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Black Swans and Swan Songs
A black swan event is a rare, unpredictable occurrence that has a significant impact on the world. It's often characterized by its unexpected nature, the severe consequences it brings, and the tendency for people to rationalize it in hindsight as if it could have been predicted. The term "black swan" originates from the ancient belief that all swans were white, a belief that was proven false when black swans were discovered in Australia. This serves as a metaphor for the idea that just because something hasn't happened before doesn't mean it's impossible.
“There will certainly be Black Swan Surprises coming our way…” -WEF’s Klaus Schwab. How does he know this?I guess that was last year.
Arch-globalist and head of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab has reportedly informed staff that he will be stepping down as WEF executive chairman. The 86-year-old self-appointed Sultan of Davos sent an email to staff on Tuesday announcing that he will no longer run the world’s most prominent globalist advocacy group although he will likely stay on in some non-executive role, the website Semafor claimed. A WEF spokesman told the website that the Forum will be changing its governance structure and that as a result, Schwab “will transition from Executive Chairman to Chairman of the Board of Trustees” by the start of next year.
Last year, the POLITICO website reported that, according to 29 WEF insiders, Schwab is treating the organisation like a “family heirloom”, indicating that Schwab may have sought to appoint one of his two children, Nicole and Olivier — both of whom already serve in high-ranking positions within the WEF — as a next executive. The final decision will reportedly need to be cleared by the government of Switzerland, which hosts the group’s annual Davos meeting. The reported move by Schwab to step down from his leadership role in the group comes despite his previous claims that he wanted to stay in power and run the WEF for decades to come. A German-born economist, Schwab started the World Economic Forum in 1971 with $6,000 in startup funds. Now a $390 million per year business, the Forum sees world leaders, top-flight businessmen, and alleged thought leaders descend — often by private jet, ironically, given the frequent focus on climate change — to the Swiss ski resort town of Davos where they bend the metaphorical knee to Schwab every year.More at the link. I am wondering if the globalists who meet at Davos have the same idea of which world events are Black Swans as we do? Flashback, March 2022: Ed Driscoll quotes Roger Simon:
The Road to Serfdom - - We’re Almost There. How did it come to pass that what could have been an unpleasant, even severe, but containable health problem evolved into a civilization-destroying pandemic? Even now, at this early stage, we must ask the age-old question, cui bono—who benefits?But is the WEF still in a position of power? Where does power lie now?For those who might still be confused, in a well-wrought article for The Epoch Times, Australians Gabriel Moens and Augusto Zimmerman clarify: “The ‘Great Reset’ may be described as a radical international-socialist plan designed to ‘reset’ the world economy. The goal is to install a highly centralised, heavily regulated, totalitarian system akin to that of China’s Social Credit System.” Ground Zero of this reset is the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that glorious alpine redoubt cum airport for private jets miraculously powered by solar energy. The leading progenitor of the “reset” is Klaus Schwab—co-author of the 2020 tome “COVID-19: The Great Reset.” He is joined by various tech billionaires, captains of industry, state leaders, and royals, all of whom, needless to say, have the interest of the common man at heart—at least they say they do. (Remember: “You will be happy.”Those that espouse the Great Reset did not create COVID-19. For the moment we can assume that came from human error at the Wuhan Virology Lab. I hope we can anyway, since the deliberate release of the pathogen would be too horrifying to contemplate.
But they—the Great Resetters—seized upon the virus as an unprecedented opportunity to hasten their goals of global control. The CDC, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the World Health Organization (WHO) became in essence their agents with U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Anthony Fauci as their spokesperson. The rest is the dark history we have all been living through. Despite some insisting otherwise, this devotion to, or more precisely exploitation of, COVID-19 is not stopping
You can't wait for the world to not be jacked up for you to be happy. The world is always jacked up. But you can find peace and joy within it. Zuby
Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. C.S. Lewis
We need an intimate knowledge of the past not because the past has anything magic about it, but to remind us that the basic assumptions have been quite different in different periods and that much which seems certain to the uneducated is merely temporary fashion. A man who has lived in many places is not likely to be deceived by the local errors of his native village: the scholar has lived in many times and is therefore in some degree immune from the great cataract of nonsense that pours from the press and the microphone of his own age. C.S. Lewis
Why you fool, it's the educated reader who can be gulled. All our difficulty comes with the others. When did you meet a workman who believes the papers? He takes it for granted that they're all propaganda and skips the leading articles....He's our problem. We have to recondition him. But the educated public, the people who read the high-brow weeklies, don't need reconditioning. They're all right already. They'll believe anything. C. S. Lewis
One of the most dangerous errors is that civilization is automatically bound to increase and spread. The lesson of history is the opposite; civilization is a rarity, attained with difficulty and easily lost. The normal state of humanity is barbarism, just as the normal surface of the planet is salt water. Land looms large in our imagination and civilization in history books, only because sea and savagery are to us less interesting. C. S. Lewis
Those of us that are concerned about what ends we are being marched towards must not be distracted. We must stop looking at the shiny objects held before us that are meant to blur our focus on the larger picture. What is the larger picture our gaze is being pulled from? The same picture that social planners have been painting for millennia. A picture that you have no input into the design; a picture that you are placed in. No motive of the social planners will be assigned here. Some have benevolent intentions, some do not. The warning, for those who value individualism and liberty, is that the direction the planners are pushing our society towards is collective in nature. The planners wish to steer lives and plot the course that must be followed. Some planners want immediate results, while other are patient. The planners that want to accomplish their goal with the least resistance will seek to nudge individuals. A method used to nudge is to change people's feelings about things. . .
Gioachino Rossini's overture for Guillaume Tell.Berlioz comments:
Of the many operas well known by name but seldom ever seen, this is one of the most famous due to its ubiquitous overture. Ironically, the overture did not even originate with this opera, and decidedly, its composer had no intention of it ever becoming the theme song of the masked avenger of the Wild West. Instead, he was setting an adaptation of German playwright Friedrich Schiller’s 1804 drama inspired by 14th century Swiss patriot William Tell. Finding himself pressed for time as the premiere approached, Rossini borrowed a pre-existing overture from one of his many earlier operas, Elizabeth, Queen of England, composed 14 years and 24 operas before William Tell. So its melodies are not drawn from William Tell itself, and if one were to listen through the opera seeking that famed Lone Ranger music, one would listen in vain. The overture falls into four parts. It begins with principal cello mournfully singing quite alone, though orchestral strings join in support. Gradually, the theme that had been introduced by the cello builds and expands, ultimately bridging to new thematic material, restless and anxious in nature, suggestive of an oncoming storm. Soon torrents of brass and woodwinds, surging string phrases, and thunderous percussion imply that the storm is raging. Next is a pastoral countryside scene with woodwinds, particularly English horn and flute, suggesting a pair of shepherds calling to one another across an Alpine valley, though that is not what it represented when the overture was used for Elizabethan England. It is a gentle interlude that comes to a sudden halt with bold solo trumpet, quickly joined by horns, introducing a determined galloping energy—indeed, Rossini said that in the context of William Tell it represented a cavalry charge by mounted Swiss rebels—that radio producers in the 1930s were sure was exactly right for their Western hero. This section of the overture has been used to the point of being something of a musical cliché . .
… the piece as a whole is treated with incontestable superiority, a verve such as Rossini had perhaps never shown before in such alluring fashion… the overture to William Tell is a work of an immense talent which resembles genius so closely as to be mistaken for it.He gets more effusive from there. Improv:
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Good morning, KT!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 10, 2024 11:12 AM (2UnvF)
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Otters called
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 10, 2024 11:13 AM (2UnvF)
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 11:13 AM (B1dzx)
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whoa
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2024 11:13 AM (/7KEl)
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Bunch of stuff.
Posted by: javems at August 10, 2024 11:13 AM (8I4hW)
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Last year, the POLITICO website reported that, according to 29 WEF insiders, Schwab is treating the organisation like a “family heirloom”, indicating that Schwab may have sought to appoint one of his two children, Nicole and Olivier — both of whom already serve in high-ranking positions within the WEF — as a next executive.
Gee, a megalomaniac with delusions of grandeur wants to establish a dynasty. Who could have seen that coming?
Gee, a megalomaniac with delusions of grandeur wants to establish a dynasty. Who could have seen that coming?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 11:14 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2024 11:14 AM (/7KEl)
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… the piece as a whole is treated with incontestable superiority, a verve such as Rossini had perhaps never shown before in such alluring fashion… the overture to William Tell is a work of an immense talent which resembles genius so closely as to be mistaken for it.
Rossini is the best composer of the 19th century. Fight me!
Rossini is the best composer of the 19th century. Fight me!
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 11:16 AM (xCA6C)
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Good morning, everyone!
Posted by: KT at August 10, 2024 11:17 AM (xekrU)
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Guess I'll repost what I put at the end of the last thread:
It's funny, sometimes people think they're living in exciting times, but they're not. It's just the same ol' boring stuff, and nothing really happens in their lifetimes.
Not us. We're witnessing the death by suicide, of Western Civilization. It's happening on multiple fronts, and when everything finally collapses, we can all argue over whether we're living in Mad Max world, or Terminator, or some other variation.
Whatever it is, it won't be boring.
It's funny, sometimes people think they're living in exciting times, but they're not. It's just the same ol' boring stuff, and nothing really happens in their lifetimes.
Not us. We're witnessing the death by suicide, of Western Civilization. It's happening on multiple fronts, and when everything finally collapses, we can all argue over whether we're living in Mad Max world, or Terminator, or some other variation.
Whatever it is, it won't be boring.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:18 AM (Cp+5w)
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Good morning KT
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 11:18 AM (fwDg9)
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Make America Good Again
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 11:19 AM (vFG9F)
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Biden Treasury Secretary Claims Absurdly National Debt In a “Reasonable Place”
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I liked it better when words had meaning.
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I liked it better when words had meaning.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:19 AM (L/fGl)
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Please. "Swans of color."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:20 AM (L/fGl)
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Good morning everyone.
Recently, I have been expecting the unexpected. Nothing surprises me any more. Well, thoughtful, kind, fair and considerate actions from the Feds would surprise me.
I have to say that.
Recently, I have been expecting the unexpected. Nothing surprises me any more. Well, thoughtful, kind, fair and considerate actions from the Feds would surprise me.
I have to say that.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2024 11:20 AM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 11:20 AM (xCA6C)
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Black swan:
Newsom deciding quite suddenly to clean up California streets
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2024 11:14 AM (/7KEl)
If you live in adjacent states, you are going to see a sudden and totally unexpected increase in your homeless pop.
Everyone will be so confused. How did this happen. We were watching the Olympics one day, then people were shitting on our sidewalks and dropping their used needles on our lawns the next.
How strange.
Newsom deciding quite suddenly to clean up California streets
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2024 11:14 AM (/7KEl)
If you live in adjacent states, you are going to see a sudden and totally unexpected increase in your homeless pop.
Everyone will be so confused. How did this happen. We were watching the Olympics one day, then people were shitting on our sidewalks and dropping their used needles on our lawns the next.
How strange.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:21 AM (Cp+5w)
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“There will certainly be Black Swan Surprises coming our way…” -WEF’s Klaus Schwab.
How does he know this?
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This is like the FBI's press release announcing that there will be election interference by hackers that will require the voting machines and systems to be taken offline but that it won't compromise the results of the election.
Oh, and also please don't notice that it means the voting machines are hooked up to the internet.
How does he know this?
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This is like the FBI's press release announcing that there will be election interference by hackers that will require the voting machines and systems to be taken offline but that it won't compromise the results of the election.
Oh, and also please don't notice that it means the voting machines are hooked up to the internet.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 11:21 AM (mIykB)
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a work of an immense talent which resembles genius so closely as to be mistaken for it.
Is that a slap? Fun performance by the horns.
Is that a slap? Fun performance by the horns.
Posted by: t-bird at August 10, 2024 11:21 AM (Lh/d2)
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Tim Walz sings of the DNC's plan to dump him at the convention and replace him with fellow Midwest governor Gretchen Whitmer:
🎶
I was dancing with Kuh-mah-la, to the Timm-othee Walz
When an old friend I happened to see
I introduced her to Kuh-mah-la
And while they were dancing
My friend stole my sweetheart from me
I remember the night and the Timm-othee Walz
Now I know just how much I have lost
Yes, I lost my little darling the night they were playing
The beautiful...
The wonderful...
The marvelous...
The fabulous...
The beau-tee-full Timm-othee Walz
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I was dancing with Kuh-mah-la, to the Timm-othee Walz
When an old friend I happened to see
I introduced her to Kuh-mah-la
And while they were dancing
My friend stole my sweetheart from me
I remember the night and the Timm-othee Walz
Now I know just how much I have lost
Yes, I lost my little darling the night they were playing
The beautiful...
The wonderful...
The marvelous...
The fabulous...
The beau-tee-full Timm-othee Walz
Posted by: Muldoon, with apologies to Patti Page at August 10, 2024 11:21 AM (uCfKO)
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Rossini is the best composer of the 19th century. Fight me!
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 11:16 AM (xCA6C)
Bugs Bunny seems to think so.
I’m going with the Richard combo . Strauss and Wagner,
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 11:16 AM (xCA6C)
Bugs Bunny seems to think so.
I’m going with the Richard combo . Strauss and Wagner,
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 11:22 AM (B1dzx)
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Has anyone read Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book The Black Swan?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, can we haz a Book Thread? at August 10, 2024 11:23 AM (PiwSw)
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I'm just hoping for something like Lehman Bros collapsing in the next 3 months, but I doubt it happens.
I think people are definitely sour on the economy, but not yet panicked.
The closest we came was when banks like Silicon Vally started collapsing, but then the federal government exercised a power we never knew they had, unlimited FDIC protection and the power to bail out every financial institution without even going through Congress.
I think people are definitely sour on the economy, but not yet panicked.
The closest we came was when banks like Silicon Vally started collapsing, but then the federal government exercised a power we never knew they had, unlimited FDIC protection and the power to bail out every financial institution without even going through Congress.
Posted by: Blago at August 10, 2024 11:23 AM (wMRY8)
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Rossini is the best composer of the 19th century. Fight me!
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 11:16 AM (xCA6C)
Bugs Bunny seems to think so.
I’m going with the Richard combo . Strauss and Wagner,
Other than being completely wrong, those are also good choices.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 11:16 AM (xCA6C)
Bugs Bunny seems to think so.
I’m going with the Richard combo . Strauss and Wagner,
Other than being completely wrong, those are also good choices.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 11:23 AM (xCA6C)
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Willowed.
347 333
'It's time for decent Dem voters to face the fucking truth about what they've enabled in this country.'
I'm primed to tell the next person I hear complain about Trump, "You guys really must hate him. I guess that's why you tried to kill him."
Then enjoy watching them splutter with rage.
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'It's time for decent Dem voters to face the fucking truth about what they've enabled in this country.'
I'm primed to tell the next person I hear complain about Trump, "You guys really must hate him. I guess that's why you tried to kill him."
Then enjoy watching them splutter with rage.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 11:23 AM (3wi/L)
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Biden Treasury Secretary Claims Absurdly National Debt In a “Reasonable Place”
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I liked it better when words had meaning.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:19 AM (L/fGl)
No no, by "reasonable place" she meant in everyone's retirement funds.
You gotta love Dammit Janet, she tends to say things, even when she doesn't mean to.
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I liked it better when words had meaning.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:19 AM (L/fGl)
No no, by "reasonable place" she meant in everyone's retirement funds.
You gotta love Dammit Janet, she tends to say things, even when she doesn't mean to.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:23 AM (Cp+5w)
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 11:24 AM (B1dzx)
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Yesterday I was wondering if Walz makes it to the convention. Today I'm wondering if he makes it to Monday.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 10, 2024 11:24 AM (2UnvF)
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My question to anyone that says "Anybody but Trump" is "What did Trump do when he was President that was so bad?". Their answer, or non-answer, will be telling.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 11:25 AM (vFG9F)
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Posted by: Blago at August 10, 2024 11:23 AM (wMRY
You’re hoping for a collapse?
Posted by: polynikes
I'm hoping for it to happen sooner rather than later.
You’re hoping for a collapse?
Posted by: polynikes
I'm hoping for it to happen sooner rather than later.
Posted by: Blago at August 10, 2024 11:25 AM (wMRY8)
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When I see a Black Swan I like to yell "Duck!!"
Posted by: Muldoon at August 10, 2024 11:25 AM (uCfKO)
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I've been hearing "This can't go on" for over 29 years. Another 29 and I won't care.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 11:27 AM (vFG9F)
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Of course a bad thing has to be black. In 2024!!! And barely a month from the end of pride month.
For shame.
For shame.
Posted by: Karen McAwfl at August 10, 2024 11:27 AM (CK0h2)
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My question to anyone that says "Anybody but Trump" is "What did Trump do when he was President that was so bad?". Their answer, or non-answer, will be telling.
Posted by: fd
I've also tried that. What I get back is one of two things; 1) But he said p*ssy! or 2) He's a convicted felon!.
To which I say again: "I'll speak slower this time, What did Trump do when he was President that was so bad?"
Posted by: fd
I've also tried that. What I get back is one of two things; 1) But he said p*ssy! or 2) He's a convicted felon!.
To which I say again: "I'll speak slower this time, What did Trump do when he was President that was so bad?"
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2024 11:27 AM (WXNFJ)
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Thx K.T., good post. Klaus Schwab could not be a more perfect Bond villain. Anybody who has worked with the WEF crowd should be immediately suspected of being evil. Trump went once and I believe he said he wasn't impressed. WEF has money and power but not much common sense.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2024 11:27 AM (oqWMC)
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"To which I say again: "I'll speak slower this time, What did Trump do when he was President that was so bad?"
Posted by: Tonypete "
Even those answers are telling.
Posted by: Tonypete "
Even those answers are telling.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 11:28 AM (vFG9F)
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This is like the FBI's press release announcing that there will be election interference by hackers that will require the voting machines and systems to be taken offline but that it won't compromise the results of the election.
Oh, and also please don't notice that it means the voting machines are hooked up to the internet.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 11:21 AM (mIykB)
It's amazing how people will ignore what's right in front of them. This guy looks like a Bond villain, talks like a Bond villain, dresses like a Bond villain, and the general pubic, if they know he exists, think he's a quaint and kindly old German.
Meanwhile, the FBI acts like a thug enforcement wing of the Deep State, and people think they're honest lawmen.
You can't convince people of these things, if they seem too absurd to be true.
Oh, and also please don't notice that it means the voting machines are hooked up to the internet.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 11:21 AM (mIykB)
It's amazing how people will ignore what's right in front of them. This guy looks like a Bond villain, talks like a Bond villain, dresses like a Bond villain, and the general pubic, if they know he exists, think he's a quaint and kindly old German.
Meanwhile, the FBI acts like a thug enforcement wing of the Deep State, and people think they're honest lawmen.
You can't convince people of these things, if they seem too absurd to be true.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:28 AM (Cp+5w)
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Willowed:
...Whatever it is, it won't be boring.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:14 AM (GtZ7X)
Nah. it'll still be boring. Only it won't be the Our Typical Western Civ style of Boring:
plenty to eat. adequate health care, freedom from disease, low infant mortality, lots of leisure time, plenty of entertainment to choose from, relative safety, plenty of money, plenty of personal freedom, law and order.
Nope. It'll be the Good Ole Fashioned Pre-Western Civ kind of boring:
little to eat, lots of malnutrition if not outright starving, no leisure time but lots of working and scavenging to make sure you can eat, collapse of law and order so you spent your nights huddling indoors, poverty, exploitation of your labor, your wife's/husband's labor, your kid's labor, every day a grind to serve Your Betters, Leisure time? Ha!.
That kind of boring. Tough boring.
...Whatever it is, it won't be boring.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:14 AM (GtZ7X)
Nah. it'll still be boring. Only it won't be the Our Typical Western Civ style of Boring:
plenty to eat. adequate health care, freedom from disease, low infant mortality, lots of leisure time, plenty of entertainment to choose from, relative safety, plenty of money, plenty of personal freedom, law and order.
Nope. It'll be the Good Ole Fashioned Pre-Western Civ kind of boring:
little to eat, lots of malnutrition if not outright starving, no leisure time but lots of working and scavenging to make sure you can eat, collapse of law and order so you spent your nights huddling indoors, poverty, exploitation of your labor, your wife's/husband's labor, your kid's labor, every day a grind to serve Your Betters, Leisure time? Ha!.
That kind of boring. Tough boring.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 11:28 AM (eDfFs)
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There are 18 year olds now that were 10 years old when Trump was first elected. They know nothing of the 4 years except they were locked down the last year.
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 11:28 AM (B1dzx)
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question to anyone that says "Anybody but Trump" is "What did Trump do when he was President that was so bad?". Their answer, or non-answer, will be telling.
Posted by: fd
He lied 9,736,811 times. NYT says so therefore it must be true.
Posted by: fd
He lied 9,736,811 times. NYT says so therefore it must be true.
Posted by: Karen McAwfl at August 10, 2024 11:28 AM (CK0h2)
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It's amazing how people will ignore what's right in front of them. This guy looks like a Bond villain, talks like a Bond villain, dresses like a Bond villain, and the general pubic, if they know he exists, think he's a quaint and kindly old German.
To the best of my knowledge, though, he does not have a long-haired white cat.
To the best of my knowledge, though, he does not have a long-haired white cat.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (xCA6C)
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Rossini's overture to Elizabeth, Queen of England was the one we recognize as that to The Barber of Seville, not William Tell.
Rossini retired from composing after William Tell. He was 37 and lived nearly 40 more years.
Rossini's overture to Elizabeth, Queen of England was the one we recognize as that to The Barber of Seville, not William Tell.
Rossini retired from composing after William Tell. He was 37 and lived nearly 40 more years.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (1Nxff)
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Make America Good Again
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 11:19 AM (vFG9F)
See, right there, is where I don't know. Most here really loved the 80s. I did not. Peggy Noonan was writing Ronnie Reagan's speeches, dripping with syrup, while we were poor and stayed poor while factories were closing down.
