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Overnight Open Thread - 09/22/2024
[Roger Ball]
Where would we be with the interwebs, HORDE? I think I personally would be in better shape. But that’s beside the point. It is a great way to not-to-do yard work, no?
Searching “extreme flight” or “extreme flying” interestingly brings up the radio-controlled model airplane “hobby”. I use quotes there because the folks that are involved in that activity are very serious players and spend shocking amounts of bongo bucks in the pursuit of wearing the mantle “most extreme”. EXTREMEFLIGHTRC brings you directly into their world of really big models and featured products. For example, you can get an entry level jet powered model for a reduced price of only $3299.99! It doesn’t stop there, of course, because there are servos, tools, radios, controllers and other stuff to add. I have to admit, watching the experienced guys employ their skills makes for good viewing.Dan Vicary, Ludovic Woerth, and Brian Drake had jumped from a helicopter for a flight in the Lüetschental valley in Switzerland, but soon after, crashed into a field. While Vicary and Woerth were found dead, Drake passed away four days later… According to a 2012 study by Omer Mei-Dan, a stuntman-turned-surgeon, 72% of jumpers have witnessed the death or serious injury of other participants, 43% have suffered a significant BASE jump injury, and 76% have had at least one near-miss incident.Uh…did you get that? “Stuntman-turned-surgeon,”. Okay. There’s a whole lot in that brain that I don’t understand. I’ll admit those guys have a true sense of commitment to the hobby. That stuff makes landing on the pitching deck of an aircraft carrier on a pitch-black night seem mundane, eh? If none of that floats your boat…uh, launches your jet…there’s always Extreme Flight Simulation.
Our simulator exactly reproduces the flight deck of the 737 NG. The seats, throttles, switches, pedals and yokes are original parts of the real aircraft…This simulator is classified as a FBS (Fixed Based Simulator) type that when paired with the unique High Definition 220˚ wraparound screen creates the 'as real as it gets' feeling.”Speaking of extreme, does this strike anyone as extremely dumb?
The picture was purportedly taken in Hinan, China after “Super Typhoon Yagi” came ashore.
A little more than an hour after Yagi's arrival, Hainan saw power outages that affected 830,000 households in the province, the official news agency Xinhua said… By Friday night, power to 260,000 households had been restored.
Awesome! Only 570,000 households to go! It is well known that China is the world’s leading digital society where the population doesn’t use cash and is monitored and controlled 24/7. So, if there’s no electricity with which to charge the phone, how does one buy anything? Or call for help? Or watch extreme flying you tube videos? Asking for a friend. Still speaking of extreme, a new book by Kirk Spradley just came out, War Junkie-A cautionary tale. The author has a unique story and an amazingly diverse career as a war fighter. There are many great books by many great veterans, but Kirk has made his book unique in a way seldom seen. After the book cleared the government vetting and censoring, Kirk decided to retain all the redactions in the text. Seeing that blacked out text seems to add to the story, not detract. The language is salty, and the story will take you from humor to horror. It’s a fast and instructive read. (Full disclosure: Kirk is a friend and brother.) Finally, “yard pron”. I think they grossed out the Hummingbirds because I haven’t seen any little birds since this sketchy couple set up housekeeping.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2024 09:59 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Bugs Bunny at September 22, 2024 10:00 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Some Rat at September 22, 2024 10:01 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 22, 2024 10:01 PM (dZVON)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at September 22, 2024 10:02 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: Some Rat at September 22, 2024 10:03 PM (vJiyU)
Why yes, yes it is!
There are many shops in London that do not accept cash as payment. Signs up to that effect all over the place. The powers that be sold it as 'contactless payment'.
It's safe and secure, doncha' know?
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2024 10:03 PM (WXNFJ)
NBC News National Poll has Harris at 49 percent and Trump 44.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2024 10:03 PM (TGPs7)
My niece is considering converting to Catholicism, and her mother is bullying her about it. I am furious. I privately told her that the St. Michael Prayer is a favorite of mine. She smiled gratefully.
Bless her.
Posted by: Jmel at September 22, 2024 10:03 PM (bVhJi)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:03 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: mikeski at September 22, 2024 10:03 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 10:04 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:05 PM (WBQfF)
I think that's the ritual...
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at September 22, 2024 10:05 PM (1P3tj)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 22, 2024 10:05 PM (v6JzV)
It's safe and secure, doncha' know?
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2024 10:03 PM (WXNFJ)
A couple of places do that here, too. Don't see how they refuse legal tender, but they do.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2024 10:05 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 10:06 PM (fWHsP)
second time the serial sexy offender has been charged with
an assault involving a sex toy...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2024 10:06 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Hell, all my money isn't even in a bank!
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2024 10:07 PM (WXNFJ)
I've heard that praying mantis will kill hummingbirds, given proximity and opportunity. Our hummingbirds appear to have flown south for the winter with the first cool front. I await their return in the spring!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 22, 2024 10:07 PM (CiNoz)
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Try going to any major sporting event. No cash, period! Not even parking at MKE
Posted by: Pete Seria at September 22, 2024 10:08 PM (7ZQe3)
They could go get bread from the shop, and have the shopkeeper take a paper tally of what they bought, and when they have their phone charged again, they can go back and pay.
Or they could skip a step, and keep a tally of their own funds on special pieces of paper provided by the government, and use those instead. Maybe they could call that paper "mani," or "birrs," or something like that.
Posted by: mikeski at September 22, 2024 10:08 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
The rulez are different when Democrats say so!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 22, 2024 10:08 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 10:08 PM (fWHsP)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2024 10:08 PM (oj/wz)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2024 10:08 PM (TGPs7)
So Gargala Harris has the IRS and Dick Cheney behind her. Good luck with that.
Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2024 10:09 PM (c5wrR)
Posted by: tankdemon at September 22, 2024 10:09 PM (FVLcK)
second time the serial sexy offender has been charged with
an assault involving a sex toy...
Posted by: Mister Ghost
Hit me with your rhythm stick
It's nice to be a lunatic
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
Ian Dury and the Blockheads for the win.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2024 10:10 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Eromero at September 22, 2024 10:10 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:10 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 10:10 PM (fWHsP)
So Gargala Harris has the IRS and Dick Cheney behind her. Good luck with that.
Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2024 10:09 PM (c5wrR)
It's the IRS workers union (though public sector unions should be banned.) Elon tweeted thst she had endorsements from Cheney, the IRS, Outing and Iran.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 22, 2024 10:11 PM (FVLcK)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2024 10:11 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: tankdemon at September 22, 2024 10:12 PM (FVLcK)
Posted by: tankdemon at September 22, 2024 10:12 PM (FVLcK)
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Do you consider two bugs schtupping a "hobby"?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:13 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: Charlton Heston at September 22, 2024 10:14 PM (izPaR)
Posted by: EdmundburkeShade at September 22, 2024 10:15 PM (WvGHv)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 22, 2024 10:15 PM (dZVON)
Redactions
I have a copy of the WWII diaries of author James Gould Cozzens, written during his service at the Pentagon. Interspersed are some memos written by Cozzens on various goings-on in the Army Air Corps.
These are redacted and it's a passing pleasure to try to learn what's under them. In one case, despite his bravery, it's clear the brass thought very little of Colonel John Kane, who won the MoH during the Ploesti Raid.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2024 10:15 PM (BkEzK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 10:16 PM (RIvkX)
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Pffft.
I once bought a cardboard submarine from the back of a comic book for less than $10.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:16 PM (WBQfF)
Speaking of the weather cooling off, I saw my first knee high boot sighting in the wild today while shopping.
Yoga pants (yes I've heard they are called "leggings", but us guys call them yoga pants anyway), knee high boots and baggy sweater.
Posted by: haffhowershower at September 22, 2024 10:16 PM (NMT5x)
Posted by: davidt at September 22, 2024 10:17 PM (i0F8b)
Leaving Babylon DC for a couple of weeks. Gonna visit family and see real America. I'm also going to visit the 9/11 Memorial at Shanksville.
Going to bed soon. As a nightshift guy, sleeping at night feels odd.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2024 10:17 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 10:17 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2024 10:18 PM (D5SRX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:05 PM (WBQfF)
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Scary movie when I was a kid about a giant praying mantis attacking NY.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 10:18 PM (RIvkX)
I think that's the ritual...
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at September 22, 2024 10:05 PM (1P3tj)
Yeah, sorta horror pron...
Spiders fair a little better; male black widows (widowers?) have a 50% chance of being an after-sex snack if they're not careful. Nature is just f'n wonderful!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 22, 2024 10:19 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 10:17 PM (QGaXH)
yeah, can't figure it out
Posted by: muttering vikings fan at September 22, 2024 10:19 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 10:19 PM (fWHsP)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 22, 2024 10:19 PM (QSrLX)
Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer
If Republicans keep the House and take back the Senate, it won’t be because they deserve it.
It will only be because they rode the coattails of Donald Trump.
