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Monday Overnight Open Thread (7/8/24)

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The Quotes of The Day


Quote I

"We are setting a very clear expectation in San Jose that we're not going to tolerate sideshows. We've passed laws that are indicative of that. It is illegal to promote or spectate at sideshows, not just be the one driving the vehicle," San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan


Quote II

“Workers all over the country are passing out, suffering heat stroke and dying from heat exposure from just doing their jobs, and something must be done to protect them,” Doug Parker, assistant secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),


Quote III

"I think we've all been guilty of throwing those little fireworks at each other," he said. "We've all gotten minor burns from faulty fireworks and stuff like that. But I know the running joke is you have all 10 of your fingers on July 3, and you only come back with nine on July 4. It'd be nice to avoid that.” Eric Evenson


Quote IV

"Something has broken inside me; from that hour on, I would have to wear a mask -- not only to the public but to the one I loved best in the world; for he must never know how ill he was, and I must carry on." Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, September, 1919, after President Wilson's stroke (H/T Isophorone Blog)


Quote V

"The combustion engine is our core product, and that will remain so for the coming future," Riley Nelson, NASCAR's head of sustainability

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It isn't only the national Chamber of Commerce who dislikes you and I.

Coeur d’Alene’s regional chamber proves it hates the First Amendment and free speech

An uproar took place in the Idaho town of Coeur d’Alene prior to July 4th this year when the town’s regional chamber issued regulations on what was allowed to be displayed by individuals during its July 4th holiday parade.

Under parade regulations adopted by the chamber board this year, “Symbols associated with specific political movements, religions, or ideologies” were unacceptable. [Linda Coppess, chamber president and CEO,] wrote that in the past, the chamber received numerous complaints about displays that people found offensive, including “Confederate flags, derogatory illustrations, harsh politically-based language, and graphic photographs.” Coppess wrote that last year alone, she received over 50 complaints about different signage and symbols that were deemed offensive.

To address those concerns, the chamber consulted national organizations to ensure its guidelines were transparent and fair, she wrote. “Our intention with this policy was simple: to create an environment where everyone feels welcome and respected,” Coppess wrote.

The chamber listed several other things as unacceptable for the parade, including signs promoting controversial political issues, displays containing divisive or inflammatory language related to political debates and signs displaying slogans or messages that incite political division or unrest. [emphasis mine]

Within days the chamber was overwhelmed with thousands of complaints from local citizens, most of whom appeared to be especially offended by the ban of religious symbols. As a result, the chamber backed down partly, rescinding that particular restriction. Below is a short clip from the July 4th Coeur d’Alene parade. As you can see, a lot of people came carrying crosses. I suspect they would have been there whether or not the religious ban was rescinded, expressing defiance.


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Certainly not the headlines the tourism commission of Chicago wanted to see.

19 killed, 86 wounded in shootings during extended Fourth of July weekend in Chicago
Of those shot, 24 were in mass shootings in Greater Grand Crossing, the Near West Side, Douglas and Austin.

More than 100 people were shot, including 19 who were killed, during shooting attacks in Chicago over the extended Fourth of July weekend.

By the end of Friday, the tally of shootings — six people shot Thursday and 62 shot Friday, 12 killed over both days — surpassed the numbers for last year’s entire holiday weekend. Last year, 11 people were killed and 62 wounded over the holiday weekend, which stretched over four days, July 1-4.

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Oh no! Financial analyst Alice Isaac woke up to a good five inches. (Of wood bamboo specifically)

Woman’s home damaged by bamboo growing ‘five inches a day’

The stress of battling invasive and rapidly growing bamboo has pushed a homeowner almost to the brink of illness.

Financial analyst Alice Isaac, 42, bought her property in rural Gloucestershire last year for roughly £173,000.

At the time she claims not even to have noticed the bamboo growing in her neighbour’s garden.


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One American company is betting on hydrogen.

This KDH engine has experts in suspense: new fuel predicted 100 years ago has worked

We once talked about the REx engines that nobody knew about, much less in America. However, in the country, we don’t know what the KDH engine is either, with a completely new type of injection that we are not used to. They have just unveiled the next generation, and the world is on tenterhooks while we are still watching for Tesla. The prototype runs on zero-emission fuel (and yes, remember, it’s combustion)—that’s why experts are talking about a “new era”.

This fuel was predicted 100 years ago: Now, it has been used on an engine prototype
Kohler Engines, a manufacturing company that deals in engines for different sectors, has recently exhibited its latest creation, the KDH hydrogen engine, at the 2023 Agritechnica show held in Hannover, Germany. This brand-new internal combustion engine, which can use hydrogen sourced and developed by Kohler itself, represents an important development in the company’s strategic line.


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A new hurdle for the anti-gun zealots to leap.

Ammo Vending Machines a Big Hit at Alabama Grocery Stores

The company American Rounds has actually installed their automated ammunition vending machines in six grocery stores; four in Oklahoma and two in Alabama, where the machines have drawn the interest of local media (and local politicians) in places like Tuscaloosa.

During a briefing of the Tuscaloosa City Council before their regular slate of meetings, city council president Kip Tyner asked police chief Brent Blankley and other municipal leaders to explain a vending machine selling people ammunition at the Fresh Value store on at the corner of Skyland and McFarland Boulevards.

"I got some calls about ammunition being sold in grocery store vending machines," Tyner said. "I thought it was a joke, but it's not."

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Not only can you win the Jack Ass Award Neil McCarthy, 25, of Oregon. You have won tonight's Genius Award.

American Airlines passenger drinking 'Jack and Cokes' reportedly exposes himself, forces emergency landing
The disruptive passenger told police he had downed several 'Jack and Cokes' before the flight


No names. But there were Genius Award Winners on this flight as well.

'Mass brawl' forces Ryanair 'flight from hell' to make emergency landing after just 36 minutes
Ryanair flight from Morocco to London diverted after passengers become disruptive

A Ryanair "flight from hell" was diverted for an emergency landing just 36 minutes after takeoff due to a "mass brawl" that broke out between travelers aboard the aircraft, according to passengers.


The flight departed from Agadir, Morocco, to London on Wednesday when the disturbance broke out mid-flight, the Sun reported.

"It was so stressful. It was like the flight from hell," an unnamed passenger told the outlet. "And it all escalated from that one passenger wanting to change seats."


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The ONT Musical Interlude & Maple Leaf Emporium


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I had a job that took me into other people's homes. If they had family photos up I never thought of it as tacky. Actually, I thought it was kind of nice.

Interior designer says that having family photo 'shrines' in the house is poor taste
Is decorating with family photos tacky?

Shannyn Weiler, a Utah-based interior designer, has caused a debate on TikTok after she urged people to use caution when displaying family photos in the home. The discussion started a debate over whether a home should be decorated for visitors or the family itself and if having a “shrine” dedicated to family members is tasteful.

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I wonder if Little Lawrence's nickname was "Squishy Boy"? What a sniveling coward.

MSNBC Host Calls For Biden Aides To Be Allowed On Stage With Him At Next Debate

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell has called for allowing Joe Biden to have aides with him on stage to speak for him and help him sound coherent.

O’Donnell said that it would be good to “Allow the candidates to have as many staff as they want, join them on the stage throughout the debate, and make sure that all of them have microphones.”

He added that “the candidates should be allowed to turn to their staff and confer with them about anything at any time in the debate.”

“And we should be able to hear everything they say. So we can hear if the candidate has competent or incompetent staff, we could hear the candidate overrule some advisers and say something else,” he continued.

“We could watch the candidates actually think and process information, including including possibly information that they might not know until a staff member tells them or reminds them,” O’Donnell further suggested.

He continued, “A candidate should be allowed to let staff members actually answer questions for them.”

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Stop that boat!!!! Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

A leap of faith.

A New Hampshire teen heroically jumped from a jetski onto a rogue boat to stop it from spinning uncontrollably in a popular lake after its captain was knocked off during a sailing lesson.

Brady Procon, 17, sprang into action Wednesday when his father, Justin, told him an unmanned boat was speeding in circles in Smith’s Cove on Lake Winnipesaukee, according to WMUR-TV.


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1 Nice picture!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 08, 2024 09:57 PM (hOUT3)

2 Hooray!

Posted by: TRex at July 08, 2024 09:57 PM (IQ6Gq)

3 meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 08, 2024 09:58 PM (QVKgH)

4 Hi

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 08, 2024 09:58 PM (szKLp)

5 Thank you, MisHum

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 08, 2024 09:58 PM (a1415)

6 Got Show. I need to get to the pay window.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 08, 2024 09:59 PM (QVKgH)

7 She looks like she is from western NY.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 08, 2024 09:59 PM (qZEuM)

8 5 Thank you, MisHum
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 08, 2024 09:58 PM (a1415)

You're welcome. I always appreciate your kind words.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at July 08, 2024 09:59 PM (QXQ4l)

9 Sorry I'm late, I was investigating what bears do in the woods.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 08, 2024 10:00 PM (kamYG)

10 19 killed, 86 wounded in shootings during extended Fourth of July weekend in Chicago
Of those shot, 24 were in mass shootings in Greater Grand Crossing, the Near West Side, Douglas and Austin.


And the mayor of Chicago blamed - Richard Nixon.

Really.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:00 PM (uxCna)

11 And 99 cents for ice was a while ago.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 08, 2024 10:01 PM (qZEuM)

12 “Workers all over the country are passing out, suffering heat stroke and dying from heat exposure from just doing their jobs, and something must be done to protect them,” Doug Parker, assistant secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),

Oh yeah?

Posted by: The CCC workers of the 30s at July 08, 2024 10:02 PM (XIkHl)

13 9 Sorry I'm late, I was investigating what bears do in the woods.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 08, 2024 10:00 PM (kamYG)

Your tardy homework assignment excuses must have been a hoot.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at July 08, 2024 10:03 PM (QXQ4l)

14 Mondays are for thee, not for me.

I'm retired - I mean 'self-employed'.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at July 08, 2024 10:05 PM (QGaXH)

15 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 08, 2024 10:05 PM (WXNFJ)

16 "This scented ice smells like shit!"

Posted by: Some Rat at July 08, 2024 10:05 PM (vJiyU)

17 Great (if not head shaking at moments) content MisHum. Will scrounge between couch pillows to see if we can find $5 and enough for stamps. Thank you.

Posted by: TRex at July 08, 2024 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

18 Stay strong, Joe!

Just four more days until Friday, and after Friday you'll be in the clear!

The hard-Left Lawyers Guns and Money blog is in complete fratricidal warfare - the people running the blog say that Biden should quit, and hundreds of commenters are denouncing the people running the blog for saying such a thing.

Did you know that concerns about Biden's ability to campaign are limited to straight, white, males?

Now you do.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:05 PM (uxCna)

19 Yay, National Blueberry Day ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 08, 2024 10:06 PM (dZVON)

20 17 Great (if not head shaking at moments) content MisHum. Will scrounge between couch pillows to see if we can find $5 and enough for stamps. Thank you.

Posted by: TRex at July 08, 2024 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

I appreciate both the thank you and the search for cash.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at July 08, 2024 10:06 PM (QXQ4l)

21 Thank you, MisHum
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 08, 2024 09:58 PM (a1415)

You're welcome. I always appreciate your kind words.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives

I am not really good at Kind Words, but will try.

MisHum is the kindest, most handsome (and Intelligent!) and honest ONT host I have never met. Also fishing and woodworking, lotsa Extra points. And Snow Survival Techniques. It just goes on.

Posted by: Distant Observer Miklos at July 08, 2024 10:07 PM (XIkHl)

22 19 Yay, National Blueberry Day ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 08, 2024 10:06 PM (dZVON)

Our first batch of wild ones are about ripe. It should be a good year if we can beat the critters to them.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at July 08, 2024 10:07 PM (QXQ4l)

23 KDH hydrogen engine, at the 2023 Agritechnica show held in Hannover, Germany.

STEINER WILL COME

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 08, 2024 10:07 PM (a7N4U)

24 The hard-Left Lawyers Guns and Money blog

also ran an article today showing that Projection isn't just something that happens in movie theaters:

For MAGA people, no electoral loss for the right at home or abroad is legitimate

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:07 PM (uxCna)

25 Evening all, thx MisHum. I keep track of Chicago murders via Heyjackass and as Arc note above their idiot Mayor Brandon he actually blamed Nixon. I didn't think it possible but this guy is actually worse than Mayor Baby Groot . The only hope for Chicago is that the Dem convention goes seriously sideways leading to hundreds of thousand dead and most of the place leveled.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2024 10:08 PM (aYD2Z)

26 Wyoming Paramedics Advise Not Shooting Fireworks From Your Orifices Or At People

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I thought this was America!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 08, 2024 10:08 PM (L/fGl)

27 Good evening morons and thanks for the awesome ONT mh

I had a lot to say. And then I got to the bottom pic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2024 10:08 PM (RIvkX)

28 Thanks for the ONT, MisHum.

Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2024 10:08 PM (41CYW)

29 13 Your tardy homework assignment excuses must have been a hoot.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at July 08, 2024 10:03 PM (QXQ4l)

For that, I always blamed my dog's appetite and peculiar culinary preferences.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 08, 2024 10:08 PM (kamYG)

30 Great (if not head shaking at moments) content MisHum. Will scrounge between couch pillows to see if we can find $5 and enough for stamps. Thank you.

Posted by: TRex

Hey!

Just found a couple million behind the cushions in the West Wing!

Posted by: Diligent Hunter at July 08, 2024 10:09 PM (XIkHl)

31 Yay, National Blueberry Day ONT!

Still not ripe in Western Oregon.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:09 PM (uxCna)

32 Well, in addition to family photos, I have artwork from friends displayed at my house! I'm sure there will be a point where it could go tacky but I'm willing to take that chance!

Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog at July 08, 2024 10:09 PM (n3DL0)

33 19 Yay, National Blueberry Day ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 08, 2024 10:06 PM (dZVON)

Something to smile about.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 08, 2024 10:09 PM (kamYG)

34 Interior designer says that having family photo 'shrines' in the house is poor taste. Is decorating with family photos tacky?

Eat it Designer. I too have 'The Wall of the Dead' in my home.
And we all love it.


Show me, Ms. Interior Designer, where the bad man touched you. How could I tell?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 08, 2024 10:10 PM (WXNFJ)

35 Yay, National Blueberry Day ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura


Ssshh

You'll wake up Skip

Posted by: Auntie Miklos at July 08, 2024 10:10 PM (XIkHl)

36 Remains of Beryl been over us all day here in East Texas. Steady strong winds - interesting to watch them keep changing direction as the circulation keeps moving. Not as bad as some of the big storm cells recently, but the rain came down in sheets most of the day.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2024 10:10 PM (S6gqv)

37 32 Well, in addition to family photos, I have artwork from friends displayed at my house! I'm sure there will be a point where it could go tacky but I'm willing to take that chance!
Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog at July 08, 2024 10:09 PM (n3DL0)


I have met Iris of Team Hedgehog. She is not tacky. She even cleans her own guns. That's an 'ette.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at July 08, 2024 10:10 PM (QXQ4l)

38 This whole joey b. kerfuffle is better than pay per view.

Posted by: Some Rat at July 08, 2024 10:11 PM (vJiyU)

39 Wyoming Paramedics Advise Not Shooting Fireworks From Your Orifices Or At People-
I thought this was America!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 08, 2024 10:08 PM (L/fGl)


Haven't they read the Constitution and the "Free To Be Me" Amendment?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 08, 2024 10:11 PM (hOUT3)

40 Ice box Andrea in bottom pic is cooling what down exactly?

Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2024 10:11 PM (41CYW)

41 Thank you MisHum and frankly, that opening photo looks like some PRIME fishing territory to wade upon.

Posted by: Nightwatch at July 08, 2024 10:11 PM (TDvv2)

42 Never have I so desired to build a picture shrine, but if its existence will ward away visitors like garlic drives off vampires …

Posted by: Corona exile-back_in_exile at July 08, 2024 10:12 PM (4TAOz)

43 The only hope for Chicago is that the Dem convention goes seriously sideways leading to hundreds of thousand dead and most of the place leveled.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2024 10:08 PM (aYD2Z)

"A Good Day"

Posted by: Mrs. O'Leary's Cow at July 08, 2024 10:12 PM (qZEuM)

44 Yay, National Blueberry Day ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura


Totally a happy accident but the lovely Mrs. went blueberry picking today with her gal pals. Damn, are they good!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 08, 2024 10:12 PM (WXNFJ)

45 25 Evening all, thx MisHum. I keep track of Chicago murders via Heyjackass and as Arc note above their idiot Mayor Brandon he actually blamed Nixon. I didn't think it possible but this guy is actually worse than Mayor Baby Groot . The only hope for Chicago is that the Dem convention goes seriously sideways leading to hundreds of thousand dead and most of the place leveled.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2024 10:08 PM (aYD2Z)

It was stated during the mayoral campaign that the four most important issues for Chicago voters were crime, crime, crime, and crime.

Turns out, they wanted more of it.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 08, 2024 10:12 PM (kamYG)

46 39 Wyoming Paramedics Advise Not Shooting Fireworks From Your Orifices Or At People-
I thought this was America!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 08, 2024 10:08 PM (L/fGl)

Haven't they read the Constitution and the "Free To Be Me" Amendment?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 08, 2024 10:11 PM (hOUT3)


Wasn't that a Tom Jones song instead?

Congrats on your 1st. It was well earned. I think.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at July 08, 2024 10:12 PM (QXQ4l)

47 26 Wyoming Paramedics Advise Not Shooting Fireworks From Your Orifices

Bit late now

Posted by: bean vindaloo at July 08, 2024 10:13 PM (gKWVE)

48 Show me, Ms. Interior Designer, where the bad man touched you. How could I tell?
Posted by: Tonypete

Changing room at Bergdorf Goodman's at some time, probably, the 80s.

Crazy, but it works.

Posted by: Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll at July 08, 2024 10:13 PM (XIkHl)

49 And 99 cents for ice was a while ago.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Buc-ee's has small bags at $.99.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 08, 2024 10:13 PM (WXNFJ)

50 Ice box Andrea in bottom pic is cooling what down exactly?
Posted by: scampydog

Taint exactly sure.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at July 08, 2024 10:13 PM (qZEuM)

51 above their idiot Mayor Brandon he actually blamed Nixon

That is innovative, but it is still a standard Democratic trope for blaming all the mentally ill people on the street in major cities on Ronald Reagan.

You see, Reagan deinstitutionalized the mentally ill forty years ago, and he cast a magic spell that kept Democrats from reversing Reagan's decisions, even when they were in power.

So, it's still all Reagan's fault.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:13 PM (uxCna)

52 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 08, 2024 10:14 PM (sAmhv)

53 The only hope for Chicago is that the Dem convention goes seriously sideways leading to hundreds of thousand dead and most of the place leveled.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2024 10:08 PM (aYD2Z)

"A Good Day"

Posted by: Mrs. O'Leary's Cow

=====

Heroes don't always wear capes

Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 08, 2024 10:14 PM (8AONa)

54 41 Thank you MisHum and frankly, that opening photo looks like some PRIME fishing territory to wade upon.
Posted by: Nightwatch at July 08, 2024 10:11 PM (TDvv2)

You're welcome and I quite agree with your wading assessment.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at July 08, 2024 10:14 PM (QXQ4l)

55 Our wall didn't start out as a dead relatives wall. It just happened over the last 30 years.
Grandsons ask about those pictures all the time.