The police fucked with the poor and spared the rich ... same as now. Those with half a brain knew not to trust a priest with an alter-boy, while those with an ideology screamed at the heathens to repent. All while we all signed up for the draft as our uncles who got back from 'Nam told us to keep our heads down and never volunteer.
Yet - even though shit wasn't exactly "good" then - it was less shitty than now. Now is Clown Car with the pedal to the floor aimed straight at a concrete wall.
For me - part of the process would be as simple as some folks acknowledging that the 80s, under Reagan, were not universally great.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 11:19 AM (vFG9F)
See, right there, is where I don't know. Most here really loved the 80s. I did not. Peggy Noonan was writing Ronnie Reagan's speeches, dripping with syrup, while we were poor and stayed poor while factories were closing down.
The police fucked with the poor and spared the rich ... same as now. Those with half a brain knew not to trust a priest with an alter-boy, while those with an ideology screamed at the heathens to repent. All while we all signed up for the draft as our uncles who got back from 'Nam told us to keep our heads down and never volunteer.
Yet - even though shit wasn't exactly "good" then - it was less shitty than now. Now is Clown Car with the pedal to the floor aimed straight at a concrete wall.
For me - part of the process would be as simple as some folks acknowledging that the 80s, under Reagan, were not universally great.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (0cqlm)
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"He lied 9,736,811 times. NYT says so therefore it must be true.
Posted by: Karen McAwfl "
Lied about what? Can you give me an example or two?
Posted by: Karen McAwfl "
Lied about what? Can you give me an example or two?
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Classical music fan at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (Y1sOo)
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Yesterday I was wondering if Walz makes it to the convention. Today I'm wondering if he makes it to Monday.
Posted by: Duke Lowell
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It just seems impossible to me that he gets booted. You go outside conservative blogs and they are minimizing the stolen valor stuff.
Even WSJ had an infuriating editorial that it's a mountain out of a molehill. A guy claiming he saw combat when he never entered a war zone is apparently no big deal.
Posted by: Duke Lowell
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It just seems impossible to me that he gets booted. You go outside conservative blogs and they are minimizing the stolen valor stuff.
Even WSJ had an infuriating editorial that it's a mountain out of a molehill. A guy claiming he saw combat when he never entered a war zone is apparently no big deal.
Posted by: Blago at August 10, 2024 11:30 AM (wMRY8)
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BLACK SWANS MATTER
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 11:30 AM (Ka3bZ)
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To which I say again: "I'll speak slower this time, What did Trump do when he was President that was so bad?"
Posted by: Tonypete "
Don’t ask me that question. Of course my answers would be from a conservative viewpoint. That said Trump is still 100x better than the alternative.
Posted by: Tonypete "
Don’t ask me that question. Of course my answers would be from a conservative viewpoint. That said Trump is still 100x better than the alternative.
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 11:30 AM (B1dzx)
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"Yet - even though shit wasn't exactly "good" then - it was less shitty than now. Now is Clown Car with the pedal to the floor aimed straight at a concrete wall.
For me - part of the process would be as simple as some folks acknowledging that the 80s, under Reagan, were not universally great.
Posted by: Shaking My Head"
Go read the AdT quote again.
For me - part of the process would be as simple as some folks acknowledging that the 80s, under Reagan, were not universally great.
Posted by: Shaking My Head"
Go read the AdT quote again.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 11:30 AM (vFG9F)
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That kind of boring. Tough boring.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 11:28 AM (eDfFs)
__________
And without the consolations of religion.
That kind of boring. Tough boring.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 11:28 AM (eDfFs)
__________
And without the consolations of religion.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 11:31 AM (1Nxff)
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Das Gelbe vom Ei = The yolk (yellow) of the egg.
Nit quite the equivalent of creme de la creme if you ask me.
Nit quite the equivalent of creme de la creme if you ask me.
Posted by: Muldoon at August 10, 2024 11:31 AM (uCfKO)
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Of course a bad thing has to be black. In 2024!!! And barely a month from the end of pride month.
They used to be Indian Swans. We even tried 'Asian Swans', but that was especially stupid.
They used to be Indian Swans. We even tried 'Asian Swans', but that was especially stupid.
Posted by: Kamala Harris at August 10, 2024 11:31 AM (Lh/d2)
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Thx K.T., good post. Klaus Schwab could not be a more perfect Bond villain. Anybody who has worked with the WEF crowd should be immediately suspected of being evil. Trump went once and I believe he said he wasn't impressed. WEF has money and power but not much common sense.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2024 11:27 AM (oqWMC)
And then there's Yuval Harari, who literally looks like Klaus Kinski's Nosferatu, and says the most inhuman shit you can imagine.
You couldn't create a more monstrous creature, but people have no idea what he does, or even know he exists.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2024 11:27 AM (oqWMC)
And then there's Yuval Harari, who literally looks like Klaus Kinski's Nosferatu, and says the most inhuman shit you can imagine.
You couldn't create a more monstrous creature, but people have no idea what he does, or even know he exists.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:31 AM (Cp+5w)
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For me - part of the process would be as simple as some folks acknowledging that the 80s, under Reagan, were not universally great.
The best thing about the 80s was that the 70s were over.
The best thing about the 80s was that the 70s were over.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 11:31 AM (xCA6C)
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Morning.
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 11:31 AM (fchWZ)
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Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (0cqlm)
The 80’s were infinitely better than the 70’s and set a benchmark that people incorrectly believe to be normal .
The 80’s were infinitely better than the 70’s and set a benchmark that people incorrectly believe to be normal .
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 11:32 AM (B1dzx)
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I had some awful times and some great times in the 80s. The 70s were better though, I had not a care in the world.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 11:33 AM (vFG9F)
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BLACK SWANS MATTER
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 11:30 AM (Ka3bZ)
X_X
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 10, 2024 11:30 AM (Ka3bZ)
X_X
Posted by: Archduke Ferdinand at August 10, 2024 11:33 AM (fchWZ)
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Black Swans
Look better in the shade
Look better in the shade
Posted by: Gino Vanelli at August 10, 2024 11:34 AM (00Zfu)
Posted by: Muldoon at August 10, 2024 11:34 AM (uCfKO)
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I finally got round to watching "Chernobyl." Excellent series. One thing that struck me hard was a speech given by a senior apparachik, played by the great Donald Sumpter. Reactor 4 has blown up just a couple of hours before, the senior staff on-site are in total denial about what happens, and one junior engineer has advocated to evacuate the town, only to be shouted down:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cG3PlcSiLA
Thing is, the year after "Chernobyl" was released, our governments pulled the same damn thing on us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cG3PlcSiLA
Thing is, the year after "Chernobyl" was released, our governments pulled the same damn thing on us.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 11:34 AM (3Fz6p)
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For me - part of the process would be as simple as some folks acknowledging that the 80s, under Reagan, were not universally great.
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All of this is graded on a curve, so then when were things great? The 50's would probably be the only other comparison of the modern era.
Human civilization is never going to be some utopian existence.
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All of this is graded on a curve, so then when were things great? The 50's would probably be the only other comparison of the modern era.
Human civilization is never going to be some utopian existence.
Posted by: Blago at August 10, 2024 11:34 AM (wMRY8)
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I had some awful times and some great times in the 80s. The 70s were better though, I had not a care in the world.
During the 80s, I got my PhD, got married, had 2 kids, bought a house, and basically got my life in gear. Notice the absence of anything to do with the government.
During the 80s, I got my PhD, got married, had 2 kids, bought a house, and basically got my life in gear. Notice the absence of anything to do with the government.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 11:35 AM (xCA6C)
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Test
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 11:35 AM (fwDg9)
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Pay no attention to this post. Just clearing out a sockpuppet. Getting ready for the ONT and Book Thread.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2024 11:35 AM (0eaVi)
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The best thing about the 80s was that the 70s were over.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 11:31 AM (xCA6C)
They were not picking Burnt Orange or Lime Green as the preferred shade of kitchen appliance. I'll grant you that.
Now look at the current set of geriatrics insisting on running everything. Nancy Pelosi ? Born in '40. Literally steeped in the 70s.
I'll suggest, nay - insist, that we're living under the thumb of a generation raised in the nuttiest decade in recent American History.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 11:31 AM (xCA6C)
They were not picking Burnt Orange or Lime Green as the preferred shade of kitchen appliance. I'll grant you that.
Now look at the current set of geriatrics insisting on running everything. Nancy Pelosi ? Born in '40. Literally steeped in the 70s.
I'll suggest, nay - insist, that we're living under the thumb of a generation raised in the nuttiest decade in recent American History.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 11:36 AM (0cqlm)
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Well that's weird, typed a normal non punctuation message and it was rejected
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 11:36 AM (fwDg9)
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That kind of boring. Tough boring.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 11:28 AM (eDfFs)
Hmmm, I guess that could be boring, if you're a warlord. A bevy of chained concubines, from which you must choose to please you each night.
How boring that would be.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 11:28 AM (eDfFs)
Hmmm, I guess that could be boring, if you're a warlord. A bevy of chained concubines, from which you must choose to please you each night.
How boring that would be.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:36 AM (Cp+5w)
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"Black Swan" had its origins in philosophical discussions about disproving what you don't fully know. e.g., Europeans assumed that all swans were white until they made it to Australia.
In real life we discount to zero things that we assume are improbable, at the risk of getting bit in the ass when they do.
Predictive modeling is prone to making fantastic mistakes because of this. When they're wrong they can be very wrong.
Karl Popper, George Soros' intellectual mentor, was all over this.
In real life we discount to zero things that we assume are improbable, at the risk of getting bit in the ass when they do.
Predictive modeling is prone to making fantastic mistakes because of this. When they're wrong they can be very wrong.
Karl Popper, George Soros' intellectual mentor, was all over this.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 10, 2024 11:36 AM (Gse2f)
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@53 Burt , yup have seen some of thAt guys writings and articles about him. He's of the "intellectual" underpinning of what passes for post humanism. He wouldn't hesitate to herd people into reeducation camps
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2024 11:36 AM (oqWMC)
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All of this is graded on a curve, so then when were things great? The 50's would probably be the only other comparison of the modern era.
Human civilization is never going to be some utopian existence.
Posted by: Blago at August 10, 2024 11:34 AM (wMRY
The 50’s not so great for some people and I have to hear about every day.
Human civilization is never going to be some utopian existence.
Posted by: Blago at August 10, 2024 11:34 AM (wMRY
The 50’s not so great for some people and I have to hear about every day.
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 11:36 AM (B1dzx)
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Swan of Color goes down gasping for air, dems install another Swan (some say rooster) with a familiar name to rule the roost. Likely? As likely as any other bird, I swanny!
Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2024 11:37 AM (LHPAg)
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I had some awful times and some great times in the 80s. The 70s were better though, I had not a care in the world.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 11:33 AM (vFG9F)
The 70's is a blur to me. Many personal transitions during that time. It sucked but it didn't suck.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 11:33 AM (vFG9F)
The 70's is a blur to me. Many personal transitions during that time. It sucked but it didn't suck.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at August 10, 2024 11:38 AM (g8Ew8)
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Predictive modeling is prone to making fantastic mistakes because of this. When they're wrong they can be very wrong.
Karl Popper, George Soros' intellectual mentor, was all over this.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 10, 2024 11:36 AM (Gse2f)
Well I never!
Karl Popper, George Soros' intellectual mentor, was all over this.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 10, 2024 11:36 AM (Gse2f)
Well I never!
Posted by: Hari Seldon at August 10, 2024 11:38 AM (PiwSw)
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To the best of my knowledge, though, he does not have a long-haired white cat.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (xCA6C)
I strongly suspect he has a collection of clip on finger nails, some of which are used to open throats, some to open plastic packaging, some with poison on the tips, and some just diamond encrusted, solid gold.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (xCA6C)
I strongly suspect he has a collection of clip on finger nails, some of which are used to open throats, some to open plastic packaging, some with poison on the tips, and some just diamond encrusted, solid gold.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:38 AM (Cp+5w)
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Tried again and rejected, y I will move on.
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 11:38 AM (fwDg9)
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7 Black swan:
Newsom deciding quite suddenly to clean up California streets
Posted by: Don Black
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The left's traditional move to the right during election time. Their constituents are so short minded that his move will be seen as the man who saved CA. (at least, long enough to get their vote)
Newsom deciding quite suddenly to clean up California streets
Posted by: Don Black
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The left's traditional move to the right during election time. Their constituents are so short minded that his move will be seen as the man who saved CA. (at least, long enough to get their vote)
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 11:39 AM (OQG13)
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All of this is graded on a curve, so then when were things great? The 50's would probably be the only other comparison of the modern era. Human civilization is never going to be some utopian existence.
Which dovetails right into my point, honestly. When we talk about all things American - there's this idea that some things were absolutely better or absolutely worse.
I don't believe it. In any free society, there are winners and losers. Don't be surprised, when you make sweeping changes, that the losers are not happy.
Right now, the cultural losers are trying to make sweeping changes.
Which dovetails right into my point, honestly. When we talk about all things American - there's this idea that some things were absolutely better or absolutely worse.
I don't believe it. In any free society, there are winners and losers. Don't be surprised, when you make sweeping changes, that the losers are not happy.
Right now, the cultural losers are trying to make sweeping changes.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 11:40 AM (0cqlm)
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Trump was a true Black Swan. They could never have predicted him, or his influence. That’s why they are so terrified of him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2024 11:40 AM (S6gqv)
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70 @53 Burt , yup have seen some of thAt guys writings and articles about him. He's of the "intellectual" underpinning of what passes for post humanism. He wouldn't hesitate to herd people into reeducation camps
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2024 11:36 AM (oqWMC)
Even more creepy, when he speaks in public, he has a calm, quiet voice, when he says the most vile, horrible things you can imagine.
I mean, sometimes I use hyperbole here, but it damn near seems like he's intentionally mimicking Kinski's performance as Nosferatu.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2024 11:36 AM (oqWMC)
Even more creepy, when he speaks in public, he has a calm, quiet voice, when he says the most vile, horrible things you can imagine.
I mean, sometimes I use hyperbole here, but it damn near seems like he's intentionally mimicking Kinski's performance as Nosferatu.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:41 AM (Cp+5w)
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Trump was a true Black Swan. They could never have predicted him, or his influence. That’s why they are so terrified of him.
They watched him decades earlier. Ross Perot. Why do you think we have McCain-Feingold ?
They watched him decades earlier. Ross Perot. Why do you think we have McCain-Feingold ?
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 11:42 AM (0cqlm)
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When I see a Black Swan I like to yell "Duck!!"
Posted by: Muldoon at August 10, 2024 11:25 AM (uCfKO)
M R Docs!
Posted by: Muldoon at August 10, 2024 11:25 AM (uCfKO)
M R Docs!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2024 11:43 AM (W/lyH)
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>>>Karl Popper, George Soros' intellectual mentor, was all over this.
Posted by: Ignoramus
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Karl Popper was the apple of Shyamala Gopalan's (Kamala's mother) eye.
Posted by: Ignoramus
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Karl Popper was the apple of Shyamala Gopalan's (Kamala's mother) eye.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 11:43 AM (OQG13)
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I will say though, when it comes to Nosferatu lookalikes, Harari would win second place in a contest, if NBA commish, Adam Silver enters.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:43 AM (Cp+5w)
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@80Burt Harari is a gay , vegan JINO. I don't think he'd survive for a week in the world he advocates
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2024 11:44 AM (oqWMC)
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sorry Alexis D, we fudged it up
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 10, 2024 11:44 AM (sJHOI)
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"The closest we came was when banks like Silicon Vally started collapsing,"
SVB had a unique business model and it was a unique failure. SVB had nearly all large deposits over the FDIC's insured limits. They went long on "risk-free" debt with huge leverage and then lost all the market value of their equity when rates moved. It was a huge management f*ck up compounded by poor regulatory oversight.
SVB had a unique business model and it was a unique failure. SVB had nearly all large deposits over the FDIC's insured limits. They went long on "risk-free" debt with huge leverage and then lost all the market value of their equity when rates moved. It was a huge management f*ck up compounded by poor regulatory oversight.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 10, 2024 11:45 AM (Gse2f)
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Chernobyl is one of the best things in any media in the last deacde.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 10, 2024 11:45 AM (Gse2f)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2024 11:46 AM (4Med0)
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Posted by: Ignoramus at August 10, 2024 11:45 AM (Gse2f)
IIRC the management had minimal experience in banking.
IIRC the management had minimal experience in banking.
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 11:47 AM (B1dzx)
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:47 AM (Cp+5w)
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Here's the FBI's prescient "election interference" page if you haven't seen it. Goes straight to dot gov:
" “DDoS attacks are one example of a tactic that we have seen used against election infrastructure in the past and will likely see again in the future, but they will NOT affect the security or integrity of the actual election. "
https://tinyurl.com/27lsrzcj
Pretty neat of them to be able to say what will happen, isn't it?
" “DDoS attacks are one example of a tactic that we have seen used against election infrastructure in the past and will likely see again in the future, but they will NOT affect the security or integrity of the actual election. "
https://tinyurl.com/27lsrzcj
Pretty neat of them to be able to say what will happen, isn't it?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 10, 2024 11:47 AM (mIykB)
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I was acquainted with the librarian for SF Symphony (now deceased) and he let me work with him on the Rossini W. Tell Overture. Unbeknownst to me at the time is that there is a list, a database if you will, of all the various musical print errors of the work (called errata). And these all need to be addressed before the parts are distributed to the musicians.
And there were hundreds of errata.
And all famous orchestral works have similar databases.
And there were hundreds of errata.
And all famous orchestral works have similar databases.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 10, 2024 11:47 AM (MeG8a)
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Well that's weird, typed a normal non punctuation message and it was rejected
Posted by: Skip
The ways of Pixy are mysterious.
Posted by: Skip
The ways of Pixy are mysterious.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:47 AM (L/fGl)
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>>>20 Tim Walz sings of the DNC's plan to dump him at the convention and replace him with fellow Midwest governor Gretchen Whitmer:
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Gretchen's said that she wouldn't second herself to Kamala. She would, however, run as the primary. It's going to be an entertaining convention.
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Gretchen's said that she wouldn't second herself to Kamala. She would, however, run as the primary. It's going to be an entertaining convention.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 11:47 AM (OQG13)
Posted by: Quahog record store worker at August 10, 2024 11:48 AM (5W1bF)
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85 @80Burt Harari is a gay , vegan JINO. I don't think he'd survive for a week in the world he advocates
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2024 11:44 AM (oqWMC)
I assume he has an underground bunker, with a ready supply of rent bois, from which to draw the blood he needs.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2024 11:44 AM (oqWMC)
I assume he has an underground bunker, with a ready supply of rent bois, from which to draw the blood he needs.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:48 AM (Cp+5w)
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Is Doug Emhoff's wife giving one of her verbatim speeches today? If so, who is the free musical attraction?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2024 11:49 AM (dg+HA)
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I ask questions to my libtard aunts and they never have one fucking answer. Ever. Stupid fucks.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Libtard means never having to say you're sorry.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Libtard means never having to say you're sorry.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:50 AM (L/fGl)
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For me - part of the process would be as simple as some folks acknowledging that the 80s, under Reagan, were not universally great.
A straw man, for sure, but it tells us you never wore a leisure suit.
A straw man, for sure, but it tells us you never wore a leisure suit.
Posted by: t-bird at August 10, 2024 11:50 AM (Rfq0b)
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sorry Alexis D, we fudged it up
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 10, 2024 11:44 AM (sJHOI)
People tend to quote the first part of his statement, and ignore the second.
It's the secular equivalent of Jesus' "let he who is without sin, cast the first stone."
Wow, I guess we shouldn't be so judgy.
Then he turns to the whore, says "your sins are forgiven, now go, and sin no more."
Oh.
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 10, 2024 11:44 AM (sJHOI)
People tend to quote the first part of his statement, and ignore the second.
It's the secular equivalent of Jesus' "let he who is without sin, cast the first stone."
Wow, I guess we shouldn't be so judgy.
Then he turns to the whore, says "your sins are forgiven, now go, and sin no more."
Oh.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:52 AM (Cp+5w)
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Make America America again.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2024 11:52 AM (+H2BX)
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"IIRC the management had minimal experience in banking."
SVB made itself THE bank for the venture capital industry. Much of its deposits were large accounts with VC firms which were well above FDIC limits. It was imperative to do a bailout to save the VCs, but it was hard for the FDIC to engineer a sale because there was little franchise value to sell.
SVB made itself THE bank for the venture capital industry. Much of its deposits were large accounts with VC firms which were well above FDIC limits. It was imperative to do a bailout to save the VCs, but it was hard for the FDIC to engineer a sale because there was little franchise value to sell.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 10, 2024 11:53 AM (Gse2f)
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Random thought. I'm amused that rock anthem We Built This City is now being used to sell toilet paper.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:53 AM (L/fGl)
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Rossini retired from composing after William Tell. He was 37 and lived nearly 40 more years.
Reading about him on wikipedia, his career was amazing. This was a very successful artist.
Reading about him on wikipedia, his career was amazing. This was a very successful artist.
Posted by: t-bird at August 10, 2024 11:54 AM (Rfq0b)
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Gretchen's said that she wouldn't second herself to Kamala. She would, however, run as the primary. It's going to be an entertaining convention.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 11:47 AM (OQG13)
If the Democrats think they can win, they'll toss these two losers. If they believe they are going to lose, they'll leave them to take the L, and prepare for '28.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 11:47 AM (OQG13)
If the Democrats think they can win, they'll toss these two losers. If they believe they are going to lose, they'll leave them to take the L, and prepare for '28.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:54 AM (Cp+5w)
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Reagan years were good years to be in USN.
Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2024 11:55 AM (LHPAg)
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Random thought. I'm amused that rock anthem We Built This City is now being used to sell toilet paper.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:53 AM (L/fGl)
Fitting, as that is one crappy song.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:53 AM (L/fGl)
Fitting, as that is one crappy song.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Icky Weirdo at August 10, 2024 11:55 AM (Ad8y9)
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I see Scogg Dog is here under his latest handle.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 11:55 AM (XXbDM)
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Is Doug Emhoff's wife giving one of her verbatim speeches today? If so, who is the free musical attraction?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Trump is helping her.
https://is.gd/pkjUyX
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Trump is helping her.
https://is.gd/pkjUyX
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:56 AM (L/fGl)
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SVB is a kind of Black Swan event for financial regulators.
Their capital rules assume no risk in safe assets like Treasuries that can still have huge interest rate risk.
If anyone had bothered to look, the unrealized and growing loss at SVB was there to see in the financial notes for a few quarters.
Their capital rules assume no risk in safe assets like Treasuries that can still have huge interest rate risk.
If anyone had bothered to look, the unrealized and growing loss at SVB was there to see in the financial notes for a few quarters.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 10, 2024 11:56 AM (Gse2f)
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If the Democrats think they can win, they'll toss these two losers. If they believe they are going to lose, they'll leave them to take the L, and prepare for '28.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:54 AM (Cp+5w)
Either that or blatant, in-your-face cheating and then double dawg daring us to do something about it.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:54 AM (Cp+5w)
Either that or blatant, in-your-face cheating and then double dawg daring us to do something about it.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at August 10, 2024 11:56 AM (g8Ew8)
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I gotta say that "The Tax Reform Act of 1986" was fabulous.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2024 11:57 AM (+H2BX)
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Gretchen's said that she wouldn't second herself to Kamala. She would, however, run as the primary. It's going to be an entertaining convention.
And Trump has hinted that Biden will barge in and demand his rightful nomination back. Top that, Babylon Bee!
And Trump has hinted that Biden will barge in and demand his rightful nomination back. Top that, Babylon Bee!
Posted by: t-bird at August 10, 2024 11:57 AM (Rfq0b)
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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:53 AM (L/fGl)
Rob Halford is an a freaking insurance commercial.
Slash is in a Capital One commercial.
Not very rebellious.
Rob Halford is an a freaking insurance commercial.
Slash is in a Capital One commercial.
Not very rebellious.
Posted by: Iasonas at August 10, 2024 11:57 AM (2O9Sc)
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Rossini is the best composer of the 19th century. Fight me!
Debussy, especially early Debussy.
Posted by: Classical music fan at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (Y1sOo)
What!?!?
You savages are-
Throwing Rossini under Debussy!
Debussy, especially early Debussy.
Posted by: Classical music fan at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (Y1sOo)
What!?!?
You savages are-
Throwing Rossini under Debussy!
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 11:58 AM (eDfFs)
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I'm amazed at how the Junta's attempted assassination of Trump has just disappeared as an event people talk about.
An assassination attempt on the primary opposition candidate in the US by the government has never happened before.
And...crickets.
But I guess just way too much of the GOPe is controlled opposition to even complain about it.
An assassination attempt on the primary opposition candidate in the US by the government has never happened before.
And...crickets.
But I guess just way too much of the GOPe is controlled opposition to even complain about it.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 11:59 AM (oZhjI)
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If the Democrats think they can win, they'll toss these two losers. If they believe they are going to lose, they'll leave them to take the L, and prepare for '28.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:54 AM (Cp+5w)
Either that or blatant, in-your-face cheating and then double dawg daring us to do something about it.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at August 10, 2024 11:56 AM (g8Ew
Yeah, I also believe there's better than 50% chance of another assassination attempt on Trump.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:54 AM (Cp+5w)
Either that or blatant, in-your-face cheating and then double dawg daring us to do something about it.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at August 10, 2024 11:56 AM (g8Ew
Yeah, I also believe there's better than 50% chance of another assassination attempt on Trump.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:59 AM (Cp+5w)
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Biden *is* the nominee.
Kamala was installed via a coup. She won no primary ballots, she won no caucuses. "Selected not elected" as the left used to say...
Kamala was installed via a coup. She won no primary ballots, she won no caucuses. "Selected not elected" as the left used to say...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:00 PM (oZhjI)
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Make America America again.
Right there. Exactly right there.
It wasn't universally great. Some parts sucked. But it was better than now. By a fair bit.
Right there. Exactly right there.
It wasn't universally great. Some parts sucked. But it was better than now. By a fair bit.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:00 PM (0cqlm)
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"But they—the Great Resetters—seized upon the virus as an unprecedented opportunity to hasten their goals of global control."
So much blatant deliberate work went into the virus and the associated jabs, and so much effort into the origins coverup and jab related censorship AND the academic/regulatory fraud associated with it, that I think it's quite clear this wasn't "seized upon", it was created. There is no other way to square the speed with which work began on the jabs and the highly engineered maliciousness contained within them.
You want to talk about the road to serfdom, how about all the poor fucks who have had, effectively, CRISPR handles transfected in, now? Don't need to customize gene editing for the majority of the jabbed anymore, you can just yolo that shit out there and know it will stick. And then you have the absurd levels of jab contamination.
The relevant info is there for those who know where to find it - which generally is Substack these days, as virtually every other platform has been nuked or censored. McKernan, Rose, etc. There are dozens of people putting out papers on this with thousands of intermittent co-authors, and more piling on every day.
So much blatant deliberate work went into the virus and the associated jabs, and so much effort into the origins coverup and jab related censorship AND the academic/regulatory fraud associated with it, that I think it's quite clear this wasn't "seized upon", it was created. There is no other way to square the speed with which work began on the jabs and the highly engineered maliciousness contained within them.
You want to talk about the road to serfdom, how about all the poor fucks who have had, effectively, CRISPR handles transfected in, now? Don't need to customize gene editing for the majority of the jabbed anymore, you can just yolo that shit out there and know it will stick. And then you have the absurd levels of jab contamination.
The relevant info is there for those who know where to find it - which generally is Substack these days, as virtually every other platform has been nuked or censored. McKernan, Rose, etc. There are dozens of people putting out papers on this with thousands of intermittent co-authors, and more piling on every day.
Posted by: somedood at August 10, 2024 12:00 PM (K15C4)
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I was a young lad during the Reagan years. Had no clue about politics but I remember a happy childhood with a pretty good economic life. By that I mean nice house, nice vacations, I had all the cool video games, etc.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:02 PM (CK0h2)
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The relevant info is there for those who know where to find it
A number of the LIVs I tried to convince not to take the clot shot did not want to do any research on their own. Aggressively so. "The people on TV say it will stop me from getting COVID why should I take the word of some random guy on the internet"
A number of the LIVs I tried to convince not to take the clot shot did not want to do any research on their own. Aggressively so. "The people on TV say it will stop me from getting COVID why should I take the word of some random guy on the internet"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:02 PM (oZhjI)
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Posted by: Ignoramus at August 10, 2024 11:53 AM (Gse2f)
To be fair , any bank would fail if their largest depositor ( in the billions) took out all their money.
To be fair , any bank would fail if their largest depositor ( in the billions) took out all their money.
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 12:02 PM (B1dzx)
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Rob Halford is an a freaking insurance commercial.
Slash is in a Capital One commercial.
Not very rebellious.
Posted by: Iasonas at August 10, 2024 11:57 AM (2O9Sc)
I saw a good summary recently, of the various rock and roll "bad bois" who were passionately selling the jab on twatter, and approving "vaccine" passports for their live shows.
Slash is in a Capital One commercial.
Not very rebellious.
Posted by: Iasonas at August 10, 2024 11:57 AM (2O9Sc)
I saw a good summary recently, of the various rock and roll "bad bois" who were passionately selling the jab on twatter, and approving "vaccine" passports for their live shows.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:02 PM (Cp+5w)
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Has anyone read Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book The Black Swan?
I read his first book Fooled by Randomness where he introduced the concept and the term. Is there anything more in the second book to make it worthwhile?
I read his first book Fooled by Randomness where he introduced the concept and the term. Is there anything more in the second book to make it worthwhile?
Posted by: Oddbob at August 10, 2024 12:02 PM (v0fvM)
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KT - Astonishing and hilariously made my day.
I have been obsessed over the past few weeks with an antenna 'Toon network. WB and the 'Great Dane' meet and have all the fun possible.
Thank you.
I have been obsessed over the past few weeks with an antenna 'Toon network. WB and the 'Great Dane' meet and have all the fun possible.
Thank you.
Posted by: mustbequantum at August 10, 2024 12:03 PM (WCgT6)
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She can run but she can't hide.
Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.
No matter what the manipulated polls say Kamala is going to get historically low turnout from key D voting blocks.
Another Black Swan event, let us pray!
Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.
No matter what the manipulated polls say Kamala is going to get historically low turnout from key D voting blocks.
Another Black Swan event, let us pray!
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 10, 2024 12:03 PM (Gse2f)
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Random thought. I'm amused that rock anthem We Built This City is now being used to sell toilet paper.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:53 AM (L/fGl)
We Built This Shitty?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:53 AM (L/fGl)
We Built This Shitty?
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 12:03 PM (Gd3hX)
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Rossini retired from composing after William Tell. He was 37 and lived nearly 40 more years.
Reading about him on wikipedia, his career was amazing. This was a very successful artist.
Posted by: t-bird at August 10, 2024 11:54 AM (Rfq0b)
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Rossini composed while reclining on a daybed. Supposedly, he was so lazy that if a page fell to the floor, he would just rewrite it rather than get up and retrieve it.
Reading about him on wikipedia, his career was amazing. This was a very successful artist.
Posted by: t-bird at August 10, 2024 11:54 AM (Rfq0b)
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Rossini composed while reclining on a daybed. Supposedly, he was so lazy that if a page fell to the floor, he would just rewrite it rather than get up and retrieve it.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 12:04 PM (3Fz6p)
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I saw a good summary recently, of the various rock and roll "bad bois" who were passionately selling the jab on twatter, and approving "vaccine" passports for their live shows.
Sammy Hagar. Steven Tyler. It goes on and on.
Of course, a prolific poster here couldn't shut up about "crushed glass". Of course, nobody calls him on it. Nobody calls anybody on anything.
We just rush to the next craze, spout hot takes, and never get any negative feedback when this or that person proves - yet again - to be full of shit.
That's a big, big part of the problem.
Sammy Hagar. Steven Tyler. It goes on and on.
Of course, a prolific poster here couldn't shut up about "crushed glass". Of course, nobody calls him on it. Nobody calls anybody on anything.
We just rush to the next craze, spout hot takes, and never get any negative feedback when this or that person proves - yet again - to be full of shit.
That's a big, big part of the problem.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:04 PM (0cqlm)
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The marvelous...
The fabulous...
The beau-tee-full Timm-othee Walz
Posted by: Muldoon, with apologies to Patti Page at August 10, 2024 11:21 AM (uCfKO)
LOL! Brilliant, Muldoon.
The fabulous...
The beau-tee-full Timm-othee Walz
Posted by: Muldoon, with apologies to Patti Page at August 10, 2024 11:21 AM (uCfKO)
LOL! Brilliant, Muldoon.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:05 PM (YlAE5)
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Rossini is the best composer of the 19th century. Fight me!
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Beethoven? Schubert? Verdi? Wagner? Brahma?
Rossini is the best composer of the 19th century. Fight me!
____________
Beethoven? Schubert? Verdi? Wagner? Brahma?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 12:05 PM (1Nxff)
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No matter what the manipulated polls say Kamala is going to get historically low turnout from key D voting blocks.
Another Black Swan event, let us pray!
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 10, 2024 12:03 PM (Gse2f)
I heard recently someone say Trump won Minnesota is '16, and I thought that wasn't right, so I looked it up...
The last Republican to win Minn was Nixon in '72.
Would I predict a Trump victory, comparable to Nixon's? If we had an honest election, I might.
Another Black Swan event, let us pray!
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 10, 2024 12:03 PM (Gse2f)
I heard recently someone say Trump won Minnesota is '16, and I thought that wasn't right, so I looked it up...
The last Republican to win Minn was Nixon in '72.
Would I predict a Trump victory, comparable to Nixon's? If we had an honest election, I might.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:06 PM (Cp+5w)
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And Trump has hinted that Biden will barge in and demand his rightful nomination back. Top that, Babylon Bee!
Only if he has powerful backers who are willing to blow up the party for revenge and I don't see any evidence of that.
Only if he has powerful backers who are willing to blow up the party for revenge and I don't see any evidence of that.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 10, 2024 12:06 PM (RNbio)
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'You’re hoping for a collapse?'
Blago already answered but I will try too. Wanting the banks to not be rewarded for their incompetence is not the same as wanting a collapse.
It is, in fact, wanting the banks punished for their failures such that future banks invest and manage money more prudently.
'You’re hoping for a collapse?'
Blago already answered but I will try too. Wanting the banks to not be rewarded for their incompetence is not the same as wanting a collapse.
It is, in fact, wanting the banks punished for their failures such that future banks invest and manage money more prudently.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 12:06 PM (3wi/L)
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Steven Tyler knocked up a 14 year old and forced her to get an abortion. Then he cast his own daughter in a lesbian themed video for his band.
I think you would generally be in a good position to do the opposite of what he tells you to do...
I think you would generally be in a good position to do the opposite of what he tells you to do...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:06 PM (oZhjI)
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"A number of the LIVs I tried to convince not to take the clot shot did not want to do any research on their own. Aggressively so. "The people on TV say it will stop me from getting COVID why should I take the word of some random guy on the internet"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:02 PM (oZhjI)"
When one is mentally mediocre, they assume everyone else is as well - except in cases where thinking otherwise justifies a decision they already want to make, or reinforces something they want to believe.
This also tends to inflame the whole "I LOVE SCIENCE!!1" crap from people who really don't understand any of it, but are nominally smart enough to place themselves above the mean and look down at all the 'tards.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:02 PM (oZhjI)"
When one is mentally mediocre, they assume everyone else is as well - except in cases where thinking otherwise justifies a decision they already want to make, or reinforces something they want to believe.
This also tends to inflame the whole "I LOVE SCIENCE!!1" crap from people who really don't understand any of it, but are nominally smart enough to place themselves above the mean and look down at all the 'tards.
Posted by: somedood at August 10, 2024 12:07 PM (K15C4)
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Would I predict a Trump victory, comparable to Nixon's? If we had an honest election, I might.
Biden's 4 years were objectively the worst 4 years of peacetime the US has had. And whether he or his VP is the standard bearer one would expect them to take a historic drubbing.
But that assumes a free and fair election.
Would I predict a Trump victory, comparable to Nixon's? If we had an honest election, I might.
Biden's 4 years were objectively the worst 4 years of peacetime the US has had. And whether he or his VP is the standard bearer one would expect them to take a historic drubbing.
But that assumes a free and fair election.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:08 PM (oZhjI)
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Blago already answered but I will try too. Wanting the banks to not be rewarded for their incompetence is not the same as wanting a collapse.
I want a collapse. Most peaceful, less bloody reset you can imagine.
Let the currency collapse, and the Upper Midwest Socialists merge with Canada. So do the New England states. All without another four year blood-letting like the last time.
I want a collapse. Most peaceful, less bloody reset you can imagine.
Let the currency collapse, and the Upper Midwest Socialists merge with Canada. So do the New England states. All without another four year blood-letting like the last time.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:08 PM (0cqlm)
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Yeah, I also believe there's better than 50% chance of another assassination attempt on Trump.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:59 AM (Cp+5w)
They have to stop the threat to their power. Killing human beings is nothing to them. They are children of stan. Just like Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, etc.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 11:59 AM (Cp+5w)
They have to stop the threat to their power. Killing human beings is nothing to them. They are children of stan. Just like Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, etc.
Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2024 12:08 PM (LHPAg)
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Rossini retired from composing after William Tell. He was 37 and lived nearly 40 more years.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (1Nxff)
Must have lost his mojo.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (1Nxff)
Must have lost his mojo.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:08 PM (YlAE5)
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Just nuke Davos. If the Swiss complain, nuke Geneva.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 10, 2024 12:08 PM (V2nAN)
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You Tube is running that toilet paper ad.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 10, 2024 12:09 PM (dDSBl)
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Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 12:06 PM (3wi/L)
Then don’t say ‘ hoping for a collapse’ if that’s not what you mean.
Then don’t say ‘ hoping for a collapse’ if that’s not what you mean.
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 12:09 PM (B1dzx)
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Steven Tyler knocked up a 14 year old and forced her to get an abortion. Then he cast his own daughter in a lesbian themed video for his band.
Ted Nugent enters the chat. Nobody seems to have a long memory anymore.
He's all pro-Conservative now.
Ted Nugent enters the chat. Nobody seems to have a long memory anymore.
He's all pro-Conservative now.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:10 PM (0cqlm)
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Beethoven? Schubert? Verdi? Wagner? Brahma?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 12:05 PM (1Nxff
Elmer Bernstein? He themed Animal House!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 12:05 PM (1Nxff
Elmer Bernstein? He themed Animal House!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2024 12:10 PM (+myjY)
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Biden is over, a non entity never to be heard from again.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:10 PM (CK0h2)
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Yesterday I was wondering if Walz makes it to the convention. Today I'm wondering if he makes it to Monday.
Posted by: Duke Lowell
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It just seems impossible to me that he gets booted. You go outside conservative blogs and they are minimizing the stolen valor stuff.
Even WSJ had an infuriating editorial that it's a mountain out of a molehill. A guy claiming he saw combat when he never entered a war zone is apparently no big deal.
Posted by: Blago
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Ironic that they were the jock sniffers who fawn over their progs
who are vets and go out of their way to recruit them to run for office.
Posted by: Duke Lowell
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It just seems impossible to me that he gets booted. You go outside conservative blogs and they are minimizing the stolen valor stuff.
Even WSJ had an infuriating editorial that it's a mountain out of a molehill. A guy claiming he saw combat when he never entered a war zone is apparently no big deal.
Posted by: Blago
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Ironic that they were the jock sniffers who fawn over their progs
who are vets and go out of their way to recruit them to run for office.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2024 12:10 PM (cOq4q)
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I don't keep up with Aerosmith but apparently they've officially hung it up as a touring band. Tyler's larynx got injured to the point he's never going to perform again.
For anyone interested, Blabbermouth linked a hidef video of their final concert last year.
For anyone interested, Blabbermouth linked a hidef video of their final concert last year.
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 12:10 PM (NWOFN)
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Rossini retired from composing after William Tell. He was 37 and lived nearly 40 more years.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (1Nxff)
Must have lost his mojo.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:08 PM (YlAE5)
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Sibelius was similar. Composed his last piece in 1926, lived another 30 years.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (1Nxff)
Must have lost his mojo.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:08 PM (YlAE5)
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Sibelius was similar. Composed his last piece in 1926, lived another 30 years.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 12:10 PM (3Fz6p)
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'Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.
No matter what the manipulated polls say Kamala is going to get historically low turnout from key D voting blocks.'
This is indeed the democrats' gamble. Can they win an election entirely on the manipulation of news and cheating?
Yes, I know they did that in 2020 but they are starting farther away from success than they started in 2020.
'Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.
No matter what the manipulated polls say Kamala is going to get historically low turnout from key D voting blocks.'
This is indeed the democrats' gamble. Can they win an election entirely on the manipulation of news and cheating?
Yes, I know they did that in 2020 but they are starting farther away from success than they started in 2020.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 12:10 PM (3wi/L)
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Random thought. I'm amused that rock anthem We Built This City is now being used to sell toilet paper.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:53 AM
Does it use the stupid bears? 'Cuz I hate the stupid bears.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:53 AM
Does it use the stupid bears? 'Cuz I hate the stupid bears.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2024 12:11 PM (dg+HA)
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Make America America again.
Right there. Exactly right there.
It wasn't universally great. Some parts sucked. But it was better than now. By a fair bit.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:00 PM (0cqlm)
Meh. People mistake their personal experience for universal experience.
I tire of the whole America was never great nonsense just because it wasn't perfect Heaven on Earth for Everyone.
I pretty much thought The 60s were great, the 70s were great, the 80s were great, the 90's were great.
Starting around 2001, it got more mixed cuz I had a wife and kids and was trying to run a business. But, over all....still great.
Oblabla changed a lot of that as he meant to. I don't think we've ever had before him him a President who considered it his job to damage and degrade America and damage and destroy the Middle /Working Classes and promote racial antagonism/hatred.
But, until then, from my point of view America was great.
Right there. Exactly right there.
It wasn't universally great. Some parts sucked. But it was better than now. By a fair bit.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:00 PM (0cqlm)
Meh. People mistake their personal experience for universal experience.
I tire of the whole America was never great nonsense just because it wasn't perfect Heaven on Earth for Everyone.
I pretty much thought The 60s were great, the 70s were great, the 80s were great, the 90's were great.
Starting around 2001, it got more mixed cuz I had a wife and kids and was trying to run a business. But, over all....still great.
Oblabla changed a lot of that as he meant to. I don't think we've ever had before him him a President who considered it his job to damage and degrade America and damage and destroy the Middle /Working Classes and promote racial antagonism/hatred.
But, until then, from my point of view America was great.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 12:11 PM (eDfFs)
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Yes, I know they did that in 2020 but they are starting farther away from success than they started in 2020.
That's the optimistic view. I get it. Also why I dread it.
They'll have to stir up something more stupid that Covid to win this one. I expect Civil Unrest - for real - on Election Day.
That's the optimistic view. I get it. Also why I dread it.
They'll have to stir up something more stupid that Covid to win this one. I expect Civil Unrest - for real - on Election Day.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:13 PM (0cqlm)
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Does it use the stupid bears? 'Cuz I hate the stupid bears.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2024 12:11 PM (dg+HA)
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I'm bemused by the inexplicably long-running "bear shits in the woods" ad campaign.
Mr. Whipple was not available for comment.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2024 12:11 PM (dg+HA)
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I'm bemused by the inexplicably long-running "bear shits in the woods" ad campaign.