Not a single Republican is happy with the GOP. They have done nothing over the last 4 years if we are being honest.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2024 10:19 PM (TGPs7)
18 Florida woman attacks boyfriend with glass dildo. It's the
second time the serial sexy offender has been charged with
an assault involving a sex toy...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2024 10:06 PM (TGPs7)
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So did she hit it on a table to break it, and try to stab him with the remnant, like in a dive bar fight?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 22, 2024 10:19 PM (QwK6F)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2024 10:19 PM (BkEzK)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:13 PM (WBQfF)
I wrote "for a minute." I soon was disillusioned of that belief.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 22, 2024 10:21 PM (FVLcK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 10:21 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2024 09:59 PM (0eaVi)
Yeah the cold, gray days of
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 22, 2024 10:22 PM (ynpvh)
Sounds like a death wish to me.
Posted by: Zombie Charles Bronson at September 22, 2024 10:22 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: LRob in OK at September 22, 2024 10:22 PM (TSQkU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 10:22 PM (63Dwl)
To prevent 'insurrection'.
Bad enough already with damn near universal direct deposit, debit, and EBT for those on the dole.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 22, 2024 10:22 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2024 10:19 PM (TGPs7)
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FOUR years?
Someone left off a zero.
"The conservative movement hasn't moved anything in 50 years."
--- Mark Steyn (IIRC)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:23 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 10:23 PM (fWHsP)
Speaking of the weather cooling off, I saw my first knee high boot sighting in the wild today while shopping.
Yoga pants (yes I've heard they are called "leggings", but us guys call them yoga pants anyway), knee high boots and baggy sweater.
Posted by: haffhowershower at September 22, 2024 10:16 PM (NMT5x)
We don't have much in the way of seasons here in So Cal other than d**** hot and not d**** hot, but I do notice most years, around this time, one or the other of the cars gets a low tire pressure read which I attribute to the change in season. It's not a leak, a little air all around and the issue goes away until the next fall.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 10:24 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 22, 2024 10:24 PM (QSrLX)
Chinese infrastructure, roads, flood control, construction are all under-code and low grade and very susceptible to typhoon winds and rains.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 10:21 PM (RIvkX)
___________
Chinese infrastructure is the best! They're an advanced nation, unlike the US. At least that's what FB comments say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2024 10:24 PM (BkEzK)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2024 10:24 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2024 10:19 PM (TGPs7)
*****
Hey, we didn’t do nothing! We funded Zelensky’s coke habit, led an inquiry into the Bidens which somehow resulted in no articles of impeachment and no charges against Hunter, and found time to hand trillions of dollars of your money over to illegals, gays, welfare queens and bureaucrats who want you dead!
Posted by: Speaker Mike Johnson at September 22, 2024 10:24 PM (FC8SQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
The Cockroach the Ate Cincinnati !!!
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=F3_QDHabaNM
Posted by: Adriane the Critic Who is Easily Terrified by Mutant Bugs . . . at September 22, 2024 10:24 PM (TX4bP)
Posted by: Connected to the Elite at September 22, 2024 10:24 PM (CV8a5)
Posted by: Connected to the Elite at September 22, 2024 10:24 PM (CV8a5)
Captain to passengers: "Where in for a smooth ride here folks!"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 22, 2024 10:25 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2024 10:08 PM (TGPs7)
If they had any guts one of these times they'd shut the place down..... no more debt increases.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 10:25 PM (QGaXH)
Scary movie when I was a kid about a giant praying mantis attacking NY.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
The Deadly Mantis
www.imdb.com/title/tt0050294
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 10:26 PM (63Dwl)
It's safe and secure, doncha' know?
Posted by: Tonypete
To pay for fish and chips or merchandise that randos already pawed over.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 22, 2024 10:26 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Shenanigans at September 22, 2024 10:26 PM (wGun1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 10:18 PM (RIvkX)
It didn't finish the job?
Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical at September 22, 2024 10:26 PM (89Sog)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Because there's no federal law that says that private parties must accept it, despite the "legal tender for all debts, public and private" thing written on some denominations.
Similar to how a business can refuse to take payment in bags of pennies, or refuse to take $100 for a $3 purchase.
There may be state laws (MA, NJ) or city codes that require private parties to accept cash.
(From Snopes, who have a link to treasury.gov, but it's broken, and from wikipedia's "legal tender" article.)
Posted by: mikeski at September 22, 2024 10:27 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Your GOP at September 22, 2024 10:27 PM (50AHF)
Posted by: Zombie Mothra at September 22, 2024 10:27 PM (mH6SG)
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And right after the central government went to all the trouble of switching out their paper currency to "acetates."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:28 PM (WBQfF)
It's safe and secure, doncha' know?
Posted by: Tonypete
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'Murica, that analogue place.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 10:28 PM (fWHsP)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 10:19 PM (fWHsP)
Wrong glue, wrong glue > wrong hole! wrong hole!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 10:28 PM (QGaXH)
With six games to play, the White Sox have tied the modern record for losses in a season, losing their 120th today.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2024 10:29 PM (BkEzK)
Posted by: davidt at September 22, 2024 10:29 PM (i0F8b)
They are working on forcing all Americans to carry a phone 24-7 and convert to all digital currency too.
And with negative interest rates you won't be allowed to save any money.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 10:29 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: davidt at September 22, 2024 10:29 PM (i0F8b)
Yep, you'll just get beaten, instead of beaten and robbed.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 22, 2024 10:30 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 10:31 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 22, 2024 10:31 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 10:25 PM (QGaXH)
Look, I understand your frustration, but we have a *very narrow majority* in the House, which means the Democrats get whatever they want.
If we shutdown the government this close to an election, we run the risk of the Democrats getting a *very narrow majority* in the House, in which case the Democrats would get whatever they want.
Trust us!
Posted by: Speaker Mike Johnson at September 22, 2024 10:31 PM (FC8SQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:31 PM (WBQfF)
Shocking
Posted by: Shenanigans
If they get an injection of Haitians, they might wind up eating pork or dog at the local restaurant. Haram.
Posted by: mikeski at September 22, 2024 10:31 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 10:31 PM (fWHsP)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 10:18 PM (RIvkX)
The Deadly Mantis with William Hopper
Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2024 10:31 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 22, 2024 10:32 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 22, 2024 10:32 PM (CHHv1)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0050294
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 10:26 PM (63Dwl)
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That's the one!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 10:33 PM (RIvkX)
Trust us!
Posted by: Speaker Mike Johnson at September 22, 2024 10:31 PM (FC8SQ)
____________
"Compromise" means agreeing 100% with whatever the Democrats propose.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2024 10:33 PM (BkEzK)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey
There's no law behind that.
Thus there's no punishment for ignoring it.
A law with no punishment is known as "a suggestion."
Posted by: mikeski at September 22, 2024 10:33 PM (DgGvY)
Shocking Secret Life Of Booze, Pills And Weed Addiction Leads
To Top Internet Personality's Overdose, reports the London Star
Thousands of Thais flock to hospital vigil. World religious leaders call for a moment of prayer.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2024 10:33 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 22, 2024 10:31 PM (QSrLX)
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I sense that we're entering the phase of the thread where somebody proclaims that American currency is reliable because it's backed by the Full Faith and Credit of the United States government.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:33 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: Rex B at September 22, 2024 10:33 PM (592Pr)
Posted by: davidt at September 22, 2024 10:29 PM (i0F8b)
Yep, you'll just get beaten, instead of beaten and robbed.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 22, 2024 10:30 PM (VNX3d)
They'll grab your cell phone. Then you won't even be able to call your bank and put a hold on your accounts.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 22, 2024 10:33 PM (FVLcK)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the South Asian nation into economic ruin.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 10:34 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Biggest Alfredo at September 22, 2024 10:34 PM (8cPKb)
https://tinyurl.com/4xck2238
Posted by: Ciampino - tire irons for the winning move? at September 22, 2024 10:34 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 10:18 PM (RIvkX)
The Deadly Mantis with William Hopper
Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2024 10:31 PM (D7oie)
Paul Drake? That William Hopper? Sounds like Svengoolie material....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 10:34 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Rex B at September 22, 2024 10:33 PM (592Pr)
Traveler's cheque's ftw!
Posted by: Karl Malden at September 22, 2024 10:35 PM (FVLcK)
Wait, wait. Waddya sayin here? It's the US gov't - ever reliable!
Posted by: LRob in OK at September 22, 2024 10:35 PM (TSQkU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:05 PM (WBQfF)
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Scary movie when I was a kid about a giant praying mantis attacking NY.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 10:18 PM (RIvkX)
***
For some odd reason, Mrs D thinks they are interesting.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 22, 2024 10:36 PM (W/lyH)
NBC News National Poll has Harris at 49 percent and Trump 44.
Posted by: Mister Ghost"
Driving around rural an suburban Georgia I'd say Trump signs outnumber Kamala around 10:1 which is a good sign. But I don't get into Atlanta much and other Dem strongholds like Macon, which will go at least 110% Dem.
Posted by: Ripley at September 22, 2024 10:36 PM (PTDkx)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 10:34 PM (QGaXH)
I remember seeing it in my youth, I believe Son of Svengoolie presented it.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 22, 2024 10:36 PM (FVLcK)
Saw this in realtime some years back.