Posted by: Reforger at July 08, 2024 10:14 PM (xcIvR)

56 Maybe Chicago needs to talk to the Coeur d’Alene’ Chamber?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2024 10:14 PM (W/lyH)

57 I was late getting here - had to listen to the Lightfoot!

Nice ONT again, Mis Hum.

Nixon? Nixon? YGBSM.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 08, 2024 10:14 PM (TSQkU)

58 1
You want to fish it...Right?

Posted by: Nightwatch at July 08, 2024 10:14 PM (TDvv2)

59 Congrats on your 1st. It was well earned. I think.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra


Thank you kindly MisHum, it required a senior level of chicanery, luck, timing and a keyboard consisting solely of F5 keys!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 08, 2024 10:14 PM (hOUT3)

60 More people were shot this last weekend in Chicago than in Gaza.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2024 10:15 PM (S6gqv)

61 The only hope for Chicago is that the Dem convention goes seriously sideways leading to hundreds of thousand dead and most of the place leveled.

A thousand Chicago cops are retiring prior to the convention.

They know what's coming.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:15 PM (uxCna)

62 Yes, only a racist would call for Joe Biden to step down, or something.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2024 10:16 PM (tMsXg)

63 More people were shot this last weekend in Chicago than in Gaza.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Iran is missing a bet.

Posted by: Some Rat at July 08, 2024 10:16 PM (vJiyU)

64 Nixon's the one

Now more than ever

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2024 10:17 PM (tMsXg)

65 ***Under parade regulations adopted by the chamber board this year, “Symbols associated with specific political movements, religions, or ideologies” were unacceptable. ***
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Hey Yo, screech that. I thought Idaho was supposed to be a conservative state.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2024 10:17 PM (JfK3f)

66 A thousand Chicago cops are retiring prior to the convention.

Chicago cops in 1968 knew that whatever happened, the city would have their back.

Chicago cops now know that the city will throw them to the wolves, if things go sideways.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:18 PM (uxCna)

67 40 Ice box Andrea in bottom pic is cooling what down exactly?

Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2024 10:11 PM (41CYW)


I know. After the USC football team partied with me all of one three day weekend, I...well...I'll skip the details because this is a family-friendly blog.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 08, 2024 10:18 PM (5fDan)

68 Shannyn Weiler, a Utah-based interior designer

FU!

* goes out to workshop, digs around in junk bins, finds a few more*

FU, FU, DOUBLE FU!

Sorry if that was over the top morons but my tolerance for idiots has literally dropped to zero.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus Maneo at July 08, 2024 10:18 PM (+jrYw)

69 That may be true, but who are we to criticize their culture? "I'mo cap yo' ass" is just a different form of expression.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2024 10:18 PM (tMsXg)

70 Way back in the the day a pack of us went to the Couer d'Alene parade to heckle the Hayden Lake white supremcists/KKK. Amusing encounter with a local police officer ensued. Moderately fun memory.

Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2024 10:19 PM (41CYW)

71 >>>"I think we've all been guilty of throwing those little fireworks at each other,"

I liked the headline much better as a quote.

Wyoming Paramedics Advise Not Shooting Fireworks From Your Orifices Or At People

Unfortunately, what the headline promised, the actual quoted material in the piece did not deliver. Nothing at all about orifices.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 08, 2024 10:19 PM (klJTj)

72 Hey Yo, screech that. I thought Idaho was supposed to be a conservative state.

Coeur d'Alene is full of California transplants.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:19 PM (uxCna)

73 Yes indeed, Chicago gonna be lit for the Dem convention.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2024 10:20 PM (JfK3f)

74 I know we all want Biden to continue his campaign, but Adam Corolla does have a good idea here:

https://tinyurl.com/bdd5nv37

Posted by: tankdemon at July 08, 2024 10:20 PM (kamYG)

75 Magic, our young Bombay cat has brought in his 14th garter snake, this one seemed about a foot long, though maybe it was only 9"
He has been bringing in little green apples, so I had hoped that snakes were a passing fancy, but apparently not. Snake was rescued and carried out to the rose thicket, where I hope it will be safe.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2024 10:20 PM (D7oie)

76 How does that work, when surrounding jurisdictions get tapped to help out? If I had a decent enough job in some rural county personally would not want to get "volunteered" to pull riot duty at a democrat psycho-convention in Chicago. F that.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2024 10:21 PM (tMsXg)

77 Mmmmm. Keister ice.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 08, 2024 10:21 PM (jdHxK)

78 Shorter Shannyn Weiler, "I did this when I was poor. If you do it you'll look like you're poor. Buy my services so I can show you how to not look like you're poor."

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 08, 2024 10:21 PM (dZVON)

79 Hey Yo, screech that. I thought Idaho was supposed to be a conservative state.

Posted by: Braenyard

Coeur d'Alene used to be quite conservative but was "discovered" by the californians about 40 years ago.
The city is now purple.

Posted by: Some Rat at July 08, 2024 10:21 PM (vJiyU)

80 Snek.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at July 08, 2024 10:22 PM (qZEuM)

81 Alex Thompson
@AlexThomp·12m
News from WSJ team:
German officials, aware of Biden’s fatigue at night, sought to accommodate POTUS by planning a June 2022 event with the Chancellor in the early evening.
Biden didn’t show, surprising the Germans, and Blinken said Biden went to bed

New York Times Opinion
@nytopinion·2h
“There’s no question in my mind that the president is a good man who loves his country,” writes @PaulKrugman. “And as such, I hope he’ll do the right thing and step aside.”

Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
Wow — Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), a member of Dem leadership & president pro tem, says Biden “must seriously consider the best way to preserve his incredible legacy and secure it for the future.”
Adds: “we need to see a much more forceful and energetic candidate on the campaign trail in the very near future in order for him to convince voters he is up to the job.”
5:06 PM · Jul 8, 2024

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at July 08, 2024 10:22 PM (9aVck)

82 That nasty thing in the bottom photo, dropping cootcher quifes in the ice bin.

*shudders*

Posted by: BifBewalski at July 08, 2024 10:22 PM (MsrgL)

83 Coeur d'Alene is full of California transplants.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Does Idaho law allow for the harvesting of their kidneys?

Posted by: Question from Miklos at July 08, 2024 10:23 PM (XIkHl)

84 55 Our wall didn't start out as a dead relatives wall. It just happened over the last 30 years.
Grandsons ask about those pictures all the time.
Posted by: Reforger at July 08, 2024 10:14 PM (xcIvR)

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They were alive when the pics were taken, right?

RIGHT?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 08, 2024 10:23 PM (jdHxK)

85 That Koehler engine article was the worst translation I've read in quite some time. Also seems to be a German company, not American.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 08, 2024 10:23 PM (4780s)

86 How does that work, when surrounding jurisdictions get tapped to help out?

The Portland suburban sheriffs refuse to send their people into Portland.

They have no intention of exposing their deputies to a Soros prosecutor and Portland juries (although that may change when the Soros prosecutor leaves office in January).

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:23 PM (uxCna)

87 That nasty thing in the bottom photo, dropping cootcher quifes in the ice bin.

*shudders*


How did you think "Natty Ice" was made?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 08, 2024 10:24 PM (dZVON)

88 I remember Leno was big on the future of hydrogen as a fuel. And they are right, the only byproduct is water (although water vapor is also a "greenhouse gas").

There are two problems though, last I heard it does not have equivalent BTU to the same volume of gasoline, making it difficult to store enough fuel in the vehicle. Also the infrastructure to replace the gas stations is completely different. Requires 100% replacement of what is out there now.

The last point is the same problem EVs have, but at least you can recharge them at home, so they have a commuter use.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 08, 2024 10:24 PM (5p7BC)

89 only $5 for a cardboard membership?

*glares at his free tissue paper membership*

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 08, 2024 10:24 PM (NMT5x)

90 I am compelled, by forces that arise from the unfettered vastness of the universe, to observe that Lawrence O'Donnell's suggestions for the debate are not compelling or sagacious. At times, when I harken back to the storied days of the Hanseatic League, I am assailed with a thought that demands an answer - is Lawrence O'Donnell brazen enough to try to rig the debates in favor of a decrepit president a prince of his own party's disorder? And, if he is, does he do so as a partisan, a patriot, or simply as a gay man?

Probably that. A weak, gay man, a nancy-boy who mistakes reading remarks before a camera for an accomplishment, a feat, a deed of renown. Yet outside the studio lights the void looms, the negation of all folly and the bane of even the best make-up artist.

I am sorry - I noted the entry in the ONT and was compelled to comment. This is something of a tradition within your country, yes. I was told that if you "see something," that you should "say something." I thus engage in good faith.

Don't overlook my documentary My Best Friend, in which I detail the horrid life of the late Klaus Kinski abd kick his corpse a time or two. Bye, all!

Posted by: Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man Commentary at July 08, 2024 10:24 PM (tmPIh)

91 Nascar lost me as a fan a few years back after the Bubba Wallace Lie/fiasco.
Wallace insulted all Nascar fans with his lie and Nascar never stood up to back the Drivers, Fans, and Employees. The lie just kind of stood and went cold sort of like the Hunter Laptop lie the 50 most lying corrupt assholes in America were able to let cool and die.

So Nascar had a chance to lift middle finger, point at woke climate change lie and disinformation pros, but chose instead to roll out an EV racing car.

NASCAR: JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR FANS AND EX FANS ARE?

Posted by: DAN at July 08, 2024 10:25 PM (rn2/h)

92 Just picked the last of the blueberries from my eight plants here in Eastern NC. They were yummy. Birds got a few, but no bear sightings.

Posted by: Shocking Blue at July 08, 2024 10:26 PM (V5BDR)

93 Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Underachievement.

--

ISWYDT

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 08, 2024 10:26 PM (Ka3bZ)

94 85 That Koehler engine article was the worst translation I've read in quite some time. Also seems to be a German company, not American.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 08, 2024 10:23 PM (4780s)

Kohler is based in good old Kohler, WI with plants throughout the world.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at July 08, 2024 10:26 PM (QXQ4l)

95 Shannyn can kiss my ass. The pictures I have of the kids and my departed parents aren't going anywhere.

What a soulless hag.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 08, 2024 10:26 PM (5p7BC)

96 1959 Daimler Benz quit research with hydrogen fuel because of containment issues.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2024 10:27 PM (JfK3f)

97 “There’s no question in my mind that the president is a good man who loves his country,” writes @PaulKrugman. “And as such, I hope he’ll do the right thing and step aside.”

Krugman just a few weeks ago said that he met with Biden and he was impressed by how alert and mentally adept Biden was.

He's such a whore.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:27 PM (uxCna)

98 Taint exactly sure.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

If you every want to be corrected faster than anything, call it *that* to a woman who has given birth. They will correct you with the proper medical term like right now.

If'n I was ever the owner of a British Pub, I think 'Tainted Paint' would be a great name for the establishment.

Or maybe French. Kind of like painted lady or something...

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 08, 2024 10:28 PM (NMT5x)

99 Krugman is an IC asset.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at July 08, 2024 10:28 PM (qZEuM)

100 This KDH engine has experts in suspense: new fuel predicted 100 years ago has worked (hydrogen)...


I am pretty sure this company has been selling gizmos that make your gasoline engine run on tap water, on Ebay for the last 25 years

Posted by: Gref at July 08, 2024 10:28 PM (5fDan)

101 I love reading through the boilerplate. It's just obligatory to go something like this. The styleguide as it were. "I *love* Joe Biden. He's one of the best president's EVAH. I voted for him. His legacy is one of unparalleled many splendored things, which I love about him. I've always loved Joe Biden...

But ... blah blah secure legacy ... beat orange man save democracy blah blah.." Some of them, even bring up good points.

But they wouldn't be at this point if they hadn't cleared the deck for Joe just a few months ago. Why didn't they do all this shit then?

None of these mf'ers "love" Joe Biden. He's always been quite the jackass until very recently in democrat circles.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2024 10:28 PM (tMsXg)

102 ***Ammo Vending Machines a Big Hit at Alabama Grocery Stores***
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It's an ATF op.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2024 10:28 PM (JfK3f)

103 84 They were alive when the pics were taken, right?

RIGHT?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 08, 2024 10:23 PM (jdHxK)

You might be disappointed:
https://tinyurl.com/msha6ksn

Posted by: tankdemon at July 08, 2024 10:28 PM (kamYG)

104 They were alive when the pics were taken, right?

RIGHT?
Posted by: Cicero

My wife's family takes pics at the funeral home of the relatives of the dead standing around the casket.

I have to admit, my family is odd, but not that odd.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 08, 2024 10:29 PM (WXNFJ)

105 Got a better idea Lawrence, let the candidates talk to each other, and y'all stay out of the way. Let the voters decide for themselves. If they think Trump is a bully, they will not vote for him.

Dipshit.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 08, 2024 10:29 PM (5p7BC)

106 61...A thousand Chicago cops are retiring prior to the convention.

They know what's coming.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:15 PM (uxCna)

Oh, man.
I hope the convention stays in Chicago and doesn't go gallivanting into neighboring states.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 08, 2024 10:29 PM (Rbu5d)

107 Krugman just a few weeks ago said that he met with Biden and he was impressed by how alert and mentally adept Biden was.

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Krugman has been either dead wrong or corrupt in everything he's done in his professional career. Why would anyone care about what he thinks?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 08, 2024 10:29 PM (jdHxK)

108 One can but hope that Chicago is festooned with free-access webcams. On buildings, viewing out of windows, in storefronts, and many "etcs", besides.

The glories of gathering and watching news, unfiltered by media shitheads, and being able to record and capture it, in all of it's edit-proof glories.

Are there even enough "conservatives" left IN Chicago, to get a Muskian Fleet of hidden or well camo'd cams all around the Windy City? But especially around the Convention Center, Michigan Avenue, and other likely hotspots.

We can set up judging panels to determine which cop gives the best'68 style Hickory Shampoo!


*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 08, 2024 10:30 PM (kQgoX)

109 "Coeur d'Alene is full of California transplants.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:19 PM (uxCna)"

There are two kinds of those. Those who are legit hardcore conservatives and hate the left with a burning passion, having seen it at work, and rich twats running away from the mess they created.

That latter group is doing a real number on parts of Montana in addition to accelerating the collapse of Washington via CA -> WA. And we all know how CO turned out.

Fortunately the problem in Idaho is pretty contained. CDA is a pretty small pocket of it, and the moonbats in Boise struggle to exert influence even in some parts of the city, let alone outside of it. The existing population doesn't have much patience for this BS and the non-moonbat transplants have even less. Progs think they'll chip away at it but things will come to a head nationally long before they succeed there.

Posted by: somedood at July 08, 2024 10:30 PM (grB8F)

110 And thank you very much for the ONT, Mis Hum. I am sure it is a challenge to find the content day after day.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 08, 2024 10:31 PM (5p7BC)

111 Not FIRST!
Good evening all....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 08, 2024 10:31 PM (2YUEj)

112 Posted by: BifBewalski at July 08, 2024 10:22 PM (MsrgL)

Cooter Queef? The Duke boys mechanic?

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 08, 2024 10:31 PM (NMT5x)

113 heh. Lawrence O'Donnell trashed by a sock.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2024 10:31 PM (RIvkX)

114 Krugman has been either dead wrong or corrupt in everything he's done in his professional career. Why would anyone care about what he thinks?

Krugman started out as a fine academic economist, and then discovered that there was a lot more money and celebrity in being a paid whore.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:32 PM (uxCna)

115 Coppess wrote that last year alone, she received over 50 complaints about different signage and symbols that were deemed offensive.

>>> And how many of these complaints were from native Idahoans? None, I bet.

Within days the chamber was overwhelmed with thousands of complaints from local citizens, most of whom appeared to be especially offended by the ban of religious symbols.

>>> These, however, were probably all from native Idahoans.

Posted by: pookysgirl, not-quite-rugged individualist at July 08, 2024 10:32 PM (dtlDP)

116 "Krugman has been either dead wrong or corrupt in everything he's done in his professional career. Why would anyone care about what he thinks?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 08, 2024 10:29 PM (jdHxK)"

This makes me optimistic that the Dems will fail to eject him from the ticket. I see that as our best chance of short term improvement.

I am REALLY not looking forward to what happens with NA vehicle sales and DOT/EPA regulations if the Dems keep the White House, it's going to get really bad. People are sleeping on what is coming.

Posted by: somedood at July 08, 2024 10:32 PM (grB8F)

117 In his defense, though a few people have wronged me over the years, Klaus Kinski was never one of them.

Posted by: Dieter Mowen at July 08, 2024 10:32 PM (V5BDR)

118 MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell has called for allowing Joe Biden to have aides with him on stage to speak for him and help him sound coherent.

Putin is laughing his ass off.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 08, 2024 10:33 PM (0Htd1)

119 Krugman started out as a fine academic economist, and then discovered that there was a lot more money and celebrity in being a paid whore.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:32 PM (uxCna)


Darn it, I didn't know he was a politician!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 08, 2024 10:33 PM (hOUT3)

120 Not FIRST!
Good evening all....
Posted by: COMountainMarie

But First in the hearts of her Countrymen.

Posted by: Miklos, paraphrasing a bit at July 08, 2024 10:33 PM (XIkHl)

121 I'd give my left nut for an affordable hydrogen/oxygen fuel cell. They have been around for a really long time surprisingly. They refined them for the Apollo moon program. They work great for the most part. Watch that cryo stir though.

Recharging batteries and producing pure water as a byproduct is fricking tailor made for the RV industry.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2024 10:33 PM (tMsXg)

122 ***Interior designer says that having family photo 'shrines' in the house is poor taste
Is decorating with family photos tacky?***
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Anything that devalues the family is a good idea, that's what the commies say.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2024 10:33 PM (JfK3f)

123 Krugtron represents the Lollipop Guild
The Lollipop Guild, the Lollipop Guild.
And in the name of the Lollipop Guild
He hopes to welcome Joe to step aside.

Posted by: a lawn is missing its gnome at July 08, 2024 10:33 PM (gKWVE)

124 Putin and Xi giggle themselves to sleep every night.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at July 08, 2024 10:34 PM (qZEuM)

125 tinyurl.com/25fnudna
A very good 20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2024 10:34 PM (fwDg9)

126 Krugman started out as a fine academic economist, and then discovered that there was a lot more money and celebrity in being a paid whore.
Posted by: The ARC of History
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Krugmen has failed upward spectacularly. Wrong time and time again yet there he is.

Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2024 10:35 PM (41CYW)

127 Posted by: The CCC workers of the 30s at July 08, 2024 10:02 PM (XIkHl)

M Dad was in the CCC for a while, before joining the Army. They were in Minnesota. Guess it gets hot in the summer up there as well.

Posted by: javems at July 08, 2024 10:35 PM (8I4hW)

128 "I got some calls about ammunition being sold in grocery store vending machines," Tyner said. "I thought it was a joke, but it's not."

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I wish you were a joke, Tyner. But homos like you are all too real.