Mr. Whipple was not available for comment.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 12:14 PM (3Fz6p)
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Of course, a prolific poster here couldn't shut up about "crushed glass". Of course, nobody calls him on it. Nobody calls anybody on anything.
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That is some prime USDA approved grade A bullshit right there.
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That is some prime USDA approved grade A bullshit right there.
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 12:14 PM (NWOFN)
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Oblabla changed a lot of that as he meant to. I don't think we've ever had before him him a President who considered it his job to damage and degrade America and damage and destroy the Middle /Working Classes and promote racial antagonism/hatred.
I see you have no memory of Jimmy Carter. How old, again, are you ?
Jimmy got 40% even after his reign of error.
I see you have no memory of Jimmy Carter. How old, again, are you ?
Jimmy got 40% even after his reign of error.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:14 PM (0cqlm)
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This also tends to inflame the whole "I LOVE SCIENCE!!1" crap from people who really don't understand any of it, but are nominally smart enough to place themselves above the mean and look down at all the 'tards.
Early on when I was trying to research the shot I came across a reddit form nominally for medical researchers.
Someone asked "I trust the science and and all but how can I know the shot is safe?" And on response sticks in my mind though most were similar:
"We have no idea if the shot will give you cancer, or make you grow a sixth finger or have no long term affects because we haven't done long term testing yet. But you should take the shot because of the risk of COVID and because you don't want to spread it"
I remember even then it was clear the risks were overblown if you weren't elderly or had other issues. And soon it was revealed of course that the data on the clot shot "stopping the spread" had been faked.
But the flippant nature in regards to the risks amazed me. And these are the real opinions of the people I am supposed to trust?
Early on when I was trying to research the shot I came across a reddit form nominally for medical researchers.
Someone asked "I trust the science and and all but how can I know the shot is safe?" And on response sticks in my mind though most were similar:
"We have no idea if the shot will give you cancer, or make you grow a sixth finger or have no long term affects because we haven't done long term testing yet. But you should take the shot because of the risk of COVID and because you don't want to spread it"
I remember even then it was clear the risks were overblown if you weren't elderly or had other issues. And soon it was revealed of course that the data on the clot shot "stopping the spread" had been faked.
But the flippant nature in regards to the risks amazed me. And these are the real opinions of the people I am supposed to trust?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:14 PM (oZhjI)
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A Black Swan is supposed to be something no one expects. Like the Spanish Inquisition. If it's expected then it's not a Black Swan.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2024 12:14 PM (63Dwl)
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My new favorite Domesticated Bad Boi is-
Snoop Dogg!
During the Olympics, he is being paid $500K per day!
To be a soft-talking, dancing about lame-ass who never ever has anything interesting or intelligent to say about anything going on in the events.
Good for him though. Nice job if you can get it.
Snoop Dogg!
During the Olympics, he is being paid $500K per day!
To be a soft-talking, dancing about lame-ass who never ever has anything interesting or intelligent to say about anything going on in the events.
Good for him though. Nice job if you can get it.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 12:14 PM (eDfFs)
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It just seems impossible to me that he gets booted. You go outside conservative blogs and they are minimizing the stolen valor stuff.
Even WSJ had an infuriating editorial that it's a mountain out of a molehill. A guy claiming he saw combat when he never entered a war zone is apparently no big deal.
Posted by: Blago
Correct. It’s one these one sided topics where one side thinks the issue is a 10 but the other side sees it as a 2. And the middle is maybe a 4.
Even WSJ had an infuriating editorial that it's a mountain out of a molehill. A guy claiming he saw combat when he never entered a war zone is apparently no big deal.
Posted by: Blago
Correct. It’s one these one sided topics where one side thinks the issue is a 10 but the other side sees it as a 2. And the middle is maybe a 4.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:15 PM (CK0h2)
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They'll have to stir up something more stupid that Covid to win this one. I expect Civil Unrest - for real - on Election Day.
My concern is they'll just blatantly add more additional fake votes. No one did anything last time around so why not just do MORE now?
My concern is they'll just blatantly add more additional fake votes. No one did anything last time around so why not just do MORE now?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:16 PM (oZhjI)
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Obama got in because a huge number of white hankie twisters thought that by supporting him, they could signal their open-mindedness and tolerance.
As long as a large cohort of American voters make their choice based on factors that a decide a 13 year-old girl's choice for student body president, America is screwed.
Second look at universal suffrage?
As long as a large cohort of American voters make their choice based on factors that a decide a 13 year-old girl's choice for student body president, America is screwed.
Second look at universal suffrage?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2024 12:17 PM (+myjY)
Posted by: Dominion Systems at August 10, 2024 12:18 PM (dg+HA)
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Not much of biology of Lenin to go, at his miserable end.
Sundowner should end this way too
Sundowner should end this way too
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 12:18 PM (fwDg9)
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A Black Swan is supposed to be something no one expects. Like the Spanish Inquisition. If it's expected then it's not a Black Swan.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2024 12:14 PM (63Dwl)
One thing you can say about a totalitarian system is that it makes the black swans run on time.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2024 12:14 PM (63Dwl)
One thing you can say about a totalitarian system is that it makes the black swans run on time.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2024 12:19 PM (+myjY)
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Obama got in because a huge number of white hankie twisters thought that by supporting him, they could signal their open-mindedness and tolerance.
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McCain was a terrible choice for President, but my thinking at the time was that at least he wasn't going to deliberately try to break the United States.
These days, I'm not so sure.
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McCain was a terrible choice for President, but my thinking at the time was that at least he wasn't going to deliberately try to break the United States.
These days, I'm not so sure.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 12:19 PM (3Fz6p)
Posted by: Starliner at August 10, 2024 12:20 PM (xcIvR)
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Right there. Exactly right there.
It wasn't universally great. Some parts sucked. But it was better than now. By a fair bit.
Here's a fun one. Younger LIVs will often complain about the cost of housing and how it isn't fair that the boomers got their houses so cheap. So I'll ask them...how do you think that happened? WHY were houses cheap then? And...they have no idea.
Then I'll ask them "You support immigration right? Where do you think those people are going to live? And when you add all those people and their needs for somewhere to live what do you think that does to the cost of apartments and housing?"
Overall one of the most disappointing things about modern America is how so many people won't spend even a tiny amount of effort to try and understand why they are facing problems their grandparents didn't.
Right there. Exactly right there.
It wasn't universally great. Some parts sucked. But it was better than now. By a fair bit.
Here's a fun one. Younger LIVs will often complain about the cost of housing and how it isn't fair that the boomers got their houses so cheap. So I'll ask them...how do you think that happened? WHY were houses cheap then? And...they have no idea.
Then I'll ask them "You support immigration right? Where do you think those people are going to live? And when you add all those people and their needs for somewhere to live what do you think that does to the cost of apartments and housing?"
Overall one of the most disappointing things about modern America is how so many people won't spend even a tiny amount of effort to try and understand why they are facing problems their grandparents didn't.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:20 PM (oZhjI)
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Is this about us?
Posted by: White hankie twisters at August 10, 2024 12:20 PM (dg+HA)
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My favorite William Tell Overture (okay, parts of the Overture) is Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Same in the chase from "Bugs Bunny Rides Again"
https://youtu.be/yUYVd3bgGp4?feature=shared
Sam riding into the increasingly dark tunnel and then the flash when he runs into the brick wall that Bugs had just built never fails to be laugh out loud funny to me.
My favorite William Tell Overture (okay, parts of the Overture) is Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Same in the chase from "Bugs Bunny Rides Again"
https://youtu.be/yUYVd3bgGp4?feature=shared
Sam riding into the increasingly dark tunnel and then the flash when he runs into the brick wall that Bugs had just built never fails to be laugh out loud funny to me.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 10, 2024 12:20 PM (YadcW)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 10, 2024 12:21 PM (w6EFb)
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Early on when I was trying to research the shot I came across a reddit form nominally for medical researchers.
As best as I can tell ... researching generic statistics ... between about 250K and 500K extra people per year died during the "Covid" shit. So something happened.
Now, assume we're a country of 400 million people with an 80 year lifespan and a uniform distribution ... we'd have 5 FUCKING MILLION people dying every year.
We're a big country. A lot of people die.
As best as I can tell ... researching generic statistics ... between about 250K and 500K extra people per year died during the "Covid" shit. So something happened.
Now, assume we're a country of 400 million people with an 80 year lifespan and a uniform distribution ... we'd have 5 FUCKING MILLION people dying every year.
We're a big country. A lot of people die.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:21 PM (0cqlm)
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The stolen valor thing is also an “in the weeds” issue. It’s not like he said I was in the military and he wasn’t. That would probably have some traction. It’s back and white, he lied.
But Walz’s situation is inside baseball stuff where he was promoted but not really and then was demoted after he retired. For people who aren’t in the military it’s noise.
But Walz’s situation is inside baseball stuff where he was promoted but not really and then was demoted after he retired. For people who aren’t in the military it’s noise.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:21 PM (CK0h2)
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You tube has a new technique for ad denial. I have a counter technique. I turn X it out.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 12:21 PM (OQG13)
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Then I'll ask them "You support immigration right? Where do you think those people are going to live? And when you add all those people and their needs for somewhere to live what do you think that does to the cost of apartments and housing?"
Adam Smith's invisible pimp hand is a punkass bitch, yo!
Adam Smith's invisible pimp hand is a punkass bitch, yo!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2024 12:22 PM (+myjY)
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Obama got in because a huge number of white hankie twisters thought that by supporting him, they could signal their open-mindedness and tolerance.
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McCain was a terrible choice for President, but my thinking at the time was that at least he wasn't going to deliberately try to break the United States.
These days, I'm not so sure.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 12:19 PM (3Fz6p)
Even R Lee Emery aka Gunny voted for Obama the first time.
As Winston Churchill is claimed to have said ‘The best argument against Democracy is a five minute conversation with your average voter.’
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McCain was a terrible choice for President, but my thinking at the time was that at least he wasn't going to deliberately try to break the United States.
These days, I'm not so sure.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 12:19 PM (3Fz6p)
Even R Lee Emery aka Gunny voted for Obama the first time.
As Winston Churchill is claimed to have said ‘The best argument against Democracy is a five minute conversation with your average voter.’
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 12:22 PM (B1dzx)
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I remember even then it was clear the risks were overblown if you weren't elderly or had other issues. And soon it was revealed of course that the data on the clot shot "stopping the spread" had been faked.
But the flippant nature in regards to the risks amazed me. And these are the real opinions of the people I am supposed to trust?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:14 PM (oZhjI)
I really appreciated Bret Weinstein's take on it, he said when they initially started talking about it, he was so excited, because the tech behind mRNA is quite advanced and revolutionary.
But then he realized, they hadn't done any of the safeguards, to figure out if THIS version of it was a good idea... and followed up with realizing this is a MISUSE of the tech!
He went from being an early proponent to one of its most vocal, and knowledgeable critics.
Reworking Reagan's words: one of the most terrifying things you can hear... "I'm from the science, and I'm here to help."
But the flippant nature in regards to the risks amazed me. And these are the real opinions of the people I am supposed to trust?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:14 PM (oZhjI)
I really appreciated Bret Weinstein's take on it, he said when they initially started talking about it, he was so excited, because the tech behind mRNA is quite advanced and revolutionary.
But then he realized, they hadn't done any of the safeguards, to figure out if THIS version of it was a good idea... and followed up with realizing this is a MISUSE of the tech!
He went from being an early proponent to one of its most vocal, and knowledgeable critics.
Reworking Reagan's words: one of the most terrifying things you can hear... "I'm from the science, and I'm here to help."
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:22 PM (BFqLx)
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Overall one of the most disappointing things about modern America is how so many people won't spend even a tiny amount of effort to try and understand why they are facing problems their grandparents didn't.
In fairness, my elders - white trash as they were - didn't understand Economics in any form or fashion either.
In fairness, my elders - white trash as they were - didn't understand Economics in any form or fashion either.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:23 PM (0cqlm)
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I was privileged to have Philip Gossett, arguably the world's leading scholar of Rossini and Verdi as my Music 101 prof in college. He was a great teacher all around, but his love for Italian opera was especially infectious.
Posted by: Bigsmith at August 10, 2024 12:24 PM (1Au9i)
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Sam riding into the increasingly dark tunnel and then the flash when he runs into the brick wall that Bugs had just built never fails to be laugh out loud funny to me.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 10, 2024 12:20 PM (YadcW)
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Mel Blanc said that Sam was one of the more taxing voices he did because of A) volume and B) vocal fry.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 10, 2024 12:20 PM (YadcW)
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Mel Blanc said that Sam was one of the more taxing voices he did because of A) volume and B) vocal fry.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 12:24 PM (3Fz6p)
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ut Walz’s situation is inside baseball stuff where he was promoted but not really and then was demoted after he retired. For people who aren’t in the military it’s noise.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:21 PM (CK0h2)
No he implied he was in combat when he wasn’t and he abandoned his men when he decided to quit instead of going to Iraq with them.
The Dems like the spin you put on it though.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:21 PM (CK0h2)
No he implied he was in combat when he wasn’t and he abandoned his men when he decided to quit instead of going to Iraq with them.
The Dems like the spin you put on it though.
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 12:24 PM (B1dzx)
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But Walz’s situation is inside baseball stuff where he was promoted but not really and then was demoted after he retired. For people who aren’t in the military it’s noise.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:21 PM (CK0h2)
As I understand it, what he did was legal, even if it was cowardly or self-serving. But lying, and claiming he was on the pointy end, is indefensible.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:21 PM (CK0h2)
As I understand it, what he did was legal, even if it was cowardly or self-serving. But lying, and claiming he was on the pointy end, is indefensible.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:25 PM (YlAE5)
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Oblabla changed a lot of that as he meant to. I don't think we've ever had before him him a President who considered it his job to damage and degrade America and damage and destroy the Middle /Working Classes and promote racial antagonism/hatred.
I see you have no memory of Jimmy Carter. How old, again, are you ?
Jimmy got 40% even after his reign of error.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:14 PM (0cqlm)
Nah. I remember Jimbo.
But, I don't remember him as malicious when Preezy.
Badly mistaken, yes. But, not willfully trying to collapse the US, and Middle/Working classes nor attempting to gin up racial hatred.
A weak, silly, ignorant man who should not have been Preezy but not a malicious one.
As for the 80's themselves myself and everyone I knew had a great time. Everyone had good jobs and did well. Reagan was even considered hip for a time among the yutes! The Dims worked overtime to kill that image.
See? Personal experience is not universal.
Your mileage may have varied, but that doesn't mean America wasn't great.
I see you have no memory of Jimmy Carter. How old, again, are you ?
Jimmy got 40% even after his reign of error.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:14 PM (0cqlm)
Nah. I remember Jimbo.
But, I don't remember him as malicious when Preezy.
Badly mistaken, yes. But, not willfully trying to collapse the US, and Middle/Working classes nor attempting to gin up racial hatred.
A weak, silly, ignorant man who should not have been Preezy but not a malicious one.
As for the 80's themselves myself and everyone I knew had a great time. Everyone had good jobs and did well. Reagan was even considered hip for a time among the yutes! The Dims worked overtime to kill that image.
See? Personal experience is not universal.
Your mileage may have varied, but that doesn't mean America wasn't great.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 12:25 PM (eDfFs)
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104 Random thought. I'm amused that rock anthem We Built This City is now being used to sell toilet paper.
We Built this Shitty on Paper Roll.
We Built this Shitty on Paper Roll.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 12:25 PM (3wi/L)
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157- crushed glass. What does that mean?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 12:25 PM (aXyeT)
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Rossini is the best composer of the 19th century. Fight me!
Debussy, especially early Debussy.
Posted by: Classical music fan at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (Y1sOo)
What!?!?
You savages are-
Throwing Rossini under Debussy!
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 11:58 AM (eDfFs)
Now...now. Don't be wagner your finger at them.
(yeah, i know. Its a stretch.)
Debussy, especially early Debussy.
Posted by: Classical music fan at August 10, 2024 11:29 AM (Y1sOo)
What!?!?
You savages are-
Throwing Rossini under Debussy!
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 11:58 AM (eDfFs)
Now...now. Don't be wagner your finger at them.
(yeah, i know. Its a stretch.)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2024 12:26 PM (W/lyH)
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Then I'll ask them "You support immigration right? Where do you think those people are going to live? And when you add all those people and their needs for somewhere to live what do you think that does to the cost of apartments and housing?"
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Also works with regulations. You support laws that mandate green building standards right? Yes of course I do is the response, green is good for the planet.
Do you realize those regulations add 20% to the price of a new home?
LIV: whaaaaaa?
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Also works with regulations. You support laws that mandate green building standards right? Yes of course I do is the response, green is good for the planet.
Do you realize those regulations add 20% to the price of a new home?
LIV: whaaaaaa?
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:26 PM (CK0h2)
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McCain was a terrible choice for President, but my thinking at the time was that at least he wasn't going to deliberately try to break the United States.
These days, I'm not so sure.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 12:19 PM (3Fz6p)
To the extent presidents make decisions, the fear for many at the time is that McCain would have started WWIII.
It's not clear what difference there would have been in that realm, if he'd been elected, but that's a possibility, that he would have been MORE beholden to the neocons and the warmongers, but Bobama sure wasn't in any position to oppose them either.
These days, I'm not so sure.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 12:19 PM (3Fz6p)
To the extent presidents make decisions, the fear for many at the time is that McCain would have started WWIII.
It's not clear what difference there would have been in that realm, if he'd been elected, but that's a possibility, that he would have been MORE beholden to the neocons and the warmongers, but Bobama sure wasn't in any position to oppose them either.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:26 PM (BFqLx)
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Oh, so Pixy likes you more than me Krebs
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 12:27 PM (fwDg9)
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Tim Walz is running on the ticket of the Party that tried to murder its opposing candidate and then perpetrated a coup against its own when the murder plot failed.
That's all anyone should need to know about Tim Walz.
That's all anyone should need to know about Tim Walz.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 10, 2024 12:27 PM (/yg7I)
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I remember the storm sequence of William Tell in a Popeye cartoon.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2024 12:27 PM (63Dwl)
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As I understand it, what he did was legal, even if it was cowardly or self-serving. But lying, and claiming he was on the pointy end, is indefensible.
Make the bastard, on stage, talk about why Men and Girls should go the same restroom.
Yes - you'll lose 1/3 of the electorate. But you'll lock up the other 2/3 and shit is then officially over.
The GOP problem is they're so fucking stupid and weak that they want to please 100% of the room.
Bill Clinton didn't - that was called "triangulation" in his day. Obama didn't.
Make the bastard, on stage, talk about why Men and Girls should go the same restroom.
Yes - you'll lose 1/3 of the electorate. But you'll lock up the other 2/3 and shit is then officially over.
The GOP problem is they're so fucking stupid and weak that they want to please 100% of the room.
Bill Clinton didn't - that was called "triangulation" in his day. Obama didn't.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:27 PM (0cqlm)
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As Winston Churchill is claimed to have said ‘The best argument against Democracy is a five minute conversation with your average voter.’
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 12:22 PM (B1dzx)
The Greek model worked because (1) the culture was cohesive and (2) the franchise was extended only to a limited class of persons who had real skin in the game, including the obligation to be the tip of the spear if the polices led to war.
Without those two things, you're better off with a Napoleon.
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 12:22 PM (B1dzx)
The Greek model worked because (1) the culture was cohesive and (2) the franchise was extended only to a limited class of persons who had real skin in the game, including the obligation to be the tip of the spear if the polices led to war.
Without those two things, you're better off with a Napoleon.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2024 12:27 PM (+myjY)
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Every now and then NextDoor goes haywire because somebody somewhere saw a coyote. I just post a note instructing them to simply paint a train tunnel entrance on the side of a large boulder.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2024 12:27 PM (dg+HA)
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157- crushed glass. What does that mean?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 12:25 PM (aXyeT)
Early on, there were claims that lung X-rays of Covid patients looked like broken glass.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 12:25 PM (aXyeT)
Early on, there were claims that lung X-rays of Covid patients looked like broken glass.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:28 PM (YlAE5)
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(yeah, i know. Its a stretch.)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2024 12:26 PM (W/lyH)
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The puns must flow.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2024 12:26 PM (W/lyH)
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The puns must flow.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 12:28 PM (3Fz6p)
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As I understand it, what he did was legal, even if it was cowardly or self-serving. But lying, and claiming he was on the pointy end, is indefensible.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:25 PM (YlAE5)
Im by no means defending it, rather explaining why it’s not a big deal to people outside the right. As you say it was legal and everything else is inside baseball or inside the weeds stuff which people are bored by. It sucks but it is what it is.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:25 PM (YlAE5)
Im by no means defending it, rather explaining why it’s not a big deal to people outside the right. As you say it was legal and everything else is inside baseball or inside the weeds stuff which people are bored by. It sucks but it is what it is.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:28 PM (CK0h2)
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As I understand it, what he did was legal, even if it was cowardly or self-serving. But lying, and claiming he was on the pointy end, is indefensible.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:25 PM (YlAE5)
The man is worse that John F'n Kerry on this. Kerry was a douchebag, but at least he went. This guy didn't go, and lied about it. Many times, in numerous ways.
He has no business calling himself a Sgt. Major, but that's relatively minor, compared to the rest of his lies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:25 PM (YlAE5)
The man is worse that John F'n Kerry on this. Kerry was a douchebag, but at least he went. This guy didn't go, and lied about it. Many times, in numerous ways.
He has no business calling himself a Sgt. Major, but that's relatively minor, compared to the rest of his lies.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:29 PM (BFqLx)
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I really appreciated Bret Weinstein's take on it, he said when they initially started talking about it, he was so excited, because the tech behind mRNA is quite advanced and revolutionary.
I saw his brother interviewed by Chris Williamson. While Eric was at Harvard he was introduced to Jeffrey Epstein - apparently Epstein used his connections at Harvard to get to meet Eric nominally because Epstein had businesses interests he claimed Eric, a mathematician with a specialty in economics, could be helpful with.
