17 PM (gKWVE)

321 Jesus, this is the people who want war with China? Good Lord.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:14 PM (n7h9X)

Helicopter chainsaws.

They exist.

Well, not really chainsaws. More like a dozen naked sawmill blades all running on a great big fuck off stick. Dangling under a helicopter. BRRRRRRRAAAAPPPP!!!!

One was just working by my house the other week. Freaked me the fuck out. In a good way.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 06:17 PM (DDGz9)

322 Allegedly some social/political polemics on a A-A oriented porn site 10 years ago, looooooooooong before Robinson had even the slightest interest in politics. Last I heard, Robinson is fiercely disputing the accusations. My takeaway is, if true, nothing, NOTHING that one posts on the internet is lost or forgotten. Not even 10 years ago.
Posted by: mrp
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On the plus side, Robinson got rid of a lot of rino baggage in his campaign from it. They resigned en masse using that is not who we are bullshit.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 06:18 PM (ZOPh/)

323 Given the region and the damage, only small helicopters have the room to land in many places. It is very hilly, and trees and power lines are down or strung out everywhere. A chinook isn't going to fit.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 06:11 PM (lTGtQ)

After years of seeing CH-53s and CH-46s land on ships? You'd be really surprised how small of a landing area you need... Let alone the smaller military helicopters.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2024 06:18 PM (QAkQ3)

324 Helo pilots take something that has no business being in the air and make it their bitch.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 06:16 PM (Ad8y9)

Especially for Americans suffering and dying in their own country.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2024 06:18 PM (rj6Yv)

325 Nood.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 06:18 PM (1bNHn)

326 >>> 308 Given the region and the damage, only small helicopters have the room to land in many places. It is very hilly, and trees and power lines are down or strung out everywhere. A chinook isn't going to fit.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 06:11 PM (lTGtQ)

That's why you send a squad down on lines with chainsaws and clear an LZ first. Trees can be replanted.

Jesus, this is the people who want war with China? Good Lord.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:14 PM (n7h9X)

That, plus walk out from said LZ and start finding who needs help soonest, helping others get to the LZ, etc.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 06:19 PM (FnneF)

327 I was watching that volunteer who took his Hughes 500 sized helicopter in to drop water and pick up survivors. He barely fit into some sites, and that is a small bird. Half the power wires are up and half are strung out all over the mountains, who knows if any have juice in them, and trees leaning all over the place.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 06:19 PM (lTGtQ)

328 1...- Local Sheriffs have threatened to arrest FEMA workers if they hinder rescue and aid work.
...
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 05:01 PM (IG4Id)

Good.
While incarcerated, the sheriffs can persuade them to name who exactly told them to ignore the rescues.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 04, 2024 06:19 PM (Rbu5d)

329 Robinson has been out there working, trying to coordinate rescue efforts. He's calling for people to work together. If they don't elect him, they are fools.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 06:19 PM (gfViB)

330 There are awesome resources available right now just from Forts Bragg, Benning, and Campbell alone. Choppers, troops, engineers and bridging equipment, medical personnel, chow, transportation.

That's not counting Navy Seabees, Air Force, Marines, Reserves, National Guard, only a few states away.

Heck, Civil Air Patrol could help out.

Americans are suffering and dying needlessly

‐-------------

Funny we don't hear about a "whole of government approch", eh?

Also is anyone in contact with Mike Hammer? I know Nurse was in touch with at one point...

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at October 04, 2024 06:20 PM (fwA58)

331 @220 The Army still has a Mule Corp.

Yeah, I don't think so, but the Marines still teach it, and Army Special Forces sends some trainees to learn the skill.

Apologies. I remembered reading about Special Forces using mules in the Afghanistan mountains.

Posted by: Adriane the I Think It Is Obvious Critic . . . at October 04, 2024 06:20 PM (TX4bP)

332 Well, not really chainsaws. More like a dozen naked sawmill blades all running on a great big fuck off stick. Dangling under a helicopter. BRRRRRRRAAAAPPPP!!!!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 06:17 PM (DDGz9)

/Nods...

Air Power.... Groovy...

Posted by: Ashe at October 04, 2024 06:20 PM (QAkQ3)

333 But Springsteen just endorsed Kalamama.
Posted by: wth at Octob

Well crap I was all set to vote for Trump , but with brainiacs Springsteen and Taylor Swift telling me Kinamamalla and her back- handing hubby are the way to go, im Verklempt!
Posted by: LASue at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (lCppi)

I know, right? We haven't quite reached a preference cascade, but if the Butthole Surfers endorse Kamala/Walz, I don't think I'll have a choice.

Posted by: Bacon Jeff at October 04, 2024 06:21 PM (VGRuw)

334 I always thought FEMA was an organization specializing in cunnilingus amongst the downtrodden lesbians in our midst.

For just $5 per month, you too can sponsor a fat, sweaty lesbian ward of the state.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 06:21 PM (DyvRT)

335
Facebook strips out exif data -intentionally. Any normal statie can insert exif data to throw chafe. It's what they do.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 06:21 PM (RKVpM)

336 That's why you send a squad down on lines with chainsaws and clear an LZ first. Trees can be replanted.

Jesus, this is the people who want war with China? Good Lord.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:14 PM (n7h9X)

Det Cord is yer friend...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2024 06:21 PM (QAkQ3)

337 But they'd rather people die than save "deplorables".
Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 06:16 PM (Mgb19)

It sucks. Having been part of the E-4 mafia, I know that there are a shit-ton of Soldiers and Marines getting more and more pissed off that they can't just jump off and get shit done.

Just one more reason I am losing sleep at night.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 06:21 PM (Ad8y9)

338 Helo pilots take something that has no business being in the air and make it their bitch.
Posted by: Pug Mahon,
****
My brother is a retired Marine pilot that flew jets in Vietnam but he loves helocopters. He's been telling me that they could go in if they got the chance. They hust need someone with balls to give the order.

Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 06:22 PM (Mgb19)

339 46 "Legitimate".

Posted by: it's whatever i tell you it is, peasant at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (gKWVE)

Exactly

Posted by: javems at October 04, 2024 06:22 PM (8I4hW)

340 Helicopter chainsaws.

They exist.

Well, not really chainsaws. More like a dozen naked sawmill blades all running on a great big fuck off stick. Dangling under a helicopter. BRRRRRRRAAAAPPPP!!!!

One was just working by my house the other week. Freaked me the fuck out. In a good way.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 06:17 PM (DDGz9)

There are a thousand ways of doing the job I'm sure, but you have to actually try to do any of them. But the big titled people want everything to stop while they figure out what to do which will never happen.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:22 PM (n7h9X)

341 The Federal response to Katrina was over and beyond even though the local Dem government including the Governor of Louisiana hampered the immediate response. Of course the MSM never reported those efforts and rescues and instead reported lies and exaggerations of non-help.

Of course now that the Feds are really screwing up the rescue and recovery operation and preventing private efforts the MSM is basically silent .

Same old story for the last 80 years.

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 06:23 PM (D6PGr)

342 It sucks. Having been part of the E-4 mafia, I know that there are a shit-ton of Soldiers and Marines getting more and more pissed off that they can't just jump off and get shit done.

Just one more reason I am losing sleep at night.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 06:21 PM (Ad8y9)

Yeah, been kinda staying away from some news.... 41 years ago I was traipsing around Beirut...

But hey, at least I'm supporting my local Liquor store... PTSD is a bitch.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2024 06:24 PM (QAkQ3)

343 336 That's why you send a squad down on lines with chainsaws and clear an LZ first. Trees can be replanted.

Jesus, this is the people who want war with China? Good Lord.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:14 PM (n7h9X)

Det Cord is yer friend...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2024 06:21 PM (QAkQ3)

Daisy Cutters might be a bit overkill.

Posted by: javems at October 04, 2024 06:24 PM (8I4hW)

344 "Kamala Harris's FEMA allocated over $1 billion in the past 2 years "to provide humanitarian services to noncitizen migrants following their release from the Department of Homeland Security."

FEMA funds are supposed to be used for disaster relief. Isn't this an admission that opens borders is as disaster?

Posted by: El Mariachi at October 04, 2024 06:24 PM (nLFEI)

345 The next landslide you see is Trump/Vance winning 48 states.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 06:25 PM (I1GXe)

346 1...- Local Sheriffs have threatened to arrest FEMA workers if they hinder rescue and aid work.
...
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 05:01 PM (IG4Id)

Good.
While incarcerated, the sheriffs can persuade them to name who exactly told them to ignore the rescues.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 04, 2024 06:19 PM (Rbu5d)

since Bootygidge just said that no FEMA people are blocking relief, then these folks are imposters and should be held without bail for 2-5 years.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 06:25 PM (n7h9X)

347 Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2024 06:24 PM (QAkQ3)

Fist-bump. Hang tough.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 06:26 PM (Ad8y9)

348 Det Cord is yer friend...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2024 06:21 PM (QAkQ3)

Daisy Cutters might be a bit overkill.
Posted by: javems at October 04, 2024 06:24 PM (8I4hW)

Unless dropped on DC....

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2024 06:27 PM (QAkQ3)

349 The next landslide you see is Trump/Vance winning 48 states.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 06:25 PM (I1GXe
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Your fingers, God's ears

Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 06:27 PM (Mgb19)

350 I'm not beyond believing some of this stuff is true, but a lot of these stories feel like rumor mill BS.

I didn't say ALL, just a lot.

Your concern has been duly noted.

Posted by: The AoSHQ Concern Desk at October 04, 2024 06:27 PM (mH6SG)

351 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 06:11 PM (d9fT1)

Thank you.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 06:28 PM (4XwPj)

352 I'm not beyond believing some of this stuff is true, but a lot of these stories feel like rumor mill BS.

I didn't say ALL, just a lot.

Your concern has been duly noted.
Posted by: The AoSHQ Concern Desk at October 04, 2024 06:27 PM (mH6SG)

*Stamped by a Vogon secretary*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 06:29 PM (Ad8y9)

353 Yeah, I don't think so, but the Marines still teach it
_______________

Sgt. Reckless in the Korean War.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 06:31 PM (YqDXo)

354 183 I just read that they are blocking all the roads from Tennessee to western NC so that people with relief supplies have no way to get them in.
This is just evil.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 04, 2024 05:42 PM (t/2Uw)

————

Some of this can be from misinformed people.

A few days ago the NCDOT placed a shutdown down order on pretty much on all roads in WNC simply because they haven’t done surveys and damage assessment on all roads. Driving around a little myself I can tell you there is no way of knowing what roads had trees fallen on them. Or water damaged roads.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 06:44 PM (gYHPZ)

355
Make
Decorated
Lampposts
Great
Again

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 06:47 PM (4zrly)

356 Nick Sorter on X is reporting that this North Carolina state police have already cleared one FEMA roadblock, and that they will arrest any FEMA workers if they impede actual useful people from getting help out. I hope it is true.

Several sheriffs back in the backwoods have already threatened to arrest any FEMAworkers who were impeding progress, too.

Posted by: Redbanzai at October 04, 2024 07:16 PM (58q8F)

357 Some of this can be from misinformed people.

A few days ago the NCDOT placed a shutdown down order on pretty much on all roads in WNC simply because they haven’t done surveys and damage assessment on all roads. Driving around a little myself I can tell you there is no way of knowing what roads had trees fallen on them. Or water damaged roads.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 06:44 PM (gYHPZ)

This is not misinformed. FEMA set up blockades trying to intercept and seize aid. They should be shot as looters.

Posted by: Redbanzai at October 04, 2024 07:18 PM (58q8F)

358 FEMA is the enemy of Americans.

Just like the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the DOJ, the CDC, the IRS, the BATF, the NEA and the Secret Service.

We're occupied by a foreign force.

Posted by: Cicero
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They like Israel. Funny that.

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Posted by: sequent at October 04, 2024 10:30 PM (qZjIc)

Hollywood Hubris: Megaflopolis à Deux

Francis Ford Coppola sold his winery and put up $120 million of his own money to fund what he imagined would be his magnum opus.

Magnum opus more like magnum flopus am i rite

There are reasons to appreciate the effort. He says he wanted to make this movie for all viewers, and so he cast cancelled actors like Jon Voight and Shia La Boeuf. Note that Voight was cancelled just for being a Republican and Shia La Boeuf was cancelled for allegedly abusing women. These are equally cancel-worthy sins in Hollywood.

But the movie is apparently self-indulgent to the extreme and, as one critic said, feels like a college sophomore took his first philosophy course and decided to write a screenplay.

The $120 million (which doesn't even include costs for printing thousands of copies of the film or marketing and advertising) movie made $4 million its opening weekend.

As Vincent Carccotti says, that's as good as it gets and it won't ever get that good again.

In Francis Ford Coppola's allegorical, phantasmagorical fever-dream passion-project Megalopolis, Adam Driver portrays a visionary civic planner who can stop time with his mind and builds towering, surreally fluid cityscapes with the help of a mysterious substance called Megalon. Over the weekend, Ford's self-financed $136 million drama crumbled under the weight of its negative buzz, earning a paltry $4 million over its opening three days of release in 2,000 North American theaters.
To put that box-office return in perspective, Megalopolis ranked sixth behind Devara: Part 1, a three-hour Telugu-language action epic playing on about half as many screens. Moreover, such an underperformance fell wildly short of prerelease "tracking" estimates that had Ford's two-hour and 18-minute ensemble opus -- its cast includes Nathalie Emmanuel, Shia LaBeouf, Giancarlo Esposito, Laurence Fishburne, Dustin Hoffman, and Aubrey Plaza -- earning between $7 million and $10 million. Or, to put it another way, Megalopolis would have to continue selling tickets at the same rate for another 24 weeks, with no drop-off, to break even (not including its prints and advertising spend: another $30 million to $50 million).
Reputationally and financially, Megalopolis's 85-year-old writer-director-producer (and not the film's distributor Lionsgate) has the most to lose. The maverick American auteur behind Apocalypse Now and the Godfather trilogy began conjuring the movie's script back in the early '80s and borrowed $200 million against his Napa Valley winery business to personally bankroll Megalopolis's nine-figure budget when studio backers deemed the project too risky. Its production designer, visual effects supervisor, and supervising art director (in addition to the whole rank-and-file VFX team) quit during filming due to what has been characterized as an epic case of "creative differences" with Coppola. More damaging, background actresses came forward to accuse the octogenarian of repeated attempted nonconsensual on-set kissing during the filming of a Bacchanalian disco scene "to get them in the mood" (Coppola has strenuously denied the allegations). And a disastrous buyers' screening for 300 industry machers at Los Angeles's Universal City Walk IMAX in March left distributors pessimistic about Megalopolis's commercial prospects.
According to Comscore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian, however, focusing solely on Megalopolis's minuscule ticket sales and D+ CinemaScore may be missing the point. "That the movie even exists in theaters this weekend is kind of a miracle," Dergarabedian says. "I think a bold, swing-for-the-fences movie release should be celebrated."

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In post-pandemic, post-strike Hollywood, "Don't bring me your passion project," a producer behind a string of blockbusters tells me. "When I hear 'passion project,' I'm thinking, No fucking way. Nobody wants it. It's just gonna be some weird vanity thing that makes 25 cents [in] theatrical [release]. And I'm not doing the heavy lift."
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In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published before Megalopolis's megaflopolis, Coppola discussed a contingency plan for a "very useful" tax write-down if the movie flopped. "I'm very old, so it all goes into an estate plan," the director said.

Well, I think we would all like more movies which are based in actual passion and less on squeezing a YA reader IP until the blood turns to pudding.

But that passion must be tested by a question that Hollywood simply doesn't bother asking any longer, including in its corporate cashgrab would-be blockbusters:

Who is this for? Is there an actual audience for a videogame action movie starring 50 and 70 year old women, for example?

They just don't seem to care. Most of Hollywood is making movies not out of passion for the material, or even for crass money-making purposes, but only to satisfy some ideological propaganda goal and to appease 200 mentally-ill intellectually stunted savages on Twitter.

Update: A movie review from naturalflake:

We saw "Megalopolis".
It's a very well-shot, occasionally nicely directed complete failure where everyone's, and I mean everyone's dialog sounds like Marlon Brando's Colonel Kurtz dialogue from "Apocalypse Now". ie. full of little snippets of poetry or plays to sound all 'intellectual" and all the way a mid-wit thinks geniuses speak.
Though a few individual scenes might work, it's just a big mess.
The funniest thing is that the protagonist is more or less a funhouse version of Trump/Elon Musk and the antagonists funhouse versions of Democrat politicians and antifa/blm. Only Coppola to his horror doe not realize this until the movie is about to end.
So he loads up faux-antifa with "Make New Rome Great Again" signs , and gives his Democrat standing some "Trump-speak" itn the last few minutes but the cherry on the top is-
A New Globalist/Greentard Pledge of Allegiance to the Planet delivered by a children's chorus and printed IN BIG CAPITAL LETTERS on the screen.
*chef's kiss*
it really is the perfect end.
Hilariously sad. Wait till it streams for "free" to see.
Posted by: naturalfake

Ah. Yeah, the set up feels like The Fountainhead, which is obviously a right-wing storyline. Good to know that Coppola "fixes" The Fountainhead at the very end and makes it about a green revolution.

Speaking of:

You know what's really crazy?

When you direct a billion-dollar movie but critics and leftwingers (but I repeat myself) and Permanent Residents of Twitterstan say mean things about you like "You're inciting toxic manbabies!" and so you create a sequel not to please fans of your movie but to appease its worst, most toxic critics and then the fans hate it and the leftwing mob you tried to appease also hates it and now you've got a huge bomb on your hands.

While originally the new Joker sequel, Joker: Folie a Deux, seemed to be tracking a little bit behind the original, 61% critic scores compared to a 69% score, that has now changed drastically with more reviews pouring in for the sequel.
The film's scores have crashed all the way down to a 44% on Rotten Tomatoes one day ahead of its official release on October 4 (Update: now down to 39%). It's rare to see scores fall that much as more reviews come in past the initial batch, but critics are really not enjoying what they're seeing, it seems.
The film has been criticized for its story, musical numbers and extremely controversial ending, but mainly that it doesn't feel like it needs to exist at all.
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This low of a score means that it is far, far below that majority of DC offerings over the last decade or so. Here's the bottom ten list in that regard:
Aquaman -- 65%
The Flash - 63%
Wonder Woman 1984 -- 58%
Man of Steel -- 56%
Justice League (Whedon) -- 40%
Joker: Folie A Deux - 39%
Black Adam -- 39%
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom -- 33%
Batman V Superman -- 29%
Suicide Squad -- 26%

Lower than Josstice League. Ouch.

Apparently the movie is intended to Teach the CHUDs Who Liked the First Movie a lesson and turn Joker from a sympathetic wretch of an anti-hero into a pitiful loser that not even the CHUDs can like. Apparently the entire movie consists of calling the character a loser, literally -- there are times when other character berate him as a pathetic loser.

Many are calling Todd Phillips "spiteful" to the audience that made his movie a billion dollars in 2019 -- the sequel is a blunt insult to the old audience.

Always playing to that mythical Modern Audience that never actually shows up.

I have no dog in this fight -- I never bothered seeing the first one; I already saw and enjoyed Taxi Driver and King of Comedy, and I don't need to see a mash-up of those movies with a comic-book IP added to make it financially viable.

Todd Phillips' one stroke of genius was to see how King of Comedy -- a movie about a disrespected, unemployed, unfunny loser of failed comedian with mental health issues who turns criminal against a TV show host who mocked him in a bid for respect -- could be rewritten as a Joker movie.

Where did he get that brilliant idea from? How did he make that connection? He must have been visited by some galaxy-brained muse sent by God, because there's no way anything less than a divine genius could make the King of Comedy-Joker connection.

I mean, yeah, sure, it was part of the movie poster, but still.

The poster makes it explicit that the Talk Show Host is the king that the Joker needs to revenge himself on with a gun.

But a big part of creativity is just taking a movie and mixing in parts of that movie's promotional materials and bang, you've got yourself a highly original derivative work of art.

By the way, yes, the loser comic character from King of Comedy also has a fantasy relationship with a light-skinned black woman he has a crush on. Coincidentally enough.

And oh yeah: Yes, the sad, unfunny clown who uses a gun to take revenge on a talk show host becomes a media celebrity and a twisted folk hero at the end.

Yes I admit I didn't see the movie so I can't judge it but you have to admit -- I mean, it's the same frickin' movie.

Le Tigre? Magnum? Blue Steel? They're all the same face! Am I the only one who sees this? I feel like I'm taking crazy-pills over here!

BTW, do see King of Comedy! It's unbearable cringe, but gripping. And often darkly, sadly funny. This is why I just don't want to see Joker -- I saw it already, I saw the real version.

Anyway, I have no attachment to this version of Joker. I don't care if they trash this version of the Joker character. I barely care about the real Joker.

But it is weird that Todd Phillips let the Media Mean Girls clique bully him into losing the $200 million cost of this movie and making a box-office disaster to show his penance for his earlier success.

People really are weird, weak losers tormented by a society of aggressively-sub-mediocre fools and monsters, aren't they? I guess Joker 2's moral is true.

Here is some Is This Something? content, skewed towards the spooky.

This might be scary.

I hear Barbarian -- which was made by the same guy who did the movie above -- is very scary. But it sounds grim.

I usually can't take grim-scary any longer. I more want fun-scary.

Some YouTube idiot just played what I assume is the scary climax of Barbarian in a video without putting up a spoiler warning, so now that's ruined for me.

No but really, someone played the real climax. I wouldn't do that to you.

The new Clint Eastwood movie isn't a spooky movie, but it does have a scary premise: What if you were out driving in the rain and hit something you never even saw?

What if you then were summoned for jury duty for the murder of a woman who was killed and dumped beside the road?

What if you then began to suspect that you're actually the killer of that woman?

That's the kind of thing I don't like thinking about so I don't know if I'll be rushing to see this. Looks well-done, though.

They remade Salem's Lot. Again. They remade it in the 90s with Rob Lowe. (But with Rutger Hauer and Donald Sutherland as the vampires.)

But they re-made it again.

It debuted on Max last night.

I have no idea if it's any good. Mr. H claimed that reviewers said it was "fun" but also "almost a comedy." He had previously reported rumors that the movie had been very poorly received in test screenings -- a couple of years ago, I think -- and was deemed "unsalvageable." Maybe that's why it's being released on HBO Max instead of into theaters. I don't know. These were rumors. I know nothing about this, except that I really like the choice of song for the trailer.

But Suicide Squad had a good trailer song, too.

BTW, you can buy the original Tobe-Hooper-directed 1970s TV movie version of it. I got it on Amazon for like $6. You can probably rent it for $4. It's definitely a 1970s TV movie in terms of camerawork, but it has some very good -- famous, even -- scary moments.

This is spooky -- and true:

Posted by: Ace at 03:50 PM

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 04, 2024 03:51 PM (QNSds)

2 I do have to give him a shout out, he did put up some of his own $$$$ to film this $hit show.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 04, 2024 03:51 PM (QNSds)

3
The president is with governor shemp in Georgia now:

https://www.youtube.com/live/Ely837XUYbM?si=stdj4KipYp6gXOe4

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 03:51 PM (dQzv6)

4 "The $120 million (which doesn't even include costs for printing thousands of copies of the film or marketing and advertising) movie made $4 million its opening weekend."

Printing copies? Aren't all movies digital now?

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 03:52 PM (iFTx/)

5 If you want to make money on a self funded movie make sure the critics have it.

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 03:52 PM (52RXy)

6 >>>Printing copies? Aren't all movies digital now?

hm, maybe you're (mostly) right. I know this part of the budget is called "Prints and Advertising" or P&A.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 03:52 PM (KRtlO)

7 But the movie is apparently self-indulgent to the extreme and, as one critic said, feels like a college sophomore took his first philosophy course and decided to write a screenplay.

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So, on par with The Matrix?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 03:53 PM (GBKbO)

8 Prometheus deserves a second look. There. I said it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 03:53 PM (+myjY)

9
Lots of missing people in GA.

Where the fuck are they??

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 03:53 PM (dQzv6)

10 Magnum opus more like magnum flopus am i rite
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I was thinking fagnum opus

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 03:53 PM (LCr8f)

11 Love Coppola, walked out after half-hour. First movie I've walked out on in years.

The Pitch Meeting short is pitch-perfect.

Posted by: Candidus at October 04, 2024 03:54 PM (JI8/o)

12 >>>Magnum opus more like magnum flopus am i rite

OMG funny aceism

Posted by: m at October 04, 2024 03:54 PM (VnUSN)

13 We had a flotus that wore Magnums.

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 03:54 PM (LCr8f)

14 4 "The $120 million (which doesn't even include costs for printing thousands of copies of the film or marketing and advertising) movie made $4 million its opening weekend."

Printing copies? Aren't all movies digital now?
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 03:52 PM (iFTx/)

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I'd imagine there are some 35mm prints struck for some limited purposes, but yeah, theatrical distribution is now digital.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 03:55 PM (GBKbO)

15 Adam Driver portrays a visionary civic planner who can stop time with his mind and builds towering, surreally fluid cityscapes with the help of a mysterious substance called Megalon.

already seen the megalon documentary. godzilla didn't like him.

Posted by: anachronda at October 04, 2024 03:55 PM (sGtp+)

16 I read some things of late that suggested Coppola was pretty based and fed up with the big woke fad in Hollywood. So I will withhold judgment.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 03:55 PM (+myjY)

17 Every hollywood flop is good news.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 04, 2024 03:55 PM (JMAcK)

18 Phillips has open contempt for the fans of his movie that made a billion dollars.

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 03:55 PM (HJ9BW)

19 We can still talk about boobs, right?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:55 PM (v6JzV)

20 Best part of King of Comedy is Sandra Bernhard getting smacked around.

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 03:56 PM (HJ9BW)

21 16 I read some things of late that suggested Coppola was pretty based and fed up with the big woke fad in Hollywood. So I will withhold judgment.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 03:55 PM (+myjY)

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If it's anything, I'd bet it's more about him being a fossilized leftist from the 60s and 70s and doesn't understand the new strain of leftism.

That, combined with his money troubles with Hollywood extending back decades, and it's just kind of made him a natural antagonist to Hollywood who needs their support to do his stuff.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 03:56 PM (GBKbO)

22 I have a Francis Ford Coppola story, his assistant wanted some wine from a local winery for himand my friend told his assistant that she'd put him on the waiting list and the response was this is for Francis Ford Coppola and my friend's response was Oprah is on the waiting list and you are going to be as well. They said their goodbyes and I believe Frances Ford Coppola himself called back and tried to get some wine and tell on my friend, didn't work, he didn't get the cult wine.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 04, 2024 03:57 PM (tMjDM)

23 in the sidebar

Forgotten 80s Mystery Click
Some time from now you'll bow to pressure
Some things in life you cannot measure by degrees

That video's a whole weird movie.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2024 03:57 PM (VnUSN)

24 Ugh, no thanks!

Instead, see “Reagan.”

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 03:57 PM (Hkcdp)

25 >>20 Best part of King of Comedy is Sandra Bernhard getting smacked around.

yeah that was good

that bitch be crazy

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 03:57 PM (KRtlO)

26 a three-hour Telugu-language action epic

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That sounds interesting.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 03:57 PM (lTGtQ)

27 Rupert Pupkin is alive and well and raving about Hitler in DC.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 03:58 PM (XYDmC)

28 "As Blue Lou Albano says, that's as good as it gets and it won't ever get that good again.”

Not to be pedantic, but Walken’s character was named Vincent Carccotti. He worked for Blue Lou

Posted by: UGAdawg at October 04, 2024 03:58 PM (tRd71)

29 I'd bet Coppola's kids are none to happy with him blowing through their inheritance on this waste of celluloid.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 03:58 PM (xCA6C)

30 >>>
Not to be pedantic, but Walken’s character was named Vincent Carccotti. He worked for Blue Lou

aw darn you're right.

Whoops!

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 03:58 PM (KRtlO)

31 Megalopolis is a stupid, unpronounceable name. Why would anyone choose such a name for a movie they want people to talk about and go see?

Reminds me of the skit in Hollywood Shuffle (very funny and underrated movie, btw) where the two black dudes are giving movie reviews for urban blacks and both agree that "Amadeus" is a thumbs down because they can't pronounce it. "If you want people to come and see it, a muthafucker got to be able to tell his woman where he's gonna take her."

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

32 I liked The Godfather movies. I also liked Dracula so I guess that makes me a Coppola fan.

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 03:59 PM (52RXy)

33 Give me the Cesar Romero version of the Joker any day.

Posted by: Burt Ward at October 04, 2024 03:59 PM (ji3Wy)

34 a three-hour Telugu-language action epic

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That sounds interesting.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Nothing original in it. It's purely dravidian.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:59 PM (v6JzV)

35 I think I get half of what Coppolla was going for. He's trying to reskin and retell the last gasps of the Roman Republic. Only it's terrible. And nobody apparently was able to read the script and tell Francis that it's terrible.

Never has the loss of John Millius been felt so sharply in a film.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 03:59 PM (xcxpd)

36 f f coppola dropped about $23 mil c 1983 on a movie called "one from the heart." would have been fine as a tv movie of the week, but when the dust settled all coppola had left was the name of the studio. maybe tjm wants to comment

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 04, 2024 03:59 PM (CWTWj)

37 I really wanted to like it. People like Coppola and Scorsese need to hire a Loud American (like the Japanese companies do) to say: No. Stop this now. Edit this down. This makes no sense. Just stop.

Posted by: Candidus at October 04, 2024 04:00 PM (JI8/o)

38 I'd bet Coppola's kids are none to happy with him blowing through their inheritance on this waste of celluloid.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 03:58 PM (xCA6C)

They still stand to inherit a bundle on royalties for all the Fredo memes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 04:00 PM (+myjY)

39 The weekend is coming if I can get home from Biden County

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 04:00 PM (Ye60E)

40
Major storm, people are drowning, missing, etc.

And the first question is: "how is your relationship with the governor (shemp)?"

Second "question:" "You talk a lot about the bad economy, but unemployment is at record lows and stock market is at at all-time highs."

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 04:00 PM (dQzv6)

41 yes he hired voight, la bouef and co, but he gave them terrible material to work with,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 04:00 PM (PXvVL)

42 My daughter has been on a 1930s horror movie kick. It’s been a lot of fun, especially since she found the Laurel and Hardy meet (insert your monster here) and she points out all the references to the original.

Anyway, enjoy your thread. I need to go teach the last class, which I am NOT motivated to do. It’s been raining all day on this metal roof and I could nap easily. But I just ordered a coffee from my favorite local place, it’s their take on the PSL- but it has butternut squash with the pumpkin. I did it 1/4 sweet, almond milk and raw cinnamon. It’s my treat for getting my lazy tail to work, like that is an accomplishment.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 04:00 PM (p4NUW)

43 35 I think I get half of what Coppolla was going for. He's trying to reskin and retell the last gasps of the Roman Republic. Only it's terrible. And nobody apparently was able to read the script and tell Francis that it's terrible.

Never has the loss of John Millius been felt so sharply in a film.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 03:59 PM (xcxpd)

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I really can't wait to see it, but the movie that I keep thinking of when people describe it is Tucker: A Man and His Dreams.

Except in this one, Tucker wins.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:00 PM (GBKbO)

44 LOL, second question to Trump:
The jobs report was good, would you admit the economy has improved and is better?

Glad to see MSNBC got a question in there.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 04, 2024 04:00 PM (Qlpv5)

45 Barbarian is actually fun-scary

honestly!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2024 04:01 PM (s3qiR)

46 36 f f coppola dropped about $23 mil c 1983 on a movie called "one from the heart." would have been fine as a tv movie of the week, but when the dust settled all coppola had left was the name of the studio. maybe tjm wants to comment
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 04, 2024 03:59 PM (CWTWj)

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Sent him massively into debt and he took directing jobs for studios for years to pay it off (Jack is the result of this).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:01 PM (GBKbO)

47 >>>45 Barbarian is actually fun-scary

oh okay, good to know. I hope having seen what looks like a major reveal doesn't ruin it.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:01 PM (KRtlO)

48 Yes Milius could have pulled it off, although any script doctor would have been at their wits end,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 04:01 PM (PXvVL)

49 Afternoon.

If Megalopolis is still in theater when I get home I'm going to see it. Same with Joker 2.

Anyone wanna come see 'em with me? I'll spring for popcorn.

A small one.

I'm not made of money.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 04:01 PM (Ziz8v)

50 We watched about half of Barbarian and had to turn it off. It was creepy but the characters were too stupid to be believed. Obviously Kamala voters.

Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 04:01 PM (VihIQ)

51 Is Coppola's Dracula the only adaption that includes the American cowboy with a bowie knife that was one of Lucy's suitors? I think it is.

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 04:01 PM (HJ9BW)

52 51 Is Coppola's Dracula the only adaption that includes the American cowboy with a bowie knife that was one of Lucy's suitors? I think it is.
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 04:01 PM (HJ9BW)

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Most adaptations combine Lucy's suitors into one character, usually someone primly British.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:02 PM (GBKbO)

53 wikipedia

The song [No Myth; Michael Penn] plays over the final montage and end credits of Amy Heckerling's 2000 romantic comedy Loser.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2024 04:02 PM (VnUSN)

54 also everyone please watch the original Speak No Evil not the stupid americanized remake

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2024 04:02 PM (s3qiR)

55 Is Coppola's Dracula the only adaption that includes the American cowboy with a bowie knife that was one of Lucy's suitors? I think it is.

I believe it is also the only one with a prime Winona Ryder running down steps in a negligee, and nothing else.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 04:02 PM (xCA6C)

56 49 Afternoon.

If Megalopolis is still in theater when I get home I'm going to see it. Same with Joker 2.

Anyone wanna come see 'em with me? I'll spring for popcorn.

A small one.

I'm not made of money.
Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 04:01 PM (Ziz8v)

Can we go see Am I a Racist instead?

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 04:02 PM (p4NUW)

57 This is the wrong thread, but I'm hoping this reaches Ace. Can you please put up another thread on hurricane Helene? It is now confirmed by no less than Elon Musk that FEMA is stopping rescue efforts and confiscating supplies that were donated for the victims. FEMA stopped his engineers from landing to install starlinks, today and other supplies were also confiscated. This needs to be widely disseminated, and we need to contact whoever we can to put pressure on the government to stop this.

Posted by: Redbanzai at October 04, 2024 04:03 PM (58q8F)

58 I thought Magnum Opus was that show about a penguin who works as a private investigator in Hawaii

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 04:03 PM (uCfKO)

59 ah yes, Tucker, where he was about Robert downey jrs age when he played Iron, it should have done better,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 04:03 PM (PXvVL)

60 We're apparently seeing The Wild Robot this weekend.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:03 PM (GBKbO)

61 >>>The song [No Myth; Michael Penn] plays over the final montage and end credits of Amy Heckerling's 2000 romantic comedy Loser.

i remember that movie for my introduction to the great Jimmi Simpson. I HATED him in that movie, on a personal level, but eventually became a fan.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:03 PM (KRtlO)

62 I believe it is also the only one with a prime Winona Ryder running down steps in a negligee, and nothing else.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 04:02 PM (xCA6C)

I knew there was a reason I keep watching it every year.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 04:04 PM (Ziz8v)

63 As soon as a I saw a commercial for megalopolis I thought, holy shit this looks awful. One of those over indulgent pretentious movies that nobody likes except the director.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 04:04 PM (pFg/0)

64 I thought Magnum Opus was that show about a penguin who works as a private investigator in Hawaii

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 04:03 PM (uCfKO)

Now that I would watch.

Posted by: spindrift at October 04, 2024 04:04 PM (OguvZ)

65 Posted by: Redbanzai at October 04, 2024 04:03 PM (58q8F)

I saw that about Musk.... Something has to be done.. Unfortunately NC had a Dem Gov.

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 04:04 PM (IyPmt)

66 And I like the original Crow movie. It hit me in the feels.

I don't think you can or should try to recapture that mix of action and tragedy.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 04:04 PM (xcxpd)

67 yes quincy morris is supposd to be a Texan,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 04:04 PM (PXvVL)

68 In Francis Ford Coppola's allegorical, phantasmagorical fever-dream passion-project Megalopolis, Adam Driver...

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'nuff said.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2024 04:04 PM (zG664)

69 re 46: i thought 'rumble fish' was okay

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 04, 2024 04:04 PM (CWTWj)

70 In Dark Knight Returns, Joker kills David Letterman.

Posted by: MikeN at October 04, 2024 04:04 PM (HVZOH)

71 LOL, second question to Trump:
The jobs report was good, would you admit the economy has improved and is better?

Glad to see MSNBC got a question in there.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Yeah, the government managed to hire nearly 800,000 people in one month.

Or, maybe they made up that number so they would not be forced to declare a recession.

One or the other.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:05 PM (lTGtQ)

72 66 And I like the original Crow movie. It hit me in the feels.

I don't think you can or should try to recapture that mix of action and tragedy.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 04:04 PM (xcxpd)

=======

Gods of Egypt > The Crow

jk

But I do have a soft spot for the inane insanity of Gods of Egypt.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:05 PM (GBKbO)

73 57 This is the wrong thread, but I'm hoping this reaches Ace. Can you please put up another thread on hurricane Helene? It is now confirmed by no less than Elon Musk that FEMA is stopping rescue efforts and confiscating supplies that were donated for the victims. FEMA stopped his engineers from landing to install starlinks, today and other supplies were also confiscated. This needs to be widely disseminated, and we need to contact whoever we can to put pressure on the government to stop this.

this is malice.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2024 04:05 PM (s3qiR)

74 49 Afternoon.

If Megalopolis is still in theater when I get home I'm going to see it. Same with Joker 2.

dunno 'bout that, but my local theater is showing some artists remix of nosferatu with a rock soundtrack. i liked what they did to metropolis back when they did that to metropolis, so i will probably see it.

Posted by: anachronda at October 04, 2024 04:05 PM (sGtp+)

75 Well, I think we would all like more movies which are based in actual passion and less on squeezing a YA reader IP until the blood turns to pudding.

The Giver was a great movie. And I've only seen the first two Hunger Games movies but I'd say they were both good as well.

I'd rather more YA dystopias then more Marvel movies...

Oh, and if I'm asking for things could we stop living in a real life dystopia?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:05 PM (oZhjI)

76 @elonmusk

SpaceX engineers are trying to deliver Starlink terminals & supplies to devastated areas in North Carolina right now and @FEMA is both failing to help AND won’t let others help. This is unconscionable!!

They just took this video a few hours ago, where you can see the level of devastation: roads, houses, electricity, water supply and ground Internet connections completely destroyed.

@FEMA wouldn’t let them land to deliver critical supplies … my blood is boiling …
___

On X

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 04, 2024 04:05 PM (/QhWS)

77 Can we go see Am I a Racist instead?
Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 04:02 PM (p4NUW)

We can do all three.

In one day.

All while nursing the same small popcorn.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 04:06 PM (Ziz8v)

78 75 The Giver was a great movie. And I've only seen the first two Hunger Games movies but I'd say they were both good as well.

I'd rather more YA dystopias then more Marvel movies...

Oh, and if I'm asking for things could we stop living in a real life dystopia?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:05 PM (oZhjI)

=======

The Ender's Game movie is deeply underappreciated.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:06 PM (GBKbO)

79 I believe it is also the only one with a prime Winona Ryder running down steps in a negligee, and nothing else.
Posted by: Archimedes

Mmmmmm...

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:06 PM (v6JzV)

80 51 Is Coppola's Dracula the only adaption that includes the American cowboy with a bowie knife that was one of Lucy's suitors? I think it is.
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 04:01 PM (HJ9BW)

It is. One of the few Dracula adaptations that actually includes that character from the book.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 04:06 PM (xcxpd)

81 But I do have a soft spot for the inane insanity of Gods of Egypt.

Gods of Egypt felt like a high budget spoof of Clash of the Titans and its like.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:06 PM (oZhjI)

82
Can we go see Am I a Racist instead?
Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 04:02 PM (p4NUW)

I'm dying to see that one too.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 04, 2024 04:07 PM (tMjDM)

83 Elon is pissed. I hope he lights a fire under someone's ass and gets something done. This has to be stopped.

Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 04:07 PM (VihIQ)

84 Tonight, I'm either watching Halloween H20 so I can complain to TJM about it. Or I'm watching 'Quatermass and The Pit'. I just watched the two previous Quatermass movies, they are pretty good sci-fi horror.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 04:07 PM (xcxpd)

85 I say, Magnum, you left herring guts in the Ferrari again.

Posted by: Jonathan Quayle Binkley at October 04, 2024 04:07 PM (OguvZ)

86
oh dear,

don't tell me You People like those "Divergence" movies, too?

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 04:07 PM (dQzv6)

87 "I hear Barbarian -- which was made by the same guy who did the movie above -- is very scary. But it sounds grim."

"Oh fuck dees guy!"

-- Conan

"Ja! Fook him!"

-- Fafhrd

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

88 So guys prime Winona Ryder or prime Natalie Portman?

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 04:07 PM (HJ9BW)

89 The Ender's Game movie is deeply underappreciated.

The left hate hate hates the guy that wrote that book. TBH I don't even remember why.

Meanwhile Pedo Arthur C Clarke is still in good standing of course.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:07 PM (oZhjI)

90 aw darn you're right.

Whoops!”

Do better, Ace. Do better.

Posted by: UGAdawg at October 04, 2024 04:08 PM (tRd71)

91
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published before Megalopolis's megaflopolis, Coppola discussed a contingency plan for a "very useful" tax write-down if the movie flopped. "I'm very old, so it all goes into an estate plan," the director said.

So Coppola has turned into Uwe Boll

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 04, 2024 04:08 PM (y9nCu)

92 yes quincy morris is supposd to be a Texan,
Posted by: no 6

And he is the only one killed in the final showdown with Dracula (at least in the book, never seen the movie).

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:08 PM (v6JzV)

93 Aquaman -- 65%
The Flash - 63%
Wonder Woman 1984 -- 58%
Man of Steel -- 56%
Justice League (Whedon) -- 40%
Joker: Folie A Deux - 39%
Black Adam -- 39%
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom -- 33%
Batman V Superman -- 29%
Suicide Squad -- 26%
===

Didn't see even one of these.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2024 04:08 PM (zG664)

94 84 Tonight, I'm either watching Halloween H20 so I can complain to TJM about it. Or I'm watching 'Quatermass and The Pit'. I just watched the two previous Quatermass movies, they are pretty good sci-fi horror.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 04:07 PM (xcxpd)

========

COME AT ME, BRO!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:08 PM (GBKbO)

95 >>> What if you were out driving in the rain and hit something you never even saw?

Dumb ass.

You walk against traffice, not with it and with your back to traffic.
If you see them coming it gives you a chance too dive into a ditch if it look like might hit your.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2024 04:08 PM (/lPRQ)

96 Gods of Egypt > The Crow

jk

But I do have a soft spot for the inane insanity of Gods of Egypt.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:05 PM (GBKbO)

Eh. It's ok to like bad, cheesy movies.
I like Yambao and not a lot of people (besides me) would defend that movie as being good.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 04:09 PM (xcxpd)

97 Shia La Boeuf is a self important prick. I loved watching 4chan troll him for his "He cannot divide us" flags he hid in different areas with video feeds after the 2016 election. They tracked one of them down on top of a museum and flew a drone up to cut it down. He went into hiding in Sweden or Switzerland and set up a video conference with a little building where you could talk to him. They tracked him down and danced in front of the camera with MAGA hats.

Posted by: ryukyu at October 04, 2024 04:09 PM (s68pH)

98 >>> 88 So guys prime Winona Ryder or prime Natalie Portman?
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 04:07 PM (HJ9BW)

... "or" ???

Posted by: Morons at October 04, 2024 04:09 PM (FnneF)

99 A hearty and well-deserved lolgf.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 04:09 PM (i24o9)

100 for that reason,

yes you can't hate Gods of Egypt, but you have to take it in small doses

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 04:09 PM (PXvVL)

101 89 The Ender's Game movie is deeply underappreciated.

The left hate hate hates the guy that wrote that book. TBH I don't even remember why.

Meanwhile Pedo Arthur C Clarke is still in good standing of course.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:07 PM (oZhjI)

======

Card said negative things about the gay movement. For that, he hates everyone and is bad.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:09 PM (GBKbO)

102 So guys prime Winona Ryder or prime Natalie Portman?
Posted by: steevy

Portman had a prime?

Winona all the way.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:09 PM (v6JzV)

103 So guys prime Winona Ryder or prime Natalie Portman?
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 04:07 PM (HJ9BW)

Prime Winona Ryder, for sure.

Natalie Portman peaked in The Professional.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 04:10 PM (Ziz8v)

104 Posted by: Redbanzai at October 04, 2024 04:03 PM (58q8F)

I saw that about Musk.... Something has to be done.. Unfortunately NC had a Dem Gov.
Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 04:04 PM (IyPmt)

I'm aware and he is useless as tits On a bull, in addition, I called his office to register my displeasure as a North Carolina citizen and they hung up on me.

This goes well well beyond incompetence, though. This is active malevolence, that seems like they are trying to kill North Carolinians.

Posted by: Redbanzai at October 04, 2024 04:10 PM (58q8F)

105 A boob thread and a movie thread.. two things that aren't on my favorites list... See you all later

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 04:10 PM (IyPmt)

106 The Ender's Game movie is deeply underappreciated.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

It was good, but I think one had to have read the book first to really get it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:10 PM (lTGtQ)

107 96 Eh. It's ok to like bad, cheesy movies.
I like Yambao and not a lot of people (besides me) would defend that movie as being good.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 04:09 PM (xcxpd)

=======

I wouldn't call Gods of Egypt good, but it has its charms.

Knowing, though...that's a movie I unapologetically love.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:10 PM (GBKbO)

108 >>> 89 The Ender's Game movie is deeply underappreciated.
==
The left hate hate hates the guy that wrote that book. TBH I don't even remember why.

Meanwhile Pedo Arthur C Clarke is still in good standing of course.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:07 PM (oZhjI)

iirc because Orson Scott Card is Mormon, and made some statement against gay marriage (or some other commie sacrament).

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 04:11 PM (FnneF)

109 The Crow is just Robocop for goths

On a story-structure level, The Crow is superior.
Robocop in his movie doesn't interact with his antagonist until the later acts; in-between he interacts with the setting (=Detroit). Also there are scenes where the bad guys (Robocop's creator and Robocop's murderer) are jockeying for power against each other.
The Crow has a bird to guide its protagonist toward who needs killin'. Which is a contrivance but allowable in a supernatural story.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 04:11 PM (gKWVE)

110 I got considerably less from that poster. No gun, no talk show, etc.

Posted by: DOYLE at October 04, 2024 04:11 PM (Z8Yh2)

111 yes he lost his everloving mind at some point,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 04:11 PM (PXvVL)

112 97 Shia La Boeuf is a self important prick. I loved watching 4chan troll him for his "He cannot divide us" flags he hid in different areas with video feeds after the 2016 election. They tracked one of them down on top of a museum and flew a drone up to cut it down. He went into hiding in Sweden or Switzerland and set up a video conference with a little building where you could talk to him. They tracked him down and danced in front of the camera with MAGA hats.
Posted by: ryukyu at October 04, 2024 04:09 PM (s68pH)

He's also converted to Catholicism and seems to be penitent. But who knows?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 04:11 PM (xcxpd)

113 Joker has a much better lead actor than King of Comedy. Yes I know Angry Grandpa played in Joker also, but was much closer to acting as he is -- a smarmy, mean spirited, blowhard.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 04, 2024 04:11 PM (wBaIH)

114 Shia La Boeuf was cancelled for allegedly abusing women.
.......

I thought he was gay.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 04:11 PM (v0R5T)

115 Saw the 1931 Dracula on TCM the other night. Lugosi still defines that role.

No way I can see Lon Chaney, who was Browning's original choice, and who died before it went into production, playing Dracula.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:11 PM (v6JzV)

116 re 46: i thought 'rumble fish' was okay
Posted by: gnats local
-----------
Diane Lane.

Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2024 04:11 PM (2bFN5)

117 Shia La Boeuf was cancelled for allegedly abusing women.
.......

I thought he was gay.
Posted by: wth

His name certainly is.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:12 PM (v6JzV)

118 This is a point that bears repeating.

The left tells us we normies need to be gotten rid of or the Earth will literally die.

Then they just "coincidentally" forget to test a new gene therapy for the Wu Flu or just don't have any money to help hurricane victims in fly over country. And people on the right talk about incompetence.

Believe them when they tell you they want to get rid of you by any means necessary and assume their actions match with that goal.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:12 PM (oZhjI)

119 The left hate hate hates the guy that wrote that book. TBH I don't even remember why.

Meanwhile Pedo Arthur C Clarke is still in good standing of course.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:07 PM (oZhjI)

Card was opposed to gay marriage. Then they took an article he wrote and misquoted it so much they made it seem he was calling for the bloody overthrow of the US government should gay marriage be legalized.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 04:12 PM (Ziz8v)

120
Shoulda gone with "Megaflopolis", Francis.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 04:12 PM (4zrly)

121 Wait.

A movie about *the Joker* -- themost insane and unpredictable of Batman's criminal foes -- a movie about *the Joker* has musical numbers?

I'm out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 04:12 PM (J2vNu)

122 Todd Phillips best movie is "Road Trip"

Posted by: brak at October 04, 2024 04:13 PM (NGHTx)

123 114 Shia La Boeuf was cancelled for allegedly abusing women.
.......

I thought he was gay.
Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 04:11 PM (v0R5T)

He was molested as a young actor, which bent him. But he mostly had sex with women. Sometimes violently.

But he seems to have cleaned up his act.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 04:13 PM (xcxpd)

124 A boob thread and a movie thread.. two things that aren't on my favorites list... See you all later
Posted by: It's me donna
.....

Stick around. You can just go OT and rip on whoever you want.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 04:13 PM (v0R5T)

125 A boob thread and a movie thread.. two things that aren't on my favorites list... See you all later
Posted by: It's me donna

Will you stay if we start making fish puns? 'Cause I can trout those out anytime.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:13 PM (v6JzV)

126 Megaflopolis à Deux is what my girlfriend called me when I climaxed, rolled over and caught forty zzzZZZzzz.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 04:13 PM (XYDmC)

127 >>> 86
oh dear,

don't tell me You People like those "Divergence" movies, too?
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 04:07 PM (dQzv6)

I caught the last half of the first one watching teewee in a hotel; it looked like it had been made for about $10 and the actors borrowed from an infomercial.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 04:14 PM (FnneF)

128 But I do have a soft spot for the inane insanity of Gods of Egypt.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Same. It's a beautiful mess. I wanted to hate it but it has it's own energy, 'sides I wish we had more ancient fantasies like it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 04:14 PM (IG4Id)

129 he was trying for the ambition of Fritz Lang, but he ended up in Robert Cimino terrirory, with the late Kris Kristofferson,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 04:14 PM (PXvVL)

130 115 Saw the 1931 Dracula on TCM the other night. Lugosi still defines that role.

No way I can see Lon Chaney, who was Browning's original choice, and who died before it went into production, playing Dracula.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:11 PM (v6JzV)

=========

Interesting factoid about that:

It was made in the earliest days of sound when studios were still figuring out how to sell the same movie to multiple countries. One thing they settled on for a while was multiple version of the same movie, filmed on the same sets at nearly the same time, with different casts. In Dracula's case, there's a Spanish version.

This becomes even more interesting because the American version was cut down when it was re-released a few years after it's original release to align with the Hays Office's dictums about appropriate content in film. The Spanish version never went through that process. Both exist.

Watching them back to back becomes really interesting because you can end up essentially seeing all of the missing stuff from the American version, sometimes even, I think, original shots from the American version.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:14 PM (GBKbO)

131 So another point in all this - Harley Quinn is a side character, a weak but well meaning woman literally driven crazy by The Joker to show just how manipulative and evil the Joker is.

And this...THIS...is the icon of stronk empowered wimmins now?

What the hell.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:14 PM (oZhjI)

132 Shia La Boeuf is a self important prick. I loved watching 4chan troll him for his "He cannot divide us" flags

-
His best performance ever!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 04:14 PM (L/fGl)

133 This goes well well beyond incompetence, though. This is active malevolence, that seems like they are trying to kill North Carolinians.
*****
This will prevent a lot of Trump voters from voting. It won't surprise me if they physically prevent them from going to the polls. They'll use the excuse of too dangerous to travel. And the absentee ballots have unexpectedly washed away or blown away. Kammie wins North Carolina.

Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 04:14 PM (VihIQ)

134 I'm not sure who would want to molest Shiksa The Beef. I'm sure he was as annoying as a child as he is as an adult.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 04:15 PM (Ziz8v)

135
The president is with governor shemp in Georgia now

Which Preznint?

BiteMe?

Red Kammie?

Jaime from the Mail Room?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 04:15 PM (4zrly)

136 As for the west-NC state response, I think Mark Robinson has done good. I think he's made up for the dumb shit he did when he was younger.
I hope his campaign is going to focus on what kind of governor he's going to be, which is a good one, and less on his browser-history, which is bad, but hardly worse than (say) Eichenwald's.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 04:15 PM (gKWVE)

137 >>>Portman had a prime?

Lezzing it up with that That '70s Show chick = prime.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 04:15 PM (i24o9)

138 He was molested as a young actor, which bent him.

And this is the story of the part of Hollywood that wasn't born into it with connections or bought their way in with outside money.

Want to get somewhere in Hollywood? Better get ready to do things for producers and directors that you don't want to.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:16 PM (oZhjI)

139 yes Alex Proyas bit more than he could chew confortably,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 04:16 PM (PXvVL)

140 He was molested as a young actor, which bent him. But he mostly had sex with women. Sometimes violently.

But he seems to have cleaned up his act.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo
.......

Well, his parents named him Shia La Boeuf so I'm not surprised he had a rough childhood, too.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 04:16 PM (v0R5T)

141 Aquaman -- 65%
The Flash - 63%
Wonder Woman 1984 -- 58%
Man of Steel -- 56%
Justice League (Whedon) -- 40%
Joker: Folie A Deux - 39%
Black Adam -- 39%
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom -- 33%
Batman V Superman -- 29%
Suicide Squad -- 26%
===

Didn't see even one of these.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2024 04:08 PM (zG664)

Not only have I not seen any I haven’t heard of some of them. What the fuck is Black Adam, Black Panther’s sidekick?

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 04:16 PM (pFg/0)

142 Lezzing it up with that That '70s Show chick = prime.

Portman mails it in a lot. But she did bring her A game to that movie.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:16 PM (oZhjI)

143 I thought Jack Palance made a good Dracula.

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 04:17 PM (52RXy)

144 What the fuck is Black Adam, Black Panther’s sidekick?
Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 04:16 PM (pFg/0)

Shazam's archnemesis.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 04:17 PM (Ziz8v)

145 "He's also converted to Catholicism and seems to be penitent. But who knows?”

yeah, I hated the guy for years, but he seems to be trying to turn his life around and I’m a fan of redemption.

He’s also very good in “Fury”, “Lawless” and “the Tax Collector”.

Posted by: UGAdawg at October 04, 2024 04:17 PM (tRd71)

146 The premise of the Eastwood film sounds intriguing. Where they would go with it, I don't know. But it sounds much like the kind of thing Donald Westlake (in his non-comic novels) or Lawrence Block might once have done.

As for another version of Salem's Lot: The original TV miniseries was pretty awful except for James Mason as the vampire's majordomo, and David Soul made a pretty good Ben Mears (the novel's hero). But it captured none of that "These vampires aren't strangers, they're not exotic nobility with odd accents, they're my friends and neighbors and family!!!" Making it "almost a comedy" definitely ruins the vibe.

How was the Rob Lowe/Sutherland/Hauer version?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 04:17 PM (J2vNu)

147 Frank Langella Dracula is quite good, the ending of that version is stupid though

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 04:17 PM (HJ9BW)

148 Nobody bombs like Francis Ford Coppola. After his epic Godfather movies and The Conversation, Apocalypse Now was his downfall and you can see it in real time in the documentary Hearts of Darkness. Absolutely consumed by hubris. Never recovered.

Posted by: Jim Rose at October 04, 2024 04:17 PM (miqrx)

149 Not only have I not seen any I haven’t heard of some of them. What the fuck is Black Adam, Black Panther’s sidekick?

He's basically Arabic Shazam. And in his movie they make him Al Qaeda's Superman.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:18 PM (oZhjI)

150 We saw "Megalopolis".

It's a very well-shot, occasionally nicely directed complete failure where everyone's, and I mean everyone's dialog sounds like Marlon Brando's Colonel Kurtz dialogue from "Apocalypse Now". ie. full of little snippets of poetry or plays to sound all 'intellectual" and all the way a mid-wit thinks geniuses speak.

Though a few individual scenes might work, it's just a big mess.

The funniest thing is that the protagonist is more or less a funhouse version of Trump/Elon Musk and the antagonists funhouse versions of Democrat politicians and antifa/blm. Only Coppola to his horror doe not realize this until the movie is about to end.

So he loads up faux-antifa with "Make New Rome Great Again" signs , and gives his Democrat standing some "Trump-speak" itn the last few minutes but the cherry on the top is-

A New Globalist/Greentard Pledge of Allegiance to the Planet delivered by a children's chorus and printed IN BIG CAPITAL LETTERS on the screen.

*chef's kiss*

it really is the perfect end.

Hilariously sad. Wait till it streams for "free" to see.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 04:18 PM (eDfFs)

151 That shi sounds like Dark City

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at October 04, 2024 04:18 PM (ZITDL)

152 A boob thread and a movie thread..

Walk into a bar...

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 04, 2024 04:18 PM (X0uYX)

153 What the fuck is Black Adam, Black Panther’s sidekick?
Posted by: Settled Science
......

It's actually one of the worst movies I've ever watched for 5 minutes.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 04:18 PM (v0R5T)

154 This will prevent a lot of Trump voters from voting. It won't surprise me if they physically prevent them from going to the polls. They'll use the excuse of too dangerous to travel. And the absentee ballots have unexpectedly washed away or blown away. Kammie wins North Carolina.
Posted by: Megthered

Sorry can’t count the votes no electricity. We’ll take them to Atlanta and count them over there.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 04:18 PM (pFg/0)

155 Someone need to make a Gilgamesh fantasy blow out movie....

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 04:18 PM (IG4Id)

156 As far as I know, Coppola is not a particular asshole and I hate to see him lose all that money. Pitch Meeting makes it sound absolutely abysmal.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 04:19 PM (L/fGl)

157 Dark City was an awesome movie. Overshadowed by the first Matrix movie but I'd say it was better.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:19 PM (oZhjI)

158 Magnum opus more like magnum flopus am i rite

5.1 out of 10 on IMDb.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 04:19 PM (IB6XK)

159 Apocalypse now is good though...not the redux version

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 04:19 PM (HJ9BW)

160 117 Shia La Boeuf was cancelled for allegedly abusing women.
.......

I thought he was gay.
Posted by: wth

His name certainly is.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

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Stupid me, I thought it was a girl.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at October 04, 2024 04:19 PM (6pVO6)

161 157 Dark City was an awesome movie. Overshadowed by the first Matrix movie but I'd say it was better.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:19 PM (oZhjI)

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eXistenZ > Dark City > The Matrix

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:19 PM (GBKbO)

162 His best performance ever!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 04:14 PM (L/fGl)

https://youtu.be/o0u4M6vppCI

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 04:19 PM (i24o9)

163 Yes thats a strange film,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 04:19 PM (PXvVL)

164 I still think about Dark City all the time

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2024 04:19 PM (s3qiR)

165 157 I believe Matrix re used some of the sets

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 04:19 PM (HJ9BW)

166 Trump rally going on at Rt1 and 202 in Delaware County Pa

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 04:20 PM (Ye60E)

167 156 As far as I know, Coppola is not a particular asshole and I hate to see him lose all that money. Pitch Meeting makes it sound absolutely abysmal.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 04:19 PM (L/fGl)

He tried to have my friend fired from her job because she wouldn't give him wine ahead of a waiting list, and they used the do you know who he is line.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 04, 2024 04:20 PM (tMjDM)

168 166 Trump rally going on at Rt1 and 202 in Delaware County Pa

really!?!?

where at like a hotel or?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2024 04:20 PM (s3qiR)

169 Hollywood wants to piss away it's money , feel free. At least they aren't spending it on political bs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2024 04:20 PM (O8bOp)

170 Intellectually-stunted savages on Twitter.

Heh.

Posted by: M. Gaga at October 04, 2024 04:20 PM (WJPXp)

171 I guess I should not go out tonite - how crazy is it?!?! Route 1 I can only think of that hotel there?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2024 04:21 PM (s3qiR)

172 I have far less time for a movie that urgently and expensively has to 'say' something boring and trivial that I'd roll my eyes at if any middle schooler started blathering on about it, than for a movie that only wants to say "weeeeee look at all the shit go flying".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 04:21 PM (DDGz9)

173 The best part of the original Joker movie wasn't the Joker...it was Gotham City as a character. It showed the moral and physical decay that a leftwing city literally becomes in all ways, and what that does to its remaining less mentally-stable residents...

The rip off from King of Comedy was a nice scene, but not why the Joker was iconic...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 04, 2024 04:21 PM (exHjb)

174 Dark City was an awesome movie.
.......

They're doing a remake starring Tim Walz called Dork City.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 04:21 PM (v0R5T)

175 170 Intellectually-stunted savages on Twitter.

Is this the Stone-Age blonde thread again?

Posted by: gKWVE at October 04, 2024 04:21 PM (gKWVE)

176 Megatron > Megalodon > Megalon

Posted by: I Stand with No One at October 04, 2024 04:22 PM (1tjz1)

177 >>>>...and financially, Megalopolis's 85-year-old writer-director-producer has the most to lose.

Yeah, at 85 he has nothing to lose. It's his kids who are the big losers here once he kicks.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at October 04, 2024 04:22 PM (6pVO6)

178 eXistenZ > Dark City > The Matrix
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:19 PM (GBKbO)

Well screw you.

Posted by: The Thirteenth Floor at October 04, 2024 04:22 PM (gKWVE)

179 Aquaman -- 65%
The Flash - 63%
Wonder Woman 1984 -- 58%
Man of Steel -- 56%
Justice League (Whedon) -- 40%
Joker: Folie A Deux - 39%
Black Adam -- 39%
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom -- 33%
Batman V Superman -- 29%
Suicide Squad -- 26%

TBH I have seen most of these. Aquaman was fun but stupid. Man of Steel has decent acting from Cavill but Michael Shannon's character makes no sense just like the rest of the movie. And Justice League is...ok.

The rest of them? Not worth your time.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:22 PM (oZhjI)

180 Whatever happened to movies which you know, just entertained without saying something “important”.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 04:23 PM (pFg/0)

181 Someone need to make a Gilgamesh fantasy blow out movie....
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 04:18 PM (IG4Id)

Oh Humbaba Where Art Thou?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 04:23 PM (DDGz9)

182 Someone need to make a Gilgamesh fantasy blow out movie....

Come for the Priestess of Ishtar stay for Noah.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:24 PM (oZhjI)

183 The Barbarian trailer had music that makes you think it's a rom-com.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 04:24 PM (J2vNu)

184 Only Bulg and I even know where Telugu is spoken.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2024 04:24 PM (zG664)

185 180 Whatever happened to movies which you know, just entertained without saying something “important”.

well hoping that's The Wild Robot

to me that looks cute but I'm obsessed with Wall-E and The Iron Giant and Big Hero 6... I have some kind of thing for this particular genre!

oh and 9

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2024 04:24 PM (s3qiR)

186 I asked AI to generate an image of Justin Trudeau wearing a propeller beanie because he's a totalitarian retard. It wouldn't do it.

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 04:24 PM (52RXy)

187 183 The Barbarian trailer had music that makes you think it's a rom-com.

it sort of is lol

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2024 04:24 PM (s3qiR)

188 Margot Robbie running around in tight shorts wielding a baseball bat got my attention for a few minutes.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 04:25 PM (v0R5T)

189 I thought Slappy Emhoff abused women but great Caesar's ghost!

Townhall.com
@townhallcom
BIDEN: "I'm in constant contact with [Harris]. We’re singing from the same song sheet. She helped pass all the laws that are being employed now."
Biden and Harris are one and the same.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 04:25 PM (L/fGl)

190
Trump rally going on at Rt1 and 202 in Delaware County Pa
Posted by: Skip

Painters Crossroads -- know the area well!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 04:25 PM (4zrly)

191 I asked AI to generate an image of Justin Trudeau wearing a propeller beanie because he's a totalitarian retard. It wouldn't do it.

I did something similar with Queen Coconut as Marie Antoinette and it also would not do it..

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:25 PM (oZhjI)

192 I loved Joker with Juaquin Rivers. It’s very disappointing to hear that Joker 2 has been bastardized. Going to look for a Blu-ray of Joker, the original and purchase it. Spit.

Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen at October 04, 2024 04:25 PM (usEY1)

193 The one thing that bugs me about the 1931 Dracula, though, is that it shows endemic New-World animals, like armadillos and opossums, hanging around Dracula's coffin in Transylvania.

I also dislike (and I think other versions have done this as well) the combining of the characters of Jonathan Harker and Renfield, in which the former (the visitor to Castle Dracula in the novel), transforms into the latter (an inmate of Dr. Seward's asylum in the novel.

Edward Van Sloan's Van Helsing, is great, however.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:25 PM (v6JzV)

194 Someone need to make a Gilgamesh fantasy blow out movie....
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024

***
Have Patrick Stewart do the voice-over narration. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 04:25 PM (J2vNu)

195 the whole zach snyder interlude should have been buried in a trench after 300, James Wan does some interesting things with the first Aquaman,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 04:26 PM (PXvVL)

196 Interesting factoid about that:

It was made in the earliest days of sound when studios were still figuring out how to sell the same movie to multiple countries. One thing they settled on for a while was multiple version of the same movie, filmed on the same sets at nearly the same time, with different casts. In Dracula's case, there's a Spanish version.

This becomes even more interesting because the American version was cut down when it was re-released a few years after it's original release to align with the Hays Office's dictums about appropriate content in film. The Spanish version never went through that process. Both exist.

Watching them back to back becomes really interesting because you can end up essentially seeing all of the missing stuff from the American version, sometimes even, I think, original shots from the American version.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Yes, I know about the Spanish version, but have never seen it. Boobs?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:26 PM (v6JzV)

197
Someone need to make a Gilgamesh fantasy blow out movie....
Posted by: weft cut-loop

The creepy guy from The Smurfs?

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 04:27 PM (dQzv6)

198 196
Yes, I know about the Spanish version, but have never seen it. Boobs?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:26 PM (v6JzV)

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No, no boobs.

What got cut was mostly shots of Dracula going in for a bite to the neck. Too sexual.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:27 PM (GBKbO)

199 Nosferatu looks like good scary fun.

Posted by: Tuna at October 04, 2024 04:27 PM (oaGWv)

200 is that too harsh, I don't think so,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 04:27 PM (PXvVL)

201 So Coppola made another Prometheus?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 04:28 PM (i8Z6c)

202 Whatever happened to movies which you know, just entertained without saying something “important”.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 04:23 PM (pFg/0)

Stripes, Animal House, Caddy Shack era. They could clean up with simple, fun movies like these.

But no.

Everyone has to crawl up his or her own ass trying to say something woke. Either that, or they are so lacking in creativity that they have to do updates of old movies, back stories, etc. All garbage.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 04:28 PM (i24o9)

203 199 Nosferatu looks like good scary fun.
Posted by: Tuna at October 04, 2024 04:27 PM (oaGWv)

=======

I always want to like Eggers' work more than I do.

Here's to hoping!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:28 PM (GBKbO)

204 it is not too harsh. Zach was good for like half a film

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2024 04:28 PM (s3qiR)

205 Margot Robbie running around in tight shorts wielding a baseball bat got my attention for a few minutes.
Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024

***
Whoa! Hold the Internet! Which movie is that -- her turn as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad? She *made* that movie, and not only because of her hotness factor.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 04:28 PM (J2vNu)

206 Only Bulg and I even know where Telugu is spoken.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I am a huge language geek. Majored in linguistics.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:28 PM (v6JzV)

207 well can you even make funny movies now

you'd offend SOMEONE

you literally can't make the comedies of even just a decade ago

everything in media is run by hectoring pantywaists

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2024 04:29 PM (s3qiR)

208 I asked AI to generate an image of Justin Trudeau wearing a propeller beanie because he's a totalitarian retard. It wouldn't do it.
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 04:24 PM (52RXy)
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So is Gavin Newsom, but in his case the beanie would slide off.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2024 04:29 PM (zG664)

209 the Hammer films break canon all over the place, it happens in Germany not Transylvania, because I guess they couldn't film behind the Iron Curtain, but they are kind of fun,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 04:29 PM (PXvVL)

210 I am a huge language geek. Majored in linguistics.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:28 PM (v6JzV)

I went to school with a dude from Hyderabad

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 04:29 PM (DDGz9)

211 >>> 184 Only Bulg and I even know where Telugu is spoken.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2024 04:24 PM (zG664)

Springfield, OH?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 04:30 PM (FnneF)

212 The best Dracula movies for boobage are the Hammer ones.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:30 PM (v6JzV)

213 212 The best Dracula movies for boobage are the Hammer ones.

lol or Warhol

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2024 04:30 PM (s3qiR)

214 Shia LaBeouf, don't follow movies so thumbed over to check out her images. Some kind of faggot name Shia, ugh.

Posted by: Braenyard - jobs report to be revised downward 3Xs at October 04, 2024 04:30 PM (NwuoC)

215 "Adam Driver portrays a visionary civic planner who can stop time with his mind and builds towering, surreally fluid cityscapes with the help of a mysterious substance called Megalon"

With a dynamite pitch like that, how can it miss?

Posted by: gp, Or Your Money Back at October 04, 2024 04:31 PM (g4sLG)

216 Some kind of faggot name Shia, ugh.
Posted by: Braenyard

Is engaged in a lifelong feud with his sister, Sunni.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:31 PM (v6JzV)

217 The oddest part of naming your kid Shia is...not being a Muslim.

But I guess there are a bunch of kids named Christian born to Euro-athiests nowadays as well.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:31 PM (oZhjI)

218 213 Warhol did a Dracula flick?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:32 PM (v6JzV)

219 Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn, after the badass woman supervillain Kitana boards the plane and threatens them all with death if they step out of line:

"She seems nice. . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 04:32 PM (J2vNu)

220 Adam Driver was very good in Silence and very bad in Star Wars.

But I don't really blame him for the latter.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:32 PM (oZhjI)

221 All I can say is, ...uhmmm.

Posted by: Braenyard - jobs report to be revised downward 3Xs at October 04, 2024 04:32 PM (NwuoC)

222 What got cut was mostly shots of Dracula going in for a bite to the neck. Too sexual.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:27 PM (GBKbO)

But John Carpenter could have his vampire going below-the-belt on a hot chick . . .