I was out on the porch, and saw two mantises (manti?) on the corner bush, and the male was maneuvering to disengage.
He did so, took off and landed on the lawn, and started running for dear life.
She calmly flew after him, landed on him, wrapped him up while he kept trying to run, and bit off his head.
Then she flipped him over and started feasting on the contents of his abdomen.
It was pretty stark.
Posted by: barbarausa at September 22, 2024 10:36 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 22, 2024 10:36 PM (6cGZq)
Posted by: tankdemon at September 22, 2024 10:33 PM (FVLcK)
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Just wait until all the circuitry for your phone is embedded in the neurons of your brain. Then you won't even have to carry a phone.
100% security!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:37 PM (WBQfF)
Similar to how a business can refuse to take payment in bags of pennies, or refuse to take $100 for a $3 purchase.
There may be state laws (MA, NJ) or city codes that require private parties to accept cash.
(From Snopes, who have a link to treasury.gov, but it's broken, and from wikipedia's "legal tender" article.)
Posted by: mikeski
Gas, grass, or ass. No cash accepted here.
All transactions are private.
Then they wonder why black markets thrive.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 22, 2024 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)
Then she flipped him over and started feasting on the contents of his abdomen.
It was pretty stark.
I think that happened to me once in Denver . . . . .
Posted by: LRob in OK at September 22, 2024 10:37 PM (TSQkU)
Saw this in realtime some years back.
I was out on the porch, and saw two mantises (manti?) on the corner bush, and the male was maneuvering to disengage.
He did so, took off and landed on the lawn, and started running for dear life.
She calmly flew after him, landed on him, wrapped him up while he kept trying to run, and bit off his head.
Then she flipped him over and started feasting on the contents of his abdomen.
It was pretty stark.
Posted by: barbarausa
This, too, is the story of Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: mikeski at September 22, 2024 10:37 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: barbarausa
There are many parallels here to marrying a redhead.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2024 10:37 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 10:38 PM (fWHsP)
Paul Drake? That William Hopper? Sounds like Svengoolie material....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
It's been on Svengoolie and MST3K
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 10:38 PM (63Dwl)
What's real about it? It's designs printed on paper. Maybe back when the government promised to give you gold or silver in exchange for the piece of paper, it was sort of real. But then the gold and silver are really just score-keeping tokens too.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 22, 2024 10:38 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Biggest Alfredo at September 22, 2024 10:38 PM (8cPKb)
NBC News National Poll has Harris at 49 percent and Trump 44.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2024 10:03 PM (TGPs7)
Kammie's been running ads in every NFL game I've watched this year. There was one five minutes ago in the Chiefs-Falcons game. She promises "A New Way Forward." No, b1tch, your way is over a century old: Leninism and Stalinism. She would govern with an iron fist, without bothering with a softening velvet glove over that iron fist.
Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2024 10:38 PM (aBgBM)
I was out on the porch, and saw two mantises (manti?) on the corner bush, and the male was maneuvering to disengage.
He did so, took off and landed on the lawn, and started running for dear life.
She calmly flew after him, landed on him, wrapped him up while he kept trying to run, and bit off his head.
Then she flipped him over and started feasting on the contents of his abdomen.
It was pretty stark.
Posted by: barbarausa at September 22, 2024 10:36 PM (enw9G)
**
Do this right in a short film and one could win an oscar.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 22, 2024 10:38 PM (W/lyH)
Thus there's no punishment for ignoring it.
A law with no punishment is known as "a suggestion."
Posted by: mikeski at September 22, 2024 10:33 PM (DgGvY)
There are Federal laws making the dollar legal tender, however “legal tender” is simply what must be accepted for payment of public and private debts. Nobody is required to accept it as payment for goods and services not rendered.
Posted by: Lurker at September 22, 2024 10:39 PM (FC8SQ)
Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2024 10:38 PM (aBgBM)
I'm sick of those ads.
The NFL can blow me.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 22, 2024 10:39 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Karl Malden at September 22, 2024 10:35 PM (FVLcK)
Wow! The hash (FVLcK) is awfully close!
Posted by: Rex B at September 22, 2024 10:39 PM (592Pr)
Posted by: Hesbo Youngman at September 22, 2024 10:40 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 22, 2024 10:40 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: LRob in OK at September 22, 2024 10:40 PM (TSQkU)
Posted by: Speaker Mike Johnson at September 22, 2024 10:31 PM (FC8SQ)
Very disgusted with the whole thing! (Not a suicide risk).
I'd like to see the useless GOP in Calif at least try to get a few initiatives on the ballot to rein in Sacramento like how about no taxpayer has to pay more than the IRS allowed 10,000 deduction for State and Local taxes? Or roll back the top rates from 14 down to 3.? They don't even talk about it.
Kicks dirt, opens beer, turns on Perry Mason reruns....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 10:40 PM (QGaXH)
It's a trap, Zorak! She will eat you after the two of you consummate your relationship!
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at September 22, 2024 10:40 PM (Vyll1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:33 PM (WBQfF)
It is merely what they let us have when they took away the gold.
It is what Paul Krugman thinks was a, " Liquidity Trap" because everyone has infinitely low time preference for everything.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2024 10:40 PM (D7oie)
Not that anyone was missing me.
Didja ever try to log in on your 'puter, and it says your password was incorrect and there's that momentary flash of concern that maybe you didn't just mis-type the password, but someone has hacked your computer and changed it and now you're locked out? Nah, me neither.
Howdy, y'all. Can't stay long tonight. Times, like the seasons, are changin'.
Posted by: mindful webworker - in plane sight at September 22, 2024 10:41 PM (6xkzE)
Posted by: Lurker at September 22, 2024 10:39 PM (FC8SQ)
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I accept payment only in catalytic converters.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:41 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:05 PM (WBQfF)
If you've never seen one, they are bigger than you may expect. BIG. I've only seen one in the wild, late at night clinging to a gutter downspout on my home. Fascinatingly creepy.
Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2024 10:41 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 22, 2024 10:41 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2024 10:41 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: davidt at September 22, 2024 10:29 PM (i0F8b)
Yep, you'll just get beaten, instead of beaten and robbed.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 22, 2024 10:30 PM (VNX3d)
They'll grab your cell phone. Then you won't even be able to call your bank and put a hold on your accounts.
Posted by: tankdemon
Until they import the correct illegals. Then they'll take your wallet, your phone, and cook you for dinner. A one-stop shop!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 22, 2024 10:41 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Jack Benny at September 22, 2024 10:42 PM (WBQfF)
The Bulls were running through Attleboro (MA) and they're not supposed to be...
https://tinyurl.com/5xb99brj
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2024 10:43 PM (TGPs7)
I accept payment only in catalytic converters.
Posted by: Cicero
What happens when we all drive EVs?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 10:43 PM (63Dwl)
It was pretty stark.
Posted by: barbarausa at September 22, 2024 10:36 PM (enw9G)
This is the type of subject that Werner Herzog should be committing to celluliod.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 22, 2024 10:43 PM (FVLcK)
I've got a side hustle service biz and get paid in cash, and prefer using it whenever dealing directly with small biz proprietors, waiters, and bartenders.
Posted by: M. Gaga at September 22, 2024 10:43 PM (BQnNk)
They've chosen the "Sand in the Lube" option.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 22, 2024 10:44 PM (dZVON)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 22, 2024 10:45 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024 10:45 PM (mH6SG)
Trust us!
Posted by: Speaker Mike Johnson at September 22, 2024 10:31 PM (FC8SQ)
Finally, a most cromulent explanation of the two party system as it currently operates!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 22, 2024 10:45 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Some Rat
Maybe they should e more responsible, but I guess that is expecting too much. I have an idea, all those gals in the political ads who are so concerned about not having access to abortion, could just go to the vet and get spayed.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 22, 2024 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Oddbob at September 22, 2024 10:38 PM (/y8xj)
I hear ya. I probably mentioned it before but I was out of town almost 2 years ago on Whidbey Island the night a powerful windstorm knocked out power and the internet. I carry cash and plastic wherever I go. The Mrs is totally reliant on her cards. We're at Safeway next day and she's already put about $80 worth of goods in the cart. ATM line is 10 people deep when it dawns on her: " Did you bring any cash with you?"
Posted by: Rex B at September 22, 2024 10:46 PM (592Pr)
Posted by: Oddbob
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I can hold that paper or metal token in my hand or put it in a drawer. Electric outages or backdoor digital scoops can't touch it.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 10:46 PM (fWHsP)
Posted by: Oddbob at September 22, 2024 10:38 PM (/y8xj)
Originally the bank notes were just that, issued by the bank on specie held by the bank.
There was a profession then of the man who would take the notes back to the bank to exchange them for gold, to balance out the accounts for the various banks. The banks would make that as difficult as possible since they generally issued more notes than they had reserves, and the men were despised because they often meant the local bank was about to be insolvent, especially if it had invested in property and shares of businesses as well, and didn't have the gold on hand.