Eric noted that it seemed odd and he couldn't really figure out what Epstein was up to...but he knew that he wasn't a hedge fund manager since he spent a lot of time with that class of people and Epstein just didn't seem like one of them...
Small world isn't it?
I saw his brother interviewed by Chris Williamson. While Eric was at Harvard he was introduced to Jeffrey Epstein - apparently Epstein used his connections at Harvard to get to meet Eric nominally because Epstein had businesses interests he claimed Eric, a mathematician with a specialty in economics, could be helpful with.
Eric noted that it seemed odd and he couldn't really figure out what Epstein was up to...but he knew that he wasn't a hedge fund manager since he spent a lot of time with that class of people and Epstein just didn't seem like one of them...
Small world isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:29 PM (oZhjI)
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Swan of Color goes down gasping for air, dems install another Swan (some say rooster) with a familiar name to rule the roost. Likely? As likely as any other bird, I swanny!
Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2024 11:37 AM (LHPAg)
I can't believe that Obama doesn't have a surprise in store for Kamala.
Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2024 11:37 AM (LHPAg)
I can't believe that Obama doesn't have a surprise in store for Kamala.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 10, 2024 12:29 PM (w6EFb)
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Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:25 PM (YlAE5)
He won’t be prosecuted for it but what he did was illegal under the Stolen Valor Act iMO. He lied about his service which could be proven was the sole cause of him receiving votes thus depriving his opponent and benefiting himself with a political position.
He won’t be prosecuted for it but what he did was illegal under the Stolen Valor Act iMO. He lied about his service which could be proven was the sole cause of him receiving votes thus depriving his opponent and benefiting himself with a political position.
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 12:30 PM (B1dzx)
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I dislike that song/ "We built this city" just as I dislike "Footloose" or " Pina Colada" song. Overplayed in every supermarket or convenience store.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 12:30 PM (aXyeT)
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Just nuke Davos. If the Swiss complain, nuke Geneva.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 10, 2024 12:08 PM (V2nAN)
I like it.
Simple. Easy. And you don't need big nukes to do it.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 10, 2024 12:08 PM (V2nAN)
I like it.
Simple. Easy. And you don't need big nukes to do it.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2024 12:30 PM (W/lyH)
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But, I don't remember him as malicious when Preezy. Badly mistaken, yes. But, not willfully trying to collapse the US, and Middle/Working classes nor attempting to gin up racial hatred.
Bumped his gums, at the end, about Unilateral Disarmament.
And watched hostages on TV - for about a year.
But yeah - he wasn't so bad.
Bumped his gums, at the end, about Unilateral Disarmament.
And watched hostages on TV - for about a year.
But yeah - he wasn't so bad.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:30 PM (0cqlm)
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I can't believe that the Dems want someone as transparently stupid as Kamala in the WH, even as a front man. Person.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 10, 2024 12:30 PM (w6EFb)
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I assume the white flower is edelweiss.
Posted by: Emmie at August 10, 2024 12:30 PM (Sf2cq)
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And I don't care what anyone says, someone who was National Guard, never deployed... being an E7, E8, or E9, it's basically play acting at being in the military.
Your rank is mostly bullshit.
Your rank is mostly bullshit.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:31 PM (BFqLx)
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154
'Does it use the stupid bears? 'Cuz I hate the stupid bears.'
They could redeem themselves by casting a fluffy white bunny as the toilet paper.
'Does it use the stupid bears? 'Cuz I hate the stupid bears.'
They could redeem themselves by casting a fluffy white bunny as the toilet paper.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 12:31 PM (3wi/L)
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If your action was so bad that your own chaplain calls you a coward, well...
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 10, 2024 12:32 PM (MeG8a)
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Never liked the band Jefferson whatever
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 12:32 PM (fwDg9)
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"I dislike that song/ "We built this city" just as I dislike "Footloose" or " Pina Colada" song. Overplayed in every supermarket or convenience store.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"
How do you feel about "Rat Tomago"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"
How do you feel about "Rat Tomago"?
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 12:32 PM (vFG9F)
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I assume the white flower is edelweiss.
Posted by: Emmie at August 10, 2024 12:30 PM (Sf2cq)
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I think so, too, but I've also heard that edelweiss is only supposed to grow about the tree line.
Posted by: Emmie at August 10, 2024 12:30 PM (Sf2cq)
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I think so, too, but I've also heard that edelweiss is only supposed to grow about the tree line.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 12:32 PM (3Fz6p)
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We have that one commercial where the black chick in on the toilet, runs out of TP and her parents just showed up.
Now that’s a legit TP commercial.
Now that’s a legit TP commercial.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:32 PM (CK0h2)
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Do you realize those regulations add 20% to the price of a new home?
LIV: whaaaaaa?
A few years ago there was a large study on how much people cared about environmental causes and it was fascinating because of the dichotomy in how it was covered. The left presented the data that down the list of every environmental causes you could think of large majorities supported them.
But in this study they actually didn't stop there. They asked people how much they personally were willing to spend to combat each issue. And I believe the average was...$3.
So yes sure Joe Normie "supports ending global warming" as long as it costs less then a cup of coffee. Well, maybe it was more then a cup of coffee before Bidenflation but...you get the idea.
LIV: whaaaaaa?
A few years ago there was a large study on how much people cared about environmental causes and it was fascinating because of the dichotomy in how it was covered. The left presented the data that down the list of every environmental causes you could think of large majorities supported them.
But in this study they actually didn't stop there. They asked people how much they personally were willing to spend to combat each issue. And I believe the average was...$3.
So yes sure Joe Normie "supports ending global warming" as long as it costs less then a cup of coffee. Well, maybe it was more then a cup of coffee before Bidenflation but...you get the idea.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:33 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 12:33 PM (xCA6C)
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Spent my entire teen years in the 80's.
It was awesome.
If you weren't there you couldn't know and if you thought it sucked that is on you. You are probably a miserable human being as a defalt setting. I lived quite well on $4.50 an hour.
Nothing since has compared.
It was awesome.
If you weren't there you couldn't know and if you thought it sucked that is on you. You are probably a miserable human being as a defalt setting. I lived quite well on $4.50 an hour.
Nothing since has compared.
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2024 12:33 PM (xcIvR)
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He lied about his service which could be proven was the sole cause of him receiving votes thus depriving his opponent and benefiting himself with a political position.
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 12:30 PM (B1dzx)
I doubt that one could prove in court that his claims of service were entirely responsible for winning him election. All too easy to "find" witnesses to say, "Nah, I voted for him because I liked his policies and his folksy demeanor."
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 12:30 PM (B1dzx)
I doubt that one could prove in court that his claims of service were entirely responsible for winning him election. All too easy to "find" witnesses to say, "Nah, I voted for him because I liked his policies and his folksy demeanor."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:33 PM (YlAE5)
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How do you feel about "Rat Tomago"?
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 12:32 PM (vFG9F)
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Does it go along with "One Ton Tomato?"
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 12:32 PM (vFG9F)
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Does it go along with "One Ton Tomato?"
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 12:33 PM (3Fz6p)
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>>>A Black Swan is supposed to be something no one expects.
Like when you try to crop dust a speaker's podium and it comes out wet?
Like when you try to crop dust a speaker's podium and it comes out wet?
Posted by: Jerry Nadler at August 10, 2024 12:33 PM (xdstw)
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Those that espouse the Great Reset did not create COVID-19. For the moment we can assume that came from human error at the Wuhan Virology Lab. I hope we can anyway, since the deliberate release of the pathogen would be too horrifying to contemplate.
I suppose this could be lawsuit CYA, but I hope most people are not stuck in the mindset of 'no one could do such a thing!'.
I suppose this could be lawsuit CYA, but I hope most people are not stuck in the mindset of 'no one could do such a thing!'.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 10, 2024 12:33 PM (FnneF)
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If your action was so bad that your own chaplain calls you a coward, well...
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 10, 2024 12:32 PM (MeG8a)
This is the kind of thing Trump will fuck up. Trump needs to keep his mouth shut about this.
And then pay campaign money to let other men Swift-Boat Tampon Tim's ass.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 10, 2024 12:32 PM (MeG8a)
This is the kind of thing Trump will fuck up. Trump needs to keep his mouth shut about this.
And then pay campaign money to let other men Swift-Boat Tampon Tim's ass.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:34 PM (0cqlm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 12:34 PM (aXyeT)
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People may not want to pay for green bullshit but they don’t put 2 and 2 together to understand the costs. That's the problem.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:34 PM (CK0h2)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 12:35 PM (1Nxff)
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"How do you feel about "Rat Tomago"?
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 12:32 PM (vFG9F)
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Does it go along with "One Ton Tomato?"
Posted by: Captain Obvious"
In a xenochronic kind of way.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 12:32 PM (vFG9F)
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Does it go along with "One Ton Tomato?"
Posted by: Captain Obvious"
In a xenochronic kind of way.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 12:35 PM (vFG9F)
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I saw his brother interviewed by Chris Williamson. While Eric was at Harvard he was introduced to Jeffrey Epstein - apparently Epstein used his connections at Harvard to get to meet Eric nominally because Epstein had businesses interests he claimed Eric, a mathematician with a specialty in economics, could be helpful with.
Eric noted that it seemed odd and he couldn't really figure out what Epstein was up to...but he knew that he wasn't a hedge fund manager since he spent a lot of time with that class of people and Epstein just didn't seem like one of them...
Small world isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:29 PM (oZhjI)
Eric is the more socially adept brother, but they're both brilliant.
Eric uses the word "construct" to describe Epstein, and by that he essentially means he was/is an intelligence asset.
My belief is, the extent of sexual blackmail present in our culture today is WAY underestimated, and it explains a great deal of what we see in front of us.
Epstein was hardly the only one doing this work.
Eric noted that it seemed odd and he couldn't really figure out what Epstein was up to...but he knew that he wasn't a hedge fund manager since he spent a lot of time with that class of people and Epstein just didn't seem like one of them...
Small world isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:29 PM (oZhjI)
Eric is the more socially adept brother, but they're both brilliant.
Eric uses the word "construct" to describe Epstein, and by that he essentially means he was/is an intelligence asset.
My belief is, the extent of sexual blackmail present in our culture today is WAY underestimated, and it explains a great deal of what we see in front of us.
Epstein was hardly the only one doing this work.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:35 PM (BFqLx)
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Beethoven? Schubert? Verdi? Wagner? Brahma?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 12:05 PM (1Nxff)
Mendelssohn, Sainte-Saens, Grieg, Berlioz, Dvorak, Delibes, Debussy, Franck, Glinka, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 12:05 PM (1Nxff)
Mendelssohn, Sainte-Saens, Grieg, Berlioz, Dvorak, Delibes, Debussy, Franck, Glinka, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky?
Posted by: mrp at August 10, 2024 12:35 PM (rj6Yv)
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But, I don't remember him as malicious when Preezy. Badly mistaken, yes. But, not willfully trying to collapse the US, and Middle/Working classes nor attempting to gin up racial hatred.
Bumped his gums, at the end, about Unilateral Disarmament.
And watched hostages on TV - for about a year.
But yeah - he wasn't so bad.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:30 PM (0cqlm)
Again. Not saying Carter was good. Read the quote again.
He wasn't malignant. But stupid, ignorant, and cowardly.
Bumped his gums, at the end, about Unilateral Disarmament.
And watched hostages on TV - for about a year.
But yeah - he wasn't so bad.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:30 PM (0cqlm)
Again. Not saying Carter was good. Read the quote again.
He wasn't malignant. But stupid, ignorant, and cowardly.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2024 12:35 PM (eDfFs)
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"We have no idea if the shot will give you cancer, or make you grow a sixth finger or have no long term affects because we haven't done long term testing yet. But you should take the shot because of the risk of COVID and because you don't want to spread it"
I remember even then it was clear the risks were overblown if you weren't elderly or had other issues. And soon it was revealed of course that the data on the clot shot "stopping the spread" had been faked.
But the flippant nature in regards to the risks amazed me. And these are the real opinions of the people I am supposed to trust?
Posted by: 18-1 a
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Diamond Princess cruise ship blew the hell out of all claims of how dangerous the Kung Flu was, IIRC, thay was before the lockdown.
I remember even then it was clear the risks were overblown if you weren't elderly or had other issues. And soon it was revealed of course that the data on the clot shot "stopping the spread" had been faked.
But the flippant nature in regards to the risks amazed me. And these are the real opinions of the people I am supposed to trust?
Posted by: 18-1 a
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Diamond Princess cruise ship blew the hell out of all claims of how dangerous the Kung Flu was, IIRC, thay was before the lockdown.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2024 12:36 PM (cOq4q)
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This is the kind of thing Trump will fuck up. Trump needs to keep his mouth shut about this.
And then pay campaign money to let other men Swift-Boat Tampon Tim's ass.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:34 PM (0cqlm)
Well, J.D. Vance seems to have been the point man on this, as it should be.
And then pay campaign money to let other men Swift-Boat Tampon Tim's ass.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:34 PM (0cqlm)
Well, J.D. Vance seems to have been the point man on this, as it should be.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:36 PM (YlAE5)
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>>> 225 People may not want to pay for green bullshit but they don’t put 2 and 2 together to understand the costs. That's the problem.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:34 PM (CK0h2)
Why are my taxes so high?!
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:34 PM (CK0h2)
Why are my taxes so high?!
Posted by: that Austin bimbo who voted for all the city 'revenue' increases at August 10, 2024 12:36 PM (FnneF)
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I suppose this could be lawsuit CYA, but I hope most people are not stuck in the mindset of 'no one could do such a thing!'.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 10, 2024 12:33 PM (FnneF)
Even I don't believe the Chinese let that shit loose on purpose. They don't kill six figures worth of their own best resource ... cheap Chinese labor ... unless they're marching through Korea.
Covid was a shit show that caught the attention of certain mentalities.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 10, 2024 12:33 PM (FnneF)
Even I don't believe the Chinese let that shit loose on purpose. They don't kill six figures worth of their own best resource ... cheap Chinese labor ... unless they're marching through Korea.
Covid was a shit show that caught the attention of certain mentalities.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:36 PM (0cqlm)
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So Walz can accuse Vance of sodomizing a sofa in his acceptance speech but we have to muzzle Trump?
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 10, 2024 12:37 PM (MeG8a)
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Diamond Princess cruise ship blew the hell out of all claims of how dangerous the Kung Flu was, IIRC, thay was before the lockdown.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2024 12:36 PM (cOq4q)
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Yup. March 2020.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2024 12:36 PM (cOq4q)
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Yup. March 2020.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 12:37 PM (3Fz6p)
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Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:33 PM (YlAE5)
All you need is a couple of voters to say that’s why they voted for him. But it being difficult to prove it doesn’t mean it wasn’t illegal under the act. He intentionally lied to garner favoritism from potential voters and receive the subsequent benefit from those lies.
All you need is a couple of voters to say that’s why they voted for him. But it being difficult to prove it doesn’t mean it wasn’t illegal under the act. He intentionally lied to garner favoritism from potential voters and receive the subsequent benefit from those lies.
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 12:37 PM (B1dzx)
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'Does it use the stupid bears? 'Cuz I hate the stupid bears.'
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They could redeem themselves by casting a fluffy white bunny as the toilet paper.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 12:31 PM (3wi/L)
Speaking of bears, it's a testament to the insanity of the times in which we are living that RFK Jr's dead bear story is not a major news item.
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They could redeem themselves by casting a fluffy white bunny as the toilet paper.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 12:31 PM (3wi/L)
Speaking of bears, it's a testament to the insanity of the times in which we are living that RFK Jr's dead bear story is not a major news item.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:37 PM (BFqLx)
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"How do you feel about "Rat Tomago"?
I don't know what that is
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"
Well, if you are bored with that other stuff, look it up.
I don't know what that is
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"
Well, if you are bored with that other stuff, look it up.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2024 12:38 PM (vFG9F)
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Sergeant Walz of Easy Company!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 12:35 PM (1Nxff)
That Herr Oberst Walz of the DDR Stasi to you!
*dials up snitch line*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2024 12:35 PM (1Nxff)
That Herr Oberst Walz of the DDR Stasi to you!
*dials up snitch line*
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2024 12:38 PM (W/lyH)
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Bumped his gums, at the end, about Unilateral Disarmament.
And watched hostages on TV - for about a year.
Turned down the thermostat and wore a sweater.
Bumped his gums, at the end, about Unilateral Disarmament.
And watched hostages on TV - for about a year.
Turned down the thermostat and wore a sweater.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2024 12:38 PM (63Dwl)
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Well, J.D. Vance seems to have been the point man on this, as it should be.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:36 PM (YlAE5)
And that would be smart. It'll be a two-fer. Keep Trump clean. And also warm certain hard-hearted bastards like myself to Vance.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:36 PM (YlAE5)
And that would be smart. It'll be a two-fer. Keep Trump clean. And also warm certain hard-hearted bastards like myself to Vance.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:38 PM (0cqlm)
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>>> 231
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Diamond Princess cruise ship blew the hell out of all claims of how dangerous the Kung Flu was, IIRC, thay was before the lockdown.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2024 12:36 PM (cOq4q)
Isolated, high average age population, at the early stage of the woofloo when it should be most deadly; how fcking hard is it to calculate a percentage of dead from this overall head count?
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Diamond Princess cruise ship blew the hell out of all claims of how dangerous the Kung Flu was, IIRC, thay was before the lockdown.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2024 12:36 PM (cOq4q)
Isolated, high average age population, at the early stage of the woofloo when it should be most deadly; how fcking hard is it to calculate a percentage of dead from this overall head count?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 10, 2024 12:39 PM (FnneF)
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'Tim Walz is running on the ticket of the Party that tried to murder its opposing candidate and then perpetrated a coup against its own when the murder plot failed.'
Amen. And Amen. It's past time to reason with democrat voters as some above are doing. Confront them with what they are supporting with their vote.
'Tim Walz is running on the ticket of the Party that tried to murder its opposing candidate and then perpetrated a coup against its own when the murder plot failed.'
Amen. And Amen. It's past time to reason with democrat voters as some above are doing. Confront them with what they are supporting with their vote.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 12:39 PM (3wi/L)
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My belief is, the extent of sexual blackmail present in our culture today is WAY underestimated, and it explains a great deal of what we see in front of us.
After being elected to congress, Madison Cawthorn, noted that he started to get invited to parties that were full of sex and drugs.
And of course after publicly announcing this the GOPe collaborated with the Dems to get rid of him.
I suspect that this is the norm - that the deep state plies people with relatively simple vices and then once they get you hooked see just how far they can take you. It starts with willing 20 somethings and a little cocaine and ends on, well, a place like Epstein island.
After being elected to congress, Madison Cawthorn, noted that he started to get invited to parties that were full of sex and drugs.
And of course after publicly announcing this the GOPe collaborated with the Dems to get rid of him.
I suspect that this is the norm - that the deep state plies people with relatively simple vices and then once they get you hooked see just how far they can take you. It starts with willing 20 somethings and a little cocaine and ends on, well, a place like Epstein island.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:39 PM (oZhjI)
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>>>Mendelssohn, Sainte-Saens, Grieg, Berlioz, Dvorak, Delibes, Debussy, Franck, Glinka, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky?
Ooo-la-la, you put de Franck below Debussy?
Ooo-la-la, you put de Franck below Debussy?
Posted by: Quahog record store worker at August 10, 2024 12:40 PM (xdstw)
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Marxists have no shame
But don't you try that
But don't you try that
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 12:40 PM (fwDg9)
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Diamond Princess cruise ship blew the hell out of all claims of how dangerous the Kung Flu was, IIRC, thay was before the lockdown.
I was smartened up - by the man with the ban button in his hand - that all such evidence was anecdotal. And he knew it because his old man retired from Big Pharma.
I was smartened up - by the man with the ban button in his hand - that all such evidence was anecdotal. And he knew it because his old man retired from Big Pharma.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:40 PM (0cqlm)
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Are parties with sex and drugs wrong?
Posted by: George Costanza at August 10, 2024 12:41 PM (CK0h2)
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Epstein was hardly the only one doing this work.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:35 PM (BFqLx)
I think he inherited his schtick from Robert Maxwell.
There are generations of blackmail material being used by the IC.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:35 PM (BFqLx)
I think he inherited his schtick from Robert Maxwell.
There are generations of blackmail material being used by the IC.
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2024 12:41 PM (xcIvR)
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Kept reading 'organization' as "organism" and wondering which antibiotic works on the WEF organism.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2024 12:41 PM (xc/u3)
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Kept reading 'organization' as "organism" and wondering which antibiotic works on the WEF organism.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2024 12:41 PM (xc/u3)
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Plutonium.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2024 12:41 PM (xc/u3)
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Plutonium.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 12:42 PM (3Fz6p)
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Isolated, high average age population, at the early stage of the woofloo when it should be most deadly; how fcking hard is it to calculate a percentage of dead from this overall head count?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 10, 2024 12:39 PM (FnneF)
I'd start by counting the number of dead geezers, then dividing that by the number of dead geezers plus the number of geezers walking down the ramp and off the ship. But in fairness, I tend to apply simple and blunt solutions to problems.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 10, 2024 12:39 PM (FnneF)
I'd start by counting the number of dead geezers, then dividing that by the number of dead geezers plus the number of geezers walking down the ramp and off the ship. But in fairness, I tend to apply simple and blunt solutions to problems.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:42 PM (0cqlm)
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I suppose this could be lawsuit CYA, but I hope most people are not stuck in the mindset of 'no one could do such a thing!'.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 10, 2024 12:33 PM (FnneF
I'm with you on this. It's beginning to look like TPTB are romping through depths of depravity too degrading to contemplate. Because the depravity is so deep, nobody can believe it is happening. So the naive among us can sincerely say that Biden is a sweet man because they would never imagine the things he's probably done.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 10, 2024 12:33 PM (FnneF
I'm with you on this. It's beginning to look like TPTB are romping through depths of depravity too degrading to contemplate. Because the depravity is so deep, nobody can believe it is happening. So the naive among us can sincerely say that Biden is a sweet man because they would never imagine the things he's probably done.