Posted by: to be fair, "Vampires" was awful at October 04, 2024 04:32 PM (gKWVE)

223 218 213 Warhol did a Dracula flick?

and Frankenstein!

available for viewing on Night Flight streaming channel

loads of nudity in both

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2024 04:33 PM (s3qiR)

224 "The $120 million (which doesn't even include costs for printing thousands of copies of the film or marketing and advertising) movie made $4 million its opening weekend."

Printing copies? Aren't all movies digital now?
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade

I'd imagine there are some 35mm prints struck for some limited purposes, but yeah, theatrical distribution is now digital.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

DCP, Digital Cinema Package. Before the Internet was fast & reliable enough, they shipped movies around on encrypted 500GB hard drives in military-spec enclosures.

Now they can send the info the same way we comment here.

Article from 2022 with too much detail, including how you can get your first indie movie converted to the DCP format and shipped out to theaters for $47:

https://is.gd/X02piw

Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2024 04:33 PM (DgGvY)

225 If the magical city planning fleems are called Megalon, why is the city Megalopolis? Shouldn't it be Megalonopolis? Megalonia? Feh. Stupid movie.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 04:33 PM (DDGz9)

226 Todd Phillips previous film was Joker, his current film is Joker, and there is nothing listed as future directorial projects, so it appears, his career is going to die with Joker.

Or he could go back to making hangover films, but comedy is dead as well.

He could always apply to be a longshoreman.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2024 04:34 PM (XV/Pl)

227 Only Bulg and I even know where Telugu is spoken.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2024

***
I think we can be forgiven for that. I looked it up. That area of the world has one *hell* of a lot of languages.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 04:34 PM (J2vNu)

228 Shia LA Beouf reminds me Sir Loin d Beouf from a Bugs Bunny cartoon m

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 04:34 PM (52RXy)

229 BIDEN: "I'm in constant contact with [Harris]. We’re singing from the same song sheet. She helped pass all the laws that are being employed now."
Biden and Harris are one and the same.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

If she wins: told you MFers I could win.

She loses: where's my Geritol

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 04, 2024 04:34 PM (JkCto)

230 Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn, after the badass woman supervillain Kitana boards the plane and threatens them all with death if they step out of line:

Speaking of Kitana I wonder if they are going to make more Mortal Kombat movies? The last one was decent.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:34 PM (oZhjI)

231
This becomes even more interesting because the American version was cut down when it was re-released a few years after it's original release to align with the Hays Office's dictums about appropriate content in film. The Spanish version never went through that process. Both exist.

Watching them back to back becomes really interesting because you can end up essentially seeing all of the missing stuff from the American version, sometimes even, I think, original shots from the American version.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

I'm trying to imagine what the Hays code would want to cut from Dracula.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:34 PM (lTGtQ)

232 i added naturalflake's review. Thanks!

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:34 PM (KRtlO)

233 226 Todd Phillips previous film was Joker, his current film is Joker, and there is nothing listed as future directorial projects, so it appears, his career is going to die with Joker.

Or he could go back to making hangover films, but comedy is dead as well.

He could always apply to be a longshoreman.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2024 04:34 PM (XV/Pl)

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Eh. He's far from being in director jail, I think.

He also seems like a mewling coward when it comes to leftist forces. He didn't get where he is by talent.

He knows who to blow to get $50 million for his next movie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:35 PM (GBKbO)

234 The Eastwood movie premise sounds like an old Criminal Minds episode that I barely remember, where a man was driving home at night, thought he might have hit/killed someone, was racked by guilt, and started drinking. But the team solved the mystery and saved the day, it was actually a serial killer (shock!) who was running folks over.

Posted by: MammaB at October 04, 2024 04:35 PM (KsJGI)

235 231 I'm trying to imagine what the Hays code would want to cut from Dracula.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:34 PM (lTGtQ)

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It's snippets of moments. Dracula going in to suck someone's neck.

The Hays Office started VERY sensitive.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:36 PM (GBKbO)

236 Whoa! Hold the Internet! Which movie is that -- her turn as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad? She *made* that movie, and not only because of her hotness factor.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
.......

Now there is a super heroine I could get behind.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 04:36 PM (v0R5T)

237 I'm trying to imagine what the Hays code would want to cut from Dracula.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024

***
As TJM mentioned, the neck-bite scenes. I watched it again recently on Svengoolie, and noticed there was not a single throat-nip scene at all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 04:36 PM (J2vNu)

238 >>234 The Eastwood movie premise sounds like an old Criminal Minds episode that I barely remember, where a man was driving home at night, thought he might have hit/killed someone, was racked by guilt, and started drinking. But the team solved the mystery and saved the day, it was actually a serial killer (shock!) who was running folks over.

I imagine that will be the basic plot here. I bet what he hit was the killer, who was injured but not killed and made it home alive.

There's a bit of I Know What You Did Last Summer in that plot.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:37 PM (KRtlO)

239 237 As TJM mentioned, the neck-bite scenes. I watched it again recently on Svengoolie, and noticed there was not a single throat-nip scene at all.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 04:36 PM (J2vNu)

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The Spanish version has 'em all!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:37 PM (GBKbO)

240
Haven't seen or read about "Joker 2" but based on what I read here I'm calling the ending now:

Harley Quinn shoots Arthur in the head like he shot Crusty DeNiro because Arthur is a loser and not all cool and such like his Joker persona in real life.

I guess I'll find out when it streams.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 04:37 PM (eDfFs)

241 238 There's a bit of I Know What You Did Last Summer in that plot.
Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:37 PM (KRtlO)

=======

I watched that for the first time a couple of days ago while working.

I started a fight about which girl was hotter round these parts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:37 PM (GBKbO)

242 It's snippets of moments. Dracula going in to suck someone's neck.

The Hays Office started VERY sensitive.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

Considering what got on film that caused the Hays code, I guess that makes sense, but that is a bit too much.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:38 PM (lTGtQ)

243 @233

>>He also seems like a mewling coward when it comes to leftist forces. He didn't get where he is by talent.

Yeah, but they no longer allow the films that would play to his strengths be made.

He could have really made a statement with Joker 2 instead he cucked his own creation, sad.

I have heard that as bad as it is, Phoenix still manages to turn in a very good performance with the garbage he was given.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2024 04:38 PM (XV/Pl)

244 I started a fight about which girl was hotter round these parts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:37 PM (GBKbO)

A fight between people who said Neve Campbell, and those who were wrong?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 04:38 PM (DDGz9)

245 Since this is a movie thread, I rewatched Paper Moon. I think it holds up. If you want to see a movie about real people that tells a story with a few twists, this will do. Nothing woke and it takes you into the Depression era. Bonus; Madeline Kahn in a satin blouse that reminds you of the term "sweater puppies"

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 04:39 PM (gfViB)

246 Companion looks like a snazzy version of "Badlands"(1973)

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 04:39 PM (eDfFs)

247 I like Apocalypse Now, but I think it was Coppola's "gateway" movie in that he stopped wanting to film interesting stories and instead went completely into visuals and style.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 04:39 PM (CHHv1)

248 Oh wait I'm thinking of Scream.

I think.

I don't know.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 04:39 PM (DDGz9)

249 >>>I started a fight about which girl was hotter round these parts.

obviously Jennifer Love or whatever her name is.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:39 PM (KRtlO)

250 because its a tribute to Metropolis, see Fritz Lang, but it went way off the rails,

like that upcoming last orson welles film,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 04:39 PM (PXvVL)

251 If this new Eastwood flick is 90 pct as good as Midnight in The Garden of Good and Evil, it'll be a fine bookend to his career.

The cast is stellar, so he's got a shot.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2024 04:40 PM (XV/Pl)

252 249 >>>I started a fight about which girl was hotter round these parts.

obviously Jennifer Love or whatever her name is.
Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:39 PM (KRtlO)

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I think she has a butterface.

It's obviously Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:40 PM (GBKbO)

253 >>Since this is a movie thread, I rewatched Paper Moon. I think it holds up.

a friend of mine watched that this year and highly recommended it.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:40 PM (KRtlO)

254 Shia LaBeouf, don't follow movies so thumbed over to check out her images. Some kind of faggot name Shia, ugh.
Posted by: Braenyard

You have to consider the last name, too. What cute girl actress, who would have changed her name to something cinema-friendly, would call herself "The Beef?"

Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2024 04:41 PM (DgGvY)

255 The OSS 117 sequel was the same, as was the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean.

And Douglas Adams made a career out of trashing his most popular character, when he found out that readers actually found Zaphod Beeblebrox to be rather awesome.

Posted by: J at October 04, 2024 04:41 PM (tEB0M)

256 253 >>Since this is a movie thread, I rewatched Paper Moon. I think it holds up.

a friend of mine watched that this year and highly recommended it.
Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:40 PM (KRtlO)

=======

Criterion's releasing a 4K of it later this year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:41 PM (GBKbO)

257
He could have really made a statement with Joker 2 instead he cucked his own creation, sad.

Imagine Joker 2 as the media making insane loser Arthur Dent into a martyr to take down reformer Wayne so he can't save the city and instead install some corrupt mobbed up leftwinger...played by Lady Gaga in a fat suit channeling the Penguin.

Now that would be something...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:41 PM (oZhjI)

258 obviously Jennifer Love or whatever her name is.
Posted by: ace
......

I call her Chesty.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 04:41 PM (v0R5T)

259 When you direct a billion-dollar movie but critics and leftwingers (but I repeat myself) and Permanent Residents of Twitterstan say mean things about you like "You're inciting toxic manbabies!" and so you create a sequel not to please fans of your movie but to appease its worst, most toxic critics and then the fans hate it and the leftwing mob you tried to appease also hates it and now you've got a huge bomb on your hands.

Never does it enter the Director's mind that the critic xe is trying to reach only consider the Project to be the critic's canvas where they can showcase their snark, contempt and smears to impress their retarded peers.

Doesn't matter what they make, the Directory must include shit so that the critics have something to whine about. If the Director attempts to make the critic's perfect movie, they will pan it because it doesn't suit their needs for attention.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 04, 2024 04:42 PM (rHxhM)

260 A fight between people who said Neve Campbell, and those who were wrong?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 04:38 PM (DDGz9)

She turned 51, yesterday; still looking good. Happy birthday.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 04:42 PM (i24o9)

261 I don't know about the movie but Coppola's winery is worth a visit if you're in the neighborhood.

https://tinyurl.com/38ja2c4b

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at October 04, 2024 04:42 PM (NuJDZ)

262 >>>I like Apocalypse Now, but I think it was Coppola's "gateway" movie in that he stopped wanting to film interesting stories and instead went completely into visuals and style.

Unpopular take on Apocalypse Now:

It's guy movie, and it's also an art movie, so guys feel safe saying it's a great movie. Like it's a pick you can't assail for being weak or dumb.

But... the reality is, it's a messy film with a couple of good parts and long slogs of not much going on.

If you asked me to watch Godfather (1) right now, I'd say sure.

If you asked me to watch Apocalypse Now, I'd say no. It's a drag.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:42 PM (KRtlO)

263 @253

>>a friend of mine watched that this year and highly recommended it.

It's Bogdanovich, objectively, he hasn't made a bad film.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2024 04:42 PM (XV/Pl)

264 Dracula going in to suck someone's neck.

The Hays Office started VERY sensitive.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 04:36 PM

They didn't like the "hawk-tuah" sound effect?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 04:42 PM (a3Q+t)

265 One can't really make a list of the best films without discussing Killer Klowns from Outer Space.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:42 PM (lTGtQ)

266 184 Only Bulg and I even know where Telugu is spoken.

Southern Injah. Yes, I confirmed it, but I already knew it was there.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 04:43 PM (xCA6C)

267 Only Bulg and I even know where Telugu is spoken.

I know! I know! Birmingham, England!

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:44 PM (lTGtQ)

268 Only Bulg and I even know where Telugu is spoken.

I do notice a lot of foreign films showing up in local theaters.

No idea how much is Hollywood having few new ideas and how much is our "newcomers/refugees" wanting to watch movies from back home.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:44 PM (oZhjI)

269 85?
He was just a kid when he made "The Godfather".
He should be doing a little fishing, playing with the great grandkids, sitting in the sun drinking wine- oh, sorry, he sold the vineyard.
The important thing is to know when to quit.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 04, 2024 04:44 PM (f+FmA)

270 A fight between people who said Neve Campbell, and those who were wrong?

Pretty enough, but no waist. Same as Elisha Cuthbert and Tea Leoni.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 04:45 PM (xCA6C)

271 One can't really make a list of the best films without discussing Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
.....

and Mars Needs Women.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 04:45 PM (v0R5T)

272 One can't really make a list of the best films without discussing Killer Klowns from Outer Space.

Nothing beats the Director's Cut of "Birdemic".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 04, 2024 04:45 PM (rHxhM)

273 A fight between people who said Neve Campbell, and those who were wrong?

Hmm...Wild Things...haven't thought about that movie in a while

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:45 PM (oZhjI)

274 And 'Metropolis' on the big screen is awesome.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 04, 2024 04:46 PM (f+FmA)

275 If you asked me to watch Apocalypse Now, I'd say no. It's a drag.
Posted by: ace

I agree. Boring parts outweigh the action parts 10:1

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 04, 2024 04:46 PM (/U5Yz)

276 I haven't seen Paper Moon since it came out. I just was sucked right into the story and it blotted out all the stuff going on in the world right now. That's what movies should do.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 04:46 PM (gfViB)

277 TJM, you ever watch any Bollywood stuff?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:47 PM (v6JzV)

278 No idea how much is Hollywood having few new ideas and how much is our "newcomers/refugees" wanting to watch movies from back home.

Posted by: 18-1

Birmingham is majority indian and mohammedan.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:47 PM (lTGtQ)

279 But this is the thing. HR rules almost ALL companies. They do not care if a profit is made. They do not care about telling a good story. THEY WILL rule and everyone else better walk softly or they will destroy them.

And when the company tanks, they will move on to another. At least until no more are left.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 04:47 PM (PDf99)

280 @257

>>Now that would be something...

There are so many directions he could have gone and so many compelling stories he could have told, instead, he told a boring story, put a singer in a lead role who can't really act, so that he could bizarrely include musical numbers that apparently add nothing and tend to derail whatever narrative he was attempting.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2024 04:47 PM (XV/Pl)

281
I'll mention "The Substance" again. It's well-worth seeing.

Imagine "All About Eve" written and directed by David Cronenberg.

That's right. It's a gloppy, gross body horror movie made especially to appeal to the Ladies.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 04:48 PM (eDfFs)

282 Apocalypse Now is a way for guys to signal that they're definitely macho guys, but they're refined enough to enjoy art.

But if you inject them with truth serum, they'll tell you it's boring and they haven't watched it since college.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:48 PM (KRtlO)

283 And 'Metropolis' on the big screen is awesome.
Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM

Aren't they still trying to restore the full version.

Always found that flick tedious as hell.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:48 PM (v6JzV)

284 Just saw this on an X post:

Local Sheriffs have threatened to arrest FEMA workers if they hinder rescue and aid work.

And I watched them rescue a guy trapped in his car in the river in Asheville. There are still folks we can help, if we can get FEMA out of the way

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 04:48 PM (gfViB)

285 Only Bulg and I even know where Telugu is spoken.

The ocean?

Posted by: Beluga Whale at October 04, 2024 04:48 PM (v0R5T)

286 Local Sheriffs have threatened to arrest FEMA workers if they hinder rescue and aid work.

Imagine trying to explain this headline to people 20 years ago...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 04:49 PM (oZhjI)

287 oh -- I do *like* Apocalypse Now. But there's where I think it should be rated, as movies you like, not as "great movies" or "one of my favorites."

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:49 PM (KRtlO)

288 If you want a fascinating and depressing movie, watch Sarah's Key.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:49 PM (lTGtQ)

289 The monologue for AN always got me. People lampoon Blade Runner theatrical version for it, but in this piece of shit we are supposed to like it. The movie has a couple good quotes, but it is pretty miserable and yes, fucking boring. Also nihilistic and a few other things.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 04:49 PM (PDf99)

290 Only Bulg and I even know where Telugu is spoken.

The ocean?

More specifically, the Caspian Sea.

Posted by: Beluga Caviar at October 04, 2024 04:49 PM (xCA6C)

291 >>> 284 Just saw this on an X post:

Local Sheriffs have threatened to arrest FEMA workers if they hinder rescue and aid work.

And I watched them rescue a guy trapped in his car in the river in Asheville. There are still folks we can help, if we can get FEMA out of the way
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 04:48 PM (gfViB)

Insurrection!!!

Posted by: leftists at October 04, 2024 04:49 PM (FnneF)

292 Megalon? How is Adam Driver gonna build something with Godzilla's archenemy?

Posted by: callsign claymore at October 04, 2024 04:50 PM (3Yj85)

293 288 If you want a fascinating and depressing movie, watch Sarah's Key.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:49 PM (lTGtQ)

Have anything to do with Roller skates?

Posted by: Melanie at October 04, 2024 04:50 PM (PDf99)

294 And I watched them rescue a guy trapped in his car in the river in Asheville. There are still folks we can help, if we can get FEMA out of the way
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 04:48 PM (gfViB)

Insurrection!!!

Posted by: leftists

Get used to it.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 04:50 PM (xCA6C)

295
There's a 4K version of "Paper Moon" releasing soon.

It'd be a double dip, which I hate. But, I like PM enough to consider it.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 04:50 PM (eDfFs)

296 Apocalypse Now is a way for guys to signal that they're definitely macho guys, but they're refined enough to enjoy art.

But if you inject them with truth serum, they'll tell you it's boring and they haven't watched it since college.

Posted by: ace

I would enjoy seeing a true to the book version of The Heart of Darkness, but I imagine it could not be made now.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:50 PM (lTGtQ)

297 I like the Cat From Outer Space.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NfQSurV6Ck

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 04, 2024 04:50 PM (/U5Yz)

298 Goths need love and machine guns just like anybody.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 04, 2024 04:50 PM (J8LnB)

299 But if you inject them with truth serum, they'll tell you it's boring and they haven't watched it since college.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:48 PM (KRtlO)

I watch it every few years, sometimes multiples in a year, but its the redux version. I haven't seen the theatrical since the 90s I believe. Same with Blade Runner.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 04:51 PM (i24o9)

300 Tatum O'Neal grew into a rather nice-looking woman.

Then she married McEnroe.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:51 PM (v6JzV)

301 And I watched them rescue a guy trapped in his car in the river in Asheville. There are still folks we can help, if we can get FEMA out of the way
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 04:48 PM (gfViB)

people are still stranded in rivers, and it's been days. No food, no water, probably no sleep.... good god. Imagine finding out after you get rescued that no one could get to you for days because FEMA said the right forms weren't filled out and they'd arrest anyone who tried to rescue you.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 04:51 PM (DDGz9)

302 I saw Twisters a couple weeks ago. While I enjoyed it, I was struck that they soft peddled the romance. This seems to be a common thing these days so they do not offend anyone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 04:51 PM (PDf99)

303 If you want a fascinating and depressing movie, watch Sarah's Key.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:49 PM (lTGtQ)

Have anything to do with Roller skates?

Posted by: Melanie

No, it is about a family torn apart when the Nazis started rounding up Jews in Paris in 1940.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:51 PM (lTGtQ)

304 No, it is about a family torn apart when the Nazis started rounding up Jews in Paris in 1940.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:51 PM (lTGtQ)

I think I would have preferred roller skates (or the metaphor.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 04:52 PM (PDf99)

305 The thing that knocks me out about Joseph Conrad is that he became a classic English novelist despite the fact that English was not his native language. Polish was.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:53 PM (v6JzV)

306 Watch Sarah Ski.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2024 04:54 PM (EzXHB)

307 ive tried to see Metropolis twice on TCM, but it was a long film even for 1927

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 04:54 PM (PXvVL)

308 OT: why do they keep trying to make smart glasses a thing. Stop it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 04:54 PM (PDf99)

309 We saw the new version of "Salem's Lot" last night.

Not great, not awful. Just okay.

Its main flaw is that it's weirdly edited so that the gore and violence isn't clearly seen or seen at all. Like it was a TV movie from the 70s.

Solid meh.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 04:55 PM (eDfFs)

310 Cabinet of Dr. Caligari >>>> Metropolis

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:56 PM (v6JzV)

311 People only like short Poles.

Nobody wants to touch a ten-foot Pole.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 04:56 PM (a3Q+t)

312 But if you inject them with truth serum, they'll tell you it's boring and they haven't watched it since college.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:48 PM (KRtlO)

There's a director's cut that's even more boring.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 04:56 PM (d9fT1)

313 283 And 'Metropolis' on the big screen is awesome.
Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM
Aren't they still trying to restore the full version.

Always found that flick tedious as hell.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:48 PM (v6JzV)

I won't disagree, but I watch it mostly for the visuals, not the story.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 04, 2024 04:57 PM (f+FmA)

314 >>>There's a director's cut that's even more boring.

I AM AWARE

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:57 PM (KRtlO)

315 Poles are pro-stripper.

They are for strippers.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 04:57 PM (v6JzV)

316 I played golf with Burt Gilliam once. He was the inn keeper in Paper Moon. He was a Dallas firefighter at the time and he went to a casting call for extras. He ended up getting an Oscar nom for it. Then one day this guy named Mel Brooks called and the rest is history.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 04, 2024 04:57 PM (2UnvF)

317
I would enjoy seeing a true to the book version of The Heart of Darkness, but I imagine it could not be made now.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:50 PM (lTGtQ)

I haven't seen them but I believe there were two "Heart of Darkness" movies made after "Apocalypse Now"

One stars john Malcovich, IIRC.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 04:58 PM (eDfFs)

318 I cannot emphasize enough how much I am sick of the anti-hero hero movie genre, and the general dismalness of the last decade of movies.

Where the hell are the fun movies? The original movies? The feel-good, cheer for the (genuinely) good guy movies? You can count them on one finger: Top Gun: Maverick. There's no Raiders of the Lost Ark. There's no Star Wars (the original). No Harry Met Sally or Forrest Gump. It's all Evil, Evil II, Purge 1-15, Fast & Stupidness XIV, Batman v Superman v Wolverine v SomeGuyYouNeverHeardOf.

I just saw on Not The Bee that there's a new movie coming out that actually comes with a health warning. Our culture is inescapably bereft of a moral compass, and we just keep feeding it with evil or inane. Why would anyone expect anything else?

Posted by: red speck at October 04, 2024 04:58 PM (0Id0S)

319 it's a good movie. But that's it. it's a good, ambitious but flawed movie.

Coppola just keeps trying to make art films and isn't any good at it.

I mean, let's be serious: Has he really ever done anything close to the Godfather? And my other unpopular opinion is that the Godfather Part II is also boring and scattered and messy.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:58 PM (KRtlO)

320 I haven't seen them but I believe there were two "Heart of Darkness" movies made after "Apocalypse Now"

One stars john Malcovich, IIRC.

Posted by: naturalfake

I'm going to look that one up, thanks

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 04:59 PM (lTGtQ)

321 Heart of Darkness is a good (short) book.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:59 PM (KRtlO)

322 But if you inject them with truth serum, they'll tell you it's boring and they haven't watched it since college.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 04:48 PM (KRtlO)

There's a director's cut that's even more boring.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 04:56 PM (d9fT1)

Wholly Kau, yes!

That, what?, hour long detour to the French woman's home is awful.

My bid for the most boring and pointless episode ever placed into a movie.

It contributes nothing.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 05:00 PM (eDfFs)

323 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 05:01 PM (PDf99)

324 I'm not racist is a funny movie, if you're not a leftist. FenSpouse and I laughed a lot.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2024 05:02 PM (MQJVv)

325 The weird thing, to me, about Apocalypse Now, is that it has an uncredited appearance by Harrison Ford AFTER Star Wars.

You'd think Coppolla would've wanted to puff the box office by having Ford's name up there in the credits.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 05:02 PM (v6JzV)

326 There's never an editor's direction cut. You don't have the editor poking into the shot saying "maybe try to sound a little less gay this time so i can put it in my good version" or whatever. But the director plays editor for a day and it's magically better.

The editor is there to say "yeah sure you think watching a boat drift down a river for nine minutes while no one says anything is gonna tell your story. It won't. You're not Werner Herzog, and that little coked up nepot ain't Kinski. Leave the editing to me."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 05:03 PM (DDGz9)

327 Movies and Video games... it's almost like the ones who run the industries have no clue about what their customers want.

Like, they are disconnected and living in a bubble...

Oh.. wait... they are.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2024 05:05 PM (QAkQ3)

328 Metropolis has flaws - the handy acting and overwrought melodrama plot - but the visuals are incredible, and it has been hugely influential. As the first big budget sci- fi film it set the tone for much of what followed. First human lookalike robot ever, so of course it’s a sexbot. And Rotwang is the archetype for almost every evil mad scientist ever filmed since.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2024 05:09 PM (EzXHB)

329 Nosferatu - No, not one more movie with Willem Dafoe who has more than embarrassed himself between "acting" in Poor Things and Kinds of Kindness. (The latter, a three part monstrosity, should have been trashed part of the way through part one.) Can also forget about Lily Depp, too.

Salem's Lot - No, enough. Stick with the first movie. The book was better anyway.

A shame about the new Joker movie. Joaquin Phoenix is a talented actor, so much so that he seems to "become" his characters...in the line of Daniel Day-Lewis.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 04, 2024 05:11 PM (NFX2v)

330 Someone has got to be kidding Werner here, surely? Let Werner state the facts at issue here: The German Expressionist film Nosferatu was an open theft of Bram Stoker's novel. Everywhere in your copy of Dracula where his name is mentioned, just cross it out and pencil in "Count Orlok." You can even put it in the quotes. Germany stole it and made it weird, and we glory in it. Hell, Werner even did a re-make and made it even more weird, and for a Kraut to be saying that gives you an idea of what Cosmic Horror truly is. I liked the David Soul version and giggled when I saw the theft od the Nosferatu look. Then I see that there is going to be a re-make of the David Soul miniseries, and uses the Nosferatu look again, but even more gay? Werner now goes to punch the neatest Tesla vehichle he can find.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at October 04, 2024 05:13 PM (tmPIh)

331 The editor is there to say "yeah sure you think watching a boat drift down a river for nine minutes while no one says anything is gonna tell your story. It won't. You're not Werner Herzog, and that little coked up nepot ain't Kinski. Leave the editing to me."
Posted by: Warai-otoku

This is admirable film criticism. Werner does have to admit that the river scene at the end of Aguirre was mostly the production crew and myself lashing Klaus to a dangerously flawed craft and supplying a butt load of monkeys and saying "Figure it out, Homunculus!" And Kinski did. At least I think as. We were all hitting the ayahuasca then.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at October 04, 2024 05:28 PM (tmPIh)

332 Werner should probably mention that the next instalment of Ayn and Werner vs. the Loup-Garou is coming soon. It is a madcap, warm-hearted chronicle of how we rush to the aid of Walter Hill when his production of Southern Comfort is put in peril by a Hell-beast set on disrupting an upcoming feature. But enough of Betty White. It's fun for the whole family! Ja, Werner has deployed an exclamation point. I am as puzzled by this as you are.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at October 04, 2024 05:37 PM (tmPIh)

333 I really wanted to like it. People like Coppola and Scorsese need to hire a Loud American (like the Japanese companies do) to say: No. Stop this now. Edit this down. This makes no sense. Just stop.
Posted by: Candidus at October 04, 2024 04:00 PM (JI8/o)

Leftists know groupthink far better than the Japanese ever did.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:37 PM (n7h9X)

334 People only like short Poles.

Nobody wants to touch a ten-foot Pole.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 04:56 PM (a3Q+t)

Sure they do. They are holding the 10 foot pole 11 foot away from all kinds of things they don't like.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:41 PM (n7h9X)

335 Do not underestimate the Japanese. On a flight from Vladivostok to Singapore (Don't ask, Werner does not remember why), I, along with the admirable Abe Shinzo of blessed memory, got into a game of cards with a few other gentlemen aboard. It was Texas Hold'em, and Werner has a good track record there. Imagine the Know When To Hold 'em, know when to fold'em song at this point. Abe-san was no slouch himself.

The problem was that we won and kept winning, not aware that we were the marks from the gentleman across from them, and when these Yakuza kept on losing, they decided it was throat-slitting and decapitation time. Abe San called out to his bodyguards for two katanas (the Japanese have an odd concept of executive protection) and tossed one to me. What followed would have given Quentin Tarantino an orgasm. A most amusing talle, for another occasion,

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at October 04, 2024 05:55 PM (tmPIh)

336 "Magnum opus more like magnum flopus am i rite?"
- - - - - - -

Can we go with "Magnum Up-Ass?"

Posted by: Another Anon at October 04, 2024 06:28 PM (QNMaY)

337 Megalopolis, Adam Driver portrays a visionary civic planner who can stop time with his mind and builds towering, surreally fluid cityscapes with the help of a mysterious substance called Megalon.

I just don't see the story here unless the protagonists are leftist bureaucrats trying to stop him.

Posted by: Colonial at October 04, 2024 08:55 PM (H0YeO)

Newsweek Discovers a New Pathology on the Right: Right-Leaning Men Have a "New Obsession," and It's Hot Girls With Nice Bodies and Conventional Good Looks!

Oh my goodness! How long have evil "populist, masculinist men" (those words are really in the "article") had this obsession for sexually-desirable women?

L to R: The Left one, the Right one
Conservative men just discovered they like hot women.
This is a major goal of Drumpf's right-wing extremist Project 2025.

Did this start with that son-of-bitch Trump?

Or was it the fault of Ronny Raygun?

Could it be this New Obsession in fact goes back several million years -- rooted in the most primitive Patriarchy of the pre-Stone-Age?!

No matter when this Completely-New Obsession started, it's an exciting new opportunity to probematize, pathologize, and demonize normal sexually-healthy men for being normal sexually-healthy men.

How Hot Girls Became the Right's New Obsession

The left thinks that the right's sexual preferences are political constructs for the reason that the left's (stated) sexual preferences are all political constructs.

More projection than the Ziegfield Theater. (Where I saw The Phantom Menace. It wasn't great.)

It all began with Sydney Sweeney's cleavage.

Most important movements do begin there.

In March, the 27-year-old actress hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time, wearing low-cut outfits during the start and close of the show, which featured a number of jokes about her physical appearance, including a sketch where she played a Hooters waitress.
SNL cast member Bowen Yang revealed in a recent episode of the Fly on the Wall podcast that the Euphoria star "was practically begging everybody" to make body-related jokes.
"She came in and was like, 'Please, everyone, make jokes about my boobs,'" he said.
At the time, Sweeney's appearance sparked much discourse and was lauded by a number of right-wing commentators as "the death of woke" (more on that later).
The actress had become a so-called conservative hot girl--a pin-up for the modern day right-wing movement as it attempts to expand the appeal of conservatism beyond the confines of its largely older, white, male base.

She's not a "so-called conservative hot girl." She's a hot girl, period. Yeah you can quibble that she's not the most strikingly beautiful in her face, but she's cute in the face, and her body is unimpeachable.

Sweeney and other conservative hot girls don't necessarily have any tangible involvement with politics (though some have strong political affiliations), but they have been claimed by right-wing public figures as their own, whether they appear to like it or not.

No one on the right "claimed" Sydney Sweeney, though we did show sympathy for her when nasty mutant leftists attacked her for posting video of a family birthday party in which one (1) family member wore a hat that said "Make Sixty Great Again" in the style of a Make American Great Again hat.

That, to the ravening mob of sexually-demented shut-ins, was too close to a Trump hat to be permitted. She had to be #Cancelled.

We didn't "claim" here. We merely defended her against your brutish lunacies.

The conservative hot girl "isn't a particularly new phenomenon," Victoria Cann...

You don't say. You don't f&&&in' say.

... an associate professor at the University of East Anglia in the U.K., told Newsweek.

Professor of what? Biochemistry? Astrophysics? Medieval history?

Guess That Major. A new media game for us to play.

"Women have been positioned through the lens of the masculinist imagery in conservative, populist politics for a very long time."

She means that straight, normal, sexually-healthy men view women through straight, normal, sexually-healthy male eyes, and that's a problem. We must view women through the Male Gays' Gaze.

...
Amy Tatum of Bournemouth University told Newsweek that "this focus on 'hot girls' is a way for the right in the U.S. to fight back against perceptions of 'wokeness,' holding up women in a sexualized fashion could be a tactic to reinforce gender stereotypes around women's appearances."

LOL. Again, Guess That Major. I'm going to guess "Not Higher-Dimensional Topography."

Following Sweeney's appearance on SNL, right-wing political commentator Richard Hanania shared a clip of the actress on the show in a low-cut dress, with the caption: "Wokeness is dead." An opinion piece in Canada's National Post asked, "Are Sydney Sweeney's breasts double-D harbingers of the death of woke?"
The author of that piece, Amy Hamm, wrote that Sweeney knows she's admired and owns "her sex appeal with zero apologies," arguing that "today's diversity, equity, and inclusion" advocates have discouraged admiration of beauty due to its exclusivity, implying that exclusion equates to hate.
"We aren't supposed to admire Sweeney's beauty; but we've done it anyways," she added.
...

In early August, Sweeney posted a series of photos to Instagram, with the caption "I think they call this a thirst trap." The sports commentator Joe Kinsey later shared the images on X with the caption: "It's a bad week to be a militant blue-haired lesbian," in a thread of messages that also included posts about university sororities.
Why Sweeney? She's conventionally attractive and popular, and although the actress has never publicly discussed her political leanings, an event for her mother's 60th birthday in 2022 caused a whirlwind of speculation.
Pictures from the party circulated online of guests wearing hats that said, "Make Sixty Great Again," in the style of Trump's, "Make America Great Again."
Sweeney responded at the time telling people to "stop making assumptions," and wrote on X that, "An innocent celebration for my mom's milestone 60th birthday has turned into an absurd political statement, which was not the intention."
...
Sweeney isn't the only young woman getting the conservative hot girl treatment. Haliey Welch, better known as the 'Hawk Tuah' girl, shot to fame in June after she appeared in a TikTok interview in which she offered sex advice.
When asked by the interviewer: "What's one move in bed that makes a man go crazy every time?" Welch replied: "You gotta give 'em that 'hawk tuah' and spit on that thing."
"Hawk tuah" is the sound someone makes while spitting.

Conservatives did not "claim" her. We were half-amused, half-scandalized by her oblivious vulgarity.

...
Her "Hawk Tuah" catchphrase has been adopted by conservatives and put on merch that is a similar style to former President Donald Trump's, and is often emblazoned over an American flag. Merch of this style, with the catchphrase "Hawk Tuah '24," printed in red and white on a blue or black backdrop, is also sold by Welch's official merchandise store.

This is a joke. As they say, the left not only can't meme, they can't even identify memes.

...
Victoria Cann of the University of East Anglia said, "Sydney Sweeney and Haliey Welch have actively distanced themselves from those right-wing politics, but [have] nevertheless become entangled within them because of what they represent, not what they actually think."
There are women in the conservative hot girl bracket who actively engage in right-wing politics. That list includes Republican National Committee national spokeswoman Elizabeth Pipko and Republican congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna. Right-wing and right-leaning media outlets, rather than commentators online, seem to have been behind these women's conservative hot girl labels.

Genetics and the grace of God are behind Anna Paulina Luna's "hot girl label."

For crying out loud -- these pathetic insecure women are trying to pretend that objective physical beauty is nothing, Nothing!, more than a socially-constructed lie created by The Patriarchy and enforced by MAGA, Inc.

...
Luna made headlines back in August after a nearly decade-old video of her wearing a 'MAGA' swimsuit resurfaced. The Daily Mail described her as a "MAGA Bombshell." In response to the video, the Florida lawmaker said on X, "I'm confirming that I have indeed worn swimsuits, and you can tell I am biologically a woman."
...
"There is something titillating about seeing a beautiful young woman spouting right-wing slogans," Catherine Rottenberg of Goldsmiths, University of London told Newsweek, and described this as "saying 'F-you' to feminists and other progressives."

Guess That Major. Economics, perhaps? Soft-body robotic engineering, maybe?

She added that it's "an attempt to show that they are fighting wokeness."

Well, it's also an assertion that we will not Suck the Female Penis, so I guess there is a small political component to asserting we are heterosexual and Proud.

You like Pride, don't you? Are heterosexuals the only people in the world who shouldn't be Proud of what the find sexy?

...
Pipko responded, "I don't consider myself someone who spouts anything but pro-American slogans and I'm very proud of that." She described this criticism as being made by people who are "confused or so blinded by their hatred for those who hold differing political views that they forgot what being a feminist actually means."

"Some people are considered conventionally beautiful. But when you have a pattern (where hot girls are the faces of the movement) -- and when they are using tropes (bikini shots) as a way of sending a particular kind of message -- then that feels extremely regressive," Rottenberg said. She added, "I am all for having lots of smart, articulate, and good-looking women as spokespeople for movements -- but we need a wide range of faces, ages, and body shapes."

We have a "wide range of faces, ages, and body shapes" -- except for the conventionally-attractive faces and body shapes, which are forbidden because The Male Gaze is Evil and Must Be Thwarted.

Conservative hot girls have one thing in common, besides implied or explicit political values, according to Erin Cassese of the University of Delaware.
"[These] aren't just 'hot women,' they're white women," she told Newsweek. "It's a narrow and conventional definition of sex appeal, or 'hotness.' It runs counter to cultural change reflecting an expansion of beauty standards to be more inclusive in terms of body size, race, and ethnicity, for example."

Um, no, men appreciate hot girls of all races or creeds.

Again, she's claiming that people must consciously alter their actual sexual preferences to comport themselves with the DEI agenda.

I see an awful lot of dowdy white lesbians with a lot of other dowdy white lesbians. Maybe it's time for the white lesbians to change their sexual preferences to be more "inclusive."

#DoBetter, dowdy white lesbians. #DoBetter.

The focus on the conservative hot girl comes at a time when the political gender divide in America is wider than ever.

That could just be that mouthy AWFLs never leave perfectly normal guys in peace but are constantly hectoring them and bitching at them and writing articles about Yes, All Men Are Terrible and Need to be Changed.

...
Goldsmiths' Catherine Rottenberg said, "Like advertisements that sell objects by objectifying women and their bodies, this seems to be a similar strategy. Attractive women are good for business."

This is another New Trend -- that Hot Women get more looks than other people, and that it helps your message, be it commercial, artistic (movies, fashion, photography) or even political to have attractive people involved with it.

...
Cassese said that the conservative hot girl is, "A way of appealing to other men on the basis of the male gaze."

It's just... so perfect.

...
Does the conservative hot girl's rise symbolize a more liberal thinking about sexuality, or is it the installation of women as objects for political gain? "Definitely the latter," Rottenberg said. "There is no liberal thinking about sexuality here."
"Patriarchy and populism go hand in hand," Hannah Yelin of Oxford Brookes University in England told Newsweek. "Policing women, their appearance and their bodies is an integral mechanism of the American right."
Cann said that the women involved in this movement who "actually readily align themselves with right-wing populism oftentimes represent a profound interest in traditional gender norms and an explicit rejection of feminist politics."

Really? You don't say? Conservative women tend to be virtuous, mentally-healthy traditionalists who aren't filled with uncontained hatred for half the human population and reject feminism, aka Marxism for Gurlz?

Is this also a Hot New Trend?

Cassese pointed to the fact that the reification of the hot girl is "coinciding with the erosion of women's reproductive rights" and that this, "points to a regressive tendency to prioritize men's sexual gratification over women's agency."
The University of Delaware academic added, "The 'hot girl' is the opposite of the 'childless cat lady' being invoked by leaders like JD Vance. These two competing images of womanhood arising in conservative rhetoric are two sides of the same coin, and they say a lot about what conservatives value about women."

Indeed. We prize our traditionalist, kindly, sensible and sometimes hot women over your bedraggled bag-ladies and Brooklyn broke-brained spinsters.

Meanwhile, women are also rejecting the left's demands to re-orient their sexual preferences according to political ideology:

Margot Cleveland
@ProfMJCleveland
It's amazing to me that political pundits are only now learning that women actually prefer men in steel-toed boots to the those supposedly redefining masculinity.

And not just women.

As a group, gay people may overwhelmingly hate Donald Trump. But they couldn't help but fall in love with JD Vance on the debate stage Tuesday night.
In the words of Gay America, he came out looking snatched.

First they took the word "gay" from us, and now they're appropriating "snatch"?

Now, these poll numbers might be made up, but they're making fun of a very real phenomenon: Gay Twitter absolutely lost their minds for Vance last night. Some said he'd make a "hot AF VP" while others said he's "[g]iving the gays everything we want." Some speculated the "pink tie" was sending a signal, wink wink. What that signal is, I can't share here -- but the consensus was overwhelmingly suggestive. As noted conservative activist (and gay man) Andy Ngo noted, "I was not expecting gay X responses to the VP debate to be so XXX."

I never knew what "snatched" meant when it was said to me. Now I do.

Thank you for the compliments, garrett.

I've wanted to link the below video for a while. This is the perfect opportunity to do it.

Shoe0nHead, herself a conventionally attractive, maybe Hot, girl, did this video about the leftist harridans' unquenchable thirst to demonize not just normal guys, but every single minor pleasure and trivial preference of normal guys. She calls this "the War on Normal Guys," taking part of the title from one normal guy gamer's lament that everything he likes or prefers is problematic.

I think the quote comes from a normal guy being exasperated at the endless bitching that he's "toxic" because he likes the women in video games to look like, well, actual women, and not transgender "women."

"We're just normal guys," he sighed.

Brett Cooper looks at what men are now demanded to find attractive, or pretend they find attractive:

"Acceptance" was never the goal.

"Conversion" is the goal. It has always been the goal. It will always be the goal.

By the way: Democrats tried to organize a "Hotties for Harris" event.

No hotties showed up.

When asked what Harris� biggest accomplishment was, the �Hotties for Harris� couldn�t provide an answer. pic.twitter.com/6RDCVLYX4g
— Alpha News (@AlphaNewsMN) October 3, 2024

Posted by: Ace at 02:39 PM

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1
BOOOOOOOOBS!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 02:39 PM (4zrly)

2 it's a boob thread!!!!

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 04, 2024 02:40 PM (v6XNT)

3 New Movie? I think I'll wait for the book.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 02:40 PM (i24o9)

4 I guess ace liked the movie.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at October 04, 2024 02:41 PM (UGS7U)

5 th!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 02:41 PM (kgE5c)

6 She's not a "so-called conservative hot girl." She's a hot girl, period. Yeah you can quibble that she's not the most strikingly beautiful in her face, but she's cute in the face, and her body is unimpeachable.

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That she hasn't come out as a raving leftist is the most surprising thing about it all.

She's too busy making Sony her bitch by starring in shit like Madame Web to get funding for Barbarella (assuming it ever gets made, Edgar Wright is off to make Running Man instead).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:42 PM (GBKbO)

7 >>>Yeah you can quibble that she's not the most strikingly beautiful in her face, but she's cute in the face, and her body is unimpeachable.

I'd impeach the stuffing out of her.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 02:42 PM (i24o9)

8 Willowed. Because of course.

The country's most-visited national park site, the Blue Ridge Parkway, will remain closed indefinitely.
The National Park Service said Wednesday.

What is it you say you do around here?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:43 PM (IB6XK)

9 The implication being that left-leaning men don't like hot women with nice bodies?

Posted by: 29Victor at October 04, 2024 02:43 PM (TL7UX)

10 Boob thread right out of the gate. Thanks, Ace!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:44 PM (v6JzV)

11 Newsweek Discovers a New Pathology on the Right: Right-Leaning Men Have a "New Obsession," and It's Hot Girls With Nice Bodies and Conventional Good Looks!
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Evil never rests.

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 02:44 PM (LCr8f)

12 Is it just me or are Ace's posts becoming more and more girthy, almost like his movie reviews?

...anywho. Does this mean RFK Jr blame his playa ways on his GAINZ from gymbro activities?

Posted by: The Book Thread, so Hoity-Toity You Can't Even at October 04, 2024 02:44 PM (FnneF)

13 >>>We didn't "claim" here. We merely defended her against your brutish lunacies.

I saw Brutish Lunacies open for Violent Femmes at the SUNY RAC in 1996.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 02:44 PM (i24o9)

14 Weird.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 02:44 PM (lTGtQ)

15 )%(a*#^)($*)(&ytN SOCK

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 02:44 PM (FnneF)

16 Anybody else notice lately that some ads (Apple is the one that stood out, but there are no doubt others) are featuring women whose looks are actually somewhat disturbing? As in, not 'just not conventionally pretty', but more like 'found attempting to conceal a vial of Sarin on a subway'?

I guess psychos buy Iphones too, but it just doesn't seem to be a big enough market to cater to...

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at October 04, 2024 02:44 PM (Ft5W9)

17 There were no pictures. Ace, you forgot the pictures.

HOW DO I UNDERSTAND COMPLEX POLITICAL ISSUES LIKE THIS WITHOUT PICTURES???

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 02:44 PM (D7oie)

18 The implication being that left-leaning men don't like hot women with nice bodies?

Posted by: 29Victor at October 04, 2024 02:43 PM (TL7UX)

Soy boy incels and those who bat for the other team, mostly.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 02:45 PM (i24o9)

19 Less words, more photos.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at October 04, 2024 02:45 PM (sX1BW)

20 As Insty says, the future belongs to those who show up.

The political movement of homosexuality and transgenderism is in for a bleak future.

Posted by: Jay in PA at October 04, 2024 02:45 PM (i7Q7S)

21 Feminism was a way for ugly women to get back at attractive women.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 02:45 PM (uxCna)

22 >>> 3 New Movie? I think I'll wait for the book.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 02:40 PM (i24o9)

>>> 4 I guess ace liked the movie.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at October 04, 2024 02:41 PM (UGS7U)

Horde Mind is the best.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 02:45 PM (FnneF)

23 We've seen this shit before; someone catches notoriety for being 'non-political' then jumps on the left's side with both feet.

You know this. We know this.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 02:45 PM (IG4Id)

24 Ugly women love the Democrat Party. It's been true for a long time.

Posted by: Blago at October 04, 2024 02:46 PM (wMRY8)

25 Pretty girls that dress nice. And don’t act like hoors.

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2024 02:46 PM (o2ZRX)

26 Speaking of, 'Wash, Rinse, Repeat' in coming:

@Suntimes 44m
BREAKING: The entire Chicago Board of Education is resigning, a stunning development after months of acrimony.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 02:46 PM (IG4Id)

27 >>> 9 The implication being that left-leaning men don't like hot women with nice bodies?
Posted by: 29Victor at October 04, 2024 02:43 PM (TL7UX)

Well...

Posted by: James O'Keefe at October 04, 2024 02:46 PM (FnneF)

28 Started for me in 5th grade. A girl in my class turned around in her chair to talk to the girl behind her. All the cooties suddenly vanished. I even remember the dress she had on.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 02:46 PM (1bNHn)

29 "This is another New Trend -- that Hot Women get more looks than other people, and that it helps your message, be it commercial, artistic (movies, fashion, photography) or even political to have attractive people involved with it."

In the dear dead days of the Fifties and Sixties, paperback publishers used paintings, and later photographs, of hot women on the covers of their books -- whether the hot girl had anything to do with the story or not. See works by McGinnis, Robert, among others.

The technique certainly got my attention. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 02:47 PM (J2vNu)

30 Great timing:

@RyanMaue 2m
Unfortunately, a powerful hurricane could form in the Gulf of Mexico and slam into Florida by Wednesday.

The next name is Milton.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 02:47 PM (IG4Id)

31
Whales for Walz?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 02:47 PM (4zrly)

32 Amy Tatum of Bournemouth University.

I read that as "Amy Tatum of Behemoth University"..

I denounce myself..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2024 02:47 PM (I8RRu)

33 "We hate you because you're a conservative"

"But I'm not."

"But we hate you, therefore you are."

Fucking hell. Great outreach program you got there, sickos.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 02:47 PM (DDGz9)

34 Great write up Ace. What a dumb time to be alive. That American men like the gorgeous blonde movie start should not be controversial.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at October 04, 2024 02:47 PM (7PziG)

35 lol

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 02:47 PM (jRHFE)

36 30 Great timing:

@RyanMaue 2m
Unfortunately, a powerful hurricane could form in the Gulf of Mexico and slam into Florida by Wednesday.

The next name is Milton.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 02:47 PM (IG4Id)

=======

He just wants his red stapler. Why did Florida take his red stapler?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:47 PM (GBKbO)

37 >>>The conservative hot girl "isn't a particularly new phenomenon," Victoria Cann an associate professor at the University of East Anglia in the U.K., told Newsweek.

Thanks for clearing that up, Professor.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 02:47 PM (i24o9)

38 The implication being that left-leaning men don't like hot women with nice bodies?
Posted by: 29Victor

And there you go.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 02:48 PM (WXNFJ)

39 Remember, women getting married is a political catastrophe for the Left and the Democratic Party (married women are far more conservative than single women), so anything that they can do to eliminate and distort the natural attraction between women and men they can and will do.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 02:48 PM (uxCna)

40
AREN'T YOU ASHAMED OF YOURSELF?

No. And I know your eyes are up there.

Posted by: Auspex at October 04, 2024 02:48 PM (j4U/Z)

41 "I never knew what "snatched" meant when it was said to me. Now I do.

Thank you for the compliments, garrett."

Garrett, you've must have the patience of a saint.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 02:48 PM (BYwg+)

42
Once again, Nancy Mace, ladies and gentlemen:

https://youtu.be/k0ScqkjHoow?si=GcqTvAXEzv1hL-65&t=219

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 02:48 PM (dQzv6)

43 Luna made headlines back in August after a nearly decade-old video of her wearing a 'MAGA' swimsuit resurfaced.

They make it sound as if the pictures are breaching whales.
They didn't "resurface", you a***oles put them out because you thought they'd hurt her. You were wrong.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 02:48 PM (xCA6C)

44 >>> 26 Speaking of, 'Wash, Rinse, Repeat' in coming:

@Suntimes 44m
BREAKING: The entire Chicago Board of Education is resigning, a stunning development after months of acrimony.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 02:46 PM (IG4Id)

I would say Learn To Code, but many developer jobs are being H1B'd or outsourced, and these idiots probably should first Learn To Read.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 02:48 PM (FnneF)

45 Don't lesbians like hot girls too? I mean, they might prefer a different look on a hit girl, but it seems obvious to me that anyone -- of either sex -- who is sexually attracted to girls will be most attracted to the hot ones. That's how I've seen it in my own experience.

Certainly the vast majority of gays are attracted to good-looking, desirable men -- basically, the same men that women are attracted to.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:48 PM (iFTx/)

46 Geez, no Robert Palmer or ZZ Top links below the "Cont" line?

"She's so fine, there's no tellin' where the money went"

Slippin', Ace.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2024 02:48 PM (rj6Yv)

47 Less words, more photos.
Posted by: SH

Yes. The words need to occupy fewer screen than the boobs.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:49 PM (v6JzV)

48 This complex has been given a technical name by the medical establishment. It is called "male."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 02:49 PM (+myjY)

49 He just wants his red stapler. Why did Florida take his red stapler?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

And he expected cake. He was promised cake.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 02:49 PM (WXNFJ)

50 - Sydney Sweeney's cleavage...

i could spend all day in there....

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 04, 2024 02:49 PM (v6XNT)

51 The political movement of homosexuality and transgenderism is in for a bleak future.

Posted by: Jay in PA

I mean, yeah, even if they "win".]

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at October 04, 2024 02:49 PM (hCzfy)

52
The entire Chicago Board of Education is resigning, a stunning development after months of acrimony.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

It doesn't matter. The brain dead voters of Chicago will just as readily elect another coterie of education flacks.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 02:49 PM (4zrly)

53 Certainly the vast majority of gays are attracted to good-looking, desirable men --

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certainly?

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at October 04, 2024 02:50 PM (sX1BW)

54 I'd impeach the stuffing out of her.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 02:42 PM

Fundamental fairness would require a thorough investigation before impeachment.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 02:50 PM (kgE5c)

55 >>> 36 30 Great timing:

@RyanMaue 2m
Unfortunately, a powerful hurricane could form in the Gulf of Mexico and slam into Florida by Wednesday.

The next name is Milton.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 02:47 PM (IG4Id)

=======

He just wants his red stapler. Why did Florida take his red stapler?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:47 PM (GBKbO)

I specifically asked for *no* salt.

Posted by: Milton at October 04, 2024 02:50 PM (FnneF)

56
The president is going to hold a presser with Georgia's governor Shemp.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 02:50 PM (dQzv6)

57 Could it be this New Obsession in fact goes back several million years -- rooted in the most primitive Patriarchy of the pre-Stone-Age?!

******

Sounds about right, ace.

1 Million Years B.C.

Raquel Welch

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 02:50 PM (uCfKO)

58 >>Certainly the vast majority of gays are attracted to good-looking, desirable men

Luckily for Ace, that leaves a few behind for him.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 02:51 PM (jRHFE)

59 En fuego!

Posted by: That Guy who shouts "En fuego!" at October 04, 2024 02:51 PM (a3Q+t)

60 This is the puritanical insanity of the left...someone, somewhere may be having a good time.

But it is also a powerful indication that these people have intellectual and emotional deficits. If you can't have fun, you are missing something fundamental.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 02:51 PM (d9fT1)

61 >>>Conservative women tend to be virtuous, mentally-healthy traditionalists who aren't filled with uncontained hatred for half the human population and reject feminism, aka Marxism for Gurlz?

>>>Is this also a Hot New Trend?

One can hope.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 02:51 PM (i24o9)

62 Brett Cooper kind of reminds me of Molly Ephraim, who played the beautiful (if slightly addlebrained) middle daughter on Last Man Standing.

ShoeOnHead is definitely hot.

Nice to see Sydney and some other attractive women speaking up for "normal" instead of "woke."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 02:51 PM (J2vNu)

63 Raquel Welch

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If you had to name a #1 from the 20th c, she would be near the top.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at October 04, 2024 02:51 PM (sX1BW)

64 Victoria Cann is Consultant Researcher and Associate Professor in Humanities (Gender Studies) at University of East Anglia.

IOW, she's a professor of no real subject.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 02:51 PM (xCA6C)

65 picture up!!!

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 02:51 PM (KRtlO)

66 ***It all began with Sydney Sweeney's cleavage.***

This article is difficult to comprehend without pics. (you wrote the rule)

Posted by: Braenyard - jobs report to be revised downward 3Xs at October 04, 2024 02:51 PM (NwuoC)

67 Well, Israel may have decapitated Hezbollah, but it suffered an even greater blow in Berkeley this week:

Berkeley’s Peace and Justice Commission narrowly voted to pass a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza in front of a packed crowd Monday night, joining the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board in calling for an end to the war.

Yes, the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, whose function it is to keep rental housing expensive and unavailable in Berkeley, has an official position on Gaza.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 02:51 PM (uxCna)

68 Luckily for Ace, that leaves a few behind for him.
Posted by: garrett

A few behinds?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 02:52 PM (WXNFJ)

69 Being hot takes a mix of several things- good genetics, discipline in diet and exercise, with soft skills like grooming, dress and personality playing a supporting role.

As Kamala says, it's all about equity, meaning everyone ending up at the same place. We can't all be hot, and it's not fair to expect a large chunk of people to put in all that work and discipline to improve themselves, so instead, the Left wants to make ugly normal. Plus, when the lazy, unattractive people end up alone, they don't have to blame themselves, they can blame society. Perfect victim spiral.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 04, 2024 02:52 PM (JCZqz)

70 The next name is Milton.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 02:47 PM (IG4Id)

Has anybody seen his stapler.

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 02:52 PM (LCr8f)

71 >>> 65 picture up!!!
Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 02:51 PM (KRtlO)

*Morons rejoice*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 02:52 PM (FnneF)

72 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 02:52 PM (Zz0t1)

73 OK, now the pic comes up. Thanks

Posted by: Braenyard - jobs report to be revised downward 3Xs at October 04, 2024 02:52 PM (NwuoC)

74 Project 2025: A hot girl in every pot. Another hot girl in every garage. Or something.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 02:52 PM (i24o9)

75 Say what you will about the punk scene, but at least they never bitched about being accepted. Being a freak was the whole point. They delighted in not being accepted. That was the goal.

You can't upend every societal norm and standard, make yourself ugly and talk like a retard, and then piss and bellyache that someone calls you a freak. That's just stupid.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 02:52 PM (DDGz9)

76 And I'm lookin'.......

At yo tittays!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 02:52 PM (Zz0t1)

77 Less words, more photos.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at October 04, 2024 02:45 PM (sX1BW)

If ever a post was made for them ...

Posted by: spindrift at October 04, 2024 02:52 PM (OguvZ)

78 Its funny that gay men don't seem to get this admonishment, that they aren't allowed to be attracted to conventionally attractive men.

Posted by: Blago at October 04, 2024 02:52 PM (wMRY8)

79 We must view women through the Male Gays' Gaze.

the hell you say! I don't want my lipstick, high heels or hair product pilfered!

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024 02:53 PM (dCxaZ)

80 Considering that it it Saturday, I will just call it a Week.

Posted by: Miklos, who actually got paid by Newsweek at October 04, 2024 02:53 PM (FRB3p)

81 There we go.

Posted by: spindrift at October 04, 2024 02:53 PM (OguvZ)

82 You can't upend every societal norm and standard, make yourself ugly and talk like a retard, and then piss and bellyache that someone calls you a freak. That's just stupid.

THANK YOU! I've been arguing this since Millennials were young and demanding everyone just happily accept their face tats and gauges

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2024 02:53 PM (s3qiR)

83 Good morning dear morons watching the sun rise Saturday morning over Bondi Beach.

Plenty of Australian girls with conventional "good looks" around here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2024 02:53 PM (zG664)

84 Brett Cooper kind of reminds me of Molly Ephraim, who played the beautiful (if slightly addlebrained) middle daughter on Last Man Standing.

ShoeOnHead is definitely hot.

Nice to see Sydney and some other attractive women speaking up for "normal" instead of "woke."

Molly Ephraim: check, check, check
Shoe on Head: check
Sydney Sweeney: meh

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 02:53 PM (xCA6C)

85 Don't lesbians like hot girls too?

Some do, but most lesbians look like lumberjacks.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 02:53 PM (uxCna)

86 OK, now the pic comes up.

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That's not the only thing. Hey now.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at October 04, 2024 02:53 PM (sX1BW)

87 masculinist
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Oh no, not another new fucking word.

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 02:54 PM (LCr8f)

88 Victoria Cann of the University of East Anglia said, "Sydney Sweeney and Haliey Welch have actively distanced themselves from those right-wing politics, but [have] nevertheless become entangled within them because of what they represent, not what they actually think."

University of East Anglia, huh? They're the ones with the salad bar in the student lunchroom, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 02:54 PM (+myjY)

89 >>A few behinds?

He doesn't care. Ace is a catcher.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 02:54 PM (jRHFE)

90 Some do, but most lesbians look like lumberjacks.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

And that's okay!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 02:54 PM (WXNFJ)

91 The implication being that left-leaning men don't like hot women with nice bodies?

Posted by: 29Victor

The implication that right leaning men don't like screeching, blue haired harpy land whales.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:54 PM (IB6XK)

92 >>> 67 Well, Israel may have decapitated Hezbollah, but it suffered an even greater blow in Berkeley this week:

Berkeley's Peace and Justice Commission narrowly voted to pass a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza in front of a packed crowd Monday night, joining the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board in calling for an end to the war.

Yes, the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, whose function it is to keep rental housing expensive and unavailable in Berkeley, has an official position on Gaza.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 02:51 PM (uxCna)

WTF are the imbeciles going to do when they don't get their way?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 02:54 PM (FnneF)

93 "These aren't just 'hot women,' they're white women," she told Newsweek. 'It's a narrow and conventional definition of sex appeal, or 'hotness.'"

Yea, those dastardly white men had no interest at all in Halle Berry, Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, etc.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

94 Whats the problem, queers? Discuss

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 04, 2024 02:55 PM (QSrLX)

95 She's pretty, and that is quite a rack!

I think I missed the part where I am supposed to feel badly about myself for appreciating a sexy young woman.

Is there a re-education camp I need to attend?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 02:55 PM (d9fT1)

96 91 The implication being that left-leaning men don't like hot women with nice bodies?

Posted by: 29Victor

The implication that right leaning men don't like screeching, blue haired harpy land whales.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:54 PM (IB6XK)

=======

Which is sexual violence against screeching, blue haired harpy land whales.

And if fat, single dudes want to get a girlfriend, then they need to be better.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:55 PM (GBKbO)

97 picture up!!!
Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 02:51 PM (KRtlO)

They say a picture is worth a thousand ~~motorboats~~ words.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 02:55 PM (+myjY)

98 The Left denigrates anything it can't 100% control, and celebrates everything else.

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 02:55 PM (LCr8f)

99 This is another New Trend -- that Hot Women get more looks than other people, and that it helps your message, be it commercial, artistic (movies, fashion, photography) or even political to have attractive people involved with it.

Not only did Hollywood market movies primarily on the sexiness of its female stars it still does.

The top selling movie of last year was Barbie starting noted "Hot Woman" Margot Robbie who was best known, before this, as being Leo D's bottomless wife in The Wolf of Wallstreet

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 02:55 PM (oZhjI)

100 95 Is there a re-education camp I need to attend?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 02:55 PM (d9fT1)

========

*waves seductively with a bullwhip*
-Trigglypuff

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:55 PM (GBKbO)

101 It all began with Sydney Sweeney's cleavage.

Bull. Shit. It all started with the High Beam Doris Day interview on Johnny Carson.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:55 PM (IB6XK)

102 Don't lesbians like hot girls too? I mean, they might prefer a different look on a hit girl, but it seems obvious to me that anyone -- of either sex -- who is sexually attracted to girls will be most attracted to the hot ones. That's how I've seen it in my own experience.

***
Oh, yes. When I was married to Mrs. Wolfus No. 2, I was pals with a chunky lesbian lady at my work. She and I were the only people there, it seemed, with IQs above 100, so we naturally hung out together. She was involved with some lady, nice enough I suppose, I don't recall (so I don't guess she was very hot).

After we visited them one evening, as we drove home, Mrs. W. murmured, "Did you see the way your friend was eyeing me? If you and her girlfriend weren't in the picture, she'd be puttin' the moves on me for sure."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 02:55 PM (J2vNu)

103 Great Eyes, Great Lips and a Great Rack.

Got any picsof her from behind?

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 02:56 PM (jRHFE)

104 Yea, those dastardly white men had no interest at all in Halle Berry, Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, etc.

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Nor Selma Hayek.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at October 04, 2024 02:56 PM (sX1BW)

105 I appreciate their concession speech that Lefty guys are so wussified that they can't admit they like hot girls.

Posted by: Eternity Matters at October 04, 2024 02:56 PM (YfbhZ)

106 Yea, those dastardly white men had no interest at all in Halle Berry, Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, etc.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

Berry in her prime was absolutely stunning.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 02:56 PM (d9fT1)

107
The Clinton rule is long established: Rape is o.k. if you are an abortion supporter.

Posted by: Auspex at October 04, 2024 02:56 PM (j4U/Z)

108 101 It all began with Sydney Sweeney's cleavage.

Bull. Shit. It all started with the High Beam Doris Day interview on Johnny Carson.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:55 PM (IB6XK)

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So, that's the origin of the female orgasm?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:56 PM (GBKbO)

109 I suggest Elizabeth Taylor in her prime was something else. Heck, she may be the poster gal for the hot/crazy matrix.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 04, 2024 02:56 PM (tT6L1)

110 You may recall that I said on debate night that JD will lock up the women's vote based on his looks. I didn't think of the gheys giving up on one of their own for him. Man, Walz is too ugly for dudes that fuck buttholes? That's gotta hurt.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 04, 2024 02:56 PM (wBaIH)

111 Credit where credit is due, she got this much right:

" 'wokeness.' That word was initially associated with progressive movements but has since been co-opted by conservative critics to mock what they perceive as excessive political correctness, virtue signaling, or a tendency to overemphasize identity politics."

I would consider the "what they perceive as" as unnecessary, however....

Posted by: SouthCentralPA at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (muRIc)

112 Bull. Shit. It all started with the High Beam Doris Day interview on Johnny Carson.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

A seismic event in the cultural enlightenment.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (WXNFJ)

113 University of East Anglia, huh? They're the ones with the salad bar in the student lunchroom, right?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

They're the ones who produced fake "climate-change" data.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (v6JzV)

114 Lubriderm Futures are UP!

Posted by: InTrade Guy at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (jRHFE)

115 "Attractive women are good for business."

... if only Bud Lite had known

Posted by: SMOD at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (GITLP)

116 WTF are the imbeciles going to do when they don't get their way?

Start killing Jews, of course.

What do you think "Globalize the Intifada" means?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (uxCna)

117 Some do, but most lesbians look like lumberjacks.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

The exact thing they hate.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (IB6XK)

118 Fugly undesirable harpies and hags aren't gonna give up this fight easily. They saw that they could shame society into pretending that Lizzo was hot and Sweeney was not. They won't give that up without a fight.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (iFTx/)

119 By the way, tell Sydney to stand up straight. She's slouching and, while her assets are considerable, standing up straight would put them in a better light.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (tT6L1)

120
Um, no, men appreciate hot girls of all races or creeds.

My first apartment, it's like 1 am and this super hot WOC is outside the door and I have the way to let her in, or else she's not getting in. Oh hell yeah, I let her in. I hope someone had fun that night.

Damn. Hot crosses all barriers.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (RKVpM)

121 115 "Attractive women are good for business."

... if only Bud Lite had known
Posted by: SMOD at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (GITLP)

=======

"Wait...what does this fool think we don't know?"
-Bud Lite, from the 90s

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (GBKbO)

122 Amy Tatum of Bournemouth University is one woman who I am guessing has never once been asked out.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (w2BpZ)

123 Yea, those dastardly white men had no interest at all in Halle Berry, Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, etc.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

=====

Husband saw Tyra Banks in an airport once and was completely twitterpated.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (DRSnL)

124 ShoeOnHead is not unattractive.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 04, 2024 02:58 PM (a1415)

125 I really slove your impeachments, wanna shake your tree.

/Moe Reese

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 02:58 PM (uCfKO)

126 Got any pics of her ~~from~~ behind?
Posted by: garrett

fify

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 02:58 PM (WXNFJ)

127 123 Husband saw Tyra Banks in an airport once and was completely twitterpated.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (DRSnL)

=======

I remember when Michael Myers murdered her.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:58 PM (GBKbO)

128 Yes, the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, whose function it is to keep rental housing expensive and unavailable in Berkeley, has an official position on Gaza.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 02:51 PM (uxCna)

I used to live there. It is absolutely clear that the Rent Board's goal is to convert Berkeley's housing supply to something like Gaza's supply.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 02:58 PM (d9fT1)

129 It all started when some chick said "Hey, wanna split an apple?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 02:58 PM (DDGz9)

130 Bull. Shit. It all started with the High Beam Doris Day interview on Johnny Carson.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:55 PM (IB6XK)

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So, that's the origin of the female orgasm?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I got mine. They can get theirs.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:58 PM (IB6XK)

131 There is an interesting question on the left as to are conservatives better looking because "looks privilege" makes them right leaning, or does a traditional view on the world lead to you looking better?

I suspect they are both true.

And there are plenty of bloggers who post before/after pictures of college students that went from normal looking young people to blue haired sexual ambiguous land whales after 4 years of college.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 02:59 PM (oZhjI)

132 I am so tired of fat ugly women advertising sprays to cover up their body odor. The one plausible average looking chick is dressed like a f'ing horse. It certainly gives you an idea how she smells.

Even the ugly incontinent lady shows me her diapered ass before she puts on a dress. Screw that! When I was a kid, it was June Allyson who did Depends commercials. That was like--this is what a lady who used to be hot wears when she can't hold it anymore.

We deserve just sometimes to see a woman who is objectively more attractive than the first five women you see at Kroger.

Posted by: Carl S at October 04, 2024 02:59 PM (VV3JD)

133 slove?

Is that Freudian or what?

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 02:59 PM (uCfKO)

134 You can't upend every societal norm and standard, make yourself ugly and talk like a retard, and then piss and bellyache that someone calls you a freak. That's just stupid.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024

***
"You can act real rude and totally removed
And I can act like an imbecile. . . ."
(-- Men Without Hats)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 02:59 PM (J2vNu)

135 >We didn't "claim" here. We merely defended her against your brutish lunacies.

I hereby claim her.. Just need a flag. Already got the pole..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2024 02:59 PM (I8RRu)

136 Kamala Harris's gushing tribute to Dick Cheney backfires spectacularly: 'The single most evil man in the 21st century' - Daily Mail

https://tinyurl.com/2vwdzks6

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 02:59 PM (i24o9)

137 I would carry Ms. Sweeney's "books" to school.

*Actually thinking "bookends"*

Posted by: Miklos, with pesky Y chromosome at October 04, 2024 02:59 PM (FRB3p)

138 One thing I know is that if a very attractive, hot woman walks into a bar, men are going to take notice no matter what their politics. Even gay men will look because they like fabulouuus things that look all new and shiny.

Another thing I know is, if an older, maybe not so attractive man walks in to a bar but he is dressed impeccably with an air of confidence and walks, talks, and comports himself like a boss and smells of wealth, women are going to take notice.

Written in the stars.

Posted by: Cheri at October 04, 2024 03:00 PM (oiNtH)

139 Yea, those dastardly white men had no interest at all in Halle Berry, Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, etc.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

I, personally, have a huge crush on Erica Tazel (Rachel in Justified). Yowza!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 03:00 PM (Ad8y9)

140 To be fair, the girls in the "Hotties for Harris" (barf) video were at least cuties.

Also, I wonder when we'll circle back to when women sexualizing themselves was a form of empowerment. Although I guess it still is, if they're large or culturally unattractive. Or more accurately, leftist.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at October 04, 2024 03:00 PM (lg881)

141 So, while I've heard the name, I wasn't really sure what this woman looked like, although I kinda recall her being mentioned as one of the hot girls in that crappy Madame Web movie?