Some banks were placed in hard to reach places and were called Wildcat banks, because they were so far out only the wildcats knew where they were,
Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2024 10:47 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 22, 2024 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
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Keeping your knees together is a quaint relic of the Victorian Era, apparently.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:47 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: Oddbob at September 22, 2024 10:38 PM (/y8xj)
I received a one dollar silver note in change from a purchase last year. I don't think I had ever seen one before that. Looked it up on li e, it appears to be worth about $8 to a collector, which means it still has less purchasing power now than when it was printed.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 22, 2024 10:47 PM (FVLcK)
The Bulls were running through Attleboro (MA) and they're not supposed to be...
https://tinyurl.com/5xb99brj
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2024 10:43 PM (TGPs7)
We need common-sense bull control!
Posted by: David French and Jonah Goldberg at September 22, 2024 10:47 PM (FC8SQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:05 PM (WBQfF)
If you've never seen one, they are bigger than you may expect. BIG. I've only seen one in the wild, late at night clinging to a gutter downspout on my home. Fascinatingly creepy.
Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2024 10:41 PM (aBgBM)
So the Supreme Court can take away prayer in school but can't do a d*** thing about praying mantises? What ? It's like the weather ? Everyone talks about it but nobody ever does anything about it?
No - I haven't been drinking. Why do you ask?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 10:49 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Rex B
I arrived at a Buc-ee's last summer in KY and they had staff telling everyone their CC readers were not working. I always carry cash and CC so no biggie for me.
But, the rest of the hundreds of other shoppers were losing their minds. The line at the (one) ATM was 50 folks deep.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2024 10:49 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024 10:50 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Notorious BFD
Literally. I think I heard about her on Friday.
Her name translates as "bouncy pork," which I think implies Haitian influence. Or possibly Venezuelan.
Posted by: mikeski at September 22, 2024 10:50 PM (DgGvY)
Looked on youtube to see if I could find you one, Diogenes.
Seems it is not uncommon for the male to be decapitated during sex, and there was one where she did that BEFORE she hooked up to him.
Apparently the guy I saw was lucky--for about a minute
Posted by: barbarausa at September 22, 2024 10:50 PM (enw9G)
True enough. And even in The Burning Times there will (probably) be somebody who wants the shiny metal badly enough to trade you for what you really want: food, fuel, shelter, etc. Paper, maybe not so much. With each level of abstraction, you gain some convenience and lose some security.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 22, 2024 10:50 PM (/y8xj)
It's a trap, Zorak! She will eat you after the two of you consummate your relationship!
Posted by: Curly Shuffle
Space Ghost Coast to Coast was awesome. Brak was my favorite character.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 22, 2024 10:51 PM (J45CI)
Posted by: Notorious BFD
Yes, but it's always "12345"
You can choose your password with the emerald membership.
Posted by: mikeski at September 22, 2024 10:51 PM (DgGvY)
This, too, is the story of Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: mikeski at September 22, 2024 10:37 PM (DgGvY)
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Yeah but she flies with a broom.
Posted by: Ciampino - she'll sweep you up at September 22, 2024 10:51 PM (qfLjt)
https://tinyurl.com/2m964mc5
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 10:53 PM (fWHsP)
Cool. I think I'll upgrade and go with 867-5309.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024 10:53 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Rex B at September 22, 2024 10:46 PM (592Pr)
THIS^
I try to always have at least $50 in my wallet's cash pocket. I also have $100 in various denominations in a credit card paper sleeve in another place in my wallet. Along with $250 stashed in my SUV, $125 in glove compartment and $125 in the spare tire well. Plus two credit cards and a debit card in the wallet.
Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2024 10:54 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey
There's no law behind that.”
The key word there is “debts”. That is not the same thing as transactions.
Posted by: Charlton Heston at September 22, 2024 10:54 PM (izPaR)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:10 PM (WBQfF)
**********
Sounds like Cheney and the IRS took literally the lyrics from The Offspring's song "Defy You".
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at September 22, 2024 10:55 PM (OCQuH)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at September 22, 2024 10:40 PM (Vyll1)
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Ended the sentence with a preposition. Off to the camps with you.
/s
Posted by: The Grammar Nazi Patrol at September 22, 2024 10:55 PM (qfLjt)
Can we have your stuff?
Posted by: Those guys who always ask... at September 22, 2024 10:56 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: haffhowershower at September 22, 2024 10:56 PM (NMT5x)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 22, 2024 10:56 PM (QSrLX)
I went to school in a city, and four friends rented an olf rowhouse to share.
The roaches were regnant, and one of the girls (who had grown up in a rural area) solved the problem by going out past the city and catching a mantis, which she brought home and let loose in the house.
One of the housemates told me he was watching when she let it loos in the kitchen, and the first thing it did was cock its head at something near the dranboard, fly over, snatch it and eat.
When you went to visit them, they'd warn newcomers to watch out for the bug, which could often be seen perched on a bookcase or curtain.
Posted by: barbarausa at September 22, 2024 10:56 PM (enw9G)
things like this is why, for example, the State of Oregon's original constitution forbade chartering of banks.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2024 10:56 PM (D7oie)
I have a Benjamin and a couple prayer cards.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 22, 2024 10:56 PM (11kd9)
Posted by: Diogenes at September 22, 2024 10:36 PM (W/lyH)
Heidi always did but I just took care of that by reading to her how the female rewards her mate for a job well done. Brutal.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 22, 2024 10:57 PM (UW5ES)
Posted by: NC Ref at September 22, 2024 10:58 PM (2xCPU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2024 10:58 PM (XeU6L)
https://tinyurl.com/2m964mc5
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 10:53 PM (fWHsP)
This man gives off serious pedo vibes and was a public school teacher and coach. There have to be dozens of former high school boys with stories about “Mr. Walz”, but GOP oppo research can’t find ‘em, huh?
Posted by: Lurker at September 22, 2024 10:58 PM (FC8SQ)
Musk said SpaceX is focused on refurbishing Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the company finalized an agreement with KSC this year to take over operations of the historic launch site. “Once we are finished with the upgrades on Pad 39A, we’re going to take our development team and move them to Boca Chica and work on the launch site here,” he said.
_SpaceNews - September 22, 2014
https://tinyurl.com/myzxxbwd
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 10:58 PM (fWHsP)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 22, 2024 10:59 PM (nDTFN)
https://tinyurl.com/2m964mc5
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 10:53 PM (fWHsP)
I wonder who he murdered to get that nice truck? Funny how he's praising it up for having no computers, when his party is the one that wants to force everyone into electric shitboxes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2024 10:59 PM (NhG0j)
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A few blasts from Space Ghost's power bands would be a more fitting punishment for my crime.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at September 22, 2024 10:59 PM (Vyll1)
Posted by: H. Goering at September 22, 2024 11:01 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2024 11:02 PM (XeU6L)
https://tinyurl.com/46yfaxtd
Posted by: Ciampino - sad that it still happens in spite of ... at September 22, 2024 11:02 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2024 10:49 PM (WXNFJ
I bet the younger folks were the cashless ones. I felt like royalty while watching other people scramble, hoping to lend a $10 or $20. Gas stations were triple in depth too, probably people getting gas for generators where power wasn't restored yet.
Posted by: Rex B at September 22, 2024 11:03 PM (592Pr)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Duplicity is the word.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 11:04 PM (fWHsP)
"O, I'm sorry. Do you know where the library is at, ASSHOLE?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 22, 2024 11:05 PM (QSrLX)
https://tinyurl.com/2m964mc5
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 10:53 PM (fWHsP)
Commie POS doesn't deserve to have a Scout. Fatass should be taking the bus or walking.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2024 11:05 PM (0eaVi)
"O, I'm sorry. Do you know where the library is at, ASSHOLE?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey
Indeed. This is something up with which I will not put..... assholes.
Posted by: zombie Winston Churchill at September 22, 2024 11:07 PM (DgGvY)
You can find it on the tubings of you all.
Posted by: Captain Comic at September 22, 2024 11:07 PM (QzxLD)
Speaking of planes, I stumbled across this. Pilot was flying a small single engine plane from Nebraska to Oregon. He developed engine problems over Wyoming (he thought it was a fuel problem).
So, he just lands on an interstate, pulls off to the side of the road, fixes it, then takes off again:
https://tinyurl.com/27ab2gkz
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2024 11:07 PM (w6EFb)
100% security!
Hmmm...
• hypnotism
• psychotropics
• intoxication
• beaten unconscious
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 22, 2024 11:08 PM (rHxhM)
https://tinyurl.com/46yfaxtd
Posted by: Ciampino
I'm sorry but did you notice the header on that is "Breaking News"?
That is some comedy gold right there.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2024 11:08 PM (WXNFJ)
Can we have your stuff?
Posted by: Those guys who always ask... at September 22, 2024 10:56 PM (mH6SG)
When I travel, I have my .45 ACP in a locked gun box... hidden behind the seat of my truck...
.45... two boxes of ammo, and an envelope with $2000 in it... why the cash? Well... Guns and Money... and I can always hire a lawyer.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 22, 2024 11:08 PM (xaFKb)
Posted by: Rex B at September 22, 2024 10:46 PM (592Pr)
THIS^
I try to always have at least $50 in my wallet's cash pocket. I also have $100 in various denominations in a credit card paper sleeve in another place in my wallet. Along with $250 stashed in my SUV, $125 in glove compartment and $125 in the spare tire well. Plus two credit cards and a debit card in the wallet.
Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2024 10:54 PM (aBgBM)
I think it's a 'guys of a certain age' thing. I carry cash also in similar amounts but not hidden all over the place...
Have you noticed ATMs defaulting to giving 100s unless you tell it differently? They started to around here but everyone must have complained so now they ask you to choose what denominations you want.
It reminds me of when gasoline first went over $1/gallon and the pump prices didn't go that high.
As people pull ever higher amounts out of the ATMs, the ATMs had to be replenished ever more frequently so maybe it's an effort to reduce labor costs of having to replenish the ATM every other day or on the weekend.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 11:09 PM (QGaXH)
https://mol.im/a/13789931
If it's got doors then beware.
Posted by: Ciampino - are they going to be strawberry jammed? at September 22, 2024 11:10 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 22, 2024 10:56 PM (11kd9)
I always carry two silver dollars, just in case.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2024 11:10 PM (D7oie)
The feds are really trying to screw Elon up. All because he supports Trump. They're playing with games with his Starship launch licenses.
NASA is not in on this, though. They need him. These political games may well fuck up the moon landing schedule, which depends on Elon for the lander (which is going to be a vertical landing Starship).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2024 11:11 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2024 10:54 PM (aBgBM)
Damn! Now that is prepared.
Also, Nurse. Good job teaching your boys. I just won't trust plastic only societies. And don't go back to establishments that are "cashless" ie pay with the debit/credit only.
Posted by: Rex B at September 22, 2024 11:11 PM (592Pr)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2024 11:11 PM (NhG0j)
Well, Elon supporting Trump is just one. The whole Twitter and free speech thing is another big one.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2024 11:12 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 22, 2024 11:12 PM (QSrLX)
This idea of autonomous killing machines is a bad, bad, idea. I mean really bad.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2024 11:13 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Kindltot
Good for everything from the ferry to the ferryman.
Posted by: mikeski at September 22, 2024 11:14 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Some Rat at September 22, 2024 11:14 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: publius
Whatever are you talking about?
-- The Solarian Overseer
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2024 11:15 PM (WXNFJ)
Have you noticed ATMs defaulting to giving 100s unless you tell it differently? They started to around here but everyone must have complained so now they ask you to choose what denominations you want.
It reminds me of when gasoline first went over $1/gallon and the pump prices didn't go that high.
As people pull ever higher amounts out of the ATMs, the ATMs had to be replenished ever more frequently so maybe it's an effort to reduce labor costs of having to replenish the ATM every other day or on the weekend.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 11:09 PM (QGaXH)
I don't carry Benjamins. Grants are the largest bills I carry/stash. Just in case a store or someone won't accept or can't give proper change for my Benjamin. No I don't squeeze nickels until the Jeffersons scream. Simply being prudent.
Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2024 11:15 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2024 11:16 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 11:16 PM (fWHsP)
This idea of autonomous killing machines is a bad, bad, idea. I mean really bad.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2024 11:13 PM (w6EFb)
I expected a Terminator reference in the nic....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 11:16 PM (QGaXH)
Yep. Cash heavy. Always make sure when traveling there is enough cash to pay for room/food/fuel to get home. Further from home, the more cash.
Also nice for purchases where you don't want to have a record. That is why Baptists always use cash at the liquor and lottery store.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 22, 2024 11:17 PM (rHxhM)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2024 10:05 PM (0eaVi)
That's illegal (in the USA), isn't it?
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 22, 2024 11:17 PM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
To say nothing of their dance lessons.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2024 11:18 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
To say nothing of their dance lessons.
Posted by: Tonypete
The Mormon church is always a little dismayed that liquor sales spike when there is a elders convention in town.
Posted by: Some Rat at September 22, 2024 11:20 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Boffa at September 22, 2024 11:22 PM (FaE8b)
This idea of autonomous killing machines is a bad, bad, idea. I mean really bad.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2024 11:13 PM (w6EFb)
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"Second Variety" a science fiction novelette by Philip K. Dick.
It's excellent.
Posted by: Ciampino - they even smoke at September 22, 2024 11:22 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024 11:23 PM (mH6SG)
I mean, it says right on there, in upper case letters.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 22, 2024 11:23 PM (MeG8a)
This idea of autonomous killing machines is a bad, bad, idea. I mean really bad.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I expected a Terminator reference in the nic....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
I was thinking Robocop 2
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 11:23 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Boffa
Everyone does a fine job, MisHum does set a pretty high bar though.
Posted by: Some Rat at September 22, 2024 11:23 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2024 11:15 PM (aBgBM)
That was my problem with the ATMs giving Benjamins. Nobody takes 'em. At least Grants are somewhat usable. But a lotta places still say noting larger than 20s after dark or at all.
Still...I imagine the ATMs are getting cleaned out faster and faster.
I always thought if there had been ATMs when my dad was coming of age - late 1930's - just in time for WWIi - the ATMs would have dispensed 5s because he seemed to value 5s like I valued 20s back when.
I miss my dad. And mom.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 11:23 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 22, 2024 11:24 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: Ripley at September 22, 2024 10:36 PM (PTDkx)
==
Ballots have to be counted by hand in Georgia. So Trump's probably got that state in the bag.
Posted by: Black JEM at September 22, 2024 11:24 PM (9j0Kf)
Posted by: Cosda at September 22, 2024 11:26 PM (lXp14)
Wall Street Apes@WallStreetApes19h
Replying to @elonmusk
Here is the video showing news story after news story from the mainstream media spreading lies about Donald Trump being debunked
https://tinyurl.com/2et83vww
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 11:26 PM (fWHsP)
Elon's next Starship test (which the feds are delaying) is going to test the "chopstick" catch of the booster. That will be something.
It will likely fail. They know this. That's how they learn. I read a good article about this. Elon is not afraid to fail, and blow shit up to learn and move forward.
There are two extremes. One is just jumping in and trying something without any idea what you're doing. The other is never trying something until you tested, simulated something ad nauseam, and end up taking forever. Even then, there's some things are going to happen that you did conceive of, and no amount of simulation is going to find that.
There's a happy middle, and Elon takes that route.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2024 11:26 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 22, 2024 11:24 PM (QSrLX)
I refuse to vote for anybody with D after their name. With ranked choice voting it's possible both candidates are Ds. It that case I either write in or leave it blank.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 11:27 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 22, 2024 11:27 PM (QSrLX)
Swordfish steaks, about 1lb each, marinated with olive oil, honey, soy sauce, lemon zest, salt/pepper and herbs, with heirloom, tomatoes topped with goat cheese, basil and Balsamic reduction, and blistered shishito peppers for dinner. Portuguese pinot grigio. Too full for dessert!
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at September 22, 2024 11:28 PM (bzVIw)
https://tinyurl.com/yzhuvnym
Wait for those strongly worded letters.
Posted by: Ciampino - just normal business at September 22, 2024 11:29 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 11:29 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: publius
But enough about the policies of the Democrats and the Republicans.....
Posted by: mikeski at September 22, 2024 11:29 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 11:29 PM (fWHsP)
Granted, he should have stood up to them when they first demanded that he censor speech years ago, but he caved in after being threatened by the Federal government and their allies in private industry (Mike Benz said Facebook lost $60 billion in revenue over two days due to ads being pulled, IIRC).
I hope Zuckerberg finds the courage to stand up to these dirtbags.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at September 22, 2024 11:29 PM (OCQuH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 22, 2024 11:09 PM (QGaXH)
I asked for $400 in twenties at the ATM the other day. This was a mistake, as the machine was not happy handling that thick of a stack of notes. When I pulled at the bills that emerged, half stayed stuck in the dispensing slot. I pulled out a few more, and then some more. Finally, I had just one firmly trapped in the machine. Then a timer started ticking down, telling me it was going to swallow my money. Using both hands, I was able to wiggle the last note out just before the rollers reversed to suck it back in.
I'm sure there's a Norm MacDonald joke in there somewhere.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 22, 2024 11:30 PM (VoAz3)
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 11:30 PM (fwDg9)
Almost the only thing they hd were battery powered pre-builts. Not much else on-line. A F N Boring.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 22, 2024 11:30 PM (/lPRQ)
https://youtu.be/uoG18Z0AKqE
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - petra parkour at September 22, 2024 11:31 PM (6xkzE)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 22, 2024 11:31 PM (mH6SG)
Prompted by a group named, - Do No Harm -, the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) files against the Cleveland Clinic civil rights a complaint regarding the Clinic’s “Minority Stroke Program” and “Minority Men’s Health Center,”
They are claiming that because CC has programs dedicated to Blacks because Blacks have higher rates of stroke and high blood pressure related infirmity than other races that CC is discriminating against other races.
Talk about killing it and wearing its skin, read the article. This group, Do No Harm and its laky law firm (WILL) are one of the tentacles turning our laws and this country wrong side out.
https://tinyurl.com/2tsmkcjy
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 11:31 PM (fWHsP)
If you haven't seen it, here's an animation of the "chopstick catch" Elon has planned:
https://tinyurl.com/26uwms9p
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2024 11:32 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Black JEM at September 22, 2024 11:24 PM (9j0Kf)
The hand-counting thing will be tossed by the courts. GA’s Republican Secretary of State and Attorney General have both come out against it. Apparently the state laws don’t authorize it.