*wipes tear*

*buys more bullets*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 08, 2024 10:35 PM (0FoWg)

129 Krugman started out as a fine academic economist, and then discovered that there was a lot more money and celebrity in being a paid whore.
Posted by: The ARC of History
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Krugmen has failed upward spectacularly. Wrong time and time again yet there he is.
Posted by: scampydog

Do you know what Krugman got his Nobel for?

Oh Lawd

Posted by: Miklos, who has papers saying "Economist" with my name on them at July 08, 2024 10:36 PM (XIkHl)

130 It was a minor Victorian fashion to take photos of dead children posed as if they were living. Many cases, it was the only photo ever taken of the child.

Posted by: No Say Cheez at July 08, 2024 10:36 PM (V5BDR)

131 True Story...1961

My Dad's idea of "fireworks" in my youth was cutting hemp rope in 4 ft. lengths...dipping the ends in gasoline...lighting them on fire and us kids would twirl them over our heads while our neighbor "Mike" lit off his "Big Boy" Carbide Cannon multiple times. Before firework shows where I lived.

Posted by: Nightwatch at July 08, 2024 10:36 PM (TDvv2)

132 LOL. Biden's doctor just released a new letter trying to explain away the Parkinson's doctor and stating:

He said President Biden is a healthy, vigorous 81-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency. There are no medical conditions or findings that would prevent him from fulfilling his responsibilities.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:36 PM (uxCna)

133 Krugman has been either dead wrong or corrupt in everything he's done in his professional career. Why would anyone care about what he thinks?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 08, 2024 10:29 PM (jdHxK)


He is a perfect windsock to show approved establishment thinking.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2024 10:36 PM (D7oie)

134 "Fine academic economist"

I don't think there are too many of those, and doubt Krugman was ever included in that. Most of the academics since the Keynes era and particularly since WWII are completely full of shit. So was Keynes for that matter, a known kiddie fucker and red communist. Harry White and the IMF and the UN, all those bastards that set everything up were all rotten bastards.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2024 10:37 PM (tMsXg)

135 Good observations on Hydrogen, Dave in Fla. of course it works as a fuel, it always has. The problem is always producing , transporting, storing, and delivering it to the end user. Non technical people don’t realize how easy liquid fuels are to use compared to any gaseous fuel.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2024 10:37 PM (S6gqv)

136 Instead of having a bunch of aides crowding on stage around Joe's podium at the next debate, I propose that Biden could have a lifeline for each question, so he could call the aide who would probably have the best response before he gives his answer.

It's all about optics.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 08, 2024 10:37 PM (jdHxK)

137 More than 100 people were shot, including 19 who were killed, during shooting attacks in Chicago over the extended Fourth of July weekend.


I'm sure all of them were completely legal firearms, duly registered with the State of Illinois.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at July 08, 2024 10:37 PM (sRfrW)

138 120 Miklos

🥰

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 08, 2024 10:38 PM (2YUEj)

139 He said President Biden is a healthy, vigorous 81-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency. There are no medical conditions or findings that would prevent him from fulfilling his responsibilities.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

No fucking way he said that with a straight face.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at July 08, 2024 10:38 PM (qZEuM)

140 80 Snek.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner

Danger noodle!

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 08, 2024 10:39 PM (pUOWF)

141 Interior designer says that having family photo 'shrines' in the house is poor taste
Is decorating with family photos tacky?


Fuck you. I love my family photos, and I will post them repeatedly in nice frames in my hallway. And yes, some of them are nekkid baby photos. Again, fuck you.

If you don't love your nekkid baby photos, who do you love?

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at July 08, 2024 10:39 PM (sRfrW)

142 Do you know what Krugman got his Nobel for?

Krugman got the John Bates Clark Award medal in 1991 (which is harder to win than the Nobel Prize) for being the best academic economist in the United States under 40.

He won the Nobel Prize for trashing George W. Bush.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:39 PM (uxCna)

143 Our first batch of wild ones are about ripe. It should be a good year if we can beat the critters to them.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra


Wild blueberries are the nectar of the gods. As are wild strawberries. Ever have wintergreen berries? Yum.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 08, 2024 10:40 PM (0Htd1)

144 No fucking way he said that with a straight face.

That's why he wrote it in a letter.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:40 PM (uxCna)

145 International trade has long been a central issue in economic science. The traditional theory posits that "different countries have different circumstances, and therefore their people tend to produce different goods. Paul Krugman instead claimed in his 1979 theory that economies of scale mean that world trade is dominated by similar countries producing similar products. Economies of scale and reduced transport costs also explain why an increasing proportion of people live and work in cities."-Nobel Prize citation

His example was that US car makers were destined to dominate the world. In 1979.

Posted by: Miklos, who can't say f-kk enough at July 08, 2024 10:40 PM (XIkHl)

146 Krugman started out as a fine academic economist, and then discovered that there was a lot more money and celebrity in being a paid whore.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:32 PM (uxCna)


Keynesian economics is a pseudo science, devoted to explaining why it is OK for the economy when governments steal and create inflation by engaging in printing money via debt. It will break the soul of anyone who specializes in it, either from the uselessness of it as an academic pursuit, or the evil that it does in the world in general.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2024 10:40 PM (D7oie)

147 Those carbide cannon are surprisingly quite loud, and lots of fun.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2024 10:40 PM (tMsXg)

148 heh. Lawrence O'Donnell trashed by a sock.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I shed the Herzog sock reluctantly, but definitively. O'Donnell seemed to merit one last comment laced with existentialist dread from the auteur himself.

Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Azov Sea at July 08, 2024 10:41 PM (tmPIh)

149 AP: Gavin Newsom works to bolster Biden in a swing-state tour that could boost both their ambitions
https://t.co/CPqL8D4Bma

The ambitious California governor understood that any visit to a bastion of presidential politics would fuel speculation that he might be eyeing President Joe Biden’s job. But on Monday, with Biden fighting an existential political crisis, the embattled president dispatched Newsom to New Hampshire to help rescue his flailing campaign.
It was the latest and perhaps most significant stop in a multi-state tour for Newsom.
“I decided instead of just rolling over and giving up, that I would step up and pick up the fight,” Newsom told reporters at a highway rest stop in his first public appearance in the state.
Since the debate June 27, Newsom has campaigned on Biden’s behalf in Michigan, Pennsylvania and now New Hampshire.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at July 08, 2024 10:41 PM (9aVck)

150 How come Harris isn't out there stumping for old Joey? Why Gruesome Newsome

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2024 10:43 PM (tMsXg)

151 My Dad's idea of "fireworks" in my youth was cutting hemp rope in 4 ft. lengths...dipping the ends in gasoline...lighting them on fire and us kids would twirl them over our heads while our neighbor "Mike" lit off his "Big Boy" Carbide Cannon multiple times. Before firework shows where I lived.
Posted by: Nightwatch
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This is awesome.

Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2024 10:44 PM (41CYW)

152 And 99 cents for ice was a while ago.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 08, 2024 10:01 PM (qZEuM)

The other door has "$9." on it.

Posted by: GWB at July 08, 2024 10:45 PM (AWrpC)

153 Do you know what Krugman got his Nobel for?

Oh Lawd
Posted by: Miklos, who has papers saying "Economist" with my name on them at July 08, 2024 10:36 PM (XIkHl)


explaining why FDR did the right thing to end the risk of a deflationary spiral and break the liquidity trap by creating massive unconstitutional regulatory impediments of the free functioning of the economy in a time of liquidation of malinvestments.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2024 10:46 PM (D7oie)

154 150 Harris is busy reinterpreting the duties of Vice President. She's unburdening herself.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

155 118 MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell has called for allowing Joe Biden to have aides with him on stage to speak for him and help him sound coherent.

Putin is laughing his ass off.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 08, 2024 10:33 PM (0Htd1)

++++

Probably Trump as well. DJT would like nothing better to go there alone and face off against Biden and all his enablers. Would work even better than the first debate at showing the incompetence of Biden.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 08, 2024 10:47 PM (klJTj)

156 Alas - I did not keep checking on the raspberries in my backyard. When I did check yesterday - the birds had picked the bushes clean.

Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog at July 08, 2024 10:47 PM (n3DL0)

157 I've been thinking about the whole Biden situation, I have an opinion on what is going on.

I know this is probably too white pill for most, I get it. I'm not offended.

The people who are trying to get Biden out are the insiders and the office holders. Tester issued a statement after Jill Biden's letter went out saying effectively "put up or shut up". The way this is all going down tells me that the DC crowd knows Biden is going to lose, and there are not enough dirty tricks in the bag to overcome Trump's lead. The lawfare was Plan A, and the illegals voting was Plan B, and they just don't have the votes.

Also, down ballot races are in danger, since most of those don't benefit from urban machine cheating. The seats in those areas are safe.

But rank and file Democrats that voted in the primaries, and are rabidly infected with TDS? They actually believe Biden won legitimately in 2020. I've talked to many of them over the last 3 years, and they think we are insane for thinking that the country didn't vote to get rid of Orange Man Bad. So, they don't see the danger, and believe that Joe really can win, if the elites would just stop undermining Biden and get back to Trump's lies.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 08, 2024 10:48 PM (5p7BC)

158 Keynesian economics is a pseudo science,
Posted by: Kindltot

I respectfully disagree.

Big Borrowing Big Government types invoke THE NAME.

However, Keynes was absolutely against any long term national debt.

Keynes is used by politicians when suitable, and ignored if inconvenient.

Posted by: Miklos, who should maybe write Keynes for Politicians and other Dummies at July 08, 2024 10:48 PM (XIkHl)

159 Good observations on Hydrogen, Dave in Fla. of course it works as a fuel, it always has. The problem is always producing , transporting, storing, and delivering it to the end user. Non technical people don’t realize how easy liquid fuels are to use compared to any gaseous fuel.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2024 10:37 PM (S6gqv)


There was a German design that decomposed Aluminum in an alkaline solution to generate both hydrogen and electric charge, it only generated H and electrons on demand. Apparently they figured you could send the used cassette back to Alcoa or the like to have it turned back into Aluminum.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2024 10:49 PM (D7oie)

160 My Dad's idea of "fireworks" in my youth was cutting hemp rope in 4 ft. lengths...dipping the ends in gasoline...lighting them on fire and us kids would twirl them over our heads while our neighbor "Mike" lit off his "Big Boy" Carbide Cannon multiple times. Before firework shows where I lived.
Posted by: Nightwatch
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This is awesome.

Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2024 10:44 PM (41CYW)

My dad had one of those! He let me fill the little cup with (was it black powder?) and he would supervise while we fired it. That was a blast!

He also let me play with his mercury. {{{Daddy}}}

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 10:49 PM (w6EFb)

161 I did not keep checking on the raspberries in my backyard. When I did check yesterday - the birds had picked the bushes clean.

Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog

There is a haiku in there somewhere

Posted by: Blind Monk Miklos of Shaolin at July 08, 2024 10:49 PM (XIkHl)

162 I love my framed photos of me and my boys. We took a few trips to Maui together for spring break over the years. I love seeing the three of us together. It was us against the world.

It makes me proud and happy. Like I did something really really good with my life.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 08, 2024 10:50 PM (0kkUS)

163 "130 It was a minor Victorian fashion to take photos of dead children posed as if they were living. Many cases, it was the only photo ever taken of the child.
Posted by: No Say Cheez at July 08, 2024 10:36 PM (V5BDR)"

Combination of cost and not being able to get them to fucking sit still for the time required to take a photo

Yes I have kids.

Posted by: somedood at July 08, 2024 10:50 PM (grB8F)

164 154 150 Harris is busy reinterpreting the duties of Vice President. She's unburdening herself.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

The only duty of a VP is to be President of the Senate, with the implied task of jeepi g abreast of national politics in case of a vacancy in need of filling. Any other request should be met with a hearty, "F**k off, you're not my boss!"

Posted by: tankdemon at July 08, 2024 10:50 PM (kamYG)

165 My dad had one of those! He let me fill the little cup with (was it black powder?) and he would supervise while we fired it. That was a blast!

He also let me play with his mercury. {{{Daddy}}}
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

Why not now?

Acreage is a Good Thing.

Posted by: A Lousy Quarter Miklos at July 08, 2024 10:51 PM (XIkHl)

166 It is illegal to promote or spectate at sideshows, not just be the one driving the vehicle
______
That use of "sideshow" is new to me. I'd always seen it referring to smaller exhibits in circuses and carnivals.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 08, 2024 10:51 PM (1bNHn)

167 Ice lady also pulled the ash bin and smoking a Kool.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 08, 2024 10:52 PM (cOq4q)

168 162 I love my framed photos of me and my boys. We took a few trips to Maui together for spring break over the years. I love seeing the three of us together. It was us against the world.

It makes me proud and happy. Like I did something really really good with my life.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 08, 2024 10:50 PM (0kkUS)

So I'm not the only one who enjoys parent/child photos.

I think the interior designer should work in Utah caves rather than living and/or family rooms.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at July 08, 2024 10:52 PM (QXQ4l)

169 Harris is busy reinterpreting the duties of Vice President. She's unburdening herself.
Posted by: Miley

I just unburdened myself

*smiles*

Posted by: Preznit Joey B. at July 08, 2024 10:52 PM (XIkHl)

170 I sometimes think about one of my ER Charge nurses Ken.

He bailed on Commiefornia early back in 2009..disgusted with the growing anti gun path.

He thought that moving to Illinois would give him the LIBERTY to do more hunting and not have his firearms under scrutiny by the state.

I wonder how he is doing these days...

Posted by: Nightwatch at July 08, 2024 10:53 PM (TDvv2)

171 163 "130 It was a minor Victorian fashion to take photos of dead children posed as if they were living. Many cases, it was the only photo ever taken of the child.
Posted by: No Say Cheez at July 08, 2024 10:36 PM (V5BDR)"

Combination of cost and not being able to get them to fucking sit still for the time required to take a photo

Yes I have kids.
Posted by: somedood at July 08, 2024 10:50 PM (grB8F)

***SNORT***

It's been a life time and I still remember the time my younger brother acted up at family photo time. YIKES.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at July 08, 2024 10:55 PM (QXQ4l)

172 Cannibals on New Guinea that cooked and ate Uncle Brosey refuse to eat Joe Biden's brain. A spokesman for the Cannibals says his Brain is old, rotten and poisoned.
They do not want to take the chance on getting infected and sick like him.

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at July 08, 2024 10:55 PM (BSF0H)

173 That is a really good point, why ISN'T Harris out there on the campaign trail? She's on the ticket too, and not like she is doing anything over at the Naval Observatory.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 08, 2024 10:55 PM (5p7BC)

174 InspiroBot is suggesting, "why don't you be in awe of tea?"

Posted by: gKWVE at July 08, 2024 10:56 PM (gKWVE)

175 It could be the only place she could keep cool.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 08, 2024 10:56 PM (1bNHn)

176 His example was that US car makers were destined to dominate the world. In 1979.
Posted by: Miklos, who can't say f-kk enough at July 08, 2024 10:40 PM (XIkHl)


Paul Samuelson insisted for thirty years that the centralized economy of the Soviet Union would soon outstrip the free market economies of the West. in the 80's he said it would be on par with the free market economies of the West. He stopped talking about it in the late 80's for some reason.
He got a Nobel and a John Bates Clark. The Nobel was for being more doctrinaire than anyone else apparently

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2024 10:56 PM (D7oie)

177 >>> 155 118 MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell has called for allowing Joe Biden to have aides with him on stage to speak for him and help him sound coherent.

Putin is laughing his ass off.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 08, 2024 10:33 PM (0Htd1)

++++

Probably Trump as well. DJT would like nothing better to go there alone and face off against Biden and all his enablers. Would work even better than the first debate at showing the incompetence of Biden.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 08, 2024 10:47 PM (klJTj)

Who's on the team? Hunter? DOCTOR Jill? Kamala (probably not)?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 08, 2024 10:56 PM (VavZF)

178 FYI, that ammo machine was removed due to the anti-gun Karens shrieking about it.

However, they have been placed I to several stores in Oklahoma.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at July 08, 2024 10:57 PM (elaR+)

179 "He thought that moving to Illinois would give him the LIBERTY to do more hunting and not have his firearms under scrutiny by the state.

I wonder how he is doing these days...
Posted by: Nightwatch at July 08, 2024 10:53 PM (TDvv2)"

Wasn't FOID already a thing there by then? I don't really understand this as IL gave me the police state heebie jeebies even back before 2000 or so.

Posted by: somedood at July 08, 2024 10:57 PM (grB8F)

180 173 That is a really good point, why ISN'T Harris out there on the campaign trail? She's on the ticket too, and not like she is doing anything over at the Naval Observatory.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 08, 2024 10:55 PM (5p7BC

And show off her drive, intellect and determination when Willie Brown's cock is not involved?

She's a lazy and cranky bitch. How she ever got this far is beyond me.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at July 08, 2024 10:58 PM (QXQ4l)

181 He said President Biden is a healthy, vigorous 81-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency. He said President Biden is a healthy, vigorous 81-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency. There are no medical conditions or findings that would prevent him from fulfilling his responsibilities.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Here's what he was thinking but not writing

"There are no medical conditions or findings that would prevent him from fulfilling his responsibilities (when teleprompters, note cards, scripted questions and answers, and event-tailored drug cocktails are provided)."

Posted by: Gref at July 08, 2024 10:58 PM (5fDan)

182 Carbide looks a little like gunpowder. It is a substance that produces acetylene gas in the presence of water. The carbide cannon has a reservoir for both water and carbide, and then meters a small amount each time the cannon is to be set off. A flint sparker provides the source of the ignition.

They are good in that they aren't going to hurt anyone, but they are nice and loud. Carbide was the fuel used in Miner's lamps too, with a tiny flame and reflector.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2024 10:59 PM (tMsXg)

183 So, does the vending machine just do .45 and 9mm or does it get more exotic?

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 08, 2024 11:00 PM (i4fVr)

184 "Paul Samuelson insisted for thirty years that the centralized economy of the Soviet Union would soon outstrip the free market economies of the West.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2024 10:56 PM (D7oie)"

This is exactly the type of thing an academic who has never had to do anything productive with Russians would say. They have brilliant engineers and scientists and at times are capable of slogging through almost anything - but they were not all there as a society even pre-1917 and the revolution just totally broke them.

Posted by: somedood at July 08, 2024 11:01 PM (grB8F)

185 Hi all,

I wrote a huge saga about 10 days back about my mother's friend who had a stroke while she was on the phone with my mother. I raced there...small town; cops came; paramedics came and action ensued.

She's doing well. They raced her to a larger hospital and removed a clot from her brain. Yes....jabbed.

It was a very long story. Anyone who followed deserved follow up.

Everyone have a happy week.

Posted by: Stateless at July 08, 2024 11:01 PM (jvJvP)

186 But rank and file Democrats that voted in the primaries, and are rabidly infected with TDS? They actually believe Biden won legitimately in 2020. I've talked to many of them over the last 3 years, and they think we are insane for thinking that the country didn't vote to get rid of Orange Man Bad. So, they don't see the danger, and believe that Joe really can win, if the elites would just stop undermining Biden and get back to Trump's lies.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 08, 2024 10:48 PM (5p7BC)

I believe you’re correct. The elites did too good a job selling the lie to their followers, now they want to change their minds but they don’t realize that it take years to undo what they spent years building.