Posted by: Emmie at August 10, 2024 12:43 PM (Sf2cq)
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30 year low-er interest rate mortgages are mostly a post world war II phenomenon. Government guaranteed, backed mortages. Government and banks have played hot potato with that for decades. Fannie Mae was offloaded in '68, along with about everything else. And again in the oughts? Sloppy seconds.
Prior to WWII, mortgages on homes was 50 per cent down, 7 year notes. Callable at any time. That's how Snidely Whiplash would get the old widow Jen's Ranch, by demanding full payment after paying off the note at the bank.
Good loans on good real estate were never the problem.
Prior to WWII, mortgages on homes was 50 per cent down, 7 year notes. Callable at any time. That's how Snidely Whiplash would get the old widow Jen's Ranch, by demanding full payment after paying off the note at the bank.
Good loans on good real estate were never the problem.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2024 12:43 PM (1GVh/)
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System malfunction spews foam into airport parking lot.
https://youtube.com/shorts/zWOgCKEUF3o
This is really cool.
https://youtube.com/shorts/zWOgCKEUF3o
This is really cool.
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 12:44 PM (aZ255)
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So Walz can accuse Vance of sodomizing a sofa in his acceptance speech but we have to muzzle Trump?
Posted by: gourmand du jour
You're missing the point. Is it fair? No. Is it politically smart? Yes.
Also, Trump did not serve, whereas Vance did. Let JD handle it.
Posted by: gourmand du jour
You're missing the point. Is it fair? No. Is it politically smart? Yes.
Also, Trump did not serve, whereas Vance did. Let JD handle it.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 12:44 PM (xCA6C)
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"I was smartened up - by the man with the ban button in his hand - that all such evidence was anecdotal."
Yes, I remember.
Yes, I remember.
Posted by: pawn at August 10, 2024 12:45 PM (QB+5g)
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After being elected to congress, Madison Cawthorn, noted that he started to get invited to parties that were full of sex and drugs.
And of course after publicly announcing this the GOPe collaborated with the Dems to get rid of him.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:39 PM (oZhjI)
I really don't know his story, but it's been strongly hinted that he's gay. I wonder if/how that was used on him.
In other news, the FBI raided Scott Ritter's home this week.
I'm still not sure we know the truth of the story about Ritter talking up a 14 year old on the internet, other than it was a government op.
And of course after publicly announcing this the GOPe collaborated with the Dems to get rid of him.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:39 PM (oZhjI)
I really don't know his story, but it's been strongly hinted that he's gay. I wonder if/how that was used on him.
In other news, the FBI raided Scott Ritter's home this week.
I'm still not sure we know the truth of the story about Ritter talking up a 14 year old on the internet, other than it was a government op.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:45 PM (BFqLx)
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I’ve resigned myself to Trump losing. Between the fraud, msm worship and general stupidity of the average voter, I’m not optimistic. I’ll still vote it’s the only thing I can do. And hopefully a miracle happens like 2016.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:45 PM (CK0h2)
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Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:39 PM (oZhjI)
Cawthorn was also a lying nutcase unrelated to his sexual allegations which placed doubt for me.
Cawthorn was also a lying nutcase unrelated to his sexual allegations which placed doubt for me.
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2024 12:45 PM (B1dzx)
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Nice pix of Davos, but I was assured the place was overrun with hookers.
Nice pix of Davos, but I was assured the place was overrun with hookers.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2024 12:47 PM (j4U/Z)
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Didn't Trump get a medical exemption?
I get that attacks by Trump are uncomfortable, but it's also how he got where he is.
I get that attacks by Trump are uncomfortable, but it's also how he got where he is.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 10, 2024 12:47 PM (MeG8a)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2024 12:47 PM (xc/u3)
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Prior to WWII, mortgages on homes was 50 per cent down, 7 year notes.
One of the things fucked up by "W" - pushing home ownership. Of course, his daddy loved banks, and "W" also loved banks, so they did three terms of policy to help banks.
Another fuck up ... Obama going after "red-lining". If you want a loan to buy a house in the hood ? Why should anyone else have to mix their money with yours to assume that risk ?
One of the things fucked up by "W" - pushing home ownership. Of course, his daddy loved banks, and "W" also loved banks, so they did three terms of policy to help banks.
Another fuck up ... Obama going after "red-lining". If you want a loan to buy a house in the hood ? Why should anyone else have to mix their money with yours to assume that risk ?
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Epstein was hardly the only one doing this work.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:35 PM (BFqLx)
I think he inherited his schtick from Robert Maxwell.
There are generations of blackmail material being used by the IC.
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2024 12:41 PM (xcIvR)
Les Wexner was/is one of Epstein's handlers/creators.
There are several of these operations in place, going strong today. And if anyone really believes Maxwell accidentally fell off his boat, they're more gullible that a runaway teenage girl who gets picked up by Maxwell's daughter.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:35 PM (BFqLx)
I think he inherited his schtick from Robert Maxwell.
There are generations of blackmail material being used by the IC.
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2024 12:41 PM (xcIvR)
Les Wexner was/is one of Epstein's handlers/creators.
There are several of these operations in place, going strong today. And if anyone really believes Maxwell accidentally fell off his boat, they're more gullible that a runaway teenage girl who gets picked up by Maxwell's daughter.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:47 PM (BFqLx)
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Who was that one Dem who ran a gay prostitution ring from his apartment? He didn’t get kicked out by the party. But the gop kicked out Hawthorn for doing some blow and getting laid. Because the gop is an unserious party that doesn’t want to win.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:48 PM (CK0h2)
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I'd like to see a toilet paper commercial where they flush a closet democrat that keeps badmouthing Reagan.
I'd buy that toilet paper.
I'd buy that toilet paper.
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Who was that one Dem who ran a gay prostitution ring from his apartment? He didn’t get kicked out by the party. But the gop kicked out Hawthorn for doing some blow and getting laid. Because the gop is an unserious party that doesn’t want to win.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:48 PM (CK0h2)
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Barney Frank. It was his BF that ran the ring.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:48 PM (CK0h2)
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Barney Frank. It was his BF that ran the ring.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at August 10, 2024 12:49 PM (3Fz6p)
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Who was that one Dem who ran a gay prostitution ring from his apartment? He didn’t get kicked out by the party. But the gop kicked out Hawthorn for doing some blow and getting laid. Because the gop is an unserious party that doesn’t want to win.
D-ouche.
D-ouche.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 12:49 PM (xCA6C)
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Why play to the Dem norms that only Group X can have the moral authority to call out someone in Group X?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2024 12:50 PM (xc/u3)
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Oops. Barney Frank.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 12:50 PM (xCA6C)
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Why you fool, it's the educated reader who can be gulled. All our difficulty comes with the others. When did you meet a workman who believes the papers? He takes it for granted that they're all propaganda and skips the leading articles....He's our problem. We have to recondition him. But the educated public, the people who read the high-brow weeklies, don't need reconditioning. They're all right already. They'll believe anything.
C. S. Lewis
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Must have met my MiL.
C. S. Lewis
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Must have met my MiL.
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10, 2024 12:50 PM (JvZF+)
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I’ve resigned myself to Trump losing. Between the fraud, msm worship and general stupidity of the average voter, I’m not optimistic. I’ll still vote it’s the only thing I can do. And hopefully a miracle happens like 2016.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:45 PM (CK0h2)
This isn't 2020. And 2016 wasn't a miracle.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:45 PM (CK0h2)
This isn't 2020. And 2016 wasn't a miracle.
Posted by: mrp at August 10, 2024 12:50 PM (rj6Yv)
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There are several of these operations in place, going strong today. And if anyone really believes Maxwell accidentally fell off his boat, they're more gullible that a runaway teenage girl who gets picked up by Maxwell's daughter.
I remember when it came out one of Epstein's assistants was Sarah Kellen - the wealthy British socialite. And that her family owns the estate that was used for filming the scenes with the sex cult in Eyes Wide Shut.
Again small world no?
I remember when it came out one of Epstein's assistants was Sarah Kellen - the wealthy British socialite. And that her family owns the estate that was used for filming the scenes with the sex cult in Eyes Wide Shut.
Again small world no?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:51 PM (oZhjI)
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Barney Frank. It was his BF that ran the ring.
Yep. Now lets talk Newt Gingrich. He wasn't the White Knight either than some wanted ... hence him sitting on a couch cutting promos with Nancy Pelosi.
But Newt got cut - with GOP backing to do so - for a six-figure book deal. Hillary did her book for seven figures ... and crickets from the rootenist, toonenist opposition party that just can't figure out why Lucy is pulling on that football yet again.
Yep. Now lets talk Newt Gingrich. He wasn't the White Knight either than some wanted ... hence him sitting on a couch cutting promos with Nancy Pelosi.
But Newt got cut - with GOP backing to do so - for a six-figure book deal. Hillary did her book for seven figures ... and crickets from the rootenist, toonenist opposition party that just can't figure out why Lucy is pulling on that football yet again.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:51 PM (0cqlm)
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There are several of these operations in place, going strong today. And if anyone really believes Maxwell accidentally fell off his boat, they're more gullible that a runaway teenage girl who gets picked up by Maxwell's daughter.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:47 PM (BFqLx)
Agreed 100%.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:47 PM (BFqLx)
Agreed 100%.
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2024 12:51 PM (xcIvR)
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Nice pix of Davos, but I was assured the place was overrun with hookers.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2024 12:47 PM (j4U/Z)
Usually, but they're all in Paris for the Olympics.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2024 12:47 PM (j4U/Z)
Usually, but they're all in Paris for the Olympics.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:52 PM (BFqLx)
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Bwawney Fwank.
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 12:52 PM (MdLT3)
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Why play to the Dem norms that only Group X can have the moral authority to call out someone in Group X?
I don't know if you're responding to me, but assuming your are, the answer is because I want to win. Vance is the perfect guy to call out Walz, seeing as how Audie Murphy is not available. Trump can shut his yap for a bit, at least in this one area.
I don't know if you're responding to me, but assuming your are, the answer is because I want to win. Vance is the perfect guy to call out Walz, seeing as how Audie Murphy is not available. Trump can shut his yap for a bit, at least in this one area.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 12:52 PM (xCA6C)
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Early on, there were claims that lung X-rays of Covid patients looked like broken glass.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:28 PM
There's a optical effect I've seen from my experience in lithography where you place one printing screen on top of another and rotate them around and some interesting patterns appear. Ground glass appears to be the same optical effect on MRI's.
Anyway, my wife contracted something late in 2019. Here in Pennsylvania they know definitely covid was here by then. She self treated with her normal holistic approach. We didn't have an oximeter at the time but she had breathing issues. She fell down a flight of stairs banged the hell out of her head and I took her to the ER where she required stitches. They wanted to do a brain scan and while doing so detected the ground glass effect in her lungs. It eventually resolved over the next six months.
I suspect they stopped looking for the ground glass effect on expensive MRI's because it was so prevalent.
Early on, there were claims that lung X-rays of Covid patients looked like broken glass.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:28 PM
There's a optical effect I've seen from my experience in lithography where you place one printing screen on top of another and rotate them around and some interesting patterns appear. Ground glass appears to be the same optical effect on MRI's.
Anyway, my wife contracted something late in 2019. Here in Pennsylvania they know definitely covid was here by then. She self treated with her normal holistic approach. We didn't have an oximeter at the time but she had breathing issues. She fell down a flight of stairs banged the hell out of her head and I took her to the ER where she required stitches. They wanted to do a brain scan and while doing so detected the ground glass effect in her lungs. It eventually resolved over the next six months.
I suspect they stopped looking for the ground glass effect on expensive MRI's because it was so prevalent.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 12:52 PM (RKVpM)
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System malfunction spews foam into airport parking lot.
https://youtube.com/shorts/zWOgCKEUF3o
This is really cool.
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 12:44 PM (aZ255)
Party time!
https://youtube.com/shorts/zWOgCKEUF3o
This is really cool.
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 12:44 PM (aZ255)
Party time!
Posted by: L'il Marco at August 10, 2024 12:52 PM (0eaVi)
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"There are 18 year olds now that were 10 years old when Trump was first elected. They know nothing of the 4 years except they were locked down the last year.
Posted by: polynikes "
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I told the wife I don't like red caps no matter what's on it, so she got me a camo Trump 2024 cap. I wore to get her ice cream last night. The high school kid at the window said he love my hat but wasn't allowed to wear his Trump tee shirt to school. I told him to wear it, get in trouble and make the news. Then someone will set up a GoFund for him and he'll get rich.
Posted by: polynikes "
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I told the wife I don't like red caps no matter what's on it, so she got me a camo Trump 2024 cap. I wore to get her ice cream last night. The high school kid at the window said he love my hat but wasn't allowed to wear his Trump tee shirt to school. I told him to wear it, get in trouble and make the news. Then someone will set up a GoFund for him and he'll get rich.
Posted by: Cosda at August 10, 2024 12:53 PM (9cBHO)
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There are several of these operations in place, going strong today. And if anyone really believes Maxwell accidentally fell off his boat, they're more gullible that a runaway teenage girl who gets picked up by Maxwell's daughter.
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I remember when it came out one of Epstein's assistants was Sarah Kellen - the wealthy British socialite. And that her family owns the estate that was used for filming the scenes with the sex cult in Eyes Wide Shut.
Again small world no?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:51 PM (oZhjI)
Hmmm, I hadn't heard of her.
I don't doubt for a minute Kubrick's film was in some ways autobiographical.
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I remember when it came out one of Epstein's assistants was Sarah Kellen - the wealthy British socialite. And that her family owns the estate that was used for filming the scenes with the sex cult in Eyes Wide Shut.
Again small world no?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 12:51 PM (oZhjI)
Hmmm, I hadn't heard of her.
I don't doubt for a minute Kubrick's film was in some ways autobiographical.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:54 PM (BFqLx)
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Barney Frank. That’s right. From the Dodd-Frank monstrosity.
Posted by: RIP UK at August 10, 2024 12:54 PM (CK0h2)
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Nice pix of Davos, but I was assured the place was overrun with hookers.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2024 12:47 PM (j4U/Z)
It was a typo. Place is over-run withe mooers, not hooers.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2024 12:47 PM (j4U/Z)
It was a typo. Place is over-run withe mooers, not hooers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 12:54 PM (YlAE5)
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Diamond Princess cruise ship blew the hell out of all claims of how dangerous the Kung Flu was, IIRC, thay was before the lockdown.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2024 12:36 PM (cOq4q)
When the homeless people weren't dying, I figured it was b.s.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2024 12:36 PM (cOq4q)
When the homeless people weren't dying, I figured it was b.s.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 10, 2024 12:54 PM (w6EFb)
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System malfunction spews foam into airport parking lot.
I'd be very interested to know what the foam is. My wife was heavily involved with the effort to develop alternatives to AFFF, the de facto standard for many years, which is being phased out due to the panic over PFOS and PFAS.
I'd be very interested to know what the foam is. My wife was heavily involved with the effort to develop alternatives to AFFF, the de facto standard for many years, which is being phased out due to the panic over PFOS and PFAS.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 12:54 PM (xCA6C)
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Why play to the Dem norms that only Group X can have the moral authority to call out someone in Group X?
Easy answer. You can - and I do, even though I was in, question the money spent, the decisions, and the general ethos.
But when you call another man a coward, you best have evidence - not implied - that you took the same collective chance.
Yes - Trump got shot at. And he showed a slop-jar sized set of nuts in his reaction. But I'd advise him to keep his trap shut about the military, who served, and who did not.
Leave it to Vance.
Easy answer. You can - and I do, even though I was in, question the money spent, the decisions, and the general ethos.
But when you call another man a coward, you best have evidence - not implied - that you took the same collective chance.
Yes - Trump got shot at. And he showed a slop-jar sized set of nuts in his reaction. But I'd advise him to keep his trap shut about the military, who served, and who did not.
Leave it to Vance.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:54 PM (0cqlm)
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There's a optical effect I've seen from my experience in lithography where you place one printing screen on top of another and rotate them around and some interesting patterns appear. Ground glass appears to be the same optical effect on MRI's.
Moire fringes?
Moire fringes?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 12:55 PM (xCA6C)
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Who is running the Trump campaign?
BowTiedRanger
@BowTiedRanger
I’m witnessing what can only be described as the worst political campaign strategy in my lifetime being executed on behalf of the best political candidate in my lifetime.
@AFpost
Rapper Lil Pump to perform Joe Biden diss track at upcoming Trump rally.
BowTiedRanger
@BowTiedRanger
I’m witnessing what can only be described as the worst political campaign strategy in my lifetime being executed on behalf of the best political candidate in my lifetime.
@AFpost
Rapper Lil Pump to perform Joe Biden diss track at upcoming Trump rally.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 10, 2024 12:56 PM (TGPs7)
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Anyway, my wife contracted something late in 2019. Here in Pennsylvania they know definitely covid was here by then. She self treated with her normal holistic approach. We didn't have an oximeter at the time but she had breathing issues. She fell down a flight of stairs banged the hell out of her head and I took her to the ER where she required stitches. They wanted to do a brain scan and while doing so detected the ground glass effect in her lungs. It eventually resolved over the next six months.
I suspect they stopped looking for the ground glass effect on expensive MRI's because it was so prevalent.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 12:52 PM (RKVpM)
Late 2019 we were overwhelmed by the Norvovirus. Everyone was talking about it like it was the worst thing, schools were shutting down early around Thanksgiving... and then Norvovirus suddenly went away.
I don't believe what we were told about that.
I suspect they stopped looking for the ground glass effect on expensive MRI's because it was so prevalent.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 12:52 PM (RKVpM)
Late 2019 we were overwhelmed by the Norvovirus. Everyone was talking about it like it was the worst thing, schools were shutting down early around Thanksgiving... and then Norvovirus suddenly went away.
I don't believe what we were told about that.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:57 PM (BFqLx)
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No I have the ground glass effect in my lungs but not from covid. It's a sign of scarring in your lungs.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 10, 2024 12:58 PM (dDSBl)
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Covid was a perfect opportunity. Fear was mongered. You can't reason people out of fear, but you can get them to stampede out of fear and nudge the direction of the stampede.
It was evil.
It was evil.
Posted by: Emmie at August 10, 2024 12:59 PM (Sf2cq)
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@AFpost
Rapper Lil Pump to perform Joe Biden diss track at upcoming Trump rally.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 10, 2024 12:56 PM (TGPs7)
He's the dude that thinks "classy" is gold inlay on everything.
Sadly - he's going to fuck all this up.
Rapper Lil Pump to perform Joe Biden diss track at upcoming Trump rally.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 10, 2024 12:56 PM (TGPs7)
He's the dude that thinks "classy" is gold inlay on everything.
Sadly - he's going to fuck all this up.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:59 PM (0cqlm)
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@AFpost
Rapper Lil Pump to perform Joe Biden diss track at upcoming Trump rally.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 10, 2024 12:56 PM (TGPs7)
So he is making a play for the urban black vote. This is bad, why?
Rapper Lil Pump to perform Joe Biden diss track at upcoming Trump rally.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 10, 2024 12:56 PM (TGPs7)
So he is making a play for the urban black vote. This is bad, why?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 01:00 PM (YlAE5)
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Moire fringes?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 12:55 PM
Yes, that's one name for them. There are several. They're kinda cool if one is easily amused. Almost hypnotic.
Moire fringes?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2024 12:55 PM
Yes, that's one name for them. There are several. They're kinda cool if one is easily amused. Almost hypnotic.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:00 PM (RKVpM)
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'Late 2019 we were overwhelmed by the Norvovirus. '
Interesting. I abruptly got pneumonia in both lungs in Nov. 2019. When Covid hit, I always wondered whether I had gotten some earlier strain.
'Late 2019 we were overwhelmed by the Norvovirus. '
Interesting. I abruptly got pneumonia in both lungs in Nov. 2019. When Covid hit, I always wondered whether I had gotten some earlier strain.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 01:01 PM (3wi/L)
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I wonder what the poll response rates are for the presidential races? What Trump supporter in his/her mind would voluntarily participate in a survey?
Posted by: mrp at August 10, 2024 01:01 PM (rj6Yv)
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Who is running the Trump campaign?
BowTiedRanger
@BowTiedRanger
I’m witnessing what can only be described as the worst political campaign strategy in my lifetime being executed on behalf of the best political candidate in my lifetime.
@AFpost
Rapper Lil Pump to perform Joe Biden diss track at upcoming Trump rally.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 10, 2024 12:56 PM (TGPs7)
***
It's August.
The only ones paying attention are news and political junkies. Everyone else is out enjoying summer.
BowTiedRanger
@BowTiedRanger
I’m witnessing what can only be described as the worst political campaign strategy in my lifetime being executed on behalf of the best political candidate in my lifetime.
@AFpost
Rapper Lil Pump to perform Joe Biden diss track at upcoming Trump rally.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 10, 2024 12:56 PM (TGPs7)
***
It's August.
The only ones paying attention are news and political junkies. Everyone else is out enjoying summer.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2024 01:01 PM (W/lyH)
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296 @AFpost
Rapper Lil Pump to perform Joe Biden diss track at upcoming Trump rally.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 10, 2024 12:56 PM (TGPs7)
And ?
Rapper Lil Pump to perform Joe Biden diss track at upcoming Trump rally.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 10, 2024 12:56 PM (TGPs7)
And ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2024 01:01 PM (IyPmt)
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 01:01 PM (+0cWq)
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The "Hong Kong" flu was iirc rumored to be an escaped lab leak of some sort. When? 1969
Large gatherings were not prohibited. One of them was called "Woodstock" where a few hundred thousand cavorted around in a drugged stupor, ran out of food, and had no sanitation facilities. Then it rained, and turned into mud.