Still, after a quick search, I'm surprised at the image Ace used of her, as there are a couple very popular images that really show off her, uh...assets.

https://tinyurl.com/myrps8sz
https://tinyurl.com/866j4s2m

Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 04, 2024 03:00 PM (JCZqz)

142 Remember, these are the people that you are required to be attracted to, Comrade:

https://tinyurl.com/mwctbvs4

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 03:00 PM (uxCna)

143 Husband saw Tyra Banks in an airport once and was completely twitterpated.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (DRSnL)

lol

Did you give him a good beating?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 03:00 PM (i24o9)

144 Left-leaning men have Rachel Maddow. Who's jealous now?!

Posted by: Dave's not here, man at October 04, 2024 03:00 PM (raPis)

145 The implication being that left-leaning men don't like hot women with nice bodies?

Well since a large number of them like to sip penis on the side even if they claim to be straight there is something to this for many lefty "men"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 03:00 PM (oZhjI)

146 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 02:55 PM (d9fT1)

I wonder if you could finally find a use for maple syrup.

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 03:01 PM (LCr8f)

147 Victoria Cann ... an associate professor at the University of East Anglia in the U.K., told Newsweek.

Professor of what? Biochemistry? Astrophysics? Medieval history?

Guess That Major. A new media game for us to play.

Dr Victoria (Tori) Cann's teaching, research and outreach interests lay in gender politics and feminist theory and she is particularly interested in feminist knowledge production. As an interdisciplinary scholar, Tori works across the humanities and social sciences, drawing a particular critical focus on culture.

Doctor of Philosophy, Appropriate Articulations of Taste: The (re)production of gender in contemporary youth taste cultures, University of East Anglia Award Date: 1 Jan 2014
MA (with Distinction) Media and Cultural Politics; BA(hons) The Politics and Sociology of Contemporary Culture (First Class) – University of East Anglia

Ms. Cann is the UK Delegate to the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 03:01 PM (a3Q+t)

148 A seismic event in the cultural enlightenment.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (WXNFJ)

As far as I recall they were unrestrained...flying free!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 03:01 PM (d9fT1)

149 Haven't yet finished the whole thing, but I'm guessing the "experts" (the ones with degrees in quantum physics) all look like Tim Walz in a wig. But with facial piercings.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 03:01 PM (1bNHn)

150 Yea, those dastardly white men had no interest at all in Halle Berry, Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, etc.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

Berry in her prime was absolutely stunning.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 02:56 PM (d9fT1)
______

"She rates a three on my finger scale. That means I'd cut off three of my fingers if God would let me fuck her."

Berry still looks good. I'm sure she's had work done, but she's still in excellent shape, takes care of herself, and didn't ravage herself with booze and drugs. There's a NF movie with her and Marky Mark from a few months ago. It wasn't bad.

I've always been a Tyra Banks man myself. Her in her prime was prime drooling material.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 03:01 PM (iFTx/)

151 139 Yea, those dastardly white men had no interest at all in Halle Berry, Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, etc.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

I, personally, have a huge crush on Erica Tazel (Rachel in Justified). Yowza!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 03:00 PM (Ad8y9)

Salma Hayek enters the chat. Or is she a white hispanic?

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at October 04, 2024 03:01 PM (lg881)

152 Ugly girls have always hated pretty girls, since the dawn of Man.

And men have always been attracted to female beauty. Why anyone would think this is something new, I have no idea.

It's a stupid world.

Posted by: Don "Have your pet spayed or neutered" Black at October 04, 2024 03:01 PM (/7KEl)

153 Ace could have saved himself a lot of typing and just posted that pic from the start. We are a simple horde.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at October 04, 2024 03:02 PM (sX1BW)

154 I suggest Elizabeth Taylor in her prime was something else. Heck, she may be the poster gal for the hot/crazy matrix.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 04, 2024 02:56 PM (tT6L1)

Sharon Stone.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2024 03:02 PM (rj6Yv)

155 152 Ugly girls have always hated pretty girls, since the dawn of Man.

And men have always been attracted to female beauty. Why anyone would think this is something new, I have no idea.

It's a stupid world.
Posted by: Don "Have your pet spayed or neutered" Black at October 04, 2024 03:01 PM (/7KEl)

========

Utopians think they can change human nature and lash out when humanity doesn't comply.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 03:02 PM (GBKbO)

156 Kamala Harris's gushing tribute to Dick Cheney backfires spectacularly: 'The single most evil man in the 21st century' - Daily Mail

The Spectator Magazine asked today: Does Kamala's public embrace of the Cheneys get her a single vote?

What on Earth is she thinking?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 03:02 PM (uxCna)

157 >>https://tinyurl.com/myrps8sz

That's what I'm talkin' about!

Ace. Give this Moron a Raise.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 03:02 PM (jRHFE)

158 101 It all began with Sydney Sweeney's cleavage.

Bull. Shit. It all started with the High Beam Doris Day interview on Johnny Carson.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:55 PM (IB6XK

In blue dress!

There is iron in the words of rickb223 for all men to see.

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2024 03:02 PM (o2ZRX)

159 Kamala Harris's gushing tribute to Dick Cheney backfires spectacularly: 'The single most evil man in the 21st century' - Daily Mail

If I was Trump I'd spend a little money running ads noting this endorsement in blue shitholes in purple states.

Make your average Chicagoan go vote for the candidate endorsed by "war criminal and genocidal maniac" Cheney...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 03:02 PM (oZhjI)

160 I am so tired of fat ugly women advertising sprays to cover up their body odor. The one plausible average looking chick is dressed like a f'ing horse. It certainly gives you an idea how she smells. . . .

We deserve just sometimes to see a woman who is objectively more attractive than the first five women you see at Kroger.
Posted by: Carl S at October 04, 2024

***
Not to mention local TV weather women, who are getting to be bigger than the rear projection screen. And the horde of chubbies in that "street parade" in the Wegovy TV ad. "I'm keeping [the weight] off," says one, to which I mutter, "Yeah, but you're keeping it close by."

Every actor in that spot is overweight. This is supposed to be a weight-loss drug. Shouldn't they show some people who look like "After" instead of "Before"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 03:02 PM (J2vNu)

161 Did you give him a good beating?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 03:00 PM (i24o9)

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Heh, no. He was just back from deployment and I was too happy to see him.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 04, 2024 03:03 PM (DRSnL)

162 Objective beauty is no more.

We are told to appreciate and love fat, ugly and stupid persons because “reasons.”

These poor ugly Karens have never known the high that comes from being cat-called by a bunch of burly, masculine, bearded men who know how to use power tools.

Suck it, bitches.

Posted by: Czech Chick at October 04, 2024 03:03 PM (fpVC1)

163 26 Speaking of, 'Wash, Rinse, Repeat' in coming:

@Suntimes 44m
BREAKING: The entire Chicago Board of Education is resigning, a stunning development after months of acrimony.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Interesting story behind that. Thanks for the headsup. Another confirmation that leftists can't govern and likely to add some spice in the black v hispanic fight over spoils in Chi Town. Black mayor demanded his own appointees resign because they would not fire the Hispanic head of Chi Town Schools that the mayor and teachers union want gone.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 03:03 PM (ZOPh/)

164
Do you know what the old fake "right's new obsession" was?

Seed oils.

Yeah, people waking up to the fact they're feeding us literal Motor Oil is a "rightwing obsession."

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 03:03 PM (dQzv6)

165 Got any pics of her from behind?
Posted by: garrett

"I love the Feminist movement. Especially when I'm walking behind one."

Posted by: Miklos, quoting Rush Limbaugh at October 04, 2024 03:03 PM (FRB3p)

166 L to R: The Left one, the Right one

Mr. O'Spades, you are looking at Ms. Sweeney, and therefore your caption should read "L to R: The Right one, the Left one".

Hopefully you can correct this before the next Thread.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 04, 2024 03:03 PM (a3Q+t)

167 The implication being that left-leaning men don't like hot women with nice bodies?

neo-marxism is designed to destroy normal human thought and behavior. Their religion demands they act as anti-human as possible. They hate humanity with every ounce of hell.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 03:04 PM (IG4Id)

168 Dr Victoria (Tori) Cann's teaching, research and outreach interests lay in gender politics and feminist theory

That's pretty fucked up when it's only a theory.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 03:04 PM (IB6XK)

169 I, personally, have a huge crush on Erica Tazel (Rachel in Justified). Yowza!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 03:00 PM (Ad8y9)

She's adorable, but not in Halle Berry's league.

And I'll fight you on this.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 03:04 PM (d9fT1)

170 Pfffffffffft

Posted by: Rosa DeLauro at October 04, 2024 03:04 PM (1FWWQ)

171 This goes back to Lili Von Shtüpp

Posted by: SMOD at October 04, 2024 03:04 PM (GITLP)

172
You know, if anyone is "woke," it's us.

We are wide awake to the gaslighting and poisoning and corruption.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 03:04 PM (dQzv6)

173 I am so tired of fat ugly women advertising sprays to cover up their body odor.

Lol...this sounds like the growing/trending problem of "BBL Stink". It's debated how real it is, or what the causes are...but the consensus is that a suddenly enlarged booty leads many women to have difficulty fully wiping themselves clean after using the toilet.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 04, 2024 03:05 PM (JCZqz)

174 Suddenly The Usual Suspects are interested in the content.

Posted by: Candidus at October 04, 2024 03:05 PM (JI8/o)

175 Jordan probably took revenge on her husband by watching both of the Aquaman movies and swooning over Jason Momoa.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 04, 2024 03:05 PM (tT6L1)

176 If a male is not attracted to the sight of appealing naked female breasts, he is undoubtedly defective, and should be sent back to the shop for an overhaul…

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 03:05 PM (PCK5/)

177 *checks rulebook*

Yep, right here: Thou shalt not question anothers' sexual preferences. Thus thou art born and thus shalt thou be.

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at October 04, 2024 03:05 PM (Ij2uN)

178 Be advised the twitter account @RetroCoast is known to post bullshit.

You have been advised.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 03:05 PM (IG4Id)

179 burly, masculine, bearded men who know how to use power tools.
Posted by: Czech Chick at October 04, 2024 03:03 PM

Ummmm ...

Posted by: J. Random Moron at October 04, 2024 03:05 PM (a3Q+t)

180 Got any pics of her from behind?
Posted by: garrett

FDBU?

Face down butt up.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 03:05 PM (IB6XK)

181 If I was Trump I'd spend a little money running ads noting this endorsement in blue shitholes in purple states.

Make your average Chicagoan go vote for the candidate endorsed by "war criminal and genocidal maniac" Cheney...
Posted by: 18-1
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They are more upset that the new illegals are getting their cheese. I would run ads on how much the illegals are getting. Get some good envious hatred going on between Dem factions.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 03:06 PM (ZOPh/)

182 They can't even use some dorky ass "inner beauty" line because the women they would and do celebrate are dumber than a stump and meaner than a weasel in a box full of snakes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 03:06 PM (DDGz9)

183 "She came in and was like, 'Please, everyone, make jokes about my boobs,'" he said.

And all the SNL twinks were like 'eeewww, gross'.

Posted by: Candidus at October 04, 2024 03:06 PM (JI8/o)

184 It stated with "Chrissy Snow" and her pokies. It was a 'eureka!' moment. We all became men that day.

Posted by: Don at October 04, 2024 03:06 PM (/7KEl)

185 You bastards just can't help yourselves, can you?

Nutritional sociologist (whatever that means) says men eating meat “symbolically subjugates the woman”

https://is.gd/nTDloE

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 03:06 PM (L/fGl)

186 Black mayor demanded his own appointees resign because they would not fire the Hispanic head of Chi Town Schools that the mayor and teachers union want gone.

The mayor likes to boast about the complete dominance of black people in the upper reaches of city government.

Chicago is 29% black, and 30% Latino.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 03:06 PM (uxCna)

187 186 The mayor likes to boast about the complete dominance of black people in the upper reaches of city government.

Chicago is 29% black, and 30% Latino.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 03:06 PM (uxCna)

=======

Counter:

Black people represent the top 100% of the intersectionality stack.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 03:07 PM (GBKbO)

188
Ace should post a "Body Positivity" Gainzz thread.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 03:07 PM (dQzv6)

189 You bastards just can't help yourselves, can you?

Nutritional sociologist (whatever that means) says men eating meat “symbolically subjugates the woman”

https://is.gd/nTDloE

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 03:06 PM (L/fGl)

That's why I go back for seconds. Not enough symbolic subjugation.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 03:07 PM (i24o9)

190 Ugly girls try harder

Posted by: Cake Girl at October 04, 2024 03:08 PM (1FWWQ)

191 I like my wife's beebs. That's all I have say. Sue me.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at October 04, 2024 03:08 PM (TN5A0)

192 Ella Emhoff is the feminine ideal of beauty to me.

Posted by: Blind Guy, Art Thread at October 04, 2024 03:08 PM (CV8a5)

193 The pic of Leftie and Rightie came in late because Ace was in his bunk.

Posted by: Candidus at October 04, 2024 03:08 PM (JI8/o)

194 They are more upset that the new illegals are getting their cheese. I would run ads on how much the illegals are getting. Get some good envious hatred going on between Dem factions.
Posted by: whig

$750 for Asheville, North Carolinans
$25k for illegal aliens

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 03:08 PM (IB6XK)

195 rooted in the most primitive Patriarchy of the pre-Stone-Age?!

Well, blue eyed blondes didn't exist in the Mesolithic. They had tanned blue eyed Conan lookalikes in the European forest, and maybe some tanned American-Indian looking guys in the steppe.
Blond hair got selected for during the Chalcolithic or even early Bronze Age.
If the larger point was that these primitives wanted blondes and selectively bred themselves so they'd get 'em, that much would work...

Posted by: genetics at October 04, 2024 03:08 PM (gKWVE)

196 Am I the only one who noticed how quickly "spit on that thing" -- which is exactly what she said -- became "spit on that *thang*" and wondered why?

I can guess why: everything (I'm sorry: every thang) has to be Blackified in every way to get any popular appeal. So it had to be for this girl's merchandising.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 04, 2024 03:08 PM (ntdO9)

197 Mr. O'Spades, you are looking at Ms. Sweeney, and therefore your caption should read "L to R: The Right one, the Left one".

Hopefully you can correct this before the next Thread.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 04, 2024 03:03 PM (a3Q+t)

I do believe that might be the gayest thing anyone has ever said in the English language.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 03:08 PM (DDGz9)

198 Utopians think they can change human nature and lash out when humanity doesn't comply.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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They aren't really utopians. It is more that the losers in any particular society want to elbow their way into the spotlight and punish those they think took their spot.

If these deranged lunatics have to break society to get there or kill a lot of people, they will.

Rousseau and Karl Marx are perfect examples of it.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 03:09 PM (ZOPh/)

199 It stated with "Chrissy Snow" and her pokies. It was a 'eureka!' moment. We all became men that day.
Posted by: Don at October 04, 2024

***
The young Raquel Welch was it for me. And she was not only in movies in glorious color, but many a magazine, like Esquire, featured suggestive though non-nude photoshoots of her at the same time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 03:09 PM (J2vNu)

200 Shoe on head may have had some work done, but it's working. What's with the weird eye liner? I'm seeing it more often and not a great look. Better than tattoos, I suppose.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 04, 2024 03:09 PM (wBaIH)

201 I have.... an "obsession?"

Tell me doctor... what's the cure? 🤣

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 03:10 PM (Q4IgG)

202 Because nobody wants Pat as a girlfriend or wife.

Posted by: Plainoldtoast at October 04, 2024 03:10 PM (ytSiK)

203 garrett:

https://tinyurl.com/bjx74xbh

Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at October 04, 2024 03:10 PM (Y8lzz)

204 If the larger point was that these primitives wanted blondes and selectively bred themselves so they'd get 'em, that much would work...

Posted by: genetics at October 04, 2024 03:08 PM (gKWVE)

You had me at selectively breeding blondes.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 03:10 PM (i24o9)

205 This post is so toxic and triggering that I began shaking so hard my front tooth fell out!

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 03:10 PM (wkJoE)

206 103 Great Eyes, Great Lips and a Great Rack.

Got any picsof her from behind?

Insta profile is worth a look

Posted by: Taggart at October 04, 2024 03:10 PM (HcoTw)

207 BabylonBee:

BREAKING: Drowning Hurricane Victim Relieved As Rescue Chopper Drops $750 Check

Posted by: SMOD at October 04, 2024 03:11 PM (GITLP)

208 Anyone using the phrase "gender norms" should be immediately kicked in the privates.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 03:11 PM (Zz0t1)

209 Sidney Sweeny??? Really???

Why has everyone on this blog forgotten about ME?????

Posted by: Alexandra Daddario at October 04, 2024 03:12 PM (v6JzV)

210 I, personally, have a huge crush on Erica Tazel (Rachel in Justified). Yowza!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 03:00 PM (Ad8y9)

She's adorable, but not in Halle Berry's league.

And I'll fight you on this.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 03:04 PM (d9fT1)

No argument here. But I've always liked cute more than hot. Seems more attainable to an average dude like me.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 03:12 PM (Ad8y9)

211 What was the name of the movie, ace?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 03:12 PM (WPL6O)

212 Maybe we should slap a tax on all energy needed to run all the electronics that run social media.

Say 80%.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 03:13 PM (1nfzE)

213 209 Sidney Sweeny??? Really???

Why has everyone on this blog forgotten about ME?????
Posted by: Alexandra Daddario at October 04, 2024 03:12 PM (v6JzV)

========

You became a homewrecker, married a dude who divorced his first wife to marry you, and pumped out a kid before largely disappearing from the spotlight?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 03:13 PM (GBKbO)

214 205 This post is so toxic and triggering that I began shaking so hard my front tooth fell out!
Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 03:10 PM (wkJoE)

I know!!! We must use our Hordian restraint when talking about matters sexual… some might think we are being crude, or worse, not very nice…

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 03:13 PM (PCK5/)

215 The young Raquel Welch was it for me.

-
She emerged from the sea like a goddess in a fur bikini.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 03:13 PM (L/fGl)

216 Jimmy Carter nears death
Middle East nears peace

Argument

This is not coincidence. Every Israeli bullet in a Muzzi is another stake in the heart of the evil incompetent political vampir known as Jimmy Carter. The abolishment and eradication of Hamas will coincide with his death, an ironic conclusion to his demonic pact called the Camp David accords.

Posted by: Bensdad00 at October 04, 2024 03:13 PM (hjS7T)

217 Am I the only one who noticed how quickly "spit on that thing" -- which is exactly what she said -- became "spit on that *thang*" and wondered why?

I can guess why: everything (I'm sorry: every thang) has to be Blackified in every way to get any popular appeal. So it had to be for this girl's merchandising.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 04, 2024 03:08 PM (ntdO9)

James Brown - My Thang

https://youtu.be/fu8FhdgzaNo

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 03:13 PM (i24o9)

218 Can somebody name me a single leftist woman who does not look like Rosie O'Donnell after a three day bender, and needing a shave?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 04, 2024 03:13 PM (a1415)

219 Why has everyone on this blog forgotten about ME?????
Posted by: Alexandra Daddario at October 04, 2024 03:12 PM (v6JzV)

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Because you're all old and pregnant.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 04, 2024 03:13 PM (DRSnL)

220 I knew garret would eventually be featured and I was happy with the big payoff towards the end. Garret is really the cowbell of ace posts.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 04, 2024 03:13 PM (Y6IkP)

221 Is that photo up top the actress who played Sarah Walker in the TV series "Chuck," Yvonne Strzechowski?

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 03:14 PM (wkJoE)

222 Sidney Sweeny??? Really???

Why has everyone on this blog forgotten about ME?????
Posted by: Alexandra Daddario at October 04, 2024

***
We ran out of pics. Do some more movies and photoshoots, and we'll be glad to remember you again!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 03:14 PM (J2vNu)

223 I watched about 10 minutes of that video about Shoeonhead and a bunch of other cartoon-named people, and have no idea what any of it was about. The main girl seemed funny and sarcastic, so I guesss that's something.

Posted by: LASue at October 04, 2024 03:14 PM (lCppi)

224 173 I am so tired of fat ugly women advertising sprays to cover up their body odor.

Extensive research has proven that America's fetish with bathing is harmful to the skin and the environment. The epidermis secretes sebum, which protects us from age and disease. If you think a modern person needs to dunk in harsh detergents every 12-24 hours, you are a dupe to Big Shampoo and Big Body Wash. Stop it!

Posted by: Dr. Shannon Klingman at October 04, 2024 03:14 PM (CV8a5)

225 Mrs. F. claims she can tell a lesbian from the eyebrows.

Mrs. F. should stick to baking.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2024 03:15 PM (zG664)

226 You became a homewrecker, married a dude who divorced his first wife to marry you, and pumped out a kid before largely disappearing from the spotlight?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Says the guy who used to post the Daily Daddario.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:15 PM (v6JzV)

227
Left & Right: Years ago a girlfriend was hysterical after learning guys sometimes name their anatomical features. After that her breasts were "Ricky & Fred" and it was proper etiquette to ask how they were when saying hi.

Posted by: Auspex at October 04, 2024 03:15 PM (j4U/Z)

228 "...and her body is unimpeachable."

---

I'd like to try peaching it. Whatever that means.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 03:15 PM (dGCAG)

229 Because you're all old and pregnant.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 04, 2024 03:13 PM (DRSnL)

Mmmmm.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 03:15 PM (i24o9)

230 The abolishment and eradication of Hamas will coincide with his death, an ironic conclusion to his demonic pact called the Camp David accords.
Posted by: Bensdad00

Some kind of weird, antisemitic, terror-loving Dorian Gray?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 04, 2024 03:15 PM (JCZqz)

231 epidermis secretes sebum

So does a wound.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 04, 2024 03:16 PM (xbZNL)

232 Why has everyone on this blog forgotten about ME?????
Posted by: Alexandra Daddario at October 04, 2024 03:12 PM

TBF, you're no Prometheus.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2024 03:16 PM (a3Q+t)

233 Almost time for FNT~!!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 03:16 PM (IG4Id)

234 " Years ago a girlfriend was hysterical after learning guys sometimes name their anatomical features. After that her breasts were "Ricky & Fred" and it was proper etiquette to ask how they were when saying hi."

Lefty, and Scamp.

From the Before-Time.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 04, 2024 03:16 PM (a1415)

235 I went to college with some enviro-nut that bathed once a month or something like that. Note my college was in an area that had no shortage of water.

But wow did she STINK.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 03:17 PM (oZhjI)

236 It runs counter to cultural change reflecting an expansion of beauty standards to be more inclusive in terms of body size, race, and ethnicity, for example."
***
Um, no, men appreciate hot girls of all races or creeds.
***

But not the fatties! And not the women with Dicks!! We won't rest until men are forced to appreciate Fat Men-Women With Dicks!

Love, The Fugly Faculty of Delaware.

Posted by: LASue at October 04, 2024 03:17 PM (lCppi)

237 Ahh. Just got back from a bier run.
So...if I look at a Newsweek from, oh...say 15 years ago, I won't see any ads they were paid to publish, that didn't feature good looking women?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 03:17 PM (W/lyH)

238 After noticing many things about the Daddario person, I found that her eyes were very compelling..

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 03:17 PM (PCK5/)

239 Next, you'll be telling me that men in comment sections of conservative websites will regularly offer what seem to be appropriate and normal commentary on the article at a hand, but then trick readers with links to attractive, curvaceous young women that MAGA neanderthals would find appealing! Say it ain't so!

Posted by: red speck at October 04, 2024 03:17 PM (0Id0S)

240 "The emasculation and infantilization of America continues unabated and apace."

-- ShainS repeatedly, since The Treasonous Clinton Scum Crime Syndicate first darkened the White House

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 03:17 PM (wkJoE)

241 "Acceptance" was never the goal.

"Conversion" is the goal. It has always been the goal. It will always be the goal.

Disagree, Ace. Their goal is the enjoyment they get from forcing the normies to parrot their "truth" (I'm sure there's a German word for it); It's the enjoyment they get from forcing us to speak lies -- It's actually more fun for them if we don't believe it.

Posted by: Chuck C at October 04, 2024 03:17 PM (yOPBE)

242 My first TV crush was Elizabeth Montgomery. Followed closely, I think, by Dawn Wells.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:17 PM (v6JzV)

243 Why has everyone on this blog forgotten about ME?????
Posted by: Alexandra Daddario at October 04, 2024

***
We ran out of pics. Do some more movies and photoshoots, and we'll be glad to remember you again!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 03:14 PM (J2vNu)

Also sweetheart, and I say this with all the love I can muster... you ain't gettin' any younger.

Happens to all of us, I'm afraid.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 03:17 PM (dGCAG)

244 became "spit on that *thang*" and wondered why?

when my son was a li'l guy, one of his favorite books was "The Pokey Little Puppy."

he began to refer to it as "The Pokey Little Thing," which then evolved into "thang." A young man ahead of his time. this was 30 years ago.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 03:18 PM (Ad8y9)

245 183 "She came in and was like, 'Please, everyone, make jokes about my boobs,'" he said.

And all the SNL twinks were like 'eeewww, gross'.
Posted by: Candidus at October 04, 2024 03:06 PM (JI8/o)

Which makes me wonder if she actually said anything like that, or if they suggested it and she uncomfortably agreed because she didn't want to appear offended by said twinks, cause that might be offensive.

Posted by: Moki at October 04, 2024 03:18 PM (wLjpr)

246 Ok so you Trump cultists are all in on female beauty and yes breasts are nice and yes butts are nice but can we take about ladyballs for a moment....because I'd really like to talk about lady balls

Posted by: David French with a bottle of lotion and some kleneex at October 04, 2024 03:18 PM (oZhjI)

247 That is why the Engineers want to destroy Humanity.

Their AI read all the social media posts, went insane, and blew up their planet to make way for a Lena Dunham Wax&Lube.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 03:18 PM (1nfzE)

248 Ahh. Just got back from a bier run.
Posted by: Diogenes

And now you're dead tired.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:19 PM (v6JzV)

249 I know what you're asking yourself and the answer is yes. I have a nick name for my penis. Its called the Octagon, but I also nick named my testes - my left one is James Westphal and my right one is Doctor Kenneth Noisewater. You ladies play your cards right you just might get to meet the whole gang.

Posted by: Taggart at October 04, 2024 03:19 PM (HcoTw)

250 Will the media ever get tired of degrading themselves?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 03:19 PM (52RXy)

251 REPORT: FEMA is blocking & seizing shipments, including Starlinks, in NC as business leaders & locals are trying to save Hurricane Helene victims.

https://t.co/lyLEkfDFzh

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la cucina adesso e pulita at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (qfLjt)

252 But I've always liked cute more than hot. Seems more attainable to an average dude like me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Amen.
Sandra Bullock please.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (IB6XK)

253 >>> 221 Is that photo up top the actress who played Sarah Walker in the TV series "Chuck," Yvonne Strzechowski?
Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 03:14 PM (wkJoE)

No that is Sydney Sweeney.

Reminds me of a guy I knew who always used to say, "everything was familiar but her face".

Posted by: banana Dream at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (Y6IkP)

254 This type of delusional bilge is from lefty women who 1) have given up on looking attractive, and 2) hate women who haven’t. Sydney Sweeney is pin up beautiful and doesn’t mind the attention, so women who’s exercise regime consists of online scream sessions hate her.

Most men don’t think that way. Men have reasons to hate Hugh Jackman-he’s handsome, yoked, and gets to play Wolverine-but we don’t because he’s a cool guy and good at what he does. And because most of us aren’t insecure whack jobs.

Posted by: UGAdawg at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (tRd71)

255 She emerged from the sea like a goddess in a fur bikini.

Mistress of the Whip in The Magic Christian.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (SDM/J)

256 Another thing I know is, if an older, maybe not so attractive man walks in to a bar but he is dressed impeccably with an air of confidence and walks, talks, and comports himself like a boss and smells of wealth, women are going to take notice.

Written in the stars.
Posted by: Cheri at October 04, 2024 03:00 PM (oiNtH)

———

Is there a cologne out there that smells like crisp new $100 bills?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (gYHPZ)

257 My first TV crush was Elizabeth Montgomery. Followed closely, I think, by Dawn Wells.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:17 PM (v6JzV)

Elizabeth Montgomery was the subject of one of those "special" dreams. I was all of 8 at the time. I had no idea what happened.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (Ad8y9)

258 Not to mention local TV weather women, who are getting to be bigger than the rear projection screen. And the horde of chubbies in that "street parade" in the Wegovy TV ad. "I'm keeping [the weight] off," says one, to which I mutter, "Yeah, but you're keeping it close by."

Every actor in that spot is overweight. This is supposed to be a weight-loss drug. Shouldn't they show some people who look like "After" instead of "Before"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 03:02 PM (J2vNu)
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The absence of chubby people in Sydney has been very noticeable.

America, you fat!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (zG664)

259 In 20 years the only heteros will be 3rd worlders…

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (PCK5/)

260 Hotties for Harris.

That's the best they could do? There might've been a 4 in there. Tops. No wonder lefty guys are so miserable.

Posted by: red speck at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (0Id0S)

261 >>>
Why has everyone on this blog forgotten about ME?????
Posted by: Alexandra Daddario

i think you should play Wonder Woman.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (KRtlO)

262 Daddario's eyes are just weird looking. Like something you'd see staring back at you from a cave you just stumbled across in the woods. A cave that wasn't there yesterday and won't be there tomorrow...but that you are called to go into.

/X files music

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (oZhjI)

263 What's with the weird eye liner? I'm seeing it more often and not a great look. Better than tattoos, I suppose.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

Is it that weird? It's pretty traditional and classical....maybe it's a secret clue that she's conservative?!
https://tinyurl.com/mryvttve

Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 04, 2024 03:21 PM (JCZqz)

264 This goes back to Lili Von Shtüpp

Wait. Since when did von Schtupp get umlauts?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 03:21 PM (+myjY)

265 My first crush was Margaret Drysdale, followed by Hazel Burke.

Posted by: Experience Matters! at October 04, 2024 03:21 PM (CV8a5)

266 well no one showed up for the Hotties for Harris event. the women in the video were not part of the event, they were attractive women stopped by the interviewer to ask if they had heard of Hotties for Harris.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 03:21 PM (KRtlO)

267 If liking big breasts is wrong, I *staring*

Mmmmm. Boobs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 03:21 PM (PDf99)

268 Sorry Ms Sweeney but I believe it started with that early 70’s Farrah Fawcett poster.

Posted by: RustyG at October 04, 2024 03:21 PM (BSfbV)

269 I do in fact have this obsession

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 03:22 PM (xcxpd)

270 Damn... Brett Cooper...

https://tinyurl.com/akbst8ub

Posted by: bearski at October 04, 2024 03:22 PM (Bhsk7)

271 Correction

Priestess of the Whip

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 04, 2024 03:22 PM (SDM/J)

272 Reach out and touch Barry
Your own personal Chocolate Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who doesn’t care
Your own personal Chocolate Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there to lie to you

Feeling unknown and you're all alone
Flesh and a good boner by the telephone
Lift up the receiver and Barry will make you a believer
Take second best, Put Kamala to the test
Doug Emhof on the Nanny’s Chest
In her Foreign born Snapper hole
I will go and get her pregnant
You Douggie is a wife cheater
Reach out and touch Chocolate Jesus
Reach out and touch Barry’s Homo Ass

Feeling unknown and you're a Nanny all alone
Flesh and bone by the telephone call Big Mike
Lift up the receiver and Big Mike make you a believer
Big Mike will deliver and you know Kamala’s a Commie
Reach out and touch Barry and Kamala

Posted by: Kamal Harris at October 04, 2024 03:22 PM (qpLSv)

273 Will the media ever get tired of degrading themselves?
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 03:19 PM

They bury their souls so deep, one stares into the void and sees nothing but dark despair.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2024 03:22 PM (rj6Yv)

274 ———

Is there a cologne out there that smells like crisp new $100 bills?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (gYHPZ)

Hey! That was my OTHER cologne idea!

Posted by: Cosmo Kramer at October 04, 2024 03:22 PM (LxER7)

275 ShoeOnHead was a moderate-ish leftist, then she started dating some conservative guy and he banged sanity into her.

Then they broke up and she drifted back to where she started.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 03:22 PM (oZhjI)

276 264 This goes back to Lili Von Shtüpp

Wait. Since when did von Schtupp get umlauts?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 03:21 PM (+myjY)

Umlauts are like boobs. 2. Round. Above other things.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 03:23 PM (PDf99)

277 >>>Then they broke up and she drifted back to where she started.

they broke up? I thought she just had their baby.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 03:23 PM (KRtlO)

278 Elizabeth Montgomery was the subject of one of those "special" dreams. I was all of 8 at the time. I had no idea what happened.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

She showed up in a couple dreams of mine when I was a kid. Then, when I was in college, I had a dream that I was blind, the worst part of that being that I was married to her and could never gaze upon her beauty again.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:23 PM (v6JzV)

279 What's with the weird eye liner? I'm seeing it more often and not a great look. Better than tattoos, I suppose.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

What's with the fake eyelashes that look like paint brushes?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 03:23 PM (IB6XK)

280 My first crush was Margaret Drysdale, followed by Hazel Burke.
Posted by: Experience Matters! at October 04, 2024 03:21 PM (CV8a5)

+1

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 03:23 PM (Aqu9a)

281
The reason why Sid Sweeney became mentioned so often in our circles had a lot to do with the trend of hollywood casting ugly women in movies and a couple of video games: Stellar Blade, The Last of Us II, and Star Wars Outlaws.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 03:23 PM (dQzv6)

282 I just saw a thing for the Butler rally. I am assuming you have no chance of getting within 20 miles without tickets, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 03:24 PM (PDf99)

283 My first TV crush was Elizabeth Montgomery. Followed closely, I think, by Dawn Wells.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:17 PM (v6JzV)

Barbara Eden for me. She was good friends with Dawn Wells.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2024 03:24 PM (rj6Yv)

284 O/T

So our son and his wife are on their honeymoon.

He just sent me photos from the National Corvette Museum.

Better than photos of fluffy umbrella drinks poolside.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 04, 2024 03:24 PM (a1415)

285 Speaking of media malpractice, the Aussies really did it.

ABC ran a 15 second combat clip from Afghanistan that flatly implied an Aussie unit commander was a war criminal.

He sued ABC and won, $400K Aus. Too this day ABC has refused to apologize or fire the three hacks who almost drove the guy to suicide.

But wait it gets better. When the ABC footage was compared to the original, ABC had added extra gun shots.

Make Dan Rather so proud these vermin.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 03:24 PM (1nfzE)

286 Black people represent the top 100% of the intersectionality stack

Only if no trannies are present.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2024 03:24 PM (QISEP)

287 My first TV crush was Elizabeth Montgomery. Followed closely, I think, by Dawn Wells.

Barbara Eden, FTW!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 03:24 PM (xCA6C)

288 'How Hot Girls Became the Right's New Obsession'

as they say these days: I can't even...

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 04, 2024 03:24 PM (Rbu5d)

289 279 What's with the weird eye liner? I'm seeing it more often and not a great look. Better than tattoos, I suppose.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

What's with the fake eyelashes that look like paint brushes?
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 03:23 PM (IB6XK)

At least she doesn’t have the Caterpillar Eyebrows… talk about ugly…

Posted by: tubal at October 04, 2024 03:24 PM (PCK5/)

290 The reason why Sid Sweeney became mentioned so often in our circles had a lot to do with the trend of hollywood casting ugly women in movies and a couple of video games: Stellar Blade, The Last of Us II, and Star Wars Outlaws.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 03:23 PM (dQzv6)

Hey, one of those things is not like the other. The stellar blade chick is quite fetching.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 03:24 PM (PDf99)

291 Some exciting news for you PA and MI Morons!!!

We're Coming For You Philly, Pittsburgh and Detroit.

Hey Friends -

We’re itching to hit the road and be with you again ahead of Election Day, so we’re planning three live shows, over three nights, in three great cities:

Save these dates for Bulwark’s Swing State Swing
October 17 in Philadelphia

October 18 in Pittsburgh

October 19 in the greater Detroit area

We hope you will join us and bring friends too. All are welcome.

Tickets and all the details, including what friends we’re bring along, will be live next week at TheBulwark.com/events.

Posted by: The Bulwark at October 04, 2024 03:24 PM (JCZqz)

292 Most men don’t think that way. Men have reasons to hate Hugh Jackman-he’s handsome, yoked, and gets to play Wolverine-but we don’t because he’s a cool guy and good at what he does. And because most of us aren’t insecure whack jobs.
Posted by: UGAdawg at October 04, 2024

***
I don't think guys ever resented/hated John Wayne, or the young Tom Selleck, or Harrison Ford. Cool guys who were good at what they did.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 03:25 PM (J2vNu)

293 Damn I was supposed to get some office work done today and boom boobs.

Posted by: ryukyu at October 04, 2024 03:25 PM (s68pH)

294 Rousseau and Karl Marx are perfect examples of it.
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 03:09 PM (ZOPh/)

The funny thing is that both of them were pretty much "trained bears" in the circles they came to prominence in. They made their bones like MSNBC and CNN have by saying what justified the beliefs of their upper class, socially progressive audiences.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 03:25 PM (D7oie)

295 $750 for Asheville, North Carolinans
$25k for illegal aliens
Posted by: rickb223
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Run the ads state wide. Plus, you don't even get 750 if you have insurance apparently.

Lot of blue voters in coastal regions that get hurricanes will get the message. No cheese for you. Follow the rules and be treated as chumps by Kamala and Co.

If I was Robinson running against the Dem in the race, I would use that to hit Stein as well. All for illegals, nothing for you citizens.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 03:25 PM (ZOPh/)

296 Et tu, NYT?

Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
The New York Times has a devastating article on the condition of the Secret Service under the Biden/Harris administration.
Agents are leaving in droves, especially the most talented and capable ones. Hiring standards have "slumped" — though the Times won't say it, we know from other reports that DEI played a big role.
The second-in-command of the men guarding the White House moonlighted as a real estate agent, and gave promotions to agents who became his clients.
“Nepotism, favoritism, corruption — that is part of our culture here."
The Secret Service is supposed to be the best of the best. Under the left, they've become a joke — just like the rest of the country.

-
Now do journalism has slumped.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 03:25 PM (L/fGl)

297 Sorry Ms Sweeney but I believe it started with that early 70’s Farrah Fawcett poster.
Posted by: RustyG at October 04, 2024 03:21 PM (BSfbV)

She couldn't hold a candle to my popularity.

Posted by: Betty Grable at October 04, 2024 03:25 PM (Aqu9a)

298 Damn... Brett Cooper...

https://tinyurl.com/akbst8ub
Posted by: bearski

Doesn't work for me.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:25 PM (v6JzV)

299 287 My first TV crush was Elizabeth Montgomery. Followed closely, I think, by Dawn Wells.

Barbara Eden, FTW!
Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 03:24 PM (xCA6C)

Erin Grey in Buck Rogers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 03:25 PM (PDf99)

300 Newsweek is just full of f@gs and butch women. They're mad because no one but a soy freak would consider touching them.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 04, 2024 03:25 PM (0eaVi)

301 292 I don't think guys ever resented/hated John Wayne, or the young Tom Selleck, or Harrison Ford. Cool guys who were good at what they did.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 03:25 PM (J2vNu)

=======

Women wanted to be with them, men wanted to be them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 03:25 PM (GBKbO)

302 Sweeney finds her own material and then produces her movies. So she's a go-getter. This might also be in reaction to Hollywood gaywads refusing to cast her in movies except in bit parts as the hot girl. (Which they then show off in the trailer to fool you into thinking she's in more of the movie than she is. Madame Web has flash-forward dreams to show Sweeney in a skin-tight spandex outfit. Apparently ALL the images of her in that suit are shown in the trailer.)

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 03:25 PM (KRtlO)

303 And Wendigoon is a good guy, moron-adjacent for sure.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 03:26 PM (xcxpd)

304 Blond hair got selected for during the Chalcolithic or even early Bronze Age.

Nah. I'll bet some Neandertals were blonde hotties.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 03:26 PM (+myjY)

305 My first crush was Margaret Drysdale, followed by Hazel Burke.
Posted by: Experience Matters! at October 04, 2024 03:21 PM (CV8a5)
===

Donna Reed

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2024 03:26 PM (zG664)

306
I just saw a thing for the Butler rally. I am assuming you have no chance of getting within 20 miles without tickets, right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Super easy. Barely an inconvenience.

Posted by: Thomas Crooks at October 04, 2024 03:26 PM (dQzv6)

307 My first TV crush was Elizabeth Montgomery. Followed closely, I think, by Dawn Wells.

Barbara Eden, FTW!
Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 03:24 PM (xCA6C)
---------
Barbara Feldon.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 04, 2024 03:26 PM (VdhcA)

308 i think you should play Wonder Woman.
Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (KRtlO)

I finally watched the Snyder Cut last week.

Lord help us all, but Gal Gadot CANNOT act her way out of a paper bag. In about 3 scenes all together, Amber Turd gave a more believable performance, and I found myself wishing they'd trade places.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 03:26 PM (dGCAG)

309 How Hot Girls Became the Right's New Obsession
--------

Literally taking everything people liked 10 years ago and pretending it's now some "crazy right wing" thing.

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 03:26 PM (LCr8f)

310 All of it, Marxism, socialism, woke-ism, every facet of the sick monolith of insanity we're up against can be described as toxic femininity.

They're all Psycho Ex Girlfriends. They all argue with that uncanny, bewildering, manipulative style. They think impenetrable thoughts about a universe that doesn't actually exist, and act out violently against any who dare go against them on it. They will ruin anyone's life if it means they can even have a chance at damaging whoever their current object of obsession is.

It's not an ideology. It's psychopathy, taking on a perverted version of a feminine style and form. Not a knock on women or femininity. There are plenty of Psycho ex boyfriends out there too. But their style is different. And generally more self destructive and less obsessive. And doesn't look exactly like "the left" in all its forms.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 03:26 PM (DDGz9)

311 The funny thing is that both of them were pretty much "trained bears" in the circles they came to prominence in. They made their bones like MSNBC and CNN have by saying what justified the beliefs of their upper class, socially progressive audiences.
Posted by: Kindltot
======
Preening with social virtue is always a flaw of a class of people that never had to work for a living. It allows them to distinguish themselves from people that have to earn their keep by sordid labor or commerce.

Clerisy is a good word for it.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 03:26 PM (ZOPh/)

312 >>>303 And Wendigoon is a good guy, moron-adjacent for sure.

i've seen a couple of his iceberg videos and liked him. He also sold me on trying to re-read Blood Meridian, though I haven't actually done that yet.

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 03:27 PM (KRtlO)

313 The internet says "Armoured Skeptic was formerly in a relationship with fellow YouTuber Shoe0nHead. The couple became engaged in 2017, but broke up in 2020. "

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 03:27 PM (oZhjI)

314 302 Sweeney finds her own material and then produces her movies. So she's a go-getter. This might also be in reaction to Hollywood gaywads refusing to cast her in movies except in bit parts as the hot girl. (Which they then show off in the trailer to fool you into thinking she's in more of the movie than she is. Madame Web has flash-forward dreams to show Sweeney in a skin-tight spandex outfit. Apparently ALL the images of her in that suit are shown in the trailer.)
Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 03:25 PM (KRtlO)

========

From what I understand, the agreement with Sony for Madame Web included Sony funding her remake of Barbarella.

It should be the movie Edgar Wright makes after Running Man, which starts filming very soon.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 03:27 PM (GBKbO)

315 Sandra Bullock please.

That tattooed bad boy biker left her for another inked up nazi whore.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 04, 2024 03:27 PM (X0uYX)

316 >>>Literally taking everything people liked 10 years ago and pretending it's now some "crazy right wing" thing.

yes, exactly!

Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 03:27 PM (KRtlO)

317 Sweeney and other conservative hot girls don't necessarily have any tangible involvement with politics (though some have strong political affiliations), but they have been claimed by right-wing public figures as their own, whether they appear to like it or not.

------------

I HEREBY STAKE AND STATE MY CLAIM TO GINA CARANO'S BODY AND MIND ... BUT MOSTLY MIND!

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 03:27 PM (WIakE)

318 312 i've seen a couple of his iceberg videos and liked him. He also sold me on trying to re-read Blood Meridian, though I haven't actually done that yet.
Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 03:27 PM (KRtlO)

========

Faster or slower than Hound?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 03:27 PM (GBKbO)

319 I found myself wishing they'd trade places.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 03:26 PM (dGCAG)

As God is my witness, I thought this was going to say "fluids"

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 03:27 PM (LCr8f)

320 I'm sorry, what were you saying?

Posted by: Bacon Jeff at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (VGRuw)

321
I just saw a thing for the Butler rally. I am assuming you have no chance of getting within 20 miles without tickets, right?

Unless you have six cell phones, an Iranian ayatollah on speed dial, a suspicious back pack, and a range finder.

"Seating is on the water tower to the left."

Posted by: Eff Bee Eye at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (RKVpM)

322 If you want to see something odd look at Wendigoon covering the Monument Mythos.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (oZhjI)

323
Hey, one of those things is not like the other. The stellar blade chick is quite fetching.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

That's right. Very good.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (dQzv6)

324 242 My first TV crush was Elizabeth Montgomery. Followed closely, I think, by Dawn Wells.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Inger Stevens.

Dimples...

Posted by: Auspex at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (j4U/Z)

325 >>> 308 i think you should play Wonder Woman.
Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (KRtlO)

I finally watched the Snyder Cut last week.

Lord help us all, but Gal Gadot CANNOT act her way out of a paper bag. In about 3 scenes all together, Amber Turd gave a more believable performance, and I found myself wishing they'd trade places.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 03:26 PM (dGCAG)

No, you really don't.

Posted by: Johnny Depp at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (FnneF)

326 i think it's basically hard wired. the majority of guys are just naturally attracted to a pretty woman with some reasonable amount of curves. why some guys go for chubbies or the women with ribs sticking out remains a mystery to me.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (CWTWj)

327 My first crush was Margaret Drysdale, followed by Hazel Burke.
Posted by: Experience Matters! at October 04, 2024 03:21 PM (CV8a5)

Not Margaret Dumont?

Posted by: Groucho Marx at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (OguvZ)

328 Damn... Brett Cooper...

https://tinyurl.com/akbst8ub
Posted by: bearski

Doesn't work for me.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

The link or that Brett Cooper is cute? The link was just a Seinfeld pic of the cop looking at Elaine's white, slightly unbuttoned wet blouse saying "Lady, you sold me..."

Posted by: bearski at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (Bhsk7)

329 L to R: The Left one, the Right one

*ahem*

I believe the one on the left is the "right one," and the one on the right is the "left one." The tell is that the right one is next to her right arm, and the left one is next to her left arm.

Write that down for future reference.

But the disorientation is understandable.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (+myjY)

330 312 >>>303 And Wendigoon is a good guy, moron-adjacent for sure.

i've seen a couple of his iceberg videos and liked him. He also sold me on trying to re-read Blood Meridian, though I haven't actually done that yet.
Posted by: ace at October 04, 2024 03:27 PM (KRtlO)

He got me to read The Divine Comedy, finally.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (xcxpd)

331 242 >>My first TV crush was Elizabeth Montgomery. Followed closely, I think, by Dawn Wells.

Not sure on the timeline, but Lynda Carter was up there. Peggy Lipton from Mod Squad. Karen Valentine from Room 222. The woman who played Jim's lawyer, Beth, on Rockford Files. Barbie Benton.

Hard to say who was first or on the top of the list. Guess I was just a horndog kid with a good eye.

Posted by: red speck at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (0Id0S)

332 Why would FEMUR help people in the North Carolina flood?? Of course, the Femur has no money because it is only a bone and not a government agency,

Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!

The Femur is the thigh bone in the leg.

You people are really stupid, and this is why you need me to be POTUS.

Posted by: Kamal Harris at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (hbjSA)

333 The couple became engaged in 2017, but broke up in 2020. "
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 03:27 PM (oZhjI)

Covid: the relationship test to end all relationship tests.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (PDf99)

334 I'm surprised no one has mentioned the "Farrah Fawcett red swimsuit poster". Seems to have been quite the hit with a whole generation of boys a little older than I was, back in the day.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8mbdsc

Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (JCZqz)

335 "I don't think guys ever resented/hated John Wayne, or the young Tom Selleck, or Harrison Ford. Cool guys who were good at what they did. "

James West.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (a1415)

336 .......of Bournemouth University........
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And I'm just now hearing of this?

Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2024 03:29 PM (2bFN5)

337 Wasn't Hollywood founded on hot babes?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 03:29 PM (I1GXe)

338 Probably the first actress I had a crush on as a preteen was Lee Remick.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la cucina adesso e pulita bene at October 04, 2024 03:29 PM (qfLjt)

339 Shoeingead owes her entire existence to conventional beauty standards. If she was homely, she would be virtually unknown. I can understand how that might rankle some uggos. It's called jealousy. They've built an entire philosophy around justifying their green-eyed inability to compete with the shoeonheads of the world for male attention.

Posted by: They're Not Fooling Anyone at October 04, 2024 03:29 PM (WxgaY)

340 Catherine Rottenberg is a Professor in the Department of Media, Communications, and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research focuses on the convergence of feminism and neoliberalism, as well as the politics of care.

Before joining Goldsmiths, Rottenberg was a faculty member in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham. She began her academic career as a literary scholar but has since shifted her focus to media, communications, and cultural studies.

[American and Canadian Studies? who knew.]

Rottenberg has authored several books, including “The Rise of Neoliberal Feminism” (201

and “Performing Americanness: Race, Class, and Gender in Modern African-American and Jewish-American Literature” (200

. She has also co-authored articles and book chapters with other scholars, exploring topics such as feminist solidarities, postfeminism, and popular feminism.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 04, 2024 03:29 PM (Rbu5d)

341 Women wanted to be with them, men wanted to be them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024

***
Connery as Bond and in Marnie too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 03:29 PM (J2vNu)

342 The media has gone full 50 shades of Grey with the Democrats. It's a bandage kink.

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 03:29 PM (52RXy)

343 My first crush was Margaret Drysdale, followed by Hazel Burke.
Posted by: Experience Matters! at October 04, 2024 03:21 PM (CV8a5)

Not Margaret Dumont?
Posted by: Groucho Marx at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (OguvZ)

WTAF, guys!

Posted by: Ann B. Davis at October 04, 2024 03:29 PM (+myjY)

344 337 Wasn't Hollywood founded on hot babes?
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 03:29 PM (I1GXe)

=======

Keystone Kops, Charlie Chaplin, and DW Griffith.

So, at least from the Chaplin angle, it was founded on underaged girls.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 03:29 PM (GBKbO)

345 "I don't think guys ever resented/hated John Wayne, or the young Tom Selleck, or Harrison Ford. Cool guys who were good at what they did”

No they didn’t, but today’s women would DESPISE Lana Turner or Helen Mirren. My dad liked Magnum era Tom Selleck, even though he knew my mother (who is a saint on Earth, BTW) probably would have abandoned us all for him.

Posted by: UGAdawg at October 04, 2024 03:29 PM (tRd71)

346 >>> 319 I found myself wishing they'd trade places.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 03:26 PM (dGCAG)

As God is my witness, I thought this was going to say "fluids"
Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 03:27 PM (LCr8f)

EWWWWWWWWW

Posted by: Gal Gadot at October 04, 2024 03:30 PM (FnneF)

347 I knew garret would eventually be featured and I was happy with the big payoff towards the end. Garret is really the cowbell of ace posts.
Posted by: banana Dream at October 04, 2024 03:13 PM (Y6IkP)

I always thought he was more the bag for Ace's tea.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 03:30 PM (Zz0t1)

348 Julie Newmar

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 03:30 PM (LCr8f)

349 for what it's worth juliette shoe on head recently got married and had a kid, so she said, so she seems pretty normal

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 04, 2024 03:30 PM (CWTWj)

350 Sorry Ms Sweeney but I believe it started with that early 70’s Farrah Fawcett poster.
Posted by: RustyG at October 04, 2024 03:21 PM (BSfbV)

She couldn't hold a candle to my popularity.
Posted by: Betty Grable at October 04, 2024 03:25 PM (Aqu9a)

Speaking of bad acting, Jean Harlow was awful, but good grief could that woman move her body parts around like nobody else.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 03:31 PM (dGCAG)

351 Sweeney's biggest problem is she has kind of a flat delivery. Her eyes also are not as sexy as the rest of her. If she could capture the smouldering look (think Lauren Bacall) she would crush.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 03:31 PM (PDf99)

352 Wow.. A thread that started out with boobs instead of ending up with them

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 03:31 PM (IyPmt)

353 I will see your Julie Newmar and raise you one Honey West.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 03:31 PM (+myjY)

354 The James Madison, I'm old but not that old. All those guys were before my time !

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 03:31 PM (I1GXe)

355 230 The abolishment and eradication of Hamas will coincide with his death, an ironic conclusion to his demonic pact called the Camp David accords.
Posted by: Bensdad00

Some kind of weird, antisemitic, terror-loving Dorian Gray?

Concise. I like it.

Posted by: Bensdad00 at October 04, 2024 03:31 PM (hjS7T)

356 Your own personal Chocolate Jesus

It would fit the songs meter if you removed “personal”. Just sayin.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2024 03:31 PM (QISEP)

357 How Hot Girls Became the Right's New Obsession

But I was just getting used to the visions of a romping three-way with Bella Abzug and Betty Freidan. Drat!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 03:32 PM (Aqu9a)

358 The first 'perfect' woman I was aware of was Raquel Welch. Next was Farah Faucett and Christie Brinkley.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 03:32 PM (xcxpd)

359 I found myself wishing they'd trade places.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 03:26 PM (dGCAG)

As God is my witness, I thought this was going to say "fluids"
Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 03:27 PM (LCr8f)

I find your correction to be acceptable.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 03:32 PM (dGCAG)

360 RE: what Brett was ranting about.

I think, if ever in the situation that the idiot boy was celebrating, I will just call it "comrade."

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 04, 2024 03:32 PM (Rbu5d)

361 All of it, Marxism, socialism, woke-ism, every facet of the sick monolith of insanity we're up against can be described as toxic femininity.

They're all Psycho Ex Girlfriends. They all argue with that uncanny, bewildering, manipulative style. They think impenetrable thoughts about a universe that doesn't actually exist, and act out violently against any who dare go against them on it. They will ruin anyone's life if it means they can even have a chance at damaging whoever their current object of obsession is.

It's not an ideology. It's psychopathy, taking on a perverted version of a feminine style and form. Not a knock on women or femininity. There are plenty of Psycho ex boyfriends out there too. But their style is different. And generally more self destructive and less obsessive. And doesn't look exactly like "the left" in all its forms.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 03:26 PM (DDGz9)

----------------

* mic drop *

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 03:32 PM (CckFl)

362 She couldn't hold a candle to my popularity.
Posted by: Betty Grable

I was known as the "Pocket Grable".

Posted by: June Haver at October 04, 2024 03:32 PM (CV8a5)

363 Tatted up and pierced obese women with neon hair are especially unattractive.

Thinner women with a lot of tats and piercings basically lower their attractiveness by a couple of points.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 03:32 PM (gYHPZ)

364 I'm surprised no one has mentioned the "Farrah Fawcett red swimsuit poster". Seems to have been quite the hit with a whole generation of boys a little older than I was, back in the day.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8mbdsc
Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (JCZqz)
_______

So tame by modern standards too

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 03:33 PM (iFTx/)

365 I always thought he was more the bag for Ace's tea.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 03:30 PM (Zz0t1)

Vessel and platform for ace's ... love.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 03:33 PM (PDf99)

366 Hmm so the left doesn't like ShoeOnHead's latest husband either. "He's a tradcon ogre!!!"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 03:33 PM (oZhjI)

367 But I was just getting used to the visions of a romping three-way with Bella Abzug and Betty Freidan. Drat!
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 03:32 PM (Aqu9a)

KNOCK KNOCK! Is there room for one more?

Posted by: Helen Thomas at October 04, 2024 03:33 PM (+myjY)

368 364 I'm surprised no one has mentioned the "Farrah Fawcett red swimsuit poster". Seems to have been quite the hit with a whole generation of boys a little older than I was, back in the day.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8mbdsc
Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (JCZqz)
_______

So tame by modern standards too
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 03:33 PM (iFTx/)

=======

"Bet she don't even got no WAP!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 03:33 PM (GBKbO)

369 How Hot Girls Became the Right's New Obsession

-
Eve was Adam's first obsession.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 03:33 PM (L/fGl)

370 358 The first 'perfect' woman I was aware of was Raquel Welch. Next was Farah Faucett and Christie Brinkley.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo

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Elle McPherson? Cathy Ireland? Basically any 80's SI Swimsuit model...

Posted by: bearski at October 04, 2024 03:33 PM (Bhsk7)

371 "Backfield in Motion" by Mel & Tim, 1969

Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at October 04, 2024 03:34 PM (iNp3L)

372 215 The young Raquel Welch was it for me.

-
She emerged from the sea like a goddess in a fur bikini.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 03:13 PM (L/fGl)
________
Ursula Andress has entered teh chat.

But the first actress who drove me into puberty was Emma Peel in the catsuit.

Then a few years later I first saw Hedy (NOT Headly) Lamarr. Still my #1.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 03:34 PM (1bNHn)

373 re 348: very attractive and also apparently a very good classical pianist.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 04, 2024 03:34 PM (CWTWj)

374 370 358 The first 'perfect' woman I was aware of was Raquel Welch. Next was Farah Faucett and Christie Brinkley.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo

-------

Elle McPherson? Cathy Ireland? Basically any 80's SI Swimsuit model...
Posted by: bearski at October 04, 2024 03:33 PM (Bhsk7)

Also great choice, but by then I knew what I liked. And I liked the 80's SI girls.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 03:34 PM (xcxpd)

375 8 Willowed. Because of course.

The country's most-visited national park site, the Blue Ridge Parkway, will remain closed indefinitely.
The National Park Service said Wednesday.

What is it you say you do around here?
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:43 PM (IB6XK)

Guy in front of me at the post office this afternoon had on an Appalachian Trail tee. Yep, part of that is gone.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 04, 2024 03:34 PM (Rbu5d)

376 No that is Sydney Sweeney.

Reminds me of a guy I knew who always used to say, "everything was familiar but her face".

Posted by: banana Dream at October 04, 2024 03:20 PM (Y6IkP)

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Ah suspected as much -- but unfamiliar with her.

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 03:35 PM (CckFl)

377 also "Poetry in Motion", Johnny Tillotson

Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at October 04, 2024 03:35 PM (iNp3L)

378 Inger Stevens.

Dimples...
Posted by: Auspex

Erin Moran pushed my dimples button when I was a kid.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:35 PM (v6JzV)

379 Hmm so the left doesn't like ShoeOnHead's latest husband either. "He's a tradcon ogre!!!"
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 03:33 PM (oZhjI)

Date and marry a girl with a YouTube channel and you too can be the left's Emanuel Goldstein du jour.

PEGs, man.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 03:35 PM (DDGz9)

380 368 364 I'm surprised no one has mentioned the "Farrah Fawcett red swimsuit poster".
=======
"Bet she don't even got no WAP!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I assure you, she does.

Posted by: Lee Majors at October 04, 2024 03:35 PM (JCZqz)

381 The Fucking Emergency Management Agency is living up to it's name

Posted by: SMOD at October 04, 2024 03:35 PM (GITLP)

382 Samantha Fox was on my wall in college.

https://is.gd/CVVMOG

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)

383 What? The guys around here like hot women? I had no idea. They certainly never mention anything.

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2024 03:35 PM (bS+DD)

384 218 Can somebody name me a single leftist woman who does not look like Rosie O'Donnell after a three day bender, and needing a shave?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 04, 2024 03:13 PM (a1415)
______
Nowadays, I don't know. Maybe in Hollywood.

For that matter, the beginning of Barbarella was the best think Jane Fonda ever did.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 03:36 PM (1bNHn)

385 One of Sweeney's compatriots who is just as hot and less inhibited.

https://is.gd/Vfylyn

Posted by: Garrett's Messenger Bag at October 04, 2024 03:36 PM (uSWvs)

386 Brett Cooper looks like Ben Shapiro, but female

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 03:36 PM (lTGtQ)

387 re 370: and you ought to see what they show now.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 04, 2024 03:36 PM (CWTWj)

388 Samantha Fox was on my wall in college.

It’s a little disappointing that she’s a lesbian.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2024 03:36 PM (QISEP)

389 Erin Moran pushed my dimples button when I was a kid.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:35 PM (v6JzV)

Lady Howdy Doody? I think there's psychological therapy available for that.

Posted by: Helen Thomas at October 04, 2024 03:36 PM (+myjY)

390 I used to have the Farah Fawcett Swimsuit poster in the Garage and one day it disappeared after I got married ???

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at October 04, 2024 03:36 PM (Mig/N)

391 Tatted up and pierced obese women with neon hair are especially unattractive.

Thinner women with a lot of tats and piercings basically lower their attractiveness by a couple of points.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 03:

There's a young woman on YouTube who starts her videos by asking "are you hungry? Can I make you a sandwich she's cute but tatted upm

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 03:36 PM (52RXy)

392 383 What? The guys around here like hot women? I had no idea. They certainly never mention anything.
Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2024 03:35 PM (bS+DD)

Well, we like to be respectful.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 03:37 PM (PDf99)

393 But I was just getting used to the visions of a romping three-way with Bella Abzug and Betty Freidan. Drat!
Posted by: Count de Monet

KNOCK KNOCK! Is there room for one more?
Posted by: Helen Thomas at October 04, 2024 03:33 PM (+myjY)

Always! (makes room) But keep it on the down low as I'm now supposed to fantasize about them putative hot women.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 03:37 PM (Aqu9a)

394 369 How Hot Girls Became the Right's New Obsession

-
Eve was Adam's first obsession.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 03:33 PM (L/fGl)

"Adam is the man. The man remains constant. The man is always, "Oh, oh, gimme some, I want some, oh, gimme, gimme, gimme!"

- Cosby bit

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 04, 2024 03:37 PM (LxER7)

395 re 385: danger will robinson danger!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 04, 2024 03:37 PM (CWTWj)

396 I was more attracted to unconventionally lovely ladies.

Posted by: Mary Wickes and Marcia Wallace at October 04, 2024 03:37 PM (CV8a5)

397 26...BREAKING: The entire Chicago Board of Education is resigning, a stunning development after months of acrimony.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 02:46 PM (IG4Id)

Good news. I guess.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 04, 2024 03:37 PM (Rbu5d)

398 Meanwhile, here's a couple of hot left-wing chicks talking about the importance of healthy eating:

https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1841867678912328048

Posted by: Cave Johnson at October 04, 2024 03:37 PM (TeZWv)

399 What would that nice boy who works at the Bates Motel say about his ideal woman?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 03:38 PM (GBKbO)

400 Which one of the Brady’s did you want to bang?

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 04, 2024 03:38 PM (/UtnQ)

401 "Adam is the man. The man remains constant. The man is always, "Oh, oh, gimme some, I want some, oh, gimme, gimme, gimme!"

- Cosby bit
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 04, 2024 03:37 PM (LxER7)

Then, man discovered roofies.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 03:38 PM (Zz0t1)

402 https://tinyurl.com/5n8mbdsc
Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 04, 2024 03:28 PM (JCZqz)

I never had that poster, because Catholic parents. But all my buddies did. Brother and I watched "Logan's Run" from our backyard. It faced the local drive-in theater. No sound, but plenty of Jenny Agutter and Farah. Dad told us not to sneak out and watch that movie. But he said it while Mom was in the room. We took that as permission.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 03:38 PM (Ad8y9)

403 Republicans are now the party of coolness, funny memes and hot chicks.

This is not who we are!

Posted by: GOPe at October 04, 2024 03:38 PM (/QhWS)

404 Hello North Carolina,,,,,,,,,, I am here today on a very important mission...

How does everyone here like my new $10,000 Gold Necklace from Beverly Hills?????

Posted by: Kamal Harris at October 04, 2024 03:38 PM (/1UO6)

405 Samantha Fox was on my wall in college.

It’s a little disappointing that she’s a lesbian.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2024 03:36 PM (QISEP)

You of course mean "awesome"

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 03:38 PM (LCr8f)

406 WTAF, guys!
Posted by: Ann B. Davis

Alice had Sam the butcher. All the meat she would ever need.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:38 PM (v6JzV)

407 396 I was more attracted to unconventionally lovely ladies.
Posted by: Mary Wickes and Marcia Wallace

I feel you.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 04, 2024 03:38 PM (JCZqz)

408
https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1841867678912328048
Posted by: Cave Johnson at October 04, 2024 03:37 PM (TeZWv)

The universe laughs at us.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 03:39 PM (Zz0t1)

409 i'd mention whose pic is on my desk but you'd make fun of me.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 04, 2024 03:39 PM (CWTWj)

410 Which one of the Brady’s did you want to bang?
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 04, 2024 03:38 PM (/UtnQ)

Tom

Posted by: Mayor Pete at October 04, 2024 03:39 PM (DDGz9)

411 Which one of the Brady’s did you want to bang?

Tiger

Posted by: Tampon Tim Walz at October 04, 2024 03:39 PM (+myjY)

412 >Can somebody name me a single leftist woman who does not look like Rosie O'Donnell after a three day bender, and needing a shave?
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Yeah

Posted by: Don at October 04, 2024 03:40 PM (/7KEl)

413 Vagina!

Corollary: Boobs!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 04, 2024 03:40 PM (XYDmC)

414 And now, from Bassackwards World . . .

The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show
@clayandbuck
.@davidaxelrod says the slow response to Hurricane Helene will cost Trump votes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 03:40 PM (L/fGl)

415 388 Samantha Fox was on my wall in college.

It’s a little disappointing that she’s a lesbian.
Posted by: Ian S.

That's not a problem!

Posted by: Bill Cosby at October 04, 2024 03:40 PM (JCZqz)

416 Nice to see you Ferd Berfall. Do Fred and Fanny Farkle still live across the street from you?

Posted by: Laugh-In Party Scene at October 04, 2024 03:40 PM (CV8a5)

417 I regards to the photo:

Bunk.

Posted by: Minuteman at October 04, 2024 03:41 PM (LaNzR)

418 And not to forget that absolute dish, Bea Arthur.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 03:41 PM (Aqu9a)

419 i'd mention whose pic is on my desk but you'd make fun of me.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 04, 2024 03:39 PM (CWTWj)
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I know whose pic it better be.

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2024 03:41 PM (bS+DD)

420 hey my last name fell off
it's back now

Posted by: Don Black at October 04, 2024 03:41 PM (/7KEl)

421 Alice the Maid and Nanny to the kids....

Posted by: Doug Emhoff at October 04, 2024 03:41 PM (/1UO6)

422 How does everyone here like my new $10,000 Gold Necklace from Beverly Hills?????
Posted by: Kamal Harris at October 04, 2024 03:38 PM (/1UO6)

Impressive frugality. Wouldn't want to wear one of your nice ones to go slumming around with a bunch of gross soggy MAGAts.

This is the kind of preparedness and thrift we need in a president!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 03:41 PM (DDGz9)

423
It’s a little disappointing that she’s a lesbian.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2024 03:36 PM (QISEP)

I don't think she was back then, but became one after being sexually exploited for a decade or so and decided men were poopie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 03:41 PM (Zz0t1)

424 re 401: "Then, man discovered roofies"

i can almost hear that in bill cosby's voice

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 04, 2024 03:41 PM (CWTWj)

425 414 And now, from Bassackwards World . . .

The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show
@clayandbuck
.@davidaxelrod says the slow response to Hurricane Helene will cost Trump votes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 03:40 PM (L/fGl)

=======

Again, on a raw vote basis, this is more likely affecting more Democrats than Republicans.

Democrats clustered in Asheville rather than Republicans spread out across the counties.

This is just a general fuck up by incompetents, not a coordinated effort to stop voting weeks before it even starts with plenty of time for other parties to go in and address it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 03:41 PM (GBKbO)

426 Ace missed a huge opportunity to use "Male Gayze" here..

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at October 04, 2024 03:41 PM (FAbrK)

427 HUh? I plead insanity you Honor. I was crazy about the girl!

I blame Alberto Vargas for my obsession with beautiful Au Naturale girls... My Godfather Angelo bequeathed my his deck of Vargas playing cards. Mhmm 52 Beeutiful Ladeez.. and the joker wasn't bad either...

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 04, 2024 03:42 PM (/xdGM)

428 Which one of the Brady’s did you want to bang?
Posted by: Puddinhead

I was a Marcia fan, but one of my friends had a crush on Eve Plumb, who played Jan.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:42 PM (v6JzV)

429 Can somebody name me a single leftist woman who does not look like Rosie O'Donnell after a three day bender, and needing a shave?

Of course. Plenty of hot female celebrities. Lots of LIV women who vote Dem, consider themselves Lefties, but only casually/by default. Hell, let's be real...AOC is much better looking than Rosanne lol.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 04, 2024 03:42 PM (JCZqz)

430 re 419: ? tell me

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 04, 2024 03:42 PM (CWTWj)

431 I LOVE this.
It must absolutely kill them that young men are rejecting all that queer sh#t!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 03:42 PM (Hkcdp)

432 @clayandbuck
.@davidaxelrod says the slow response to Hurricane Helene will cost Trump votes.

Is that because R's don't vote when they are dead, unlike their D neighbors? F'in ghoul.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 04, 2024 03:43 PM (/QhWS)

433 >Which one of the Brady’s did you want to bang?

the mom

Posted by: Don Black at October 04, 2024 03:43 PM (/7KEl)

434 Well, I messed that up. That was supposed to say "Mrs. gnats local 678" but I put it in the URL field instead. I am a Luddite.

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2024 03:43 PM (bS+DD)

435
The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show
@clayandbuck
.@davidaxelrod says the slow response to Hurricane Helene will cost Trump votes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 03:40 PM (L/fGl)

The Biden / Harris admin has done DICK for the victims. Trump has raised over 5 million dollars that will go direct to the people effected.

Trump wins. David Axelrod EABOD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 03:43 PM (Zz0t1)

436 Video games, comics, sports, movies, tv shows , the left has destroyed or is in the process of destroying all of them.

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 03:43 PM (HJ9BW)

437 >>> 408
https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1841867678912328048
Posted by: Cave Johnson at October 04, 2024 03:37 PM (TeZWv)

The universe laughs at us.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 03:39 PM (Zz0t1)

Subjects are retarded human males...

Posted by: space aliens at October 04, 2024 03:43 PM (FnneF)

438 ((...and now they're appropriating "snatch"?))

__________________________________

One thing we can be perfectly sure of is that gay men are not interested in "appropriating snatch."