So they’re going to go through the motions and try to find personal lifeboats while the ship sinks.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2024 11:01 PM (S6gqv)

187 Mis Hum, we all know exactly how she got this far. She got in bed (literally) with Willie Brown and later Obama.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 08, 2024 11:01 PM (5p7BC)

188 173 That is a really good point, why ISN'T Harris out there on the campaign trail? She's on the ticket too, and not like she is doing anything over at the Naval Observatory.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 08, 2024 10:55 PM (5p7BC)

Because, in the eyes of a large portion of the electorate, whether Biden drops out or not, she is the de facto candidate, and putting that hairbrained hyena in front of the public will only accentuate the fact that the world is well and truly screwed if she ever moves I to the Oval Office.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 08, 2024 11:01 PM (kamYG)

189 We had a doable hydrogen fuel in the 90's called A55.
CAT shelved it so everyone had to buy or manufacture under license from Bosch the Common Rail Fuel System.
40,000 psi injectors and $20,000 mufflers and nobody can work on it except the technicians with the dongles to talk to the engine. At $120.00 per hour + travel and per diem.

The entire emissions industry is a fraud.

Posted by: Reforger at July 08, 2024 11:03 PM (xcIvR)

190 I gotta confess that I was also unfamiliar with the new meaning of the term "sideshow." Apparently now doing donuts in a vacant parking lot is now a pop-up event, if I'm right? Are these kids trying to ape The Fast and the Furious franchise?

Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Azov Sea at July 08, 2024 11:03 PM (tmPIh)

191 Coeur d'Alene used to be quite conservative but was "discovered" by the californians about 40 years ago.
The city is now purple.
Posted by: Some Rat

Barely. CDA and it's neighbor to the north, Hayden Lake are getting bluer every year. Post Falls on the border is red. It's not just Californians, it's also immigrants from Seattle/Bellvue.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus Maneo at July 08, 2024 11:04 PM (+jrYw)

192 182

That Carbide Cannon of my next door neighbor's always stole the show.

Rattled my teeth it did.

And we loved it!!!

Posted by: Nightwatch at July 08, 2024 11:05 PM (TDvv2)

193 130 It was a minor Victorian fashion to take photos of dead children posed as if they were living. Many cases, it was the only photo ever taken of the child.
Posted by: No Say Cheez at July 08, 2024 10:36 PM (V5BDR)"

Combination of cost and not being able to get them to fucking sit still for the time required to take a photo

Yes I have kids.

Posted by: somedood at July 08, 2024 10:50 PM (grB8F)

We went to the Museum of Death when it was located in San Diego. They had a Victorian era display for dead babies. A loaner, of course, provided by the undertaker.

The Victorians were weird.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:06 PM (w6EFb)

194 IDAHO better WAKE UP and clean house.

Posted by: Nightwatch at July 08, 2024 11:06 PM (TDvv2)

195 "190 I gotta confess that I was also unfamiliar with the new meaning of the term "sideshow." Apparently now doing donuts in a vacant parking lot is now a pop-up event, if I'm right? Are these kids trying to ape The Fast and the Furious franchise?
Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Azov Sea at July 08, 2024 11:03 PM (tmPIh)"

It's a bit more Mad Max than Fast and the Furious.

Posted by: somedood at July 08, 2024 11:06 PM (grB8F)

196 Speaking of the jab, I have a friend, newly married.

She got jabbed so she could visit her newborn niece in the hospital. When she told me afterwards, my heart dropped, I had a really bad feeling about it all.

Sure enough, she just had her 4th miscarriage. Looking like she is not going to be able to have her own children.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 08, 2024 11:07 PM (5p7BC)

197 Quote 2
So...if it gets hot, workers need the government to tell them how to.avoid heat issues? Are they and their bosses too stupid to figure out what to do?
Gawd!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2024 11:07 PM (W/lyH)

198 Barely. CDA and it's neighbor to the north, Hayden Lake are getting bluer every year. Post Falls on the border is red. It's not just Californians, it's also immigrants from Seattle/Bellvue.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus Maneo

Heh! The only thing worse than a californian is a 206er.

Posted by: Some Rat at July 08, 2024 11:07 PM (vJiyU)

199 KDH hydrogen engine, at the 2023 Agritechnica show held in Hannover, Germany.

STEINER WILL COME
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 08, 2024 10:07 PM (a7N4U)

That article is lame as Hell. Reads like a bad machine translation, for one. And the stuff the cite as "wonderful"? "It uses the same clamps and brackets as existing engines." Well, why the Hell wouldn't it, if it was derived from an existing Diesel engine?

And they don't explain where they will get the hydrogen to fuel it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2024 11:07 PM (m2qNJ)

200 That is a really good point, why ISN'T Harris out there on the campaign trail? She's on the ticket too, and not like she is doing anything over at the Naval Observatory.
Posted by: Dave in Fla

I thought her job there was to act as the lens cover for the telescope. She might be able to handle that job.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 08, 2024 11:07 PM (VNX3d)

201 It's been a life time and I still remember the time my younger brother acted up at family photo time. YIKES.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives

That photo with your little brother doing the rabbit ears behind your head will be a Treasured Family Heirloom.

Posted by: Miklos, of a Certainty at July 08, 2024 11:07 PM (XIkHl)

202 173 That is a really good point, why ISN'T Harris out there on the campaign trail? She's on the ticket too, and not like she is doing anything over at the Naval Observatory.
Posted by: Dave in Fla


They're probably afraid that if they let her give speeches, she'll use the same stupid phrase at every speech, and sound like an imbecile.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 08, 2024 11:08 PM (0Htd1)

203 I respectfully disagree.
Big Borrowing Big Government types invoke THE NAME.
However, Keynes was absolutely against any long term national debt.
Keynes is used by politicians when suitable, and ignored if inconvenient.
Posted by: Miklos, who should maybe write Keynes for Politicians and other Dummies at July 08, 2024 10:48 PM (XIkHl)


I respect your view, but as far as I can tell, Keynesian and the current General whatever theory is at best phenomenological, in that it explains what is seen, but cannot explain why it happened or predict any recurrence, and often falls back on the explanation that things happen because it is their nature to do so. It seems to have not interest in problems with fiat currency or debt, outside of being useful accounting tricks.
I have been wrong before and I admit my full exposure were various 100 level econ classes, and helping an ex girlfriend with her econ/accounting class (which used a textbook written by Paul Krugman and some other academic that was a restatement of the Samuelson and Nordhaus textbook "for dull students") But I wound up listening to Jesus Huerta de Soto instead.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2024 11:09 PM (D7oie)

204 Sure enough, she just had her 4th miscarriage. Looking like she is not going to be able to have her own children.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 08, 2024 11:07 PM (5p7BC)

That sucks. Defacto sterilization.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 08, 2024 11:09 PM (i4fVr)

205 Any other request should be met with a hearty, "F**k off, you're not my boss!"

Posted by: tankdemon at July 08, 2024 10:50 PM (kamYG)

Also to start 25th Amendment proceedings. Instead she's been covering up like every other WH asshole and MSM liar.

Now that the cat's out of the bag, where is she? Does anyone care about the country, or is it just "D"?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:09 PM (w6EFb)

206 Carbide was also used for car headlights way, way back in the day. Would be great fun to take a 1910 Maxwell or whatever to the DOT driver testing examiner.

"Hm.. OK, turn on your hazard warning flashers"

There aren't any!

"Turn on your headlights"

"OK, give me a second here. Got to get out and light them..."

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2024 11:09 PM (tMsXg)

207 "Barely. CDA and it's neighbor to the north, Hayden Lake are getting bluer every year. Post Falls on the border is red. It's not just Californians, it's also immigrants from Seattle/Bellvue.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus Maneo at July 08, 2024 11:04 PM (+jrYw)"

At least the money from western WA generally doesn't want to move where it'd benefit the progs politically, since there are only so many of them you can jam into north Idaho. Even if they're not priced out the housing just isn't there in sufficient quantities.

Posted by: somedood at July 08, 2024 11:09 PM (grB8F)

208 Sideshows are like flash mobs. They take over a particular intersection and do burn outs, people gather around, some get injured or killed when the inevitable collision happens. Sometimes alcohol is involved. Stolen cars, yes. And then there is the twerking and gunplay.
All in good fun.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 08, 2024 11:09 PM (MeG8a)

209 That effing vaxx. TMTB (the monsters that be) have blood on their hands.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:09 PM (v6JzV)

210 Thank you, MisHum.

You surround yourself with things that make you happy, not things you think other people will be impressed by. If you need outside approval that badly, if upvotes and clicks are the most important things in your life, then go right ahead and try to impress people who don't give two shits about you.

So sad. What a sad, angry, lonely life that woman must live.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 08, 2024 11:10 PM (HXGNm)

211 Why not now?

Acreage is a Good Thing.

Posted by: A Lousy Quarter Miklos at July 08, 2024 10:51 PM (XIkHl)

So you're saying we should get a cannon?

We have a lousy quarter acre standing by for you.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:10 PM (w6EFb)

212 Heroes don't always wear capes
Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 08, 2024 10:14 PM (8AONa)

Smart (and truly fashion conscious) heroes never wear capes.

Posted by: GWB at July 08, 2024 11:10 PM (AWrpC)

213 I gotta confess that I was also unfamiliar with the new meaning of the term "sideshow." Apparently now doing donuts in a vacant parking lot is now a pop-up event, if I'm right? Are these kids trying to ape The Fast and the Furious franchise?
Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Azov Sea at July 08, 2024 11:03 PM (tmPIh)"

It's a bit more Mad Max than Fast and the Furious.
Posted by: somedood at July 08, 2024 11:06 PM (grB8F)
***

Hell. When I was 16, we called that a Friday night.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2024 11:10 PM (W/lyH)

214 I regret my little tirade regarding Ms. Weiler above. Not the fact that she's an idiot, but my language. I rarely use that language in the 3D world but apparently I don't have that control in the grey boxes. I've been pretty free with it lately. I need to work harder at being the master of my attitude.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus Maneo at July 08, 2024 11:11 PM (+jrYw)

215 She's a lazy and cranky bitch. How she ever got this far is beyond me.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra


You think Willie Brown is the only one who got a BJ? And she may have done a little carpet munching when needed.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 08, 2024 11:12 PM (0Htd1)

216 It's a bit more Mad Max than Fast and the Furious.
Posted by: somedood

A pity - harmless teenage hijinks morphing into depraved spectacles. Which, sadly, is now unknown in our current times.

Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Azov Sea at July 08, 2024 11:13 PM (tmPIh)

217 Snake was rescued and carried out to the rose thicket, where I hope it will be safe.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2024 10:20 PM (D7oie)

You know you're just teaching him to fetch, right?

Posted by: GWB at July 08, 2024 11:13 PM (AWrpC)

218 What was supposed to be the purpose of capes on superheroes anyway?

Seems like needless wind resistance to me.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:14 PM (v6JzV)

219 I think I'm going to call it a night. Tomorrow is last day of work for me before vacation.

I have a race this weekend up in Wash State, then a cruise out of Seattle next week.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 08, 2024 11:14 PM (5p7BC)

220 I did not keep checking on the raspberries in my backyard. When I did check yesterday - the birds had picked the bushes clean.

Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog

I made a conscious effort to pick and save my raspbereries this year instead of eating them by the handful. I've got almost a gallon ziploc full of frozen berries now and the bushes are just about done. Maybe I'll get one more handful out of it.

Gonna try to make jam this year.

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 08, 2024 11:15 PM (NMT5x)

221 I'd move to N. Idaho in a NY minute if Mrs D gave the word. Sadly she is stuck here in W Washington.
Sad.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2024 11:15 PM (W/lyH)

222 Harris is a literal $20 street whore with an IQ of about 60, who was born into connections and has been covered by others for her entire life. Her only “skill” is a willingness to do anything powerful men ask her to, while also being too stupid to ever question what they want her to do.

If it isn’t obvious, I argue that she is the most shameful and pathetically unqualified person to ever get this close to the presidency in the entire long history of this country.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2024 11:16 PM (S6gqv)

223 There are two problems though, last I heard it does not have equivalent BTU to the same volume of gasoline, making it difficult to store enough fuel in the vehicle. Also the infrastructure to replace the gas stations is completely different. Requires 100% replacement of what is out there now.

The last point is the same problem EVs have, but at least you can recharge them at home, so they have a commuter use.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 08, 2024 10:24 PM (5p7BC)

Energy density of hydrogen fuel sucks sloth dick. And the stuff will leak out of any container you put it in. And there is more mass of hydrogen in a gallon of gasoline than there is in a gallon of liquid hydrogen. Seems hard to believe but it is true. Atomic packing is a thing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2024 11:16 PM (o9S4q)

224 Why does NASCAR have a "head of sustainability"?

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 08, 2024 11:16 PM (Rbu5d)

225 I have a race this weekend up in Wash State, then a cruise out of Seattle next week.
Posted by: Dave in Fla

Wave as you pass Rat estates!

Posted by: Some Rat at July 08, 2024 11:16 PM (vJiyU)

226 The entire emissions industry is a fraud.
Posted by: Reforger at July 08, 2024 11:03 PM (xcIvR)


Hey, by the way because you were in the industry, if you go to Cody's Lab on Yootuub, you can seem him casting a terrible cast iron pan using aluminum foil, pop cans and magnetite, with no actual protective clothing

https://youtu.be/uC1LTZIVOu0

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2024 11:16 PM (D7oie)

227 Idaho is probably the most beautiful state I’ve ever been in.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:17 PM (v6JzV)

228 We have a lousy quarter acre standing by for you.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

*begins collecting cardboard boxes and tarps*

Posted by: Boxcar Miklos at July 08, 2024 11:17 PM (XIkHl)

229 Remember - Biden claimed he was going to choose a "black woman" for VP.

Technically speaking, this is illegal as fuck. Nobody cares, I suppose. But, she is also the textbook Didn't Earn It hire, by his own admission.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2024 11:17 PM (tMsXg)

230 That is a really good point, why ISN'T Harris out there on the campaign trail? She's on the ticket too, and not like she is doing anything over at the Naval Observatory.
Posted by: Dave in Fla

They're probably afraid that if they let her give speeches, she'll use the same stupid phrase at every speech, and sound like an imbecile.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 08, 2024 11:08 PM (0Htd1)
***

But mostly because she would sound like an imbecile.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2024 11:17 PM (W/lyH)

231 The Victorians were weird.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

Way, way more weird - body piercing was a big thing with many in both the US and the UK during the Victorian era - concealed, of course, under layers of clothing. Mostly women, but some men as well. There was also the fairly long-lived fad for Victorian women to wear a pin with a tiny chain connected to a lizard in a collar. Often several were worn, and would roam around the hat and hair of their hosts.

Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Azov Sea at July 08, 2024 11:18 PM (tmPIh)

232 I'd move to N. Idaho in a NY minute if Mrs D gave the word. Sadly she is stuck here in W Washington.
Sad.
Posted by: Diogenes

If not for grandkiddos, I'd have returned there 20 yrs ago.

Posted by: Some Rat at July 08, 2024 11:19 PM (vJiyU)

233 That photo with your little brother doing the rabbit ears behind your head will be a Treasured Family Heirloom.

Posted by: Miklos, of a Certainty at July 08, 2024 11:07 PM (XIkHl)
I did that once... once. Big shit storm followed.
In my defense...
I hated family picture day and always tried to ruin it.
The reason.
I have crooked bangs in EVERY family picture.
For some reason my brothers don't.
Fucking "he's our friend and we have to support him" barber.
I think he did it because his daughter liked me.

Posted by: Reforger at July 08, 2024 11:19 PM (xcIvR)

234 Snake was rescued and carried out to the rose thicket, where I hope it will be safe.
Posted by: Kindltot
---------------
Mrs scampy let out a lil scream Saturday in the side yard. Apparently a snake by the garden hose. By the time I got there, no snek. It was then I realized that I haven't seen a striped gopher in a while.

Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2024 11:19 PM (41CYW)

235 I have a race this weekend up in Wash State, then a cruise out of Seattle next week.
Posted by: Dave in Fla

Wave as you pass Rat estates!
Posted by: Some Rat at July 08, 2024 11:16 PM (vJiyU)


Also when you pass the Domicile of Diogenes.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2024 11:19 PM (W/lyH)

236 Now that the cat's out of the bag, where is she? Does anyone care about the country, or is it just "D"?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:09 PM (w6EFb)



as far as I can tell from various personalities, Harris is on "team Harris"
I can't tell you how she feels about "D"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2024 11:20 PM (D7oie)

237 Good evening all!
All of the implosions we are seeing with the Democrats reminds me of the Hemingway quote: “Gradually, then all at once.”
Could also be Divine judgment.

Posted by: Jmel at July 08, 2024 11:20 PM (bVhJi)

238 Harris is a literal $20 street whore with an IQ of about 60, who was born into connections and has been covered by others for her entire life...
Posted by: Tom Servo

She is unburdened, never having been.

Posted by: Miklos opines at July 08, 2024 11:20 PM (XIkHl)

239 221 Diog, I’ve always thought you were in eastern Washington.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:20 PM (v6JzV)

240 *begins collecting cardboard boxes and tarps*

Posted by: Boxcar Miklos at July 08, 2024 11:17 PM (XIkHl)

We're putting shade cloth over the tomatoes tomorrow.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:20 PM (w6EFb)

241 Hey, by the way because you were in the industry, if you go to Cody's Lab on Yootuub, you can seem him casting a terrible cast iron pan using aluminum foil, pop cans and magnetite, with no actual protective clothing
Posted by: Kindltot

The Pakistani "smelter" videos are nightmare fuel.

Posted by: Some Rat at July 08, 2024 11:21 PM (vJiyU)

242 I can't tell you how she feels about "D"
Posted by: Kindltot

I can

Posted by: Willie's Brown at July 08, 2024 11:21 PM (XIkHl)

243 Heh! The only thing worse than a californian is a 206er.
Posted by: Some Rat

Watch it, you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 08, 2024 11:21 PM (HXGNm)

244 I have a race this weekend up in Wash State, then a cruise out of Seattle next week.
Posted by: Dave in Fla


You've picked a great time. Weather should be awesome.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2024 11:21 PM (W/lyH)

245 Diog, I’ve always thought you were in eastern Washington.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:20 PM (v6JzV)


No. Western side, just east of Tacoma.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2024 11:22 PM (W/lyH)

246 They're probably afraid that if they let her give speeches, she'll use the same stupid phrase at every speech, and sound like an imbecile.
Posted by: nerdygirl
------------
We are ready for our next round of gaslighting.

Posted by: The Media at July 08, 2024 11:23 PM (41CYW)

247 Harris is a literal $20 street whore with an IQ of about 60, who was born into connections and has been covered by others for her entire life. Her only “skill” is a willingness to do anything powerful men ask her to, while also being too stupid to ever question what they want her to do.