GA will probably still go for Trump. I’m betting it’s the only state he wins this go ‘round that he didn’t win in 2020.
Posted by: Lurker at September 22, 2024 11:32 PM (FC8SQ)
If you haven't seen it, here's an animation of the "chopstick catch" Elon has planned:
https://tinyurl.com/26uwms9p
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Simply amazing.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 11:33 PM (fWHsP)
The media doesn’t want you to know about the Do No Harm Act.
They won’t ask her about it because they know the answer. A vote for Kamala Harris is a vote against any religious institution, including schools, universities, hospitals, and charities. (1 of
_Mike Lee
https://tinyurl.com/y4a8px67
goes to Mike Lee @ nitter
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 11:34 PM (fWHsP)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 11:36 PM (fWHsP)
https://mol.im/a/13879707
Posted by: Ciampino - now how did that happen? No editors? at September 22, 2024 11:36 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at September 22, 2024 11:36 PM (OCQuH)
https://tinyurl.com/27ab2gkz
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
Reminds me of one of my favorite lines from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
https://youtu.be/1ZJQ2yQklqU
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 22, 2024 11:38 PM (VNX3d)
https://mol.im/a/13879707
Posted by: Ciampino - now how did that happen? No editors? at September 22, 2024 11:36 PM (qfLjt)
*************
LOL, it's too bad Tester wasn't left off as well.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at September 22, 2024 11:39 PM (OCQuH)
See, you whiners! We don't have it so bad! We're not trapped in basically dead "two party system".
In Sri Lanka, *Marxists* are voted in because they are more trusted on .... the economy.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 22, 2024 11:39 PM (GcNJ2)
Kamaala won't do the Al Smith dinner because she's afraid of Willy Brown jokes. Amirite?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at September 22, 2024 11:39 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2024 11:26 PM (w6EFb)
I’m no fan of Tesla, but SpaceX is legit impressive. It’s staggering how cheap launches have gotten, and how quickly.
I was thinking the other day that Musk’s “thesis” behind SpaceX is that government bureaucracy has been holding back spaceflight for decades, and he’s been completely vindicated.
So, of course, our parasitic pseudo-aristocracy in the Federal government have it out for him.
Posted by: Lurker at September 22, 2024 11:39 PM (FC8SQ)
Posted by: tankdemon
The subtle beauty of it is indeed well-worth a film. Werner must confess that he attempted such an effort, but you would not believe how bitchy PETA and the ASPCA are about letting two mantises do the abomination that Nature has established that they do. Do not even get Werner started on David Attenborough. Oooh, everyone says, he is the elder statesman of wildlife documentaries. Sir David obtained the first footage of the Komodo Dragon. Any praying mantis harmed under the auspices of his lens is a product of his quest to promote science and respect for the environment. Ja, Werner says, and how do you think the Limey gets his jollies? This is unsavory, I know, but Werner be keepin' it real.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at September 22, 2024 11:39 PM (tmPIh)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 22, 2024 11:40 PM (MeG8a)
The Cleveland Clinic is the source of a lot of bad science. Example, sweeteners are ALL bad, even though they differ markedly in structure from one another.
Posted by: Ciampino - I think it's a D establishment at September 22, 2024 11:40 PM (qfLjt)
GA will probably still go for Trump. I’m betting it’s the only state he wins this go ‘round that he didn’t win in 2020.
Posted by: Lurker at September 22, 2024 11:32 PM (FC8SQ)
==
I am not sure about what state law says, I imagine it says nothing. I just know the legislature has essentially taken their oversight authority and told the SoS office we are running the elections because we have no faith in you. The courts may try and wade in - but they'd be foolish to do so - it's none of their business.
Posted by: Black JEM at September 22, 2024 11:41 PM (9j0Kf)
Elon just said they're are going to send 5 starships to Mars within 2 years. Unmanned of course. Landings are planned.
I'm reading about this idea.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2024 11:43 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 22, 2024 11:39 PM (GcNJ2)
We can't point fingers. We got FDR.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 22, 2024 11:43 PM (VoAz3)
If you haven't seen it, here's an animation of the "chopstick catch" Elon has planned:
https://tinyurl.com/26uwms9p
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
It is a very interesting idea. Provides a relatively large capture 'basket'. I wonder how accurately his troops can model the engine plume reflecting off the tower and pad base. I expect that will be one surprise when it's first attempted. Hopefully a small not large surprise. In the video the engines are gimbaling like crazy at the end for some reason, maybe for the modeled plume reflection/interaction.
Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2024 11:44 PM (aBgBM)
Yeah, and I was born a poor Black child when my parents jumped the border fence after swimming the Rio Grande with their sole belongings clutched in their teeth.
Dangerous precedent that may be followed by other swing states.
Posted by: Nightwatch at September 22, 2024 11:45 PM (TDvv2)
OK, I'll say the unspoken truth...
Kamaala won't do the Al Smith dinner because she's afraid of Willy Brown jokes. Amirite?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take
Who would dare make such a joke?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 11:46 PM (63Dwl)
That's what I imagine. It's going to mess up, and may blow some shit up. But he'll figure out exactly what went wrong they weren't thinking about, and fix it.
You've got to be willing to do that. Blow shit up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2024 11:46 PM (w6EFb)
They say cows are bad for the environment but all they do is eat grass and fart.
Kinda like vegans.
Posted by: Ciampino - They 'evolved' so must be good at September 22, 2024 11:46 PM (qfLjt)
https://tinyurl.com/2tsmkcjy
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 11:31 PM (fWHsP)
****
Why? It sounds like WILL is a Constitutionalist legal organization. Why should the Cleveland Clinic be allowed to run programs for non-whites only? Heck, it’s probably mostly funded by our taxes and private insurance..
Posted by: Lurker at September 22, 2024 11:46 PM (FC8SQ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2024 11:47 PM (NhG0j)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey
There's no law behind that.
===
Article I Section 8
Posted by: Don Black at September 22, 2024 11:47 PM (/7KEl)
The idea for the chopstick tower catch is rapid turn around of the boosters. His Mars plans require "tanker" crafter to get into orbit, and load up the Mars spacecraft with fuel. This allow for big payloads to TMI (trans-Mars injection).
It's basically the "earth-orbit rendezvous" concept of the original Moon landing designs on steroids.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2024 11:48 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Ciampino - hard to police - except webcams at September 22, 2024 11:48 PM (qfLjt)
https://mol.im/a/13879707
Posted by: Ciampino - now how did that happen? No editors?
Most embarrassing?
They already announced KH win in a landslide.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 22, 2024 11:50 PM (/lPRQ)
He would certainly point out Kamala's start as Willie Brown's side piece.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 11:50 PM (RIvkX)
After squaring off with Rottweilers to ready herself for the role, and getting some pointers from a Haitian houngan, Hepburn was ready to tackle the filming. To motivate her further (although truthfully, she was already very keen on the project) I told her that Dali felt that Audrey Hepburn was the superior actress of the two. So began the filming. Alas, though aware of his deserving no lesser fate, Salvador's fight or flight reflex kicked in. As he ran for the hills, all of us shouted, Please, abortion of a homunculus, return that we may put you out of our misery. Such cheerful words, yet Dali kept on fleeing. The project was a bust. Ach.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at September 22, 2024 11:51 PM (tmPIh)
https://tinyurl.com/5376bd65
12k here, 12k there, pretty soon you're talking real money!
Posted by: Ciampino -1000 @12k is 12 million at September 22, 2024 11:55 PM (qfLjt)
https://mol.im/a/13878727
Posted by: Ciampino
That pool has looked like it does since the 1950s, at least.
The "original" pics are from 1902.
You pre-Boomer bastards!!!
Posted by: mikeski at September 22, 2024 11:56 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 22, 2024 11:56 PM (XV/Pl)
That's what I imagine. It's going to mess up, and may blow some shit up. But he'll figure out exactly what went wrong they weren't thinking about, and fix it.
You've got to be willing to do that. Blow shit up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
That's why I hope I can watch the next launch live. If it works, it will be spectacular. If it fails, I really want to see -how- it fails. Either way, it will be fun and interesting.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 22, 2024 11:57 PM (VNX3d)
https://t.co/mBmjTORlyV
Posted by: Ciampino - Alien, say Alien at September 22, 2024 11:57 PM (qfLjt)
Turkish migrants caught in Texas allegedly paid 12K to cross from Mexico
Where does a poverty stricken migrant get 12K bux?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 11:58 PM (63Dwl)
By that time I will be in my grave alongside Wyatt Earp and Josephine.
Just last night, I was in my bunk. A neighbor called. Hey, my car got broken into. They stole my garage door opener. Please let yourself into my house (I have a key) and secure the garage door before the burglars arrive. So I got my pistol and my flashlight, let myself into their house and threw a broomstick into their garage door track.