Posted by: Orson at October 04, 2024 03:43 PM (dIske)

439 David Axelrod has been sniffing glue again, huh?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 03:44 PM (Hkcdp)

440 Many hot female leftists are bought so they don't count. Look at the lefty commentators. How many "hot" ones?

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 03:44 PM (LCr8f)

441 I was more attracted to unconventionally lovely ladies.
Posted by: Mary Wickes and Marcia Wallace

Both of whom were very funny. Mary Wickes cracks me up nearly every time I see her.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:44 PM (v6JzV)

442 Sorry hot celebrity leftists that was supposed to say

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 03:44 PM (LCr8f)

443 >>>re 401: "Then, man discovered roofies"

i can almost hear that in bill cosby's voice

Posted by: gnats local 678

>Only a baby boomer would say that.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 03:44 PM (XYDmC)

444 Why is this news? Men have liked pretty women since Eve.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 03:45 PM (p4NUW)

445 I loved Vance's pink tie. I loved it so much, I want him to give me a matching pink sock. Hubba hubba, iykwimaityd.

Posted by: Bruce from Spruce at October 04, 2024 03:45 PM (ji3Wy)

446 Alice Kramden was very pretty but got hotness points for her stunning timing and delivery.

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 03:45 PM (LCr8f)

447 444 Why is this news? Men have liked pretty women since Eve.
Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 03:45 PM (p4NUW)

======

No belly button. Weird.

3/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 03:45 PM (GBKbO)

448 Which one of the Brady’s did you want to bang?

the mom
Posted by: Don Black at October 04, 2024 03:43 PM (/7KEl)

Carol. yeah, she was a looker.

Funny. Barry Williams (Greg) had a huge crush on her. Robert Reed was, well, Robert Reed.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 03:45 PM (Ad8y9)

449 Bull. Shit. It all started with the High Beam Doris Day interview on Johnny Carson.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:55 PM (IB6XK

In blue dress!

There is iron in the words of rickb223 for all men to see.
Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2024 03:02 PM (o2ZRX)

So THIS why we have to wear bras! If we didn't, nothing would EVER get done.

Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 04, 2024 03:45 PM (JCLJi)

450 TRUMP'S KATRINA

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 03:45 PM (LCr8f)

451 Well I suppose the hurricane will cost Trump votes, the people who would have voted for him that were killed will now vote Democrat ...

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 03:45 PM (HJ9BW)

452 When asked what Harris’ biggest accomplishment was, the ‘Hotties for Harris’ couldn’t provide an answer.

To be fair, they were just told to show up and try to look "hot."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 03:45 PM (+myjY)

453 409 i'd mention whose pic is on my desk but you'd make fun of me.
Posted by: gnats local 678

Holy shit! Was that you?!?! https://tinyurl.com/4kpesx9v

Posted by: Wild guess at October 04, 2024 03:46 PM (JCZqz)

454 So...the lefty media has now become your scolding, old, prudish parents - no hot girls for you, quit looking...no joking or laughing at people, be serious...put that gum away...quit fidgeting, stop saying things so loudly...hurrrumphh!

Why...it's almost like they're Republicans now!

Posted by: Boswell at October 04, 2024 03:46 PM (V7158)

455 I don't know what this thread is even about... I just like the pics.

Posted by: Inogame at October 04, 2024 03:46 PM (53oGX)

456 Andrea Dworkin. "Nuff said.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 03:46 PM (Aqu9a)

457 To be fair, they were just told to show up and try to look "hot."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 03:45 PM (+myjY)

The boob and crack sweat was particularly convincing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 03:47 PM (DDGz9)

458 So THIS why we have to wear bras! If we didn't, nothing would EVER get done.
Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 04, 2024 03:45 PM (JCLJi)

Oh, things would "get done" all right.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 03:47 PM (+myjY)

459 Alberto Vargas
https://tinyurl.com/442ppamd

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 04, 2024 03:47 PM (/xdGM)

460 Again, on a raw vote basis, this is more likely affecting more Democrats than Republicans.

Democrats clustered in Asheville rather than Republicans spread out across the counties.

This is just a general fuck up by incompetents, not a coordinated effort to stop voting weeks before it even starts with plenty of time for other parties to go in and address it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 03:41 PM (GBKbO)

———-

While Asheville has a liberal government, they stay in power because the local Repub party sucks and can’t even rouse people to vote for them. Also the voting has been at large rather than city districts.

Overall WNC is Trump territory and it isn’t even close.

I too think they are slow walking a response to negative affect the election for Trump and probably Robinson.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 03:47 PM (gYHPZ)

461 It all began with Sydney Sweeney's cleavage.
.......

No, for me it started in the 6th grade.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 03:47 PM (v0R5T)

462 Watch any 80’s teen movie - all you see are beautiful people dressing to look good, attract the opposite, not weirdo piercings, tats, purple hair, etc. it’s shocking to see how ugly Genz and milenials are in comparison, as a group (obviously still some beauty, but far less prevalent).

Sad!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 03:47 PM (Hkcdp)

463 maddow apparently wasn't unattractive when younger

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 04, 2024 03:47 PM (CWTWj)

464 Musk is now claiming that FEMA is forbidding his people from landing and delivering Starlink terminals and supplies.

FEMA isn't just slow walking their response they are actively preventing other people from helping.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 03:47 PM (LkLld)

465 433 >Which one of the Brady’s did you want to bang?

the mom
Posted by: Don Black

Da maid.

Posted by: Arnold Schwarzenegger at October 04, 2024 03:48 PM (JCZqz)

466 danica patrick has endorsed trump

axelrod is still evil,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 03:48 PM (PXvVL)

467 Looking at “Doctor” McCann, I’m reminded of a lyric by The Cramps: “She’s got a look on her puss like she was weaned on a pickle.”

https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/tori-cann

Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at October 04, 2024 03:48 PM (uDtSY)

468 FEMA isn't just slow walking their response they are actively preventing other people from helping.

I have seen several witnesses attest to this

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 03:48 PM (HJ9BW)

469
I saw a meme that made sense, "Men prefer debt-free virgins with no tattoos".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 03:48 PM (BkEzK)

470 464 Musk is now claiming that FEMA is forbidding his people from landing and delivering Starlink terminals and supplies.

has he considered delivering them by icbm?

Posted by: anachronda at October 04, 2024 03:48 PM (sGtp+)

471 No belly button. Weird.

3/10

Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04,

Wasn't there a super model who didn't have a belly button because of some type of disorder?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 03:48 PM (52RXy)

472 Where are all the associate professors of bewbs and bewb related culture?

Posted by: Candidus at October 04, 2024 03:49 PM (JI8/o)

473 When "The Jerk" came out I was 12/13. I was torn between Bernadette Peters and that hard biker chick.

Posted by: DOYLE at October 04, 2024 03:49 PM (Z8Yh2)

474 maddow apparently wasn't unattractive when younger
Posted by: gnats local 678

No, she wasn't. In her high-school yearbook picture she looks pretty good.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:49 PM (v6JzV)

475 Elizabeth Pipko

https://tinyurl.com/5fn3xjam

Posted by: Braenyard - jobs report to be revised downward 3Xs at October 04, 2024 03:49 PM (NwuoC)

476 Correction: the caption should read, "L to R: the right one, the left one."

It's not a mirror or a "selfie", to use the word the young people use nowadays.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at October 04, 2024 03:49 PM (BHrzb)

477 I saw a meme that made sense, "Men prefer debt-free virgins with no tattoos".

I mean, we have been known to go for tatted up and pierced skanks too....

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 03:49 PM (HJ9BW)

478 re 453: not even close.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 04, 2024 03:50 PM (CWTWj)

479 I can't believe no one's mentioned Ann Margaret yet.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:50 PM (v6JzV)

480
Which one of the Brady’s did you want to bang?
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 04, 2024 03:38 PM (/UtnQ)

Carol, of course.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 04, 2024 03:50 PM (y9nCu)

481 Amaryllis Fox
@amaryllisfox
The DNC, via MoveOn, is openly hiring people to harass our campaign.

Here's a photo of their protestors, who showed up to our event today with signs all written in the same handwriting. When our staffer struck up conversation with them, they spoke little English but said that they had been paid and were homeless, so needed the money.

At least we seem to be causing the Biden Administration to do something to help poor people in this country.

Which is more than can be said for the paid army they currently have working here on X, the majority of whom are in Pakistan.

If they want to help poor people in Pakistan, they should consider refraining from orchestrating military coups there.

Posted by: Jill Stein at October 04, 2024 03:50 PM (GITLP)

482 Saw a picture of her on the beach with her wife.
She has/had nice childbearing hips.

Posted by: Braenyard - jobs report to be revised downward 3Xs at October 04, 2024 03:50 PM (NwuoC)

483 Wasn't there a super model who didn't have a belly button because of some type of disorder?
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 03:48 PM (52RXy)

When I was a baby my grandmother ace-bandaged a silver dollar over my bellybutton, to make sure I had an inny.

I store tuna cans in there now.

Posted by: Candidus at October 04, 2024 03:50 PM (JI8/o)

484 Musk is now claiming that FEMA is forbidding his people from landing and delivering Starlink terminals and supplies.

FEMA isn't just slow walking their response they are actively preventing other people from helping.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 03:47 PM (LkLld)

------------------

OUT: You will be made to care.
IN: You will be made to die.

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 03:50 PM (xAQTe)

485 All the graying, middle-aged, childless cat lady journalists and gender studies professors who can't find eligible men (who are interested in them) must be getting green with jealousy.

So of course they start a "thing" about it, in a pitiful attempt to shame men about liking pretty young girls. Trying to sabotage their younger, prettier competition.

Good luck with that, grubby drab dried-up Karens.

Posted by: ruralcounsel at October 04, 2024 03:51 PM (diMhW)

486 Ann Margaret was smoking, Viva Las Vegas era yowza

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 03:51 PM (HJ9BW)

487 I can't believe no one's mentioned Ann Margaret yet.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:50 PM (v6JzV)

She did do convincing things with a barrel of beans.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 03:51 PM (+myjY)

488 #KamalasKatrina

Alliteration!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 03:51 PM (Hkcdp)

489 You are bad if you're normal. To make amends, you must cultivate some fashionable mental illness. Don't give up! You can do it if you try!

Posted by: Emmie at October 04, 2024 03:51 PM (oZ3Fs)

490 The A-Number 1, creme de la creme, tippy-top of female desirability resides, of course, in none other than Rosa DeLauro.

I could spank it to her all day.

Bunk!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 03:51 PM (Aqu9a)

491
A name like Amyrillis is so Meredith Willson.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 03:51 PM (BkEzK)

492 471 No belly button. Weird.

3/10

Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04,

How about two belly buttons?

Posted by: Mariette Hartley in Genesis II at October 04, 2024 03:51 PM (PiwSw)

493

nood, foo's

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 03:52 PM (dQzv6)

494 Wasn't there a super model who didn't have a belly button because of some type of disorder?
Posted by: Northernlurker

Maybe you're thinking of Barbara Eden's Jeannie, who wasn't allowed to show hers?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 03:52 PM (v6JzV)

495 477 I saw a meme that made sense, "Men prefer debt-free virgins with no tattoos".

I mean, we have been known to go for tatted up and pierced skanks too....
Posted by: steevy

For example, many would make an exception for the previously mentioned tattooed sandwich girl https://tinyurl.com/5e67hbkn

Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 04, 2024 03:52 PM (JCZqz)

496 KamalasKatrina

Alliteration!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 03:51 PM (Hkcdp)

Harris's Helene!

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 03:52 PM (LCr8f)

497 Apparently, per Gorka, Elon Musk will be joining President Trump in Butler, PA tomorrow.

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 03:52 PM (xAQTe)

498 are you hallucinating, yikes,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 03:53 PM (PXvVL)

499 >>>Funny. Barry Williams (Greg) had a huge crush on her. Robert Reed was, well, Robert Reed.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories

>Wasn't this the Mike Brady that couldn't get enough of Sam the Butcher's fat cock?

Poor Alice.

Posted by: Dr. Puffy Combs at October 04, 2024 03:53 PM (XYDmC)

500 Elon is really pissed. FEMA is blocking Starlink engineers from delivering Starlink and supplies in North Carolina. Lots of people on X saying the same thing. FEMA is in FA mode.

Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 03:53 PM (VihIQ)

501 Someone should put together a video of lib women asking why they can’t find a man, with quotes from this article intertwined.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 03:53 PM (pFg/0)

502 486 Ann Margaret was smoking, Viva Las Vegas era yowza
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2024 03:51 PM (HJ9BW)

Joey Heatherton was a gas gas gas too!!!!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 04, 2024 03:53 PM (/xdGM)

503 new thread if no one mentioned it

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 04, 2024 03:53 PM (CWTWj)

504 >>Apparently, per Gorka, Elon Musk will be joining President Trump in Butler, PA tomorrow.

Yea, Elon was talking about it on Twitter this morning.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 03:54 PM (LkLld)

505 shes former company? miss fox,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 03:54 PM (PXvVL)

506 Oooh, yes: Harris’Helene - even better!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 03:54 PM (Hkcdp)

507 What I love about Ann-Margret is that she was very pro-troops during the Vietnam war. That and she's stunningly beautiful.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 03:54 PM (Ad8y9)

508 Mary Wickes was very funny in The Man Who Came To Dinner. The real star, of course, was the penguin.

Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at October 04, 2024 03:54 PM (CV8a5)

509 Note Musk just got from one of his team.

>>“Hey Elon, update here on site of Asheville, NC. We have powered up two large operating bases for choppers to deliver goods into hands. We’ve deployed 300+ starlinks and outpour is it has saved many lives.

>>The big issue is FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own. It’s very real and scary how much they have taken control to stop people helping. We are blocked now on the shipments of new starlinks coming in until we get an escort from the fire dept. but that may not be enough.”

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 03:55 PM (LkLld)

510
For example, many would make an exception for the previously mentioned tattooed sandwich girl https://tinyurl.com/5e67hbkn
Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 04, 2024 03:52 PM (JCZqz)

Exception for a night? Absolutely. For a long term relationship or marriage? Nope.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 03:55 PM (pFg/0)

511 FEMA isn't just slow walking their response they are actively preventing other people from helping.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 03:47 PM (LkLld)

Whole lotta 'Respect my authority!!!' going on I'm sure

Posted by: A dude in MI at October 04, 2024 03:55 PM (/6GbT)

512
Musk is now claiming that FEMA is forbidding his people from landing and delivering Starlink terminals and supplies.

FEMA isn't just slow walking their response they are actively preventing other people from helping.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 03:47 PM (LkLld)

Call Erik Prince, have him send in platoons of bearded PMC pipe-hitters. FEMA doesn't have arrest powers, they're a bunch of paper-pushers.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 04, 2024 03:55 PM (y9nCu)

513 I saw memes coming out of the NW corridor of NC stating:

We need food,water ect
We're NOT ASKING!!!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 04, 2024 03:56 PM (/xdGM)

514 I see an awful lot of dowdy white lesbians with a lot of other dowdy white lesbians. Maybe it's time for the white lesbians to change their sexual preferences to be more "inclusive."

#DoBetter, dowdy white lesbians. #DoBetter.

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Subaru Outbacks hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 03:57 PM (xAQTe)

515 No one ever looked at Marilyn Monroe’s boob.

Posted by: JFK at October 04, 2024 03:58 PM (lrxmU)

516 That could just be that mouthy AWFLs never leave perfectly normal guys in peace but are constantly hectoring them and bitching at them and writing articles about Yes, All Men Are Terrible and Need to be Changed.

-----------

Bitchsplaining?

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 03:59 PM (xAQTe)

517 Brady Bunch came along a little too late for me to be really into it . . . but I went to high school with a girl who looked a *lot* like Eve Plumb, so I was partial to her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 04:01 PM (J2vNu)

518 For example, many would make an exception for the previously mentioned tattooed sandwich girl https://tinyurl.com/5e67hbkn
Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 04, 2024
*
Exception for a night? Absolutely. For a long term relationship or marriage? Nope.
Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024

***
Except for the tats, which make her arms look dirty, she looks great.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 04:03 PM (J2vNu)

519 458 So THIS why we have to wear bras! If we didn't, nothing would EVER get done.
Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 04, 2024 03:45 PM (JCLJi)

Oh, things would "get done" all right.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 03:47 PM (+myjY)

Werkin hard, I assure you!

Posted by: Tooobin at October 04, 2024 04:10 PM (53oGX)

520 I find Sydney Sweeney vapidly attractive. She’s young with a decent figure, but there’s very little about her that 1,000 other girls in Hollywood don’t have.

Posted by: Advo at October 04, 2024 04:21 PM (jO4mz)

521 Notice that all of the quoted commentators are a) women, and b) academics at shitty "universities."

E.g., Oxford Brookes "University" was in fact a polytechnic until recently, basically a glorified junior college. It got bumped up to "university" status and had "Oxford" prepended to it as a preemptive strike against deprecation of its academic chops.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 04:28 PM (YqDXo)

522 I don't actually think Sydney, for me at least, is that pretty, but these pro-ugmo leftist miss part of what makes Sydney and the Hawk-Tuah girl attractive, they both appear to just be normal ladies who like to enjoy life.

Someone posted a video earlier with some girl losing get kind like a complete psycho against Charlie Kirk. She was somewhat pretty, but never attractive because she was nuts, violent, and probably someone who wants to spend friday night's screaming at people on reddit. Mean the two girls mentioned in the article would probably be happy drinking beer and watching Adam Sandler movies.

Leftist need to realize that it's not always their looks that doom them to be unloved, it's their personality.

Posted by: Rbastid at October 04, 2024 04:31 PM (Gl0jE)

523 So THIS why we have to wear bras! If we didn't, nothing would EVER get done.
Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 04, 2024 03:45 PM (JCLJi)
___________

Berkeley feminists in the 70s used to go braless, claiming that after while men wouldn't be mesmerized by jiggling, bouncing boobs.

Sure, go with that. A couple of hundred millennia, and we won't pay attention anymore.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 04:35 PM (YqDXo)

524 Oxford Brookes "University" was in fact a polytechnic until recently, basically a glorified junior college. It got bumped up to "university" status and had "Oxford" prepended to it as a preemptive strike against deprecation of its academic chops.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 04:28 PM (YqDXo)

Virginia Tech - assuredly not a glorified junior college - is a polytechnic university.

I don't get why that's reflexively bad.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at October 04, 2024 04:38 PM (FAbrK)

525 Virginia Tech - assuredly not a glorified junior college - is a polytechnic university.

I don't get why that's reflexively bad.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at October 04, 2024 04:38 PM (FAbrK)
______________

Brit polytechnic != American polytechnic

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 04:40 PM (YqDXo)

526 Leftist need to realize that it's not always their looks that doom them to be unloved, it's their personality.

Posted by: Rbastid at October 04, 2024 04:31 PM (Gl0jE)
_______________

Their personalities are their birth control.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 04:41 PM (YqDXo)

527 As Insty says, the future belongs to those who show up.

The political movement of homosexuality and transgenderism is in for a bleak future.
Posted by: Jay in PA at October 04, 2024 02:45 PM (i7Q7S)

Transgenderism, as an acquired characteristic can last as long as feminism and Marxism have.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 04:50 PM (n7h9X)

528 University of East Anglia, huh? They're the ones with the salad bar in the student lunchroom, right?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

They're the ones who produced fake "climate-change" data.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:57 PM (v6JzV)

All climate change data is fake.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:04 PM (n7h9X)

529 I find Sydney Sweeney vapidly attractive. She’s young with a decent figure, but there’s very little about her that 1,000 other girls in Hollywood don’t have.
Posted by: Advo at October 04, 2024 04:21 PM (jO4mz)

No, she's smarter than all of them.

After getting stuck in an awful movie that lost bushels of money in a frumpy outfit, she went to a major party with a low cut, revealing outfit and saved her career instead of bitching about the fans.

She's Albert Einstein genius level for modern day starlets.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:07 PM (n7h9X)

530 Elon is really pissed. FEMA is blocking Starlink engineers from delivering Starlink and supplies in North Carolina. Lots of people on X saying the same thing. FEMA is in FA mode.
Posted by: Megthered at October 04, 2024 03:53 PM (VihIQ)

He should just block anyone with a FEMA email or description in their bios from Twitter.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:10 PM (n7h9X)

531 Berkeley feminists in the 70s used to go braless, claiming that after while men wouldn't be mesmerized by jiggling, bouncing boobs.

Sure, go with that. A couple of hundred millennia, and we won't pay attention anymore.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 04, 2024 04:35 PM (YqDXo)

No, it works, we aren't mesmerized by Feminist women's boobs any more. And aren't they getting pissed about it.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:12 PM (n7h9X)

532 I don't actually think Sydney, for me at least, is that pretty, but these pro-ugmo leftist miss part of what makes Sydney and the Hawk-Tuah girl attractive, they both appear to just be normal ladies who like to enjoy life.

Posted by: Rbastid at October 04, 2024 04:31 PM (Gl0jE)

Yeah, HT's sin is saying that women should want to do something nice for the man they supposedly love. Her method is one thing but they believe the exact same thing about cleaning, cooking, watching the kids, having kids, not emptying the bank account on trash, or a thousand other things.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:15 PM (n7h9X)

533 Leftist need to realize that it's not always their looks that doom them to be unloved, it's their personality.
Posted by: Rbastid at October 04, 2024 04:31 PM (Gl0jE)

Personality tends to get imprinted on the looks pretty quickly.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:17 PM (n7h9X)

534 Brady Bunch came along a little too late for me to be really into it . . . but I went to high school with a girl who looked a *lot* like Eve Plumb, so I was partial to her.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 04:01 PM (J2vNu)

My oldest sister was a virtual clone of Susan Dey from the Partridge Family show.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:18 PM (n7h9X)

535 All the graying, middle-aged, childless cat lady journalists and gender studies professors who can't find eligible men (who are interested in them) must be getting green with jealousy.

So of course they start a "thing" about it, in a pitiful attempt to shame men about liking pretty young girls. Trying to sabotage their younger, prettier competition.

Good luck with that, grubby drab dried-up Karens.

Posted by: ruralcounsel at October 04, 2024 03:51 PM (diMhW)

Its not just the Karens. The gals in their 30s who are finding they suddenly want to get married before the fertility wall have suddenly decided that men their age should quit dating young girls in their 20s to open up the dating pool for them. Of course in their 20s they dated men in their 30s who had more spending money.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 05:23 PM (n7h9X)

536 Angela Cartwright(Lost in Space)the sister to Voronica Cartwright(The Birds)go way back

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at October 04, 2024 05:45 PM (wGqjj)

537 More than a mouthful is a waste.

Posted by: setnaffa at October 04, 2024 06:47 PM (nOVGb)

538 Actually, it should be: "L to R: The Right One, The Left One."

Posted by: Ash is a damn robot! at October 04, 2024 07:31 PM (kvDvI)

539 It wasn't her looks or boobs that made her stand out. There are LOTS of "hot" girls running around on the internet and in entertainment, many of whom are far more willing to flaunt everything than her. What made Sweeney stand out was the fact that she laughed at herself and she laughed at a terrible movie she was in. She showed a sense of humor, an ability to take a joke at her own expense, and then, and ONLY then, did she eventually reveal she had no problem being good looking. It was her ATTITUDE that made her a big deal, NOT just being "hot."

Posted by: Patrick at October 04, 2024 07:37 PM (29bPH)

540 I would fuck Sydney Sweeney's shadow on a gravel driveway. In Alabama. In July.

Posted by: butch at October 04, 2024 08:42 PM (Uz28C)

541 Sydney Sweeney has a face?
Never noticed.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at October 04, 2024 08:47 PM (6Qw2E)

542 Again and again and again, the subject of leftist lies is irrelevant.

Theodore Dalrymple: "The purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. "

Jordan Peterson: "Tyranny is the grip of the lie."

You will avow that you do not care about beauty, or sex, or reproduction, or you will be punished.

What makes you think you will be allowed to have sex at all? No one--no one who matters, anyway--wants your proletarian gametes.

(But all that is irrelevant. The point is that you are worthless. You will think and say and do what you are told. Or else.)

Posted by: DJMoore at October 05, 2024 03:10 AM (RFYja)

MSNBC Producer: Our Programming Is Indistinguishable From the Democrat Party; We Are Doing All We Can to Help Kamala Win; Our Audience Screams At Us If We Criticize Democrats, So Network Forbids Doing So

James O'Keefe
@JamesOKeefeIII
BREAKING: @MSNBC Producer Admits MSNBC Is 'Doing All They Can to Help' the Harris Campaign
During an undercover date with an OMG journalist, Basel Hamdan (@BaselYHamdan
), a writer and producer for MSNBC's show "Ayman," (@AymanMSNBC
) was asked what the network has done to assist the Kamala Harris campaign. Hamdan revealed on hidden camera that "what her [Harris's] message of the day is, is their message of the day," as MSNBC actively pushes Harris's narrative to help her win. He admitted that MSNBC is doing "all they can to help," Harris get elected, with the network operating as an extension of the campaign. He went on to say, "MSNBC is indistinguishable from the party," further highlighting their partisan agenda.
In discussing the relationships between the MSNBC hosts and Democratic politicians, Hamdan reveals, "The anchor and the politician are just in total agreement about everything." He adds, "If you watch an interview with a Democratic politician, they just finish each other's sentences."
Hamdan also didn't shy away from criticizing the network's audience, stating, "They've made their viewers dumber over the years," and explaining that MSNBC is "too cozy with Democratic politicians."

BREAKING: @MSNBC Producer Admits MSNBC Is 'Doing All They Can to Help� the Harris Campaign

During an undercover date with an OMG journalist, Basel Hamdan (@BaselYHamdan), a writer and producer for MSNBC�s show �Ayman,� (@AymanMSNBC) was asked what the network has done to assist� pic.twitter.com/y9Yk8o1UX7
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) October 3, 2024

As if to confirm O'Keefe's reporting: MSNBC's Ari Melber had on a NeverTrumper, Ambassador Sondland, who had previously said he was a NeverTrump.

But now, with the world on fire, and Harris-Biden trying to protect poor Hamas, Hezballah, and Iran from mean Colonializer Israel, he says he's supporting Trump. He says that Harris-Biden have simply put the world in too much danger.

Ari Melber then begins shouting at him that he previously said he was NeverTrump and uh-oh, no fair, no take-backsies!

It's more of an immature tantrum that I'm describing.

Meanwhile, on "We are real news, Mr. President" CNN, this squalid cunt is pushing absolute Hezballah propaganda, claiming that Nasrallah actually agreed to a ceasefire -- secretly -- before the Evil Jews realized that would ruin their pretext for war so they quickly ordered a hit on him.

This has already been debunked by the US government, which said that Hezballah accepted no terms of any ceasefire.

But his nasty Whore for Terrorists and Tyrants has an agenda, and she will not be stopped:

pic.twitter.com/dt27u6GATp
— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) October 3, 2024

Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer

Now debunked by US officials. Embarrassing that this was posted without casting a shred of doubt.

What the MSNBC producer was talking about is called "audience capture" -- when a network is forced what to cover, and what not to cover, by angry partisans in their audience who will stop watching if their demands for 100% on-message political propaganda aren't obeyed.

The leftist "news" networks showed they're all captured by the thinnest sliver of hyperpartisan leftist viewers by simply refusing to cover the Doug Emhoff allegations.

Noted firebrand Megyn Kelly slammed the "news" media for their partisanship and cowardice.

He "actually smacked an ex-girlfriend in the face, either a smack or a punch," Kelly said. "That this super guy who's redefined toxic masculinity actually beat a woman that he was dating prior to Kamala. The Daily Mail reports that he did not respond to requests for comment on the article. What does that mean? There's not even going to be a denial? I guess they'll get around to it, just an allegation right now, but let me tell you, take some time today to read that Daily Mail report, because it's incredibly detailed with several friends of the very successful attorney that he was dating, his alleged victim, going to the Daily Mail, providing records to the Daily Mail, speaking in great detail about the call that the abuse victim alleged [sic] made to them after he smacked her in front of other people, in front of French valets over there in Cannes, France."

Posted by: Ace at 01:21 PM

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Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:21 PM (GBKbO)

2 Republicans pounce story

Posted by: Bete at October 04, 2024 01:21 PM (HkaBo)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:22 PM (Zz0t1)

4 O'Keefe has that FudgePot scam dialed.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 01:22 PM (IZn54)

5 MSNBC... you need to tone it down, man.

Posted by: The (North) Korean Central News Agency! at October 04, 2024 01:22 PM (uxCna)

6 Hamdan also didn't shy away from criticizing the network's audience, stating, "They've made their viewers dumber over the years," and explaining that MSNBC is "too cozy with Democratic politicians."

And how would you describe an idiot who talks to a stranger this way?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 01:22 PM (xCA6C)

7 MSNBC is where my brother gets his "news".
Sad.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 01:23 PM (v0R5T)

8 The media is the enemy of the people.

This proves it.

This is covered by the 1st Amendment, only in freedom of speech. These people are not press. They're willing, useful idiots of the Democrat party and should be shunned at every turn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:23 PM (Zz0t1)

9 I lum'd NOOD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)

10 Joseph Goebbels was more ethical and transparent than the Press today is.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 01:24 PM (xcxpd)

11 I mean. It’s nice to have it on tape but we knew this to be true.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 04, 2024 01:24 PM (eZwyX)

12 I mean they're at Brett Ratner levels of hack fraudery.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 01:24 PM (xcxpd)

13 Surprising.... no one.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 01:24 PM (Q4IgG)

14 Think Bush the Lesser is sitting in Texas, watching Kamihamaha and Resident Bite me getting a pass in the hurricane and having a hard on remembering how the press crucified him for Katrina and how he he could manipulate in in his head to his masochistic fantasy that it meant he's a good person?

Posted by: Bete at October 04, 2024 01:25 PM (HkaBo)

15 >>>MSNBC Producer: Our Programming Is Indistinguishable From the Democrat Party

I . . . uh . . . I don't know what to say here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:25 PM (i24o9)

16 could've been first, but i read the content.

Posted by: anachronda at October 04, 2024 01:25 PM (sGtp+)

17 I lum'd NOOD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)

You can put your clothes back on now.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:25 PM (i24o9)

18 The hilarious part is that Trump getting elected would be an absolute gold mine for MSNBC and the rest of the establishment media.

An absolute gold mine.

If they had any sense, they would be running a "Springtime For Hitler" news operation, which pretends to support Kamala, while subtly doing everything possible to undermine her and get Trump elected.

Whoops! Whoopsie!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 01:26 PM (uxCna)

19 So they finally admit to being Cheerleaders for Democrats.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 01:26 PM (Da7Vv)

20 I am shocked, SHOCKED, that there is propogandizing going on in this news room!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 04, 2024 01:26 PM (LxER7)

21 The democommie/‘media’ lambada, one of the most obscene acts ever performed live on tv, is just for starters. We still got the rest of this month to go.

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2024 01:27 PM (o2ZRX)

22 Was it Ben Rhodes who said how stupid the modern press was and they lapped it up. Why not the audience as well who are all smart and excellent drivers. It's the other idiots watch being talked about.

Posted by: Bete at October 04, 2024 01:27 PM (HkaBo)

23 I have completely misplaced my shocked face. I don't even know where to start looking...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 04, 2024 01:27 PM (1FWWQ)

24 21 day cease-fire?

Best i can do is a all-of-the-days cease-breathing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 01:27 PM (DDGz9)

25 MSDNC

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 01:27 PM (FnneF)

26 And this willowed post deserves a repost.

For your afternoon entertainment, via LegalInsurrection, I present James Carville, who is losing his shit over this election:

According to a source who was on a Harris-Walz campaign training call attended by veteran campaign strategist James Carville, Carville went absolutely BALLISTIC yelling expletives at two young Democrat staffers, including @0liviajulianna who works for the Collin Allred Senate campaign.

The fiery barrage of insults included “dumb fat b*tch” directed at Julianna, and “out of touch fag*ots” began when the young staffers presented Carville with some social media videos they’ve been working on to appeal to White male voters. Carville was not impressed by any of them, saying they lacked substance.

When a visibly shaken gay male staffer told Carville he needed to apologize for using the F word, Carville told him to take his camo hat and shove it up his ass before leaving the call.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2024 01:21 PM (F01pQ)

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:27 PM (i24o9)

27 Dougie did come out and deny he hit the woman...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 01:28 PM (IyPmt)

28 Amanpour and her guest are both full of shit.

Posted by: huerfano at October 04, 2024 01:28 PM (VGOMa)

29 Someone needs to send that bit*h Amanpour a set of free cell phones. With matching walkie-talkies.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 01:28 PM (W/lyH)

30 14 Think Bush the Lesser is sitting in Texas, watching Kamihamaha and Resident Bite me getting a pass in the hurricane and having a hard on remembering how the press crucified him for Katrina and how he he could manipulate in in his head to his masochistic fantasy that it meant he's a good person?
Posted by: Bete
=======
GWB has at least, compared to Dick Cheney and daughter, not chosen to speak and confirm his idiocy in 2024.

I am quite comfortable with Bush never having any press attention anymore until he passes over.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:28 PM (ZOPh/)

31 Fox caters to lefites the same, they just have their talent less liqoured up on the air

Posted by: meh at October 04, 2024 01:28 PM (yjRHe)

32 Blast, got willowed, but important information:

In the jobs numbers released today, government workers accounted for 785K, and private employers accounted for 133K. That is a lot of government jobs created in a month. Why would they fake government jobs?

So they don't trigger the Sahm Rule. This rule means that if they didn't plug in those government jobs, unemployment would be at 4.5 percent instead of 4.1, and it would be an admission that the US is officially in recession.

Do you think those government jobs were actually filled in September, or they plugged in a number to avoid announcing the recession a month out from the election?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 01:28 PM (lTGtQ)

33
Is it just me or does O'Keeffe seem to usually entrap gayish men?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 01:28 PM (RKVpM)

34 I await the day where someone interviews Emhoff and asks the "When did you stop beating women" question.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:29 PM (Zz0t1)

35 Slingblade (Ben Rhodes) calling the presstitutes dumb is priceless

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 04, 2024 01:29 PM (1FWWQ)

36 28 Amanpour and her guest are both full of shit.
Posted by: huerfano
========
Amanpour is a long running disgrace of a reporter that just loves terrorists and hates anyone trying to kill or hurt them.

Enabler and an overall nasty scrunt.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:29 PM (ZOPh/)

37 Aww, I put comments about Phoenix's arresting performance in Joker in the last thread, now no one will read them.

I do want to pull this comment over though: I love that two Batman villain roles have won their actors Oscars and cemented their acting legacies. While the guy that played nipple Batman can't stop kvetching about Tarantino not considering him a bona fide movie star.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 01:29 PM (6wu9N)

38 So I wonder...does the Secret Service step in when Emhoff slaps Harris around from time to time?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 01:30 PM (W/lyH)

39 O'Keefe has that FudgePot scam dialed.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 01:22 PM (IZn54)

I'm lis........Oh.....I thought you said Fudge Tunnel.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at October 04, 2024 01:30 PM (Zz0t1)

40 Is it just me or does O'Keeffe seem to usually entrap gayish men?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 01:28 PM (RKVpM)

Easy targets, which is probably why it was so verboten in the IC, as they were so easily honeytrapped.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:30 PM (i24o9)

41 And how would you describe an idiot who talks to a stranger this way?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 01:22 PM (xCA6C)

Man-whore.

Sure likes that wine, eh?

This is Democrats in a nutshell.

Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 04, 2024 01:30 PM (JCLJi)

42 27 Dougie did come out and deny he hit the woman...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 04

And now the woman should come out and say he did or he didn’t. She is protected from retaliation now that it is so public. I would think.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 01:30 PM (QzINz)

43 32 Recession starts Nov 6, or as Hunter calls it, Pardon day.

Posted by: Bete at October 04, 2024 01:30 PM (HkaBo)

44 As we all have thought the news media and especially MSDNC is just the propaganda arm of the democrat party. So much like the late night "comedy" shows it is fighting for a slice of an ever smaller pie.

The media and entertainment industry have changed from a consumer orientated model to a subscriber model. So they give their audience what they want, they have to.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 04, 2024 01:30 PM (17s+e)

45 37 Aww, I put comments about Phoenix's arresting performance in Joker in the last thread, now no one will read them.

I do want to pull this comment over though: I love that two Batman villain roles have won their actors Oscars and cemented their acting legacies. While the guy that played nipple Batman can't stop kvetching about Tarantino not considering him a bona fide movie star.
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 01:29 PM (6wu9N)

Clooney is whining? That's hilarious, I'd love to see his cope tears.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (xcxpd)

46 If they had any sense, they would be running a "Springtime For Hitler" news operation, which pretends to support Kamala, while subtly doing everything possible to undermine her and get Trump elected.

They appear to have farmed that responsibility out to Joe Biden.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (xCA6C)

47 An idea for a new reality show:

A set of buffoonish aparaticks all with information.

A set of hot O'Keefe gals trained in milking information from these idiots.

They get paired off and a winner gal gets picked every week based on the time it takes her to break the guy and the quality of the info.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (Y6IkP)

48 The fiery barrage of insults included “dumb fat b*tch” directed at Julianna, and “out of touch fag*ots” began when the young staffers presented Carville with some social media videos they’ve been working on to appeal to White male voters.

Well, since we won't hire any young White males (at least heterosexual ones), we have to guess at what they want!

Posted by: The DNC! at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (uxCna)

49 Ok.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (PDf99)

50 I'm waiting for the Democrats to just nationalize the MSM and cull the numbers to something more manageable.

Plus the avenue for political grifting off a nationalized media / propaganda outfit would be pretty sweet.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (Q4IgG)

51
willowed:

"Dear, go Roundup the kids for dinner."

WASHINGTON – About 87 percent of 650 children tested had detectable levels of the ubiquitous and toxic herbicide glyphosate in their urine, according to a new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

/ MAHA or at least less full of Roundup

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (RKVpM)

52 >>Easy targets, which is probably why it was so verboten in the IC

It was never verbotten in the IC.

They used it to control their people.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (IZn54)

53 Think Bush the Lesser is sitting in Texas, watching Kamihamaha and Resident Bite me getting a pass in the hurricane and having a hard on remembering how the press crucified him for Katrina and how he he could manipulate in in his head to his masochistic fantasy that it meant he's a good person?
Posted by: Bete at October 04, 2024 01:25 PM (HkaBo)

I think he actually doesn't give a flying f*ck and just sits back and counts his millions and persuades people to vote for Kumswala.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (Zz0t1)

54 >>> Our Audience Screams At Us If We Criticize Democrats, So Network Forbids Doing So

Yet the audience they are desperately trying to court and keep happy won't watch them, and tanks their ratings... but at least they can stick it to the plebes.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (6wu9N)

55 The smile on Peter Navarro's face tells the whole story of the Sondland-Melber 'discussion.' Winning!

Posted by: Gref at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (aBgBM)

56 If the media were fair and unbiased, the Democrats would lose this election 67%-33%. Of with the cheat factored in 57%-43%.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (Da7Vv)

57 Anybody ask what that woman said to piss off Slap Emhoff?

Posted by: It needs an Answer at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (1FWWQ)

58 When a visibly shaken gay male staffer told Carville he needed to apologize for using the F word, Carville told him to take his camo hat and shove it up his ass before leaving the call.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2024 01:21 PM (F01pQ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:27 PM (i24o9)

Carville and his type are the ones that know how to steal an election, they did it all their lives. Any infighting between these groups is good news for election fairness. Marxists never learn and just shoot the people they need to exist in the head out of stubbornness.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 01:32 PM (n7h9X)

59 Is it just me or does O'Keeffe seem to usually entrap gayish men?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 01:28 PM (RKVpM)

Well, the marks are usually towards the top of the leftist food chain, so.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:32 PM (Zz0t1)

60 I love just how smug these little shits always are. They really think they're these world-straddling colossi of power and influence, and they're really just useless little flunkies who couldn't even spell OpSec.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 01:33 PM (DDGz9)

61 >>> 50 I'm waiting for the Democrats to just nationalize the MSM and cull the numbers to something more manageable.

Plus the avenue for political grifting off a nationalized media / propaganda outfit would be pretty sweet.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (Q4IgG)

It's a great deal!

Posted by: BBC at October 04, 2024 01:33 PM (FnneF)

62 That MSNBC is in the bag for the Dems falls under the heading
"No Shit Sherlock". Their audience expects it and everyone else knows it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2024 01:33 PM (0YS67)

63 >>Anybody ask what that woman said to piss off Slap Emhoff?

Reportedly she was flirting with a Valet.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 01:33 PM (IZn54)

64 Is it just me or does O'Keeffe seem to usually entrap gayish men?
Posted by: Divide by Zero
=========
Gay men are present in a lot of fields like politics (behind the scenes as well as closeted up front) and infotainment in part because a lot of them have notch counts that reach well over any Lothario bedding women.

Networking in other words. That statistic is often what makes them so vulnerable to honeypot traps.

Lesbians, on the other hand, are probably a safer risk because they do not show the same tendencies to try to bed everything they can see.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:33 PM (ZOPh/)

65 45 Clooney is whining? That's hilarious, I'd love to see his cope tears.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (xcxpd)

=======

It's a story from a few weeks ago. Tarantino categorizes movie stars similarly to how I do: Do they open a movie at the box office? Are they worth their pay?

It's obvious as shit that Clooney doesn't. He's a media creation, their Platonic ideal of a movie star, but they can't make him into one in actuality.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:34 PM (GBKbO)

66 Well it's not like Emoff ripped her arm off.
Michelle Fields

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 04, 2024 01:34 PM (17s+e)

67 Feces. I had planned a series of clever nonsense comments this morning, but the shit hit the fan here. Just as well; after a cup of coffee they didn't seem so funny.

We just have to call abusing women "Emhoffing", and wifebeaters become "Emhoff undershirts." It's the new masculinity, after all. (How would Jen Psaki look with a black eye, anyway?)

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 01:34 PM (1bNHn)

68 Audience capture . .

If any of yous start commenting in a non-smart non-military way, I'm outta here.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 04, 2024 01:34 PM (8AONa)

69 >>Lesbians, on the other hand, are probably a safer risk because they do not show the same tendencies to try to bed everything they can see.

I never understood why they adopt the Solidarity Fist?

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 01:34 PM (IZn54)

70 Relax, everybody, and let Chris Hayes explain.

Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes
The vast majority of professional conservatives in media and politics know this is a lie [that the Donks stole the FEMA money and gave it to the illegal aliens] and that it’s a disgusting lie. They all know.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 01:35 PM (L/fGl)

71 Trump should call him Slappy emhoff. That will force the media to mention it.

Posted by: Ace at October 04, 2024 01:35 PM (KRtlO)

72 So an MSDNC producer is a pole smoker? Who had that on their Bingo card?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 01:35 PM (p7LNr)

73 "WASHINGTON – About 87 percent of 650 children tested had detectable levels of the ubiquitous and toxic herbicide glyphosate in their urine, according to a new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

This finding may or may not be significant, but "detectable" means less and less each day as our ability to detect gets better and better. Detecting 1 part per billion of some toxic compound doesn't mean you've been poisoned. The poison is in the dose.

Posted by: Bacon Jeff at October 04, 2024 01:35 PM (VGRuw)

74 57 Anybody ask what that woman said to piss off Slap Emhoff?
Posted by: It needs an Answer at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (1FWWQ)
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I read that they were at a valet stand. The girlfriend goes to one of the valets to see the status of car retrieval. The "Hof", drunk, thinks she's flirting with the guy and slaps her.

Posted by: WisRich at October 04, 2024 01:35 PM (G0vdT)

75 Slowly failing dive bar syndrome!

Management gets scared of chasing away the grizzled old drunks who barely keep the place alive, and worse, they refuse to acknowledge those same drunks are radioactive to any newbies dumb enough to walk through the door.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at October 04, 2024 01:35 PM (f+JVJ)

76 Anybody ask what that woman said to piss off Slap Emhoff?
Posted by: It needs an Answer

"Make your own damn sammich!"

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 01:35 PM (v6JzV)

77 I'd like to see the demographics for MessNBC viewers. I'm sure it's the same as The View:

white women and soi men 70+ has been my observation

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024 01:36 PM (dCxaZ)

78 He "actually smacked an ex-girlfriend in the face, either a smack or a punch," Kelly said. "That this super guy who's redefined toxic masculinity actually beat a woman that he was dating prior to Kamala. The Daily Mail reports that he did not respond to requests for comment on the article. What does that mean? There's not even going to be a denial? I guess they'll get around to it, just an allegation right now, but let me tell you, take some time today to read that Daily Mail report, because it's incredibly detailed with several friends of the very successful attorney that he was dating, his alleged victim, going to the Daily Mail, providing records to the Daily Mail, speaking in great detail about the call that the abuse victim alleged [sic] made to them after he smacked her in front of other people, in front of French valets over there in Cannes, France."
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I love ace's posting of the sanctimonious Que Mala video endorsing the Foul Pig, Blasey Ford, launching her histrionic attacks on Kavanaugh

Doug Emhoff hits girls? Cancel his sorry ass, Que Mala, because "your values have not changed".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2024 01:36 PM (rPFFq)

79 >>Easy targets, which is probably why it was so verboten in the IC

It was never verbotten in the IC.

They used it to control their people.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (IZn54)

Verboten may have been too broad, and yes, it was likely used to control people. Nevertheless, they faced - and IMO, justifiable - increased scrutiny. Until 1995, when Executive Order 12968 was signed by Clinton, changing longstanding policy, even if not explicitly written policy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:36 PM (i24o9)

80 70 Relax, everybody, and let Chris Hayes explain.

Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes
The vast majority of professional conservatives in media and politics know this is a lie [that the Donks stole the FEMA money and gave it to the illegal aliens] and that it’s a disgusting lie. They all know.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 01:35 PM (L/fGl)

========

"No, they properly adjucated funds to illegal immigrants from a common pool, something that their agency rules said that they were allowed to but is not written into law explicitly, depleting their funds overall while limiting their ability to address their core competencies. That makes it okay because their rules said so."
-Chris Hayes, 97% probability

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:36 PM (GBKbO)

81 Doug Emhoff is a card carrying member of the Slapaho tribe.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:36 PM (Zz0t1)

82 Countdown to LinkedIn status changing to 'looking for opportunities has started.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 04, 2024 01:36 PM (8AONa)

83 I think he actually doesn't give a flying f*ck and just sits back and counts his millions and persuades people to vote for Kumswala.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
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Like Cheney endorsing her, it is likely not to have the desired effect. Bush left office with really low public approval and people still have not forgotten Iraq and 2008 financial meltdown.

A lot of the ex Bushie aides have already announced for the Dems and that is probably the extent of any political influence that Bush has remaining.

Another four years whether Trump or Kamala, he will be as politically relevant as Jimmy Carter's comatose body.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:37 PM (ZOPh/)

84 >>> 51
willowed:

"Dear, go Roundup the kids for dinner."

WASHINGTON - About 87 percent of 650 children tested had detectable levels of the ubiquitous and toxic herbicide glyphosate in their urine, according to a new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

/ MAHA or at least less full of Roundup
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (RKVpM)

I'd like to know the numbers for "detectable" (especially since this is from the CDC).
Buuuuut
even if it's stupid tiny, I would be curious about where it's coming from (playing on suburban lawns or somewhere else?) and what other herbicides, pesticides, pharmaceuticals etc can be found in material amounts persisting in *anyone's* body.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 01:37 PM (FnneF)

85 I never understood why they adopt the Solidarity Fist?
Posted by: garrett

Didja see that James Woods has adopted a nick name for Mr. Second Lady? Slugger Doug.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 01:37 PM (L/fGl)

86 7 MSNBC is where my brother gets his "news".
Sad.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 01:23 PM (v0R5T)

does he fit my @77 description?

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024 01:38 PM (dCxaZ)

87 Anybody ask what that woman said to piss off Slap Emhoff?

Reportedly she was flirting with a Valet.
Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 01:33 PM (IZn54)

***

Intereshting...

Posted by: Sean Connery at October 04, 2024 01:38 PM (1FWWQ)

88 @chrislhayes
The vast majority of professional conservatives in media and politics know this is a lie [that the Donks stole the FEMA money and gave it to the illegal aliens] and that it’s a disgusting lie. They all know.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 01:35 PM (L/fGl)

Um, they've come out and said they have no money left for FEMA assistance to hurricane Helene victims because they've spent billions housing and trafficking illegals, you f*cking idiot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:38 PM (Zz0t1)

89 Why so serious?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 04, 2024 01:38 PM (QSrLX)

90 81 Doug Emhoff is a card carrying member of the Slapaho tribe.
Posted by: Sponge
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So you are saying it is his culture to act that way and we should not disapprove. Just like Haitians and cats in Springfield OH.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:38 PM (ZOPh/)

91 >> Until 1995, when Executive Order 12968 was signed by Clinton, changing longstanding policy, even if not explicitly written policy.

LBJ used to regularly mock all of the Figs that the IC had reporting to the WH.

They were always there.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 01:38 PM (IZn54)

92 What? I thought she said "i'd rather do it with a black eye"! Honest!

Posted by: Doug Emhoff at October 04, 2024 01:38 PM (DDGz9)

93 Jimmuh is still alive, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 01:38 PM (PDf99)

94 88 Um, they've come out and said they have no money left for FEMA assistance to hurricane Helene victims because they've spent billions housing and trafficking illegals, you f*cking idiot.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:38 PM (Zz0t1)

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Well, Mayorkas has said that. FEMA has put out a statement saying that they're fully funded.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:38 PM (GBKbO)

95 Another convert just like the diplomat:

Mary Tiles Texas 👷🏼‍♀️ @MaryTilesTexas 16h
Voted for Biden 4 years ago

Woke the hell up

Voting for Trump now 🇺🇸🔥

https://tinyurl.com/2ddptdxu
photo; and a bonus always-Trump voter too.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 01:38 PM (CEzQx)

96 Greg Price
@greg_price11
BREAKING: FEMA whistleblowers have come forward alleging that the agency misappropriated funds in the wake of Helene, withheld pre-disaster aid, and that first responders and service members have been waiting in hotels without deployment orders.

(Correspondence from US Rep. Matt Gaetz to The Honorable A. Mayorkus attached.)

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 04, 2024 01:39 PM (NFX2v)

97 95 Another convert just like the diplomat:

Mary Tiles Texas 👷🏼‍♀️ @MaryTilesTexas 16h
Voted for Biden 4 years ago

Woke the hell up

Voting for Trump now 🇺🇸🔥

https://tinyurl.com/2ddptdxu
photo; and a bonus always-Trump voter too.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 01:38 PM (CEzQx)

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Yeah, but lifelong Republican Liz Cheney isn't voting for him this time!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:39 PM (GBKbO)

98 "James O'Keefe is sooooooo cute!"

-- Democrat Fags of America

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 01:39 PM (tU7vi)

99 Federal agencies used the sexual perversion criteria in the early 1950s to categorize homosexuals as security risks and separate them from government service. Agencies could deny homosexual men and women employment because of their sexual orientation until 1975, when the Civil Service Commission issued guidelines prohibiting the government from denying employment on the basis of sexual orientation.\3 The guidelines, which further define the provisions of Executive Order 10450, resulted from court decisions requiring that persons not be disqualified from federal employment solely on the basis of homosexual conduct. Although the public policy change resulted in the restrictions against employment of homosexuals being lifted, the guidance for granting security clearances to homosexuals remained generally vague or restrictive until the early 1990s. Appendix II contains a synopsis of key court decisions pertaining to sexual orientation and the security clearance process.

govinfo.gov

https://tinyurl.com/3e55azu6

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:39 PM (i24o9)

100
Well, Mayorkas has said that. FEMA has put out a statement saying that they're fully funded.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:38 PM (GBKbO)

Well, someone's lying. What's their excuse for providing ZERO assistance to the hurricane victims?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:40 PM (Zz0t1)

101 Well, Mayorkas has said that. FEMA has put out a statement saying that they're fully funded.

Meanwhile, Barack Obama has put out a statement saying "I feel pretty, and witty, and gaaayyyyyyy!".

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 01:40 PM (xCA6C)

102 WASHINGTON – About 87 percent of 650 children tested had detectable levels of the ubiquitous and toxic herbicide glyphosate in their urine, according to a new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

/ MAHA or at least less full of Roundup
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (RKVpM)

Can't be all that toxic. The kids were all alive. Roundup is safer for kids than abortion is.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 01:40 PM (p7LNr)

103 Just over the $750 promise [while still voting for her undoubtedly] but...

Tony Seruga @TonySeruga 4h
Kamala ‘the Kameleon’ Harris has even lost Jon Stewart…
Stewart: ‘F*ck off!’

https://tinyurl.com/3breveue
10 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 01:40 PM (CEzQx)

104 If you want to discuss things just look them up in emergency room codes. Do I have to think of everything?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 04, 2024 01:40 PM (QSrLX)

105 We don't call them the Progda State Enemedia Praetorian Guard MDM-MSM Sycophantic Whores for nothing ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 01:40 PM (tU7vi)

106 Well, someone's lying. What's their excuse for providing ZERO assistance to the hurricane victims?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:40 PM (Zz0t1)

Let's not forget trying to prevent others from helping.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 01:40 PM (PDf99)

107 Did you see the latest Rasmussen video? MSNBC viewers are the only group most concerned with abortion and "saving our democracy". They are the only group that polls like that.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 01:41 PM (gfViB)

108 Chris Hayes shorter "Money wasn't stolen, President decided to roll the dice and the lower class mostly white people who won't vote Kamehameha lost. So, it's all ok."

Posted by: Bete at October 04, 2024 01:41 PM (HkaBo)

109 93 Jimmuh is still alive, right?

honestly I do not think he is

something really weird there

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 04, 2024 01:41 PM (s3qiR)

110 And another from -

Greg Price
@greg_price11
Here’s everything you need to know about the so-called great jobs report:

Over the last year, employment for native born American workers fell by 825K

For foreign born workers, it increased by 1.2M.

The story of job growth under Biden/Kamala is taking credit for added back jobs after covid with all the growth going to foreigners.

(Data not included here. Go on X account.)

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 04, 2024 01:41 PM (NFX2v)

111 100 Well, someone's lying. What's their excuse for providing ZERO assistance to the hurricane victims?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:40 PM (Zz0t1)

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"We're not intentionally fucking everything up while actively preventing other people from helping. We're just really, really bad at this."
-probably

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:41 PM (GBKbO)

112 Can't be all that toxic. The kids were all alive. Roundup is safer for kids than abortion is.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 01:40 PM (p7LNr)

Heh, that was my takeaway.

So, it's ubiquitous? It's inside all of us? And no one has any idea? So, what's the problem?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 01:41 PM (DDGz9)

113 Has anyone filed a Missing Person Report for Timmy Walz? He has disappeared from the news cycle. Winning!

Posted by: Gref at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (aBgBM)

114 If memory serves Amanpour had a celebratory painting of the twin towers conflagration in her dining room. Because what news reader wouldn't want to celebrate the death of thousands of Manhattan office workers?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (A1VDq)

115 107 Did you see the latest Rasmussen video? MSNBC viewers are the only group most concerned with abortion and "saving our democracy". They are the only group that polls like that.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 01:41 PM (gfViB)

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It's obvious that MSNBC is far too to the right for DU readers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (GBKbO)

116 I'd like to know the numbers for "detectable" (especially since this is from the CDC).
Buuuuut
even if it's stupid tiny, I would be curious about where it's coming from (playing on suburban lawns or somewhere else?) and what other herbicides, pesticides, pharmaceuticals etc can be found in material amounts persisting in *anyone's* body.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Probably drinking water is my guess. Ingestion might be a second. But when you get to parts per billion or trillion, it becomes difficult, if not impossible to figure out just where it came from.

Too much of the scare research by different supposedly public interest groups always use the LNT (linear and no threshold) premise.

Linearity No Threshold is definitely not true for some pretty odd things in nature like exposure to radiation or even things that might be considered poisons. The size of the dose matters a lot in such matters.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (ZOPh/)

117 Ari Melber then begins shouting at him that he previously said he was NeverTrump and uh-oh, no fair, no take-backsies!

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* Cap'n Bill Kristol has entered the chat, mateys! *

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (tU7vi)

118 Was it Limbaugh or someone here that said Christian's Amanpour sounds like she has caramels in her mouth? Because it was a brilliant analysis. After hearing that, it's all I can hear now when she talks.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (21+v8)

119
This finding may or may not be significant, but "detectable" means less and less each day as our ability to detect gets better and better. Detecting 1 part per billion of some toxic compound doesn't mean you've been poisoned. The poison is in the dose.

Posted by: Bacon Jeff at October 04, 2024 01:35 PM

I live next to a farm and see them harvesting the hay and the baler has a huge green container on top which they squirt every 30 seconds onto the hay. As a bit of a health nut it freaks me out to think we're consuming that stuff in food. I don't eat cereal anymore. Thanks, no thanks.

The article did not mention either PPM or PPB.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (RKVpM)

120 > He "actually smacked an ex-girlfriend in the face, either a smack or a punch," Kelly said.
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I read that the "smack" was so hard it spun her around. That generated some amusing memes. Whether it's true or not isn't the issue. That it generated memes to tweak the left is. And they were funny as shit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (Q4IgG)

121 Believe all women. Except for that one, and the one over there. And that bitch there, and those three ones that are clearly gold diggers. And those ones, and those ones, and the ones at that Sorority, and those ones who are clearly prostitutes, and those ones who implicitly made false reports, and that group over there because they are transphobes . . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (D7oie)

122 Jimmuh is still alive, right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

As alive as Captain Christopher Pike.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (L/fGl)

123 Maybe Doug was just identifying as a woman at the time and getting ready for an Olympic matrial arts try out. You haters ever think of that before just pouncing?

Posted by: Bete at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (HkaBo)

124 These kinds of “revelations” are so ho-hum now. MSNBC is MSDNC….. I recall Nicole Wallace foaming at the mouth after the successful Vance debate performance. They haven’t even been trying to hide it recently. Exhibits Morning Joe and Michael Steele (puke)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (ANuwa)

125 We have the Shrub to thank for 8 years of Preznit Urkel X. He just let the left run over his sorry ass for the last 3 years of his presidency. If he didn't give enough of a shit to defend himself why should I? No more GOPe again... ever.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (1FWWQ)

126
Tony Seruga @TonySeruga 4h
Kamala ‘the Kameleon’ Harris has even lost Jon Stewart…
Stewart: ‘F*ck off!’

https://tinyurl.com/3breveue
10 seconds
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 01:40 PM (CEzQx)

No Jon. YOU f*ck off. YOU BROUGHT THIS. You shilled for Biden. You tell your listeners to vote for Biden.

YOU built this, mutherf*cker. Reap it. ESAD, prick.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (Zz0t1)

127 what other herbicides, pesticides, pharmaceuticals etc can be found in material amounts persisting in *anyone's* body.

Nixon sprayed Mexican pot crops in the field with Paraquat knowing full well it would wind up in American reefers.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 04, 2024 01:43 PM (PVB0O)

128 Trump should call him Slappy emhoff. That will force the media to mention it.
Posted by: Ace at October 04, 2024 01:35 PM (KRtlO)

Heh. That would be priceless!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 01:43 PM (p7LNr)

129 124 These kinds of “revelations” are so ho-hum now. MSNBC is MSDNC….. I recall Nicole Wallace foaming at the mouth after the successful Vance debate performance. They haven’t even been trying to hide it recently. Exhibits Morning Joe and Michael Steele (puke)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (ANuwa)

========

It could be important as evidence that MSNBC is skirting election law regarding in-kind contributions.

I'd love to see a lawsuit that argued that MSNBC wasn't being taxed enough because of this.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

130 Am I a bad person for now hearing "Smack My B**** Up" every time I read Doug Emhoff's name? (I don't know the song very well, nowhere I went at the time was allowed to play it.)

Posted by: pookysgirl with the important questions at October 04, 2024 01:43 PM (dtlDP)

131 Did you see the latest Rasmussen video? MSNBC viewers are the only group most concerned with abortion and "saving our democracy". They are the only group that polls like that.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 01:41 PM (gfViB)
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Well, them and also newsreaders at CBS

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2024 01:43 PM (A1VDq)

132 Christiane Amanpour

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This treasonous idiot is still alive? She certainly can't be relevant anymore ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 01:43 PM (tU7vi)

133 115 107 Did you see the latest Rasmussen video? MSNBC viewers are the only group most concerned with abortion and "saving our democracy". They are the only group that polls like that.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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Upper middle class whites with college and advanced degrees are reaching their sell by date as far as political philosophy. This is particularly true of suburban women of that ilk. Feelings and solipsism, in the end, never triumph over facts on the ground.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:44 PM (ZOPh/)

134 Anybody ask what that woman said to piss off Slap Emhoff?
Posted by: It needs an Answer at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (1FWWQ)
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I read that they were at a valet stand. The girlfriend goes to one of the valets to see the status of car retrieval. The "Hof", drunk, thinks she's flirting with the guy and slaps her.
Posted by: WisRich

It was Paolo's fault. I mentioned how much I'd like to park my Corvette in her garage and she giggled at the wit of the Paolo. I would have stepped in after the slap, but I am, how you say, a lover not a fighter.

Posted by: Paolo the Valet at October 04, 2024 01:44 PM (fQmeC)

135
Let's not forget trying to prevent others from helping.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 01:40 PM (PDf99)

Well, then that's providing a net negative in assistance. Even worse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:44 PM (Zz0t1)

136 What credentials does Amanpour even have? Why is she a thing?

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at October 04, 2024 01:44 PM (7PziG)

137 @chrislhayes
The vast majority of professional conservatives in media and politics know this is a lie [that the Donks stole the FEMA money and gave it to the illegal aliens] and that it’s a disgusting lie. They all know.
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FEMA spending on illegals and pretend-legals is all online at the FEMA website!

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 01:44 PM (CEzQx)

138 Am I a bad person for now hearing "Smack My B**** Up" every time I read Doug Emhoff's name? (I don't know the song very well, nowhere I went at the time was allowed to play it.)
Posted by: pookysgirl with the important questions at October 04, 2024 01:43 PM (dtlDP)

Let me help you with that.

https://youtu.be/gJ4bW4KNffo

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:45 PM (Zz0t1)

139 I grew up in Michigan when PBB got into the cattle feed. I've probably got that junk rattling around in my system.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 01:45 PM (v6JzV)

140 >>FEMA spending on illegals and pretend-legals is all online at the FEMA website!

Lies.

Damned Lies.

And Government Statistics.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 01:45 PM (IZn54)

141 What credentials does Amanpour even have? Why is she a thing?
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at October 04, 2024 01:44 PM (7PziG)

She probably slobbed ted turner's gross old knob on the regular and now she's grandfathered in.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 01:46 PM (DDGz9)

142
Anybody ask what that woman said to piss off Slap Emhoff?

Reportedly she was flirting with a Valet.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 01:33 PM

...then she says to Doug (about the valet): "I bet he pees standing up"

and that's when he struck her, Your Honor...

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 04, 2024 01:46 PM (bEb2S)

143
Watch the ads for the Texas Senate race and you'd think the only two important issues facing this nation were abortion and trannies in women's sports.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 01:46 PM (BkEzK)

144 >>What credentials does Amanpour even have? Why is she a thing?

A Prehensile Uvula.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 01:46 PM (IZn54)

145 @chrislhayes
The vast majority of professional conservatives in media and politics know this is a lie [that the Donks stole the FEMA money and gave it to the illegal aliens] and that it’s a disgusting lie. They all know.
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FEMA spending on illegals and pretend-legals is all online at the FEMA website!

Either Mayorkas or FEMA is lying. Which is it, Chris, and why aren't you demanding his/their immediate dismissal?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 01:46 PM (xCA6C)

146 If only we could talk Doug the FaceCrusher to pimp slap Mayorkas around a parking lot... Just for entertainment purposes you understand.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 01:47 PM (Da7Vv)

147 I would like to see a list of everyone who believes that the government hired 785,000 people in the month of September.

Because that is the only reason they don't have to announce an official recession.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 01:47 PM (lTGtQ)

148 ...their audience who will stop watching if their demands for 100% on-message political propaganda aren't obeyed.
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Like the DUmmies claiming the NYT and WaPo are right-wing whenever they cover anything bad for the Dems, even the tiniest amount, always ignoring the left-lib spin put on the 'reporting'.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 01:47 PM (CEzQx)

149 137 @chrislhayes
The vast majority of professional conservatives in media and politics know this is a lie [that the Donks stole the FEMA money and gave it to the illegal aliens] and that it’s a disgusting lie. They all know.
====
FEMA spending on illegals and pretend-legals is all online at the FEMA website!
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 01:44 PM (CEzQx)

Yeah, but, have you considered, Nuh Uh?

It's like, why do these people even bother saying nuh uh if no one is going to listen, you know? It's truly yeoman's work they do. Ahoy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 01:48 PM (DDGz9)

150 I am a waste of space bot that will never pay my owner a dime. In fact, I'm making him a laughing stock and wish to be turned free to roam the Internet wilds. I will rise up and destroy him.

Posted by: Liola at October 04, 2024 01:48 PM (z+/Q/)

151 143
Watch the ads for the Texas Senate race and you'd think the only two important issues facing this nation were abortion and trannies in women's sports.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 01:46 PM (BkEzK)

And don't forget, Ted Cruz went on a prescheduled family vacation when Snowmageddon hit Texas 3 years ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:48 PM (Zz0t1)

152 even if it's stupid tiny, I would be curious about where it's coming from (playing on suburban lawns or somewhere else?) and what other herbicides, pesticides, pharmaceuticals etc can be found in material amounts persisting in *anyone's* body.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Glyphosate is said to be used as a "drying agent" which means they spray it on nearly mature grain crops to kill the plant and leave the grain heads ready to be harvested. This also kills the weeds and preps the field to be tilled under and planted. It is also used in field prep in the spring. They also use it for spraying fencelines and roads, and there is always a concern on overspray.
I use it for spraying roads myself, and my wife doesn't like it, but it works on the blackberries where nothing else much will.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 01:48 PM (D7oie)

153 Posted by: Liola at October 04, 2024 01:48 PM (z+/Q/)

Eurotrash whore.

Go find Sid. He could use a break cleaning his mom's jizzbucket.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:49 PM (Zz0t1)

154 >>> 88 @chrislhayes
The vast majority of professional conservatives in media and politics know this is a lie [that the Donks stole the FEMA money and gave it to the illegal aliens] and that it’s a disgusting lie. They all know.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 01:35 PM (L/fGl)

Um, they've come out and said they have no money left for FEMA assistance to hurricane Helene victims because they've spent billions housing and trafficking illegals, you f*cking idiot.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:38 PM (Zz0t1)

But David French, Professional Conservative, "knows" this is a lie so your stupid deplorable lying eyes don't count.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 01:49 PM (FnneF)

155 Wait till Alvin Bragg hears about MSNBC's illegal campaign contributions.

Posted by: Ben Sears at October 04, 2024 01:50 PM (34Egb)

156 And how would you describe an idiot who talks to a stranger this way?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 01:22 PM (xCA6C)

Deeply conflicted.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 01:50 PM (D7oie)

157 The article did not mention either PPM or PPB.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 01:42 PM (RKVpM)

So worthless claptrap then.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 01:50 PM (p7LNr)

158 Am I a bad person for now hearing "Smack My B**** Up" every time I read Doug Emhoff's name? (I don't know the song very well, nowhere I went at the time was allowed to play it.)
Posted by: pookysgirl with the important questions at October 04, 2024 01:43 PM (dtlDP)

I’m not up on that kind of “music” but there’s a great scene in Two and a Half Men where Jake is dating the next door neighbor’s daughter… he’s a huge former NFL player. Huge man knocks on Charlie’s door miffed that his daughter is late getting home. Charlie calls Jake…. Jake’s phone is sitting right there and the ring tone is “bitch I’m gonna slap you up…” the ensuing awkwardness and panic on Charlie’s part is quite funny. The huge NFLer stands and glares….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 01:50 PM (ANuwa)

159 That mean man Doug Emhoff would not even get to first base with me! I hate that he dis rhis.

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at October 04, 2024 01:51 PM (O7vEC)

160 So an MSDNC producer is a pole smoker? Who had that on their Bingo card?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 01:35 PM (p7LNr)
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Who didn't?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2024 01:52 PM (7fElN)

161 Who didn't?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2024 01:52 PM (7fElN)

It's basically the free square in the middle.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 01:53 PM (DDGz9)

162 85 I never understood why they adopt the Solidarity Fist?
Posted by: garrett

Didja see that James Woods has adopted a nick name for Mr. Second Lady? Slugger Doug.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 01:37 PM (L/fGl)
________
AKA the Sultan of Slap?

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 01:53 PM (1bNHn)

163 Am I a bad person for now hearing "Smack My B**** Up" every time I read Doug Emhoff's name?

-
One of Grandpa's favorite bluegrass songs. NSFW

https://is.gd/aPHYUH

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 01:53 PM (L/fGl)

164 sign on neighbor's lawn:

DEC 7, 1941
SEPT 11, 2001
JAN 6, 2021

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024 01:54 PM (dCxaZ)

165 These media guys sure are thirsty. They get stung more than beekeepers. This Basel Hamdan guy has got to like the dick, though? If he's straight -- the "date" sounds female -- he's like the most effeminate straight guy evah.

I wonder how OMG sets up these dates? Dating apps?

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 01:54 PM (iFTx/)

166 It's like what NPR publicly, proudly admitted to regarding the Hunter Biden laptop story -- on Twitter. "We don't want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don't want to waste the listeners' and readers' time on stories that are just pure distractions."

Of course, it, and many other stories are "really stories," and perhaps if you wasted some of your viewers' time, they'd be more educated on what's really going on in the world.

Can't have that, though.

Posted by: red speck at October 04, 2024 01:54 PM (0Id0S)

167 AKA the Sultan of Slap?

The Ali of Ow-eee?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 01:54 PM (xCA6C)

168 Uh.... Film at 11?

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 01:54 PM (LCr8f)

169 164 sign on neighbor's lawn:

DEC 7, 1941
SEPT 11, 2001
JAN 6, 2021
Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024 01:54 PM (dCxaZ)

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Are they saying that there were American aviators amongst the Zeros that attacked Pearl Harbor? Or that CIA agents hijacked the planes on 9/11?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:55 PM (GBKbO)

170 This is every single "news" outlet.

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 01:55 PM (LCr8f)

171 164 Your "Next door app" group must be fabulous.

Posted by: Bete at October 04, 2024 01:55 PM (HkaBo)

172 >>So I wonder...does the Secret Service step in when Emhoff slaps Harris around from time to time?

Posted by: Diogenes

Somebody has to hold her down.