If it isn’t obvious, I argue that she is the most shameful and pathetically unqualified person to ever get this close to the presidency in the entire long history of this country.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2024 11:16 PM (S6gqv)
====

Although I disagree with your predicate, your conclusion is absolutely correct.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2024 11:23 PM (RIvkX)

248 We can set up judging panels to determine which cop gives the best'68 style Hickory Shampoo!

*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 08, 2024 10:30 PM (kQgoX


Chicago Webcam locator:
https://tinyurl.com/2ce8jnv3

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 08, 2024 11:23 PM (Rbu5d)

249
And they don't explain where they will get the hydrogen to fuel it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


Buc-ee's

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2024 11:24 PM (63Dwl)

250 Please to remember Kamala told me I was a racist to my face live and in person.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2024 11:24 PM (RIvkX)

251 Watch it, you.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Heh! You weren't supposed to see that!

Posted by: Some Rat at July 08, 2024 11:25 PM (vJiyU)

252 218 What was supposed to be the purpose of capes on superheroes anyway?

Seems like needless wind resistance to me.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:14 PM (v6JzV)

I think it was meant to look dashing. Also to convey a sense of movement with primitive 'green screen/wirework' to show them 'flying.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 08, 2024 11:25 PM (i4fVr)

253 "A pity - harmless teenage hijinks morphing into depraved spectacles. Which, sadly, is now unknown in our current times.
Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Azov Sea at July 08, 2024 11:13 PM (tmPIh)"

These are not the same people or the same activities you're probably thinking of. It's not a supersizing of teenagers being teenagers; it's gangs getting more blatant with their lawlessness. None of these people were ever engaging in "harmless teenage hijinks"

Posted by: somedood at July 08, 2024 11:25 PM (grB8F)

254 That use of "sideshow" is new to me. I'd always seen it referring to smaller exhibits in circuses and carnivals.
Posted by: Eeyore at July 08, 2024 10:51 PM (1bNHn)

I had the same reaction. I assume the proper term is "stunting".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2024 11:25 PM (N75JG)

255 >>> 212 Heroes don't always wear capes
Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 08, 2024 10:14 PM (8AONa)

Smart (and truly fashion conscious) heroes never wear capes.
Posted by: GWB at July 08, 2024 11:10 PM (AWrpC)

No capes!

Posted by: Edna Mode at July 08, 2024 11:26 PM (VavZF)

256 We're putting shade cloth over the tomatoes tomorrow.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

You still say and pronounce it "tomato"?

Mr. Publius needs to complete his localization training.

Posted by: Miklos kin talk 'mater talk all the live long day at July 08, 2024 11:26 PM (XIkHl)

257 250 Please to remember Kamala told me I was a racist to my face live and in person.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2024 11:24 PM (RIvkX)

Did you at least get in a 'fucking choad chomping retard' back?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 08, 2024 11:26 PM (i4fVr)

258 I'd move to N. Idaho in a NY minute if Mrs D gave the word. Sadly she is stuck here in W Washington.
Sad.
Posted by: Diogenes

Keep working on her - gently. My lovely Mrs. had no interest in moving to TN when I first broached the subject. It took a few years but, eventually, she accepted the wisdom of her husband. If one remembers, we were, in essence, raising the grandkids at the time.

She loves it here now and is thrilled we made the move.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 08, 2024 11:26 PM (WXNFJ)

259 252 Aetius! Hey dude, where you been?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:26 PM (v6JzV)

260 231 Blinged-out insects were actually a thing.

https://tinyurl.com/mreexntx

I have squash bugs in the garden, but I need to get some crystals to glue to them. They would be so sparkly!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:26 PM (w6EFb)

261 She's unburdening herself.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

She's figuring out how to unburden Biden - of the presidency.

Posted by: GWB at July 08, 2024 11:27 PM (AWrpC)

262 259 252 Aetius! Hey dude, where you been?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:26 PM (v6JzV)

Working third shift and not really sleeping. You?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 08, 2024 11:28 PM (i4fVr)

263 There is about a million really cool people in California.
It's the other 29 million that give them a bad name.

Posted by: Reforger at July 08, 2024 11:28 PM (xcIvR)

264 "Sideshows" have been a staple in the ghetto valley towns; Stockton, Lodi, Modesto, Tracy, Fresno. And also in the ghettos in Oakland, Vallejo, Antioch, and Pittsburg

My dear morons, civilization has receded from these areas long before the summer of St. Floyd.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2024 11:29 PM (RIvkX)

265 Shucks, they're just rebels without a cause!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2024 11:29 PM (63Dwl)

266 262 Still mostly hanging out with the daywalkers in between job-search efforts.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:29 PM (v6JzV)

267 Financial analyst Alice Isaac, 42, bought her property in rural Gloucestershire last year for roughly £173,000.

At the time she claims not even to have noticed the bamboo growing in her neighbour’s garden.

--------------

Simple, pour bleach along the fence and on new growth on your side. Or even spray with herbicide.

Posted by: Decaf at July 08, 2024 11:30 PM (unUNN)

268 The Pakistani "smelter" videos are nightmare fuel.
Posted by: Some Rat

The Indian stone crushing vids are nothing to sneeze at either. Sandals, long flowing clothing and headgear, no eye protection or safety gear of any type in a quarry. Oh, and straddling a running primary crusher whist trying to clear a jam.

They probably lose 2-3 guys a week.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 08, 2024 11:30 PM (WXNFJ)

269 266 262 Still mostly hanging out with the daywalkers in between job-search efforts.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:29 PM (v6JzV)

Good luck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 08, 2024 11:30 PM (i4fVr)

270 Heh! The only thing worse than a californian is a 206er.
Posted by: Some Rat

Watch it, you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 08, 2024 11:21 PM (HXGNm)


253 > 206

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2024 11:30 PM (W/lyH)

271 The best use of hydrogen, if you're going to burn it as a fuel, is to blend it into natural gas to make a cooler fuel. Forget using it in passenger automobiles. That's the most difficult engineering problem to solve, but there are much easier ones.

I've seen projects (mostly just on the drawing board, not real ones) to use wind turbines to generate electricity to electrolyze water to make hydrogen for combustion. If that's what you want to do, it's stupid to integrate the two things. Use the wind turbines to make electricity for the grid and use electricity from the grid to electrolyze water to make hydrogen. The wind turbines and the hydrogen electrolysis are two completely different processes.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 08, 2024 11:31 PM (r5tfK)

272 Thanks, Aetius.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:31 PM (v6JzV)

273 Unburdened by what a has been.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2024 11:31 PM (63Dwl)

274 I have squash bugs in the garden, but I need to get some crystals to glue to them. They would be so sparkly!
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

*horrific but fascinating vision of Palmetto Bugs sprayed with glow-in-the-dark paint and rhinestone glitter*

Posted by: Miklos now realizes It Can Get Worse at July 08, 2024 11:31 PM (XIkHl)

275 Did you at least get in a 'fucking choad chomping retard' back?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 08, 2024 11:26 PM (i4fVr)
===

We were having a vigorous exchange of views.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2024 11:31 PM (RIvkX)

276 Tonypete,
Tennessee is still high on the list.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2024 11:31 PM (W/lyH)

277 265 Shucks, they're just rebels without a cause!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2024 11:29 PM (63Dwl)

Thank you for the 'He's a Rebel' earworm.

He's a rebel
and he'll never be any good.
He's a rebel cause
he never ever does what he should!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 08, 2024 11:31 PM (i4fVr)

278 >>> 275 Did you at least get in a 'fucking choad chomping retard' back?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 08, 2024 11:26 PM (i4fVr)
===

We were having a vigorous exchange of views.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2024 11:31 PM (RIvkX)

Is that like a mostly peaceful riot?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 08, 2024 11:32 PM (VavZF)

279 Miklos, booked accommodations for Paris over the weekend. Your recommendation of Caveau de la Huchette is about 10 mins from where we are staying. Showed Mrs scampy some pics and we are going to make a point of getting there. Thanks for the travel tip.

Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2024 11:32 PM (41CYW)

280 Is that like a mostly peaceful riot?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 08, 2024 11:32 PM (VavZF)

Passionate Protest.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 08, 2024 11:33 PM (i4fVr)

281 256 Still tomato, unlikely to change.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:33 PM (w6EFb)

282 don't be silly, cats can't learn to fetch

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2024 11:33 PM (D7oie)

283 I boycotted Gillette in the 90's over an article about child labor being used to dismantle an aircraft carrier in India for razor blades.
The 6, may 7 year old boy in the pic had a 5 foot long cutting torch and was wearing shorts and a Tee-shirt. No shoes. no gloves, no glasses. nothing.

Posted by: Reforger at July 08, 2024 11:35 PM (xcIvR)

284 Even if they're not priced out the housing just isn't there in sufficient quantities.
Posted by: somedood

Post Falls to the west of CDA has exploded. One of the fastest growing areas in the US. The population of CDA hasn't really grown because of lack of room for new construction. It's definitely a prestige thing.Two million$ properties on that lake are the low end. I had a client who was a life long resident of CDA who moved farther north about 2 years ago. Modest 3 bedroom house built in the 50's quit aways from the lake. His property taxes were nearly 4 times what I pay and I have acreage. His bigger reason for moving were the " ^%#=_@$$/ liberals on the City Council ".The service industry in CDA gets their employees from Post Falls just to the west.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus Maneo at July 08, 2024 11:35 PM (+jrYw)

285 *horrific but fascinating vision of Palmetto Bugs sprayed with glow-in-the-dark paint and rhinestone glitter*

Posted by: Miklos now realizes It Can Get Worse at July 08, 2024 11:31 PM (XIkHl)

Come to me, come to me!

Posted by: Etsy at July 08, 2024 11:36 PM (w6EFb)

286
We know how big Kamala is on the Significance of the Passage of Time.

I'm sure she's made great contributions in the methods required to determine astronomical time to current 10s of microsecond precision.

She and our astronomer royal, Sheila Jackson Lee.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 08, 2024 11:36 PM (w6EFb)

287 My Doctor will most assuredly kick my ass tomorrow when he finds...(I did not lose any weight).

Still drinking too much wine...and not getting out on the street walking it off.

Say a prayer for me horde.

Posted by: Nightwatch at July 08, 2024 11:37 PM (TDvv2)

288 Ida hoed her merry land.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:37 PM (v6JzV)

289 "Why ISN'T Harris out there on the campaign trail?"

Because all the DEMs are playing this by ear.

There's no playbook for this. One day at a time is what they're doing.

Posted by: mnw at July 08, 2024 11:38 PM (NLIak)

290 Remember when Kamala had the high school kids over to read them a book about space?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 08, 2024 11:38 PM (r5tfK)

291 How is the passage of time effected by the yellow school bus?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2024 11:40 PM (63Dwl)

292 @222

>>Harris is a literal $20 street whore

She also spent most of her formative years in Canada, so not only is she more than likely not American by birth or temperament, she's Canadian by proxy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 08, 2024 11:40 PM (XV/Pl)

293 There's no playbook for this. One day at a time is what they're doing.

Posted by: mnw at July 08, 2024 11:38 PM (NLIak)

Murmuration.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:40 PM (w6EFb)

294 287 My doctor is a fattie. He rags on me about my drinking, but if he annoys me about it too much I can always bring up his pasta consumption. I like the guy, so I wouldn’t wanna do that, but it’s a tool in the arsenal if I ever need it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:40 PM (v6JzV)

295 Caveau de la Huchette is about 10 mins from where we are staying. Showed Mrs scampy some pics and we are going to make a point of getting there. Thanks for the travel tip.
Posted by: scampydog

Check the schedule, and expect Euro prices.

And if you dance, expect to sweat because Europe.

Mardi 9 juillet : Nirek Mokar & His Boogie Messengers
Mercredi 10 juillet : Michel Pastre Swing Band
Du jeudi 11 au samedi 13 juillet : Sweet "Screamin" Jones
Dimanche 14 juillet : Megaswing
Lundi 15 juillet : Blues Monday
Mardi 16 juillet : Nirek Mokar & His Boogie Messengers
Mercredi 17 et jeudi 18 juillet : Cecilya & The Candy Kings
Vendredi 19 et samedi 20 juillet : Manu Le Prince "Tribute to Cole Porter"

Posted by: Miklos would happily join you if possible (ain't) at July 08, 2024 11:40 PM (XIkHl)

296 She never came across in person like the Big Dummy she has sounded like the last 4 years.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2024 11:41 PM (RIvkX)

297 And the mayor of Chicago blamed - Richard Nixon.

Really.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:00 PM (uxCna)
-

Let's roll the video:

https://t.ly/d5MlB

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 08, 2024 11:41 PM (OvSF8)

298 Murmuration.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:40 PM (w6EFb)


very nice

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2024 11:41 PM (D7oie)

299 I went to the Cheyenne fireworks display this year. Mist people spread blankets or chairs all over Lions Park to catch the show. I'm used to shows from the northeast, so this was a (good) culture shock.

In VT, people sir quietly in their lawn chairs and wait for the show. Lions park, on the other hand,was pretty crowded with lots of kids and lots of personal fireworks. There were Roman candles going off in the middle if crowds with no care given about where they might land. There were firecrackers and bottle rockets and bigger things being set off. It was a lot of fun.

I did see one of the larger personal fireworks go sideways. Two of its salves went horizontal right into people on blankets. No real damage done, soevwryone remained calm and more fireworks ensued.

Posted by: 496 at July 08, 2024 11:42 PM (1/Gvq)

300 I'm also done with politicians with sketchy birth's/backgrounds or simply who simply lie about where they're from.

Scranton Joe was in Scranton for like 5 seconds before his family skedaddled out of Scranton.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 08, 2024 11:43 PM (XV/Pl)

301 296 Lamont the Big Dummy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>…Kamala

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:43 PM (v6JzV)

302
She never came across in person like the Big Dummy she has sounded like the last 4 years.
Posted by: San Franpsycho


Is the annoying laugh something new?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2024 11:43 PM (63Dwl)

303 Thank you.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:43 PM (w6EFb)

304 Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 08, 2024 10:19 PM (klJTj)

Post 299 was supposed to be in answer to this post. Oops

Posted by: 496 at July 08, 2024 11:43 PM (cbmYh)

305 Random question: what would you hear if you played a Joe Biden speech backwards?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at July 08, 2024 11:43 PM (JLq/1)

306 Murmuration.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

Ima stick with tintinnabulation

Posted by: Miklos, who may or may not have pissed on Poe's grave, in the habit of H.L. Mencken at July 08, 2024 11:44 PM (XIkHl)

307 I love my framed photos of me and my boys. We took a few trips to Maui together for spring break over the years. I love seeing the three of us together. It was us against the world.

It makes me proud and happy. Like I did something really really good with my life.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 08, 2024 10:50 PM (0kkUS)

-----------------

You did, you created two new people who may one day do wonderful things for the world or even just for their own families. It's all win, win.

Posted by: Decaf at July 08, 2024 11:44 PM (unUNN)

308 Idaho is one of those places that looks pretty, but it will try to kill you the second you step off the pavement.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 08, 2024 11:44 PM (/jnYn)

309 Random question: what would you hear if you played a Joe Biden speech backwards?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at July 08, 2024 11:43 PM (JLq/1)

"Beau is dead."

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:45 PM (w6EFb)

310 Current betting odds to win preznit

Trump 60%
Biden 19%
Kumala 10%
Moochelle 4%
Newsom 3%

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 08, 2024 11:45 PM (3cb+Z)

311 My doctor is a fattie. He rags on me about my drinking, but if he annoys me about it too much I can always bring up his pasta consumption. I like the guy, so I wouldn’t wanna do that, but it’s a tool in the arsenal if I ever need it.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:40 PM (v6JzV)
====
You might mistake my doctor for a fifth grader but he is A#1

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2024 11:45 PM (RIvkX)

312 Hillary is into muumuuration.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:46 PM (v6JzV)

313 She never came across in person like the Big Dummy she has sounded like the last 4 years.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Is the annoying laugh something new?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2024 11:43 PM (63Dwl)
-

It began after she started mass-arrests of pot smokers and had their stashes confiscated.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 08, 2024 11:46 PM (OvSF8)

314 It's not easy to train a doctor to accommodate my conspiracy theories.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:46 PM (w6EFb)

315 Idaho is probably the most beautiful state I’ve ever been in.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:17 PM (v6JzV)

Mostly because you can see both Washington and Montana from there.

Posted by: GWB at July 08, 2024 11:46 PM (AWrpC)

316 I'd move to N. Idaho in a NY minute if Mrs D gave the word. Sadly she is stuck here in W Washington.
Sad.
Posted by: Diogenes

Take trip up to Bonners Ferry. Great people, stunningly beautiful and not overly crowded. The only downside for you Wet siders is they actually have winter there.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus Maneo at July 08, 2024 11:47 PM (+jrYw)

317 >>> 314 It's not easy to train a doctor to accommodate my conspiracy theories.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:46 PM (w6EFb)

Like what, the 'immune system'?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 08, 2024 11:47 PM (VavZF)

318 Random question: what would you hear if you played a Joe Biden speech backwards?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at July 08, 2024 11:43 PM (JLq/1)

"Beau is dead."
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

Would that make Hunter the Walrus?

Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Azov Sea at July 08, 2024 11:47 PM (tmPIh)

319
293 There's no playbook for this. One day at a time is what they're doing.

Posted by: mnw at July 08, 2024 11:38 PM (NLIak)

Murmuration.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:40 PM (w6EFb)

What will really be hilarious is if they get all set to back Biden again, and they quiet this all down - and then in 4 or 5 weeks Biden does something even more outrageous in public, and they have to go back to trying to replace him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2024 11:48 PM (S6gqv)

320 ACTUALLY...

IS IT NOT TIME???

To lock up the Willie Brown, Nancy Pelosi, and Gavin Newsom Trifecta?

LET'S DANCE!!

Posted by: Nightwatch at July 08, 2024 11:48 PM (TDvv2)

321 I can't tell you how she feels about "D"
Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2024 11:20 PM (D7oie)

It's well-documented how she feels about "D". Ahem.

Posted by: GWB at July 08, 2024 11:48 PM (AWrpC)

322 Idaho is probably the most beautiful state I’ve ever been in.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonu

Tell me you’ve never been to Boise without telling me. 😀

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 08, 2024 11:48 PM (3cb+Z)

323 Remember comrade, *neither* duly elected party candidate is acceptable for the general election, and need to step down. To Save Democracy. Later they will get around to outlawing Republicans, and white pepo, just to keep things democratic. As our founders intended.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2024 11:48 PM (tMsXg)

324 Random question: what would you hear if you played a Joe Biden speech backwards?
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at July 08, 2024 11:43 PM (JLq/1)
-

I am the walrus,
Goo goo g' joob..
Goo goo g' joob,
G' goo goo g' joob,
Goo goo g' joob, goo goo g' goo g' goo goo g' joob joob

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 08, 2024 11:49 PM (OvSF8)

325 They should just outlaw hot weather. Problem solved!

Posted by: Johnny Lanctot at July 08, 2024 11:49 PM (52NVH)

326 Random question: what would you hear if you played a Joe Biden speech backwards?

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at July 08, 2024 11:43 PM (JLq/1)



Nobody knows. It would require hearing it played forward first.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2024 11:49 PM (W/lyH)

327 >>> 319
==
What will really be hilarious is if they get all set to back Biden again, and they quiet this all down - and then in 4 or 5 weeks Biden does something even more outrageous in public, and they have to go back to trying to replace him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2024 11:48 PM (S6gqv)

Maybe... dropping dead in front of a huge crowd (or huge in Biden campaign terms)?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 08, 2024 11:49 PM (VavZF)

328
Would that make Hunter the Walrus?
Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Azov Sea at July 08, 2024 11:47 PM (tmPIh)

Trump is a Blue Meany.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2024 11:49 PM (S6gqv)

329 Would that make Hunter the Walrus?
Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West

Jill

Come on, Man

Posted by: Miklos, for whom all is obvious at July 08, 2024 11:49 PM (XIkHl)

330 "If you had only one Big Pharma product that you could prescribe for me, what would it be?"