Less chaotic, I think about a million turned out to watch Saturn V launches, they had maybe 3 of them that year, definitely if you count Dec. '68 and Apollo 8
Large gatherings were not prohibited. One of them was called "Woodstock" where a few hundred thousand cavorted around in a drugged stupor, ran out of food, and had no sanitation facilities. Then it rained, and turned into mud.
Less chaotic, I think about a million turned out to watch Saturn V launches, they had maybe 3 of them that year, definitely if you count Dec. '68 and Apollo 8
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2024 01:01 PM (1GVh/)
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So he is making a play for the urban black vote. This is bad, why?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 01:00 PM (YlAE5)
Because the "urban black vote" is not voting for him.
The working black vote will - that's a completely different artist.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 01:00 PM (YlAE5)
Because the "urban black vote" is not voting for him.
The working black vote will - that's a completely different artist.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 01:01 PM (0cqlm)
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Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 12:59 PM (0cqlm)
Oh, dear. It will entirely ruin Trump's other rallies and ads over the next few months./s
Oh, dear. It will entirely ruin Trump's other rallies and ads over the next few months./s
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 01:01 PM (dTTBf)
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Prior to WWII, mortgages on homes was 50 per cent down, 7 year notes. Callable at any time. That's how Snidely Whiplash would get the old widow Jen's Ranch, by demanding full payment after paying off the note at the bank.
But the price was different, even counting for wage increases. The average house was $3k. I think the last number was $65k if adjusted to today. Of course we can point out as to why that is - but the net result is not apples to apples. To avoid mortgage insurance, you still have to put 20% down, unless you have VA benefits.
There were always big houses and small houses. I do think there is a disconnect now in how much house you need, especially starting out. My mom was raised in a 2 bedroom, 1 bath house after she immigrated here. She shared a room with her sister. It had a little eat in kitchen, formal dining room and formal living room. Later, they closed in the back porch and had a den. It was in Harker Heights, outside of San Antonio. When we sold it, it was a time capsule. I wish I had bought it to this day.
Prior to WWII, mortgages on homes was 50 per cent down, 7 year notes. Callable at any time. That's how Snidely Whiplash would get the old widow Jen's Ranch, by demanding full payment after paying off the note at the bank.
But the price was different, even counting for wage increases. The average house was $3k. I think the last number was $65k if adjusted to today. Of course we can point out as to why that is - but the net result is not apples to apples. To avoid mortgage insurance, you still have to put 20% down, unless you have VA benefits.
There were always big houses and small houses. I do think there is a disconnect now in how much house you need, especially starting out. My mom was raised in a 2 bedroom, 1 bath house after she immigrated here. She shared a room with her sister. It had a little eat in kitchen, formal dining room and formal living room. Later, they closed in the back porch and had a den. It was in Harker Heights, outside of San Antonio. When we sold it, it was a time capsule. I wish I had bought it to this day.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:02 PM (pZEOD)
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Rapper Lil Pump to perform Joe Biden diss track at upcoming Trump rally.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 10, 2024 12:56 PM (TGPs7)
Lil Pump is one of my favorite rap singers! I especially like his famous rap hit, "Hand Lotion Boogie."
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 10, 2024 12:56 PM (TGPs7)
Lil Pump is one of my favorite rap singers! I especially like his famous rap hit, "Hand Lotion Boogie."
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 01:02 PM (BFqLx)
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Oh, dear. It will entirely ruin Trump's other rallies and ads over the next few months./s
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 01:01 PM (dTTBf)
LOL.. I'm getting tired of all the hand wringing too
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 01:01 PM (dTTBf)
LOL.. I'm getting tired of all the hand wringing too
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2024 01:02 PM (IyPmt)
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So he is making a play for the urban black vote. This is bad, why?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 01:00 PM (YlAE5)
I think it makes sense. White wimmin and white shoe Rs are going to be a hard nut to crack. It seems Black men don't like Kammy. Why not work on getting them?*
*Unless you secretly want Trump to lose.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 01:00 PM (YlAE5)
I think it makes sense. White wimmin and white shoe Rs are going to be a hard nut to crack. It seems Black men don't like Kammy. Why not work on getting them?*
*Unless you secretly want Trump to lose.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2024 01:02 PM (0eaVi)
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I don't doubt for a minute Kubrick's film was in some ways autobiographical.
Another interesting part in that movie...they have a scene where someone is murdered and reported as dead by drug overdose and Tom Cruise's character reads the fake death notice on a computer.
The guy that wrote the fake death notice in the movie? Larry Celona.
He was also the one of or the first guy to report on Epstein's death in the real world - I can't find absolute confirmation he was the first but he was definitely at least one of the first...
Another interesting part in that movie...they have a scene where someone is murdered and reported as dead by drug overdose and Tom Cruise's character reads the fake death notice on a computer.
The guy that wrote the fake death notice in the movie? Larry Celona.
He was also the one of or the first guy to report on Epstein's death in the real world - I can't find absolute confirmation he was the first but he was definitely at least one of the first...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 01:03 PM (oZhjI)
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Shaking My Head, aka Scogg
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 01:03 PM (OQG13)
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Because the "urban black vote" is not voting for him.
The working black vote will - that's a completely different artist.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 01:01 PM (0cqlm)
You make a play for the votes you don't already have in the bag. But I can see how you would fail to understand that.
The working black vote will - that's a completely different artist.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 01:01 PM (0cqlm)
You make a play for the votes you don't already have in the bag. But I can see how you would fail to understand that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 01:03 PM (YlAE5)
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So he is making a play for the urban black vote. This is bad, why?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 01:00 PM (YlAE5)
Many who think they are voting for the first time will find out they have been voting all along.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 01:00 PM (YlAE5)
Many who think they are voting for the first time will find out they have been voting all along.
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2024 01:03 PM (xcIvR)
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'Oh, dear. It will entirely ruin Trump's other rallies and ads over the next few months./s'
I'm getting concerned.
'Oh, dear. It will entirely ruin Trump's other rallies and ads over the next few months./s'
I'm getting concerned.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 01:04 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2024 01:04 PM (W/lyH)
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Late 2019 we were overwhelmed by the Norvovirus. Everyone was talking about it like it was the worst thing, schools were shutting down early around Thanksgiving... and then Norvovirus suddenly went away.
I don't believe what we were told about that.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:57 PM
Norovirus is pretty much intestinal. I don't remember much about that then here, but no kids in school anymore.
My wife's issue was definitely respiratory. When you see her with her head over a pot of boiling water filled with some sort of weed and drops of some crap you know she has trouble breathing.
She likes the holistic Drs. So do I.
Late 2019 we were overwhelmed by the Norvovirus. Everyone was talking about it like it was the worst thing, schools were shutting down early around Thanksgiving... and then Norvovirus suddenly went away.
I don't believe what we were told about that.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:57 PM
Norovirus is pretty much intestinal. I don't remember much about that then here, but no kids in school anymore.
My wife's issue was definitely respiratory. When you see her with her head over a pot of boiling water filled with some sort of weed and drops of some crap you know she has trouble breathing.
She likes the holistic Drs. So do I.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:04 PM (RKVpM)
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The Great Purple Door is done! It looks fantastic! I love this. God bless Hubbymayhem. That man simply refused to be defeated by a door. All the curve balls the lock set threw were swatted away and Hubbymayhem won. The swearing was epic but the paint didn't peel off the door. Yay!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 10, 2024 01:04 PM (4XwPj)
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 01:05 PM (rnxX+)
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Spent my entire teen years in the 80's.
It was awesome.
If you weren't there you couldn't know and if you thought it sucked that is on you. You are probably a miserable human being as a defalt setting. I lived quite well on $4.50 an hour.
Nothing since has compared.
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2024 12:33 PM (xcIvR)
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*Tosses CD of "Born in the USA" onto sidewalk*
You're on my lawn.
It was awesome.
If you weren't there you couldn't know and if you thought it sucked that is on you. You are probably a miserable human being as a defalt setting. I lived quite well on $4.50 an hour.
Nothing since has compared.
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2024 12:33 PM (xcIvR)
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*Tosses CD of "Born in the USA" onto sidewalk*
You're on my lawn.
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10, 2024 01:05 PM (JvZF+)
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Rapper Lil Pump to perform Joe Biden diss track at upcoming Trump rally.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 10, 2024 12:56 PM (TGPs7)
Lil Pump is one of my favorite rap singers! I especially like his famous rap hit, "Hand Lotion Boogie."
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 01:02 PM (BFqLx)
I celebrate his entire catalog!
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 10, 2024 12:56 PM (TGPs7)
Lil Pump is one of my favorite rap singers! I especially like his famous rap hit, "Hand Lotion Boogie."
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 01:02 PM (BFqLx)
I celebrate his entire catalog!
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at August 10, 2024 01:05 PM (Aqu9a)
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What I couldn't figure out was the initial official narative here in America - "nothing to worry about", when it was obvious everyone would lose their shit when it arrived.
Then, it went from "two weeks to flatten the curve" to
"I'll live in my basement. I must never, ever even be exposed, or I Will Die. Microwave all incoming mail, and spray down groceries with Bleach and Iodine. Someday, there will be a vaccine, and we will all be able to return to the surface of the Earth"
How the fuck does that even happen? Hypnosis or drugs or something.
Then, it went from "two weeks to flatten the curve" to
"I'll live in my basement. I must never, ever even be exposed, or I Will Die. Microwave all incoming mail, and spray down groceries with Bleach and Iodine. Someday, there will be a vaccine, and we will all be able to return to the surface of the Earth"
How the fuck does that even happen? Hypnosis or drugs or something.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2024 01:05 PM (1GVh/)
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And ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2024
I am actually excited these artists are red pilled and announcing it. It is giving a green light to others it’s okay to leave the dem party. We can hate the music (and again, I realize I may be the minority here, but I have to use dance music in hundreds of play lists for my job. I don’t mind many of the cleaned up versions). Amber Rose. Lil Pump. Someone else..lt’ll come to me, hahaha, are making a difference. Kanye, however genius he may be, can stay over in the corner for awhile until he gets his meds right, though.
And ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2024
I am actually excited these artists are red pilled and announcing it. It is giving a green light to others it’s okay to leave the dem party. We can hate the music (and again, I realize I may be the minority here, but I have to use dance music in hundreds of play lists for my job. I don’t mind many of the cleaned up versions). Amber Rose. Lil Pump. Someone else..lt’ll come to me, hahaha, are making a difference. Kanye, however genius he may be, can stay over in the corner for awhile until he gets his meds right, though.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:06 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2024 01:06 PM (xcIvR)
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"I'll live in my basement. I must never, ever even be exposed, or I Will Die. Microwave all incoming mail, and spray down groceries with Bleach and Iodine. Someday, there will be a vaccine, and we will all be able to return to the surface of the Earth"
How the fuck does that even happen? Hypnosis or drugs or something.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2024 01:05 PM (1GVh/)
LOL. The BTH experience. He has popped his head into one or two threads, lately.
How the fuck does that even happen? Hypnosis or drugs or something.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2024 01:05 PM (1GVh/)
LOL. The BTH experience. He has popped his head into one or two threads, lately.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 01:07 PM (YlAE5)
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If I were advising Trump ... and obviously I am not.
You don't get the rapper. You get one of this new wave of dudes - black men - that are on AM radio preaching the blend of the prosperity gospel / personal responsibility.
That's the demographic that will show to the polls - even while Momma' is voting for the free shit. Cancel a vote with a vote.
You don't get the rapper. You get one of this new wave of dudes - black men - that are on AM radio preaching the blend of the prosperity gospel / personal responsibility.
That's the demographic that will show to the polls - even while Momma' is voting for the free shit. Cancel a vote with a vote.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 01:07 PM (0cqlm)
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Watching a documentary recreation on YouTube and got a Trump commercial with 2 Black couple in Philadelphia Sometimes I let them play out and did.
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 01:07 PM (fwDg9)
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317 The Great Purple Door is done! It looks fantastic! I love this. God bless Hubbymayhem. That man simply refused to be defeated by a door. All the curve balls the lock set threw were swatted away and Hubbymayhem won. The swearing was epic but the paint didn't peel off the door. Yay!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August
Happy dance!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August
Happy dance!
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:07 PM (pZEOD)
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Shaking My Head, aka Scogg
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 01:03 PM
I think he has a Joe Paterno shrine in his home. He'll go away in awhile when it's time to re-light the candles.
Shaking My Head, aka Scogg
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 01:03 PM
I think he has a Joe Paterno shrine in his home. He'll go away in awhile when it's time to re-light the candles.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:08 PM (RKVpM)
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That quote from CS Lewis about civilization reminded me of a line from one of the Conan stories by Robert Howard.
"Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance. And barbarianism must ultimately triumph”
Maybe the Texan was onto something. Or did Lewis read Conan stories?
"Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance. And barbarianism must ultimately triumph”
Maybe the Texan was onto something. Or did Lewis read Conan stories?
Posted by: JTB at August 10, 2024 01:08 PM (zudum)
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' I lived quite well on $4.50 an hour.'
Ooh. Ooh. Look who's all high and mighty with their $4.50 an hour. I got $4.09 an hour in my 80s job. And that was lucky.
' I lived quite well on $4.50 an hour.'
Ooh. Ooh. Look who's all high and mighty with their $4.50 an hour. I got $4.09 an hour in my 80s job. And that was lucky.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 01:08 PM (3wi/L)
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The guy that wrote the fake death notice in the movie? Larry Celona.
He was also the one of or the first guy to report on Epstein's death in the real world - I can't find absolute confirmation he was the first but he was definitely at least one of the first...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 01:03 PM (oZhjI)
Yeah, I don't believe Epstein is dead.
He was also the one of or the first guy to report on Epstein's death in the real world - I can't find absolute confirmation he was the first but he was definitely at least one of the first...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2024 01:03 PM (oZhjI)
Yeah, I don't believe Epstein is dead.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 01:09 PM (BFqLx)
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Amber Rose. Lil Pump. Someone else..lt’ll come to me, hahaha, are making a difference. Kanye, however genius he may be, can stay over in the corner for awhile until he gets his meds right, though.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:06 PM (pZEOD)
I have no idea what those performers sound like, nor do I need to know. Rap normally sucks donkey dick, but if a rapper will pull in votes for DJT, let him have at it.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:06 PM (pZEOD)
I have no idea what those performers sound like, nor do I need to know. Rap normally sucks donkey dick, but if a rapper will pull in votes for DJT, let him have at it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 01:09 PM (YlAE5)
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with some sort of weed and drops of some crap you know she has trouble breathing.
She likes the holistic Drs. So do I.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August
Chamomile and eucalyptus?
She likes the holistic Drs. So do I.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August
Chamomile and eucalyptus?
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:09 PM (pZEOD)
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Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 01:07 PM (0cqlm)
Well, then send a suggestion to the Trump campaign if you have it figured out.
Well, then send a suggestion to the Trump campaign if you have it figured out.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2024 01:10 PM (dTTBf)
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How the fuck does that even happen? Hypnosis or drugs or something.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Don't know. After the two weeks to stop the spread when there weren't bodies lying everywhere in the streets I just went about my usual routine. Being a retired curmudgeon made that easy.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Don't know. After the two weeks to stop the spread when there weren't bodies lying everywhere in the streets I just went about my usual routine. Being a retired curmudgeon made that easy.
Posted by: Cosda at August 10, 2024 01:11 PM (9cBHO)
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Chamomile and Eucalyptus?
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:09 PM (pZEOD)
I think I dated them in college. Memories are a bit hazy though.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:09 PM (pZEOD)
I think I dated them in college. Memories are a bit hazy though.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2024 01:11 PM (Aqu9a)
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I think he has a Joe Paterno shrine in his home. He'll go away in awhile when it's time to re-light the candles.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:08 PM (RKVpM)
I'll set 'em right next to the middle school. That way Joe Pa' can look down from Heaven, while Sandusky can "recruit" the next great linebacker.
Winning is all that matters, right ? You are ... Ped State.
Funny thing - I've worked Pennsylvania quite a bit. Even the natives there cringe at the Sandusky thing.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:08 PM (RKVpM)
I'll set 'em right next to the middle school. That way Joe Pa' can look down from Heaven, while Sandusky can "recruit" the next great linebacker.
Winning is all that matters, right ? You are ... Ped State.
Funny thing - I've worked Pennsylvania quite a bit. Even the natives there cringe at the Sandusky thing.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 01:11 PM (0cqlm)
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Late 2019 we were overwhelmed by the Norvovirus. Everyone was talking about it like it was the worst thing, schools were shutting down early around Thanksgiving... and then Norvovirus suddenly went away.
I don't believe what we were told about that.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:57 PM (BFqLx)
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If you had norovirus you would know you had norovirus.
I don't believe what we were told about that.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 12:57 PM (BFqLx)
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If you had norovirus you would know you had norovirus.
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10, 2024 01:11 PM (JvZF+)
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Chamomile and eucalyptus?
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:09 PM (pZEOD)
"Chamomile, Eucalyptus, and Spurge, Holistic Ambulance Chasers."
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:09 PM (pZEOD)
"Chamomile, Eucalyptus, and Spurge, Holistic Ambulance Chasers."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2024 01:11 PM (YlAE5)
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Norovirus is pretty much intestinal. I don't remember much about that then here, but no kids in school anymore.
My wife's issue was definitely respiratory. When you see her with her head over a pot of boiling water filled with some sort of weed and drops of some crap you know she has trouble breathing.
She likes the holistic Drs. So do I.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:04 PM (RKVpM)
Yeah, the symptoms were very unlike Covid, so I'm not suggesting it was Covid, just that the entire narrative at the time was strange, and we suddenly stopped talking about it.
My wife's issue was definitely respiratory. When you see her with her head over a pot of boiling water filled with some sort of weed and drops of some crap you know she has trouble breathing.
She likes the holistic Drs. So do I.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:04 PM (RKVpM)
Yeah, the symptoms were very unlike Covid, so I'm not suggesting it was Covid, just that the entire narrative at the time was strange, and we suddenly stopped talking about it.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 01:11 PM (BFqLx)
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But the price was different, even counting for wage increases. The average house was $3k. I think the last number was $65k if adjusted to today. Of course we can point out as to why that is - but the net result is not apples to apples.
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The dollar was much more robust than people understand. My grandfathers house cost 6000. In terms of gold, the equivalent of about $700,000 today, a nice serviceable three bedroom in Iowa.
Gold of course is not a perfect denominator, but it should be pointed out it WAS the denominator when loans were made at 50 per cent and 7 years. There was very little risk from that standpoint. The underlying security was sound, and like always, the bank doesn't want the house they want the income stream.
Savings and Loans. Another long dead institution. There's the John McCain connection, right? Keating 5, or am I misremembering my government scandals. Mea Culpa if so.
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The dollar was much more robust than people understand. My grandfathers house cost 6000. In terms of gold, the equivalent of about $700,000 today, a nice serviceable three bedroom in Iowa.
Gold of course is not a perfect denominator, but it should be pointed out it WAS the denominator when loans were made at 50 per cent and 7 years. There was very little risk from that standpoint. The underlying security was sound, and like always, the bank doesn't want the house they want the income stream.
Savings and Loans. Another long dead institution. There's the John McCain connection, right? Keating 5, or am I misremembering my government scandals. Mea Culpa if so.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2024 01:12 PM (1GVh/)
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So Walz can accuse Vance of sodomizing a sofa in his acceptance speech but we have to muzzle Trump?
Posted by: gourmand du jour
You're missing the point. Is it fair? No. Is it politically smart? Yes.
Also, Trump did not serve, whereas Vance did. Let JD handle it.
Posted by: Archimedes
Vance could explain it as a vet - Vets know most people aren't vets, they don't expect the politicians have to be a vet to be capable, and vets usually downplay what they did... A politician that fluffs up his record is a serious red flag. Hell, a 25 year vet who never deployed would gladly tell you about it and no one did would hold it against them... I knew one guy like that. Always in the rear-reat. Said it sounds good until you realize that if someone in the unit gets KIA you have to go tell the spouse...
... or maybe he just fluffing it up.
Posted by: gourmand du jour
You're missing the point. Is it fair? No. Is it politically smart? Yes.
Also, Trump did not serve, whereas Vance did. Let JD handle it.
Posted by: Archimedes
Vance could explain it as a vet - Vets know most people aren't vets, they don't expect the politicians have to be a vet to be capable, and vets usually downplay what they did... A politician that fluffs up his record is a serious red flag. Hell, a 25 year vet who never deployed would gladly tell you about it and no one did would hold it against them... I knew one guy like that. Always in the rear-reat. Said it sounds good until you realize that if someone in the unit gets KIA you have to go tell the spouse...
... or maybe he just fluffing it up.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2024 01:12 PM (cOq4q)
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321 How the fuck does that even happen? Hypnosis or drugs or something.
I don't know but Covid hysteria was a direct hit on the fears of millions of people in a way I have never seen for a non-threat.
I don't know but Covid hysteria was a direct hit on the fears of millions of people in a way I have never seen for a non-threat.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 01:12 PM (3wi/L)
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Chamomile and eucalyptus?
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:09 PM
That's it, eucalyptus flowers. Which you would definitely not want to have a bag of such on the front seat of your car during a traffic stop.
"She's got weed!"
Chamomile and eucalyptus?
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:09 PM
That's it, eucalyptus flowers. Which you would definitely not want to have a bag of such on the front seat of your car during a traffic stop.
"She's got weed!"
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:13 PM (RKVpM)
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Ooh. Ooh. Look who's all high and mighty with their $4.50 an hour. I got $4.09 an hour in my 80s job. And that was lucky.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 01:08 PM (3wi/L)
$2.19 an hour in 1976.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 01:08 PM (3wi/L)
$2.19 an hour in 1976.
Posted by: mrp at August 10, 2024 01:15 PM (rj6Yv)
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Chamomile and eucalyptus?
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:09 PM
That's it, eucalyptus flowers. Which you would definitely not want to have a bag of such on the front seat of your car during a traffic stop.