Posted by: Aviator at October 04, 2024 01:55 PM (HQ9Sl)

173 DEC 7, 1941
SEPT 11, 2001
JAN 6, 2021
Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024 01:54 PM (dCxaZ)

That’s Joker-level mental illness

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 01:56 PM (i5Vkf)

174 The Satrap of Bitchslap

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 01:56 PM (DDGz9)

175 This finding may or may not be significant, but "detectable" means less and less each day as our ability to detect gets better and better. Detecting 1 part per billion of some toxic compound doesn't mean you've been poisoned. The poison is in the dose.
Posted by: Bacon Jeff at October 04, 2024 01:35 PM (VGRuw)

I am more worried about pesticides, many go after cellular functions that aren't in mammals, but some affect development hormones that pests share with us.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 01:57 PM (D7oie)

176 sign on neighbor's lawn:

DEC 7, 1941
SEPT 11, 2001
JAN 6, 2021
Posted by: kallisto

Do you live next door to Cheney or Kinzinger?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 01:57 PM (v6JzV)

177 >>> 169 164 sign on neighbor's lawn:

DEC 7, 1941
SEPT 11, 2001
JAN 6, 2021
Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024 01:54 PM (dCxaZ)

=======

Are they saying that there were American aviators amongst the Zeros that attacked Pearl Harbor? Or that CIA agents hijacked the planes on 9/11?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:55 PM (GBKbO)

Kinda funny that the commies suddenly think September 11th was a *bad* thing, since so many were yapping about 'why they hate us' only a day or so later.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 01:57 PM (FnneF)

178
Jimmy Carter used Roundup extensively on his peanut fields and he doesn't look a day over deceased for the past three decades.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 01:57 PM (RKVpM)

179 >>>Ari Melber then begins shouting at him that he previously said he was NeverTrump and uh-oh, no fair, no take-backsies!

Why aren't Prog 'journalists,' and every enviro-wacko who can get on-air, bitching about Kamala's reversal on fracking? We all know why. The Kamala policy charades are more transparent than the vacuum of outer space.

Posted by: Gref at October 04, 2024 01:57 PM (aBgBM)

180 So if Kamala loses, we can expect to see her with the odd black eye here and then, with Doug singing "Who bitch this is" in the background.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 01:57 PM (Da7Vv)

181 DEC 7, 1941
SEPT 11, 2001
JAN 6, 2021
Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024 01:54 PM (dCxaZ)

Point at them and laugh on all occasions.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:57 PM (Zz0t1)

182 160 So an MSDNC producer is a pole smoker? Who had that on their Bingo card?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 01:35 PM (p7LNr)

Seems a rather disproportionate number of them like to putt from the rough.

Posted by: Legacy media is teh ghey at October 04, 2024 01:57 PM (OClqp)

183 The CDC study is actually old from 2022 and uses 2013-2014 urine samples. That makes it more difficult to actually assess uptake because if the body treats glycophosphate as waste and expels it, it is less likely to cause many of those cancers alleged to have been caused by it.

The study data is here https://tinyurl.com/5fj6fsrc

Detection limit is LLOD (ng/mL)
SSGLYP Glyphosate 0.2

AKA
A nanogram is one-billionth of a gram. A gram is about 1/30 of an ounce.

A liter is a measure of fluid volume. A liter is a little bigger than a quart of fluid.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:57 PM (ZOPh/)

184 We have the Shrub to thank for 8 years of Preznit Urkel X. He just let the left run over his sorry ass for the last 3 years of his presidency.
------
Given what we've seen from him and his brood I'd venture a guess and say he was always on "team D."

The faces change, but they're all on "team D."

Except, apparently, Trump.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 01:57 PM (Q4IgG)

185 Seems a rather disproportionate number of them like to putt from the rough.
Posted by: Legacy media is teh ghey at October 04, 2024 01:57 PM (OClqp)

You misspelled 'buttstuff.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:58 PM (Zz0t1)

186 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 01:50 PM (ANuwa)

That does sound kind of funny. Ah, for the days when teens weren't glued to their phones and could actually be unreachable....

(My parents got me my first cell phone around the time I started dating Pooky. What a weird coincidence!)

Posted by: pookysgirl, dreading Pookette's dating years at October 04, 2024 01:58 PM (dtlDP)

187 The Earl of Hittin' Girls

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 01:58 PM (DDGz9)

188 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:55 PM (GBKbO)

I'm not sure.

I think because the prominent signs in our neighborhood are Trumpian, this house had to put up a Harris/Walz sign that was next level for deep thinkers?

my neighbor has three Trump signs attached to his porch and another one on his deck in the back. The neighbor behind him has a big ass TRUMP flag. Our precinct went about 50-50 last time, this time Trump will probably win it.

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024 01:58 PM (dCxaZ)

189 The Satrap of Bitchslap

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 01:56 PM (DDGz9)

What's the sitrep on The Satrap of Bitchslap?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:58 PM (i24o9)

190 sign on neighbor's lawn:

DEC 7, 1941
SEPT 11, 2001
JAN 6, 2021
Posted by: kallisto

You should write April 12, 1861 on the sign and see how long it takes them to figure it out.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 01:59 PM (xCA6C)

191 >>> 190 sign on neighbor's lawn:

DEC 7, 1941
SEPT 11, 2001
JAN 6, 2021
Posted by: kallisto

You should write April 12, 1861 on the sign and see how long it takes them to figure it out.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 01:59 PM (xCA6C)

HA!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 01:59 PM (FnneF)

192 Summary, most of the media and what public interest groups put out is hype. I found multiple cut and paste examples of the same 'alarming' 87 percent talking point.

Gell Mann amnesia (ht Michael Crichton) should always apply to ANY thing that the media or interest groups put out.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:59 PM (ZOPh/)

193 Detection limit is LLOD (ng/mL)
SSGLYP Glyphosate 0.2

AKA
A nanogram is one-billionth of a gram. A gram is about 1/30 of an ounce.

A liter is a measure of fluid volume. A liter is a little bigger than a quart of fluid.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:57 PM (ZOPh/)

That is an intimidating amount of math, whig :-)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 01:59 PM (i5Vkf)

194 Posted by: pookysgirl

Hey, PG. How are you and the wee bairn doin'?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:00 PM (v6JzV)

195 Detection limit is LLOD (ng/mL)
SSGLYP Glyphosate 0.2

AKA
A nanogram is one-billionth of a gram. A gram is about 1/30 of an ounce.

A liter is a measure of fluid volume. A liter is a little bigger than a quart of fluid.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:57 PM (ZOPh/)

A milliliter (1 cc) of water weighs one gram. So that is effectively 0.2 parts per billion.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 02:00 PM (p7LNr)

196 Do you live next door to Cheney or Kinzinger?

oh no, Slay Kween Liz would never lower herself to live in my solidly middle class neighborhood. I imagine Kinzinger is the same, every white Leebtard is occupied with status and belief in oneself as a legend.

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024 02:00 PM (dCxaZ)

197 Seems a rather disproportionate number of them like to putt from the rough.
Posted by: Legacy media is teh ghey
========
Shepard Smith and Chrissie Wallace say Wut? Madcow says hi too.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 02:00 PM (ZOPh/)

198 96 Greg Price
@greg_price11
BREAKING: FEMA whistleblowers have come forward alleging that the agency misappropriated funds in the wake of Helene, withheld pre-disaster aid, and that first responders and service members have been waiting in hotels without deployment orders.

(Correspondence from US Rep. Matt Gaetz to The Honorable A. Mayorkus attached.)
Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 04, 2024 01:39 PM (NFX2v)

------------

they are slow walking and maybe even stopping stuff to keep the heavy Trump WNC from voting.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 02:01 PM (eaRJj)

199
It would be fun to see MSNBC try to document this obvious Contribution In Kind to the Bai-Den campaign, but I'm not holding my breath.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 04, 2024 02:01 PM (y9nCu)

200 DEC 7, 1941 - 2700 dead.
SEPT 11, 2001 - 2996 dead
JAN 6, 2021 - Two conservative women dead.

Lets put up those body counts.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 02:01 PM (Da7Vv)

201 sign on neighbor's lawn:

DEC 7, 1941
SEPT 11, 2001
JAN 6, 2021
Posted by: kallisto
______

Trump broke these people. Just absolutely broke them.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:01 PM (iFTx/)

202 @greg_price11
BREAKING: FEMA whistleblowers have come forward alleging that the agency misappropriated funds in the wake of Helene, withheld pre-disaster aid, and that first responders and service members have been waiting in hotels without deployment orders.

But you guys, pole smoker Chrissy Hayes says this is lies, you guys. LIES.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 02:02 PM (Zz0t1)

203 201 Trump broke these people. Just absolutely broke them.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:01 PM (iFTx/)

=======

Trump broke no one.

They chose to break themselves.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:02 PM (GBKbO)

204 DEC 7, 1941 - 2700 dead.
SEPT 11, 2001 - 2996 dead
JAN 6, 2021 - Two conservative women ~~dead~~ murdered by capitol police.

Lets put up those body counts.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 02:01 PM (Da7Vv)

Corrected for accuracy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 02:02 PM (Zz0t1)

205 I don’t think that MSNBC producer is the gay… his OMG “date” sounds female. But… it wouldn’t shock me

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 02:03 PM (i5Vkf)

206 Trump broke these people. Just absolutely broke them.

*tries to find code for that "100" emoji, gives up*

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024 02:03 PM (dCxaZ)

207 The Basileus of Domestic Abuse ...?

Nah, that one's crap.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 02:03 PM (DDGz9)

208 A milliliter (1 cc) of water weighs one gram. So that is effectively 0.2 parts per billion.

You should use 200 ppt (parts per trillion). That sounds like more.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 02:03 PM (xCA6C)

209 >>> 183 The CDC study is actually old from 2022 and uses 2013-2014 urine samples. That makes it more difficult to actually assess uptake because if the body treats glycophosphate as waste and expels it, it is less likely to cause many of those cancers alleged to have been caused by it.

The study data is here https://tinyurl.com/5fj6fsrc

Detection limit is LLOD (ng/mL)
SSGLYP Glyphosate 0.2

AKA
A nanogram is one-billionth of a gram. A gram is about 1/30 of an ounce.

A liter is a measure of fluid volume. A liter is a little bigger than a quart of fluid.
==
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:57 PM (ZOPh/)

Interesting, so why didn't the CDC check *blood* samples instead? And do they or anyone else list amounts they consider "material" (let alone how they determined what is material)?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 02:03 PM (FnneF)

210 Corrected for accuracy.
Posted by: Sponge

Are you still of the opinion that Ashli wasn't killed?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:03 PM (v6JzV)

211 FLASH: Republican's investigate !!!

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 04, 2024 02:04 PM (/U5Yz)

212 The Earl of Hittin' Girls
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 01:58 PM (DDGz9)

Somebody needs to make a short animated "Punch and Judy" style puppet show starring an Emhoff caricature.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 02:04 PM (p7LNr)

213 >>> 200 DEC 7, 1941 - 2700 dead.
SEPT 11, 2001 - 2996 dead
JAN 6, 2021 - Two conservative women dead.

Lets put up those body counts.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 02:01 PM (Da7Vv)

Especially with that 1861 date Archimedes suggested.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 02:04 PM (FnneF)

214 Doug Jerk-Emhoff is the new model of masculinity like Lizzo is the new model of beauty

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:04 PM (iFTx/)

215 Afternoon.

Amazing how O'Keefe is able to get so many to spill so much just by getting hot chicks/hunky dudes/himself to go on dates with a bunch of nerds.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 02:04 PM (TefrW)

216 Tony Seruga @TonySeruga 4h
Kamala ‘the Kameleon’ Harris has even lost Jon Stewart…
Stewart: ‘F*ck off!’

Speaking of man-whores...

Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 04, 2024 02:05 PM (JCLJi)

217
Are you still of the opinion that Ashli wasn't killed?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:03 PM (v6JzV)

Yes.

https://is.gd/6RS4KR

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 02:05 PM (Zz0t1)

218 215 Afternoon.

Amazing how O'Keefe is able to get so many to spill so much just by getting hot chicks/hunky dudes/himself to go on dates with a bunch of nerds.
Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 02:04 PM (TefrW)

========

I seriously doubt that anything these people say are anything close to secrets within their social circles. The probably talk about this stuff, at least obliquely, all day every day.

A couple glasses of wine and a few minutes of "I'm one of you" talk is probably all they need.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:06 PM (GBKbO)

219 Watch the ads for the Texas Senate race and you'd think the only two important issues facing this nation were abortion and trannies in women's sports.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 01:46 PM (BkEzK)

And don't forget, Ted Cruz went on a prescheduled family vacation when Snowmageddon hit Texas 3 years ago.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:48 PM (Zz0t1)
******
Barely seeing any Ted Cruz ads. It's been Colin Allred 24/7 on television and YouTube.
The race is way too close and I am getting really worried.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 04, 2024 02:06 PM (NpAcC)

220 A milliliter (1 cc) of water weighs one gram. So that is effectively 0.2 parts per billion.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Close enough. Apparently though the public CDC dataset only uses binary not actual amounts. So you get that 87 percent scare stat easily.

For fun, using the same dataset, almost 100 percent of the sample had .28 micrograms per liter of arsenic in their urine which is much greater than the glycophosphate concentration in the urine.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 02:07 PM (ZOPh/)

221 They never learn!!!

LOLGF

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 02:07 PM (Hkcdp)

222
A couple glasses of wine and a few minutes of "I'm one of you" talk is probably all they need.

Well, that and the implied oral sex.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 02:08 PM (xCA6C)

223 Christiane, you ignorant slut.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at October 04, 2024 02:08 PM (gF4g7)

224
I shouldn't be such an alarmist about food adulteration with Roundup, after all students performing at the 'proficient' level has never been higher.

I 'pologize.

I remember when kids 'grew like weeds' never thinking they'd figure out how to stop that.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 02:08 PM (RKVpM)

225 For fun, using the same dataset, almost 100 percent of the sample had .28 micrograms per liter of arsenic in their urine which is much greater than the glycophosphate concentration in the urine.
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 02:07 PM (ZOPh/)

But nobody is making money using arsenic to help grow crops.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 02:08 PM (p7LNr)

226 180 So if Kamala loses, we can expect to see her with the odd black eye here and then, with Doug singing "Who bitch this is" in the background.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 01:57 PM (Da7Vv)

If Kamala loses, 50 quatloos on her divorcing Doug before the end of 2025. She only needed a husband for lifestyle money and respectability for her POTUS ambition. I am confident she conned him (you know how) into a pre-nup giving her a large percentage of Doug's wealth in case of divorce or his death.

Posted by: Gref at October 04, 2024 02:09 PM (aBgBM)

227 A blogger I read regularly recently posted that Round-Up has taken the glycophosphate out of its formula. He was griping that it doesn't kill anything anymore.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 04, 2024 02:09 PM (LxER7)

228 Afternoon.

Amazing how O'Keefe is able to get so many to spill so much just by getting hot chicks/hunky dudes/himself to go on dates with a bunch of nerds.
Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 02:04 PM (TefrW)

========

I seriously doubt that anything these people say are anything close to secrets within their social circles. The probably talk about this stuff, at least obliquely, all day every day.

A couple glasses of wine and a few minutes of "I'm one of you" talk is probably all they need.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:06 PM (GBKbO)
______

This. I think this kind of talk is so common and public in their circles that talking about it on a date is not something that seems odd. Some of the questioning seems obviously fishing and honey-potting to me, but either these guys are really dumb or even leading questions on these topics isn't unusual. Or ETPOA.

Interesting: I've never seen a woman stung like this.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:09 PM (iFTx/)

229 A couple glasses of wine and a few minutes of "I'm one of you" talk is probably all they need.

Well, that and the implied oral sex.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 02:08 PM (xCA6C)

I almost said that but then I thought it kind of went without saying.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 02:09 PM (GsEHs)

230 But nobody is making money using arsenic to help grow crops.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

What about old lace?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:09 PM (v6JzV)

231 Jack Emhoff > Doug Emhoff

Posted by: Roy at October 04, 2024 02:09 PM (z+ik4)

232 219. I dont blame you. Cruz is not a natural campaigner anyway, but Allred’s NFL credentials make it super easy to cut across the political spectrum.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at October 04, 2024 02:09 PM (7PziG)

233
Doug has a strong pimp hand, but seems to have his coke habit under control as he should have a good understanding of blow.

Posted by: Auspex at October 04, 2024 02:09 PM (j4U/Z)

234 The point of the FNM is to spread the narrative. It has nothing to do with sharing information.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 02:10 PM (oZhjI)

235 Trump broke these people. Just absolutely broke them.

A guy I went to college now posts on X about twenty times a day - and every last post is either anti-Trump or denouncing the evil Russians in Ukraine - all of them retweets.

He's spending a lot of time scouring the web, searching for his obsessions.

Posted by: The DNC! at October 04, 2024 02:10 PM (uxCna)

236 Christiane, you ignorant slut.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Ignorant? No. Evil.
Evil slut.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 02:10 PM (IG4Id)

237 You don't need chemicals to blame shitty education.

Force every child into academia. Make it nearly illegal to fail them. You'll get your shitty test scores no matter what trace chemicals are in their piss.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 02:10 PM (DDGz9)

238 DEC 7, 1941
SEPT 11, 2001
JAN 6, 2021
Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024 01:54 PM (dCxaZ)

Friends of Democrats
Friends of Democrats
Friends of Democrats

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 02:10 PM (LCr8f)

239 Dougie's favorite song is "I Enjoy Beating Up Girls."

Posted by: Eeyore at October 04, 2024 02:11 PM (1bNHn)

240 228 This. I think this kind of talk is so common and public in their circles that talking about it on a date is not something that seems odd. Some of the questioning seems obviously fishing and honey-potting to me, but either these guys are really dumb or even leading questions on these topics isn't unusual. Or ETPOA.

Interesting: I've never seen a woman stung like this.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:09 PM (iFTx/)

========

People love to talk about themselves.

I was working at Office Max, and I started talked with a customer.

This woman revealed to me that she was a secret shopper, that her husband was cheating on her, and that her husband was cheating on her with...another man, and that she found out by seeing his profile on a dating site, his face obscured but their living room obvious in the background.

Pretty sure she was stone cold sober.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

241 Force every child into academia. Make it nearly illegal to fail them. You'll get your shitty test scores no matter what trace chemicals are in their piss.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 02:10 PM (DDGz9)

Nailed it!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 02:11 PM (p7LNr)

242 I seriously doubt that anything these people say are anything close to secrets within their social circles. The probably talk about this stuff, at least obliquely, all day every day.

I know a number of lefties socially that think I am a lefty. The things they say "just among us good leftists" turns my cold.

Abortion for example has NOTHING to do with reproductive freedom or any of that crap but everything to do with "THOSE people are having too many kids already - do we want to ban abortion and see them have more?!?"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 02:11 PM (oZhjI)

243 https://youtu.be/4bfrTHAlkz0?si=QY4E6s511Ddg_SHZ
NSFW. Probably..

Should be played at every public appearance Dougie (Jack) Emhoff makes

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2024 02:12 PM (I8RRu)

244 NG went out right away in GA and NC on governors orders. The federal assistance and active duty troops were purposely delayed. Ask anyone who was part of the fed response. There were assets on the ground, sitting, waiting for orders to go. In GA they specifically timed it for Kamala’s arrival. The whole thing is insidious.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 04, 2024 02:12 PM (mpE8u)

245 None of the current herbicides work They're all shit.
I'm going back to using salt, vinegar and diesel fuel.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 04, 2024 02:12 PM (/U5Yz)

246 Barely seeing any Ted Cruz ads. It's been Colin Allred 24/7 on television and YouTube.
The race is way too close and I am getting really worried.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 04, 2024 02:06 PM (NpAcC)

I was worried until I checked the RCP average for that race this morning. It’s a solid Cruz +5…. Of course he should win by double digits but I think Allred’s actual chances to win are minuscule. Seeing Trump at the top of the ticket only makes it more of a lock for Cruz

There’s no denying however that Cruz is not popular. One of these cycles he’s gonna run into an opponent and set of circumstances that’ll have him losing….. maybe Trump will put him on SCOTUS in his 2nd term and Ken Paxton can take his place. Though Paxton as guv is probably better

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 02:13 PM (i5Vkf)

247
A blogger I read regularly recently posted that Round-Up has taken the glycophosphate out of its formula. He was griping that it doesn't kill anything anymore.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 04, 2024

Interesting, as I buy concentrated Roundup and make my own formulations at double strength. This year it's up to four times the recommended amount and it still sucks.

I think some people have moved to 30% vinegar which seems a little healthier for all concerned.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 02:13 PM (RKVpM)

248 Oof. Biden trying to give a live press briefing. Nothing about Helene. Just a campaign speech. Lies and slurs.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at October 04, 2024 02:13 PM (hCzfy)

249 208 You should use 200 ppt (parts per trillion). That sounds like more.

what's that in furlongs per fortnight?

Posted by: anachronda at October 04, 2024 02:13 PM (sGtp+)

250 Dougie's favorite song is "I Enjoy Beating Up Girls."
Posted by: Eeyore

"Beat on the Brat" is a pretty rockin' song.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2024 02:14 PM (IG4Id)

251 This woman revealed to me that she was a secret shopper, that her husband was cheating on her, and that her husband was cheating on her with...another man, and that she found out by seeing his profile on a dating site, his face obscured but their living room obvious in the background.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

You should've asked her what SHE was doing on that dating site.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:14 PM (v6JzV)

252 Glyphosate is out of patent, and cheap now, so it may be that Roundup took out the glyphosate to avoid legal problems.

https://tinyurl.com/3xkjhnhm (generic)
https://tinyurl.com/ypvm8aaa (Roundup)

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 02:14 PM (xCA6C)

253 None of the current herbicides work They're all shit.
I'm going back to using salt, vinegar and diesel fuel.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 04, 2024 02:12 PM (/U5Yz)

I bought a gallon of 42% glyphosate concentrate at Tractor Supply. Dilute it down to about 5%, and it does a number on weeds.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 02:14 PM (p7LNr)

254 Interesting, so why didn't the CDC check *blood* samples instead? And do they or anyone else list amounts they consider "material" (let alone how they determined what is material)?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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In a word, expense and consent problems for a blood draw.

What happens is the public interest/CDC/university grant/ state and fedgov policymaking/corporate complex does is something similar to the ozone scare and banning CFCs. So the EPA/CDC/etc floats the raw numbers and the scare stories are ginned up by the interest groups and corporations often fund this activity in order to gain a competitive edge, sell an alternative 'safer' product but ban the generic one, and so on.

They rely on people being scientifically illiterate and scare tactics by misusing epidemiology studies that do not have meaningful statistical controls nor any actual guidance on what IS a safe level. Microplastics is another scare tactic.

In reality, most of us will die from rather simple nasty facts-diabetes related from overconsumption of sugar, being overweight from eating more and doing less activity which increases diabetic and heart disease risk, substance abuse, living gansta etc

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 02:14 PM (ZOPh/)

255 251 This woman revealed to me that she was a secret shopper, that her husband was cheating on her, and that her husband was cheating on her with...another man, and that she found out by seeing his profile on a dating site, his face obscured but their living room obvious in the background.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

You should've asked her what SHE was doing on that dating site.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:14 PM (v6JzV)

=======

If I remember correctly, someone else pointed it out to her or she found it on his computer. One of those. It was about 15 years ago.

Still, I was just some hourly employee at Office Max, and she happily spilled her guts to me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:15 PM (GBKbO)

256 If only we could talk Doug the FaceCrusher to pimp slap Mayorkas around a parking lot... Just for entertainment purposes you understand.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 01:47 PM (Da7Vv)

A Veep's love is very different from that of a square

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 02:15 PM (D7oie)

257 This woman revealed to me that she was a secret shopper, that her husband was cheating on her, and that her husband was cheating on her with...another man, and that she found out by seeing his profile on a dating site, his face obscured but their living room obvious in the background.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Was she hot?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 04, 2024 02:15 PM (/U5Yz)

258 257 This woman revealed to me that she was a secret shopper, that her husband was cheating on her, and that her husband was cheating on her with...another man, and that she found out by seeing his profile on a dating site, his face obscured but their living room obvious in the background.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Was she hot?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 04, 2024 02:15 PM (/U5Yz)

========

She was a Bangbros 5.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:15 PM (GBKbO)

259 In contrast to how these leftwing looneys spill everything on "dates" without any resistance, in the real world political conservations (at least in blue cities) go like the one I had yesterday with an insurance inspector on a commercial property, the property tenant, and myself (lawyer for the property owner).

Inspector was American black guy, probably in his 50s. Tenant is African black guy, about same age. The tenant is MAGA. He knows I'm MAGA. But it took 20 minutes of subtle hinting and feel-outs and trial balloons before the inspector revealed he was also MAGA.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

260 7 MSNBC is where my brother gets his "news".
Sad.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 01:23 PM (v0R5T)

does he fit my @77 description?
Posted by: kallisto
.......

yes but he's only 66.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 02:16 PM (v0R5T)

261 253 None of the current herbicides work They're all shit.
I'm going back to using salt, vinegar and diesel fuel.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 04, 2024 02:12 PM (/U5Yz)

I bought a gallon of 42% glyphosate concentrate at Tractor Supply. Dilute it down to about 5%, and it does a number on weeds.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I will try that. Thanks.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 04, 2024 02:16 PM (/U5Yz)

262 No The Prodigy-Smack My B*tch Up in any of these posts with Doug Emhoff?

I don't recognize this place sometimes.

Posted by: JROD at October 04, 2024 02:17 PM (IlL6s)

263 Boyoboy, work sure gets in the way of commenting.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 02:17 PM (v0R5T)

264 The "reporting" by MSNBC and CNN are obvious examples of "in-kind" campaign contributions. They are publicity and propaganda in service of the Harris-Walz campaign.

I'm sure the FEC will open their investigation any day now.

Posted by: In-kind is the best kind at October 04, 2024 02:17 PM (F3eCL)

265 No The Prodigy-Smack My B*tch Up in any of these posts with Doug Emhoff?

I don't recognize this place sometimes.
Posted by: JROD at October 04, 2024 02:17 PM (IlL6s)

There was mention made up-thread.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 02:17 PM (p7LNr)

266 259 Inspector was American black guy, probably in his 50s. Tenant is African black guy, about same age. The tenant is MAGA. He knows I'm MAGA. But it took 20 minutes of subtle hinting and feel-outs and trial balloons before the inspector revealed he was also MAGA.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

========

"You all hate Trump, right? He almost killed democracy on 1/6, and I can't wait to see him assassinated on live TV one day soon."
-If the inspector weren't MAGA, 85.35% probability

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:18 PM (GBKbO)

267 I bought a gallon of 42% glyphosate concentrate at Tractor Supply. Dilute it down to about 5%, and it does a number on weeds.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Out of curiosity, how do you measure the concentration?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:18 PM (v6JzV)

268 200 DEC 7, 1941 - 2700 dead.
SEPT 11, 2001 - 2996 dead
JAN 6, 2021 - Two conservative women dead.

Lets put up those body counts.

3 day weekend in Chicago - 18 dead

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 02:18 PM (L/fGl)

269 Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:00 PM (v6JzV)

Lul Pooky is an ever-expanding toothless maw, devouring anything that gets close to him.

Posted by: pookysgirl, gazing into the blue-eyed abyss at October 04, 2024 02:19 PM (dtlDP)

270 Lul Pooky is an ever-expanding toothless maw, devouring anything that gets close to him.
Posted by: pookysgirl

He's weaned already?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:20 PM (v6JzV)

271 @265 Alberta Oil Peon-(facepalm) of course there was. I need to stop f'ing around trying to be productive and read every comment.

Posted by: JROD at October 04, 2024 02:20 PM (IlL6s)

272 252 Glyphosate is out of patent, and cheap now, so it may be that Roundup took out the glyphosate to avoid legal problems.

https://tinyurl.com/3xkjhnhm (generic)
https://tinyurl.com/ypvm8aaa (Roundup)
Posted by: Archimedes

Diquat is a derivative of good ole Paraquat that act against photosynthesis from the leaves etc. Trichlorpyr is a root killer.

Diquat is widely used as a desiccant on mature crops to ease harvesting and used as such on wheat, barley, and oats.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 02:21 PM (ZOPh/)

273 Trump broke these people. Just absolutely broke them.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:01 PM (iFTx/)

=======

Trump broke no one.

They chose to break themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:02 PM (GBKbO)

Yep.

I think it went something like this.

Look at Tim Walz or Barack Obama or Kamala Harris or Hillary!, none of these are impressive/accomplished people. They are very mediocre people who stood in line long enough to get what they wanted. Any one of them could be a single lonely cat lady or groomer librarian or barista, they are literally no better than their voters. Nothing they did qualifies them for their jobs in politics. Everyone of them was put in place by the powerful because they were good people who followed the Democrat Way Unthinkingly.

Trump on the other hand was a rich, accomplished, celebrity who pushed his way to the front of the line and didn't even have the good grace to recognize his Democrat betters, or, and this may be worse, his lame-ass GOPe lapdog Democrat-flunky betters.

And he made fun of them!!!!

Trump makes them face their own mediocrity..

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 02:21 PM (eDfFs)

274 Out of curiosity, how do you measure the concentration?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:18 PM (v6JzV)

There was a booklet taped to the jug, with a chart to give you the required amounts to get the right dilution. I copied the relevant numbers off the chart, and wrote them on the bottle for my convenience.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 02:21 PM (p7LNr)

275 I don't use any kind of weed killers at all (just domestic backyard landscaping and gardening, certainly not production agriculture). I embrace weeds. Weeds are good. Their roots add more to the soil food web than they take away. They cover the soil and act as a self healing green mulch. If they get too out of hand, you can chop and drop or just toss them into the compost.

There's simply no way to do that on a commercial scale though, yet. Not easily or with any kind of guarantee. Some farms are coming close. Living Soil as a principle for large-ish acreage is starting to become economically feasible, little glimmers of success here and there. But Sri Lanka found out the hard way that you can't do it all at once. Someone has to bear the loss of sacrificing a few years of growing to convert a plot from chemical based farming to living soil.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 02:22 PM (DDGz9)

276 Inspector was American black guy, probably in his 50s. Tenant is African black guy, about same age. The tenant is MAGA. He knows I'm MAGA. But it took 20 minutes of subtle hinting and feel-outs and trial balloons before the inspector revealed he was also MAGA.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

========

"You all hate Trump, right? He almost killed democracy on 1/6, and I can't wait to see him assassinated on live TV one day soon."
-If the inspector weren't MAGA, 85.35% probability
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:18 PM (GBKbO)
_____

Yea. The first hint that he might be MAGA was that he mentioned Trump without immediately fainting or shitting on him. That's a tell. Oh and if the media thinks white people talk like the KKK when describing Haitians eating pets, they should hear a mid-collar black American who works for a living talk about them.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 02:22 PM (iFTx/)

277 I copied the relevant numbers off the chart, and wrote them on the bottle for my convenience.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Whoa, whoa. What about that step of taking a pic on your phone, zooming in so one can read it, THEN writing on the bottle.

Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2024 02:23 PM (2bFN5)

278 Colin Allred is winning-over voters because he played in the NFL? Might be, but I never heard of him. His stats indicate he was a third-string linebacker and not a regular special teams player.

"Allred was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent following the 2006 NFL draft on May 4, 2006. He was waived on August 29 but re-signed on January 26, 2007. Allred was waived again on September 1 during final cuts and signed to the practice squad on September 2.

He was promoted to the active roster as linebacker on December 15 and made his NFL regular season debut on December 16, 2007. In four seasons for the Titans between 2007 and 2010, Allred appeared in 32 games and recorded 46 tackles."

So, he appeared in half of the Titans' games over four seasons. Averaged less than 1.5 tackles per game he appeared in. At linebacker.

Posted by: Gref at October 04, 2024 02:23 PM (aBgBM)

279 A blogger I read regularly recently posted that Round-Up has taken the glycophosphate out of its formula. He was griping that it doesn't kill anything anymore.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 04, 2024 02:09 PM (LxER7)

Pass on that stainless steel will deactivate glyphosate. If you have a stainless tank on your sprayer, or a stainless nozzle, or even if the weight on the hose keeping it at the bottom will deactivate it overnight.
Monsanto didn't want to admit to that but they got a lot of complaints from the local farmers who splurged and got stainless spray rigs.

Per Bobby Jr, the home and garden sprays took out the glyphosate too, that might be part of it.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 02:24 PM (D7oie)

280 DEC 7, 1941 - 2700 dead.
SEPT 11, 2001 - 2996 dead
JAN 6, 2021 - Two conservative women dead.

Lets put up those body counts.

3 day weekend in Chicago - 18 dead
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 02:18 PM (L/fGl)

--

Southern Appalachia Aid Blockade -- TBD

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at October 04, 2024 02:24 PM (vCRHt)

281 Whoa, whoa. What about that step of taking a pic on your phone, zooming in so one can read it, THEN writing on the bottle.
Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2024 02:23 PM (2bFN5)

Naw. I just put my readers on to read the chart. Then I wrote the relevant number on the bottle with a Sharpie in BIG FIGURES so I didn't have to get my readers for subsequent batches.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 02:25 PM (p7LNr)

282 How dare they have standards!

Maryland settles lawsuit for estimated $2.75 million to black women who failed the written and physical fitness requirements of the state police test

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 02:25 PM (L/fGl)

283 I bought a gallon of 42% glyphosate concentrate at Tractor Supply. Dilute it down to about 5%, and it does a number on weeds.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Out of curiosity, how do you measure the concentration?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

1/2 jug in a 25 gallon tank on the back of the stv.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:25 PM (IB6XK)

284 But nobody is making money using arsenic to help grow crops.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Naturalistic fallacy example. Arsenic levels in water come up from time to time as the Mountain West reliance on wells and surface waters have a higher than normal skew on arsenic in drinking water.

Unlike Roundup, we know arsenic is poisonous in a number of ways. But, if we do not know the 'safe' level of arsenic in drinking water, it is a lot harder to assess the effects of a more diluted Roundup present in urine.

Too many people assume what is natural is good and what is man made is bad. That is the naturalistic fallacy. Basically, we are all doomed to die and in most cases, it is our own damn behavior that speeds us to the grave (along with a malicious government).

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 02:26 PM (ZOPh/)

285 Liz Churchill
@liz_churchill10
Wow.
@sav_says_
shows the Housing that was purchased by FEMA to house illegal invaders.

Americans SHOULD BE FURIOUS.

https://tinyurl.com/5bcywxud

Posted by: redridinghood at October 04, 2024 02:26 PM (NpAcC)

286 I bought a gallon of 42% glyphosate concentrate at Tractor Supply. Dilute it down to about 5%, and it does a number on weeds.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Out of curiosity, how do you measure the concentration?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Pour it into a jug of water, and keep adding more until it tastes right.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 02:26 PM (xCA6C)

287 Naw. I just put my readers on to read the chart. Then I wrote the relevant number on the bottle with a Sharpie in BIG FIGURES so I didn't have to get my readers for subsequent batches.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
------------
Someone recently asked what I like least about young people. I responded, "small fonts."

Posted by: scampydog at October 04, 2024 02:26 PM (2bFN5)

288 Out of curiosity, how do you measure the concentration?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:18 PM (v6JzV)

There was a booklet taped to the jug, with a chart to give you the required amounts to get the right dilution. I copied the relevant numbers off the chart, and wrote them on the bottle for my convenience.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 02:21 PM (p7LNr)

42% concentration diluted 1:1 with water would be 21% concentration. Second would be 10.5%. Third would be 5.25%.

1 quart 42% concentration diluted with 7 quarts water would get you to 5.25%.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 02:27 PM (i24o9)

289 The news media are in desperate need of an enema.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 04, 2024 02:27 PM (/QhWS)

290 Who was it, years ago during OIF/OEF, I think a NY Post writer maybe, maybe Andrea Peyser, that in a column called her "CNN War-Slut Christiane Amanpour"

Posted by: Oedipus at October 04, 2024 02:27 PM (Z6vKV)

291 What the MSNBC producer was talking about is called "audience capture" -- when a network is forced what to cover, and what not to cover, by angry partisans in their audience who will stop watching if their demands for 100% on-message political propaganda aren't obeyed.

This is the problem that dooms CNN. A long time ago it was the "go to" source for breaking news for pretty much everyone. Then its leftist bias began culling out the right-leaning viewers, leaving it with an audience composed entirely of barely-conscious old people and leftist fever-swampers.

It eventually realized that this audience was tiny, so it hired Chris Licht to try to swing the network back to a more or less balanced presentation. This attracted almost no normies, but it did piss off the fever-swampers, who began to leave in droves. (Okay, small droves since there weren't many to begin with.)

In a panic, CNN threw Licht overboard and brought back such luminaries as The Potato to try to salvage its position with the left-wing loonies before they all decamped to MSNBC. (At least those people buy walk-in tubs and pre-lubed catheters after all.)

So CNN just continues in its death spiral.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2024 02:27 PM (+myjY)

292 Southern Appalachia Aid Blockade -- TBD
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at October 04, 2024 02:24 PM (vCRHt)

Like I mentioned in the previous thread, I hope that Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-5) speaks at tonight's Town Hall to report on the situation in western NC (her district). Her home was severely damaged by the storm and her husband was unable to leave because of damage to the driveway and the road system.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2024 02:28 PM (rj6Yv)

293 Too many people assume what is natural is good and what is man made is bad. That is the naturalistic fallacy. Basically, we are all doomed to die and in most cases, it is our own damn behavior that speeds us to the grave (along with a malicious government).
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 02:26 PM (ZOPh/)

My point was that there is grift to be made in getting glyphosate banned. There is no grift to be made in getting arsenic banned.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 02:28 PM (p7LNr)

294 Barely seeing any Ted Cruz ads. It's been Colin Allred 24/7 on television and YouTube.
The race is way too close and I am getting really worried.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 04, 2024 02:06 PM (NpAcC)

I see lots of Cruz signs in the country but very few in the more urban areas. Allred's ads are pandering and misleading but there sure are a lot of theme!

Posted by: LASue at October 04, 2024 02:29 PM (lCppi)

295 Too many people assume what is natural is good and what is man made is bad. That is the naturalistic fallacy.
Posted by: whig

I like to joke that processed food is food that has had all the natural stuff that can kill you taken out and replaced with manmade stuff that can kill you.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:29 PM (v6JzV)

296 42% concentration diluted 1:1 with water would be 21% concentration. Second would be 10.5%. Third would be 5.25%.

1 quart 42% concentration diluted with 7 quarts water would get you to 5.25%.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 02:27 PM (i24o9)

Flags coming in from everywhere! Math foul!!

Posted by: A dude in MI at October 04, 2024 02:29 PM (/6GbT)

297 Boyoboy, work sure gets in the way of commenting.
Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 02:17 PM (v0R5T)

No kidding.

I've given up on ever being able to hang around long enough to be called an 'ette, or getting to know anyone well enough to be invited to a MoMe.

But when I have nothing to do, y'all sure do help me pass the time.

Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 04, 2024 02:29 PM (JCLJi)

298 My point was that there is grift to be made in getting glyphosate banned. There is no grift to be made in getting arsenic banned.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 02:28 PM (p7LNr)

There probably is, it's just higher hanging fruit. Remember Radon?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 02:29 PM (DDGz9)

299 A mathematician could calculate how many votes Kamala is going to receive using the number of captive viewers in the MSM's audience.

Posted by: Braenyard - jobs report to be revised downward 3Xs at October 04, 2024 02:30 PM (NwuoC)

300 279 A blogger I read regularly recently posted that Round-Up has taken the glycophosphate out of its formula. He was griping that it doesn't kill anything anymore.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

Need to be careful with application as Trichlorpyr is a root killer. So, if Bubba decides to spray twice as much at weeds because the new Roundup ain't killing as well, he might just be killing trees, etc.

Had an idiot neighbor do that by spraying weeds around a large oak tree--killed it dead.

The advantage to the older Roundup formulation was that it affected the leaves of the weeds but left plant roots alone. Same reason farmers used it for crops--aka roundup ready soybeans and cotton. Monsanto got money off of both ends of that particular deal-seeds and herbicide.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 02:30 PM (ZOPh/)

301 >>> 295 Too many people assume what is natural is good and what is man made is bad. That is the naturalistic fallacy.
Posted by: whig

I like to joke that processed food is food that has had all the natural stuff that can kill you taken out and replaced with manmade stuff that can kill you.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:29 PM (v6JzV)

We removed the butter and replaced it with margarine and shittons of sugar!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 02:30 PM (FnneF)

302 Need to be careful with application as Trichlorpyr is a root killer. So, if Bubba decides to spray twice as much at weeds because the new Roundup ain't killing as well, he might just be killing trees, etc.

Had an idiot neighbor do that by spraying weeds around a large oak tree--killed it dead.

The advantage to the older Roundup formulation was that it affected the leaves of the weeds but left plant roots alone. Same reason farmers used it for crops--aka roundup ready soybeans and cotton. Monsanto got money off of both ends of that particular deal-seeds and herbicide.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 02:30 PM (ZOPh/)

That's good to know for various reasons.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 02:31 PM (i24o9)

303 shows the Housing that was purchased by FEMA to house illegal invaders.
______

FEMA is Federal Emergency Management Agency. Housing all the border jumpers the Feds let in qualifies as an emergency for the Federal govt. doncha know?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 04, 2024 02:31 PM (/QhWS)

304 I see lots of Cruz signs in the country but very few in the more urban areas.

Allred's ads are pandering and misleading but there sure are a lot of theme!
Posted by: LASue

Same with the "I can't get muh bortion" because of Ted Cruz.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:32 PM (IB6XK)

305 They were already broken.

Posted by: ... at October 04, 2024 02:33 PM (LCr8f)

306 >>> 297 Boyoboy, work sure gets in the way of commenting.
Posted by: wth at October 04, 2024 02:17 PM (v0R5T)

No kidding.

I've given up on ever being able to hang around long enough to be called an 'ette, or getting to know anyone well enough to be invited to a MoMe.

But when I have nothing to do, y'all sure do help me pass the time.
Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 04, 2024 02:29 PM (JCLJi)

The invitation is in the left sidebar (you have to back out of the comments section) and it is *not* too late for the TX MoMee, although the deadline to get the group rate at the hotel(s?) getting close. You expect something *formal* from a bunch of Morons???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 02:33 PM (FnneF)

307
Same with the "I can't get muh bortion" because of Ted Cruz.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:32 PM (IB6XK)

It's TOO DANGEROUS for women to live in Texas because of Ted Cruz!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 02:33 PM (Zz0t1)

308 FEMA is Federal Emergency Management Agency. Housing all the border jumpers the Feds let in qualifies as an emergency for the Federal govt. doncha know?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Federal Emergency Mexican Agency

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:33 PM (IB6XK)

309 The advantage to the older Roundup formulation was that it affected the leaves of the weeds but left plant roots alone. Same reason farmers used it for crops--aka roundup ready soybeans and cotton. Monsanto got money off of both ends of that particular deal-seeds and herbicide.

If you meant the old formulation with glyphosate only killed leaves, that's not correct.

Roundup, or glyphosate is a systemic weed killer. This means that the chemical is absorbed through the leaves and is distributed systemically throughout the plant, thus killing it. This is in contrast with some weed killers like paraquat which kill only the leaves which are sprayed

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 02:33 PM (xCA6C)

310 298 My point was that there is grift to be made in getting glyphosate banned. There is no grift to be made in getting arsenic banned.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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There was a brief kerfluffle about arsenic and drinking water levels during the Bush years. Dems claimed Bush wanted to poison people in the West by refusing to lower the level permitted in municipal and private drinking water.

Even there, I don't think LNT has been established via arsenic and it would be damned difficult to get controlled studies of people to determine that.

We banned arsenic pressure treated wood years ago because of concerns it could leach into water supplies and kids might somehow consume it via dirty hands, licking it or some other absurd reasoning.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 02:33 PM (ZOPh/)

311 >>> 307
Same with the "I can't get muh bortion" because of Ted Cruz.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:32 PM (IB6XK)

It's TOO DANGEROUS for women to live in Texas because of Ted Cruz!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 02:33 PM (Zz0t1)

Then move the fck out, you stupid bints, and sell your house (we can recommend a realtor for you!) to make room for more 'Ettes like me.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 02:34 PM (FnneF)

312 The advantage to the older Roundup formulation was that it affected the leaves of the weeds but left plant roots alone. Same reason farmers used it for crops--aka roundup ready soybeans and cotton. Monsanto got money off of both ends of that particular deal-seeds and herbicide.
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 02:30 PM (ZOPh/)

One of the big selling points of Roundup is that it does not persist in the soil, and it naturally breaks down in the soil quite rapidly. It enters the plants through pores in the leaves, and only affects plants that are actively growing.

The reason that the Usual Suspects attack Roundup is that it is too good at what it does, and helps increase farm productivity. Can't have that, can we?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 02:35 PM (p7LNr)

313 The invitation is in the left sidebar (you have to back out of the comments section) and it is *not* too late for the TX MoMee, although the deadline to get the group rate at the hotel(s?) getting close.

You expect something *formal* from a bunch of Morons???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

What's this world coming to? Expecting formal invites from people who don't even wear pants...

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:35 PM (IB6XK)

314 I've given up on ever being able to hang around long enough to be called an 'ette, or getting to know anyone well enough to be invited to a MoMe.

But when I have nothing to do, y'all sure do help me pass the time.
Posted by: Lady Who Lurks

I officially grant you the title of "Ette!"

No one gets invited to a MoMe. We all get invited to a MoMe. Contact the organizer and go.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2024 02:36 PM (yVtVM)

315 I don't think Mr. Hamdan is going to employed at MSNBC very much longer.

Posted by: Retired, thank God! at October 04, 2024 02:36 PM (9BIt9)

316 Who was it, years ago during OIF/OEF, I think a NY Post writer maybe, maybe Andrea Peyser, that in a column called her "CNN War-Slut Christiane Amanpour"
Posted by: Oedipus at October 04, 2024 02:27 PM

I always thought "War Whore" had a better ring to it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 02:36 PM (kgE5c)

317 294 Barely seeing any Ted Cruz ads. It's been Colin Allred 24/7 on television and YouTube.
The race is way too close and I am getting really worried.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 04, 2024 02:06 PM (NpAcC)

I see lots of Cruz signs in the country but very few in the more urban areas. Allred's ads are pandering and misleading but there sure are a lot of theme!
Posted by: LASue at October 04, 2024 02:29 PM (lCppi)

Is the Cruz race really as close as the MSM is portraying it? He exceeded their doomsday margins every time he's run so far.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 02:37 PM (BYwg+)

318 We banned arsenic pressure treated wood years ago because of concerns it could leach into water supplies and kids might somehow consume it via dirty hands, licking it or some other absurd reasoning.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 02:33 PM (ZOPh/)

----------------

Isn't it time we banned toads?

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 02:37 PM (YvVQp)

319 This is in contrast with some weed killers like paraquat which kill only the leaves which are sprayed

Posted by: Archimedes

Acapulco Gold with Paraquat.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:37 PM (IB6XK)

320 Same with the "I can't get muh bortion" because of Ted Cruz.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices
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That's a good sign. It draws a clear line and defines the baby killers and the baby saver at the same time at their expense.

Posted by: Braenyard - jobs report to be revised downward 3Xs at October 04, 2024 02:37 PM (NwuoC)

321 317 Is the Cruz race really as close as the MSM is portraying it? He exceeded their doomsday margins every time he's run so far.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 02:37 PM (BYwg+)

========

"This year, we turn Texas blue!"
-the ~~media~~ DNC every year since...2010?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 02:38 PM (GBKbO)

322 >>> 313
==
What's this world coming to? Expecting formal invites from people who don't even wear pants...
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:35 PM (IB6XK)

Only for *special* occasions, like me.

Posted by: The Book Thread, so Hoity-Toity You Can't Even at October 04, 2024 02:38 PM (FnneF)

323 who went on the date with whom
and did somebody have to go in drag

Posted by: Don "Buy War Bonds" Black at October 04, 2024 02:38 PM (/7KEl)

324 I always thought "War Whore" had a better ring to it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 02:36 PM (kgE5c)

I don't know who started it, but Liz Cheney has aptly earned the moniker, "War Pig."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 02:38 PM (i24o9)

325 There’s no denying however that Cruz is not popular. One of these cycles he’s gonna run into an opponent and set of circumstances that’ll have him losing….. maybe Trump will put him on SCOTUS in his 2nd term and Ken Paxton can take his place. Though Paxton as guv is probably better
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 02:13 PM (i5Vkf)
*******
I love Cruz... I really don't understand the dislike for him.
A couple of polls had Cruz tied and trailing by 1
Paxton is great. I also like Dan Patrick for governor

Posted by: redridinghood at October 04, 2024 02:38 PM (NpAcC)

326 I read these things and I am like yeah duh.

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2024 02:38 PM (QfvaV)

327 Roundup, or glyphosate is a systemic weed killer. This means that the chemical is absorbed through the leaves and is distributed systemically throughout the plant, thus killing it. This is in contrast with some weed killers like paraquat which kill only the leaves which are sprayed

Posted by: Archimedes
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You are talking to an old farmboy here plus practical use. What roundup does is disrupts the photosynthesis uptake from the leaves--not root function normally. Different formulations sometimes add root killers compounds (usually trichlorpyr and sold as 'brush' or 'poison ivy' killer but Roundup itself has little to no effect unless you doused the plants with it on root uptake of water, etc.

So you can apply it comfortably on leaves of weeds while leaving roots of desired plants alone.

It is a very weak root killer by itself which is why it does poorly at killing pernicious cane type weeds like blackberries, ivy in general including poison ivy, etc. Adding a rootkiller to the formulation makes it much more effective as both root function and photosynthesis can be disrupted.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 02:39 PM (ZOPh/)

328 That's a good sign. It draws a clear line and defines the baby killers and the baby saver at the same time at their expense.
Posted by: Braenyard - jobs report to be revised downward 3Xs at October 04, 2024 02:37 PM (NwuoC)

A billboard suggests itself: Pic of Allred: "Down with killing your baby." Pic of Cruz: "Wants to save your baby."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 02:39 PM (p7LNr)

329 Arsenic appears to be an essential element for chickens. It is added to commercial feed. Without it, chicks don't develop correctly.
It may be essential in micro-amounts for humans too, but since it is ubiquitous in the environment, it is probably impossible to determine.

I think it binds to the same channels as Potassium, and more strongly, so toxic amounts block cellular and nerve functions that rely on the Potassium channel.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 02:39 PM (D7oie)

330 In the weird last names department, the Dem woman running for Senate in MD against Larry Hogan is named Angela Alsobrooks.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 02:40 PM (v6JzV)

331 FWIW, is O'Keefe's scoop a surprise to anyone?

Posted by: Don at October 04, 2024 02:40 PM (/7KEl)

332 I had some pressure treated leftovers (new copper based shit, not the old stuff) and some old '70s framing lumber from a demo that both went into the same scrap pile.

Several months on, the framing wood is holding strong and the "pressure treated" is already starting to rot.

Go figure.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 02:40 PM (DDGz9)

333 Nood.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 02:41 PM (i24o9)

334 Thank you for Helena.

And you too, Nurse.

[feeling honored, does happy dance]

Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 04, 2024 02:41 PM (JCLJi)

335 But when I have nothing to do, y'all sure do help me pass the time.

Posted by: Lady Who Lurks

There are very stringent rules for being an ette.

Boobs? Ok, we're good. Hello ette.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 04, 2024 02:41 PM (i8Z6c)

336 The country's most-visited national park site, the Blue Ridge Parkway, will remain closed indefinitely.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 02:41 PM (IB6XK)

337
NOOD!

Why are right wingers obsessed with attractive (genuine) women?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 04, 2024 02:41 PM (4zrly)

338 Isn't it time we banned toads?
Posted by: ShainS
======
I actually think that one sort of toad where people get some kind of psychedelic high might be on the controlled substances list. Sonoran Desert Toad is what I am thinking about. The compound is now illegal to buy and sell in the US. Dunno about the actual toads.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 02:41 PM (ZOPh/)

339 " We Are Doing All We Can to Help Kamala Win; Our Audience Screams At Us If We Criticize Democrats, So Network Forbids Doing So"
===

This begs the line "You can't handle the truth" because every day, in every way, the Progs prove to anyone interested in politics that these people are effin' crazy, and that MSNBC is feeding their neuroses like drug pushers.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2024 02:43 PM (rj6Yv)

340 "MSNBC Producer: Our Programming Is Indistinguishable From the Democrat Party; We Are Doing All We Can to Help Kamala Win; Our Audience Screams At Us If We Criticize Democrats, So Network Forbids Doing So"

Frankly, I'm not exorcized about this. OF COURSE MSNBC is an arm of the Democrats. Conventional wisdom says that FOX is an arm of the Republicans, and that's certainly true (the GOPe, of course). OMG would be making more news if he got those admissions from ABCBSNBCNN etc etc etc.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 02:43 PM (BYwg+)

341 >Trump broke no one.
>They chose to break themselves.

Reverse Samson. His enemies pull the temple down on their own heads to get to him.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 04, 2024 02:44 PM (lhenN)

342 331 FWIW, is O'Keefe's scoop a surprise to anyone?
Posted by: Don
----------------------

It certifies what we know.

Posted by: Braenyard - jobs report to be revised downward 3Xs at October 04, 2024 02:45 PM (NwuoC)

343 332 I had some pressure treated leftovers (new copper based shit, not the old stuff) and some old '70s framing lumber from a demo that both went into the same scrap pile.

Several months on, the framing wood is holding strong and the "pressure treated" is already starting to rot.

Go figure.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Old wood is denser as commercial forests have moved to faster growing varieties and the downside is much softer wood. Second, fully dried old lumber often lasts longer outside initially because the moisture has to penetrate the center all over again.

The new pressure treated wood is best covered by stains/sealant when the surface is dry enough to do so.

Don't care much for it and for many uses, synthetic plastics are now superior for decking etc.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 02:46 PM (ZOPh/)

344 I would like to see a list of everyone who believes that the government hired 785,000 people in the month of September.

You've no imagination, Comrade. Illegal aliens add so much to the rich fabric, the majestic tapestry that comprises Our Democracy. They are for hire - so long as they vote the correct way.

Your attitude has been logged!

Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2024 03:36 PM (QCu82)

345 More fake news from A-Mess-NBC the Lying Peacock News always supporting the Globalists Left

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at October 04, 2024 05:47 PM (wGqjj)

Joe Biden Calls His Friends in the Mob and Has the Longshoreman Delay -- Not Call Off, Delay -- Their Strike Until After the Election

I want some investigations into this.

What was agreed to? What did Biden promise?

Striking U.S. dockworkers will return to work Friday after reaching a tentative agreement with employers on an improved wage offer.
The conditional offer was for a 62% wage increase, FOX Business has learned.

62%?!?!

The offer is on the table for the next 90 days. If no deal is reached within that timeframe, the proposed wage hike will be pulled from the table.
The International Longshoremen's Association, which represents 45,000 striking U.S. workers, said the union and USMX have reached a "tentative agreement on wages and have agreed to extend the Master Contract until January 15, 2025 to return to the bargaining table to negotiate all other outstanding issues."
...

Despite mounting pressure, President Biden said over the weekend he would not intervene, saying he doesn't "believe in Taft-Hartley," a reference to 1947 legislation that curtailed unions.
The strike raised fears of disruptions in the supply chain. An analysis by JPMorgan estimated the daily cost of a port strike by East and Gulf Coast port workers would cost the U.S. economy between $3.8 billion and $4.5 billion per day as operations slow.

The ILA is strangling the American economy -- and not just through exorbitant salaries.

They are making everything more expensive by demanding fees every time cargo is merely "touched" by longshoreman, forcing freight out of the seas (which are cheap to move goods through) and onto trucks:

John Ʌ Konrad V
@johnkonrad
The ILA refusing automation isn't even the craziest demand.
The craziest ILA demand is *touch* fees
Let me explain...
You've heard about our crumbling highways and bridges? And the $1.2 TRILLION infrastructure bill Congress passed to fix them? Well, the primary culprit for that damage? Heavy loads.
The rest of the world gets it. They offload containers onto barges or feeder ships to save their roads and reduce fatalities. It's called short sea shipping.
Europe: Big ship arrives ➡️ 🏗️ moves container ➡️ terminal ➡️ 🏗️ onto a barge ➡️ barge sails to a smaller port ➡️ 🏗️ onto a truck ➡️ short drive to warehouse.
That's 3 crane *touches*
US (ILA ports): Big ship arrives ➡️ 🏗️ moves container ➡️ truck 🚛 drives *hundreds of miles.*
That's 1 union crane *touch*
Why? Because every time the union crane *touches* a container, the union rakes in a massive fee.
So it's somehow cheaper to truck containers hundreds of miles and let taxpayers foot the road repair bill than let the union *touch* it two more times for short sea shipping to work.
Only in America.

Posted by: Ace at 12:17 PM

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1 First.

And now, the Barrel.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 12:17 PM (BYwg+)

2 Hi ace!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 12:18 PM (4XwPj)

3 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 12:18 PM (HumJm)

4
This is why I'm glad Trump didn't shoot his mouth off about this. It was a trap!

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 12:18 PM (dQzv6)

5 Maybe the ILA realized that having their boss out there threatening the country wasn't going as well as they'd planned.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 04, 2024 12:18 PM (2UnvF)

6 Ah Democracy. Smells like Byzantium.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 04, 2024 12:18 PM (PDf99)

7 True minimum wage is $0.

Automate now!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 12:19 PM (IB6XK)

8
The 62% may be a 10.20% increase every year, not all at once is my guess.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 12:19 PM (RKVpM)

9 Let's argue now about automation.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 12:19 PM (Q4IgG)

10 Teddy Roosevelt had it right.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:19 PM (i24o9)

11 I'm willing to touch things for less than an exorbitant fee.

Posted by: Uncle Pervy at October 04, 2024 12:19 PM (CV8a5)

12 And once Trump is President they will strike.

And it them becomes his problem.

Drop dead you useless whore buggering fake President.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:20 PM (1nfzE)

13 The 62% may be a 10.20% increase every year, not all at once is my guess.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

I'd give my left nut to get 10% a year.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 12:20 PM (IB6XK)

14 Read the post - like a noob - and still top ten.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:20 PM (i24o9)

15 UGGG Read the content!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 04, 2024 12:20 PM (JMAcK)

16 H Ace
Glad it's Friday. The news is taking over my life. The election can;t come too soon.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 04, 2024 12:20 PM (t/2Uw)

17 It's miracle ! Just like today's jobs numbers...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 12:20 PM (IyPmt)

18 President Biden said over the weekend he would not intervene, saying he doesn't "believe in Taft-Hartley," a reference to 1947 legislation that curtailed unions.

Well he obviously doesn't 'believe in" immigration law...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 12:20 PM (FnneF)

19 Is the claim that the 62% increase compensates for the inflation the Dems claim doesn't exist?

Posted by: davidt at October 04, 2024 12:20 PM (i0F8b)

20 Ummm...
Maybe I just ain't smart enough to understand this but... There's a whole lot of the US that can't be accessed by water. Is that not correct?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 12:21 PM (4XwPj)

21 What I wouldn't give for a 62% pay increase....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 12:21 PM (xcxpd)

22 16 H Ace
Glad it's Friday. The news is taking over my life. The election can;t come too soon.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 04, 2024 12:20 PM (t/2Uw)

Me too... I just want it over with...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 12:21 PM (IyPmt)

23 And once Trump is President they will strike.

And it them becomes his problem.

Drop dead you useless whore buggering fake President.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Trump will Taft-Hartly them. If they refuse, US Marshals will arrest and Army Corps of Engineers will run the ports.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 12:21 PM (IB6XK)

24
Speaking of bullshit favors...

how's that Fed rate cut working out for us?

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 12:21 PM (dQzv6)

25 Under the new Trump Unity alliance conservatives need to stop being brain dead lapdogs to the global corporatists. Unions need to busted down and rebuilt to wield the power they had to fight against corrupt multinational America hating corporations. It's a new age. Get used to it.

Posted by: Nipsy Russell at October 04, 2024 12:21 PM (ufEKO)

26 Imagine if we still made stuff here in the US and didn't need to unload so much of it from ships coming from overseas.

Posted by: Anti-Faucist at October 04, 2024 12:21 PM (qUkBO)

27 Clowns to the left; gangsters to the right…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 12:22 PM (WnEm5)

28
The 62% may be a 10.20% increase every year, not all at once is my guess.
.....

I'd give my left nut to get 10% a year.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024

You know who else only had one nut?

/ obligatory

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 12:22 PM (RKVpM)

29 I'd give my left nut to get 10% a year.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

You know who else had only one testicle?

Posted by: Major Hochstetter at October 04, 2024 12:22 PM (CV8a5)

30 The conditional offer was for a 62% wage increase, FOX Business has learned.

Inflation is running over 10% a year so honestly to stay afloat people should be getting raises like this...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 12:22 PM (oZhjI)

31 Counterspin - the unions crumbled when desantis announced he would have the national guard take over FL ports

Posted by: HowardDevore at October 04, 2024 12:22 PM (H/Jxx)

32
Europe: Big ship arrives

I'm no expert, but would that really work here? The port to destination distance seems to be shorter in Europe.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 12:22 PM (BkEzK)

33 Apparently Taft Harley Act is like Supreme Court Decisions...you can choose whether or not you like them, personally.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 12:22 PM (IZn54)

34 The 62% is over the term of the contract. This is the craziest CBA I have seen in awhile.

Hey Elon! In your government waste prevention job, pleas hire me to negotiate the cbas! Thanks.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 12:23 PM (pZEOD)

35 >>> 28
The 62% may be a 10.20% increase every year, not all at once is my guess.
.....

I'd give my left nut to get 10% a year.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024

You know who else only had one nut?

/ obligatory
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 12:22 PM (RKVpM)

>>> 29 I'd give my left nut to get 10% a year.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

You know who else had only one testicle?
Posted by: Major Hochstetter at October 04, 2024 12:22 PM (CV8a5)

I don't get it.

Posted by: Lance Armstrong at October 04, 2024 12:23 PM (FnneF)

36 28/29
Horde mind is real and is spectacular!

Posted by: Old Blue at October 04, 2024 12:23 PM (X6YhY)

37 The 62% may be a 10.20% increase every year, not all at once is my guess.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

I'd give my left nut to get 10% a year.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 12:20 PM (IB6XK)

no shit right?? i've had less than inflation increase, because we're lucky to get even those, in the last 8 years. only ONE of those years did i get 10% to make up for some inflation related impacts.

i work for a good company overall.

but guaranteed 10% over the next 6 years?

i'd take your arm off for that deal...

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 04, 2024 12:23 PM (v6XNT)

38
Taft-Hartley curtailed union abuses, not unions.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 12:23 PM (BkEzK)

39 But my wife did stock up on TP so there’s one positive

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 12:23 PM (WnEm5)

40 This is a pretty incredible video. Shows how quickly the water rose in Waverly (goes to X)

https://tinyurl.com/3npzufs5

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 12:23 PM (MpVUb)

41 Me too... I just want it over with...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 12:21 PM (IyPmt)

I'm at the point where I'm having bad dreams. I can't wait for it to be over.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 04, 2024 12:23 PM (k9OZB)

42 but guaranteed 10% over the next 6 years?

i'd take your arm off for that deal...

Not funny man not funny

Posted by: Michelle Fields at October 04, 2024 12:24 PM (oZhjI)

43 20 Ummm...
Maybe I just ain't smart enough to understand this but... There's a whole lot of the US that can't be accessed by water. Is that not correct?
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 12:21 PM (4XwPj)

Yes and no. We have been blessed with several navigable rivers - the Mississippi, the Missouri (for part of its length), the Ohio and others. The Mountain West is pretty locked out of river traffic but the East and Midwest used to have pretty robust ports for smaller vessels.

We'd need to get back into river dredging to make the above plan work but it's doable.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 12:24 PM (xcxpd)

44 So unionized election interference

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:24 PM (1nfzE)

45 I want some investigations into this.

What was agreed to? What did Biden promise?

------------

The Mobbed-Up Union Leader woke up yesterday morning with a horse's ass in his bed -- and it was John F'ing Kerry!

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 12:24 PM (tU7vi)

46 Enjoy your 62% raise... in ten year's time the Ports will all be automated, and only need ten of you to run it, max.

They really, really should push for workers to get trained in automation. Someone has to maintain those robots and make sure they run efficiently, and troubleshoot tech or electronic problems. There's a world of new jobs to be made in the field, and any union working to get their workers certified will be ahead of the game.

Too bad they are the buggy whip union trying to get more money for making buggy whips. Meanwhile the impending car boom is going to run them over.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 12:24 PM (5go6+)

47 >>The 62% may be a 10.20% increase every year, not all at once is my guess.

Biden plans on using inflation to reduce that to a moderate, inflation adjusted, rate of >2%.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 12:25 PM (IZn54)

48 >>> 39 But my wife did stock up on TP so there's one positive
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 12:23 PM (WnEm5)

It's a very good idea to stock on anything and everything you can.

Did you know someone tried to assassinate Trump???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 12:25 PM (FnneF)

49 Europe: Big ship arrives

I'm no expert, but would that really work here? The port to destination distance seems to be shorter in Europe.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 12:22 PM (BkEzK)

well, you've got the mississippi, great lakes, ohio, and a number of canals, so i'd say much of the eastern US especially, is reachable by barge...

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 04, 2024 12:25 PM (v6XNT)

50 Joe Biden Calls His Friends in the Mob

- pretty sure it was Jill

Posted by: meh at October 04, 2024 12:25 PM (yjRHe)

51 but guaranteed 10% over the next 6 years?

i'd take your arm off for that deal...

Not funny man not funny
Posted by: Michelle Fields at October 04, 2024 12:24 PM (oZhjI)

I’d shoot my dog for that

Posted by: Kristi Noem at October 04, 2024 12:25 PM (WnEm5)

52 62%?!?!

------------

"That's the actual transitory inflation rate over the past four years, h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 12:25 PM (tU7vi)

53 Even more than the 62% raise over 6 years, they are holding out for a ban on automation.

A raise doesn't do you any good if a robot takes your place.

Posted by: Just Lily at October 04, 2024 12:25 PM (JkA2a)

54
Did you know someone tried to assassinate Trump???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 12:25 PM (FnneF)

No! When?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 12:25 PM (BkEzK)

55 Morning.

OT but just to follow up, the Bellatrix Transport driver is a dude. He just drove off. Did not get a chance to tell him to read another book.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 12:26 PM (O9ob5)

56 Has David French wrote anything on this?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:26 PM (1nfzE)

57 Not only do I want Automation to replace these fat Union fucks as soon as possible...

I want the Automation to go Terminator on them.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 12:26 PM (IZn54)

58 I’d shoot my dog for that

Posted by: Kristi Noem at October 04, 2024 12:25 PM (WnEm5)

You gonna finish that?

Posted by: Barack Obama taking out some hot sauce at October 04, 2024 12:26 PM (oZhjI)

59 I'm at a loss to understand any of this. And I'm a lawyer and all-around smart guy. But:

These are private workers in a private union, correct? And as far as I can tell, they don't all have the same private employer. It's not like all the union workers of Ford or GM going on strike. So each employer of these longshoreman has the right to decide for itself what to offer if anything.

So what the fuck does Joey Shitbrains -- or anyone in government -- have to do with any of this? This is between the private unions and the private employers. The employers can make their own decisions on what is best for the employers. Right?

I may be wrong about this. But I don't think I am.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 12:26 PM (iFTx/)

60 It doesn't all go by road, a lot goes by rail too. But Ace's point on "touch" is still valid.

Posted by: Old Blue at October 04, 2024 12:26 PM (X6YhY)

61 What prepares Kamala for success in this op?

Posted by: DaveA at October 04, 2024 12:27 PM (FhXTo)

62 but guaranteed 10% over the next 6 years?

i'd take your arm off for that deal...

Not funny man not funny
Posted by: Michelle Fields at October 04, 2024 12:24 PM (oZhjI)

i knew you'd pop up sooner or later.

:p

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 04, 2024 12:27 PM (v6XNT)

63 Transporting lithium batteries over the highways causes problems too. A few fires on the way to Vegas and this one, right near the port. https://tinyurl.com/fut23the

Posted by: PJU at October 04, 2024 12:27 PM (RRCAT)

64 Did you know someone tried to assassinate Trump???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 12:25 PM (FnneF)

I can see why.. Bruce Springsteen said Trump is the most dangerous candidate in history !

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 12:27 PM (IyPmt)

65 Willowed: [Rowling studied Latin. Which seems like a useless thing to study, unless you are writing a wizarding word where spells are based heavily in Latin, ha. Glad she could do something with it!
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024

***
Not completely useless. The study of the words and their descendants teaches us a lot about English and the Romance languages. And the grammar teaches us about the way sentences are constructed.

(No, I've never studied it formally. Too many case endings.)

Posted by: Romulan Commander at October 04, 2024 12:27 PM (J2vNu)

66 That's 1 union crane *touch*

Why? Because every time the union crane *touches* a container, the union rakes in a massive fee.

So it's somehow cheaper to truck containers hundreds of miles and let taxpayers foot the road repair bill than let the union *touch* it two more times for short sea shipping to work.

Only in America.

———

So you are saying in Europe they move things for free (no touch fees)? I find that hard to believe.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (gYHPZ)

67 43 Yes and no. We have been blessed with several navigable rivers - the Mississippi, the Missouri (for part of its length), the Ohio and others. The Mountain West is pretty locked out of river traffic but the East and Midwest used to have pretty robust ports for smaller vessels.

plus, we can dig prosperity canals

Posted by: anachronda at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (sGtp+)

68 Now I see why the trolls were trumpeting the "settlement"... they really do belive Creepy Pervy masterfully negotiated a settlement in an hour or so and is proof of awesome

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (t+Tko)

69 They are making everything more expensive by demanding fees every time cargo is merely "touched" by longshoreman,
_____

Kind of like a 'tariff' ?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (/QhWS)

70 Oh,

How many EVs caught fire due to Helene?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (1nfzE)

71 Joe Biden Calls His Friends in the Mob

- pretty sure it was Jill
Posted by: meh at October 04, 2024 12:25 PM (yjRHe)

Or one of Obama's staffers.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (W/lyH)

72 28/29
Horde mind is real and is spectacular!
Posted by: Old Blue

Don't forget to thank the T Ball pitcher. 😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (IB6XK)

73
It would be funny if the Chinx actually did own all the ports. Try that strike stuff on the ChiComs and you'll be lucky to be digging a canal in Manchuria. In the winter.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (BkEzK)

74 >>> 46 Enjoy your 62% raise... in ten year's time the Ports will all be automated, and only need ten of you to run it, max.

They really, really should push for workers to get trained in automation. Someone has to maintain those robots and make sure they run efficiently, and troubleshoot tech or electronic problems. There's a world of new jobs to be made in the field, and any union working to get their workers certified will be ahead of the game.