I'm a good neighbor.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 22, 2024 11:59 PM (MeG8a)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 11:58 PM (63Dwl)
I expect the coyotes front them the money, and then put them into basically slave labor to earn it back.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2024 11:59 PM (NhG0j)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 11:46
Is Gutfeld invited?
Yeah would be a death sentence if she was
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at September 23, 2024 12:00 AM (55Qr6)
And probably 95% of Americans who vehemently and sensibly oppose the erasure of the border and de facto suspension of any real immigration law have no idea how many $Billions of taxpayer money have facilitated the entire thing - flying people from all over the world, sometimes *directly into the US interior*, housing/herding them from Colombia through Central America and Mexico, etc.
If only the US had some mechanism for public policy to be challenged and changed, something like an independent branch of govt. with power of the purse, for example. Even - stay with me here - something like an opposition party.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 23, 2024 12:03 AM (GcNJ2)
And you know who these Mantises are praying to?
Cthulhu!
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 23, 2024 12:05 AM (TGPs7)
https://t.co/prK9Y0VE3m
Posted by: Ciampino - gotta submit that ballot to the embassy at September 23, 2024 12:06 AM (qfLjt)
He's going to try to land 5 starships on Mars. With hyperbolic entry. That is, they're going to hit Mars atmosphere with greater than escape velocity, slow down and land:
https://tinyurl.com/2bumyvg5
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 23, 2024 12:07 AM (w6EFb)
Keep the light on...
The budget motel chain Motel 6 is being acquired by the parent company of Oyo, a hotel operator based in India.
The New York-based investment firm Blackstone, which owns Motel 6’s parent company G6 Hospitality, announced Friday that the deal would be an all-cash transaction worth $525 million.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 23, 2024 12:07 AM (63Dwl)
You're going to sit on your toilet seat one morning soon,
and a giant tentacle is going to reach up and pull you down
into the sewers. There is no escape...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 23, 2024 12:09 AM (TGPs7)
https://t.co/aSvg03kCHR
Posted by: Ciampino - but we'll never know the motive at September 23, 2024 12:10 AM (qfLjt)
>>He's going to try to land 5 starships on Mars. With hyperbolic entry. That is, they're going to hit Mars atmosphere with greater than escape velocity, slow down and land:
Mars is a dead planet, there is nothing exploitable on it, I'm not sure why Elon or anyone is wasting billions on that turkey, but I guess when you got a
Itch, you go to scratch it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 23, 2024 12:11 AM (XV/Pl)
Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD
@houmanhemmati
🤯 WOW:
@elonmusk
unexpectedly gave in to Brazil and agreed to block certain
@X
accounts in order to remain operational in the country.
https://t.ly/JWttO
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 23, 2024 12:12 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Ciampino - Pity Greece wasn't involved for laughs at September 23, 2024 12:13 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 11:58 PM (63Dwl)
Good question.
For half that they can fly first class from Istanbul to NY.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2024 12:14 AM (W/lyH)
They will filter into our towns and cities until they have the strength in numbers to begin insurgent operations. They will start in the fly over states first in an effort to literally split the Republic ( if it exists after 2024) in two.
Did that get your attention? Do you doubt this possibility?
Posted by: Nightwatch at September 23, 2024 12:14 AM (TDvv2)
https://t.co/hUStdJGbuH
Posted by: Ciampino - might just pay the rent? at September 23, 2024 12:16 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 23, 2024 12:16 AM (GcNJ2)
Itch, you go to scratch it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 23, 2024 12:11 AM (XV/Pl)
In high summer there, you could walk around outside wearing jeans and a warm sweater, as long as you had an air tank. There are probably considerable mineral resources to be found.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 23, 2024 12:16 AM (NhG0j)
Posted by: Ciampino - Just look at South Africa at September 23, 2024 12:17 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Nightwatch at September 23, 2024 12:19 AM (TDvv2)
In high summer there, you could walk around outside wearing jeans and a warm sweater, as long as you had an air tank. There are probably considerable mineral resources to be found.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 23, 2024 12:16 AM (NhG0j)
----
The UV and cosmic radiation wouldn't kill you?
Posted by: Ciampino - Getting minerals to Earth too expensive at September 23, 2024 12:19 AM (qfLjt)
And he plans to send those 5 starships back to earth. They're going to generate fuel in situ using CO2 and H2O available locally to make methane and O2 for return propellant.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 23, 2024 12:21 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 23, 2024 12:21 AM (w6EFb)
Chad is now teaching public school with a beard, and is pregnant, showing.
(true story, I can name names, but won't)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 23, 2024 12:21 AM (MeG8a)
Posted by: Ciampino - Getting minerals to Earth too expensive at September 23, 2024 12:19 AM (qfLjt)
Sunscreen, and a sombrero. Cosmic rays? Might be an issue over a term of years. You would probably want to have your habitats underground. Easier to keep them heated that way, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 23, 2024 12:23 AM (NhG0j)
Porque tao fraco, Elon?
Posted by: rhomboid at September 23, 2024 12:23 AM (GcNJ2)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 23, 2024 12:11 AM (XV/Pl)
-
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids.
Elon > Elton
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 23, 2024 12:23 AM (3Y5XB)
Interesting figure. Current cost to get payload to Mars is $1B per ton. Elon is going to shave a bit off of that. Everything he's doing is all about this.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 23, 2024 12:25 AM (w6EFb)
― Camille Paglia
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 23, 2024 12:25 AM (TGPs7)
X still engages in censorship, especially as regards trannies.
=============
No way. X is a hotbed of gender-criticals and terfs.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 23, 2024 12:25 AM (lCaJd)
Porque tao fraco, Elon?
Posted by: rhomboid at September 23, 2024 12:23 AM (GcNJ2)
I suspect Elon is playing games with the Zildoes. Censor certain X accounts on the feed to Brazil, but drop hints to the friendlies there on how to use a VPN to get the whole truth.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 23, 2024 12:26 AM (NhG0j)
Posted by: Ciampino - Getting minerals to Earth, expensive at September 23, 2024 12:27 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 23, 2024 12:03 AM (GcNJ2)
Oooh, I love science fiction!!
Actually, in my free time—of which I have a ton—I’m writing.. oh, gosh, you guys are going to think this is SOOOOO nerdy ☺️ *blush* but it’s my fanfic about Captain Mike Johnson of the USS Enterprise!
Captain Johnson explores strange new worlds, helps Lieutenant Worf defend his honor against a treacherous Klingon challenger 😅, has a passionate affair with bodysuit-era Marina Sirtis 😍, and assists Lt. Cdr. Data in perhaps coming to understand what it means to be human! 🥹
Posted by: Speaker Mike Johnson at September 23, 2024 12:28 AM (FC8SQ)
Rolled down my street heading for home and spotted a sus, U-Haul Van in my neighbor's driveway and they weren't home.
Pulled my sidearm out of my briefcase, went to ready aim but kept it on my lap while I texted my neighbors about my observations.
Thankfully Nick texted back quickly as to friends dropping off musical equipment...sidearm de-cocked and back in my briefcase.
No call to 911...No call to 311
Why the fuck bother after all.
This is LA...you have to take care of LAW on your own these days.
Posted by: Nightwatch at September 23, 2024 12:31 AM (TDvv2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 23, 2024 12:31 AM (NhG0j)
During the night and the morning hours, approximately 150 rockets, cruise missiles, and UAVs were launched toward Israeli territory, most of them aimed at northern Israel.
https://t.co/mtX12thIcb
Posted by: Ciampino - living dangerously at September 23, 2024 12:31 AM (qfLjt)
What's there that can be brought back?
Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2024 12:32 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Ciampino - bad shit wherever this happens at September 23, 2024 12:33 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: lin-duh at September 23, 2024 12:33 AM (VCgbV)
https://tinyurl.com/bdem4n7b
Bigger labels so bigger packaging but less stuff inside?
Posted by: Ciampino - most not ever read at September 23, 2024 12:36 AM (qfLjt)
It certainly seems to have been nuked, if you believe physicist
John Brandenburg and his research on 129Xe (Xenon 129):
"On Mars, the nearest Earthlike planet in the cosmos, the concentration of 129Xe in the Martian atmosphere, the evidence from 80Kr abundance of intense 1014/cm2 flux over the Northern young part of Mars, and the detected pattern of excess abundance of Uranium and Thorium on Mars surface, relative to Mars meteorites, can be explained as due to two large thermonuclear explosions on Mars in the past. Based on the pattern of thorium and radioactive potassium gamma radiation, the explosions were centered in the Northern plains in Mare Acidalium at approximately 50N, 30W, near Cydonia Mensa and in Utopia Planum at approximately 50N 120W near Galaxias Chaos, both locations of possible archeological artifacts. The xenon isotope mass spectrum of the Mars atmosphere matches that from open air nuclear testing on Earth and is characteristic of fast neutron fission rather than that produced by a moderated nuclear reactor."
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 23, 2024 12:36 AM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Nightwatch at September 23, 2024 12:37 AM (TDvv2)
Posted by: Nightwatch at September 23, 2024 12:42 AM (TDvv2)
300 Lights go out in Ecuador as country faces power crisis
https://tinyurl.com/nhckxv5k
Posted by: Ciampino - Just look at South Africa at September 23, 2024 12:17 AM (qfLjt)
There goes your cashless society.