"She's got weed!"
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:13 PM (RKVpM)
"Taser! Taser! Taser!"
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:09 PM
That's it, eucalyptus flowers. Which you would definitely not want to have a bag of such on the front seat of your car during a traffic stop.
"She's got weed!"
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:13 PM (RKVpM)
"Taser! Taser! Taser!"
Posted by: Police Bodycam Files at August 10, 2024 01:15 PM (Aqu9a)
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338 If you had norovirus you would know you had norovirus.
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10
Both ends let you know!
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10
Both ends let you know!
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:16 PM (pZEOD)
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Don't know. After the two weeks to stop the spread when there weren't bodies lying everywhere in the streets I just went about my usual routine. Being a retired curmudgeon made that easy.
We're at least 400 million people. If the lifespan was 80 ?
Five million have to die, every year. Over 400K every damn month.
I get it ... it's math. Most Americans can't pass high school math once we start talking story problems.
We're at least 400 million people. If the lifespan was 80 ?
Five million have to die, every year. Over 400K every damn month.
I get it ... it's math. Most Americans can't pass high school math once we start talking story problems.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 01:16 PM (0cqlm)
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Sure, Sandusky was a perv but Joe was near mid-80's and like Biden, brain gone. Piling on is piling on. Not a good look.
Sure, Sandusky was a perv but Joe was near mid-80's and like Biden, brain gone. Piling on is piling on. Not a good look.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:17 PM (RKVpM)
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Sure, Sandusky was a perv but Joe was near mid-80's and like Biden, brain gone. Piling on is piling on. Not a good look.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:17 PM (RKVpM)
Constantly defending the pedo - that fucked little boys in the locker room - took them on bowl trips - and cultivated a charity to cultivate new young asses to fuck ?
A worse look.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:17 PM (RKVpM)
Constantly defending the pedo - that fucked little boys in the locker room - took them on bowl trips - and cultivated a charity to cultivate new young asses to fuck ?
A worse look.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 01:19 PM (0cqlm)
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Vance could explain it as a vet - Vets know most people aren't vets, they don't expect the politicians have to be a vet to be capable, and vets usually downplay what they did... A politician that fluffs up his record is a serious red flag. Hell, a 25 year vet who never deployed would gladly tell you about it and no one did would hold it against them... I knew one guy like that. Always in the rear-reat. Said it sounds good until you realize that if someone in the unit gets KIA you have to go tell the spouse...
... or maybe he just fluffing it up.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2024 01:12 PM (cOq4q)
The way I describe it, you signed up, you took an oath. You don't know what they are going to demand of you, and you're willing to serve in whatever capacity they require.
You may end up in combat, you might end up pushing paperwork. You might die, your might come home broken, you might be fine, but you too the oath. You don't know.
It's all honorable... unless you aren't. And claiming you did something you did not is just about as dishonorable as anything you can do, short of rape and murder.
... or maybe he just fluffing it up.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2024 01:12 PM (cOq4q)
The way I describe it, you signed up, you took an oath. You don't know what they are going to demand of you, and you're willing to serve in whatever capacity they require.
You may end up in combat, you might end up pushing paperwork. You might die, your might come home broken, you might be fine, but you too the oath. You don't know.
It's all honorable... unless you aren't. And claiming you did something you did not is just about as dishonorable as anything you can do, short of rape and murder.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 01:19 PM (BFqLx)
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"...... A depression"
Yeah. Due to government fvckery! Same ole same ole.
They did returning GIs a solid WWII. There was NO housing available, and postwar boom ensued. Even Lustron homes - aircraft stamping or refrigerator factories gotta make somethin'!
In those days, the GI Bill would pay for whatever school you wanted. Provided you could get accepted, of course. But that was a good deal. My dad got accepted to Grinnell, in Iowa a small school. He didn't run into him too much, but an early classmate was LaVern Noyce, an early transistor/computer pioneer.
Dad said he participated in a sleep learning psychology experiment. I surmised that was some sort of spook CIA testing program that was going on at schools and prisons and military at the time. "Gee, Grampa! Didja get the genuine Sandoz Acid! Oh Tell it again Grampa! Tell it Again!"
Yeah. Due to government fvckery! Same ole same ole.
They did returning GIs a solid WWII. There was NO housing available, and postwar boom ensued. Even Lustron homes - aircraft stamping or refrigerator factories gotta make somethin'!
In those days, the GI Bill would pay for whatever school you wanted. Provided you could get accepted, of course. But that was a good deal. My dad got accepted to Grinnell, in Iowa a small school. He didn't run into him too much, but an early classmate was LaVern Noyce, an early transistor/computer pioneer.
Dad said he participated in a sleep learning psychology experiment. I surmised that was some sort of spook CIA testing program that was going on at schools and prisons and military at the time. "Gee, Grampa! Didja get the genuine Sandoz Acid! Oh Tell it again Grampa! Tell it Again!"
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2024 01:20 PM (1GVh/)
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That had to be the greatest Chris Rock sketch ever where he's stopped by police and his pissed off girlfriend calls out, "He's got weed!"
The next frame the police are whooping on Rock's ass. If you haven't seen it you should.
That had to be the greatest Chris Rock sketch ever where he's stopped by police and his pissed off girlfriend calls out, "He's got weed!"
The next frame the police are whooping on Rock's ass. If you haven't seen it you should.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:20 PM (RKVpM)
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System malfunction spews foam into airport parking lot.
https://youtube.com/shorts/zWOgCKEUF3o
This is really cool.
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 12:44 PM (aZ255)
Party time!
Posted by: L'il Marco
Air Force is getting rid of the foam systems because they never once saved an aircraft but 'malfunctions'* have caused a lot of damage and killed people.
*Airmen screwing around.
https://youtube.com/shorts/zWOgCKEUF3o
This is really cool.
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 12:44 PM (aZ255)
Party time!
Posted by: L'il Marco
Air Force is getting rid of the foam systems because they never once saved an aircraft but 'malfunctions'* have caused a lot of damage and killed people.
*Airmen screwing around.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2024 01:20 PM (cOq4q)
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Population of the United States is about 335 million.
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 01:21 PM (rN2tf)
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Rap is a denial of and a degradation of western culture.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 01:21 PM (OQG13)
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Ooh. Ooh. Look who's all high and mighty with their $4.50 an hour. I got $4.09 an hour in my 80s job. And that was lucky.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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$2.01/hr plus tips as a bartender and/or cocktail waitress in the late 80's and 90's was a decent living. Hard on you physically but you could afford a car, nice housing, groceries, and lots of extras like clothes, concert tickets, etc.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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$2.01/hr plus tips as a bartender and/or cocktail waitress in the late 80's and 90's was a decent living. Hard on you physically but you could afford a car, nice housing, groceries, and lots of extras like clothes, concert tickets, etc.
Posted by: lin-duh who owns one at August 10, 2024 01:22 PM (7C6U9)
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356 Rap is a denial of and a degradation of western culture.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 01:21 PM (OQG13)
It's the way Rappers see their world
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 01:21 PM (OQG13)
It's the way Rappers see their world
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2024 01:22 PM (IyPmt)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2024 01:23 PM (pZEOD)
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Rap is a denial of and a degradation of western culture.
It's a denial of the I-IV-V chord pattern. And the ability to sing.
I liked the "spoken word" kind of song when it was Tom T Hall or Charlie Daniels or John Lee Hooker.
Because it was something more than just loud drums.
It's a denial of the I-IV-V chord pattern. And the ability to sing.
I liked the "spoken word" kind of song when it was Tom T Hall or Charlie Daniels or John Lee Hooker.
Because it was something more than just loud drums.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 01:24 PM (0cqlm)
361
That had to be the greatest Chris Rock sketch ever where he's stopped by police and his pissed off girlfriend calls out, "He's got weed!"
The next frame the police are whooping on Rock's ass. If you haven't seen it you should.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:20 PM (RKVpM)
Rock was as funny as anybody, and I'd like to say Will Smith slapped the funny out of him, but even being on that stage meant Rock had sold out to The Man long before that.
The next frame the police are whooping on Rock's ass. If you haven't seen it you should.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:20 PM (RKVpM)
Rock was as funny as anybody, and I'd like to say Will Smith slapped the funny out of him, but even being on that stage meant Rock had sold out to The Man long before that.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 01:25 PM (BFqLx)
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Rap is a denial of and a degradation of western culture.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 01:21 PM (OQG13)
It's the way Rappers see their world
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2024 01:22 PM (IyPmt)
I'd rather listen to rap than shitty white pablum like Taylor Swift and the fake country guys.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 01:21 PM (OQG13)
It's the way Rappers see their world
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2024 01:22 PM (IyPmt)
I'd rather listen to rap than shitty white pablum like Taylor Swift and the fake country guys.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 10, 2024 01:26 PM (BFqLx)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2024 01:26 PM (IyPmt)
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326
'Rap is a denial of and a degradation of western culture.'
It has also almost destroyed black American music which I enjoyed before rap appeared and took over like kudzu.
'Rap is a denial of and a degradation of western culture.'
It has also almost destroyed black American music which I enjoyed before rap appeared and took over like kudzu.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 01:26 PM (3wi/L)
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Wow.
I've lost control of the grandkids.
They are hilariously misbehaving.
These two characters can feed off each other like Harvey Coreman and Tim Conway.
Grandma is having trouble breathing she's laughing so hard.
Godzilla meets... Krampus... and gets spanked for being bad.
I've lost control of the grandkids.
They are hilariously misbehaving.
These two characters can feed off each other like Harvey Coreman and Tim Conway.
Grandma is having trouble breathing she's laughing so hard.
Godzilla meets... Krampus... and gets spanked for being bad.
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2024 01:26 PM (xcIvR)
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Population of the United States is about 335 million.
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 01:21 PM (rN2tf)
No...336 million
Oops...337 million
Dang...338 million
Would somebody please build a wall!!
339 million
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 01:21 PM (rN2tf)
No...336 million
Oops...337 million
Dang...338 million
Would somebody please build a wall!!
339 million
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2024 01:27 PM (W/lyH)
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Rap is a denial of and a degradation of western culture.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 01:21 PM (OQG13)
It's the way Rappers see their world
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2024 01:22 PM
And my son of Irish and German heritage, sitting in his $40,000 BMW would play that crap with a subwoofer with a magnet so huge that it could erase a hard drive from a block away would listen to.
He bought a new tv once, stuck it in his trunk near his subwoofer. Destroyed the thing by the time he got it home. I shouldn't have laughed at him but I couldn't help myself. I should be better, more like Scoog, but it aint happening.
Rap is a denial of and a degradation of western culture.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 10, 2024 01:21 PM (OQG13)
It's the way Rappers see their world
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2024 01:22 PM
And my son of Irish and German heritage, sitting in his $40,000 BMW would play that crap with a subwoofer with a magnet so huge that it could erase a hard drive from a block away would listen to.
He bought a new tv once, stuck it in his trunk near his subwoofer. Destroyed the thing by the time he got it home. I shouldn't have laughed at him but I couldn't help myself. I should be better, more like Scoog, but it aint happening.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:28 PM (RKVpM)
Posted by: Chris Rock wisdom at August 10, 2024 01:29 PM (dg+HA)
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"I'll live in my basement. I must never, ever even be exposed, or I Will Die. Microwave all incoming mail, and spray down groceries with Bleach and Iodine. Someday, there will be a vaccine, and we will all be able to return to the surface of the Earth"
How the fuck does that even happen? Hypnosis or drugs or something.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Mailmen were the designated vector to spread it to every houdehold in the country.
How the fuck does that even happen? Hypnosis or drugs or something.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Mailmen were the designated vector to spread it to every houdehold in the country.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2024 01:29 PM (cOq4q)
370
GARDEN THREAD IS BLOOMING
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 01:29 PM (fwDg9)
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Rap is just slam poetry with a beat. It doesn't need musical backing of any kind.
Ever notice there are no famous hippety hop guitarists? It's not necessary. If they need a rhythm they just sample it from somewhere else.
Contrast with heavy metal where vocalists are a dime a dozen and the guitarist gets all the pussy.
Ever notice there are no famous hippety hop guitarists? It's not necessary. If they need a rhythm they just sample it from somewhere else.
Contrast with heavy metal where vocalists are a dime a dozen and the guitarist gets all the pussy.
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 01:30 PM (rN2tf)
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18 “There will certainly be Black Swan Surprises coming our way…” -WEF’s Klaus Schwab.
How does he know this?
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Same way Fauci knew there was going to be a pandemic a year before it happened.
How does he know this?
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Same way Fauci knew there was going to be a pandemic a year before it happened.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 10, 2024 01:32 PM (/1SrV)
Posted by: mustbequantum at August 10, 2024 01:33 PM (WCgT6)
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Put another way, rap is like the soccer of music. It's lowest common denominator and by that I mean while it does require a certain amount of talent to do well the tools needed to perform (a functioning brain and mouth) are minimal.
Posted by: Robert at August 10, 2024 01:34 PM (rN2tf)
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Don't know. After the two weeks to stop the spread when there weren't bodies lying everywhere in the streets I just went about my usual routine. Being a retired curmudgeon made that easy.
Posted by: Cosda
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Never stopped working.
Pretty cool cgoing to work and seeing another car on the street
Apocalyptic - the lkind where everyone just stayed home.
Posted by: Cosda
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Never stopped working.
Pretty cool cgoing to work and seeing another car on the street
Apocalyptic - the lkind where everyone just stayed home.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2024 01:34 PM (cOq4q)
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371
'If they need a rhythm they just sample it from somewhere else.'
A music genre built from scouring the trashcans of other genres.
'If they need a rhythm they just sample it from somewhere else.'
A music genre built from scouring the trashcans of other genres.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 01:34 PM (3wi/L)
377
GARDEN THREAD IS BLOOMING
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 01:29 PM
After four days of rain and thousands of tiny and big branches fell on my property I got some grass to cut and need to get to work. Later.
GARDEN THREAD IS BLOOMING
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2024 01:29 PM
After four days of rain and thousands of tiny and big branches fell on my property I got some grass to cut and need to get to work. Later.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 10, 2024 01:35 PM (RKVpM)
378
How the fuck does that even happen? Hypnosis or drugs or something.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2024 01:05 PM (1GVh/)
Morlock fever.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2024 01:05 PM (1GVh/)
Morlock fever.
Posted by: We Wuz Morlocks Once and Young at August 10, 2024 01:39 PM (+n72I)
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I should be better, more like Scoog, but it aint happening.
Try, at least. Slobbering over a college sports program, that gained prominence by running a little boy pedo ring, would be a first step.
Not reveling in it would be the second.
Try, at least. Slobbering over a college sports program, that gained prominence by running a little boy pedo ring, would be a first step.
Not reveling in it would be the second.
Posted by: Shaking My Head at August 10, 2024 01:42 PM (0cqlm)
380
Covid hysteria happened because many, many people have surrendered their agency to the media and those little screens reward them for it.
It will happen again, soon.
It will happen again, soon.
Posted by: pawn at August 10, 2024 01:45 PM (QB+5g)
381
I recall one of the Covid cruiseline guys told his story on the TV news. He was a middle aged/senior fat Jew. Said he had flu-like symptoms for a day or two.
Right then I knew the hysteria was bullshiite.
Right then I knew the hysteria was bullshiite.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at August 10, 2024 01:47 PM (wBaIH)
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Greatest composers of 19th century;
Beethoven
Schubert
Wagner
Tchaikovsky
Verdi
Brahms
I would pick Offenbach before Debussy.
Also Schumann.
Beethoven
Schubert
Wagner
Tchaikovsky
Verdi
Brahms
I would pick Offenbach before Debussy.
Also Schumann.
Posted by: Faux News at August 10, 2024 01:53 PM (gRSaB)
383
Also, Mussorgsky was a much greater composer than Debussy.
Posted by: Faux News at August 10, 2024 01:55 PM (gRSaB)
384
Rossini's Cenerentola (Cinderella) was an opera I saw once with Suzanne Mentzer -delightful. At State Fair Music Hall in Dallas.
Posted by: Faux News at August 10, 2024 02:01 PM (gRSaB)
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*Tosses CD of "Born in the USA" onto sidewalk*
You're on my lawn.
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10, 2024 01:05 PM (JvZF+)
**Tosses 45 of "He's So Fine" on sidewalk**
Vacate MY lawn.
You're on my lawn.
Posted by: San Franspycho at August 10, 2024 01:05 PM (JvZF+)
**Tosses 45 of "He's So Fine" on sidewalk**
Vacate MY lawn.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy older than dirt at August 10, 2024 02:05 PM (iODuv)
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Okay, I am done writing opinions no one will read or give a crap about. Seriously though, Debussy the greatest composer of the 19th century? I'd take Berlioz or Saint-Saens for listening pleasure among the Frenchies.
Posted by: Faux News at August 10, 2024 02:11 PM (gRSaB)
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Ooh. Ooh. Look who's all high and mighty with their $4.50 an hour. I got $4.09 an hour in my 80s job. And that was lucky.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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$1.25 in 1966 after HS, working as a tech in a TV repair shop. Still was able to put gas in the car, a 57 Chevy, take my girlfriend out on Saturday night, AND, put a few bucks in a savings account each week.....on the insistence of my depression era, Hungarian mom.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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$1.25 in 1966 after HS, working as a tech in a TV repair shop. Still was able to put gas in the car, a 57 Chevy, take my girlfriend out on Saturday night, AND, put a few bucks in a savings account each week.....on the insistence of my depression era, Hungarian mom.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy older than dirt at August 10, 2024 02:12 PM (iODuv)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 02:14 PM (3wi/L)
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Faux News:
The Debussy thing is a take off on the Family Guy bit.
Google ‘Family Guy Debussy’ and have a look
The Debussy thing is a take off on the Family Guy bit.
Google ‘Family Guy Debussy’ and have a look
Posted by: Classical music fan at August 10, 2024 02:19 PM (Y1sOo)
390
Yeah, I wasn't earning very much in 1966. You got me beat.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 02:14 PM (3wi/L)
Funny how that buck twenty five an hour had much more buying power. Things went crazy in the 70's, especially under Jimmy.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 02:14 PM (3wi/L)
Funny how that buck twenty five an hour had much more buying power. Things went crazy in the 70's, especially under Jimmy.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy older than dirt at August 10, 2024 02:20 PM (iODuv)
391
390
'Things went crazy in the 70's, especially under Jimmy.'
I wasn't earning or buying anything earlier than the late 70s. So that was my baseline.
'Things went crazy in the 70's, especially under Jimmy.'
I wasn't earning or buying anything earlier than the late 70s. So that was my baseline.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 10, 2024 02:27 PM (3wi/L)
392
signing in here, boss
Posted by: andycanuck (i0CiB) at August 10, 2024 02:30 PM (i0CiB)
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Les Wexner was/is one of Epstein's handlers/creators.
There are several of these operations in place, going strong today. And if anyone really believes Maxwell accidentally fell off his boat, they're more gullible that a runaway teenage girl who gets picked up by Maxwell's daughter.
Posted by: BurtTC
Wexner, in my opinion, was Mossad. So was Epstein. Wexner ran him as an agent, fronted him a LOT of money.
Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine's father, was Mossad, and when he died (likely bumped off by Mossad, because he was getting inconvenient) was given a big state funeral in Israel.
Wexner is a "faux" Republican, donated a lot in the past to Republican candidates, held fundraisers, etc. That got him into those circles. You can't quite ignore the richest man (and "Republican") in Ohio if your were a Republican politician running statewide in the 80's, 90's, 2000's.
But in the end, he was just Uniparty. They're all running the same game.
There are several of these operations in place, going strong today. And if anyone really believes Maxwell accidentally fell off his boat, they're more gullible that a runaway teenage girl who gets picked up by Maxwell's daughter.
Posted by: BurtTC
Wexner, in my opinion, was Mossad. So was Epstein. Wexner ran him as an agent, fronted him a LOT of money.
Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine's father, was Mossad, and when he died (likely bumped off by Mossad, because he was getting inconvenient) was given a big state funeral in Israel.
Wexner is a "faux" Republican, donated a lot in the past to Republican candidates, held fundraisers, etc. That got him into those circles. You can't quite ignore the richest man (and "Republican") in Ohio if your were a Republican politician running statewide in the 80's, 90's, 2000's.
But in the end, he was just Uniparty. They're all running the same game.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at August 10, 2024 02:40 PM (tjZg/)
Posted by: Faux News at August 10, 2024 03:15 PM (gRSaB)
395
Biden Treasury Secretary Claims Absurdly National Debt In a “Reasonable Place”
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I liked it better when words had meaning.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:19 AM (L/fGl)
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When you think about it, Janet Yellen is probably the ultimate DEI hire. And the poster child for its failure. Remember, Biden made a point about the demographic make up of all his cabinet. Harris was incompetent, but was being put into a position that frankly doesn't have all that much to do.
Yellen was in a real job. And has failed so spectacularly that Powell is totally hosed at the Fed. The only question is how bumpy is the recession going to be.
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I liked it better when words had meaning.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 10, 2024 11:19 AM (L/fGl)
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When you think about it, Janet Yellen is probably the ultimate DEI hire. And the poster child for its failure. Remember, Biden made a point about the demographic make up of all his cabinet. Harris was incompetent, but was being put into a position that frankly doesn't have all that much to do.
Yellen was in a real job. And has failed so spectacularly that Powell is totally hosed at the Fed. The only question is how bumpy is the recession going to be.
Posted by: Black JEM at August 10, 2024 04:03 PM (9j0Kf)
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Susan Wojcicki, former Chief Censorship Architect at YouTube from 2014-2023, is dead at 56.
"SO... SAD." - Tropico Narrator
"SO... SAD." - Tropico Narrator
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at August 10, 2024 04:21 PM (DTX3h)
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I agree that Trump unleashing Vance against Walz is smart. Vance is untouchable in that regard, and his troll game is quite good.
Posted by: Jmel at August 10, 2024 04:33 PM (bVhJi)
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