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:50 PM (w6EFb)

331 Is the annoying laugh something new?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2024 11:43 PM (63Dwl)
====

No never noticed that, definitely a nervous defense.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2024 11:50 PM (RIvkX)

332 #271 I agree completely.

A couple of decades ago, batteries sucked and hydrogen looked like a good bet for the future. But batteries are good enough now for cars, pickup trucks, and semis.

Even for airplanes, hydrogen is too much of a pain. It will be a long time before we stop using fossil fuel for airplanes, if ever, but it will be synthetic "e-fuel" before hydrogen.

The worst of all worlds is the hydrogen V8 engine. Just a solution looking for a problem.

Posted by: mr_jack at July 08, 2024 11:51 PM (LNPSJ)

333 322 I have actually been to Boise. Thought it was a nice enough place.

But that was almost 30 years ago.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:51 PM (v6JzV)

334 >>> 325 They should just outlaw hot weather. Problem solved!
Posted by: Johnny Lanctot at July 08, 2024 11:49 PM (52NVH)

At *least* we should have hot-weather-free zones, right?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 08, 2024 11:51 PM (VavZF)

335 "If you had only one Big Pharma product that you could prescribe for me, what would it be?"
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

Are you asking men or women?

Posted by: Big Viagra at July 08, 2024 11:51 PM (XIkHl)

336 I'd move to N. Idaho in a NY minute if Mrs D gave the word. Sadly she is stuck here in W Washington.
Sad.
Posted by: Diogenes
-----------
N Idaho is nice. Spent a lot of time camping and fly fishing there in my youth. Had scampywife convinced to move to WY. Then my aunt and uncle moved here to be closer to fam and the whole executor thing. All good, nice to spend more time with them.

Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2024 11:52 PM (41CYW)

337 Take trip up to Bonners Ferry. Great people, stunningly beautiful and not overly crowded. The only downside for you Wet siders is they actually have winter there.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus Maneo at July 08, 2024 11:47 PM (+jrYw)


I know. Have done some hunting up that way. And I love the winters. I did four years in Pullman. Great times!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2024 11:52 PM (W/lyH)

338 So much of the west is beautiful - I could pick Utah, because I love Zion, Bryce, Arches, and all the other magnificent parks there. Or Arizona, for the Grand Canyon.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2024 11:53 PM (S6gqv)

339 Would that make Hunter the Walrus?
Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West

Jill

Come on, Man
Posted by: Miklos, for whom all is obvious

Ah, so Dr. Walrus.

Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Azov Sea at July 08, 2024 11:53 PM (tmPIh)

340
And the mayor of Chicago blamed - Richard Nixon.
Really.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 08, 2024 10:00 PM (uxCna)
-
Let's roll the video:

https://t.ly/d5MlB
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey


Brandon longs for Johnson.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2024 11:53 PM (63Dwl)

341 Boise has been Californicated bigly. Lots of illegals, growing homelessness due to skyrocketing home prices. And Democrat. Like a larger version of Missoula, MT.

Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 08, 2024 11:54 PM (3cb+Z)

342 I've seen projects (mostly just on the drawing board, not real ones) to use wind turbines to generate electricity to electrolyze water to make hydrogen for combustion. If that's what you want to do, it's stupid to integrate the two things. Use the wind turbines to make electricity for the grid and use electricity from the grid to electrolyze water to make hydrogen. The wind turbines and the hydrogen electrolysis are two completely different processes.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 08, 2024 11:31 PM (r5tfK)

Well, making hydrogen by electrolysis is the expensive way to do it. But if you are stuck on stupid , using wind turbines is the best way. Wind blows: you make H2, and store it in pressure vessels. Wind stops: you stop making H2, and sell off some the stored shit. A lot easier than trying make the grid cope with an erratic source of generation. But hydrogen will always be a shitty fuel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2024 11:54 PM (N75JG)

343 Good evening, good people from the Hotdirondacks. And thanks, Nina for the system change. Nothing like a little Summer heat so the squeakers can moan.

But the NASCAR guy got it right, until and unless there is an alternate source that eclipses ALL the ICE advantages this is what will be used.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at July 08, 2024 11:54 PM (hKoQL)

344 Snake was rescued and carried out to the rose thicket, where I hope it will be safe.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2024 10:20 PM (D7oie)

You know you're just teaching him to fetch, right?
Posted by: GWB at July 08, 2024 11:13 PM (AWrpC)

Bombays are known to play fetch (if they feel like it-they are cats after all). If there was no other distraction, when Hex was young, I could throw a cat toy and he'd bring it back to me. Nowadays he's more likely to demand milk and/or ice cream if I sit on the floor with him.

Posted by: pookysgirl's has learned how to game the system at July 08, 2024 11:54 PM (dtlDP)

345 I did four years in Pullman. Great times!
Posted by: Diogenes

Me too, Suh

The rich folks on the Big Chief always tipped me fine.

That's how I went to work for Mr. Benny.

Posted by: Rochester at July 08, 2024 11:55 PM (XIkHl)

346 Hey, Pookysgirl.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:56 PM (v6JzV)

347 I have actually been to Boise. Thought it was a nice enough place.

But that was almost 30 years ago.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:51 PM (v6JzV)

I went to Driggs for Christmas in 2001. It was way too cold, but the Tetons were pretty.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 08, 2024 11:58 PM (w6EFb)

348 That's how I went to work for Mr. Benny.
Posted by: Rochester at July 08, 2024 11:55 PM (XIkHl)


Heh. Took me a moment.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2024 11:58 PM (W/lyH)

349 347 Tetons are always pretty.
— Horny French fur trader.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:59 PM (v6JzV)

350 I have actually been to Boise. Thought it was a nice enough place.
But that was almost 30 years ago.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 08, 2024 11:51 PM (v6JzV)

In 30 years Boise has gone from being a big town to a small city. There are now 600,000 people living in the area, and they all live on the west side, with all the jobs being on the east side of town. The morning and evening commutes are rough.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 09, 2024 12:00 AM (/jnYn)

351 308 Idaho is one of those places that looks pretty, but it will try to kill you the second you step off the pavement.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

One of the big reasons I love it. Mostly the places without people. Spent part of my summers growing up, with my grandparents in the Clearwater Valley area. I've done 100+ miles of solo backpacking in the Lochsa/Selway drainages.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus Maneo at July 09, 2024 12:01 AM (+jrYw)

352 Having now reviewed all the comments on this thread, I was surprised that no-one discussed Trump's live interview on Hannity tonight.

In point of fact, I didn't hear Tump say anything new or noteworthy.

I'm not sure there's any political gain to be had at this point by endlessly repeating that Biden is the worst President ever.* Sounds too much like a squawk box.

*Buchanan & Andrew Johnson were worse, imo. Trump always invokes Jimmy Carter and says that now Carter is only the SECOND worst.

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2024 12:01 AM (NLIak)

353 Off his meds and off his teleprompter:

https://t.ly/wi9F8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 09, 2024 12:02 AM (OvSF8)

354 The morning and evening commutes are rough.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

And bad for the Environment.

Posted by: Scowling Blue-haired Multi-pierced Miklos at July 09, 2024 12:03 AM (XIkHl)

355 #342 Tony Seba has predicted that (a) the grid will be powered by solar and wind, because those are so cheap; (b) the production will be overbuilt so that when conditions are suboptimal you still get enough power. As a consequence he predicted that many days a year there will be lots of cheap surplus power available.

So maybe the "e-fuel" jet fuel plant will only run on cheap energy days.

It's like how Amazon overbuilt their servers to handle the holiday shopping rush, and found that they could rent out their extra capacity and make extra money. Overbuilding capacity can be an opportunity as well as a problem.

Posted by: mr_jack at July 09, 2024 12:03 AM (LNPSJ)

356 Being a 66 year old man in a velvet sportcoat with a wife forty years your junior is tough to pull off. Most guys would look like an old fool. But Dolph Lundgren still looks cool.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 09, 2024 12:03 AM (0FoWg)

357 *Buchanan & Andrew Johnson were worse, imo. Trump always invokes Jimmy Carter and says that now Carter is only the SECOND worst.

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2024 12:01 AM (NLIak)

Most of the voters that Trump is trying to reach probably never heard heard of Buchanan and Andrew Johnson. Certainly not since middle school, when they were not paying attention.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2024 12:03 AM (N75JG)

358 Hey y'all! What did I miss?

Posted by: muldoon at July 09, 2024 12:03 AM (uCfKO)

359 Tony Seba has predicted that (a) the grid will be powered by solar and wind, because those are so cheap; (b) the production will be overbuilt so that when conditions are suboptimal you still get enough power. As a consequence he predicted that many days a year there will be lots of cheap surplus power available.

So maybe the "e-fuel" jet fuel plant will only run on cheap energy days.

It's like how Amazon overbuilt their servers to handle the holiday shopping rush, and found that they could rent out their extra capacity and make extra money. Overbuilding capacity can be an opportunity as well as a problem.
Posted by: mr_jack at July 09, 2024 12:03 AM (LNPSJ)

Build enough windmills, and we can kill all the birds! And if you build enough solar panels, you can use them as Lunar panels at night!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2024 12:05 AM (N75JG)

360 Being a 66 year old man in a velvet sportcoat with a wife forty years your junior is tough to pull off. Most guys would look like an old fool. But Dolph Lundgren still looks cool.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Give me a few years and I will try.

Posted by: Miklos will also attept to emulate J. Strom Thormond at July 09, 2024 12:06 AM (XIkHl)

361 358 Sorry, Muldoon. We did not have fun storming the castle. That’s probably why we failed.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:06 AM (v6JzV)

362 358 muldoon

Tough question. Not too much. I just read the entire thread. It's a little better than the ones about okra.

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2024 12:07 AM (NLIak)

363 Buchanan & Andrew Johnson were worse, imo. Trump always invokes Jimmy Carter and says that now Carter is only the SECOND worst.

Posted by: mnw

Buchanan was pretty contemptible - I'm not sure if any Chief Executive could have halted the Secession Crisis, but he notably did not try. There was a reason that Old Hickory always called him "Miss Nancy."

Andrew Johnson is no prize either, but I do credit him for resisting a politically-motivated impeachment that, if successful, could have transformed the US into a parliamentary system.

Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Sea Of Azov at July 09, 2024 12:07 AM (tmPIh)

364 356 YD, I found out today that you were once a lumberjack. Hope you’re OK,

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:08 AM (v6JzV)

365 Hey y'all! What did I miss?
Posted by: muldoon

Darts competition.

You didn't miss anything everybody else did.

Posted by: Miklos thinks Valu-Rite may have been involved at July 09, 2024 12:08 AM (XIkHl)

366 I just read the entire thread. It's a little better than the ones about okra.
Posted by: mnw

********

Okra is OK. It's right there in the name.

Posted by: muldoon at July 09, 2024 12:08 AM (uCfKO)

367 Being a 66 year old man in a velvet sportcoat with a wife forty years your junior is tough to pull off. Most guys would look like an old fool. But Dolph Lundgren still looks cool.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Hmmmm. Haven't quite had that experience but I do know if you are in your mid-50's and your date is in her 30s some of the other women in the restaurant will give her, not you, the Stare of Death.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2024 12:09 AM (WXNFJ)

368
*horrific but fascinating vision of Palmetto Bugs sprayed with glow-in-the-dark paint and rhinestone glitter*
Posted by: Miklos now realizes It Can Get Worse at July 08, 2024 11:31 PM (XIkHl)

LOL - sign me up for the craft class...

Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog at July 09, 2024 12:09 AM (n3DL0)

369 268 The Pakistani "smelter" videos are nightmare fuel.
Posted by: Some Rat

The Indian stone crushing vids are nothing to sneeze at either.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 08, 2024 11:30 PM (WXNFJ)
----
Any link for these two genius pastimes?

Posted by: Ciampino - Oui Inspecteur, eau salee est le meilleur ... at July 09, 2024 12:09 AM (qfLjt)

370
Build enough windmills, and we can kill all the birds! And if you build enough solar panels, you can use them as Lunar panels at night!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


Electricity will be so cheap they won't bother to meter it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 09, 2024 12:10 AM (63Dwl)

371 Buchanan got frozen out of a reelection bid by his own party, which may have had something to do with his decisions at the end of his time in office.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2024 12:10 AM (D7oie)

372 okra>>>>>> Brussels sprouts

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:11 AM (v6JzV)

373 Being a 66 year old man in a velvet sportcoat with a wife forty years your junior is tough to pull off. Most guys would look like an old fool. But Dolph Lundgren still looks cool.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Him: Did I ever tell you about the time I met Ronald Reagan?
Her: Who?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 09, 2024 12:11 AM (/jnYn)

374 Someday I will tell y'all a story, but I have discovered that real life does not play out on the same time scale as British police procedural dramas. The story is incomplete. But things are happening.

Posted by: muldoon at July 09, 2024 12:12 AM (uCfKO)

375 Hmmmm. Haven't quite had that experience but I do know if you are in your mid-50's and your date is in her 30s some of the other women in the restaurant will give her, not you, the Stare of Death.
Posted by: Tonypete

They don't get Medical or Financial Powers of Attorney, and they know it.

Posted by: Miklos is a trust fund baby, but had to set up my own trust fund first at July 09, 2024 12:12 AM (XIkHl)

376 But Dolph Lundgren still looks cool.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

He learned that at Wazzu.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus Maneo at July 09, 2024 12:12 AM (+jrYw)

377 Joan Rivers used to say that men in their '60s who marry women in their 20s "deserve what they get."

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2024 12:13 AM (NLIak)

378 So YD has a hot young trophy wife?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:13 AM (v6JzV)

379 The Indian stone crushing vids are nothing to sneeze at either.
Posted by: Tonypete
----
Any link for these two genius pastimes?
Posted by: Ciampino

https://youtu.be/IrdnIAKYtLA?si=CCv-cVooXpajov3J

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2024 12:14 AM (WXNFJ)

380 Joan Rivers used to say that men in their '60s who marry women in their 20s "deserve what they get."
Posted by: mnw

Who is need two kidney?

Posted by: Russian Mail Order Brides by Miklos at July 09, 2024 12:15 AM (XIkHl)

381 Another time perhaps.

Posted by: muldoon at July 09, 2024 12:15 AM (uCfKO)

382 Fireworks: The funniest videoclip is of a guy sticking the stick of a rocket in his fartclam but when the rocket fires it remains stuck in his ass and the flaming jet does a wonderful job on his derriere and privates. Much more than a depilation.

Posted by: Ciampino - Oui Inspecteur, eau salee est le meilleur .. at July 09, 2024 12:15 AM (qfLjt)

383 Another time perhaps.
Posted by: muldoon at July 09, 2024 12:15 AM (uCfKO)


everything in its own season. I think Shakespeare had an aphorism or two about that.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2024 12:16 AM (D7oie)

384 An uproar took place in the Idaho town of Coeur d’Alene prior to July 4th this year when the town’s regional chamber issued regulations on what was allowed to be displayed by individuals during its July 4th holiday parade.

Isn't it interesting that twerking trannies never seen to be a problem for our elites but flags and symbols of heritage America are to be censored?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2024 12:16 AM (oZhjI)

385 I think solar panel farms are dreadful for the ecosystem. Bird spontaneously combust when flying over them. Not only that the heat they absorb and the completely abnormal ecosystem they create on the underside.

Posted by: Braenard at July 09, 2024 12:16 AM (MyyMo)

386 Any link for these two genius pastimes?

Posted by: Ciampino - Oui Inspecteur, eau salee est le meilleur ... at July 09, 2024 12:09 AM (qfLjt)

Foundries are fun.
https://tinyurl.com/mtrf5bun

youboob link. I have others in my little shop of horrors file.

Posted by: Reforger at July 09, 2024 12:16 AM (xcIvR)

387 If you quote a few lines from Othello,
They will think you a marvelous fellow.

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2024 12:18 AM (NLIak)

388 ...358 Hey y'all! What did I miss?
Posted by: muldoon at July 09, 2024 12:03 AM (uCfKO)



Specifically? Comments no.1 thru no.357.

Otherwise known as a splendid, if slow, ONT.

Stipulating the above, we shall move on to the "How The Hell Are You, Sir?" courtesies.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 09, 2024 12:18 AM (kQgoX)

389 everything in its own season. I think Shakespeare had an aphorism or two about that.
Posted by: Kindltot

********

Him and Ecclesiastes. It is tantalizing, but the time is not right. Soon.

Posted by: muldoon at July 09, 2024 12:18 AM (uCfKO)

390 Any link for these two genius pastimes?
Posted by: Ciampino - Oui Inspecteur, eau salee est le meilleur

You Tube "mechanical skills"
Watch for the twelve year old and the milling machine....

Posted by: Some Rat at July 09, 2024 12:19 AM (vJiyU)

391 https://youtu.be/IrdnIAKYtLA?si=CCv-cVooXpajov3J
Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2024 12:14 AM (WXNFJ)

That's hardly a "giant" crusher. Looks to be between 24 and 36 inches.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2024 12:19 AM (N75JG)

392 I saw BTO open for the young Rascals. In NY.

Posted by: Live from Madhouse Farm at July 09, 2024 12:19 AM (GPtBB)

393 Ecclesiastes is one of my favorite books of the Bible.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:20 AM (v6JzV)

394 YD, I found out today that you were once a lumberjack. Hope you’re OK,
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:08 AM (v6JzV)

I sleep all night and I work all day.

As a graphic designer, lol. If you make a lifelong career lumberjacking, it probably won't be a very long life.

I also always laughed at that song, because England hasn't had dense forests in modern history. As lot of our early economic success was based on American lumberjacks selling those limeys the wood they didn't have.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 09, 2024 12:21 AM (0FoWg)

395 Him and Ecclesiastes. It is tantalizing, but the time is not right. Soon.
Posted by: muldoon

I wonder how many members of Congress can spell "Ecclesiastes".

Posted by: Miklos can probably guess at July 09, 2024 12:21 AM (XIkHl)

396 General Hospital and Knots Landing star Doug Sheehan dies at 75

https://mol.im/a/13613945

Posted by: Ciampino - another one to the celestial theater at July 09, 2024 12:21 AM (qfLjt)

397 We could put that rock crusher to good use.

Posted by: Braenard at July 09, 2024 12:22 AM (MyyMo)

398 The British Navy needed whole FORESTS of oak trees.

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2024 12:22 AM (NLIak)

399 So just popping in to say, "Hey." Tomorrow is boots on the ground. I'll let you know if anything comes of that. Later.

Endeavoring to persevere, here boss!

Posted by: muldoon at July 09, 2024 12:23 AM (uCfKO)

400 Joan Benedict dies at 96: General Hospital and Candid Camera alum passed away amid stroke complications

https://mol.im/a/13613969

Posted by: Ciampino - and another one to the celestial theater at July 09, 2024 12:23 AM (qfLjt)

401 Hey y'all! What did I miss?

Posted by: muldoon at July 09, 2024 12:03 AM (uCfKO)

Beau is dead, and they're insulting okra again.