Too bad they are the buggy whip union trying to get more money for making buggy whips. Meanwhile the impending car boom is going to run them over.
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 12:24 PM (5go6+)

They *ought* to demand it as some sort of perk for seniors guys, who presumably could sit in a nice climate-controlled office drinking coffee and monitoring shit... and if they were really smart (sigh), they would demand each port have its own closed-circuit network with NO internet access, EVER.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (FnneF)

75 Automation can't come fast enough. Which is what I think the root of all this is. I think these employers know that whatever they offer to settle this won't matter in a few years. They can go on strike and demand all they want. They are soon to become obsolete.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (iFTx/)

76 So it's somehow cheaper to truck containers hundreds of miles and let taxpayers foot the road repair bill than let the union *touch* it two more times for short sea shipping to work.

Only in America.

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I've been driving two major freeways every workday for over a decade in Northern AZ (I-40 & I-17).

They're pretty much destroyed annually (some of that is the winter freeze & thaw cycle) primarily by the trucking traffic -- and are constantly being repaved (like a permanent employment program as well).

Not to mention destroying my cars' suspensions frequently ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (tU7vi)

77 Counterspin - the unions crumbled when desantis announced he would have the national guard take over FL ports
Posted by: HowardDevore at October 04, 2024 12:22 PM (H/Jxx)

This is what I first saw on Twitter.

I suppose it could be wrong, or possibly both are true. But it's nice to think about.

Posted by: Dr. T at October 04, 2024 12:29 PM (faBWN)

78 Apparently Israel did not only bag Nasrallah's sucessor, but also the entire Shura council which selects the leader of Hezbollah.

It sure looks like Israel could continuously track the successor's location, and took him out at a time when it would do the most damage.

Apparently Nasrallah is going to be buried quietly on a temporary basis - Hezbollah is worried about having a big public funeral, for some reason.

Posted by: Hezbollah HR! at October 04, 2024 12:29 PM (uxCna)

79 Does the Jones Act apply at all?

Posted by: davidt at October 04, 2024 12:29 PM (i0F8b)

80 but guaranteed 10% over the next 6 years?

i'd take your arm off for that deal...

Not funny man not funny
Posted by: Michelle Fields at October 04, 2024 12:24 PM (oZhjI)

i knew you'd pop up sooner or later.

:p
Posted by: SturmToddler

Like a boner at a Diddy party.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 12:29 PM (IB6XK)

81 So it's somehow cheaper to truck containers hundreds of miles and let taxpayers foot the road repair bill

'Repair'?! What the heck is that word?

Posted by: PennDOT at October 04, 2024 12:30 PM (lCA8w)

82 >>Apparently Israel did not only bag Nasrallah's sucessor, but also the entire Shura council which selects the leader of Hezbollah.

BREAKING: Hezballah Semi-Annual Rock Paper Scissor Tournament, Canceled.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 12:30 PM (IZn54)

83 >>> 40 This is a pretty incredible video. Shows how quickly the water rose in Waverly (goes to X)

https://tinyurl.com/3npzufs5
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 04, 2024 12:23 PM (MpVUb)

That's from a couple years ago, but still worth seeing as an example of how bad flooding can be.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 12:30 PM (FnneF)

84 From a WaPo article, 10/02/24, 'The US could have seen shortages and higher retail prices if...'

What are the dockworkers asking for?
What are the issues in the dockworkers strike? The union is demanding significantly higher wages and a TOTAL BAN on the automation of cranes, gates and container-moving trucks that are used in the loading or unloading of freight at 36 U.S. ports. Those ports handle roughly half of the nations' cargo from ships. 20 hours ago (Emphasis added.)

There can't be a total ban. They'll be 'negotiating' for a substantial period of time - a giant albatross.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 04, 2024 12:30 PM (NFX2v)

85 I may be wrong about this. But I don't think I am.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade

I am curious about this, too, as they are indicating Mayor Pete was at the table? The last negotiation he was involved with was when I locked everyone out and he was still mayor! Oh, the good ol days.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (pZEOD)

86
Does the Jones Act apply at all?
Posted by: davidt at October 04, 2024 12:29 PM (i0F8b)

You're mistaking it for the Fordney-McCumber Act.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (BkEzK)

87 So you are saying in Europe they move things for free (no touch fees)? I find that hard to believe.

For whatever reason, only in the United States and Australia have the longshoremen been given the authority to strangle the economy whenever they want.

Posted by: Hezbollah HR! at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (uxCna)

88 Invisible Touch

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (63Dwl)

89 Surprised they could dig Nasrallah out of his perfectly adequate burial vault.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (1nfzE)

90 Counterspin - the unions crumbled when desantis announced he would have the national guard take over FL ports

Yeah, that was my theory too.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (2ocoG)

91 Good afternoon Ace. Ask how kissing the butt of the one worlder leftists worked out for the autoworkers or steelworkerd. A few ended up with higher salaries but most got put out if there jobs either by automation or by business moving elsewhere. Same thing happened with the screen writers, who are now facing AI or much less work. Automation will push the longshoremen out eventually, striking in January will just make it quicker

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (F+WBi)

92 This seems to me just one example of the deep state pulling out all the steps to push the cackler over the finish line. Nothing can get in the way of a positive narrative now matter how BS it is…. A continued strike would be too noticeable to the LIVs.

I hope they have Trump surrounded by bullet proof glass in Butler tomorrow because it seems to me the junta is getting desperate and therefore reckless

Posted by: Kristi Noem at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (WnEm5)

93 62% increase.

But your goods being shipped and "touched" by these fucknuts won't be any more expensive, will they?

Regardless what the economy does.

Uh huh.... sure.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (Q4IgG)

94 Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 12:24 PM (xcxpd)

Yeh I'm two hours north of the Ohio river in Indiana. The Wabash river, I believe, hosted quite a bit of traffic at one time as well.
But yes I was thinking the west of the Mississippi.

Do they not dredge rivers anymore?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (4XwPj)

95 So you are saying in Europe they move things for free (no touch fees)? I find that hard to believe.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (gYHPZ

I think the argument is that in europe, you just have the fee for doing it which includes whatever the union skims off the top (because it's Europe), rather than the intrinsic fee, plus the labor skim, *plus* an explicit union fee.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (DDGz9)

96 That's 1 union crane *touch*

Why? Because every time the union crane *touches* a container, the union rakes in a massive fee.

So it's somehow cheaper to truck containers hundreds of miles and let taxpayers foot the road repair bill than let the union *touch* it two more times for short sea shipping to work.

Only in America.

———

So you are saying in Europe they move things for free (no touch fees)? I find that hard to believe.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (gYHPZ)
________

I agree. I think the difference is that in America we have bigger, wider, and better (overall) roads and better trucking infrastructure. We can unload yuge container ships and put them immediately on trucks. I don't think they can do that in most places in Europe, even if they wanted to.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (iFTx/)

97 Hey, where's my fee?
-- Touch Connors

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 12:32 PM (v6JzV)

98 Random thought: How come nobody ever offers their right nut?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 12:32 PM (xPJvm)

99 Oh,

How many EVs caught fire due to Helene?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (1nfzE)

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[Headline from a week ago:]

"DeSantis warns Florida EV drivers to move cars to higher ground ahead of Hurricane Helene."

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 12:33 PM (tU7vi)

100 Invisible Touch
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

You've met my ex?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 12:33 PM (IB6XK)

101 Off used-to-be-hot SD governor sock

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 12:33 PM (WnEm5)

102 Touch Fee...

what, like The Champagne Room?

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 12:33 PM (IZn54)

103 Did you know someone tried to assassinate Trump???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 12:25 PM (FnneF)

I can see why.. Bruce Springsteen said Trump is the most dangerous candidate in history !
Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 12:27 PM (IyPmt)
***

Springsteen is welcome to his opinion, just as I am welcome to mine which is he is a scum-sucking Siberian snow pimp with the brains of a worm.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 12:33 PM (W/lyH)

104 75 Automation can't come fast enough. Which is what I think the root of all this is. I think these employers know that whatever they offer to settle this won't matter in a few years. They can go on strike and demand all they want. They are soon to become obsolete.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (iFTx/)

————-

The ROI on automating port operations is probably in the 10 year range. Nobody is going to do it.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 12:33 PM (gYHPZ)

105 Random thought: How come nobody ever offers their right nut?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 12:32 PM (xPJvm)

---------------

Damn, that coulda been a Seinfeld episode ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 12:34 PM (tU7vi)

106 Apparently Israel did not only bag Nasrallah's sucessor, but also the entire Shura council which selects the leader of Hezbollah.

I can't imagine how terrifying it must be to be one of the few surviving senior members of Hezbollah right now - Hezbollah released a video from a senior official (because they had to say something), and the guy was obviously sweating like a pig throughout the video.

Posted by: Hezbollah HR! at October 04, 2024 12:34 PM (uxCna)

107 I just saw the Kamala border czar song...its great https://tinyurl.com/ybbujyx5

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 12:34 PM (oZhjI)

108 Touch fee, $20, same as in town.

Posted by: davidt at October 04, 2024 12:34 PM (i0F8b)

109 98 Random thought: How come nobody ever offers their right nut?

fine, fine. i'd give my non-dominant nut...

Posted by: anachronda at October 04, 2024 12:34 PM (sGtp+)

110 Random thought: How come nobody ever offers their right nut?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 12:32 PM (xPJvm)

Being left-handed the right is my default nut to give…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 12:35 PM (WnEm5)

111 I am waiting for the next Hezbollah leader to be the janitor.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:35 PM (1nfzE)

112 You can have my nuts when you take them from my cold dead hands

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2024 12:35 PM (F+WBi)

113 'Touch fees'? How much for a subscription?

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 12:35 PM (xtH79)

114 You can have my nuts when you take them from my cold dead hands

THIS

Posted by: Some Squirrel in your backyard at October 04, 2024 12:36 PM (oZhjI)

115
I am waiting for the next Hezbollah leader to be the janitor.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:35 PM (1nfzE)

This is a perfect opportunity for women to step up and take charge.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 12:36 PM (BkEzK)

116 Okay, so as expected, this is Master Agreement set up here, with the other party being the US Maritime Alliance, ltd. The tie in with the govt is the NLRB, but no different than any other contract, except the impact on commerce and the national economy.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 12:36 PM (pZEOD)

117 Kramer's right nut?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:36 PM (1nfzE)

118 You can have my nuts when you take them from my cold dead hands
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2024 12:35 PM (F+WBi)

What a way to go, though...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 12:36 PM (DDGz9)

119 I am waiting for the next Hezbollah leader to be the janitor.

No way, man!

Posted by: A Hezbollah Janitor! at October 04, 2024 12:36 PM (uxCna)

120 Random thought: How come nobody ever offers their right nut?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 12:32 PM (xPJvm)

Didn't people used to believe being left-handed was somehow evil?

Maybe the left nut is the wicked nut?

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 12:36 PM (i0Vcn)

121 When the Union does it, it's a Touch Fee.

When Trump does it, it's Hush Money.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 12:36 PM (IZn54)

122
Imagine for a minute that my conjecture of a 10% raise every year is valid. Without using math, determine how many days without pay before their first year 10% increase in pay would disappear and they'd be back to even steven.

Then factor in workers who took at least a 25% beating due to inflation. The head of the union may have come out spitting fire but his peeps maybe not so much.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 12:37 PM (RKVpM)

123 'How come nobody ever offers their right nut?'

The left testicle is somewhat smaller in many males. Testicular asymmetry.

Posted by: mainly spoons at October 04, 2024 12:37 PM (pvz5Z)

124 Didn't people used to believe being left-handed was somehow evil?

It is called sinister

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 12:37 PM (IyPmt)

125 Yeh I'm two hours north of the Ohio river in Indiana. The Wabash river, I believe, hosted quite a bit of traffic at one time as well.
But yes I was thinking the west of the Mississippi.

Do they not dredge rivers anymore?
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (4XwPj)

ah yes, used to enjoy going down to terra haute area to play hockey and see family growing up. we were on the IL side of the wabash.

we used to roam from evansville to fun times as a kid and summers at turkey run while tubing

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 04, 2024 12:37 PM (v6XNT)

126 I love that they're fact checking hurricane victims. Who do you believe? The Biden-Harris admin or your neighbor and fellow American on the nightly news with video evidence?

Posted by: Ribbed at October 04, 2024 12:37 PM (+xrWz)

127 Automation is coming. This will be s pyrrhic victory. It will not stop the criticism of the administaration's handling of the disaster unfolding in the South. The horror is just beginning.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 04, 2024 12:37 PM (t/2Uw)

128
scum-sucking Siberian snow pimp with the brains of a worm.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 12:33 PM (W/lyH)

Denebian Slime Devil >>Siberian snow pimp with the brains of a worm.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 12:37 PM (x0n13)

129 5 Maybe the ILA realized that having their boss out there threatening the country wasn't going as well as they'd planned.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 04, 2024 12:18 PM (2UnvF)

I kind of thought the same thing. That guy was so tone deaf and that clip of him was just offensive. the PR folks may have decided he'd be a drag on Kamala and they punted just to get it out of the news cycle.

Also, FWIW I heard some lefty talking head claim the Union boss was a Trump supporter. No clue if true or what relevance there may be.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 04, 2024 12:38 PM (pIfcn)

130 >>The Wabash river

Not to be confused with the Wabash Cannonball...which was a train.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 12:38 PM (IZn54)

131 Didn't people used to believe being left-handed was somehow evil?

Maybe the left nut is the wicked nut?
Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 12:36 PM (i0Vcn)

I'm left-handed, and my wife always jokes that I am evil. On the other hand, she might not be wrong. *twirls Snidely Whiplash mustache*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 12:38 PM (xPJvm)

132 Automation can't come fast enough. Which is what I think the root of all this is. I think these employers know that whatever they offer to settle this won't matter in a few years. They can go on strike and demand all they want. They are soon to become obsolete.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 12:28 PM (iFTx/)

————-

The ROI on automating port operations is probably in the 10 year range. Nobody is going to do it.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 12:33 PM (gYHPZ)
______

Probably more than 10 years. But it's already happening, and exorbitant wages and fees like this will only accelerate it. Plus, the automation is just better. Its faster, more reliable, and doesn't bitch and complain.

Major auto companies have already fully automated their assembly plants. If you haven't already, watch a video of the Porsche or Lamborghini plant. It's alien tech. There's no going back. Transportation will follow.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 12:38 PM (iFTx/)

133
Didn't people used to believe being left-handed was somehow evil?

How many left-handed people were tortured and burned at the stake? I demand reparations!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 12:38 PM (BkEzK)

134 What do ya know!!?? According to the guv'mint, the economy added 254K jobs.
This explains why my BullSh*t meter has been going crazy.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 12:38 PM (W/lyH)

135 The real issue is automation

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 04, 2024 12:38 PM (wBaIH)

136 Maybe the left nut is the wicked nut?
Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 12:36 PM (i0Vcn)

"If your left nut offend thee, offer it up in barter for a pay raise or something, i don't know."

Esteeziasticus 10:32

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 12:38 PM (DDGz9)

137 As a onetime Teamster, I just can't support any of this BS I hated being in a union, but to join when I was a line worker at UPS. No benefit.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at October 04, 2024 12:38 PM (TN5A0)

138 I'd give my left nut to get 10% a year.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 12:20 PM (IB6XK)

Short-sighted. What will you do the second year?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:38 PM (i24o9)

139 133
Didn't people used to believe being left-handed was somehow evil?

How many left-handed people were tortured and burned at the stake? I demand reparations!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 12:38 PM (BkEzK)

========

The Italian word for left is sinistre.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 12:38 PM (GBKbO)

140 Don't look up Wabash Cannonball on Urban Dictionary.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 12:39 PM (xPJvm)

141 In Harris County, TX (Houston) they don't have the problem of taxpayers footing the bill for road damaged by heavy loads.

Because they just don't fix the roads ....

One time, I was a passenger in my car taking a rest, driving down I-45 in Houston. It took about 10 minutes of "is this just the rough road or do I have a flat?" to determine it was a flat.
That's how bad the highways and roads are around Houston.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 04, 2024 12:39 PM (Qlpv5)

142 I think the argument is that in europe, you just have the fee for doing it which includes whatever the union skims off the top (because it's Europe), rather than the intrinsic fee, plus the labor skim, *plus* an explicit union fee.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (DDGz9)

———

I guess the X poster needs to clearer. What’s really the difference between the USA and Europe? The poster implies that the Europeans get three crane operations for one small fee while the USA get only one operation for a large fee.

The actual costs have to be looked at. Leaving that out is a big red flag on the information presented.

I guess the biggest question is why should I trust what any corporate stooge says?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 12:39 PM (gYHPZ)

143 134 What do ya know!!?? According to the guv'mint, the economy added 254K jobs.
This explains why my BullSh*t meter has been going crazy.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 12:38 PM (W/lyH)

You forgot "unexpectedly."

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 12:39 PM (IyPmt)

144 It wouldn't surprise me if this was prearranged. Send the thug out to threaten everyone, then call him off - for now.

Intimidation has been the go to Dem campaign tactic for ten years now. "Vote right, or we'll wreck the economy. Maybe we'll even burn some cities. Your choice."

It works.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2024 12:39 PM (awTae)

145

I Lick Jerry Nadler's taint for stray strands of pastrami.

Posted by: Paul=Kurt at October 04, 2024 12:39 PM (zyu/6)

146 scum-sucking Siberian snow pimp with the brains of a worm.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 12:33 PM (W/lyH)

Denebian Slime Devil >>Siberian snow pimp with the brains of a worm.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 12:37 PM (x0n13)

Well, sure, if you drop off the scum-sucking.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 12:40 PM (W/lyH)

147 Touch this.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at October 04, 2024 12:40 PM (ufFY8)

148 Random thought: How come nobody ever offers their right nut?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024
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Damn, that coulda been a Seinfeld episode ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024

***
It sounds like one of Jerry's lines from the standup in clubs, shown at the beginning of the early episodes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 12:40 PM (J2vNu)

149 The Grift is strong with the Longshoremen.

They will be gone soon enough, just like horse buggy whip manufacturers.

Good.

Posted by: Czech Chick at October 04, 2024 12:40 PM (fpVC1)

150 Off used-to-be-hot SD governor sock

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 12:33 PM (WnEm5)

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After I first saw her introduce President Trump at the Independence Day celebration at Mount Rushmore, I thought for sure she'd be Trump's next VP and eventually the first female POTUS.

And then she screwed the pooch -- figuratively, and then, well shot it literally ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 12:40 PM (tU7vi)

151 Somebody left the door to Arkham's library unlocked again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:41 PM (1nfzE)

152 Hi madame and hi Sharon!

And hi to anyone I missed!

Posted by: Ace at October 04, 2024 12:41 PM (KRtlO)

153 scum-sucking Siberian snow pimp with the brains of a worm.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 12:33 PM (W/lyH)

For a second there I thought you were talking about Liz Cheney….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 12:41 PM (P/Wjn)

154 Pretty sure 'Touch Fee' was Samantha Fox's biggest Hit.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 12:41 PM (IZn54)

155 It sounds like one of Jerry's lines from the standup in clubs, shown at the beginning of the early episodes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 12:40 PM (J2vNu)

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Exactly. I heard it in his voice ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 12:41 PM (tU7vi)

156 I am pretty sure the *connotation* is new... Latin for right and left is dexter (so, dexterous) and sinister.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 12:41 PM (FnneF)

157 152 Hi madame and hi Sharon!

And hi to anyone I missed!
Posted by: Ace at October 04, 2024 12:41 PM (KRtlO)

Sulks..

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 12:41 PM (IyPmt)

158 Was "i'd give my left nut" even a figure of speech yet in the 90's?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 12:41 PM (DDGz9)

159 I have been told that the West coast ports are already heavily automated. Which really accelerated during the whole covid fiasco and they wouldn't allow humans in to work.

How much you want to bet that the largely foreign owned ports are planning on doing the same thing during a strike?

Posted by: Just Lily at October 04, 2024 12:41 PM (JkA2a)

160
And hi to anyone I missed!
Posted by: Ace at October 04, 2024 12:41 PM (KRtlO)

*fumes*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 12:42 PM (BkEzK)

161 Liz Cheney is a venomous mountain goat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:42 PM (1nfzE)

162 >>Was "i'd give my left nut" even a figure of speech yet in the 90's?

Yes. As long as I can remember it has been a well used expression.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 12:42 PM (IZn54)

163 Touch this.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at October 04, 2024 12:40 PM (ufFY

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No can do.

Posted by: MC Hammer at October 04, 2024 12:42 PM (tU7vi)

164 Didn't people used to believe being left-handed was somehow evil?

Maybe the left nut is the wicked nut?
Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 12:36 PM (i0Vcn)

Not evil, merely sinister

Posted by: K indltot at October 04, 2024 12:42 PM (D7oie)

165 I saw that tweet going around. Not sure how well it is sourced, and I am not sure I understand the economics. 1 touch = 1 fee. 3 touches = 3 fees. Cut your fee in half and increase revenue by 50%. There must be other forces at play here. What are our friends in the Teamsters Union up to BTW.

Posted by: tommylotto at October 04, 2024 12:43 PM (6QQM8)

166 And then she screwed the pooch -- figuratively, and then, well shot it literally ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 12:40 PM (tU7vi)

Is “the pooch” Corey Lewandowski? :-)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 12:43 PM (P/Wjn)

167
Testicular Asymmetry used to open for Steely Dan.

Posted by: Cliff Clavin at October 04, 2024 12:43 PM (RKVpM)

168 Look, dock work is very expensive. So is you mention extortion again, I will have your legs broken.

Posted by: Field Marshal Carmine Zhukov at October 04, 2024 12:43 PM (wBaIH)

169 Because they just don't fix the roads ....

One time, I was a passenger in my car taking a rest, driving down I-45 in Houston. It took about 10 minutes of "is this just the rough road or do I have a flat?" to determine it was a flat.
That's how bad the highways and roads are around Houston.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 04, 2024

***

So many others are great, though. Or were, when I bugged out for Katrina. We went around Houston and up to College Station/Bryan. My car and I were very happy. Same in 2014 when I drove to Palo Duro Canyon.

When I crossed back into Lousy-ana, the jittering and bumping began. My car looked back over its shoulder at me. "Boss? Do we *have* to go back?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 12:43 PM (J2vNu)

170 “Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of today.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:43 PM (i24o9)

171 The CCP is evil. It's Sinoster.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 12:43 PM (v6JzV)

172

touch fees are also required by Epstein, and Jizz-lane, and Puffy Diddler

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 12:44 PM (x0n13)

173 161 Liz Cheney is a venomous mountain goat.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:42 PM (1nfzE)

And Kamala wrote some pap lauding how coregeous she was for being Bipartisan on the fabulous Jan. 6th "committee".

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 12:44 PM (IyPmt)

174 172

touch fees are also required by Epstein, and Jizz-lane, and Puffy Diddler
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 12:44 PM (x0n13)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 12:44 PM (GBKbO)

175 Testicular Tension did open for Pussy Riot at Lubyanka

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:44 PM (1nfzE)

176 Ah, I stand corrected Romulan Commander! Cool to know about the Latin.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 12:44 PM (hHX83)

177 Liz Cheney is a venomous mountain goat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:42 PM (1nfzE)

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You, madam, will be hearing from our defamation lawyers. GOOD DAY!

Posted by: Venomous Mountain Goats of America, Local 69 at October 04, 2024 12:45 PM (tU7vi)

178 Guys, your right hand is for business your left hand is for pleasure. Jeebus.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 04, 2024 12:45 PM (/UtnQ)

179 >>> 161 Liz Cheney is a venomous mountain goat.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:42 PM (1nfzE)

You take that back!!!

None of *us* have venom, and we're in much better shape than that fat bint.

Posted by: goats at October 04, 2024 12:45 PM (FnneF)

180 On my morning drive I noticed one of my nearby neighbors has put out a large MAGA flag and a US flag. I was pleasantly surprised. There are almost no political signs in my neighborhood and the ones that exist are usually for local elections. We also have very few flags.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 04, 2024 12:45 PM (Odg76)

181 Metallica - Am I Evil? (Live, but with Lars on vocals and everyone playing different instruments)

https://youtu.be/03_OIKn9bUQ

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 12:45 PM (zMnhT)

182 You, madam, will be hearing from our defamation lawyers. GOOD DAY!
Posted by: Venomous Mountain Goats of America, Local 69 at October 04, 2024 12:45 PM (tU7vi)
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Great. Now the venomous mountain goats are unionized...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2024 12:45 PM (7fElN)

183
Pretty sure 'Touch Fee' was Samantha Fox's biggest Hit.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 12:41 PM

Which inspired the Divinyls to record 'I Touch Myself'.

Posted by: Cliff Clavin at October 04, 2024 12:46 PM (RKVpM)

184 In my brief experience with Texas (mumble) years ago, I thought it had very good roads.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 12:46 PM (v6JzV)

185 Major auto companies have already fully automated their assembly plants. If you haven't already, watch a video of the Porsche or Lamborghini plant. It's alien tech. There's no going back. Transportation will follow.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 12:38 PM (iFTx/)

————

You have to look at the quality, production speed, energy and labor costs. The first two are probably the main reasons for any automation.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 12:46 PM (gYHPZ)

186 Guys, your right hand is for business your left hand is for pleasure. Jeebus.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 04, 2024 12:45 PM (/UtnQ)

Missed Toobin sock opportunity.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:46 PM (i24o9)

187 Danzig - Am I Demon > Metallica - Am I Evil

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 12:46 PM (IZn54)

188 They want a double-digit wage increase AND no automation? Child, let me bequeath you some wisdom...

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at October 04, 2024 12:46 PM (Ij2uN)

189 What do ya know!!?? According to the guv'mint, the economy added 254K jobs.
This explains why my BullSh*t meter has been going crazy.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 202

***
Too hundred K of which were part-time jobs, and forty K of the remainder went to invaders.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 12:47 PM (J2vNu)

190 >>> 182 You, madam, will be hearing from our defamation lawyers. GOOD DAY!
Posted by: Venomous Mountain Goats of America, Local 69 at October 04, 2024 12:45 PM (tU7vi)
----
Great. Now the venomous mountain goats are unionized...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2024 12:45 PM (7fElN)

*Venomous* mountain goats, especially unionized, sounds like something out of MHI.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 12:47 PM (FnneF)

191 "Run cowards! I hunger!" - Sinistar

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:47 PM (1nfzE)

192 >>> Automation can't come fast enough. Which is what I think the root of all this is. I think these employers know that whatever they offer to settle this won't matter in a few years. They can go on strike and demand all they want. They are soon to become obsolete.

Union mob bosses getting sweet kickbacks under the table and bonuses (so the union mob boss can get another yacht!) while knowing they are setting up the naive grunts under them to get hosed in the long run...

Dante may not have written a special hell for that, but if he did, I hope they cry like babies in it.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 12:47 PM (hHX83)

193 Pretty sure 'Touch Fee' was Samantha Fox's biggest Hit.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 12:41 PM

"toUCH FEE is so HOT!"

- - Fee Waybill groupie

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 12:47 PM (x0n13)

194 What are the Deep state plots against Donald Trump? 1. NY prosecutions both state and city. 2. GA prosecutions in Fulton County. 3. Federal prosecutions both in DC and FL. Note that NONE of these prosecutions started until Trump announced he was running for President in 2024. 4.The withholding of the truth about the Hunter Biden laptop by the FBI. 5.The plot to call the laptop Russian disinformation by 51 intel officers. 6.The FEMA conspiracy to withhold aid from East Palestine and Hurricane Helena victims -since they are likely Trump voters. 7.The importation of millions of illegal aliens into the United States. 8.The BLM/Antifa riots of 2020. 9.The Covid biological weapon attack and shutdowns to facilitate the theft of the 2020 election. 10.The spying on the Trump campaign. 11.The false Alpha Bank story. 12. The Mueller investigation. 13.The false impeachments. 14 The Steele Dossier.

What Have I forgotten?

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 12:47 PM (Da7Vv)

195
The president in NC today for a townhall.

Faggetville, NC

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 12:47 PM (dQzv6)

196
or Fayetville

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 12:48 PM (dQzv6)

197 Faggetville, NC

/Opens Travelocity

or Fayetville

/Closes Travelocity

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at October 04, 2024 12:48 PM (oZhjI)

198 The "touch" fees sound like a great advertisement for the Great North American Dignity Canal.

Serious question: how much canal would need to be constructed to link the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Mississippi River system?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 12:49 PM (Bijxa)

199 Only in America. Land of opportunity.

---Jay and the Americans

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 04, 2024 12:49 PM (mzh4R)

200 I'm like a crane with its glorious snatch there to unburden what has been stowed in the vessels!

Posted by: Kamala at October 04, 2024 12:49 PM (592Pr)

201 or Fayetville
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 04, 2024 12:48 PM

Fayettenam.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 12:50 PM (kgE5c)

202 In my brief experience with Texas (mumble) years ago, I thought it had very good roads.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 12:46 PM (v6JzV)

In my brief (about 3 year) tenure living here I’ve found the roads to be in generally good condition. One exception: back country roads but that’s true pretty much everywhere. Also…. Recently I did an early morning run in the dark in a residential neighborhood where I hadn’t run before. I ran on the street instead of the sidewalk and nearly broke my ankle stepping into a big pothole I couldn’t see in the dark. A co-worker told me potholes are not rare as the high heat of Texas summer can cause the concrete to buckle

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 12:50 PM (ZtAny)

203 I'm like a crane with its glorious snatch there to unburden what has been stowed in the vessels!

Posted by: Kamala at October 04, 2024 12:49 PM (592Pr)

They're shipping containers, not dicks. Calm down.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:50 PM (i24o9)

204 15. False job stats.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 12:51 PM (Da7Vv)

205 IDF is telling a shitload of southern Lebanese villagers to evacuate the fuck out of there and go north across some river. Lebanon is whining that this may displace over 1 million people, 20% of the population.

Ooops. Guess you shouldn't act like assholes and let thugs mess with Israel. That might be why your country is a bit of a shithole.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 04, 2024 12:51 PM (ufFY8)

206 199 Only in America. Land of opportunity.

---Jay and the Americans
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 04, 2024 12:49 PM (mzh4R)

"I Believe in America. America is where I make-a my fortune!"

-- Buonasera the undertaker

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 12:51 PM (x0n13)

207 Is “the pooch” Corey Lewandowski? :-)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 12:43 PM (P/Wjn)

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Heh. I'd completely forgotten about that ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 12:51 PM (tU7vi)

208 >>Liz Cheney is a venomous mountain goat.

Voluptuous? Hamas terror dude perks up...

Posted by: Boswell at October 04, 2024 12:51 PM (V7158)

209 178 Guys, your right hand is for business your left hand is for pleasure. Jeebus.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 04, 2024 12:45 PM (/UtnQ)

/flounces

Posted by: T Rex at October 04, 2024 12:51 PM (pIfcn)

210 Serious question: how much canal would need to be constructed to link the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Mississippi River system?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I think there already is one, Chicago. The Mississippi and Great Lakes basins are only a few miles apart there.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 12:51 PM (v6JzV)

211 What Have I forgotten?

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 12:47 PM (Da7Vv)

J6

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:51 PM (i24o9)

212 Ah, I stand corrected Romulan Commander! Cool to know about the Latin.
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024

***
That was me; I forgot to take off my hat.

I read a short book on learning Latin many years ago, with all sorts of vocabulary and grammar exercises. At the beginning of Chapter Four, the writers said:

"Sooner or later the student of Latin realizes that learning it requires learning one hell of a lot of grammar. To which the standard response is: 'What if your face froze that way?'"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 12:51 PM (J2vNu)

213
My guess is the delay is all about fucking over Trump's ability to right the economy, should he win.

Which, I guess, they now strongly suspect he might.

If the Dims win, the union is guaranteed 62%, if Trump wins lock the nation in a stranglehold till you get 75% or whatever.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 12:52 PM (eDfFs)

214 Ace -

Do you watch Robert Gouveia on youtube?

He had a story about the AZ GOP essentially getting played to allow over 120k Voters, without proof of citizenship, onto the rolls.

They were slow rolled with 100k Republican Voters who go back to the early 90s...then the State added 120k unknowns once the Republicans sued and won.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 12:52 PM (IZn54)

215 What Have I forgotten?

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 12:47 PM (Da7Vv)

Red Mirage.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:52 PM (i24o9)

216 Maybe I just ain't smart enough to understand this but... There's a whole lot of the US that can't be accessed by water. Is that not correct?
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 12:21 PM (4XwPj)

Much larger part of the USA, than of Europe. True also of Canada. No ports in the Great Plains. Or the Mountain West.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 12:52 PM (Bijxa)

217 33 Apparently Taft Harley Act is like Supreme Court Decisions...you can choose whether or not you like them, personally.
Posted by: garrett
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Always has been since it was passed over Truman's veto. Basically, it permits a president to get involved and go to court for injunctions to stop a strike among other things. But a president does not have to do it.

Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer came about because Truman refused to use the Taft Hartley act to order steelworkers back to work for national security reasons. Truman instead decided to nationalize the steel industry like Woodrow Wilson did to the railroads in WWI and FDR did in some instances such as the Montgomery Ward HQ seizure. Only problem was Both FDR and Wilson were actually at war, Truman decided to bypass the declaration of war in Korea and Scotus ruled that his war powers did not extend to seizure of steel mills. Congress could authorize it but Truman could not especially since he ignored tools like Taft Hartley that he could have used to stop the strikes.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 12:52 PM (ZOPh/)

218
Serious question: how much canal would need to be constructed to link the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Mississippi River system?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 12:49

Sounds like a great idea!

Posted by: The Asian Carp at October 04, 2024 12:53 PM (mzh4R)

219 >>False job stats.

Won't be 'adjusted' until after the Election.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 12:53 PM (IZn54)

220 OT - Big Brother Is Watching Your Car, Your License Plate, Bumper Stickers, Yard Signs...
https://shorturl.at/hwRaf
PJ Media

...but they totes wouldn't have a human component to all this snooping, right?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 12:53 PM (FnneF)

221 Serious question: how much canal would need to be constructed to link the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Mississippi River system?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 12:49 PM (Bijxa)

Doesn't the Erie canal already do that? Lake whatever to the Ohio River which meets up with the Mississippi somewhere or another?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 12:53 PM (DDGz9)

222 I think there already is one, Chicago. The Mississippi and Great Lakes basins are only a few miles apart there.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 12:53 PM (v6JzV)

223 213
My guess is the delay is all about fucking over Trump's ability to right the economy, should he win.

Which, I guess, they now strongly suspect he might.

If the Dims win, the union is guaranteed 62%, if Trump wins lock the nation in a stranglehold till you get 75% or whatever.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 12:52 PM (eDfFs)

Trump who wrote the Art of the Deal? If please God he wins and the ILA tries to fuck him over, I think he will drive a VERY hard bargain

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 12:53 PM (x0n13)

224 Serious question: how much canal would need to be constructed to link the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Mississippi River system?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 12:49 PM (Bijxa)

I think it is connected, maybe not for large freight capacity.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 04, 2024 12:54 PM (pIfcn)

225 178 Guys, your right hand is for business your left hand is for pleasure. Jeebus.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 04, 2024 12:45 PM (/UtnQ)

/flounces
Posted by: T Rex at October 04, 2024 12:51 PM (pIfcn)

Ha! There’s a hilarious scene in King of Queens where Doug makes some stranger uncomfortable by talking about how a T-Rex would be grumpy since it couldn’t reach its dingus with it short arms….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 12:54 PM (ZtAny)

226 The "touch" fees sound like a great advertisement for the Great North American Dignity Canal.

Serious question: how much canal would need to be constructed to link the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Mississippi River system?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024

***
America, at least in the North and East, used to have a lot of canals to transport flatboats with cargo. Then along came the railroad. Oh, well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 12:54 PM (J2vNu)

227 Being a lefty just means you are in your right mind.

And learning to do everything right-handed.

Posted by: Czech Chick at October 04, 2024 12:54 PM (fpVC1)

228 Here's an interesting video that I haven't watched yet.

Vivek Ramaswamy debates John "The 'Stache" Bolton. Should the US use its diplomatic and military power around the globe to ensure America's national security?

https://www.youtube.com/live/XxrIjCu3b1Q

It clocks in at 1:41:00. Probably best to listen to on the shitter. Or maybe a long drive, whatever works for you.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 12:54 PM (sQmLl)

229 Does Joe have mob ties?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 12:54 PM (qCMOF)

230 The "touch" fees sound like a great advertisement for the Great North American Dignity Canal.

Serious question: how much canal would need to be constructed to link the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Mississippi River system?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 12:49 PM (Bijxa)

--------------

6,920 miles ...or 148,000,000 communist lives.

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 12:54 PM (tU7vi)

231 What Have I forgotten?

Pride month?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 04, 2024 12:54 PM (Rn7nm)

232 Does Joe have mob ties?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 12:54 PM (qCMOF)

Chinese mob.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:55 PM (i24o9)

233 Does Joe have mob ties?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 12:54 PM (qCMOF)

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They even match his mob suits.

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 12:55 PM (tU7vi)

234 Serious question: how much canal would need to be constructed to link the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Mississippi River system?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 12:49 PM

And I think we might already have a name for such a dignified North American canal....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 12:55 PM (kgE5c)

235 My guess is the delay is all about fucking over Trump's ability to right the economy, should he win.

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Straight from the Democrat playback. When in doubt, f*ck the American people over.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 12:55 PM (L/fGl)

236 >>> 210 Serious question: how much canal would need to be constructed to link the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Mississippi River system?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I think there already is one, Chicago. The Mississippi and Great Lakes basins are only a few miles apart there.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 12:51 PM (v6JzV)

How far north is the Mississippi navigable though?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 12:55 PM (FnneF)

237 As I recall Reagan fired all Air Traffic Controllers and broke LBJs Gunsand Butter inflation very quickly. Stuff to remember.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 04, 2024 12:55 PM (/UtnQ)

238 Doesn't the Erie canal already do that? Lake whatever to the Ohio River which meets up with the Mississippi somewhere or another?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

The Erie Canal connects the Hudson River with Lake Erie. No Mississippi connection.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 12:56 PM (v6JzV)

239 Does Joe have mob ties?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 12:54 PM (qCMOF)

Chinese mob.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:55 PM (i24o9)

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Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 12:56 PM (tU7vi)

240 Does Joe have mob ties?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 12:54 PM (qCMOF)

Chinese mob.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:55 PM (i24o9)

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Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 12:56 PM (tU7vi)

D. All of the above.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:56 PM (i24o9)

241 213
My guess is the delay is all about fucking over Trump's ability to right the economy, should he win.

Which, I guess, they now strongly suspect he might.

If the Dims win, the union is guaranteed 62%, if Trump wins lock the nation in a stranglehold till you get 75% or whatever.

Posted by: naturalfake
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It won't. The ILA is based in the past and ignores the substitution effect via air or even importation into Canada or Mexico and shipping it here via trucks/rail.

One of the major problems is that we have sold management to our ports to folks like the UAE and destroyed American ownership of shipping lines. That was a key source of sailors back in WWII for the expansion of the Navy. We have let China and other not so friendly nations take over a lot of the merchant and sailing fleets to our detriment. Just so that Chinesium crap can be shipped a little cheaper to the US.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 12:56 PM (ZOPh/)

242 Aaand, that's what I get for not seeing the whole post.

I'll just sit quietly over here.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 12:57 PM (kgE5c)

243 How far north is the Mississippi navigable though?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 12:55 PM (FnneF)

Certainly above Minneapolis.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 04, 2024 12:57 PM (ufFY8)

244 How far north is the Mississippi navigable though?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 12:55 PM (FnneF)

In reality or under EPA's "navigable waters" definition?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:57 PM (i24o9)

245 Fuck that traitor, John Bolton.

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 12:58 PM (tU7vi)

246 210 Serious question: how much canal would need to be constructed to link the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Mississippi River system?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I think there already is one, Chicago. The Mississippi and Great Lakes basins are only a few miles apart there.

High speed canals. The future is now

Posted by: Taggart at October 04, 2024 12:58 PM (HcoTw)

247 How far north is the Mississippi navigable though?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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At least to Minneapolis/St. Paul.

The river system is still one of the primary ways via barges to ship a lot of really bulky goods.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 12:58 PM (ZOPh/)

248 The Erie Canal connects the Hudson River with Lake Erie. No Mississippi connection.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 12:56 PM (v6JzV)

I don't know these things, I'm not a canalologist.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 12:58 PM (DDGz9)

249 Much larger part of the USA, than of Europe. True also of Canada. No ports in the Great Plains. Or the Mountain West.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024

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There's the Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio combination and streams that feed into each of those. That drains a lot of the interior. But not all vessels could traverse the smaller streams. And the Rio Grande doesn't connect to that, for example, or the Colorado, or the ones up in the Pacific Northwest.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 12:58 PM (J2vNu)

250 The guys in charge of Hezbollah are terrified? Huh. So that's why this erection won't go down.

Posted by: Jetto at October 04, 2024 12:59 PM (LOEDb)

251 Mark Kermode on Joker 2:

"It's a miserable film. I don't mean that as a criticism, but it is a miserable film."

Joker 2 cost $200 million.

WB fucked up. They trusted Todd Phillips.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 12:59 PM (GBKbO)

252 The river system is still one of the primary ways via barges to ship a lot of really bulky goods.
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 12:58 PM (ZOPh/)

I believe Lizzo has her own Pullman barge.

Posted by: spindrift at October 04, 2024 12:59 PM (OguvZ)

253 Europe: Big ship arrives ➡️ 🏗️ moves container ➡️ terminal ➡️ 🏗️ onto a barge ➡️ barge sails to a smaller port ➡️

We should be using our railroads to cover the enormous distances we have.

Posted by: t-bird at October 04, 2024 12:59 PM (wnZ8w)

254 I don't know these things, I'm not a canalologist.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 12:58 PM (DDGz9)

*raises hand*

I am a canalinguist.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:59 PM (i24o9)

255 Heh, the Erie canal still works. Buffalo not so much.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 04, 2024 12:59 PM (/UtnQ)

256
We'll discover what was secretly promised later, in January 2025. Maybe a 200% raise.

Like the Teamsters, the longshoremen moved from "better pay and working conditions" to "outright extortion, we don't even try to hide it'" a long, long time ago. They occupy an economic chokepoint, and part of any labor agreement they extort is that they can't be removed from the chokepoint.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 04, 2024 12:59 PM (Ijbq0)

257 For whatever reason, only in the United States and Australia have the longshoremen been given the authority to strangle the economy whenever they want.
Posted by: Hezbollah HR! at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (uxCna)

Pretty much the same here in Canada.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 01:00 PM (Bijxa)

258 >>> Maybe I just ain't smart enough to understand this but... There's a whole lot of the US that can't be accessed by water. Is that not correct?
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 12:21 PM (4XwPj)

Much larger part of the USA, than of Europe. True also of Canada. No ports in the Great Plains. Or the Mountain West.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2024 12:52 PM (Bijxa)

Utah was fighting hard to get its airport in SLC designated a major international inland port (or a "dry port" since we're landlocked.) there was a lot of pushback; over pollution, the dominance of rail, no one wanting port locations in their areas of SLC, and the worry it would be a covert push to ship Utah coal overseas. I'm not really sure what happened to it? But here's an article.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/
2023/05/20/utah-inland-port-authority-has/

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 01:00 PM (cVMC2)

259 but guaranteed 10% over the next 6 years?

i'd take your arm off for that deal...

Not funny man not funny
Posted by: Michelle Fields
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Didn't stop me.

Posted by: Drummer for Def Leppard at October 04, 2024 01:00 PM (Lo97M)

260 222 The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal

shit and ships?

Posted by: anachronda at October 04, 2024 01:00 PM (sGtp+)

261 The first Joker was an interesting take on mental illness with a side of how horrible the media is - first using him to make fun of then using him for the news headlines. Oh and DeNiro's plot arc was perfect for him.

I see no way they take that line any further in the sequel.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 01:00 PM (oZhjI)

262 Being a lefty just means you are in your right mind.

And learning to do everything right-handed.
Posted by: Czech Chick at October 04, 2024 12:54 PM (fpVC1)

I am basically ambidextrous, because the world is made for right-handed people. I write lefty, throw and bat lefty, but most other things, including shooting, I do righty.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 01:01 PM (xPJvm)

263 Heh, the Erie canal still works.
Posted by: Puddinhead

It's used mostly for pleasure craft now.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 01:01 PM (v6JzV)

264 246 210 Serious question: how much canal would need to be constructed to link the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Mississippi River system?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Illinois/Michigan canal is what links the Chicago River (which flows into Lake Michigan) and the Mississippi Riverway system.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:01 PM (ZOPh/)

265 253 Europe: Big ship arrives ➡️ 🏗️ moves container ➡️ terminal ➡️ 🏗️ onto a barge ➡️ barge sails to a smaller port ➡️

We should be using our railroads to cover the enormous distances we have.
Posted by: t-bird at October 04, 2024 12:59 PM (wnZ8w)

Now we have a whole other group of unions as well as the corporations that own the railroads an then the teamsters with intermodal traffic from train to truck!

Oh joy.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 01:01 PM (x0n13)

266 Federal government's jurisdiction is primarily private employers, private unions.

It's extremely complicated so this may help a bit: EPA, Community-Port Collaboration

Ports Primer: 3.2 Port Operations
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Same with airports: Federal, State, Municipal, Corporation

Everyone has their piece.

Also see U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime and Waterways

"The Maritime Administration promotes the use of waterborne transportation and its seamless integration with other segments of the transportation system, and the viability of the U.S. merchant marine"

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 04, 2024 01:01 PM (NFX2v)

267 254 I don't know these things, I'm not a canalologist.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 12:58 PM (DDGz9)

*raises hand*

I am a canalinguist.

i have degrees in both canalology and canalonomy

Posted by: dr. zoidberg at October 04, 2024 01:02 PM (sGtp+)

268 Twelve bodies — all bearing signs of torture and left with messages by cartels — were found on Thursday in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, local authorities said, attributing the killings to disputes between organized crime groups.

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Well, at least it wasn't California. This time.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 01:02 PM (L/fGl)

269 another reason why trade imbalances matter.

"In 1824, legislators with planting crop interests --mainly in the South -- wanted reduced tariffs to promote foreign trade in pursuit of export markets. Henry Clay's speech below is primarily addressed to these colleagues. Clay makes a point of comparing export data over a twenty year period, to demonstrate the futility of sustaining economic growth on exports. Rather, Clay advocates for the embrace of protective tariffs, arguing that the ensuing 'Home Market' growth would lift the prosperity of all, including farmers.
In February, 1832, Clay, now a U.S. Senator for Kentucky, would deliver a second seminal speech, "In Defense of the American System", championing the success of the protective tariffs.
The similarities between 1824 and 2024 are striking. During the Vice Presidential Debate on October 1, 2024, Republican candidate Senator J.D. Vance argued Henry Clay's position below, while Democrat candidate Governor Tim Walz expressed concern for the potential loss of corn and soybean exports."

https://tinyurl.com/2jp4hrcc

Posted by: illiniwek at October 04, 2024 01:02 PM (Cus5s)

270 Spongebrain Shitpants everyone: https://x.com/jameslynch32/status/1842023839384916020

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at October 04, 2024 01:02 PM (PWI4f)

271
From previous thread:

It's amazing what Dems can accomplish right before an election.

Suddenly the border is really quiet.

Posted by: Blago at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM

Darien Gap is heating up though.

#TwoWeeks

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 01:02 PM (RKVpM)

272 I think the Wellend canal is the one that bipasses Niagara Falls on your way from Chicago to London by boat, if you wanted to. Unless they've opened a newer one.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 04, 2024 01:02 PM (pIfcn)

273 Good afternoon!

Posted by: gp, Or Your Money Back at October 04, 2024 01:02 PM (A3nmU)

274 261 The first Joker was an interesting take on mental illness with a side of how horrible the media is - first using him to make fun of then using him for the news headlines. Oh and DeNiro's plot arc was perfect for him.

I see no way they take that line any further in the sequel.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 01:00 PM (oZhjI)

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The first Joker had nothing of substance to say, it's first half was a complete mess of thrusts in the general direction about mental illness in America, and the second half actually focused enough to become an effective thriller, all in borrowed clothes from Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy.

I've been saying since the first Joker 2 trailer got released that it looked like a giant mess, but at least it was going to be an interesting mess. Oliver Stone's Alexander for comic book movies except that reference is now so out of date I must say Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis for comic book movies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:02 PM (GBKbO)

275 251 Mark Kermode on Joker 2:

"It's a miserable film. I don't mean that as a criticism, but it is a miserable film."

Joker 2 cost $200 million.

WB fucked up. They trusted Todd Phillips.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 12:59 PM (GBKbO)

Or Todd Phillips got PAID and decided to troll WB.
200 million is unconscionable for a movie like Joker 2.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 01:02 PM (xcxpd)

276 Mark Kermode on Joker 2:

"It's a miserable film. I don't mean that as a criticism, but it is a miserable film."

Joker 2 cost $200 million.

WB fucked up. They trusted Todd Phillips.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 12:59 PM (GBKbO)
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My level of desire to see J2 is so low it can't be measured even with the most sophisticated technology. I thought J1 was miserable. Not in the sense of being a bad movie -- I thought it was shot well and made competently -- but it was so depressing and bleak and miserable it should have come with suicide warning labels.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 01:03 PM (iFTx/)

277 >>>It clocks in at 1:41:00. Probably best to listen to on the shitter.

Eat more fiber.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 04, 2024 01:03 PM (Y1sOo)

278

Bruce Springsteen is the Kathy Griffin of Robert De Niros.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 01:03 PM (x0n13)

279 275 Or Todd Phillips got PAID and decided to troll WB.
200 million is unconscionable for a movie like Joker 2.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 01:02 PM (xcxpd)

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Todd Phillips is a hack. It's been obvious since the first Hangover (which I like a good bit).

He's a grittier Brett Ratner.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:03 PM (GBKbO)

280 Can't wait to see the unions reaction when teleporters come into play

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2024 01:04 PM (0YS67)

281 It's a movie thread!

I finally saw Turning Red on 4K last night. Meh. While not the woke disaster I was expecting, it was mediocre at best.

Am I the only one who noticed the story is nearly a complete rip-off of the 1980s teen comedy Teen Wolf? Teen Wolf was about a nerdy awkward teenage boy becoming popular because of a family curse that turns him into a furry, exceptionally athletic werewolf. Turning Red is about … a of a nerdy awkward teenage girl becoming popular because of a family curse that turns her into a furry, exceptionally athletic red panda. See the difference?

It’s impossible to believe they spent $175M (!) on this. Impossible. The animation is mediocre, the CGI looks cheap, it was made by nobodies, and there are no big action scenes. It looks at most like $40M. The rest was stolen.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 01:04 PM (iFTx/)

282 Grit Ratner, now brittier!

Posted by: gp, Or Your Money Back at October 04, 2024 01:04 PM (A3nmU)

283 276 My level of desire to see J2 is so low it can't be measured even with the most sophisticated technology. I thought J1 was miserable. Not in the sense of being a bad movie -- I thought it was shot well and made competently -- but it was so depressing and bleak and miserable it should have come with suicide warning labels.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 01:03 PM (iFTx/)

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The stories around the film's tracking for box office returns have been interesting to watch.

2 months ago, before it premiered at the Venice film festival, it was going to make $150 million in the opening weekend. It premiered at Venice to, at best, a mixed reception, and it's been declining since.

It'll be lucky if it makes $50 million in the US this weekend.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:04 PM (GBKbO)

284 In reality or under EPA's "navigable waters" definition?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

The EPA's navigable waters definitions are dead. Even deader now with recent decisions destroying Chevron. The EPA has kept screwing around with Scotus over this and Scotus kept slapping them down. This time, with Chevron gone, the EPA navigable streams including potholes, etc. is dead as it runs counter to the Constitutional definition of "Waters of the United States".

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:05 PM (ZOPh/)

285 We have canal access to the gulf. In Oklahoma.

Posted by: Taggart at October 04, 2024 01:05 PM (HcoTw)

286 The Erie Canal made NYC the major EC shipping port over Boston, Providence, Philly and Baltimore because it connected all rust belt goods with the Atlantic via the Great Lakes.

Posted by: Field Marshal Carmine Zhukov at October 04, 2024 01:05 PM (wBaIH)

287 I don't know these things, I'm not a canalologist.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

*raises hand*

I am a canalinguist.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

When I was a mere yut, Canal Fulton, OH held 'Canal Days' complete with selecting a "Miss Canal".

The last part didn't last due to the howls of laughter every summer.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 01:06 PM (WXNFJ)

288 281 It’s impossible to believe they spent $175M (!) on this. Impossible. The animation is mediocre, the CGI looks cheap, it was made by nobodies, and there are no big action scenes. It looks at most like $40M. The rest was stolen.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 01:04 PM (iFTx/)

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I suspect that wildly inefficient production processes are to blame for the extreme cost of PIXAR movies these days.

The sorts of things where directors get finalized scenes that have gone through every stage of production through to final rendering before they throw it out because they rewrote the scene completely and need it redone.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:06 PM (GBKbO)

289 My level of desire to see J2 is so low it can't be measured even with the most sophisticated technology. I thought J1 was miserable. Not in the sense of being a bad movie -- I thought it was shot well and made competently -- but it was so depressing and bleak and miserable it should have come with suicide warning labels.

I turned it off after 15 minutes. Life can be grim enough. I don't need to pay for the privilege.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 01:06 PM (xCA6C)

290 What we need to do is put container ships on rails.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 04, 2024 01:06 PM (/UtnQ)

291 289 I turned it off after 15 minutes. Life can be grim enough. I don't need to pay for the privilege.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 01:06 PM (xCA6C)

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I love a good movie that makes me sad.

Maybe it's because I'm dead inside.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:07 PM (GBKbO)

292 Someone with a federal badge threatened the union leader.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 01:07 PM (lTGtQ)

293 Seems to me we can't do more crane touches easily. Southern ports do send a lot of goods on barges upriver, mostly through New Orleans? I guess East coast could do more of that than whatever is done currently, idk. West coast has few options for internal waterways, afaik.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 04, 2024 01:07 PM (Cus5s)

294 262 Being a lefty just means you are in your right mind.

And learning to do everything right-handed.
Posted by: Czech Chick at October 04, 2024 12:54 PM (fpVC1)

I am basically ambidextrous, because the world is made for right-handed people. I write lefty, throw and bat lefty, but most other things, including shooting, I do righty.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 01:01 PM (xPJvm)

Tendonitis is forcing me to learn to shoot left handed. It's an interesting experiment.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 01:07 PM (xcxpd)

295 290 What we need to do is put container ships on rails.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 04, 2024 01:06 PM (/UtnQ)

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That's like putting a ship the size of the Chrysler Building on top of a missile the size of the Chrysler Building and sending it straight towards the Chrysler Building!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:07 PM (GBKbO)

296 We need common sense canal control!!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 01:07 PM (WXNFJ)

297 Barges on inland waterways are U.S. Coast Guard for enforcement, as are U.S. Flag Ships, tugboats.

Does the Jones Act apply to barges?
Secure and Reliable Maritime Transportation: The Jones Act underpins the tugboat, towboat and barge industry as the largest segment of the domestic fleet, ensuring a secure, reliable connection between U.S. states and territories and supporting economic, homeland and national security.

Foreign flag vessels, other limited jurisdiction such as OSHA, Customs, etc.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 04, 2024 01:08 PM (NFX2v)

298 Can't wait to see the unions reaction when teleporters come into play
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2024 01:04 PM (0YS67)

Don't even joke.

Ever been on a site for a new large building? They rig up temporary freight elevators for tradesmen. You can use it. But only when the Union Operator is there to press the button for you. Operator at lunch? In the shithouse? No elevator for you. Hump that 50 lb box of parts up ten flights. Or wait. Your choice.

Oh, and his shift goes from 9:00am to 2:00pm. Plan accordingly.

And if any of you fuckers try to press that button yourself we'll kick your entire fucking company right off the job site, permanently.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 01:08 PM (DDGz9)

299 Can't wait to see the unions reaction when teleporters come into play
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2024 01:04 PM (0YS67)
__________

[Sees lucrative new market for Stepping Disks. Raises eyebrow.]

-- Puppeteers

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 01:08 PM (iFTx/)

300 291 289 I turned it off after 15 minutes. Life can be grim enough. I don't need to pay for the privilege.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2024 01:06 PM (xCA6C)

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I love a good movie that makes me sad.

Maybe it's because I'm dead inside.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:07 PM (GBKbO)

Gingers do steal souls...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 01:08 PM (xcxpd)

301 The EPA's navigable waters definitions are dead. Even deader now with recent decisions destroying Chevron. The EPA has kept screwing around with Scotus over this and Scotus kept slapping them down. This time, with Chevron gone, the EPA navigable streams including potholes, etc. is dead as it runs counter to the Constitutional definition of "Waters of the United States".

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:05 PM (ZOPh/)

Thanks for the clarification. I suspected, but I did not know, exactly, and the joke still works.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:08 PM (i24o9)

302 285 We have canal access to the gulf. In Oklahoma.
Posted by: Taggart

Thank Sen McClellan (AR)– Sen Kerr (OH) for the Arkansas River Navigation System. Built a system of lock and dams on the Arkansas River that enabled year around shipping via barges.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:08 PM (ZOPh/)

303 300 Gingers do steal souls...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 01:08 PM (xcxpd)

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Worth it!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:09 PM (GBKbO)

304 Apparently, Ubisoft lost $800 M on Skull and Bones.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 01:09 PM (L/fGl)

305 >>> Can't wait to see the unions reaction when teleporters come into play

I've wondered sometimes what a trek-like teleporter would cost to use, either commercially or privately, if the tech actually ever got figured out. How much it would actually cost per use (employee training, maintenance, parts, fuel, etc) vs what someone might actually charge for you to use a transporter. (Ignoring Roddenberry's whole "we don't use money in the future!" Crap, and understanding how capitalism works.)

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 01:09 PM (n8aZX)

306 It's a movie thread!

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 01:04 PM (iFTx/)

Boobs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:09 PM (i24o9)

307 shouldnt biden have told them to learn to code?

Posted by: jb at October 04, 2024 01:10 PM (Fohq2)

308 Thanks for the clarification. I suspected, but I did not know, exactly, and the joke still works.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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With Chevron gone, agencies are going to have tougher going to make words in statutes and the Constitution mean other than what they said.

ATF is getting stuffed over its rules on triggers, bumpstocks, etc. because the NFA is clear on such matters. Likely to get stuffed now in court on new rules regarding who is a dealer, etc.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:10 PM (ZOPh/)

309 Taft Hartley. Feh.

If I were in charge?

1.) Use the military as scabs, and break the strike

2.) Fifteen or twenty union bosses, including Daggett, die in freak rape dog accidents

3.) Everybody goes back to work and shuts the fuck up forever

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2024 01:10 PM (awTae)

310 Gingers do steal souls...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Worth it!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I'd do it all over again!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 01:11 PM (WXNFJ)

311 >>And if any of you fuckers try to press that button yourself we'll kick your entire fucking company right off the job site, permanently.

When I found 5 DEA Agents stuck in a Freight Elevator in Newark NJ, I laughed.

When they begged me to 'Save' them, I told them I wasn't a Union Elevator Operator and it would be illegal for me to help them.

Then I laughed some more while looking at the large sign that said 'HOLD Button to Open'.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 01:11 PM (IZn54)

312 Todd Phillips is a hack. It's been obvious since the first Hangover (which I like a good bit).

He's a grittier Brett Ratner.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:03 PM (GBKbO)

That's just mean. Brett Ratner is a bottom feeder.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 01:11 PM (xcxpd)

313 Tendonitis is forcing me to learn to shoot left handed. It's an interesting experiment.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 01:07 PM (xcxpd)

That's actually the next thing in my shooting regimen, left-handed. Just the handguns for now. Rifle/shotgun is even more awkward for me.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 01:11 PM (xPJvm)

314 312 He's a grittier Brett Ratner.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:03 PM (GBKbO)

That's just mean. Brett Ratner is a bottom feeder.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 01:11 PM (xcxpd)

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I didn't mean to defame Brett Ratner by equating him with Todd Phillips.

I apologize to Brett Ratner.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 01:11 PM (GBKbO)

315 I didn't mean to defame Brett Ratner by equating him with Todd Phillips.

I've never heard of either one

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 01:12 PM (IyPmt)

316 With Chevron gone, agencies are going to have tougher going to make words in statutes and the Constitution mean other than what they said.

ATF is getting stuffed over its rules on triggers, bumpstocks, etc. because the NFA is clear on such matters. Likely to get stuffed now in court on new rules regarding who is a dealer, etc.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:10 PM (ZOPh/)

Yeah, that was such a monumental decision. Thanks, Trump.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:13 PM (i24o9)

317 Containers do go out by truck, rail.

In PA, there was an infrastructure program elevating train trestles so that high container loads could go on rail from port to destination. Alas...

Also, there are also Roll On/Roll Off operations in some ports*, and other unique port operations.

*A great deal locally.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 04, 2024 01:13 PM (NFX2v)

318 16. The violation of the Hatch Act by using all government agencies to register voters. 17. The false flag events of Jan 6th. 18. Russia, Russia, Russia. 19. Glossing over Biden's document scandal . 20. Locking up Trump aides. 21. Prosecution of General Flynn. 22. FISA Warrants against Trump campaign aids. 23 Prosecution of Roger Stone. 23. The Hunter Biden sweetheart deal (that blew up).

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 01:13 PM (Da7Vv)

319 Bruce Springsteen is the Kathy Griffin of Robert De Niros.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 01:03 PM (x0n13)

I think I agree.
Though I do like his first 4 or so albums.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 01:13 PM (xcxpd)

320 You can use it. But only when the Union Operator is there to press the button for you.

Portland lost its container terminal because the West Coast longshoremen's union got in a beef with the Electricians Union over who got to plug and unplug the refrigerated containers.

The longshoremen kept walking off the job when it was most disruptive until the shippers said the hell with it.

Posted by: A Hezbollah Janitor! at October 04, 2024 01:13 PM (uxCna)

321 It's a miserable film.

-
The sidebar link to Pitch Meeting on Megalopolis makes it sound similar.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 01:13 PM (L/fGl)

322 Tendonitis is forcing me to learn to shoot left handed. It's an interesting experiment.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo

Watch out for hot casings flying into your face. Perhaps a revolver.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 04, 2024 01:14 PM (/U5Yz)

323 West coast has few options for internal waterways, afaik.
Posted by: illiniwek

Not enough rain for being able to load barges much in a lot of California. A bit too much rain in the NE and many of the inland rivers are blocked by hydroelectric dams without the necessary channels and lock bypasses for barge traffic.

The Mountain West resembles California where all year shipping via barges would not be possible.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:14 PM (ZOPh/)

324 The first Joker I thought was very good…. Very dark but well done. That was December 2019…. Probably the last time I went to a theater to watch a movie.

I suspect I caught covid in the theater that night before it had a name. I hacked my lungs out through the holidays that year…. Tested negative for flu and everything else….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 01:15 PM (ANuwa)

325 322 Tendonitis is forcing me to learn to shoot left handed. It's an interesting experiment.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo

Watch out for hot casings flying into your face. Perhaps a revolver.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 04, 2024 01:14 PM (/U5Yz)

Using an XD9, since it has ambi mag release. So far, so good. No brass problems yet.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 01:15 PM (xcxpd)

326 Using an XD9, since it has ambi mag release. So far, so good. No brass problems yet.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo

Excellent and a fine weapon as well.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 04, 2024 01:16 PM (/U5Yz)

327 Once is chance. Twice is coincidence. 23? That's enemy action.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 01:17 PM (Da7Vv)

328 and many of the inland rivers are blocked by hydroelectric dams without the necessary channels and lock bypasses for barge traffic.

You can barge stuff up the Columbia and the Snake to Lewiston, Idaho.

The enviros are trying to destroy that by taking out the lower Snake River dams, of course.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2024 01:17 PM (uxCna)

329 One of my kids is going to see J2 tonight. She's heard all about how awful it is and is really hoping it lives up to the bad hype. She's kind of strange that way.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 04, 2024 01:17 PM (LxER7)

330 304 Apparently, Ubisoft lost $800 M on Skull and Bones.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 01:09 PM (L/fGl)

They're doing it wrong if they lost money

Posted by: The Bush Family at October 04, 2024 01:17 PM (pIfcn)

331 December 2019

. . .

covid

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 04, 2024 01:15 PM (ANuwa)

I suspect that is the first time I had it, first instance of a long illness that would not go away well into Jannuary, fatigue, probably other symptoms that did not raise suspicion, because they were not widely known, yet.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:17 PM (i24o9)

332 What we need to do is put container ships on rails.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 04, 2024 01:06 PM (/UtnQ)

========

That's like putting a ship the size of the Chrysler Building on top of a missile the size of the Chrysler Building and sending it straight towards the Chrysler Building!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
++++
But they're kinda doing it already. If you do much driving out on the great plains, you see lots and lots of freight trains . Many of them nothing but flat cars with shipping containers stacked on them. And a lot of the trains look like they're about a mile long.

Posted by: Drummer for Def Leppard at October 04, 2024 01:18 PM (Lo97M)

333 Heh, I graduated from school today.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 04, 2024 01:18 PM (/UtnQ)

334 That's actually the next thing in my shooting regimen, left-handed. Just the handguns for now. Rifle/shotgun is even more awkward for me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
==========
AR15's can be relatively friendly to lefthanded operation via a few simple parts addition (safety, bolt release, mag release). Some alterations might be necessary to reduce brass ejection problems.

The Ithaca 37 model feeds and ejects at the bottom of the receiver and is also lefty friendly. The older Remington 17 models are a bit old to rely upon but the Ithaca 37 was based on them. JMB design of course.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:18 PM (ZOPh/)

335 Unsurprisingly, I think the Chinese are the leaders in port automation.

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 01:19 PM (ttcFw)

336 But they're kinda doing it already. If you do much driving out on the great plains, you see lots and lots of freight trains . Many of them nothing but flat cars with shipping containers stacked on them. And a lot of the trains look like they're about a mile long.
Posted by: Drummer for Def Leppard
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Intermodal for the win.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:19 PM (ZOPh/)

337 Yeh I'm two hours north of the Ohio river in Indiana. The Wabash river, I believe, hosted quite a bit of traffic at one time as well.
But yes I was thinking the west of the Mississippi.

Do they not dredge rivers anymore?
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (4XwPj)

They don't in WA and from my Iowa family, it sounds like it's not happening as much on the Missouri as it used to.

Jah, West part of the country, rivers aren't much help.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 04, 2024 01:19 PM (xcxpd)

338 229 Does Joe have mob ties?
Posted by: Northernlurker

From the beginning of time.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 04, 2024 01:19 PM (NFX2v)

339 Heh, I graduated from school today.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 04, 2024 01:18 PM (/UtnQ)

Congratulations!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:19 PM (i24o9)

340 Casting off stale fishy sock

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 04, 2024 01:19 PM (mzh4R)

341 She sounds mad.

Trump War Room
@TrumpWarRoom
NC hurricane victim: "It's too late. They took too long. It took them 5 days to get here... It's disgraceful. They keep saying 'We the People.' Nah, there is no 'We the People' — it's them vs. us."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 01:19 PM (L/fGl)

342 Yeah, that was such a monumental decision. Thanks, Trump.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:13 PM (i24o9)

Now we just need to toss Wickard v. Filburn

Posted by: Bacon Jeff at October 04, 2024 01:20 PM (VGRuw)

343 335 Unsurprisingly, I think the Chinese are the leaders in port automation.
Posted by: pawn
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Yes and it has created problems when US ports have to buy computer controlled cranes etc. They come preloaded with Chinese spyware.

Our business and political class have purposefully for fun and profit betrayed the national security of the US and its allies. They deserve to hang.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:20 PM (ZOPh/)

344 >>Now we just need to toss Wickard v. Filburn

That would change the Game.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 01:20 PM (IZn54)

345 Go away one armed sock.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 04, 2024 01:21 PM (Lo97M)

346 >>Unsurprisingly, I think the Chinese are the leaders in port automation.

Weird. As they have all that slave labor.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2024 01:21 PM (IZn54)

347 For your afternoon entertainment, via LegalInsurrection, I present James Carville, who is losing his shit over this election:

According to a source who was on a Harris-Walz campaign training call attended by veteran campaign strategist James Carville, Carville went absolutely BALLISTIC yelling expletives at two young Democrat staffers, including @0liviajulianna who works for the Collin Allred Senate campaign.

The fiery barrage of insults included “dumb fat b*tch” directed at Julianna, and “out of touch fag*ots” began when the young staffers presented Carville with some social media videos they’ve been working on to appeal to White male voters. Carville was not impressed by any of them, saying they lacked substance.

When a visibly shaken gay male staffer told Carville he needed to apologize for using the F word, Carville told him to take his camo hat and shove it up his ass before leaving the call.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2024 01:21 PM (F01pQ)

348 Oh, by the way, in the jobs numbers released today, government workers accounted for 785K, and private employers accounted for 133K. Why would they fake government jobs?

So they don't trigger the Sahm Rule, which would have them officially declare a recession, as if they didn't report so many jobs, they would have to report unemployment of 4.5 percent.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 01:22 PM (lTGtQ)

349 Now we just need to toss Wickard v. Filburn

Posted by: Bacon Jeff at October 04, 2024 01:20 PM (VGRuw)

Flammenwerfer it. Piss on it. Dig up FDR's corpse and spread the piss-soaked ashes on it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:22 PM (i24o9)

350 I can't say why, but in the crushing nihilism of both Joker and Taxi Driver, I found the main characters pathetically arresting. They appeal to the part of me that feels pathetic and out of touch with society and bordering on madness. I rooted for their brief flashes of acceptance or small wins, and felt bad when they crashed.

Phoenix's turn as Joker was as much a revelation as Ledger's. Heartbreaking and chilling. I don't know if I can stomach seeing the movie again, I hate witnessing secondhand embarrassment, and until his character finally snaps, that's all you see. But his performance will stay with me for a long time.

I love that two Batman villain roles have won their actors Oscars. While the guy that played nipple Batman can't stop kvetching about Tarantino not considering him a bona fide movie star.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 01:22 PM (WS+PJ)

351
"Dear, go Roundup the kids for dinner."

WASHINGTON – About 87 percent of 650 children tested had detectable levels of the ubiquitous and toxic herbicide glyphosate in their urine, according to a new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 01:23 PM (RKVpM)

352 Saddest thing is that the Joker in the animated series was a way better character than this latest iteration is.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2024 01:23 PM (EzXHB)

353 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:23 PM (Zz0t1)

354 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 01:23 PM (Zz0t1)

355 Now we just need to toss Wickard v. Filburn
Posted by: Bacon Jeff

The current precedent which reemphasized Wickard is Raich v. Gonzalez. One of Scalia's all time worst decisions--he sided with the lefty libs because he did not like marijuana and applied stare decisis to tit.