Posted by: Rex B at September 23, 2024 12:43 AM (592Pr)
Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2024 12:44 AM (fwDg9)
"Harris also holds the advantage over Trump on being seen as competent and effective, as well as on having the mental and physical health to be president..."
Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at September 23, 2024 12:44 AM (elaR+)
Ryan Petersen
@typesfast
Sep 18
The biggest wild card in the presidential election that nobody’s talking about? The looming port strike that could shut down all East and Gulf Coast ports just 36 days before the election
https://t.ly/fSkrf
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 23, 2024 12:47 AM (63Dwl)
That is the main thing the LIVs care about and the dems have been hitting that hard.
Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at September 23, 2024 12:49 AM (elaR+)
"Harris also holds the advantage over Trump on being seen as competent and effective, as well as on having the mental and physical health to be president..."
Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at September 23, 2024 12:44 AM (elaR+)
It's to be expected: What is the modern Democratic Party, but a conglomeration of Hollywood and the CIA, the two most successful manipulators of Media and the Message in our culture?
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 23, 2024 01:04 AM (TGPs7)
I would think that a yearly budget, with veto-able line items, and decreasing annually, might work?
Example, that 45B for Internet that hasn't been spent? Goes towards next year's budhet.
Example, no overspwnding. When your departmental budget is done then no more money for that year.
Posted by: Ciampino - too muxh money sent as aid at September 23, 2024 01:06 AM (qfLjt)
.45... two boxes of ammo, and an envelope with $2000 in it... why the cash? Well... Guns and Money... and I can always hire a lawyer.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 22, 2024 11:08 PM (xaFKb)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Warren Zevon at September 23, 2024 01:16 AM (PiwSw)
I once bought a cardboard submarine from the back of a comic book for less than $10.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2024 10:16 PM (WBQfF)
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Those are extremely rare. A complete one is worth over a thousand $ now...
Posted by: As not seen on TV at September 23, 2024 01:21 AM (aNcwF)
Posted by: Ciampino - wasn't expecting that at September 23, 2024 01:23 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2024 10:29 PM (BkEzK)
Fingers crossed!
Posted by: The Detroit Tigers at September 23, 2024 01:24 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: lin-duh
You are dealing with people who literally cannot distinguish between a lethal weapon, say a handgun, and common benign objects, say a half eaten poptart. These people would call cops, men with real lethal weapons to confront a child with a poptart, or given the natural right to defend themselves, take out the kid with a poptart with a real gun.
BUT, they are insane and a danger to the community in that they cannot distinguish between what is real and imaginary and willing to use lethal force themselves (or lethal proxies - the cops) to attack their phantoms.
They should be housed in 'institutions' for the criminally insane.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 23, 2024 01:25 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2024 10:38 PM (aBgBM)
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If she wins, we're all going to get fisted...
Posted by: As not seen on TV at September 23, 2024 01:28 AM (aNcwF)
If she wins, we're all going to get fisted...
Posted by: As not seen on TV at September 23, 2024 01:28 AM (aNcwF)
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I thought we had concluded that the President doesn't really run anything so it doesn't really matter who is 'at the helm'.
Trump is the only outsider bucking this.
Posted by: Ciampino - the Dar Junta in DC at September 23, 2024 01:33 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: As not seen on TV a
To be fair, in her feeble mind Somebody must pay for the pain she has had to suffer to get ahead (no pun) in this straight male WASP patriarchy.
Who would that be?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 23, 2024 01:35 AM (/lPRQ)
Undocking from ISS is planned for September 23, 4:37 a.m. EDT, 0837 UTC, 10:37 CEST.
https://www.youtube.com/live/KG3oK6KbxIk
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The deorbit burn is scheduled for 7:05 a.m. EDT, 1105 UTC. Landing is planned for 8:00 a.m. EDT, 1200 UTC, and 14:00 CEST.
https://www.youtube.com/live/gDGWGizlNy4
Posted by: Ciampino - Space is Dark at September 23, 2024 01:53 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 23, 2024 01:57 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 02:34 AM (njWTi)
My Dad (RIP) would've loved this thread! He built & flew model planes. There are a few still suspended from basement ceiling, though all but one are gliders.
The a-hole that robbed his house, made off with a lot of engines, controllers, and the like... PLUS a bunch of model railroad stuff. (I really have no idea what all was there, but couldn't help but notice the *empty spots* in his workspace after the break-in)
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 02:40 AM (njWTi)
Dad would buy patterns & cut the pieces himself.
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 02:43 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 02:52 AM (njWTi)
During the night and the morning hours, approximately 150 rockets, cruise missiles, and UAVs were launched toward Israeli territory, most of them aimed at northern Israel.
https://t.co/mtX12thIcb
Posted by: Ciampino - living dangerously at September 23, 2024 12:31 AM (qfLjt)
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SKYCAM:
https://tinyurl.com/h389t4j6
Mapping:
https://tinyurl.com/2p8cutx2
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 23, 2024 03:01 AM (3Y5XB)
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:02 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:05 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 23, 2024 03:16 AM (3Y5XB)
If it's anything like ours here in FUSA, you have my deepest sympathy.
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:21 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:24 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:30 AM (njWTi)
As I always say: It may be Monday . . . but as long as you're on the right side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 23, 2024 03:34 AM (omVj0)
I can, at my most stupid-ass drunken-ness, articulate thoughts much more clearly than, say, raimondo in *its* most coherent state.
Yeah, yeah, low bar.
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:34 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:34 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 23, 2024 03:36 AM (omVj0)
If it's anything like ours here in FUSA, you have my deepest sympathy.
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:21 AM (njWTi)
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Prosecuting attorney offices here are going after conservatives on trumped up charges for Twitter comments, as well as two-tier justice, letting leftist protester off for all the damage they've done while arresting someone well-known on the right anti-immigration activist for graffiti and tossing her for 45 days into jail.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 23, 2024 03:36 AM (3Y5XB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 23, 2024 03:38 AM (omVj0)
Wow. Israel *IS* as fcuked up at we are! Sorry, sorry!
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Wolfus-- Summer is *over* YAY!
Little heat wave (85-ish) next few days, but it sure beats 90-100s. I'll take it!
Hope you're well
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:40 AM (njWTi)
With age, comes wisdom (occasionally)
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:41 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:43 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: pookysgirl, putting on her flak jacket and helmet at September 23, 2024 03:47 AM (dtlDP)
Have learned to pace myself. And to get help instead of trying to be Wonder Woman.
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:47 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024
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I worked out pretty good at the 1/5 mile track yesterday morning, and so I decided to take this morning off. I'll still get three workouts this week, unless it rains or some other disaster comes along. (Note how I hedge.)
The a.m. soreness, I think, may come partly from the way I sleep, or maybe my mattress. It's twenty-seven years old, after all. I turn it, and it does not have dips or lumps, so who knows. Considering prices of everything now, my hair may turn white if I see how much a queen mattress goes for.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 23, 2024 03:48 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 23, 2024 03:36 AM (3Y5XB)
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Did some investigating. She broke a lot more laws than just spray-painting a wall. Fair enough.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 23, 2024 03:51 AM (3Y5XB)
Sympathy for you, on current family drama...ugh. Just what you need right now, right?
One day at a time. Wishing peace to you & yours.
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:52 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 23, 2024 03:53 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 23, 2024 03:54 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: pookysgirl, putting on her flak jacket and helmet at September 23, 2024 03:47 AM (dtlDP)
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Rebuild the bridges, the sooner the better.
Been there, done that.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 23, 2024 03:54 AM (3Y5XB)
Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2024 03:56 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:52 AM (njWTi)
Tomorrow is going to suck-diddly-uck with the various appointments and school and such, but at least I know that going into it. Knowledge is power and all that jazz.
Posted by: pookysgirl, putting on her flak jacket and helmet at September 23, 2024 03:56 AM (dtlDP)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
If cost is a huge concern, try putting a foam topper on your mattress. Not too expensive, and maybe get some relief?
White hair? LMAO... mine started turning in my 20's. Halfway there by 40s, fully white by the time I turned 50. "Embrace the suck" as we say.
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:57 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 03:59 AM (njWTi)
Been there, done that.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 23, 2024 03:54 AM (3Y5XB)
Why, so you can roll tanks over them?
(Just kidding, thanks for the advice.)
Posted by: pookysgirl, putting on her flak jacket and helmet at September 23, 2024 04:00 AM (dtlDP)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 23, 2024 04:02 AM (O7YUW)
Worth a try, if all parties are willing.
Posted by: JQ at September 23, 2024 04:02 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: m at September 23, 2024 04:06 AM (64Zez)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 23, 2024 04:07 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at September 23, 2024 04:51 AM (qZdIZ)
Better way to go than a suicide box. One last thrill?
My money says "legal tender." We need a political movement to protect our privacy. "No King but Jesus, but cash is king"
Calling Mr. Draper, we need a slogan.
Posted by: jimmymcnulty at September 23, 2024 06:13 AM (amO3j)
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