Also, I have an entire basket of eggplant and peppers that I picked today.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 09, 2024 12:23 AM (w6EFb)

402 I also always laughed at that song, because England hasn't had dense forests in modern history. As lot of our early economic success was based on American lumberjacks selling those limeys the wood they didn't have.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 09, 2024 12:21 AM (0FoWg)

Well, the Python skit specifically refers to the primeval forests of British Columbia.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2024 12:23 AM (N75JG)

403 G'night Horde.

Posted by: scampydog at July 09, 2024 12:24 AM (41CYW)

404 The British Navy needed whole FORESTS of oak trees.
Posted by: mnw

Old Mama's fambly is from near Lumberton, NC.

Called "Lumberton" because Reasons.

Posted by: Miklos can cite Royal Decrees abou the cutting of oak in the Colonies at July 09, 2024 12:25 AM (XIkHl)

405 394 YD, also Russia. One of the reasons for the alliance between the UK and Russia back in the day was that Russia supplied a lot of timber for the masts of the Royal Navy ships.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:25 AM (v6JzV)

406 G'night Horde.
Posted by: scampydog

This man has some Baggage Weighing to do.

Posted by: Miklos has at least eleven reasons not to fly at July 09, 2024 12:26 AM (XIkHl)

407 I think congress critters, voiding the exceptional, can spell it’s conceivable practical application where they fail

Posted by: Braenard at July 09, 2024 12:26 AM (MyyMo)

408 So did Norway.

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2024 12:26 AM (NLIak)

409 374 Someday I will tell y'all a story, but I have discovered that real life does not play out on the same time scale as British police procedural dramas. The story is incomplete. But things are happening.

Posted by: muldoon at July 09, 2024 12:12 AM (uCfKO)

How about a limerick to keep us guessing.

Posted by: Reforger at July 09, 2024 12:26 AM (xcIvR)

410 Well, the Python skit specifically refers to the primeval forests of British Columbia.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2024 12:23 AM (N75JG)

Mounties out front should have told ya.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 09, 2024 12:27 AM (/jnYn)

411 So did Sweden.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 09, 2024 12:27 AM (w6EFb)

412 I always associate Lumberton with that creepy David Lynch movie.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:27 AM (v6JzV)

413
If you want to see the basic problem with solar power, just look at a typical graph of daily solar irradiance, such as from the sensor on weather station, like today:
https://tinyurl.com/27myujj2

See the problem? That's cloud cover coming and going.

Peak solar irradiance this year was around 1300 W/m^2. High noon on May 19th. Every since it hardly gets over 1000, and only briefly if it's clear at high noon.

It's been sort of hazy all through June up to now. Even when clear looking, there's some obscuration.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 09, 2024 12:28 AM (w6EFb)

414 So did Sweden.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

Typical

Posted by: Norway at July 09, 2024 12:28 AM (XIkHl)

415
393 Ecclesiastes is one of my favorite books of the Bible.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:20 AM (v6JzV)

Mine too.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2024 12:28 AM (S6gqv)

416 I always associate Lumberton with that creepy David Lynch movie.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:27 AM (v6JzV)

Which one?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 09, 2024 12:29 AM (w6EFb)

417
I also laughed my ass off a couple months ago. They found they heat island effect of those massive solar panel farms was much worse than was expected. They did a simple, spherical cow approximation and thought it wouldn't be too bad.

Well, it was much worse, especially at night. Average temps at times a night were much higher than predicted.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 09, 2024 12:30 AM (w6EFb)

418 Typical

Posted by: Norway at July 09, 2024 12:28 AM (XIkHl)

Are you gonna start this again?

Posted by: Sweden at July 09, 2024 12:30 AM (w6EFb)

419 416 Blue Velvet

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:30 AM (v6JzV)

420 >>> 418 Typical

Posted by: Norway at July 09, 2024 12:28 AM (XIkHl)

Are you gonna start this again?
Posted by: Sweden at July 09, 2024 12:30 AM (w6EFb)

Heh.

Posted by: Denmark at July 09, 2024 12:32 AM (VavZF)

421 Now it's dark.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 09, 2024 12:32 AM (w6EFb)

422 Maxine Waters couldn't spell cat if you spotted her a c and a t.

Then there's the Show Me State's own, soon-to-be-retired Rep. Cori Bush. Read any good books lately, Cori? Ever? Even a comic book?

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2024 12:32 AM (NLIak)

423 Typical

Posted by: Norway at July 09, 2024 12:28 AM (XIkHl)

Are you gonna start this again?
Posted by: Sweden

You two leave me out

Posted by: Denmark at July 09, 2024 12:33 AM (XIkHl)

424 408, 411, 414, 418

DON’T MAKE STOP THIS CAR!!!!

Posted by: Denmark at July 09, 2024 12:33 AM (v6JzV)

425 Now it's dark.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

Arghllgarg

Posted by: The Thing in the Woods at July 09, 2024 12:34 AM (XIkHl)

426 Ah, Horde Mind.

Posted by: Denmark at July 09, 2024 12:34 AM (v6JzV)

427 A lot of American conservation efforts pointed at Europe as an object lesson. No more trees, no more wood, no more self sufficiency. Luckily for us, we had a yawning expanse of forests to conserve.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 09, 2024 12:35 AM (0FoWg)

428 Off, Copenhagen-centered sock.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:36 AM (v6JzV)

429 Don't you fuckin' look at me, you fuckin' fuck!

Posted by: Dennis Hopper at July 09, 2024 12:36 AM (w6EFb)

430 Now see?

We can have nice Scandi Iceback things.

Posted by: Miklos could go for some Akavit and smoked reindeer about now at July 09, 2024 12:36 AM (XIkHl)

431 I'd rather have smoked sik with lotsa dill and mayo.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 09, 2024 12:37 AM (w6EFb)

432 We are so happy nobody speaks Finnish

Posted by: Finland at July 09, 2024 12:38 AM (XIkHl)

433 We’re the good kids.

Posted by: Iceland and Finland at July 09, 2024 12:38 AM (v6JzV)

434 smoked sik


this...raises questions

Posted by: Inquiring mind of Miklos at July 09, 2024 12:39 AM (XIkHl)

435 Hyvä herra, mikä jalkahiki!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 09, 2024 12:39 AM (w6EFb)

436 Hyvä herra, mikä jalkahiki!
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

Slurrpen Teurrpen!

This is Finnish slang for "bottoms up", literally "drink the turpentine".

Posted by: Inquiring mind of Miklos gets answers at July 09, 2024 12:41 AM (XIkHl)

437 Where I live now is basically a temperate rain forest. I initially thought it was primeval forest, because it's so luscious. It isn't. Southern Appalachia was effectively deforested by about a century ago - thanks to wood-hungry European shipbuilders. Even in the age of steam, they still required huge amounts of American wood for staterooms.

All of the growth here in the Smokies and Cumberland is new.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 09, 2024 12:42 AM (0FoWg)

438 432 We’re so happy nobody speaks Finnish

Are ugrian on about that again?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:42 AM (v6JzV)

439 Since the Great Debate, Biden always looks like he passed out in a bowl of Cheetos.

Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2024 12:42 AM (NLIak)

440 Ummmm…Cheetos…

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:44 AM (v6JzV)

441 Hyvä herra, mikä jalkahiki!
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

Careful with the umlauts funny accents and shit.

Don't start nothing you can't finish.

Posted by: Miklos knows Hungarian and is not afraid to use it at July 09, 2024 12:45 AM (XIkHl)

442 Miklos is fun to hang out with, but he’s also kind of annoying.

You could say he’s a buddypest.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:48 AM (v6JzV)

443 accent aigu, fuck you

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 09, 2024 12:48 AM (WF/xn)

444 Comment on Twitchy regarding Dr.Jill and Hunter attending WH meetings asked a dang pertinent question. " What's their security clearance." Are members of the President's family? A Monkey wants to know. I wonder if Billy Carter had Top Secret clearance?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus Maneo at July 09, 2024 12:49 AM (+jrYw)

445 Miklos cracks me up sometimes

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 09, 2024 12:49 AM (WF/xn)

446 smoked sik

Oh

Probably made from buggens


"The Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology (SIK) is an industrial research institute owned by SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden. As of 2017, the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology has changed its name to The Food and Bioscience unit."

Posted by: Miklos may not partake at July 09, 2024 12:49 AM (XIkHl)

447 this...raises questions

Posted by: Inquiring mind of Miklos at July 09, 2024 12:39 AM (XIkHl)

Coregonus lavaretus.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 09, 2024 12:50 AM (w6EFb)

448 Exempt

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus Maneo at July 09, 2024 12:50 AM (+jrYw)

449 I often get Miklos confused with Miley, okravangelist.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:52 AM (v6JzV)

450 Miklos is fun to hang out with, but he’s also kind of annoying.

You could say he’s a buddypest.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Hey!

I resemble that remark!

Posted by: Woop woop woop at July 09, 2024 12:52 AM (XIkHl)

451 I often get Miklos confused with Miley, okravangelist.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:52 AM (v6JzV)

Two sides of the same Thing in the woods.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 09, 2024 12:53 AM (w6EFb)

452 ...Don't start nothing you can't finish.

Posted by: Miklos knows Hungarian and is not afraid to use it at July 09, 2024 12:45 AM (XIkHl)



Finnish. It's FINNISH that they speak.

Dead frozen Russian soldier mummified nine feet deep into the permafrost shoulda toldja.

/Simo

Posted by: Jim at July 09, 2024 12:53 AM (kQgoX)

453 You can't spell 'Miklos' without 'Miley, okravangelist'

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 09, 2024 12:54 AM (w6EFb)

454 Finnish is related to Hungarian, dontcha know!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 09, 2024 12:55 AM (w6EFb)

455 Is this turning into Finno-Ugric language thread, now?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 09, 2024 12:57 AM (0FoWg)

456 Coregonus lavaretus.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

A friend from Finland, who had been in the wholesale fish business, got some whitefish sent to Budapest. Nice thing, because Hungary has no seacoast. But everybody wanted to know what kind of fish, exactly. No word for it in Hungarian. After hours of calling, talking to the usual fishmongers, it was determined that the Hungarian name is "Whitefish" (sic)

Posted by: Miklos recalls that episode at July 09, 2024 12:57 AM (XIkHl)

457 Hey, Finnish and Hungarian: U’re all, ick, full of crap.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 12:58 AM (v6JzV)

458 455 We’re just basquing in the glory of the non-Indo-European languages of Europe.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:00 AM (v6JzV)

459 Finnish is related to Hungarian, dontcha know!
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

They thought so, but not much.

The Finnish/Hungarian connection is more about alcohol and depression than language (other than the language of depression and alcohol).

Posted by: Linguistically inclined Miklos at July 09, 2024 01:01 AM (XIkHl)

460 We’re just basquing in the glory of the non-Indo-European languages of Europe.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Indeed

Illyrians Unite!

Posted by: Miklos Zogu I, Rightfull King of all the Albanias at July 09, 2024 01:03 AM (XIkHl)

461 456 So, finnfish?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:03 AM (v6JzV)

462
Just saw something interesting. More evidence of a Younger-Dryas impact hypothesis, that about 12,000 years ago, a SMOD wreaked havoc, and nearly extinctified humans at the time.

It was a giant comet, not an asteroid they thing, a 60 mile wide sucker. It broke up in several pieces and they all airbursted in the lower atmosphere.

The effect on the Erf was like a giant nuking from orbit. I noted with interested that one of those YUGE airbursts was likely over South Carolackey, lo, 12,000 years ago.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 09, 2024 01:03 AM (w6EFb)

463 Miklos, do you know Russian?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:04 AM (v6JzV)

464 Nice thing, because Hungary has no seacoast. But everybody wanted to know what kind of fish, exactly. No word for it in Hungarian. After hours of calling, talking to the usual fishmongers, it was determined that the Hungarian name is "Whitefish" (sic)

Posted by: Miklos recalls that episode at July 09, 2024 12:57 AM (XIkHl)

Fear the expansionist Hungary, seeking sik.

Whitefish of the salmon family. We got it cold smoked and it was awesome. So moist and tender, mmm mmm MMM! I may hightail it to Whole Foods and get me some smoked whitefish tomorrow.

I'll defer to you on the language thing, because all I know about it was told to me by Some Guy.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 09, 2024 01:06 AM (w6EFb)

465 So, finnfish?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

All fish have fins, silly.

Posted by: Miklos Zogu I, Royal Ichthyologist at July 09, 2024 01:06 AM (XIkHl)

466 Dryas was hawt when she was younger.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:06 AM (v6JzV)

467 Thanks for another great ONT MisHum. Haven't heard BTO in a while, reminds me of my college days.

I should be taking care of business, but I'm gonna relax and read here a while.

Posted by: Farmer at July 09, 2024 01:07 AM (55Qr6)

468 Miklos, do you know Russian?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

How many you want?

Posted by: Mail Oder Brides by Miklos (se habla po Russki) at July 09, 2024 01:07 AM (XIkHl)

469 I've heard it put forward that Euskara might actually not be a true linguistic isolate, but related in the ancient past to Finno-Ugric or -Permic languages, on account of being agglutinative.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 09, 2024 01:08 AM (0FoWg)

470 468 LOL

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:09 AM (v6JzV)

471 212 Heroes don't always wear capes
Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 08, 2024 10:14 PM (8AONa)

Smart (and truly fashion conscious) heroes never wear capes.
Posted by: GWB at July 08, 2024 11:10 PM (AWrpC)

Obligatory: https://youtu.be/xslFCFTUXQU?feature=shared

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 09, 2024 01:09 AM (Rbu5d)

472 I may hightail it to Whole Foods and get me some smoked whitefish tomorrow.




I smoke my own fish. I use a $16 cocktail smoker and whatever was around the house.

Posted by: DIYklos at July 09, 2024 01:10 AM (XIkHl)

473 469 They’ve been trying to connect Basque with other language families since forever. Most of the proposals I’ve seen involve the languages of the Caucasus, especially Georgian.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:11 AM (v6JzV)

474 In any case, avoid pangasius or swai or whatever they label it.

From some of the nastiest water in the world (Mekong).

Ultra blech

Posted by: Even Miklos has limits at July 09, 2024 01:13 AM (XIkHl)

475 473 Also, morphological typology is not an indicator of genetic relatedness among languages.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:14 AM (v6JzV)

476 279 Miklos, booked accommodations for Paris over the weekend. Your recommendation of Caveau de la Huchette is about 10 mins from where we are staying. Showed Mrs scampy some pics and we are going to make a point of getting there. Thanks for the travel tip.
Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2024 11:32 PM (41CYW)

mmm...you know that Paris is burning right now, don't you? Leftists celebrating electoral wins.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 09, 2024 01:18 AM (Rbu5d)

477 1941 was the greatest movie in history.


Where Holliswood? Norse, Souse?

Posted by: Archer at July 09, 2024 01:19 AM (IDphi)

478 That river in Vietnam wouldn’t be as nasty if that giant gorilla would stop pissing in it. That shithead thinks it’s his river, because of the name.
— Me Kong River Authority

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:21 AM (v6JzV)

479 mmm...you know that Paris is burning right now, don't you? Leftists celebrating electoral wins.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 09, 2024 01:18 AM (Rbu5d)


Now? After all this time? Dammit!

Posted by: Adolf at July 09, 2024 01:21 AM (IDphi)

480 Posted by: Even Miklos has limits at July 09, 2024 01:13 AM (XIkHl)

Bottom feeders are all gross. Kashrut might get it wrong about bacon, shrimp, and cheeseburgers but the "no catfish" rule works by me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 09, 2024 01:22 AM (0FoWg)

481 I use a $16 cocktail smoker and whatever was around the house.

Posted by: DIYklos at July 09, 2024 01:10 AM (XIkHl)

CBD recommends sous vide for cocktails.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 09, 2024 01:22 AM (w6EFb)

482 Delicious bottom-feeder.

Posted by: I, Catfish at July 09, 2024 01:24 AM (w6EFb)

483 Hollywoooooood!

Japanese sailor

Posted by: Archer at July 09, 2024 01:24 AM (IDphi)

484 CBD recommends sous vide for cocktails.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

Fine.

Whatever does yer dildo

Posted by: Miklos, shrugging like a Frenchman with an Italian grandfather at July 09, 2024 01:24 AM (XIkHl)

485 Quote II - After OSHA attempting to enforce 'ergonomic' standards that aren't, it's the next major employment f-up.
---
i.e., -
>UPS Agreement with Teamsters on Heat Safety
06-13-2023
Agreement includes new measures that build on important actions rolled out to UPS employees in the spring

Over the road vehicles (and drivers), not within OSHA's jurisdiction.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at July 09, 2024 01:26 AM (NFX2v)

486 Well, my eyelids are slamming shut. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2024 01:27 AM (N965F)

487 480 Catfish aren’t kosher?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:28 AM (v6JzV)

488 There's a lot what ain't within OHSA's jurisdiction no mo'

Posted by: SCOTUS at July 09, 2024 01:28 AM (w6EFb)

489 'Nitey nite, AOP

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 09, 2024 01:28 AM (w6EFb)

490 My experience with UPS is that they are not, um, good.

Posted by: Miklos, breeding High Capacity carrier pigeons at the Savannah River Plant at July 09, 2024 01:29 AM (XIkHl)

491 Night, AOP.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:29 AM (v6JzV)

492 490 You never know from where you sit
Which way this bird is gonna-

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 09, 2024 01:31 AM (w6EFb)

493 490 All delivery services have their UPS and downs.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:32 AM (v6JzV)

494 Isn't it going to be expensive to put the groove and the two power strips in at all the NASCAR tracks?

Posted by: azjaeger at July 09, 2024 01:34 AM (3/XaG)

495 456 Coregonus lavaretus.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

A friend from Finland, who had been in the wholesale fish business, got some whitefish sent to Budapest. Nice thing, because Hungary has no seacoast. But everybody wanted to know what kind of fish, exactly. No word for it in Hungarian. After hours of calling, talking to the usual fishmongers, it was determined that the Hungarian name is "Whitefish" (sic)

Posted by: Miklos recalls that episode at July 09, 2024 12:57 AM (XIkHl)
----
You're all a bunch of racyy white supremacists.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, sono tutti briganti at July 09, 2024 01:35 AM (qfLjt)

496 Good night, Horde, I have been lurking around. I saw several comments about Idaho and I wondered if JQ has been around. I don't think that I have seen her for a while. It is a very hot and humid night here in the land of no a/c.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 09, 2024 01:35 AM (Sgq8y)

497 495
racyss

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, sono tutti briganti .. at July 09, 2024 01:36 AM (qfLjt)

498 ...490 All delivery services have their UPS and downs.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:32 AM (v6JzV)



Fed Ex and UPS are gonna be in a merger.

They're gonna call it....