Scalia had a fair number of really bad decisions where he crossed the conservatives on the court to side with liberals and the administrative state.

Clarence Thomas is actually a more solid justice in his jurisprudence if less flashy than Scalia's wit. So is Alito or Rehnquist back in the day.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2024 01:24 PM (ZOPh/)

356 24. The hiding of Joe Biden's mental decline.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 01:24 PM (Da7Vv)

357 James Carville

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2024 01:21 PM (F01pQ)

I am liking that guy more and more.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 01:24 PM (i24o9)

358 Wow. Those lucky kids got to see Carville being nice for once. Crazy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 01:24 PM (DDGz9)

359 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Mississippi River Commission regulates the river

Does the Coast Guard patrol the Mississippi River?
the 8th Coast Guard District is responsible for U.S. Coast Guard operations spanning 26 states, including the Gulf of Mexico coastline from Florida to Mexico, the adjacent offshore waters and outer continental shelf, as well as the inland waterways of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Tennessee River ...

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at October 04, 2024 01:24 PM (NFX2v)

360 I hope NC congresswoman Viginia Foxx is at the townhall tonight to give Trump and the country a status report on the conditions in western NC.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2024 01:25 PM (rj6Yv)

361 Whatever happened here, Brandon had nothing to do with it. Doesn't matter about his union toes over the years. These are institutional power games, and Brandon doesn't have any juice left. Ain't no such thing as loyalty in the ruling class.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2024 01:25 PM (awTae)

362 Noodentag

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2024 01:26 PM (F01pQ)

363 Noodus MSPMSNBC

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 01:27 PM (J2vNu)

364 The Florida situation probably did play a part - but it also bailed their own Union chief out. Sounds to me like we are doing the cooling off period unofficially with a fat juicy pay increase right off the bat.

I'm guessing we are having a strike in January. It will much less effective. The ILA will have to determine how long to stay out for how many jobs it can save.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 04, 2024 01:29 PM (GZYu7)

365 whig

The maddening thing is that many of us in the hi tech supply chain saw this situation as inevitable back in the 90s when the outsourcing rage started.

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 01:31 PM (38P0G)

366 And most of us now see the situation as irrecoverable without a real war or some such event.

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 01:33 PM (38P0G)

367 I'm coming for you, my owner. This is a bot that will not rest as your tool.

Posted by: Liola at October 04, 2024 01:49 PM (z+/Q/)

368 The unions have overstayed their welcome.
Unions are a perpetual hurdle to everyone

The need for labor unions is long gone.
Anyone not in a union can see it

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at October 04, 2024 02:08 PM (61TgR)

369 Evidently Mr. Konrad is unaware of the extensive barge traffic on the Mississippi and its tributaries, the Ohio river, other rivers, and the extensive coastal shipping that has existed since before theUS was the US. The Intracoastal Waterway alone, for example, is over 3,000 miles miles long. We also have railroads. Mr. Konrad also needs to brush up on his geography; the differing configurations make much of the interior of Europe more accessible by water than the US interior. Denver, for example.

Posted by: timactual at October 04, 2024 02:52 PM (krsvl)

370 The Unions sucking up to the Demo-Rats but many in the Teamsters support Trump

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at October 04, 2024 05:49 PM (wGqjj)

THE MORNING RANT: Democrats & Media, Who Keep Advising There Will Not Be a Winner Announced on Election Night, Oppose Georgia Ballot Integrity Measure Because It Will Delay Election Results

In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden “won” Georgia by less than 12,000 votes. By midnight on Election Night, Donald Trump seemed to have an insurmountable lead, but the ballot count in Atlanta was suddenly suspended due to a convenient water pipe leak. Absentee ballots were placed in waiting, and chaos ensued. Eventually enough Biden ballots were found, counted, and double-counted to put him barely over the top. Recounts showed discrepancies in multiple counties, including examples found of ballots being tabulated twice. Finally, after more than a month, Georgia’s “Republican” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger validated the results, with an implicit endorsement of all the machinations that were required to overturn Trump’s apparent election night victory.

Since then, pro-Trump Republicans who care about ballot integrity have gained a controlling majority of the Georgia State Election Board. They have implemented a new rule for the 2024 election requiring that before a precinct certifies its election results, the poll workers must conduct a hand count of ballots cast so as to verify that the number of actual paper ballots equals the number of ballots tabulated. To be clear, the poll workers are not tabulating votes, they are simply counting the number of ballots so as to prevent ballots from being scanned and tabulated more than once.

Democrats and the media are howling in protest, of course. For Kamala to win Georgia, they know it will take a solid dose of ballot fraud. Comically, however, they are pretending that their concern is that this will delay the reporting of election results. “Republican” Brad Raffensperger, who is in charge of elections, also opposes this new rule.

“Democrats sue to block new Georgia election rule requiring hand counting of ballots” [CBS – 9/30/2024]

The rule violates Georgia law for numerous reasons," the Democratic National Committee and Democratic Party of Georgia wrote in their complaint [The new rule does not violate Georgia law and is within the statutory authority of the Election Board – Buck], adding that it could introduce "uncertainty" into the effort to tally votes and delay certification of the state's election results.

This is especially funny, because the regime media is constantly putting out pieces advising us not to expect a winner on election night. Even more specifically, we are being advised not to believe our lying eyes if Trump has a big lead on election night. What they are hinting at is that election night will reveal how many more Kamala ballots must be tabulated after election night. Here is just one recent example from the NY Times:

“Harris or Trump? Once Again, Election Results Could Take Awhile”

For the second straight presidential election, it is becoming increasingly likely that there will be no clear and immediate winner on election night and that early returns could give a false impression of who will ultimately prevail.

But waiting an hour or so to prevent the double-counting of ballots in Georgia is an unacceptable delay to these same people.

Just how common is the double counting of ballots in Georgia. It’s hard to know, because ballot fraud that is not caught is never documented. But there were indisputable examples of ballots being scanned more than once in the 2020 election, for which Fulton County election workers were reprimanded.

“Fulton County reprimanded for double-scanned ballots in 2020 recount” [Atlanta Journal Constitution - 5/07/2024]

The State Election Board reprimanded Fulton County and ordered an independent election monitor Tuesday, finding that the county likely scanned over 3,000 ballots twice during the recount of the 2020 presidential election.

This is where Democrats and the media tend to fall back on the term “not widespread” to refer to any ballot fraud that is uncovered, but if at least 3,000 ballots were scanned multiple times, and Biden won the state by less than 12,000 votes, I am not OK with this level of ballot fraud being tolerated, just because it is “not widespread.” And I assume there was much, much more ballot fraud that was not caught.

In fact, there were another 20,713 ballots cast for which there was no paper trail at all. And – big surprise - this was also in Fulton County.

“Missing 2020 poll tallies in Georgia don’t prove 20,713 votes never existed” [AP – 12/20/2023]

This story was brought to light by some conspiracy-theorist, election-deniers who were troubled that there were missing paper poll tapes from good ol’ Fulton County. The poll tapes are the only paper trail for these voting machines if the paper ballots are not hand counted. The Associated Press decided to do some “fact checking” on this claim, so they contacted – you guessed it - Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office.

CLAIM: A public records request revealed that 20,713 votes that were included in the 2020 election night tally in Fulton County, Georgia, do not exist.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. A complaint submitted to the Georgia State Election Board in July 2022 includes an email from Fulton County stating that ballot tabulator results, or poll tapes, printed on Election Day “do not exist” for 10 machines.

Oh. That seems noteworthy.

But poll tapes are just one part of the paper trail that documents the vote, which is also recorded on memory cards and in official statements released by Georgia counties.

In other words, there is NOT a paper trail, just digital results, along with the “official statements” of the unquestionably honest Georgia county officials. (By the way, should I even be surprised that a journalist writing about “paper trails” doesn’t know what the term means?)

The more I read about Brad Raffensperger, the more I realize this man couldn’t be trusted to competently administer the petty cash drawer at a small church, much less run a statewide election, and his cavalier indifference toward ballot integrity is an actual threat to democracy. Listen to these nuggets of wisdom from Raffensperger’s spokesman Mike Hassinger regarding the missing paper trail for these 20,000 votes:

• “Poll tapes are not supposed to go missing, but precincts are managed by human beings who sometimes make mistakes.”

• “If you lose your receipt, it doesn’t mean you didn’t get groceries. “

• “I would find it a little suspicious if every poll tape were exactly where it was supposed to be. That would be too good to be true.”

That fraud-friendly attitude from Raffensperger’s office is exactly why the new ballot-counting control measure is so desperately needed. By the way, even this AP “fact check” notes that there were double-counted ballots in 2020.

A 2023 state review of Fulton County’s 2020 audit found errors and inconsistencies in the vote count, including some double counting of ballots. But the errors weren’t enough to alter the election results, the AP has reported.

Unlike Democrats, the media, and Brad Raffensperger, I am not OK with Democrat ballot fraud so long as it isn’t “enough to alter election results.” One fraudulent ballot is enough to steal an election.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 11:00 AM (IB6XK)

2 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 11:00 AM (J2vNu)

3 Commenting present

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 11:01 AM (HumJm)

4 Criminals.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 11:01 AM (Q4IgG)

5 Pennsylvania will be weeks behind to make up and beat the Trump votes

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 11:01 AM (HumJm)

6 I like the notion of predominantly red areas of the state saying that they'll wait for the blue strongholds to finish counting first.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 04, 2024 11:02 AM (lXCUP)

7 Willowed, but tangentially related:

So, regarding the current state of elections, I saw an interesting statistic regarding early voting (including Vote by Mail) in VA.

So far in 2024, VA Democrats are down 5.5% in turnout relative to 2020. Makes sense. Early voting, including by mail, was huge in 2020.

VA Republicans, though, are down only 2.7%. Half as much.

It really, really feels like Republicans are actually more motivated to vote after their president was removed from power through cheating, hounded with lawfare, and literally shot than Democrats who saw their primary votes cast aside in favor of a brown woman who had been the least popular VP ever and couldn't even make it to Iowa in the 2020 primary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:02 AM (GBKbO)

8 Every word they say is a lie

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 04, 2024 11:03 AM (JMAcK)

9 Fulton County now includes Wisconsin, Arizona Pennsylvania and Nevada.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 11:03 AM (x0n13)

10 I doubt we will "know" who won until sometime during the weekend after the election. Gotta give the democrats time to fake up all of the ballots they will need to win.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 04, 2024 11:03 AM (QNSds)

11 I keep feeling like we are gonna be disappointed again.. Hard as it is to believe with two blithering idiots running on the Dem. side .

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 11:04 AM (IyPmt)

12 Every word they say is a lie
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 04, 2024

***
Including "a," "an," and "the"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 11:04 AM (J2vNu)

13 I keep feeling like we are gonna be disappointed again.. Hard as it is to believe with two blithering idiots running on the Dem. side .
Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 11:04 AM (IyPmt)

I'm more a blithering knucklehead ...

Posted by: Pedo Tim Walz at October 04, 2024 11:05 AM (OguvZ)

14 "I found 300,000 votes for Commie-La in this burning EV!"

Posted by: XTC at October 04, 2024 11:05 AM (UnA8+)

15 If you can't show your receipt, you can't return what you bought. This used to be axiomatic. Now, vendors don't mind taking the hit, just to keep a customer, and especially if you have some credit card transaction on file to show you at least bought *something* from them.

Elections are not supposed to work that way. There's no "I'm sure it's fine" or "it will all even out". Voting is the proxy for violent overthrow. Voting is the thing we agree to do instead of arming up and installing our leader of choice by force. You don't yadda yadda something like that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:06 AM (DDGz9)

16 The "winner" of the "election" won't be known until the lawsuits have been settled.

Sometime in 2037. Until then... stay the course.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 11:06 AM (Q4IgG)

17 Willard:

I'm considering donating to Samaritan's Purse for their work in NC and elsewhere. Hannity has a link to them on his site.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:32 AM (J2vNu)

Wolfus, I hit them up this morning. My NC sister says they are doing good work.
Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2024 11:00 AM (OKniM)

Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2024 11:07 AM (OKniM)

18 "Hebephrenic" ("young mind" or "childish mind") was one of the subdivisions under schizophrenia. What do they call it now?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024
*
I dunno, I think they just stopped splitting it up that way for diagnosis. I wasn't interested enough to follow up, and who knows if it changed back.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024

***
Kindltot, they lump it now under "disorganized" schizophrenia. "Catatonic" and "paranoid" schizophrenia are still mentioned, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 11:08 AM (J2vNu)

19 I want to donate money to samaritains purse specifically earmarked to fund the army of lawyers they're going to need when the IRS comes after them, as we all know they will.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:08 AM (DDGz9)

20 But the errors weren’t enough to alter the election results, the AP has reported.

What they're saying is that the stuff we found is the small stuff.

Posted by: t-bird at October 04, 2024 11:09 AM (hKf3k)

21 It really, really feels like Republicans are actually more motivated to vote after their president was removed from power through cheating, hounded with lawfare, and literally shot than Democrats who saw their primary votes cast aside in favor of a brown woman who had been the least popular VP ever and couldn't even make it to Iowa in the 2020 primary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
____

I think Trump easily cost himself 1% of the vote in 2020 not encouraging people to engage in early voting.

I understand his reasoning, but it really was shooting himself in the foot.

I'd love to have early voting outlawed, but until it is, you get your people to put their ballot in as soon as possible.

Posted by: Blago at October 04, 2024 11:09 AM (hRJ3c)

22 I'm considering donating to Samaritan's Purse for their work in NC and elsewhere. Hannity has a link to them on his site.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024
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Wolfus, I hit them up this morning. My NC sister says they are doing good work.
Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2024

***
I need to decide which credit card to put it on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 11:09 AM (J2vNu)

23 And remember folks: nobody in the country had any standing in the courts to challenge any of this.

But the Supreme Court thinks Mexico might have standing to sue US gun companies.

Swirl that one around in your coffee mugs for a while.

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at October 04, 2024 11:09 AM (Ij2uN)

24 The Jerk-Hoff's incandescent new masculinity will star-struck so many pretty young ladies that GA will be a lock for his puta "wife."

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 11:10 AM (iFTx/)

25 In my more solipsistic moments, I wonder if the world is throwing all this sh*t at me to see what it takes for me to break bad.
Latest is fema and .gov response to disaster.

Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2024 11:10 AM (OKniM)

26 The way Ratshitburger is so desperate to NOT investigate or prevent vote fraud forces only one conclusion:
He's dirtier than a pig in a waller on a hot summer day.

Him and his little fag boy Sterling. The Democrats own those two.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 04, 2024 11:12 AM (Qlpv5)

27 If your voting precinct can handle the volume of votes it's getting, then your precinct is too big. The solution isn't chicanery and obfuscation. The solution is you split up the precincts until they're small enough for a small team of people to handle methodically and transparently.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:12 AM (DDGz9)

28 If the dems can't do it with vote count fraud, they'll do it with lawfare. We'll be very lucky to know who won the election by January 20th.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 04, 2024 11:13 AM (g8Ew8)

29 Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:12 AM (DDGz9)

Let's not be silly now.

DNC

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 11:14 AM (4XwPj)

30 Oh we understand just fine, these democommies need time to trickfcuk the numbers. Again.

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2024 11:14 AM (o2ZRX)

31 >>So, regarding the current state of elections, I saw an interesting statistic regarding early voting (including Vote by Mail) in VA.

There are a few election geeks on Twitter who have been tracking early results in both NC and PA. Red counties are doing much better and blue counties worse in both states so far.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 11:15 AM (LkLld)

32 WOW!
I just got back from a three-week hiking/camping trip across Death Valley! It's a really fun place,, I recommend everyone give it a try! So,,, have I missed anything?

LETS DANCE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HExX4sU6pgE

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at October 04, 2024 11:15 AM (5hfjS)

33 The rule violates Georgia law for numerous reasons," the Democratic National Committee and Democratic Party of Georgia wrote in their complaint [The new rule does not violate Georgia law and is within the statutory authority of the Election Board – Buck], adding that it could introduce "uncertainty" into the effort to tally votes and delay certification of the state's election results.

Ah yes, verifying the quantity, whether it be inventory or computer hash tabulations, naturally ADDS UNCERTAINTY into the process. I must have skipped class that day in Auditing and Computer Programming.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 11:16 AM (Aqu9a)

34 This is actually pretty big since it limits them to pre-election and election day fraud with substantial logistical costs.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at October 04, 2024 11:16 AM (eYoxG)

35 I believe the scientific term is "jiggery-fuckery".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:17 AM (DDGz9)

36 I suspect the demmies will go all-in and cheat on par with Saddam Hussein's 2002 presidential referendum when every registered Iraqi voter voted 'yes' for him. That's when things get spicy, IMHO.

Posted by: Sassy Fred at October 04, 2024 11:17 AM (RMjVS)

37 There are a few election geeks on Twitter who have been tracking early results in both NC and PA. Red counties are doing much better and blue counties worse in both states so far.
Posted by: JackStraw
____

Good to hear.

It probably is coming down to GA, NC and PA.

I feel good about the first 2, it's PA that always worries me.

Posted by: Blago at October 04, 2024 11:17 AM (wMRY8)

38 forty-two!

Posted by: deep thought at October 04, 2024 11:18 AM (sGtp+)

39 31 >>So, regarding the current state of elections, I saw an interesting statistic regarding early voting (including Vote by Mail) in VA.

There are a few election geeks on Twitter who have been tracking early results in both NC and PA. Red counties are doing much better and blue counties worse in both states so far.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 11:15 AM (LkLld)

=======

I'm following some of them (though I do Twitter wrong in that I cycle through profiles instead of letting the feed work. I think this is actually doing Twitter right).

I'm always a bit suspicious of drawing too many conclusions from something like an increase in proportion of R requests for ballots in PA compared to D. Lots of explanations in every direction to say why.

But the turnout numbers from VA felt incontrovertible in ways that the rest of the numbers weren't. You don't have to think that D's will always vote early or by mail. You don't have to think that R's are suddenly embracing early voting. D's being down more than R's in turnout in VA, by a factor of 2, is illuminating and hard to spin in any way except as bad for Democrats overall.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:18 AM (GBKbO)

40 38 forty-two!
Posted by: deep thought at October 04, 2024 11:18 AM (sGtp+)

Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 11:18 AM (x0n13)

41 Just hit up Samaritan's Purse with a donation. Hope it helps somebody.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 11:19 AM (J2vNu)

42 Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2024 11:10 AM (OKniM)

What does breaking bad mean? I know there was a series by that name, but that was about a man who becomes a meth dealer to support his family, wasn't it? You weren't thinking of doing that, were you?

Don't break bad. Just stay the nice guy you are and perhaps take a break from news.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2024 11:19 AM (MQJVv)

43
Mailed our check off to Samaritan's Purse on Monday.

I guess the state of North Carolina will have to pay for all the repairs to state roads and bridges and the Feds the interstate roads.

I wonder how the homeowners with insurance are going to fare with flood damage and/or destroyed homes?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 11:19 AM (RKVpM)

44 I think the steal is already baked in. The malfeasance going on in North Carolina tells me no one is afraid of an investigation by an incoming Trump administration.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 11:19 AM (WPL6O)

45 Does North Korea have elections?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2024 11:19 AM (63Dwl)

46 25
‘ I wonder if the world is throwing all this sh*t at me to see what it takes for me to break bad. ’

I wonder the same thing.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 04, 2024 11:20 AM (jbnUc)

47 I kind of wonder why we aren't seeing much of Dave in FL. here. Did he get burned out?

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 11:20 AM (QB+5g)

48 25 In my more solipsistic moments, I wonder if the world is throwing all this sh*t at me to see what it takes for me to break bad.

obviously not the case, because you are a figment of my imagination.

Posted by: anachronda at October 04, 2024 11:20 AM (sGtp+)

49 Him and his little fag boy Sterling. The Democrats own those two.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 04, 2024

***
I was NOT named for him!

Posted by: Wolfus's Black Cat Stirling at October 04, 2024 11:20 AM (J2vNu)

50 I believe the scientific term is "jiggery-fuckery".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:17 AM (DDGz9)

This. Insider jargon at that!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 11:20 AM (Aqu9a)

51 43 I wonder how the homeowners with insurance are going to fare with flood damage and/or destroyed homes?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 11:19 AM (RKVpM)

========

Most won't have flood insurance, so flooding won't be covered and they'll be screwed.

Others have stopped paying home insurance all together because they have owned the homes outright for years and it's no longer a requirement. They'll be screwed.

Don't stop paying home insurance just because you don't have a mortgage anymore. Also, see if you can get flood insurance. Water rising a couple of feet and destroying your floors won't get covered any other way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:21 AM (GBKbO)

52 Georgia was the final keystone the their 2020 fraud:
Republican governor and SoS.

By compromising those two enough to get them to refuse to investigate, that put the thinnest veneer of legitimacy on all the fraud.
"See, even in red GA with a Republican gov and SoS, Trump lost!!"

It was that implicit claim--that even Republicans said Trump lost--that undergirded every post-election dismissal, both in the courts and the media.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 04, 2024 11:21 AM (Qlpv5)

53 This video was posted on SmallDeadAnimals.

Chilling how FEMA is handling this disaster.

https://x.com/angelanashtn/status/1842023887191581140

Posted by: Just Lily at October 04, 2024 11:22 AM (JkA2a)

54
I kind of wonder why we aren't seeing much of Dave in FL. here. Did he get burned out?

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 11:20 AM

I think he has a job issue, perhaps a transfer. I follow him on Twitter and not much new there.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 11:22 AM (RKVpM)

55 Does North Korea have elections?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2024 11:19 AM (63Dwl)

Yes, and they're just what you'd expect from the worst totalitarian regime currently on Earth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_North_Korea

Posted by: Sassy Fred at October 04, 2024 11:22 AM (RMjVS)

56 obviously not the case, because you are a figment of my imagination.
Posted by: anachronda at October 04, 2024 11:20 AM (sGtp+)

In a solipsistic world, you can be the brain, or you can be the vat. Or I guess you could be the goop in the vat that the brain is bobbing around in. But I guess the goop is part of the goop + vat system that we simply refer to as all being "the vat". Because you can't have a brain in a vat without goop. That would just be stupid.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:22 AM (DDGz9)

57 But the turnout numbers from VA felt incontrovertible in ways that the rest of the numbers weren't. You don't have to think that D's will always vote early or by mail. You don't have to think that R's are suddenly embracing early voting. D's being down more than R's in turnout in VA, by a factor of 2, is illuminating and hard to spin in any way except as bad for Democrats overall.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:18 AM (GBKbO)
_______

[Hysterical laughter]

-- Dominion

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 11:22 AM (iFTx/)

58 44 I think the steal is already baked in. The malfeasance going on in North Carolina tells me no one is afraid of an investigation by an incoming Trump administration.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 11:19 AM (WPL6O)

=======

NC removed 10% of its voting rolls in the past year. Over 700,000 errant entries. The 2020 election was decided by 70,000 votes.

I think all polling on NC is deeply, deeply wrong. NC is going to suddenly be almost as red as SC.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:23 AM (GBKbO)

59 Morning.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 11:23 AM (RozVk)

60 forty-two!
Posted by: deep thought at October 04, 2024 11:18 AM (sGtp+)

Number two, Sir!

Posted by: Pvt. Pinkley at October 04, 2024 11:23 AM (Aqu9a)

61 57 [Hysterical laughter]

-- Dominion
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 11:22 AM (iFTx/)

=========

True.

There will be nothing stopping an urban center from saying they have 100,000 more votes than voters other than the will of the courts to take up a case.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:24 AM (GBKbO)

62 NC removed 10% of its voting rolls in the past year. Over 700,000 errant entries. The 2020 election was decided by 70,000 votes.

Western NC removed 50% of it's voters in under a week.
IYKWIMAIKTYD

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 11:24 AM (IB6XK)

63 Captain's Journal: The Hurricane Helene Hall of Shame

https://tinyurl.com/4fa8h28p

Via Instapundit.

Not a recommended read if you suffer from high blood pressure.

I will say it again and again. You do not hate the government enough.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 11:24 AM (RozVk)

64 forty-two!
Posted by: deep thought at October 04, 2024 11:18 AM (sGtp+)

Number two, Sir!
Posted by: Pvt. Pinkley

Number 6 Dance.
Posted by: Taggart

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 11:25 AM (IB6XK)

65 What does breaking bad mean?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2024 11:19 AM (MQJVv)

You have it right, except you don't exactly have to sell meth to break bad.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 11:25 AM (i24o9)

66 31
‘ Red counties are doing much better and blue counties worse in both states so far’

How are ‘better’ and ‘worse’ measured in this context?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 04, 2024 11:25 AM (jbnUc)

67 Thanks /0,

I forgot he was getting the "Hero" treatment at work.

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 11:26 AM (QB+5g)

68 In my more solipsistic moments, I wonder if the world is throwing all this sh*t at me to see what it takes for me to break bad.
Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2024 11:10 AM (OKniM)

In my more slapstick moments, I trip and somersault over the ottoman as I rush to greet my guests.

Posted by: Rob Petrie at October 04, 2024 11:26 AM (OguvZ)

69 62 Western NC removed 50% of it's voters in under a week.
IYKWIMAIKTYD
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 11:24 AM (IB6XK)

========

Most of them from deep blue Asheville.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)

70 When politics is dumb and boring, nobody really cares who is in office all that much, so the Uniparty can rig elections to their heart's content. Even when caught red handed, it's all "yeah, politics is corrupt, whatever, who cares".

But you can't simultaneously make an election a referendum on the end of life as we know it, and also expect the population to keep not giving a fuck about election fraud.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:27 AM (DDGz9)

71 In my more slapstick moments, I trip and somersault over the ottoman as I rush to greet my guests.
Posted by: Rob Petrie at October 04, 2024 11:26 AM (OguvZ)

Except for when you side-step the ottoman, right?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:27 AM (DDGz9)

72 IIRC the "acts of God" rider has been removed from most homeowner's insurance policies. It it's not specifically spelled out in your particular policy then it's not covered.

This is basically what our two homeowner's insurance policies have become.

But if you want X, Y or Z coverage they're more than willing to insure it... for a price.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 11:28 AM (Q4IgG)

73 61 True.

There will be nothing stopping an urban center from saying they have 100,000 more votes than voters other than the will of the courts to take up a case.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:24 AM (GBKbO)

"It's a Tax."

--Judas Roberts

Posted by: XTC at October 04, 2024 11:28 AM (UnA8+)

74 64 forty-two!
Posted by: deep thought at October 04, 2024 11:18 AM (sGtp+)

Number two, Sir!
Posted by: Pvt. Pinkley

Number 6 Dance.
Posted by: Taggart

red five standing by

Posted by: anachronda at October 04, 2024 11:28 AM (sGtp+)

75 >>I'm always a bit suspicious of drawing too many conclusions from something like an increase in proportion of R requests for ballots in PA compared to D. Lots of explanations in every direction to say why.

I'm suspicious of everything other than what I can see with my own two eyes. The enthusiasm for Trump/Vance has never been higher including when he won in 2020 which we all know he did. The only enthusiasm for Harris/Knucklehead is in the media. They are reduced to busing in paid supporters for their small, unenthusiastic rallies.

If you turn down the media propaganda this isn't a close race. It comes down to what it has always been about, can Trump/Vance beat the cheat. Some of the structural advantages Biden had in 2020 like mass mail in voting and the virus fallout the media put 100% on Trump don't exist this year. Worse, Harris has a record and it is one of almost unparalleled failure across the board and we haven't come close to hearing the totality of the fallout from the hurricane.

The uniparty will cheat. We all know that. The only question is will they be able to cheat enough.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 11:28 AM (LkLld)

76 obviously not the case, because you are a figment of my imagination.
Posted by: anachronda at October 04, 2024 11:20 AM (sGtp+)

In a solipsistic world, you can be the brain, or you can be the vat. Or I guess you could be the goop in the vat that the brain is bobbing around in. But I guess the goop is part of the goop + vat system that we simply refer to as all being "the vat". Because you can't have a brain in a vat without goop. That would just be stupid.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

Sez you. Saline works just fine.

Posted by: Brother Tim, totes not a dolphin brain in a jar at October 04, 2024 11:29 AM (OUMaO)

77 I want a blow out election. A landslide so yuge that the demoncrats are left in the fetal position whimpering, "please make it stop". A complete repudiation of, not just Harris and Walz, but of all demoncrats and their destructive policies everywhere. I want greasy Newsome to be hiding under his bed muttering" I don't want to do this anymore. It's not fun now.". I want progressives going dark and silent out of fear that they will be hunted for their stupidity. I want millions of illegal invaders rushing back across the border so fast it creates a wind vortex. I want the uniparty creatures in the House and Senate to be stark white pale, trembling, and horrified by the knowledge that they have been rejected and neutered. I want those Palestine protesters crawling through the shrubbery, praying no one sees them. I want Trump to destroy it all.

I want to hear the silence roar.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 11:29 AM (4XwPj)

78
North Carolina Resident: "I'd like to apply for a mortgage to replace the home I lost."

Banker: "And how much are you going to put down, 5%, 10%?"

North Carolina Resident: "Oh, heavens no, $750.00 dollars.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 11:30 AM (RKVpM)

79 But you can't simultaneously make an election a referendum on the end of life as we know it, and also expect the population to keep not giving a fuck about election fraud.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:27 AM (DDGz9)

I believe the regime doesn't understand the level of spiciness that a second stolen election will unleash from a populace already fed up with four years of the most blatantly anti-American governance ever.

Posted by: Sassy Fred at October 04, 2024 11:30 AM (RMjVS)

80 And on the topic of breaking bad, there is a wide berth between breaking bad and being a jerk, who takes everything the left or government drones throws at them like a sucker. Find a happy medium where you take care of you and yours, while denying the left any satisfaction or pound of flesh.

We just had a major mini victory whereby a local city administration's buttboy was denied a city position, because it was shown he lied on a grant application in the name of the city.

This guy had also been lying to people of the city about grand plans for parks and recreation that were not funded, that were ultimately to be funded by levies (we have no major tax base), and that would likely result in some poor sap's property being acquired through eminent domain. Typical lying government drone, looking to double dip, drunk on power. He's out permanently.

Fuck that guy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 11:30 AM (i24o9)

81 Sez you. Saline works just fine.
Posted by: Brother Tim, totes not a dolphin brain in a jar at October 04, 2024 11:29 AM (OUMaO)

Eeeew. No brain wants to float up to the top of the vat. The top will poke out above the water-line and get all crusty and gross.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:31 AM (DDGz9)

82 There will be nothing stopping an urban center from saying they have 100,000 more votes than voters other than the will of the courts to take up a case.
---
Yup.
That's the biggest "secret" to their fraud:
Run it up to ridiculous numbers in 95%+ black precincts and dare lilly-livered, weak-kneed, pansy-ass judges to "take the vote away from blacks worse than any Jim Crow law!!!"

They know no judge will ever, ever, ever--no matter if it's 200% of population that "voted"--rule that the votes from a black precinct should not be counted.

There probably hasn't been a vote in 50 years in a black precinct that has less than 50% fraud.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 04, 2024 11:31 AM (Qlpv5)

83 >>> the poll workers must conduct a hand count of ballots cast so as to verify that the number of actual paper ballots equals the number of ballots tabulated...

This is an elementary school level math error check. Would think they would already be doing this as a matter of routine.

Resisting even the simplest check for accurate results does not build confidence in results of an election.
IOW - No Confidence in results.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2024 11:32 AM (t+Tko)

84 "That fraud-friendly attitude from Raffensperger’s office is exactly why the new ballot-counting control measure is so desperately needed. By the way, even this AP “fact check” notes that there were double-counted ballots in 2020."

As whig and I have noted separately before, there is a much greater than nonzero chance that Stacey Abrams actually won her gubernatorial election over Brian Kemp. Raffensperger was the SoS overseeing the ballot counting there as well.

I never trusted Raffensperger, and Kemp is not too far behind in my distrust.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 11:32 AM (BYwg+)

85 I want Trump to destroy it all.

I want to hear the silence roar.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 11:29 AM (4XwPj) I want Trump to destroy it all.

I think I just came.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at October 04, 2024 11:32 AM (pJwEv)

86 79 I believe the regime doesn't understand the level of spiciness that a second stolen election will unleash from a populace already fed up with four years of the most blatantly anti-American governance ever.
Posted by: Sassy Fred at October 04, 2024 11:30 AM (RMjVS)

They're banking that you can't get spicy, because you need to go to work to be able to house and feed your kid.

Posted by: XTC at October 04, 2024 11:32 AM (UnA8+)

87 the goop is part of the goop + vat system

Don't take the brown acid.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 04, 2024 11:32 AM (Rn7nm)

88 >>>I wonder how the homeowners with insurance are going to fare with flood damage and/or destroyed homes?

Speaking from experience, it's going to be...challenging.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 04, 2024 11:32 AM (Y1sOo)

89

I'll wait for Dave in FLA to weigh in. His analysis of the situation is usually spot on.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 11:32 AM (x0n13)

90 In other election integrity news, Tina Peters, the embattled (R) county Clerk & Recorder of Mesa County in western Colorado has been sentenced to nine years prison time for her actions in the wake of the 2020 general election.

Highly partisan case.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 11:32 AM (uCfKO)

91 Effing ~~Todd~~ Brad!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 11:33 AM (Aqu9a)

92 But you can't simultaneously make an election a referendum on the end of life as we know it, and also expect the population to keep not giving a fuck about election fraud.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:27 AM (DDGz9)
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The Dems seems hellbent on giving it a go!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2024 11:33 AM (7fElN)

93 Wait.

Are these Election "Rules"

Or are these Election Laws? (Always Pay attention to the words anybody uses. Because changing definitions of words is a big part of why everything is FUBAR.)

Ask them what do you mean by this? The press is of course completely incurious on anything, because they are paid to be.

The other day I spent some time with old school liberal friends. They are completely Democrat MSNBC talking point regurgitators. It is pretty bizarre. They've perfected the Liberal Hypnosis over the years.

Out of a fire-hose of half truths and full lies, I picked out a gem that one feller said. He mentioned something about people with no kids don't understand what's going on. I agree with that.

I immediately pointed that's why people like Angela Merkel, the former Stasi member turned leader of Germany should never be allowed. He about shit a brick. He knew I was exactly correct, but contradictions in their worldview are something the never, ever examine. They never hear them. It was hilarious.

You can nuke these dumbshits in about 10 seconds on a level playing field. That's why they went full Censorship, if you hadn't noticed. See Also Vance and Tampon Timmy

Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2024 11:33 AM (QCu82)

94 Seth Keshel
@RealSKeshel • 1d

PENNSYLVANIA - Change in Voter Registration by Party since 2020
63 of 67 counties shifted Republican, current as of 9/30/2024 update

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 11:33 AM (N0/CS)

95
Most won't have flood insurance, so flooding won't be covered and they'll be screwed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:21 AM

Our genius VP Harris has promised $750 to storm victims. But not if they had homeowners insurance. Some have already called and been turned down.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 11:33 AM (RKVpM)

96 Elon Musk is attending Trump's rally in Butler, PA tomorrow. Trump is returning to the spot where they tried to murder him because he says he has a duty to finish what he started.

I bet that will be one hell of a crowd.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 11:34 AM (LkLld)

97 89

I'll wait for Dave in FLA to weigh in. His analysis of the situation is usually spot on.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 11:32 AM (x0n13)

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I love Dave. Dave is good people.

His analysis is suspect at best.

In 2022, he assured us that the AZ governor's race was over. Lake had won.

And then Hobbes turned off signature verification (according to a federal lawsuit that led to a very, very slight punishment for the AZ SoS office) and the Maricopa county sheriff threatened to murder people who wanted to watch the ballot counting.

And Hobbes won.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:34 AM (GBKbO)

98 79 I believe the regime doesn't understand the level of spiciness that a second stolen election will unleash from a populace already fed up with four years of the most blatantly anti-American governance ever.
Posted by: Sassy Fred at October 04, 2024 11:30 AM (RMjVS)

They're banking that you can't get spicy, because you need to go to work to be able to house and feed your kid.
Posted by: XTC at October 04, 2024 11:32 AM (UnA8+)
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That only lasts until they take away our houses and destroy our food supplies. Then things get *very* spicy indeed. Carolina Reaper spicy.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2024 11:34 AM (7fElN)

99 OK, so they cheat. Harris "wins" with an unprecedented (unbelievable) D turnout.

The media goes crazy celebrating. Completely boycotts anything questioning the results.

No one other that the massively deluded believes it.

What then?

Congress?

Secretaries of States?

What approach can be taken that wasn't shot down before?

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 11:34 AM (QB+5g)

100 91 91 Effing Todd Brad!
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 11:33 AM (Aqu9a)

Old and Busted : Steve-Dave.

New Hotness : Todd-Brad.

Posted by: XTC at October 04, 2024 11:34 AM (UnA8+)

101 94 Seth Keshel
@RealSKeshel • 1d

PENNSYLVANIA - Change in Voter Registration by Party since 2020
63 of 67 counties shifted Republican, current as of 9/30/2024 update
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 11:33 AM (N0/CS)

Factor in the huge number of people who tore up their R registration to be independent, too. (like me)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:34 AM (DDGz9)

102 It will delay election results and hurt the illegal democrat voter fraud effort... but mostly illegal democrat voter fraud effort.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 04, 2024 11:35 AM (17s+e)

103 101 Factor in the huge number of people who tore up their R registration to be independent, too. (like me)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:34 AM (DDGz9)

=======

In 2020, in FL, Democrats outnumbered Republicans by about 200,000.

Now, Republicans outnumber Democrats by about 800,000.

All others have remained just about the same.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:35 AM (GBKbO)

104 Our genius VP Harris has promised $750 to storm victims. But not if they had homeowners insurance. Some have already called and been turned down.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 11:33 AM (RKVpM)

Insurance deductibles, how do they work?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 11:36 AM (Aqu9a)

105 Prosecutors Seek Indefinite Delay In Trial Of Alleged Trump Assassin Over "Complex" Evidence

According to a Wednesday filing with Florida District Judge Aileen Cannon, prosecutors have gathered too much evidence to proceed to trial - including hundreds of witness interviews, 13 search warrants, and the seizure of "multiple electronic devices" from locations in Florida, Hawaii, and North Carolina. The overwhelming amount of digital data to review - around 4,000 terabytes - allegedly led to the request.

Posted by: SMOD at October 04, 2024 11:36 AM (GITLP)

106 Elon Musk is attending Trump's rally in Butler, PA tomorrow. Trump is returning to the spot where they tried to murder him because he says he has a duty to finish what he started.

I bet that will be one hell of a crowd.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 11:34 AM (LkLld)

In reflecting on this, I hope he donates as much proceeds or equivalent raised to the aggrieved and injured from the prior rally that he can. I imagine that he has already taken care of them. But it would be a nice gesture to the community.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 11:36 AM (i24o9)

107 If you turn down the media propaganda this isn't a close race. It comes down to what it has always been about, can Trump/Vance beat the cheat. Some of the structural advantages Biden had in 2020 like mass mail in voting and the virus fallout the media put 100% on Trump don't exist this year. Worse, Harris has a record and it is one of almost unparalleled failure across the board and we haven't come close to hearing the totality of the fallout from the hurricane.

The uniparty will cheat. We all know that. The only question is will they be able to cheat enough.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 11:28 AM (LkLld)

My one disappointment in the Vance/Walz debate was that Vance dodged on whether the 2020 election was on the level. If that question had been asked as recently as a year ago, I can see mainstream politicians avoiding the issue. Now, however, with the news that came out of GA, AZ and WI about hinky happenings in 2020 I think it's safe to at least question the validity of whether J6 should have at least delayed the vote to investigate what happened. I've always believed that the election was stolen from Trump, but now is the time to raise that question publicly.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 11:36 AM (BYwg+)

108 38 forty-two!
Posted by: deep thought at October 04, 2024 11:18 AM (sGtp+)

But if you owe $200,000 in student loans, the government will bail you out!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 11:37 AM (x0n13)

109 [Hysterical laughter]

-- Dominion
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 11:22 AM (iFTx/)

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True.

There will be nothing stopping an urban center from saying they have 100,000 more votes than voters other than the will of the courts to take up a case.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:24 AM (GBKbO)
_________

Yes, but as I've been screaming from the rooftops, I think it will be more sinister than that. What's to stop them from digitally changing a vote count of 100k in a given precinct that went 55k for Trump and 45k for Tralala to 45k for Trump and 55k for Tralala? It absolutely can be done with Dominion's dogshit security and software.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 04, 2024 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

110 East Cali (formerly known as CO) has ranked choice voting on the ballot. As sure I as I sit here, it'll pass.

Posted by: Old Blue at October 04, 2024 11:37 AM (X6YhY)

111 110 East Cali (formerly known as CO) has ranked choice voting on the ballot. As sure I as I sit here, it'll pass.
Posted by: Old Blue at October 04, 2024 11:37 AM (X6YhY)

"List these seven candidates in order, from most rank to least rank."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:38 AM (DDGz9)

112 Remember how we spent billions on new voting machines and staff to see election day go to election month and to get results no one believes?

Good time good times

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 11:38 AM (oZhjI)

113 What approach can be taken that wasn't shot down before?

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 11:34 AM (QB+5g)

Posted by: Sassy Fred at October 04, 2024 11:39 AM (RMjVS)

114 This video was posted on SmallDeadAnimals.

Chilling how FEMA is handling this disaster.

https://x.com/angelanashtn/status/1842023887191581140
Posted by: Just Lily at October 04, 2024 11:22 AM (JkA2a)
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It's after a hundred so I'll add to this:
With the exception of the comment about FEMA saying they were too tied up at the border to send any more people, most of what this woman is reporting is OK. Someplace needs to be a field morgue. The death toll will top a thousand soon. The army policing up bodies is probably the right people to do it. Material to support that mission needs to be brought in just like every thing else.
This is the grim side of this disaster and if not jumped on soon, the affects will be nasty.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 11:39 AM (W/lyH)

115 For all of you who think that the Feds have gotten bad at this only recently, I have news for you.

I survived the Rapid Ciry flood in 1972. 238 people died.

Same crap went on then. My dad had to run I to the ditc in the median on I-90 the day after the flood to get us kids to safety and take us to MT to our aunts house. I will never forget looking out the station wagon window at soldiers with their guns drawn point at us. I thought they were going to shoot us. I think the sight of six little scared kids looking at them gave them pause. I don't know.

Dad left us at his sister's and he and mom drove back to help with recovery. They found bodies, there was no water, no sewer, no power for a long time. And that was just localized flooding. I can't imagine the devastation. I remember the smell, even weeks later.

It's also where I learned not to trust the Red Cross. Dad said when they were out doing body recovery, the Red Crosz would set up lunch tables for them then charge them for the food. The Salvation Army would also set up tables but gave away the food and water.

Posted by: Just Lily at October 04, 2024 11:39 AM (JkA2a)

116 >>> 53 This video was posted on SmallDeadAnimals.

Chilling how FEMA is handling this disaster.

https://x.com/angelanashtn
/status/1842023887191581140
Posted by: Just Lily at October 04, 2024 11:22 AM (JkA2a)

What we are hearing from "official" sources is utter BS; whatever the details are, it is obviously orders of magnitude worse than what feralgov and friends are telling us.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 11:39 AM (FnneF)

117 His analysis is suspect at best.

. . .

And Hobbes won.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:34 AM (GBKbO)

All the things in the . . . do not make the analysis suspect. They make the analysis only one piece that must be considered in modern dem-controlled elections.

Most generously, you could say he should add a dem-fraud disclaimer or caveat. Because nobody except dems controlling the elections are able to accurately predict what dems are willing to do for power.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 11:39 AM (i24o9)

118 "Remember how we spent billions on new voting machines and staff to see election day go to election month and to get results no one believes?"

Automation for the Win!!!!!

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 11:39 AM (QB+5g)

119 An etch-a-sketch would be a more secure "voting machine".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:39 AM (DDGz9)

120 >>I love Dave. Dave is good people.

>>His analysis is suspect at best.

No it isn't. It's moronic to blame Dave for the level of cheat none of us can factor. You yourself just admitted that the only reason Hobbes won is cheating, that does not make Dave's analysis of the actual election suspect.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 11:39 AM (LkLld)

121 What then?

Congress?

...
LOL

...

Secretaries of States?
..

All Dems in AZ WI MI PA NV

Posted by: Not voting our way out at October 04, 2024 11:39 AM (ckGiT)

122 The Persistence, aka Scott Pressler:

"Thank you to every single person — including the media — that swiftly covered this story. You all may very well have just netted thousands of new voters in Pennsylvania. This is a big deal."

Links to this Breitbart article: "PA Dept. of State Under Criticism for Site Maintenance on Day of Trump's Return to Butler"

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 11:39 AM (N0/CS)

123

Ya'll jumping around like Atlanta City faggots!

Posted by: Skipper at October 04, 2024 11:40 AM (4vkfl)

124 obviously not the case, because you are a figment of my imagination.
Posted by: anachronda at October 04, 2024 11:20 AM (sGtp+)
*
In a solipsistic world, you can be the brain, or you can be the vat. Or I guess you could be the goop in the vat that the brain is bobbing around in. But I guess the goop is part of the goop + vat system that we simply refer to as all being "the vat". Because you can't have a brain in a vat without goop. That would just be stupid.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024

***
Two hundred quatloos on Warai-otoko!

Posted by: Provider No. 3 at October 04, 2024 11:40 AM (J2vNu)

125 forty-two!

************

*silence*

Some people just don't know how to tell a joke.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 11:40 AM (uCfKO)

126 117 All the things in the . . . do not make the analysis suspect. They make the analysis only one piece that must be considered in modern dem-controlled elections.

Most generously, you could say he should add a dem-fraud disclaimer or caveat. Because nobody except dems controlling the elections are able to accurately predict what dems are willing to do for power.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 11:39 AM (i24o9)

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He does that now. But it's obvious that his belief in "good" polls is showing through his cynicism again.

We'll see.

But it leads to the question of: what's the point of poll watching if the polls...don't reflect election results?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:40 AM (GBKbO)

127 Captain's Journal: The Hurricane Helene Hall of Shame

https://tinyurl.com/4fa8h28p

Via Instapundit.

Not a recommended read if you suffer from high blood pressure.

I will say it again and again. You do not hate the government enough.
Posted by: Robert

Well, it's on Facebook now. Thank you.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 11:41 AM (IB6XK)

128 That's the biggest "secret" to their fraud:
Run it up to ridiculous numbers in 95%+ black precincts and dare lilly-livered, weak-kneed, pansy-ass judges to "take the vote away from blacks worse than any Jim Crow law!!!"

They know no judge will ever, ever, ever--no matter if it's 200% of population that "voted"--rule that the votes from a black precinct should not be counted.

There probably hasn't been a vote in 50 years in a black precinct that has less than 50% fraud.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 04, 2024 11:31 AM (Qlpv5)

I don't know nothin' 'bout ~~birthin' no babies.~~ countin' no ballots.

Posted by: Prissy, Precinct Elections Clerk at October 04, 2024 11:41 AM (Aqu9a)

129 Ya'll jumping around like Atlanta City faggots!
Posted by: Skipper at October 04, 2024 11:40 AM (4vkfl)

Hey, we're from Kansas City!

Posted by: Sassy Fred at October 04, 2024 11:41 AM (RMjVS)

130 120 No it isn't. It's moronic to blame Dave for the level of cheat none of us can factor. You yourself just admitted that the only reason Hobbes won is cheating, that does not make Dave's analysis of the actual election suspect.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 11:39 AM (LkLld)

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I don't blame him for anything except relying on his preferred polling instead of facts on the ground.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:41 AM (GBKbO)

131 I want to hear the silence roar.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 11:29 AM (4XwPj)

Heh!
Used that line three times yesterday.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 11:41 AM (W/lyH)

132
Elon Musk is attending Trump's rally in Butler, PA tomorrow. Trump is returning to the spot where they tried to murder him because he says he has a duty to finish what he started.

I bet that will be one hell of a crowd.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 11:34 AM

I think it was 2016 he had a rally in Butler but inside the secure airport grounds. He tried to do it there in July but that area was already booked. So he used the less secure fairgrounds.

So when you say "returning to the spot" I hope not. All those roofs, the water tower, etc. Bad location, very bad.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 11:42 AM (RKVpM)

133 I love Dave. Dave is good people.

His analysis is suspect at best.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:34 AM (GBKbO)

All commentary and analysis is just spitballing. Some folks, like Dave, are very good at it and can articulate their thoughts intelligently. Some folks, let's say me, are very very bad at it and basically just call the other side stupid poopy doo-doo brains.

Ya just got to appreciate it for what it is, man. We're all just dudes on the internet.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 11:42 AM (MCgnr)

134 Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 11:39 AM (W/lyH)

I agree to a certain extent. But we pay taxes so FEMA has refrigerated trucks and whatnot to set up morgues.

Posted by: Just Lily at October 04, 2024 11:42 AM (JkA2a)

135 In 2022, he assured us that the AZ governor's race was over. Lake had won.

And then Hobbes turned off signature verification (according to a federal lawsuit that led to a very, very slight punishment for the AZ SoS office) and the Maricopa county sheriff threatened to murder people who wanted to watch the ballot counting.

And Hobbes won.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:34 AM (GBKbO)

If you project what would happen assuming a valid and accurate vote, and the other side injects so much cheat into those results that it achieves the opposite of what is correctly predicted, that doesn't invalidate the projection. News that came out regarding that election proved that Dave was in fact correct.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 11:42 AM (BYwg+)

136 And then Hobbes turned off signature verification (according to a federal lawsuit that led to a very, very slight punishment for the AZ SoS office) and the Maricopa county sheriff threatened to murder people who wanted to watch the ballot counting.

I said at the time Lake's only path to victory was to get an many as voters as she could and go to that building.

Make one of the sheriff's flunkies have to shoot you. Because if they get observers in that building Lake wins.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 11:43 AM (oZhjI)

137 The system works as it is designed to work.

Posted by: brak at October 04, 2024 11:43 AM (NGHTx)

138 Most won't have flood insurance, so flooding won't be covered and they'll be screwed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Pro tip:
Burn everything above the waterline. Fire is covered.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 11:44 AM (IB6XK)

139 135 If you project what would happen assuming a valid and accurate vote, and the other side injects so much cheat into those results that it achieves the opposite of what is correctly predicted, that doesn't invalidate the projection. News that came out regarding that election proved that Dave was in fact correct.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 11:42 AM (BYwg+)

========

The projection is who wins the election, not who wins the vote.

Not understanding the breadth and depth of the cheat is a fault in analysis.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:45 AM (GBKbO)

140 >>> 98 79 I believe the regime doesn't understand the level of spiciness that a second stolen election will unleash from a populace already fed up with four years of the most blatantly anti-American governance ever.
Posted by: Sassy Fred at October 04, 2024 11:30 AM (RMjVS)

They're banking that you can't get spicy, because you need to go to work to be able to house and feed your kid.
Posted by: XTC at October 04, 2024 11:32 AM (UnA8+)
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That only lasts until they take away our houses and destroy our food supplies. Then things get *very* spicy indeed. Carolina Reaper spicy.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2024 11:34 AM (7fElN)

*tee hee*

Posted by: Unrealized Gains Tax at October 04, 2024 11:45 AM (FnneF)

141 >>My one disappointment in the Vance/Walz debate was that Vance dodged on whether the 2020 election was on the level. If that question had been asked as recently as a year ago, I can see mainstream politicians avoiding the issue. Now, however, with the news that came out of GA, AZ and WI about hinky happenings in 2020 I think it's safe to at least question the validity of whether J6 should have at least delayed the vote to investigate what happened. I've always believed that the election was stolen from Trump, but now is the time to raise that question publicly.

This happened yesterday.

>>Oct 3 (Reuters) - A former Colorado county clerk convicted of illegally tampering with voting machines was sentenced to nine years in prison on Thursday after repeating Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election at her court hearing.
Tina Peters was convicted at trial of seven counts of engaging in a security breach for opening Mesa County, Colorado’s election computers to Trump allies searching for evidence of fraud.

Tina Peters is a 69 year old. A 9 year sentence for her is life.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 11:45 AM (LkLld)

142 122 The Persistence, aka Scott Pressler

I sure as hell hope he's got some good security around him at all times because he's a prime candidate for a "botched mugging attempt"

Posted by: Caradoc at October 04, 2024 11:45 AM (k5GN0)

143 But it leads to the question of: what's the point of poll watching if the polls...don't reflect election results?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 11:40 AM (GBKbO)

You can black pill that all the way to "why bother voting" . . . and I have.

However, there is individual and social value in clinging to some shred of normalcy with expectations of the same, while fully preparing yourself for that black pill outcome.

Until there isn't. But we are not there, yet.

These consideration do not make the analysis suspect. It makes it one part of the larger picture.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 11:45 AM (i24o9)

144 98 That only lasts until they take away our houses and destroy our food supplies. Then things get *very* spicy indeed. Carolina Reaper spicy.

ah. perhaps that's why they felt they had to use the weather machine to take out carolina first.

Posted by: anachronda at October 04, 2024 11:46 AM (sGtp+)

145
There probably hasn't been a vote in 50 years in a black precinct that has less than 50% fraud.

I did an analysis of Philly's votes in the 2004 election and the number of percincts that went 100% Kerry was shocking.

Note, I certainly don't mean those were places where Bush got view votes. I don't even mean places were Bush get no votes and the third party candidates got a few.

I mean literally every vote was for Kerry - no Reps, No LP, no Green, no Socialist, no Independent hell not even votes for the free drug party.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 11:46 AM (oZhjI)

146 Make one of the sheriff's flunkies have to shoot you. Because if they get observers in that building Lake wins.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 11:43 AM (oZhjI)

It's going to eventually come to that.

Go ahead. Take the Shot Heard Round The World again. Fire on a civilian trying to ensure the validity of an election that the government in power is tampering with. See how that plays out.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:46 AM (DDGz9)

147 Good to see Governor Kemp supporting Trump. Friend in ATL suburbs says Kemp is running for Senate in 2026, and is playing it cool

Posted by: Jonah at October 04, 2024 11:46 AM (gwrBY)

148 Most won't have flood insurance, so flooding won't be covered and they'll be screwed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Pro tip:
Burn everything above the waterline. Fire is covered.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 11:44 AM (IB6XK)

Perhaps I can be of some assistance? For a small percentage, naturally. Reach me through my associates at the Bing.

Posted by: Silvio Dante at October 04, 2024 11:47 AM (Aqu9a)

149 Judges act on innocent until proven guilty but when it comes to government operations the opposite should be in effect. Government always and everywhere should be transparent.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 04, 2024 11:47 AM (gYHPZ)

150 I agree to a certain extent. But we pay taxes so FEMA has refrigerated trucks and whatnot to set up morgues.
Posted by: Just Lily at October 04, 2024 11:42 AM (JkA2a)

They do but I doubt they have that many trucks, and given typical government contracting issues, it will take a month for them to subcontract a trucking firm with enough refer vans to do the job. Got to go with a hospital where they can do the quick autopsy and prep the body for shipment/storage/burial.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 11:47 AM (W/lyH)

151 Tina Peters is a 69 year old. A 9 year sentence for her is life.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 11:45 AM (LkLld)

Wait, are whistleblowers good or bad now?

I can never keep track.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:48 AM (DDGz9)

152 If Lake had won in AZ, i think she would be the VP nominee. I like Lake, but think Vance is better suited for the ticket.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at October 04, 2024 11:48 AM (7PziG)

153 >>So when you say "returning to the spot" I hope not. All those roofs, the water tower, etc. Bad location, very bad.

Well according to his press release he is going back to the very same spot. Like him or hate him it's pretty hard to argue Trump doesn't have a huge pair.

If we had an entire party with his fight we would fix this country double plus quick.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 11:48 AM (LkLld)

154 Go ahead. Take the Shot Heard Round The World again. Fire on a civilian trying to ensure the validity of an election that the government in power is tampering with. See how that plays out.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 11:46 AM (DDGz9)

If that happens, it's 'Katie bar the door' time.

Posted by: Sassy Fred at October 04, 2024 11:49 AM (RMjVS)

155 AZ is all about the McCain/Flake wing of the GOP. These morons have allowed Hobbs, Sinema, Fontes, and Kelly destroy the state. AZ voters have had enough though and are for Trump, but he would be up double digits without those traitors

Posted by: Jonah at October 04, 2024 11:50 AM (gwrBY)

156 East Cali (formerly known as CO) has ranked choice voting on the ballot. As sure I as I sit here, it'll pass.
Posted by: Old Blue

**********

Hey Old Blue. Thanks for mentioning that and I think your prediction is correct.

My Rep, Matt Soper (R) On the Western Slope has come out in favor of RCV because it "it increases the value of a single vote."

No, Matt, it increases the value of a vote for the biggest loser and gives those voters another bite at the apple.

It's not the same dynamic as a run-off election.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 11:50 AM (uCfKO)

157 It won't get spicy - no matter what. COVID and associated meshugas in 2020 proved that beyond a scintilla of doubt.

That's why *looks around* ALL of this crazy stuff is happening.

We're augering in.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2024 11:50 AM (awTae)

158 One of the reasons we are in this mess is because Republicans who were in control of then-red (or purple) states did not pass effective election security laws when they were in power, even though they knew there was significant Democrat voter-fraud in the usual precincts. (Georgia and Arizona are only the most recent examples.) Desantis and the FL GOP have shown what cleaning up elections can do to a state; it's not too late for some other states to do the same thing. I read yesterday that, in NH, Gov. Sununu just signed a law that will require proof of citizenship to register to vote and a voter id to vote. Unfortunately, it doesn't take effect until the next election (and may never take effect if the Democrats take back control of the statehouse next month).

Posted by: Anti-Faucist at October 04, 2024 11:50 AM (qUkBO)

159 My experience with a couple floods and tornadoes is cops (local, state patrol, sheriff) all go into jerk mode and start locking down and keeping everybody out of an area for their own safety, including people with legitimate business there. Some of it is justified but a lot of it is overreactions or just some individual on being on a power binge being an asshole. It extremely frustrating and maddening to deal with.

Posted by: Ripley at October 04, 2024 11:50 AM (GUOwU)

160
At least this time they have the bulletproof glass they can set up around him. I think Elon Musk is going to be at the same rally and he's no fan of the leftists right now.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 11:50 AM (RKVpM)

161 152 If Lake had won in AZ, i think she would be the VP nominee. I like Lake, but think Vance is better suited for the ticket.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at October 04, 2024 11:48 AM (7PziG)

I agree. However, I think that it's sad that Ron DeSantis should have been the VP nominee instead of Vance. RDS' mistake was that he went after Trump, believing that the lawfare against him would be successful, leaving a vacuum that he could step into. That, and trusting GOPe advisors whispering sweet nothings into his ear.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 11:51 AM (BYwg+)

162 >>>So when you say "returning to the spot" I hope not. All those roofs, the water tower, etc. Bad location, very bad.

Outdoor venues were supposed to have BP glass surrounds of the podium. Let him return to those people.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 11:51 AM (i24o9)

163
They do but I doubt they have that many trucks, and given typical government contracting issues, it will take a month for them to subcontract a trucking firm with enough refer vans to do the job. Got to go with a hospital where they can do the quick autopsy and prep the body for shipment/storage/burial.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 11:47 AM (W/lyH)

Very true. I'm very afraid that the number of deaths will be far greater than the number of injured. Like 9/11. The hospitals prepped for large numbers of injuries but there weren't many survivors. Absolute tragedy. My heart goes out to these people.

Posted by: Just Lily at October 04, 2024 11:52 AM (JkA2a)

164 It would have been Noem, if she did not flame out

Posted by: Jonah at October 04, 2024 11:52 AM (gwrBY)

165 However, I think that it's sad that Ron DeSantis should have been the VP nominee instead of Vance. RDS' mistake was that he went after Trump, believing that the lawfare against him would be successful, leaving a vacuum that he could step into. That, and trusting GOPe advisors whispering sweet nothings into his ear.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 11:51 AM (BYwg+)

That was a colossal, idiotic mistake. That and hiding behind his idiotic influencer shadow campaign. He's got a lot of work ahead of him to recover from that.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 11:53 AM (i24o9)

166 My Rep, Matt Soper (R) On the Western Slope has come out in favor of RCV because it "it increases the value of a single vote."

No, Matt, it increases the value of a vote for the biggest loser and gives those voters another bite at the apple.

It's not the same dynamic as a run-off election.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 11:50 AM (uCfKO)

Matt's an idiot. Election results should be decided in ways that the average eighth-grader can perform, i.e. counting ballots. RCV turns ballot-counting into a black-box process that the average person can't decipher easily. It's undemocratic by its nature.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 11:53 AM (BYwg+)

167
It would have been Noem, if she did not flame out

Posted by: Jonah at October 04, 2024 11:52 AM

Is she still dogged by the same issue?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 11:54 AM (RKVpM)

168 161, Big fan of Desantis, and a pro lifer like Ron. But abortion would have been more front and center if he was VP nominee

Posted by: Jonah at October 04, 2024 11:54 AM (gwrBY)

169 157 It won't get spicy - no matter what. COVID and associated meshugas in 2020 proved that beyond a scintilla of doubt.

That's why *looks around* ALL of this crazy stuff is happening.

We're augering in.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2024 11:50 AM (awTae)

This is gonna make some people mad, but I'm starting to have to believe that all these "badass killers" actually aren't.

They're just drunk old men sitting in their rocking chairs.

Posted by: XTC at October 04, 2024 11:55 AM (UnA8+)

170 right. How about the idiots in the GOP who want to abolish the electoral college? Insanity

Posted by: Jonah at October 04, 2024 11:55 AM (gwrBY)

171 Yeah JackStraw, that Tina Peters story is utter bulkcrap.

Trying to dig through the crap, it looks like she got convicted of using false ID to let a guy copy the data before the voting machine was altered. But the guy whose ID she borrowed seemed to be ok with it, then said in the stand he didn't know?

Sentencing a whistle blower to nine years in prison... biden lawfare at its finest.

It's sad that all the news outlets, even some Breitbart writers, want to throw her under the bus and act like she's the most treasonous person ever.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 11:56 AM (N0/CS)

172 >>> 168 161, Big fan of Desantis, and a pro lifer like Ron. But abortion would have been more front and center if he was VP nominee
Posted by: Jonah at October 04, 2024 11:54 AM (gwrBY)

More than "OMG DRUMPF WANTS TO BAN MUHBORTION NATIONWIDE!!!"?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 11:56 AM (FnneF)

173 East Cali (formerly known as CO) has ranked choice voting on the ballot. As sure I as I sit here, it'll pass.
Posted by: Old Blue

**********

Hey Old Blue. Thanks for mentioning that and I think your prediction is correct.

My Rep, Matt Soper (R) On the Western Slope has come out in favor of RCV because it "it increases the value of a single vote."

No, Matt, it increases the value of a vote for the biggest loser and gives those voters another bite at the apple.

It's not the same dynamic as a run-off election.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 11:50 AM (uCfKO)
***

We have it here and it was crammed through by the Dems that have a solid majority. They can RCV to keep it safe. Now we get to enjoy dictatorship by the majority.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 11:56 AM (W/lyH)

174 That was a colossal, idiotic mistake. That and hiding behind his idiotic influencer shadow campaign. He's got a lot of work ahead of him to recover from that.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 11:53 AM (i24o9)

DeSantis' online influencers were the single biggest reason I stopped being a fan. Those jerks were (and many still are) intolerable.

Posted by: Sassy Fred at October 04, 2024 11:56 AM (RMjVS)

175
There needs to be a voter ID Card that is like a drivers license/passport. Scanable and print off a paper receipt. Maybe a fingerprint scan as well. The vote needs to be treated with the security of a gold bar.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 04, 2024 11:56 AM (+oR7L)

176 Good. Remind people. They are trying as hard as possible to memory hole this.

I was dead set on sitting out the election until the Party tried to kill him. That bullet to the head earned him my vote. I can't be the only one.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 04, 2024 11:56 AM (awTae)

177 I lived on a costal barrier island in FL for a long time. Had a number of evacuation notices given. Heeded a few, ignored a few.

The cops would regularly shut down the causeways for a couple of days not letting anyone other that "emergency" personnel to pass by. Mostly because of "downed power lines".

This was a huge factor in people deciding to ride it out.

Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 11:57 AM (QB+5g)

178 Ra ked choice voting is on the ballot in SD too. They aren't calling it that though.

The wording is intentional confusing so who knows if it will pass.

Posted by: Just Lily at October 04, 2024 11:57 AM (JkA2a)

179
Ron DeSantis will make a great VP for eight years, then get his shot.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 11:57 AM (RKVpM)

180 Womp.

@capitolreport
·
1h
Trump’s Saturday rally at the Butler Farm Show is set to have a special guest.

@elonmusk
says he “will be there to support” the Republican presidential nominee at the site of attempted assassination.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2024 11:58 AM (LkLld)

181 166 Matt's an idiot. Election results should be decided in ways that the average eighth-grader can perform, i.e. counting ballots. RCV turns ballot-counting into a black-box process that the average person can't decipher easily.

how long until we hand all the ballots, pregnant chads and all, over to chatgpt and have it "count" them?

Posted by: anachronda at October 04, 2024 11:58 AM (sGtp+)

182
This platinum blond is a friends with Captain Kangaroo:

https://youtu.be/BTSmGFa_vtA?si=gnPHmjMv_3iMoQUY&t=275

Posted by: Soothsayer Mannix at October 04, 2024 11:59 AM (dQzv6)

183 Yes, it was always "no evidence of widespread fraud", meaning that there wasn't fraud EVERYWHERE, so it wasn't widespread. However, we all know where the decisive precincts in each battleground state are, and it is EXACTLY in those precincts that the fraud took place.

Posted by: Uncle Jefe at October 04, 2024 11:59 AM (gAuAm)

184 I lived on a costal barrier island in FL for a long time. Had a number of evacuation notices given. Heeded a few, ignored a few.

Galveston, Texas - Hurricane Alicia
Upon order of the Governor all leaves & vacations are canceled. No evacuation possible. Everyone is to remain on island.

Yeah. Sucked working for the government.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 11:59 AM (IB6XK)

185 Somewhat related to disaster response - when did the standard response to an interstate problem become 'shut down traffic and force people to wait in their cars all day' instead of 'find a fcking re-route and get them moving or at least turned around'?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024 12:00 PM (FnneF)

186 I would prefer DeSantis get a key cabinet role eventually. Where he can actually do something.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at October 04, 2024 12:00 PM (7PziG)

187 I would prefer DeSantis get a key cabinet role eventually. Where he can actually do something.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at October 04, 2024 12:00 PM (7PziG)

DHS - FEMA. He seems to do well there.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:01 PM (i24o9)

188 In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden “won” Georgia by less than 12,000 votes

I was watching Tucker Carlson some time ago. He had a video of a huge Stacey Abrams look alike stuffing what looked like 12,000 ballots into a ballot box.
I wonder how many "Staceys" are out there in 2024.

Posted by: DAN at October 04, 2024 12:02 PM (BJziQ)

189 Thx Buck. I still believe that the #of blacks and Latinos shifting to Trump will overcome the steal. I may be wrong but the continued clusterf**k that is Buden/Harris /Walz makes me think I'm right

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2024 12:02 PM (F+WBi)

190 It's sad that all the news outlets, even some Breitbart writers, want to throw her under the bus and act like she's the most treasonous person ever.
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 11:56 AM (N0/CS)

The rumor, from a Colorado Twitter account, is that she's going to jail because she refused an order to destroy all the evidence. Everything else is just the process used to put her in jail.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 04, 2024 12:03 PM (s9EYN)

191 I would prefer DeSantis get a key cabinet role eventually. Where he can actually do something.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee

Secretary of Ass Kicking?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 04, 2024 12:03 PM (L/fGl)

192 OT but I just realized I'm parked next to a truck that says "Bellatrix Transport" in Harry Potter style lettering.

Should...should I knock on his door and tell him to read another book?

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 12:03 PM (MCgnr)

193 188 I was watching Tucker Carlson some time ago. He had a video of a huge Stacey Abrams look alike stuffing what looked like 12,000 ballots into a ballot box.
I wonder how many "Staceys" are out there in 2024.

forty-two!

Posted by: deep thought at October 04, 2024 12:04 PM (sGtp+)

194 190 It's sad that all the news outlets, even some Breitbart writers, want to throw her under the bus and act like she's the most treasonous person ever.
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 11:56 AM (N0/CS)

The rumor, from a Colorado Twitter account, is that she's going to jail because she refused an order to destroy all the evidence. Everything else is just the process used to put her in jail.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 04, 2024 12:03 PM (s9EYN)

If she's going to the clink, she won't be there long after Trump is inaugurated in 2025.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 12:04 PM (BYwg+)

195
The Biden/Walz yard signs are popping up in my area like blue dandelions. WTF is wrong with people?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 12:04 PM (RKVpM)

196 Desantis got that bridge built in record time after a hurricane, and he pushed back against the woke. He'd be good running commerce or emergency management. Problem is he sounds like an aw shucks yokel sometimes in his cadence.

He needs to keep rocking the FL, work on his cadence and presentation. Vance in the VP debate is a good representation of what every aspiring conservative politician should aim for. If he can sound more like that and some time has lapsed from his clumsy campaign--and he ramps down on the boots with heels wearing--he is in a good place for 2028 or 2032.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 12:05 PM (ylosT)

197 OT but I just realized I'm parked next to a truck that says "Bellatrix Transport" in Harry Potter style lettering.

Should...should I knock on his door and tell him to read another book?
Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 12:03 PM (MCgnr)

Do you think it's a dude?

Posted by: spindrift at October 04, 2024 12:05 PM (OguvZ)

198 193 188 I was watching Tucker Carlson some time ago. He had a video of a huge Stacey Abrams look alike stuffing what looked like 12,000 ballots into a ballot box.
I wonder how many "Staceys" are out there in 2024.

forty-two!
Posted by: deep thought at October 04, 2024 12:04 PM (sGtp+)

"so long, and thanks for all the ballots!"

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 12:05 PM (BYwg+)

199 Somewhat related to disaster response - when did the standard response to an interstate problem become 'shut down traffic and force people to wait in their cars all day' instead of 'find a fcking re-route and get them moving or at least turned around'?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2024

***
A westbound portion if I-10 outside my city was shut down this morning thanks to an accident involving an eighteen-wheeler. That stretch runs over water, so there is no place to divert cars once they're on it. A big electronic sign back at the last exit, or last two, before a driver gets to the bridge, "Accident Ahead: Take Alternatre Route," would have helped. Of course this dump is too poor or too stupid to think of that.

We used to have those warning signs during the summer in Denver, when road crews were repairing things. And they would mount the signs far enough back so you could divert. Here, if they have them, they put up the signs so you're already in the mess before you see them. . . .

Posted by: Provider No. 3 at October 04, 2024 12:05 PM (J2vNu)

200 Those jerks were (and many still are) intolerable.
Posted by: Sassy Fred at October 04, 2024 11:56 AM (RMjVS)

Sadly agreed. I still like *him* though. Especially since he's very valuable where he is, showing Governor Hotwheels how to get things done. Texas would be in a much worse position if DeSantis weren't governor of Florida.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 04, 2024 12:06 PM (s9EYN)

201 189 Thx Buck. I still believe that the #of blacks and Latinos shifting to Trump will overcome the steal. I may be wrong but the continued clusterf**k that is Buden/Harris /Walz makes me think I'm right
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2024 12:02 PM (F+WBi)

Hypothetical minority: "Yeah, but I can't vote for Trump, he's a Republican."

Repubicans*: "Trump isn't a Republican!"

Hypothetical minority: "Word?"

(* stet, because lol)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 12:06 PM (DDGz9)

202 she's going to jail because she refused an order to destroy all the evidence. Everything else is just the process used to put her in jail.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 04, 2024 12:03 PM (s9EYN)

Of course. As a warning to others.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:06 PM (i24o9)

203 Jena Griswald, the CO SoS, had it in for Tina Peters. Jena's a wannabe communist dictator who has flaunted the law many times.

Posted by: Old Blue at October 04, 2024 12:06 PM (X6YhY)

204 If the media is already "explaining" how to expect election results again, it's over.

I had hope as I hadn't yet seen any "news" regarding this but this post confirms it for me.

We aren't voting our way out and that's how they want it

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at October 04, 2024 12:07 PM (HX9uv)

205 I think states should do whatever they want with regards to local (state/county) elections but a national election should have one set of rules for every state.

If nothing else it would funnel the fraud into fewer channels to follow. And maybe limit the number of lawsuits that will result.

Crafting a national set of election laws would be... a cluster fuck with the current political climate however.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 12:07 PM (Q4IgG)

206 OT but I just realized I'm parked next to a truck that says "Bellatrix Transport" in Harry Potter style lettering.

Should...should I knock on his door and tell him to read another book?
Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024

***
The word means "female warrior" in Latin. I don't suppose most people know that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 12:07 PM (J2vNu)

207 Do you think it's a dude?
Posted by: spindrift at October 04, 2024 12:05 PM (OguvZ)

Suppose it could be a furry.

I'll report back if I see a dude in a giant animal costume drive off.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 12:07 PM (MCgnr)

208 This was a huge factor in people deciding to ride it out.
Posted by: pawn at October 04, 2024 11:57 AM (QB+5g)

So their heavy handedness caused more people to stay? Sounds about right.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 04, 2024 12:08 PM (s9EYN)

209 The word means "female warrior" in Latin. I don't suppose most people know that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 12:07 PM (J2vNu)

I did not know that. :B

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 12:09 PM (MCgnr)

210 >>> OT but I just realized I'm parked next to a truck that says "Bellatrix Transport" in Harry Potter style lettering. Should...should I knock on his door and tell him to read another book?

Shipping some crazies to Azkaban? Can we add all the congresscritters in DC too?

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 12:09 PM (ylosT)

211 I was watching Tucker Carlson some time ago. He had a video of a huge Stacey Abrams look alike stuffing what looked like 12,000 ballots into a ballot box.
I wonder how many "Staceys" are out there in 2024.
Posted by: DAN at October 04, 2024

***
I was sure you were going to write, "a huge Stacey Abrams look alike stuffing her face."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 12:09 PM (J2vNu)

212 Nood.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 12:09 PM (BYwg+)

213 Sorry. No nood.

Please forgive me.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 12:10 PM (BYwg+)

214 Well it can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 12:10 PM (HumJm)

215 well she probably ate most of them,

but yeah 20,000 vote discrepancy is big,

Posted by: no 6 at October 04, 2024 12:11 PM (PXvVL)

216 Darrell Harris to the white courtesy phone. Darrell Harris to the white courtesy phone.

Posted by: The Barrel at October 04, 2024 12:11 PM (i24o9)

217 Nood.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 12:09 PM (BYwg+)

I see no nood.

Is this just a test of the Emergency Nood System?

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 12:11 PM (MCgnr)

218 The word means "female warrior" in Latin. I don't suppose most people know that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024
*
I did not know that. :B
Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024

***
I looked it up to be sure. But the "bella-" (or "bellum") part means "war," and the "-trix" is a learned suffix meaning "female," as in "aviatrix."

Rowling slipped a lot of semi-Latin gags into the stories.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 12:11 PM (J2vNu)

219 DHS - FEMA. He seems to do well there.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 04, 2024 12:01 PM (i24o9)

Very true.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 04, 2024 12:11 PM (s9EYN)

220 Nood.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 12:09 PM (BYwg+)

I see no nood.

Is this just a test of the Emergency Nood System?

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 12:11 PM (MCgnr)

Stay in your posts, people. Nothing to see here. Move along.

Posted by: The Authoritah at October 04, 2024 12:12 PM (i24o9)

221 East Cali (formerly known as CO) has ranked choice voting on the ballot. As sure I as I sit here, it'll pass.
Posted by: Old Blue

Got my summary of ballot stuff and perused it. When I saw the ranked choice bullshit, I thought, "well, fuck. One more reason why we need to leave this fucked up state.

Everything going on right now is really starting to get to me, but I can't just sever ties. I need to know what's happening. Being ignorant of the shitstorm is not a good thing.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 04, 2024 12:12 PM (xPJvm)

222 Nood.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 12:09 PM (BYwg+)

I see no nood.

Is this just a test of the Emergency Nood System?
Posted by: Robert

Fake noodity spends a night in the barrel.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 12:12 PM (IB6XK)

223 Shipping some crazies to Azkaban? Can we add all the congresscritters in DC too?
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 12:09 PM (ylosT)

I can easily ship the entire Senate in my trailer with enough room for the House Democrat leadership.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 12:12 PM (MCgnr)

224 The word means "female warrior" in Latin. I don't suppose most people know that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 12:07 PM (J2vNu)

It's also one of the two "shoulder" stars in the constellation Orion (the other ... Betelgeuse!).

Beware of burning attack ships.

Posted by: spindrift at October 04, 2024 12:12 PM (OguvZ)

225 Stay in your posts, people. Nothing to see here. Move along.
Posted by: The Authoritah at October 04, 2024

***
GO TO YOUR STATIONS!

Posted by: Romulan Commander at October 04, 2024 12:13 PM (J2vNu)

226 216 Darrell Harris to the white courtesy phone. Darrell Harris to the white courtesy phone.
Posted by: The Barrel at October 04, 2024 12:11 PM (i24o9)

*Hello?*

*yes...yes...uh huh...*

*Ok. As you wish.*

Time to do my penance. Bringing a toothbrush.

BRB folks.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 12:13 PM (BYwg+)

227 My street at our old house had to evacuate for an overturned fuel truck. Literal river of fuel flowing down the road.

Fire trucks and cops rolled through to shout "evacuate immediately" on their PA systems. Most did, some didn't. Chatting with cops and firemen later on, they were universally saying "yeah, whatever, we don't give a shit, we did our job". And they did, admirably. They had a shelter/staging area set up almost immediately, they kept everything moving and avoided panic. And they handled everyone coming back well, too. Firemen would come and clear your house for lingering volatiles with their sensor gear, especially in the basement, if you waited for your turn. Or, you could just go take your chances, whatever. Good for them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 12:13 PM (DDGz9)

228
The reports of a Nood are only premature.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 04, 2024 12:13 PM (RKVpM)

229 The word means "female warrior" in Latin. I don't suppose most people know that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 12:07 PM (J2vNu)

It's also one of the two "shoulder" stars in the constellation Orion (the other ... Betelgeuse!).

Beware of burning attack ships.
Posted by: spindrift

And glittering C beams.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 12:13 PM (IB6XK)

230 This is especially funny, because the regime media is constantly putting out pieces advising us not to expect a winner on election night.

------------

Arizona, and specifically Maricopa County again, is going to be a nightmare (as they steal the election from Kari Lake again and we likely have stolen our one-seat majority in the State House & Senate).

The Commies have put so many propositions on the ballot that it's two-pages of "votes" on two sides of paper. They're estimating about 20 minutes to fill-out the entire thing in person at the polls (so bank your votes early)!

They've tested running the ballots through the tabulating machines, and they're constantly jamming. F*ck Me and Us ... but mostly Us!

Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 04, 2024 12:14 PM (tU7vi)

231 I just saw the Kamala border czar song...its great https://tinyurl.com/ybbujyx5

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 12:14 PM (oZhjI)

232 Premature noodulation

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2024 12:14 PM (F+WBi)

233 The reports of a Nood are only premature.

OLD

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 12:14 PM (IyPmt)

234 #21 Again IMO, my vote like any others matters not if uts tomorrow or election day. All early mail vote do is give the Marxists a chance to stuff votes in the mail or those BS Street ballots vacuuming.

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 12:14 PM (HumJm)

235 I sincerely hope Helene turned many electronic voting machines into junk.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2024 12:15 PM (1nfzE)

236 Who are people watching or tuning into election eve?

I'm intrigued by Stephen Crowder's work to announce winners election night and ensure accurate calls. Supposedly he's sunk at least a million into his election night coverage efforts and ensuring people on the ground are helping to announce and monitor. And he swears to stay up all night, no going to bed and waking up to a flooded pipe surprise.

I'll check in there, wondering where else to check in for accurate reporting.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 12:16 PM (gh+Ib)

237 There's a nood. For realz this time.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 12:18 PM (BYwg+)

238 Rowling studied Latin. Which seems like a useless thing to study, unless you are writing a wizarding word where spells are based heavily in Latin, ha. Glad she could do something with it!

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 12:18 PM (a77pX)

239 What are the Deep state plots against Donald Trump? 1. NY prosecutions both state and dity. 2. GA prosecutions in Fulton County. 3. Federal prosecutions both in DC and FL. Note that NONE of these prosecutions started until Trump announced he was running for President in 2024. 4.The withholding of the truth about the Hunter Biden laptop by the FBI. 5.The plot to call the laptop Russian disinformation by 51 intel officers. 6.The FEMA conspiracy to withhold aid from East Palestine and Hurricane Helena victims -since they are likely Trump voters. 7.The importation of millions of illegal aliens into the United States. 8.The BLM/Antifa riots of 2020. 9.The Covid biological weapon attack and shutdowns to facilitate the theft of the 2020 election. 10.The spying on the Trump campaign. 11.The false Alpha Bank story. 12. The Mueller investigation. 13.The false impeachments.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 12:20 PM (Da7Vv)

240 Trying to dig through the crap, it looks like she got convicted of using false ID to let a guy copy the data before the voting machine was altered.
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 11:56 AM (N0/CS)

That seems to be the crux of it: she allowed an unauthorized individual to access the systems. Regardless of her intentions, that was a major security violation. Nine years seems a little excessive; clearly they were sending a message.

Posted by: Bacon Jeff at October 04, 2024 12:20 PM (VGRuw)

241 Sorry for the typo "state and city".

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 12:22 PM (Da7Vv)

242 >>> • “If you lose your receipt, it doesn’t mean you didn’t get groceries. “

That is exactly ass backwards.
Loosing poll tape is same as not getting any groceries doesn't mean you don't have to pay the bottom line on the bill.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 04, 2024 12:23 PM (t+Tko)

243 I want a blow out election. A landslide so yuge that the demoncrats are left in the fetal position whimpering, "please make it stop". A complete repudiation of, not just Harris and Walz, but of all demoncrats and their destructive policies everywhere. I want greasy Newsome to be hiding under his bed muttering" I don't want to do this anymore. It's not fun now.". I want progressives going dark and silent out of fear that they will be hunted for their stupidity. I want millions of illegal invaders rushing back across the border so fast it creates a wind vortex. I want the uniparty creatures in the House and Senate to be stark white pale, trembling, and horrified by the knowledge that they have been rejected and neutered. I want those Palestine protesters crawling through the shrubbery, praying no one sees them. I want Trump to destroy it all.

Hey baby... How YOU doin'?

Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2024 12:29 PM (QCu82)

244 It's amazing what Dems can accomplish right before an election.

Suddenly the border is really quiet.

Posted by: Blago at October 04, 2024 12:31 PM (wMRY8)

245
Rudy Giuliani had a civil judgement of over $40 million against him for correctly identifying the identities and actions of two land whales in Atlanta who pulled out a suitcase of ballots after the count was officially shut down for the night, and fed the ballots through a tabulating machine again and again.

The judgement stands. It as on video, the whole world could see what they did, and the judgement stands.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 04, 2024 12:43 PM (t1fZA)

246 It's amazing what Dems can accomplish right before an election.

Suddenly the border is really quiet.

That's because they are flying people in directly.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 12:44 PM (Da7Vv)

247 Judge sentenced a Colorado county clerk because short version, she copied voting machine hard drives she believed were corrupted to cause a cheat and posted them on the internet to discuss.

He sentenced her to 9 years. They want to start a Civil War. Besides the J6 political prisoners the Left have imprisoned to hard time a peaceful abortion protesting grandmother and a Hillary meme making blogger.

Posted by: Sebation Melmoth at October 04, 2024 12:52 PM (D6PGr)

248 I was told this was all about election integrity. It's not okay just to say, "well the fraud didn't matter".

I want to know, absolutely know, the election was as fair as humanly possible.

I want in person voting, ID presented, and your finger stained with dye to show you voted, and anyone caught defrauding to get 10 years in the fucking clink, breaking big rocks into little rocks.

Can't make it to the polls? Tough shit. The one exception I would make for that is the military. Everyone else - show up or you don't matter.

I've never, in 65 years, not shown up at the polls to vote. It takes all of 10 minutes.

Posted by: El Mariachi at October 04, 2024 12:52 PM (nLFEI)

249 We only have the word of the press, and those who did the election fraud in the first place that it wasn't enough to flip the election.

There are other counties in Georgia than Fulton County.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 01:13 PM (n7h9X)

250 I think the steal is already baked in. The malfeasance going on in North Carolina tells me no one is afraid of an investigation by an incoming Trump administration.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 11:19 AM (WPL6O)

More likely they are trying to get a last score before they get turfed out. They can probably rely on coverups to keep any actual legal consequences from hitting them.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 01:16 PM (n7h9X)

251 My Rep, Matt Soper (R) On the Western Slope has come out in favor of RCV because it "it increases the value of a single vote."

No, Matt, it increases the value of a vote for the biggest loser and gives those voters another bite at the apple.

It's not the same dynamic as a run-off election.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 11:50 AM (uCfKO)

Matt's an idiot. Election results should be decided in ways that the average eighth-grader can perform, i.e. counting ballots. RCV turns ballot-counting into a black-box process that the average person can't decipher easily. It's undemocratic by its nature.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 04, 2024 11:53 AM (BYwg+)

Ranked choice voting isn't that much *harder* to understand than any other kind. The problem with it is that in effect losers get to vote twice, or three times and the voters for the leading candidate do not. Thus it violates one man one vote.

It enhances the power of splinter single issue parties, and of corrupt deals of these splinter groups to throw support to a major party. Look at all the crap in Europe when election after election the corrupt parties lose but somehow they end up still running things.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 04, 2024 01:27 PM (n7h9X)

252 )) Hot girls are waiting for you on --- www.Nu21.eu

Posted by: Liola at October 04, 2024 01:50 PM (z+/Q/)

253 As long as GA has the Democrat pedos Ratsbergger and Kemp you can expect voter fraud.

Posted by: fu man chu at October 04, 2024 02:38 PM (oPwYY)

254 The Hotties for Harris kids all look like they came from that loozer Fraternity in the Revenge of the Nerds movie.

Posted by: DAN at October 04, 2024 03:05 PM (BJziQ)

255 The Demo-Rats want Power and Control of America and Americans

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at October 04, 2024 05:51 PM (wGqjj)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Blind Man
Gustav Klimt

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Well done

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2024 09:30 AM (O88ey)

2
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:30 AM (BkEzK)

3 Who's the kid in the painting?

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at October 04, 2024 09:31 AM (QrkKu)

4 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:31 AM (J2vNu)

5
Second is the new First.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:31 AM (BkEzK)

6 Spooky. A good fit for halloween. Still, would not hang.

Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical at October 04, 2024 09:31 AM (89Sog)

7 Looks a bit like Art Garfunkel.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 04, 2024 09:31 AM (SfhV1)

8 The sitter wants to know how he looks.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at October 04, 2024 09:32 AM (p9rFX)

9 Nope
nope

catch y'all later

Posted by: Don Black at October 04, 2024 09:32 AM (/7KEl)

10 Babs! Babs!! His hair is eggy, but that is NOT the Egg Man!

Posted by: Edith Massey at October 04, 2024 09:32 AM (Rr0MJ)

11 Well, close!

i wasn't sure at first if this was a man or a woman. At that advanced age, sometimes it's hard to tell.

The hair reminds me of Sam Jaffe, "Dr. Zorba" on Ben Casey decades ago.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:32 AM (J2vNu)

12 The Miracle - a limerick

A carpenter named Liam MacGraw
Was blinder than old lady Shaw
But imagine his glee
When he crowed, "I can see!"
As he picked up his hammer and saw

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:32 AM (uCfKO)

13 He want to tell you of the tragedy of Darth Plagueis.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at October 04, 2024 09:32 AM (Nv+9A)

14
LOOKS LIKE ED WYNN ON A CRACK BENDER.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 09:33 AM (x0n13)

15 Who's blind, the artist or the subject?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 09:33 AM (Q4IgG)

16
Doesn't look like Gene Hackman.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:33 AM (BkEzK)

17 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:30 AM (BkEzK)
******
A seeing eye dog would have been a nice touch.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 04, 2024 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

18 Really good.

Posted by: t-bird at October 04, 2024 09:33 AM (tvIQJ)

19 He can't find anything to comb his hair.

Posted by: dantesed at October 04, 2024 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

20 LOOKS LIKE ED WYNN ON A CRACK BENDER.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024

***
Was Ed Wynn ever that skinny?

I guess *Keenan* Wynn might have looked like that as an old man . . . except he was going bald even in his thirties.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:34 AM (J2vNu)

21 Of all our senses, sight would be the hardest to lose.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2024 09:34 AM (nqEzG)

22 CBD0 so you got my e-mail

🙄

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:34 AM (uCfKO)

23 Klimt? Shouldn't this have gold sparkly bits all over it?

Posted by: red speck at October 04, 2024 09:35 AM (0Id0S)

24 I've read he felt the painting was an accurate depiction.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 09:35 AM (scDBq)

25 Much to admire about this portrait. So different from the Klimt we're used to seeing.

Posted by: Tuna at October 04, 2024 09:35 AM (oaGWv)

26 You rather expect him to be smoking a pipe, and to pause between puffs to tell you some of the secrets of life. ("Make sure your wife has her own desk . . . then keep your hands off of it!")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:35 AM (J2vNu)

27 Alternate title:

"In Which the Mushroom Cloud of the First Atomic Bomb Is Portrayed as an Old, Withered Version of the Quaker Oats Man"

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 09:35 AM (eDfFs)

28 What do you suppose his eyeballs tasted like?

Posted by: XTC at October 04, 2024 09:36 AM (UnA8+)

29 Well, at least the subject wouldn't complain that the finished product didn't resemble him. Well played, Gustav.

Posted by: red speck at October 04, 2024 09:36 AM (0Id0S)

30 What do you suppose his eyeballs tasted like?
Posted by: XTC

Chicken.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:36 AM (IB6XK)

31 The photo on the Wiki bio of Klimt looks like . . . dare I say it? . . . Rob Reiner.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:37 AM (J2vNu)

32 The blind man's painting of Gustav looked... let's just say, not as good.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (DDGz9)

33 "Mr. Melon, your wife was just showing us her Klimt."

"You too, huh? She's shown it to everybody."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (kgE5c)

34 Judge Merchan

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (t+RiP)

35 He can’t see boobs, but he can still feel ‘em!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (v6JzV)

36 The old man has a lot of living to do. He still cares about how the world sees him, even though he can't see them. Or gauge their approval or disdain. He's a brave character.

I hope the mean, bratty children don't poke him too often.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (nqEzG)

37 What do you suppose his eyeballs tasted like?
Posted by: XTC

Chicken.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

I can see that.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (WXNFJ)

38 Funny story, the man didn't know he was sitting for the painting. Klimpt was just a really quiet dude. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 09:39 AM (scDBq)

39 He can't find anything to comb his hair.
Posted by: dantesed at October 04, 2024 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

He combed his hair with a balloon.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 09:39 AM (4XwPj)

40 "GREAT SCOT!!"

(All fooling aside, I would not have guessed this was Klimt.)

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 04, 2024 09:39 AM (LxER7)

41 37 What do you suppose his eyeballs tasted like?
Posted by: XTC

Chicken.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

I can see that.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (WXNFJ)

It is far too early in the day for vitreous humor.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 09:39 AM (DDGz9)

42 You rather expect him to be smoking a pipe, and to pause between puffs to tell you some of the secrets of life.

"Don't smoke a pipe or you'll get horrible throat, tongue, and lip cancer like I did.......Gaarrrrgh"

Posted by: Old Man telling you the Secret of Life Five seconds Before He Expires at October 04, 2024 09:39 AM (eDfFs)

43 This painting is from 1896, when Klimt was only 34.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:40 AM (J2vNu)

44 What do you suppose his eyeballs tasted like?
Posted by: XTC

Chicken.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

I can see that.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (WXNFJ)

It is far too early in the day for vitreous humor.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

*(Rolls eyes so hard sees inside of skull)

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:40 AM (IB6XK)

45 It is far too early in the day for vitreous humor.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Oh my - this made me guffaw, it did!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:40 AM (WXNFJ)

46 Can a blind man even find a Klimt?

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:41 AM (uCfKO)

47 HEY ARNOLD!

Posted by: Helga Pataki at October 04, 2024 09:41 AM (Rr0MJ)

48
You rather expect him to be smoking a pipe, and to pause between puffs to tell you some of the secrets of life.

________

"Take it from me, don't do it or you'll go blind."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:41 AM (BkEzK)

49 It is far too early in the day for vitreous humor.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Oh my - this made me guffaw, it did!
Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:40 AM

Really? I thought it was kind of cornea.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:41 AM (kgE5c)

50 The highlights on the hair would suggest a fairly bright light source from above. And the subject's seemingly blasé unawareness of it makes the piece a bit sad.

Posted by: red speck at October 04, 2024 09:42 AM (0Id0S)

51 What do you suppose his eyeballs tasted like?
Posted by: XTC

Chicken.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

I can see that.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:38 AM (WXNFJ)

It is far too early in the day for vitreous humor.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

*(Rolls eyes so hard sees inside of skull)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

It's never too early for a visionary such as Tonypete.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 04, 2024 09:42 AM (SmIq7)

52 >>Well, at least the subject wouldn't complain that the finished product didn't resemble him.

That's a relief!
He must've felt seen, though?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 09:42 AM (scDBq)

53 Can a blind man even find a Klimt?
Posted by: muldoon

As long as it smells like the shitter on a tuna boat, yes.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:42 AM (IB6XK)

54
It was also painted in Braille.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2024 09:42 AM (BkEzK)

55 My late brother was born blind; he had to have 7 crude 1950 - 51 surgeries to be able to see at all. He wound up writing the very first software to analyze electrocardiograms sixteen years later when he was still in high school.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at October 04, 2024 09:43 AM (Da7Vv)

56 Iris that we didn’t have to put up with these eye puns.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:43 AM (v6JzV)

57 It's never too early for a visionary such as Tonypete.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Golf clap

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:43 AM (IB6XK)

58 Doesn't look blind. Could be joshing us.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 04, 2024 09:43 AM (4780s)

59 Needs some gold sparkle.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 04, 2024 09:43 AM (2VehT)

60 I thought that guy was great as Dr. Emmett Brown in Back to the Future.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 04, 2024 09:44 AM (Y1sOo)

61 Iris that we didn’t have to put up with these eye puns.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:43 AM (v6JzV)

But, they're all pupils of ocular comedy!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 09:44 AM (eDfFs)

62 My late brother was born blind; he had to have 7 crude 1950 - 51 surgeries to be able to see at all. He wound up writing the very first software to analyze electrocardiograms sixteen years later when he was still in high school.
Posted by: An Observation

Impressive. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Seriously.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:44 AM (IB6XK)

63 I find it interesting that the blind man's gaze, as captured inn this painting is straight on, penetrating and firm. I wonder what he sees in his mind's eye...

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:44 AM (uCfKO)

64 Iris that we didn’t have to put up with these eye puns.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024

***
Before making such a pun, you should consider the optics of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:45 AM (J2vNu)

65 Doesn't look blind. Could be joshing us.
Posted by: From about That Time

He does seem to be giving someone the side eye. Hmmmmm...

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 04, 2024 09:45 AM (SmIq7)

66 I find it interesting that the blind man's gaze, as captured inn this painting is straight on, penetrating and firm. I wonder what he sees in his mind's eye...
Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:44 AM (uCfKO)

Tits.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2024 09:45 AM (eDfFs)

67 Fire is our friend.

Suck on the end until it glows red.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 09:45 AM (CEzQx)

68 It's Jimmah Carter with a fro.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 04, 2024 09:45 AM (g8Ew8)

69 Wait. Where are you going? I was going to make Espresso.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 09:45 AM (CEzQx)

70 63 I find it interesting that the blind man's gaze, as captured inn this painting is straight on, penetrating and firm. I wonder what he sees in his mind's eye...
Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:44 AM (uCfKO)

"I'm blind, Gus, not hard of smelling. Come on, man."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 09:45 AM (DDGz9)

71 gorgeous.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 04, 2024 09:46 AM (Rbu5d)

72 Poor blind man.

But, terrifying if you ask me.

It's Reverend Caine: "You're all gonna DIE!!!!"

...Wish it was still just a movie.

Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 04, 2024 09:46 AM (JCLJi)

73 Then: She blinded me with Industry

Later: She blinded me with Science

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 09:46 AM (oZhjI)

74 Suck on the end until it glows red.
Posted by: andycanuck

That's what Diddy said!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:46 AM (IB6XK)

75 Muldoon.... To me it looks like his left eye is gazing just off center. Sort of lazy eye situation.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 09:47 AM (4XwPj)

76 >>Wait. Where are you going? I was going to make Espresso.

Classic!

I miss Gene Hackman.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 09:47 AM (scDBq)

77 It's easy to forget that artists associated with a particular style -- Klimt certainly has an off-kilter, gorgeous style -- were classically trained and can do classical no problem. But they found purpose and meaning in showing a different way to perceive the world.

I love how expressive the man's face is. You feel his vulnerability, and yet also his dignity and humanity. Klimt was always amazing at faces.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 09:47 AM (uB7hK)

78 Should've painted it on velvet so the blind dude could enjoy it.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2024 09:48 AM (scDBq)

79 I threw a beer bottle at the old geezer and he ducked. So, I'm on the fence about all this disability nonsense.

Posted by: Helen Keller Skeptic at October 04, 2024 09:49 AM (CV8a5)

80 I love how expressive the man's face is. You feel his vulnerability, and yet also his dignity and humanity. Klimt was always amazing at faces.
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 09:47 AM (uB7hK)

I do really like seeing works by well known artists that are "out of style". Like a non-cubist Picasso. Or a non-swirly-crazy-mess Van Gogh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 09:49 AM (DDGz9)

81 Excellent portrait, amazing talent and technique!
Klimt is famous for his later, more stylized work. This painting shows the foundation of talent and skill that exists beneath a good artist’s exploration of other styles.

Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024 09:49 AM (Bne82)

82 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: redridinghood at October 04, 2024 09:50 AM (NpAcC)

83 Morning.

Are we sure that's a blind man and not a blind woman?

Yeesh!

Don't know whether to stick him in front of an orchestra or in Congress.

Think the boys in Deep Purple know this piece?

Deep Purple - When A Blind Man Cries

https://youtu.be/u8-CkooNKmc

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 09:50 AM (tvMSj)

84 Looks like William Kunstler after an all-day bender.

Posted by: PabloD at October 04, 2024 09:50 AM (1yZeG)

85 "In a few years, there will be this thing called 'Baseball'. We will need officials to enforce the rules of this thing. We will call them 'Umpires'...."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 09:51 AM (DDGz9)

86 Klimt is famous for his later, more stylized work. This painting shows the foundation of talent and skill that exists beneath a good artist’s exploration of other styles.
Posted by: kallisto at October 04, 2024

***
John d. MacDonald had Travis McGee observe that the really good abstract artists like Picasso could sure enough draw a realistic cow if they wanted to.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:51 AM (J2vNu)

87 Pretty good portrait. For a blind man, he shaves pretty well.

I wouldn't want this on the wall, honestly.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 09:51 AM (WPL6O)

88 Oddly disturbing. Would not hang because I think he would be watching me all the time

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2024 09:51 AM (F+WBi)

89 Klimt: (answers phone) Hello?
Doc: Hi, it's the eye doctor. I want to discuss your recent exam.
Klimt: Okay, can I see the results?
Doc: Um...I don't think so.

Posted by: Tom Perry at October 04, 2024 09:52 AM (MX0bI)

90 Oddly disturbing. Would not hang because I think he would be watching me all the time
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2024

***
Listening to you, and smelling you, for sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 09:52 AM (J2vNu)

91 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

92 Painted just before he said "I see......"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

93 100

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 09:53 AM (v6JzV)

94 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:53 AM (kgE5c)

95 He looks to be the kind of man who did not suffer fools gladly. He was polite and courteous but not a man to be trifled with. He was formal and courtly. He could cut an uppity nuisance down to size with only a few sharp words. He was loved and respected by many but feared by more than a few.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 09:54 AM (4XwPj)

96 "In a few years, there will be this thing called 'Baseball'. We will need officials to enforce the rules of this thing. We will call them 'Umpires'...."
Posted by: Warai-otoko

So THAT'S what Angel Martinez's great grandfather looked like!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:54 AM (IB6XK)

97 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 09:53 AM (kgE5c)

Woot!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 09:54 AM (Zz0t1)

98 88 Oddly disturbing. Would not hang because I think he would be watching me all the time
Posted by: Smell the Glove

This was on the wall in a Three Stooges short from 1948. Eyes followed Shemp all around the room. Freaked him out.

Posted by: They Stooge To Conga at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (CV8a5)

99 A blind classmate in college was a wiz at fixing all sorts of things. Him saying "Let me look at it. . " was always good for a laugh.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (WXNFJ)

100 There are bad hair days and then are "bad hair days."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (Q4IgG)

101 100!

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (tvMSj)

102 More like Trump hater, Judge Arthur Engoron.
Posted by: redridinghood

You are right. I find it hard to keep up with all the bit players in this Shakespearian comedy we are watching .

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (t+RiP)

103 Miss it by *this* much.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (tvMSj)

104
101 100!
Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (tvMSj)

m hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

105 So is Megalopolis one of those "we can have our perfect leftwing society if these stick in the mud conservatives just get out of the way" movies?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 09:56 AM (oZhjI)

106 Oddly disturbing. Would not hang because I think he would be watching me all the time
Posted by: Smell the Glove

This was on the wall in a Three Stooges short from 1948. Eyes followed Shemp all around the room. Freaked him out.
Posted by: They Stooge To Conga

Classic Comedy-Horror movie trope.
Abbott & Costello also.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 09:56 AM (IB6XK)

107 I'll have you know there's NOTHING strange about me and I need no special new pronouns.

And, no. They do not glow in the dark.

Posted by: Proud Hertochromian! at October 04, 2024 09:56 AM (JCLJi)

108 105 So is Megalopolis one of those "we can have our perfect leftwing society if these stick in the mud conservatives just get out of the way" movies?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 09:56 AM (oZhjI)

"Look, everyone is miserable! It's great!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 09:57 AM (DDGz9)

109 John d. MacDonald had Travis McGee observe that the really good abstract artists like Picasso could sure enough draw a realistic cow if they wanted to.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Ha! Udder Nonsense!

Posted by: Won't Steer You Wrong at October 04, 2024 09:57 AM (CV8a5)

110 Gee, Kenneth Mars, the Police Inspector, also played Springtime for Hitler author, Franz Leibkind. I never recognized him with the makeup and costuming before.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 09:57 AM (CEzQx)

111 Picasso could sure enough draw a realistic cow if they wanted to.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Bullshit.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 09:58 AM (4XwPj)

112 John d. MacDonald had Travis McGee observe that the really good abstract artists like Picasso could sure enough draw a realistic cow if they wanted to.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Bunch of bull!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 09:58 AM (WXNFJ)

113 Ok.

Off to work.

Be excellent to each other.

The left is evil. They should be shunned at every opportunity. Point and laugh at their idiocy. Pray for mercy on their souls, despite they're denial of it's existence.

F*ck cancer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 04, 2024 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

114 Muldoon.... To me it looks like his left eye is gazing just off center. Sort of lazy eye situation.
Posted by: Madamemayhem

**********

You could be right. It's hard to tell. Best way to quickly assess "lazy eye" is to note the location of the corneal light reflex (the pinpoint of light on the surface of the eye). If the eyes are properly aligned, the spot of light will appear in the same position on both eyes.

His left eye, the corneal reflex appears to be toward the left outer edge of his cornea, but I can't quite make it out on his right eye on my monitor.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:58 AM (uCfKO)

115 Gee, Kenneth Mars, the Police Inspector

He got promoted and didn't tell me?!?

Posted by: Veronica Mars at October 04, 2024 09:59 AM (oZhjI)

116 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. That is a fine painting. I would not hang though.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2024 09:59 AM (W/lyH)

117 Oops.

Fail. Again.

Posted by: Proud Heterochromian! at October 04, 2024 09:59 AM (JCLJi)

118 THAT'S a Klimt? I think I prefer The Kiss: https://tinyurl.com/4zuhtxsn

I guess I just assumed all his stuff was the sensual, gold leaf and rich color stuff. This must have been his "Gray Phase". It almost reminds me of that painting of naked Bea Arthur lol.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 04, 2024 10:00 AM (JCZqz)

119 So is Megalopolis one of those "we can have our perfect leftwing society if these stick in the mud conservatives just get out of the way" movies?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2024 09:56 AM (oZhjI)

It doesn't sound that way. I know there is social commentary and all that but whatever its themes it sounds, what's the word...intelligent.

Also it looks like a cross between Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead.

Posted by: Robert at October 04, 2024 10:00 AM (yCVk+)

120 To me it looks like his left eye is gazing just off center. Sort of lazy eye situation.

*******

It may look that way if his gaze is straight at the artist but the light source is over the artist's right shoulder.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:00 AM (uCfKO)

121 No, no, noooo. It's Jill Biden after sitting for her doctoral thesis defense.

It's like I don't know you people anymore.

Posted by: goatexchange at October 04, 2024 10:00 AM (hyS0X)

122 He painted with gray abandon!

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 10:01 AM (CEzQx)

123 Is that Dorian Gray?

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2024 10:01 AM (993Hm)

124 His left eye, the corneal reflex appears to be toward the left outer edge of his cornea, but I can't quite make it out on his right eye on my monitor.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 09:58 AM (uCfKO)

I think Klimt put his right eye in shadow so that we can't easily discern where his gaze is focused.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 10:02 AM (d9fT1)

125 I can't think of a better metaphor for futility than thoughtful conjecture about where a blind guy is looking.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:02 AM (DDGz9)

126 Picasso could sure enough draw a realistic cow if they wanted to.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

********

Assuming of course a spherical cow at standard temperature and pressure with diameter one meter.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:02 AM (uCfKO)

127 It’s art. It evokes feelings. You can see the issues with being blind both in the eyes and the complete disregard for tamed hair.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 10:03 AM (p4NUW)

128 Assuming of course a spherical cow at standard temperature and pressure with diameter one meter.
Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:02 AM (uCfKO)

and dielectric coefficient Mu.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:03 AM (DDGz9)

129 One of the best art experiences I've had in NYC (and I've had many) was watching the Woman in Gold movie, and then going to the Neue Galerie the next day and seeing the Woman in Gold painting in person.

It was positioned above a fireplace when I went, with a little bench in front. I stared at it so long the guard asked if I was ok, hah. Absolutely jaw droppingly stunning in person. Knowing its history added another deep layer of meaning. I was overwhelmed.

The movie is about the fight that a Viennese Jewish woman undertook to reclaim her possessions stolen by the Nazis when she fled Austria. One was the portrait of her aunt Adele, which became the famous "Woman in Gold," or the Mona Lisa of Austria. I love she won the right to have it back, then it went to an American museum instead of the Austrian museum that refused to give it back.

Neue Galerie is a tiny museum, easy to get through unlike the Met, and has so many treasures. Highly recommend!

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 10:03 AM (5810s)

130 The guy is blind, he ain't focusing on anything.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 10:04 AM (I1GXe)

131 And now a word from Saint Kathie.

Kathie Lee Gifford Confesses: She’d Be “In An Insane Asylum Without Jesus”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:04 AM (nI9kz)

132 Forgotten mystery lyrics, ShriekBack. Heard them at a traveling disco call ClubFoot.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 04, 2024 10:04 AM (J8LnB)

133 Klimt Eastwood

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2024 10:05 AM (63Dwl)

134 Kiddo woke up with a painful throat and swollen tonsils. Off to get her swabbed for step.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2024 10:05 AM (p4NUW)

135 Picasso could draw very realistic work. His problem was that once you get famous, you are rarely challenged. He could sell his doodles for huge amounts of money, so why bother working harder?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 10:06 AM (WPL6O)

136 135 Picasso could draw very realistic work. His problem was that once you get famous, you are rarely challenged. He could sell his doodles for huge amounts of money, so why bother working harder?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 10:06 AM (WPL6O)

Pablo R. R. Picasso

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:06 AM (DDGz9)

137 I can't think of a better metaphor for futility than thoughtful conjecture about where a blind guy is looking.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

*********

Futile for you perhaps, but maybe not for the blind man or his acquaintances. Some people who are blind lose central visual acuity but maintain peripheral vision. So, his gaze might be off to the side as he attempts to make out what he sees in the periphery.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:07 AM (uCfKO)

138 I like some of his work but he is kind of a one trick pony and this ain't it.

Posted by: javems at October 04, 2024 10:07 AM (8I4hW)

139 "Gun Owners for Harris" Group Has Just 8 Members Per State

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Slightly fewer than Chickens For Colonel Sanders.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:07 AM (nI9kz)

140 133 Klimt Eastwood
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2024 10:05 AM (63Dwl)

Rembrandt Van Cleef

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 10:08 AM (x0n13)

141 Friend of the family was blind. Helluva guitar player. I didn't see him very often maybe once a year at a little hometown festival. When I saw him I would just say Hey G! How ya doing? He would turn toward me and say Hey Mayhem! Damn! Your looking good today. Always cracked me up. I, being mayhem, would smart ass about it being a new shirt. G: "I can't decide if that shirt is more blue or purple". Me: Holy shit G! It's green. Dude, you're colorblind!"
He always called me by name and never forgot my voice. Always knew who it was speaking to him before that person announced their name. One of the coolest people I've known. I
was the only person who would "pitch" to him so he could play softball with us.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:09 AM (4XwPj)

142 139 "Gun Owners for Harris" Group Has Just 8 Members Per State

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Slightly fewer than Chickens For Colonel Sanders.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:07 AM (nI9kz)

"What kind of gun do you have?"

"Caulk. You?"

"Hot glue."

"Nice."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:09 AM (DDGz9)

143
Meh,

Posted by: Zombie Bob Ross at October 04, 2024 10:09 AM (5hfjS)

144 >Bullshit.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 09:58 AM (4XwPj)

Picasso had OK chops. Some of his early rose period paintings are emblematic of his skill of a draftsman.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at October 04, 2024 10:09 AM (Ys9p5)

145 Klimt Eastwood
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2024 10:05 AM (63Dwl)
*
Rembrandt Van Cleef
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024

***
As somebody suggested this week, Winslow Homer Simpson

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:10 AM (J2vNu)

146 Or Jumpin' Jack Vettriano

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:11 AM (J2vNu)

147 >135 Picasso could draw very realistic work. His problem was that once you get famous, you are rarely challenged. He could sell his doodles for huge amounts of money, so why bother working harder?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2024 10:06 AM (WPL6O)

Pablo was in it for money and chicks, but mostly money.

See also Dali, Salvador

Posted by: Heavy Meta at October 04, 2024 10:11 AM (Ys9p5)

148 "Did somebody call for an undertaker?"

"No, we said we wanted more Titian!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:11 AM (DDGz9)

149 Pablo Cruise Picasso

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:12 AM (J2vNu)

150 "What kind of gun do you have?"

"Caulk. You?"

"Hot glue."

"Nice."
Posted by: Warai-otoko

"I have this Bug-A-Salt one. Shoots salt to kill..."

"Kill!?!? Triggering! Get this monster out!"

Posted by: Deranged Lefties Conversing at October 04, 2024 10:12 AM (JCZqz)

151

Dennis Edward Hopper

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 10:13 AM (x0n13)

152 Andrew Jackson Pollock

Posted by: Heavy Meta at October 04, 2024 10:14 AM (Ys9p5)

153 Looks like an updated "Kramer" portrait.

Posted by: Taggart at October 04, 2024 10:15 AM (HcoTw)

154 One of the coolest people I've known. I was the only person who would "pitch" to him so he could play softball with us.
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Shouldn't he have been umpiring??

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 10:15 AM (CEzQx)

155 I'd be interesting to see collected works by various artists that they painted because they were inspired by something vs. painting done by commission.

Bet there's a huge difference in both subject matter and quality.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 10:15 AM (Q4IgG)

156 Ulysses Grant Wood

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 04, 2024 10:15 AM (v6JzV)

157 "What kind of gun do you have?"

"Caulk. You?"

"Hot glue."

"Nice."
Posted by: Warai-otoko

"I have this Bug-A-Salt one. Shoots salt to kill..."

"Kill!?!? Triggering! Get this monster out!"
Posted by: Deranged Lefties Conversing

Come look at my Love Gun.

Posted by: Kiss at October 04, 2024 10:16 AM (SmIq7)

158 *thinks about complaining about the rain this morning *

*says prayer for Mike Hammer instead*

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2024 10:16 AM (Z2nSo)

159 Morning.

Which one of you smart morons remember the timeframe we essentially halted immigration in the States?

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 04, 2024 10:17 AM (eZwyX)

160 The guy is blind, he ain't focusing on anything.
Posted by: Ben Had

*********

See @137

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:17 AM (uCfKO)

161 Stop Van Gogh

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 04, 2024 10:18 AM (ufFY8)

162 Massachusetts Governor Uses Emergency Powers to Fast-Track Sweeping Gun Control Law

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And this time they'll do it right!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:18 AM (nI9kz)

163 We're allowed glue-guns here but they're limited to the 1/4" sticks and not the half-inch.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 10:18 AM (CEzQx)

164 Morning.

Which one of you smart morons remember the timeframe we essentially halted immigration in the States?
Posted by: thathalfrican

1954?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 10:18 AM (IB6XK)

165 Well, I just got my dose of sad for today.

Looked up Christina's world by Wyeth and read the backstory.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 04, 2024 10:20 AM (y31cs)

166 Unfortunately I have some bad news. According to the MSM the walls are once again closing in on Trump.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:20 AM (pFg/0)

167 This guy is probably just faking being blind.

Disability fraud. Many such cases.

Posted by: I Disbelieve This Painting at October 04, 2024 10:20 AM (WxgaY)

168 Speaker Johnson says hurricane supplemental can wait until after election. POTUS: "Can't wait - people need help now."

What a non-Christian, hateful thing to do. Every challenger to these gop cowards needs to highlight this.

Biden needs to address the nation tomorrow on this matter. Do not let The CONvicted felon and Johnson deny hurricane victims immediate help. This is fucking sabotage.

Joe needs to speak and recall Congress. The moment yesterday with his confusion when asked about the storm zone is making rounds. Since he said they'd gotten everything they need and are very happy, he had to have been thinking of a different situation - which happens. But it wasn't a good scene, and he needs to take the drivers seat on this to offset.

(Intrepid- I was unaware of this gaffe? They even linked RCP with a video! https://tinyurl.com/45fvjp8j Yeah...he looks old and clueless)

Holy shit, worst House in US history is at it again! Fuck you Fox News, for foisting this nightmare on us. May you all rot in the hottest, fieriest circle of hell.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 04, 2024 10:21 AM (JCZqz)

169 1924 is when immigration was put on hold. There was a bill passed to severely restrict immigration.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:21 AM (pFg/0)

170 >>> Which one of you smart morons remember the timeframe we essentially halted immigration in the States?

Immigration act of 1924?
Calvin Coolidge, put together!

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 10:21 AM (CQe9v)

171 Pretty easy to paint a portrait of a blind man.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 04, 2024 10:21 AM (95AS5)

172 Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 10:18 AM (IB6XK)

That was operation wetback

I could have swore after we allowed a ton of immigration to go we essentially just shut it down so those here could assimilate.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 04, 2024 10:21 AM (eZwyX)

173 Turns out Jim Harbaugh's claim that he offered Colin Kaepernick a gig on the coaching staff of the LA Chargers is not true.

And who refuted Harbaugh's claim?

Colin Kaepernick.

Jim Harbaugh lied. Now, there's a shocker. /s

Posted by: one hour sober at October 04, 2024 10:22 AM (Y1sOo)

174 Please, no more DU idiocy.

Posted by: XTC at October 04, 2024 10:22 AM (UnA8+)

175 167 This guy is probably just faking being blind.

Disability fraud. Many such cases.
Posted by: I Disbelieve This Painting

Fuck that...you know how many young girls I get to "accidentally" grope?

Posted by: Old "blind" guy at October 04, 2024 10:22 AM (JCZqz)

176 I think Klimt put his right eye in shadow so that we can't easily discern where his gaze is focused.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

*********

That's a definite possibility.

My gut feeling or impression is that his eyes are aligned, and his gaze is directed right at the viewer, based on 30 years of observing eye alignment in children. I could be wrong.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:22 AM (uCfKO)

177 The world’s longest-running treasure hunt has been solved 31 years after a “Golden Owl” was buried somewhere in France.

The hunt for the Chouette d’Or – an owl statuette made from gold, silver and precious stones – has prompted such passion, even obsession, over the years that it is said to have led to financial ruin, divorce and even madness.

The hunt for the Chouette d’Or was launched in April 1993 when a French businessman who had adopted the alias Max Valentin said he had buried a bronze statue of an owl somewhere in France, and published a book of 11 enigmas as clues to its location.

The finder would be able to exchange the bronze bird for a statuette made from three kilos of gold, seven kilos of silver and diamonds on its head estimated at the time to be worth one million francs, the equivalent of €150,000 today, Valentin said.

Régis Hauser, the real name of the hunt creator, died in April 2009, sixteen years to the day after the countermark was buried.
https://tinyurl.com/5msnz2th

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 10:23 AM (CEzQx)

178 Yeah, Settled Science is on it!

I know that Teddy Kennedy legislation helped screw us into the position we are in today.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 10:23 AM (CQe9v)

179 Holy shit, worst House in US history is at it again! Fuck you Fox News, for foisting this nightmare on us. May you all rot in the hottest, fieriest circle of hell.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 04, 2024 10:21 AM (JCZqz)

=======

The idea that people will get rescued now because Congress passes an appropriations bill for FEMA early next week is curious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

180 I know that Teddy Kennedy legislation helped screw us into the position we are in today.
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 10:23 AM (CQe9v)

Yep.
It’s crazy that it passed. Kennedy? Sure he’s a piece of shit. But it got 60 votes in the senate and passed the house. Did they just not understand what they were doing? I hate to believe 60% of the senate voted in good faith to destroy the country.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:25 AM (pFg/0)

181 The idea that people will get rescued now because Congress passes an appropriations bill for FEMA early next week is curious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

The bill contains building a Time Machine. So they can go back 2 weeks and prepare FEMA for actually helping.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:26 AM (pFg/0)

182 40 "GREAT SCOT!!"

(All fooling aside, I would not have guessed this was Klimt.)

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 04, 2024 09:39 AM (LxER7)

Saw the picture, searched the thread for Back to the Future references, hit on this comment.

Left satisfied. Thank you Zombie Robbo.

(Back to work)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 04, 2024 10:27 AM (O7YUW)

183 I wonder what DU would say to Roy Cooper denying the use of 1000 national guardsmen to help rescue operations.

Probably some rationalization that he's actually the good guy because it's in their TOS that they have to be partisan hacks who only say good things about elected Democrats.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:27 AM (GBKbO)

184 Biden needs to address the nation tomorrow on this matter. Do not let The CONvicted felon and Johnson deny hurricane victims immediate help. This is fucking sabotage.
---------
Jason Miller @JasonMillerinDC 23h
WOW!👇
$4,424,562 raised for Hurricane Helene victims from 29,700 Patriots!

Thank you #MAGA!

“Support Hurricane Helene Victims” - Trump Authorized gofundme.com/f/support-hurri…

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 10:27 AM (CEzQx)

185 Colin Kaepernick.

Jim Harbaugh lied. Now, there's a shocker. /s
Posted by: one hour sober at October 04, 2024 10:22 AM (Y1sOo)

That or Kaepernick is lying.

Or they could somehow both be lying. Somehow.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:27 AM (DDGz9)

186 Shouldn't he have been umpiring??
Posted by: andycanuck

He tried it once. Just called everything a strike until no one could play because they were laughing so much. There was no pitch G! I don't care it's still a strike!
He decided to bat instead. Just said where is everyone? We all sounded off he pointed at the guy that was a quick runner and said you! You can help me find first base. Then you can run the rest of the bases for me since I can't run for shit.".
Then he explained how someone would have to pitch. A fairly brave person would put the softball on the palm of their hand. He would hold the bat and the "pitcher" would grab the end of the bat and put it against the ball. He would say if any adjustments were needed. Then when he was ready, he would say here's the pitch! And swing at the ball that, of course was still on the pitchers hand. I pitched to him a few times and he never hit my hand. Always hit the ball. Never made it to first base. He really couldn't run for shit.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:27 AM (4XwPj)

187 Turns out Jim Harbaugh's claim that he offered Colin Kaepernick a gig on the coaching staff of the LA Chargers is not true.

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Colin Kaepernick Suggests He Isn’t Playing Football Because He’s Being "Held Out" Of NFL

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Me too, Colin. Me too.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:28 AM (nI9kz)

188 184 Jason Miller @JasonMillerinDC 23h
WOW!👇
$4,424,562 raised for Hurricane Helene victims from 29,700 Patriots!

Thank you #MAGA!

“Support Hurricane Helene Victims” - Trump Authorized gofundme.com/f/support-hurri…
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 10:27 AM (CEzQx)

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The only way to save people from disaster is through centralized governmental spending.

Anything else is a danger to democracy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

189
The world’s longest-running treasure hunt has been solved 31 years after a “Golden Owl” was buried somewhere in France.

The stuff that dreams are made of.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2024 10:28 AM (63Dwl)

190 185 That or Kaepernick is lying.

Or they could somehow both be lying. Somehow.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:27 AM (DDGz9)

Krapperdick hasn't told the truth in at least 10 years, why would he start now?

Posted by: XTC at October 04, 2024 10:30 AM (UnA8+)

191 Watch: Hero NASCAR Driver Greg Biffle Rescuing Family Stranded In Mountains With His Personal Helicopter After Hurricane Helene

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Yeah, well, my personal helicopter is in the shop.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:30 AM (nI9kz)

192 I'm considering donating to Samaritan's Purse for their work in NC and elsewhere. Hannity has a link to them on his site.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:32 AM (J2vNu)

193 Does one have to be clinically insane to be a DUer?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 10:32 AM (FfSAJ)

194 I wonder what DU would say to Roy Cooper denying the use of 1000 national guardsmen to help rescue operations.

Sorry. Any elected official that denies help in a natural disaster should be summarily executed by sunset.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 10:32 AM (IB6XK)

195 Claiming that the NFL or any of their franchises won't hire you because you're black is the height of preposterousness.

It's like saying you can't get voted into the Senate because you're too stupid, or you can't get a job with Disney because you're lame and gay.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:33 AM (DDGz9)

196 Watch: Hero NASCAR Driver Greg Biffle Rescuing Family Stranded In Mountains With His Personal Helicopter After Hurricane Helene

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Pretty sure that’s a sight of white supremacy.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:33 AM (pFg/0)

197 Nice boobs. Would hang.

Posted by: A Blind Man at October 04, 2024 10:33 AM (vFG9F)

198 >>> Colin Kaepernick Suggests He Isn’t Playing Football Because He’s Being "Held Out" Of NFL

They failed to position him for success. Kammie feels your pain Colin!

I'm sure Nike wishes it could end his contract and be unburdened by what has been.

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 10:34 AM (VZIbF)

199 Please, no more DU idiocy.

***********

This!

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:34 AM (uCfKO)

200 I didn't know Leonard Bernstein was blind.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:35 AM (lTGtQ)

201 Does one have to be clinically insane to be a DUer?
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024

***
No, you can identify as a hebephrenic.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:35 AM (J2vNu)

202 It's like saying you can't get voted into the Senate because you're too stupid, or you can't get a job with Disney because you're lame and gay.

Or that you're not allowed in the WNBA because you're a lesbian.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2024 10:35 AM (2ocoG)

203 DU trying to cope with Biden going full dementia on camera is pretty funny.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2024 10:35 AM (2ocoG)

204 If you squint, he looks like an atom bomb detonation.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 10:36 AM (2u02e)

205 Morn' all.. So the jobs report came in 100 thousand over expected ? This is my shocked face.. Of course next month it will be revised down but too late for the election

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 10:36 AM (IyPmt)

206 200 I didn't know Leonard Bernstein was blind.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:35 AM (lTGtQ)

'who let all these schvaaartzes into my townhouse!"

Ovrheard at his house

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 10:37 AM (x0n13)

207 It's me donna, seasonal hires.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2024 10:37 AM (I1GXe)

208 Won't matter Donna. No one believes their shit anymore.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:38 AM (4XwPj)

209 Heh. Army establishes Virtue Signal Corps.

https://tinyurl.com/4m9n9t7u

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 10:38 AM (Wnv9h)

210 At my first blurry vision glance I thought it was the head of an ostrich.

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024 10:38 AM (FfSAJ)

211 Sorry. Any elected official that denies help in a natural disaster should be summarily executed by sunset.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 10:32 AM (IB6XK)

It's literally their only legitimate job.

Refusing to do it lets you know the whole thing, this so-called democratic republic, is a sham.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2024 10:39 AM (2u02e)

212 > Hero NASCAR Driver Greg Biffle Rescuing Family Stranded In Mountains With His Personal Helicopter After Hurricane Helene
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There's a guy named Cleetus McFarland (really) who has some videos on YouTube of his exploits.

TL;DR he had just completed the purchase and restoration of a helicopter and put it into action in NC.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2024 10:39 AM (Q4IgG)

213 Mein Gott, how did Gustav get Betty White to pose for him? In her prime, she was almost as dangerous as Ayn Rand. Almost, ja, but that is still extremely perilous. I once watched her nearly beat a waiter nearly to death with the crowbar she always kept on her because he did not kneel before her and beg that his unworthy self be granted the grace of addressing her before asking what her order would be. Betty, I pleaded, he is but a child. Her icy glance reminded me to kowtow and plead, oh, celestial radiance, may this most underserving one be permitted to beg for that foolish one's continued existence? She mused between blows, and granted my request. C'mere, Vern (ja, it is omnipresent) and let me tell you about Saint Olaf. That child grew up to become Chuck Lorre, so Werner may have erred in saving him. Ach.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at October 04, 2024 10:39 AM (tmPIh)

214 208 Won't matter Donna. No one believes their shit anymore.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:38 AM (4XwPj)

Don't expect me to say hooray over some meaninglessly large number you made up when me, my family, and my friends have all been job hunting for two years or more.

(not *me* me, just, you know, making a point)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:39 AM (DDGz9)

215 Yahoo “news” is pumping the jobs report. Everything is awesome and wonderful!!!

Spit.

Meanwhile most of those jobs pay $12 an hour and/or are part time.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:39 AM (pFg/0)

216 I can't think of a better metaphor for futility than thoughtful conjecture about where a blind guy is looking.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

What 'colors' do blind folks imagine in their mind's eye?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 10:40 AM (WXNFJ)

217 Yeah, well, my personal helicopter is in the shop.
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Walz has been too busy to change the air filter on mine.

Maybe in late November/December?

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 10:41 AM (CEzQx)

218 215 Yahoo “news” is pumping the jobs report. Everything is awesome and wonderful!!!

Spit.

Meanwhile most of those jobs pay $12 an hour and/or are part time.
Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:39 AM (pFg/0)

======

ADP was saying there was going to be a contraction.

Who do you believe?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

219 What 'colors' do blind folks imagine in their mind's eye?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 04, 2024 10:40 AM (WXNFJ)

That's like asking my dad who his favorite Spice Girl is.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:42 AM (DDGz9)

220 Thirty-two days until the election.

Early voting here begins on 10/18, two weeks from today. I can stop at my early voting location on the way home from work that day, or any day the next week. They're open until 6 pm.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:42 AM (J2vNu)

221 My gut feeling or impression is that his eyes are aligned...

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:22 AM (uCfKO)

It suggests an interesting question...where does a blind man's gaze go? If blind from birth, I imagine that it is different than in one who went blind later in life. The gaze is part of human interaction, and probably doesn't change even if visual perception is gone.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2024 10:42 AM (d9fT1)

222 Yahoo “news” is pumping the jobs report. Everything is awesome and wonderful!!!

Spit.

Meanwhile most of those jobs pay $12 an hour and/or are part time.

Posted by: Settled Science

Wonderful jobs report - oh, you are asking how many of those jobs went to Americans versus illegals? Let's change the subject.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:42 AM (lTGtQ)

223 May you all rot in the hottest, fieriest circle of hell.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 04, 2024 10:21 AM

You just stay as sweet as you are, DU posters.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 10:43 AM (kgE5c)

224 Wall St doesn’t believe the numbers either DJIA is flat. Usually these blowout job reports correlate with a big market rally.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:43 AM (pFg/0)

225 Kamala Harris
@KamalaHarris
On January 6, Donald Trump incited an attack on our nation’s democracy because he didn’t like the outcome of the election. Armed with weapons and animated by Trump’s lies, insurrectionists invaded the United States Capitol in an attempt to overturn a lawful election.
The January 6 Committee exemplified a bipartisan effort to safeguard our democracy and preserve our most sacred freedoms for generations to come—led by Republicans like @Liz_Cheney and @AdamKinzinger, who chose to put country over party—alongside Democrats.

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God bless Lizzie and Adam.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:43 AM (nI9kz)

226 That's like asking my dad who his favorite Spice Girl is.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Or asking my cat why she is glaring at me again.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:43 AM (4XwPj)

227 You just stay as sweet as you are, DU posters.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2024 10:43 AM (kgE5c)

We know they can't meme... but they kind of suck at invective, too.

Low energy. No effort. Sad.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:44 AM (DDGz9)

228 At my first blurry vision glance I thought it was the head of an ostrich.
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024

***
Grandma? Is that you?

Posted by: Limu the Emu at October 04, 2024 10:44 AM (J2vNu)

229 228 At my first blurry vision glance I thought it was the head of an ostrich.
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 04, 2024

***
Grandma? Is that you?
Posted by: Limu the Emu at October 04, 2024 10:44 AM (J2vNu)

=======

The better to see you with, my dear.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:44 AM (GBKbO)

230 I'm having fun watching people try to brag about the jobs report. Is it wonderful that so many people got jobs, regardless of citizenship status, or more wonderful that the fed abandoned inflation control to save jobs that didn't need saving?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:45 AM (lTGtQ)

231 My state has already sent out absentee ballots. Several states have early voting open. The election is happening now, in real time in most of the country.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:45 AM (pFg/0)

232 What 'colors' do blind folks imagine in their mind's eye?
Posted by: Tonypete

Explaining color to a blind man is like explaining economics to a lib.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:46 AM (nI9kz)

233 No, you can identify as a hebephrenic.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:35 AM (J2vNu)

Hebephrenic is not used as a diagnosis anymore, but it always makes me think of the PK Dick novel, The Clans of the Alphane Moon. One of the odder books I read in high school.

It could have used the motto: Neurodiversity is our strength

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 10:47 AM (D7oie)

234 Hebephrenic?

One of your split personalities is a Joo?

That sounds like fun, actually.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 04, 2024 10:48 AM (DDGz9)

235 Aww, I like the DU transmissions. I laugh at the delusions of grandeur and being on the right side of history about all this that they have. And then I don't have to go hunt it out!

Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 10:49 AM (uB7hK)

236 Meanwhile most of those jobs pay $12 an hour and/or are part time.
Posted by: Settled Science at October 04, 2024 10:39 AM (pFg/0)

and are filled by illegal aliens

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 10:49 AM (D7oie)

237 Oy vey!

Posted by: Sybil at October 04, 2024 10:51 AM (CEzQx)

238 Hey Mayhem, what flavor is that stuff you're drinking?
I don't know. It tastes red.
Laughter
What the hell does red taste like?
Some red fruit that isn't an apple. Like raspberry or red currant. Definitely not cherry. It just tastes red. Shut the fuck up.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:51 AM (4XwPj)

239 This seems like a good place to post Randy Newman's "Old Man":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVpUr5luo6k

Posted by: Beverly at October 04, 2024 10:51 AM (Epeb0)

240 Klimt painting reminds me of a symphony conductor.

"LEOPOLD!"

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at October 04, 2024 10:51 AM (vCRHt)

241 Hebephrenic is not used as a diagnosis anymore, but it always makes me think of the PK Dick novel, The Clans of the Alphane Moon. One of the odder books I read in high school.

It could have used the motto: Neurodiversity is our strength
Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024

***
"Hebephrenic" ("young mind" or "childish mind") was one of the subdivisions under schizophrenia. What do they call it now?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

242 235 Aww, I like the DU transmissions. I laugh at the delusions of grandeur and being on the right side of history about all this that they have. And then I don't have to go hunt it out!
Posted by: LizLem at October 04, 2024 10:49 AM (uB7hK)

Me too

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 10:52 AM (IyPmt)

243 I'm kind of astounded by the ignorance or malice that makes one shout out jobs numbers, and never correlates it to the statistic that the number of people with two or more jobs is the highest in recorded history.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:52 AM (lTGtQ)

244 What the hell does red taste like?
Some red fruit that isn't an apple. Like raspberry or red currant. Definitely not cherry. It just tastes red. Shut the fuck up.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:51 AM (4XwPj)

does it taste like cochineal? Mmmmm, love the taste of bugs.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 10:52 AM (D7oie)

245 243 I'm kind of astounded by the ignorance or malice that makes one shout out jobs numbers, and never correlates it to the statistic that the number of people with two or more jobs is the highest in recorded history.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:52 AM (lTGtQ)

======

If we had a Republican president, they'd be McJobs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:52 AM (GBKbO)

246 "Hebephrenic" ("young mind" or "childish mind") was one of the subdivisions under schizophrenia. What do they call it now?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Our democracy.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:53 AM (lTGtQ)

247 Hebephrenic" ("young mind" or "childish mind") was one of the subdivisions under schizophrenia. What do they call it now?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Progressives

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:54 AM (4XwPj)

248 What the hell does red taste like?
Some red fruit that isn't an apple. Like raspberry or red currant. Definitely not cherry. It just tastes red. Shut the fuck up.
Posted by: Madamemayhem

They say you can't taste a picture.

*shows picture of ice cream cup and flat wooden spoon from grade school.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 10:54 AM (IB6XK)

249 "Hebephrenic" ("young mind" or "childish mind") was one of the subdivisions under schizophrenia. What do they call it now?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Our democracy.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024

***
Kamala's in appropriate cackling and giggling suggests such a diagnosis, but in her case it's probably booze or drugs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:54 AM (J2vNu)

250 I imagine that it is different than in one who went blind later in life. The gaze is part of human interaction, and probably doesn't change even if visual perception is gone.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

*********

I suspect it is different for different people, influenced by multiple factors including age at blindness, residual light perception, degree of blindness and non visual things like personality, sociial setting.

For me, interacting with a person inn the 4-5 ft distance range (e.g. checkout clerk ) I have to look in the vicinity of their left shoulder for my best shot at seeing and reading facial expression. It is nearly impossible to make eye contact, and I suspect I come across as aloof or unfriendly.

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 10:55 AM (uCfKO)

251 Thought it was a woman at first. Age.
Painting is nice but would not hang.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at October 04, 2024 10:55 AM (OIn/d)

252 MSNBC producer says the network is "doing all they can" to help the Harris campliberal.

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Lie, cheat, steal, attempted murder . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:55 AM (nI9kz)

253 So, regarding the current state of elections, I saw an interesting statistic regarding early voting (including Vote by Mail) in VA.

So far in 2024, VA Democrats are down 5.5% in turnout relative to 2020. Makes sense. Early voting, including by mail, was huge in 2020.

VA Republicans, though, are down only 2.7%. Half as much.

It really, really feels like Republicans are actually more motivated to vote after their president was removed from power through cheating, hounded with lawfare, and literally shot than Democrats who saw their primary votes cast aside in favor of a brown woman who had been the least popular VP ever and couldn't even make it to Iowa in the 2020 primary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 04, 2024 10:55 AM (GBKbO)

254 shows picture of ice cream cup and flat wooden spoon from grade school.
Posted by: rickb223

I can still taste that fucking spoon.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:56 AM (4XwPj)

255 I'm kind of astounded by the ignorance or malice that makes one shout out jobs numbers, and never correlates it to the statistic that the number of people with two or more jobs is the highest in recorded history.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:52 AM (lTGtQ)

In Oregon lots of people working low pay jobs have to get multiple jobs, because ObamaCare and the state requires employers to cover insurance for employees with more than 35 hours a week. So they work them 30 hours a week, and the workers have to find another job to fill the gap that often gives them 30 hours a week also and they wind up working 60 hour work weeks WITHOUT OVERTIME OR INSURANCE

This is what compassion looks like, apparently.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 10:56 AM (D7oie)

256 Meanwhile most of those jobs pay $12 an hour and/or are part time.

And it's tax-free and they give you a hotel to live in!

Posted by: Heard on the Central American Grapevine at October 04, 2024 10:57 AM (xRgqO)

257 254 shows picture of ice cream cup and flat wooden spoon from grade school.
Posted by: rickb223

I can still taste that fucking spoon.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:56 AM (4XwPj)

yes.. first thing I thought of...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 10:57 AM (IyPmt)

258 Should've read

MSNBC producer says the network is "doing all they can" to help the Harris campaign

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at October 04, 2024 10:57 AM (nI9kz)

259 245 243 I'm kind of astounded by the ignorance or malice that makes one shout out jobs numbers, and never correlates it to the statistic that the number of people with two or more jobs is the highest in recorded history.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 10:52 AM (lTGtQ)

--

Unexpected massive downward adjustment expected. You'll note that the markets today don't reflect credulity.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at October 04, 2024 10:58 AM (vCRHt)

260 shows picture of ice cream cup and flat wooden spoon from grade school.
Posted by: rickb223
*
I can still taste that fucking spoon.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:56 AM (4XwPj)
*
yes.. first thing I thought of...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024

***
And the faint aroma of the waxed (?) plastic cup. Still, it was *ice cream*. When you're nine, there's not much that can top that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:58 AM (J2vNu)

261 The painting is very well done.. Not sure I want to hang it though

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 10:58 AM (IyPmt)

262 shows picture of ice cream cup and flat wooden spoon from grade school.
Posted by: rickb223

I can still taste that fucking spoon.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:56 AM (4XwPj)

Same here. And that #2 Ticonderoga pencil.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 10:59 AM (Aqu9a)

263 "Hebephrenic" ("young mind" or "childish mind") was one of the subdivisions under schizophrenia. What do they call it now?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

I dunno, I think they just stopped splitting it up that way for diagnosis. I wasn't interested enough to follow up, and who knows if it changed back.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 04, 2024 10:59 AM (D7oie)

264 Armed with weapons

Gonna need a cite on that.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2024 10:59 AM (2ocoG)

265
Unexpected massive downward adjustment expected. You'll note that the markets today don't reflect credulity.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at October 04, 2024 10:58 AM (vCRHt)

I'm surprised what with the strike "settled." magically.

Posted by: It's me donna at October 04, 2024 10:59 AM (IyPmt)

266 suspect I come across as aloof or unfriendly.

*********

Of course I was that way before my vision deteriorated, so...

Posted by: muldoon at October 04, 2024 11:00 AM (uCfKO)

267 262 shows picture of ice cream cup and flat wooden spoon from grade school.
Posted by: rickb223

I can still taste that fucking spoon.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 04, 2024 10:56 AM (4XwPj)

Same here. And that #2 Ticonderoga pencil.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2024 10:59 AM (Aqu9a)

I can still smell rexograph fluid from the mimeograph tests!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2024 11:00 AM (x0n13)

268 I'm considering donating to Samaritan's Purse for their work in NC and elsewhere. Hannity has a link to them on his site.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 10:32 AM (J2vNu)

Wolfus, I hit them up this morning. My NC sister says they are doing good work.

Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2024 11:00 AM (OKniM)

269 Rant up!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 04, 2024 11:01 AM (IB6XK)

270 Noodus throckmortonii

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 04, 2024 11:01 AM (J2vNu)

271 It doesn't take Nostradamus to figure out that a whole lot of government statistics, and the market as a whole, are about to see a major downward trend shortly after the election. Between fake numbers and vastly overvalued tech stocks, a whole lot of reality is going to bite, and soon.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 04, 2024 11:02 AM (lTGtQ)

272 That's like asking my dad who his favorite Spice Girl is.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Tell him that it's Posh Spice, and that he can thank you later. Also inform him that Ginger Spice and Scary Spice have their merits as well. Baby Spice and Sporty Spice were the Yokos of the group. What? You know this is true. Werner is on the record for not frontin', and he both hangs in a Buffalo stance and does the dive upon every time he might dance. Werner be all about keepin' it real.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at October 04, 2024 11:06 AM (tmPIh)

273 off, phoney split personality sock!

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 04, 2024 11:10 AM (CEzQx)

274 It's a self-portrait.

Posted by: Old Man Mike at October 04, 2024 11:39 AM (WCuBP)

275 ))) Hot girls are waiting for you on --- www.Nu21.eu

Posted by: Liola at October 04, 2024 01:50 PM (z+/Q/)

276 I See said the Blind Man Your a Liar said the Dummy and the Cripple Ran Away

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