... Fed UP



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 09, 2024 01:36 AM (kQgoX)

499 494 Isn't it going to be expensive to put the groove and the two power strips in at all the NASCAR tracks?
Posted by: azjaeger at July 09, 2024 01:34 AM (3/XaG)

Heh. Maybe they could do an electrified lattice over the track and have a rod on all the cars.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 09, 2024 01:39 AM (i4fVr)

500
... Fed UP



Jim

"Fed Up, up with People, you can't avoid them, wherever you go"

Posted by: Miklos, very vaguely remembering something from the 60s at July 09, 2024 01:40 AM (XIkHl)

501 496 Good night, Horde, I have been lurking around. I saw several comments about Idaho and I wondered if JQ has been around. I don't think that I have seen her for a while. It is a very hot and humid night here in the land of no a/c.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 09, 2024 01:35 AM (Sgq8y)

I think he/she is on in the early morning threads. JT was the one with health issues, no? Any word on him?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 09, 2024 01:40 AM (i4fVr)

502
It isn't. Southern Appalachia was effectively deforested by about a century ago - thanks to wood-hungry European shipbuilders.
--------------

Hey, I did my part. Between three and four billion American chestnut trees in the first half of the 20th century

Posted by: Cryphonectria parasitica at July 09, 2024 01:41 AM (XeU6L)

503 France's coalition vows to bring in 90 per cent tax rate on the rich (who will promptly leave/change nationality/find tax loopholes/find tax havens.)

https://mol.im/a/13614051

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, sono tutti ladri at July 09, 2024 01:41 AM (qfLjt)

504 Fed UP is not a winning business model. Not enough folks in the Upper Peninsula to support it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:42 AM (v6JzV)

505 Acclaimed barbecue smokehouse shuts doors amid rising costs of meat

https://mol.im/a/13613611

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la carne fumata e terribile at July 09, 2024 01:43 AM (qfLjt)

506 501 Yeah, we need an update on JT.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:44 AM (v6JzV)

507 France's coalition vows to bring in 90 per cent tax rate on the rich (who will promptly leave/change nationality/find tax loopholes/find tax havens.)

https://mol.im/a/13614051
Posted by: Ciampino

The definition of "rich" is a bit flexible, comrades.

Posted by: Miklos, who was in a couple of riots in Paris, well choreographed at July 09, 2024 01:45 AM (XIkHl)

508 Yeah, we need an update on JT.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Yes

Posted by: Miklos, who also thanks the Horde at July 09, 2024 01:46 AM (XIkHl)

509 502 Piker.

Ophiostoma spp.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:47 AM (v6JzV)

510 I admit, yet again, that I was wrong in my original prediction the Chicago DemCon would be a nothingburger and a coronation by the geriatric SDS alumni that rule Chicago. I did not foresee Gaza and did not foresee Marilyn Katz, the de facto Chairman of the SDS Politburo, kicking the bucket. Nor did I foresee the Biden situation.
Even with the other two factors, Katz could have kept it all under control but without her in place, there is a struggle for primacy within the Chicago Politburo, with Mike Klonsky screaming for Palestinian Terror and blood in the streets, Helen Schiller backing Black Violence, Ayers and Dohrn doing God knows what, and nobody in charge.
So, I revise my prediction from 'Nothingburger' to 'Mindblowing Shitshow'. On the plus side, if it's overcast, I should be able to see the glow from my yard!

Posted by: LenNeal at July 09, 2024 01:47 AM (bFId9)

511 Catfish aren’t kosher?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus


[X] Fins
[_] Scales

.....nope

Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2024 01:47 AM (DgGvY)

512 SpaceX stuff:

https://tinyurl.com/2mrprank

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, lo Spazio at July 09, 2024 01:48 AM (qfLjt)

513 France's coalition vows to bring in 90 per cent tax rate on the rich (who will promptly leave/change nationality/find tax loopholes/find tax havens.)

https://mol.im/a/13614051
Posted by: Ciampino'

We're morally flexible and are building luxury condos faster than we can sell them to Russian money launderers!

Posted by: Serbian Vucic Government, Open For Business! at July 09, 2024 01:48 AM (bFId9)

514 We are targeting no earlier than July 31 for the launch of Polaris Dawn

https://tinyurl.com/2p8byw8s

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, lo Spazio e lassu at July 09, 2024 01:49 AM (qfLjt)

515 Isn't it going to be expensive to put the groove and the two power strips in at all the NASCAR tracks?
Posted by: azjaeger

Heh. Maybe they could do an electrified lattice over the track and have a rod on all the cars.
Posted by: Aetius451AD


They drive in circles. Or ovals. Just put the outlets in the middle of the track and leave the cars plugged in for the whole race.

Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2024 01:49 AM (DgGvY)

516 OK, so now I can get “Mikeski” mixed up with Miklos and Miley, okravangeist, too. Gaah!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:50 AM (v6JzV)

517 Catfish aren’t kosher?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

[X] Fins
[_] Scales

.....nope
Posted by: mikeski

I know this from discussions in Budapest.

"Pikkeles" means has scales, therefore kosher. Not that anybody cared, purely academic.

Posted by: Miklos, who likes kosher quality although not jewish at July 09, 2024 01:51 AM (XIkHl)

518 OK, so now I can get “Mikeski” mixed up with Miklos and Miley, okravangeist, too. Gaah!
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

HE SAID THE "M" WORD

Posted by: Miklos, mere Murican magyar at July 09, 2024 01:52 AM (XIkHl)

519 460 The Illyrians were Indo-European.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:53 AM (v6JzV)

520 If I had to guess, since Schiller in the 46th Ward is known for obviously running the current alderwoman, Angela Clay, having been caught 'advising' her on numerous occasions despite not being officially in any political position anymore, that the preference in Chicago, Obama's bastion, is for Kamala Harris. The Chicago SDS is long 'allied' with the 'former' Black Panther Party, that is, the SDS provides the money through their contacts and positions and backs Black Radicalism. Katz would have expected Biden to step down for Harris, but now Katz is dead. The SDS doesn't give a shit that Harris is an idiot, they're used to playing puppeteer to pig-ignorant Black figureheads.

Posted by: Serbian Vucic Government, Open For Business! at July 09, 2024 01:55 AM (bFId9)

521 The Illyrians were Indo-European.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Say that in Albanian, bud.

Posted by: Miklos, whose experience with the Albanian Language was odd, and retrospectively amusing at July 09, 2024 01:55 AM (XIkHl)

522 Doof is an expert in pikkeleball.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:56 AM (v6JzV)

523 Teacher fired for speaking out against critical race theory

https://mol.im/a/13612079

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, le scuole fanno schifo at July 09, 2024 01:56 AM (qfLjt)

524 OK, so now I can get “Mikeski” mixed up with Miklos and Miley, okravangeist, too. Gaah!
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus


I'm lowercase. Totally different.

Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2024 01:57 AM (DgGvY)

525 521 Gheg or Tosk?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 01:57 AM (v6JzV)

526 Hunt for NYC killer on the loose after woman's body is found in plastic bag on busy Manhattan street

https://mol.im/a/13609667

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, le scuole oggi fanno schifo at July 09, 2024 01:58 AM (qfLjt)

527 And I've shouted about this until I'm hoarse, that 'NO!', the SDS did not 'disappear' in the early 1970s and they did not 'fragment' they've all kept in touch despite doctrinal and tactical differences! They NEVER went away, to believe that is so fucking stupid as to be mortally dangerous.
They put Obama in the White House for Christ's sake.

Posted by: Serbian Vucic Government, Open For Business! at July 09, 2024 01:58 AM (bFId9)

528 Gheg or Tosk?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

heh

Only gheys spell it "gheg"

Posted by: Miklos I Leka Zogu, Rightful King of All the Albanias at July 09, 2024 01:59 AM (XIkHl)

529 528 OK, but that doesn’t answer the question.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 02:00 AM (v6JzV)

530 Outrage as Idaho libraries BAN children and demand visitors show ID if they are under 30

https://mol.im/a/13609223

Just fire all the offending librarians and start again.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, tutte le scuole oggi fanno schifo at July 09, 2024 02:01 AM (qfLjt)

531 What, I gotta know their language?

Posted by: William of Wied, Mbret of Albania at July 09, 2024 02:04 AM (v6JzV)

532 Peter Nimitz has a terrific overview of the Indo-European 'prehistoric' population movements on his Substack, I've linked this before but it's a great piece and very well worth a read.

https://tinyurl.com/ds87uy9p

Expansions and population changes have been tracked using DNA analysis instead of language, his piece is an excellent introduction to what really went on and who went where. Work in the Balkans has shifted my personal historical idea of what 'ancient' even means, well past the usual 6-8,000 years ago. There was a LOT going on well before the Fertile Crescent thing and much of it was happening in Central Asia.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 09, 2024 02:05 AM (bFId9)

533 , but that doesn’t answer the question.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

The Noble Albanian People of Shqipëri are united in their heartfelt desire for Solidarity and Freedom under the benevolent rule of our beloved King and Emperor, Miklos Leka Zogu.

Wreckers and peanuts gallery spitballings shall not be tolerated. Hoxha was communist and language teacher of French. We shall have no more of such further.

Posted by: Official Statement from Miklos I Leka Zogu at July 09, 2024 02:07 AM (XIkHl)

534 518 OK, so now I can get “Mikeski” mixed up with Miklos and Miley, okravangeist, too. Gaah!
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

HE SAID THE "M" WORD
Posted by: Miklos, mere Murican magyar at July 09, 2024 01:52 AM (XIkHl)

That's a different commenter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 09, 2024 02:07 AM (i4fVr)

535 532 Fine, but the folks in the Fertile Crescent were the first humans who left written records.

Any previous slackers who couldn’t be bothered with written language don’t count.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 02:08 AM (v6JzV)

536 533 GHEG OR TOSK?

And none of this “power of ‘and’” shit.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 02:11 AM (v6JzV)

537 Geesh, I guess I need to go to bed.

The Horde is like crack. Hard to quit.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 02:14 AM (v6JzV)

538 G’night, All.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 02:16 AM (v6JzV)

539 And none of this “power of ‘and’” shit.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

I am a river unto my people.

All True Albanians cast off imposed imperialist distinctions.

We are one.

Gegs, Tosks, we dance together into the night with joy for Greater Albania.

Posted by: Official Statement from Miklos I Leka Zogu II at July 09, 2024 02:17 AM (XIkHl)

540 Psst, c'mere. I gotsa hydrogen mine to sell ya.

Posted by: DaveA at July 09, 2024 02:18 AM (FhXTo)

541 The capital of Albania has a lot of crossdressers.

Thus the name, Trannynia.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 02:21 AM (v6JzV)

542 Night Bulgar.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 09, 2024 02:27 AM (i4fVr)

543 Modern American libraries have become kind of a sad joke, and that is not good. I don’t know why they gave up shushing that was the Lingua Franca of libraries, you are supposed to be quiet.

Yes, we blame everything on DEI, but in this case DEI really is to blame. Library associations decided shushing was punishing loud cultures and blah blah blah.

Also, most city libraries now are gathering places for the homeless and the mentally ill. There are regular fights, drug use, and let’s just say, awkward behavior, often in the restrooms. There have been several write ups in the press about this, but not enough to change anything.

To be honest, I feel for the librarians who wanted to be bookworms, doing a quiet job with low stress. It turns out many of them now have to focus n security, and take on jobs better left to professionals in substance abuse, homelessness, and other societal problems. I really respect library staff for what they put up with and how they do it and generally in such a happy way.

But it does bother me that even library staff talk at an almost yelling volume these days. The loud talking is not just kids, it is also adults, including staff.

Posted by: Quint at July 09, 2024 02:47 AM (gURWE)

544 535 532 Fine, but the folks in the Fertile Crescent were the first humans who left written records.

Any previous slackers who couldn’t be bothered with written language don’t count.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus'

If you choose to believe that, it is your business. But cosmologies do not require writing to perpetuate themselves. I won't bother discussing it further.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 09, 2024 02:49 AM (43xH1)

545 Historians say we have better records on ancient Rome then we do of the American old West. The reason is an ancient Rome they wrote down records they left a written record of their life in the world. In the old west of the late 1800s for the most part, they did not. That is why there is so much so-called history of the old West that is mostly labeled as fiction because they don’t have the written records to back it up.

Posted by: Quint at July 09, 2024 02:54 AM (gURWE)

546 Just skimming comments, tryin' to catch up... ugh, too much! Sorry I missed Debby Doberman..

Idaho is okay, just really f'ing HOT these days. Oh, but it's a dry heat so 105, 110 don't feel so bad, right?

Coeur d'Alene has been overrun by libtards, who bought up all that *prime* vacay real estate for cheap, compared to what they sold their ordinary homes for, back in the shitholes whence they came. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at July 09, 2024 02:55 AM (njWTi)

547 Idaho libraries "banning" children is another bs thing, but you gotta figure it's due to poorly written law *plus* small libraries being paranoid of getting sued. Many have practically zero budget and are merely avoiding being targeted.

Am curious as to what crap remains on shelves within our schools, though. Where parents cannot go and look!

Posted by: JQ at July 09, 2024 03:04 AM (njWTi)

548 Catfish aren’t kosher?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Wok the catfish!
Wok the catfish!

Posted by: Joe Strummer's Discarded Lyrics at July 09, 2024 03:13 AM (tmPIh)

549 I have to say that The Clash narrowly dodged a bullet there by rejecting a piscatorial theme for their Middle Eastern number.

Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Sea Of Azov at July 09, 2024 03:16 AM (tmPIh)

550 If I do say so myself. And I did.

Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Sea Of Azov at July 09, 2024 03:18 AM (tmPIh)

551 Wok The Catfish, hmm.

Has a better beat than Kill The Wabbit.

*shrugs*

Posted by: JQ at July 09, 2024 03:19 AM (njWTi)

552 Has a better beat than Kill The Wabbit.

*shrugs*
Posted by: JQ

In the movie "Full Metal Jacket," I can never listen to the Wagner that Lt. Colonel Kilgore is blasting as his choppers attack the VC village without hearing that.

"Kill the Wabbit, kill the Wabbit...'

Warner Brothers definitely had an impact.

Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Sea Of Azov at July 09, 2024 03:38 AM (tmPIh)

553 552: Apocalypse Now.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 09, 2024 03:42 AM (sAmhv)

554 Col. Kurtz voiced by Elmer Fudd.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 09, 2024 03:43 AM (sAmhv)

555 Don't forget:

"My spear and Magic Helmet!!!"

Posted by: JQ at July 09, 2024 03:44 AM (njWTi)

556 Whoops - thanks, Puddleglum. Two very different movies there. My age is catching up with me.

Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Sea Of Azov at July 09, 2024 03:46 AM (tmPIh)

557 Kill them, Kill them all

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2024 03:47 AM (fwDg9)

558 Col. Kurtz voiced by Elmer Fudd.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

That would be awesome. Alternatively, Bugs as Private Joker, and Porky Pig as Animal Mother.

Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Sea Of Azov at July 09, 2024 03:48 AM (tmPIh)

559 Daffy Duck in the Dennis Hopper role.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 09, 2024 03:53 AM (sAmhv)

560 I will crowdfund this cartoon!

Posted by: LenNeal at July 09, 2024 03:54 AM (43xH1)

561 The mouse could be the VC. Sylvester as Captain Willard.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 09, 2024 03:55 AM (sAmhv)

562 Morning to all the insomaniacals! The Tech Thread is imminent, so I'll save comments for then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2024 03:58 AM (omVj0)

563 Foghorn Leghorn as Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann.

"I say, I say, boy, I say...Only two things, two I say, two things come from Texas..."

Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Sea Of Azov at July 09, 2024 04:02 AM (tmPIh)

564 Hahaha, you all crack me up!

Yeah, I'll be first in line for tickets when this hits theaters!

Posted by: JQ at July 09, 2024 04:06 AM (njWTi)

565 Waiting for coffee and Pixy

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2024 04:09 AM (fwDg9)

566 If Apocalypse Now had been made in 1959 (I know, it couldn't have been, but work with me here), WB *would* have done a parody cartoon of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2024 04:09 AM (omVj0)

567 563 Foghorn Leghorn as Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann.

"I say, I say, boy, I say...Only two things, two I say, two things come from Texas..."
Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Sea Of Azov at July 09, 2024 04:02 AM (tmPIh)

"All my exes."

Posted by: m at July 09, 2024 04:10 AM (64Zez)

568 Wide awake and waiting for tech thread. Playing solitaire to pass the time after having checked out the headlines at the NY Post and Daily Mail. It's an exciting life I lead.

Posted by: Tuna at July 09, 2024 04:16 AM (oaGWv)

569 ... but you can't tuna fish.

Posted by: m at July 09, 2024 04:18 AM (64Zez)

570 Wide awake and waiting for tech thread. Playing solitaire to pass the time after having checked out the headlines at the NY Post and Daily Mail. It's an exciting life I lead.
Posted by: Tuna at July 09, 2024


***
The highlights of my day are workouts, breakfast, and maybe smoking a pipe. It's all a gentle downhill run from there. Weekends, highlights are washing the car and the above.

Somebody here told me I really live on the edge. In a town where you can catch a bullet in broad daylight, even in the suburbs, I guess I really do.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2024 04:19 AM (omVj0)

571 Coffee in hand

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2024 04:19 AM (fwDg9)

572 If Apocalypse Now had been made in 1959 (I know, it couldn't have been, but work with me here), WB *would* have done a parody cartoon of it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Without a doubt - Mel Blanc would have knocked that one out of the park.

"The horror, Doc, the horror."
"The, the,t-t-t-t-the-th-that's all, MACSOGV."

Posted by: John Drake Turns Now West Toward The Sea Of Azov at July 09, 2024 04:21 AM (tmPIh)

573 444 Comment on Twitchy regarding Dr.Jill and Hunter attending WH meetings asked a dang pertinent question. " What's their security clearance." Are members of the President's family? A Monkey wants to know. I wonder if Billy Carter had Top Secret clearance?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus Maneo at July 09, 2024 12:49 AM (+jrYw)

While there is normally a process thst includes FBI background checks for giving people clearance, just like with documents, the President is at liberty to grant or revoke whatever security clearance he deems necessary to anybody at any time.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 09, 2024 04:24 AM (VEC2m)

574 MACV-SOG = Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG)

(wikipedia)

Posted by: m at July 09, 2024 04:24 AM (64Zez)

575 Got the coffee, let's have some Pixy.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at July 09, 2024 04:30 AM (hKoQL)

576 the President is at liberty to grant or revoke whatever security clearance he deems necessary to anybody at any time.
Posted by: tankdemon
------

Great. I'll sleep so well, knowing that spongebrain and obastard have granted clearances to gawd-knows-who...

Tell me, do these president-awarded clearances expire when the granting president leaves office, or must they be cancelled some other way?

Posted by: JQ at July 09, 2024 04:32 AM (njWTi)

577 Checked Pixy's site. Latest Tech thread is up there. Should show up here soon.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 09, 2024 04:37 AM (sAmhv)

578 NOOD TECH THREAD!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 09, 2024 04:38 AM (sAmhv)

579 The Horde is like crack. Hard to quit.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2024 02:14

Well thank god Hunter didn't find us. On second thought that could be very entertaining.

Posted by: Farmer at July 09, 2024 04:50 AM (55Qr6)

580 I'm gone to tell my little brother, that he should also pay a quick visit this webpage on regular basis to obtain updated from hottest news.

Posted by: What is Primal Diet at July 12, 2024 02:24 PM (Z7Cb0)

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