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So it’s root, root, root … for some carrots to put in the chili …
Posted by: Adriane the Shower Curtain INSIDE the Tub Critic . . . at October 13, 2024 04:03 AM (TX4bP) 2
st!
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 13, 2024 04:03 AM (JRP2U) 3
Missed it by _that_ much!
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 13, 2024 04:04 AM (JRP2U) 4
Thanks Pixy!
Mornin’ mooncalves! Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 13, 2024 04:05 AM (JRP2U) 5
Boeing will lay off 10% of its employees, about 17,000 people. (MSN)
This comes as no surprise to anyone, but is unlikely to affect the people who should be affected. Mama may have. Oh, Papa may have. But God Bless the Child that got his own … Posted by: Adriane the Shower Curtain INSIDE the Tub Critic . . . at October 13, 2024 04:09 AM (TX4bP) 6
California has rejected SpaceX's application to launch additional missions from the state
Elon should just buy California. Problem solved. And a lot of other problems would get solved, too. Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 13, 2024 04:12 AM (JRP2U) 7
G'Day everyone
Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2024 04:15 AM (fwDg9) 8
Morning, Skip.
Posted by: Adriane the Shower Curtain INSIDE the Tub Critic . . . at October 13, 2024 04:19 AM (TX4bP) 9
Musk Derangement Syndrome is real
Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2024 04:23 AM (fwDg9) 10
It's so bad that the commenters at The Verge are starting to call out the writers for it.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 13, 2024 04:32 AM (BLOW1) 11
Musk will become Marxists #1 Enemy
Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2024 04:34 AM (fwDg9) 12
It's hilarious when the Dems can't believe one they owned leaves the plantation. Musk is getting the full, embarrassingly-inaccurate Clarence Thomas treatment from the media.
Posted by: Wally at October 13, 2024 04:41 AM (7h5xt) 13
The only thing Orwell got wrong was he thought the Daily Hate would only take two minutes.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 13, 2024 04:45 AM (BLOW1) 14
Mornin'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 13, 2024 04:47 AM (jrKun) 15
Wp engine is a horrible hosting company. When I signed in with them (years ago), they knew my traffic and resource needs, yet never once was my hosting bill “only” what they quoted. It went up every single month.
My new host spent a week cleaning up the back end crap wp engine had installed on my website. Wordpress is probably in the wrong here, but I have little sympathy for wp engine.. Posted by: Ann at October 13, 2024 04:50 AM (Uuyv/) 16
Fair enough. Sometimes a legal battle is between two groups of criminals.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 13, 2024 05:03 AM (BLOW1) 17
Boeing will lay off 10% of its employees, about 17,000 people.
From time to time, something that is old becomes new again: "Will the last person leaving Seattle - Turn out the lights." Text from a 1971 billboard responding to massive Boeing layoffs in Seattle. https://tinyurl.com/53k87dsa Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at October 13, 2024 05:20 AM (2NjxG) Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at October 13, 2024 05:22 AM (2NjxG) 19
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE TO SPACE ACTIVITY FOR OCTOBER 13
SpaceX - Starship Suborbital Test Flight 5 OLP-A - Starbase, Texas - Space Affairs Live The Suborbital Test Flight 5 for the Starship is on go More info about it: https://tinyurl.com/4jr2x8zk Launch Date: October 13, 2024 Launch Time: 7:00 a.m. CDT, 1200 UTC, 14:00 CEST Launch Window: Opens 7:00 a.m. CDT - Closes 9:00 a.m. CDT https://www.youtube.com/live/07kCgVCMCfA _________ S C R U B B E D SpaceX/NASA - SpaceX Crew-8 - Undocking International Space Station ISS - Space Affairs Live Scheduled for Oct 13, 2024 Undocking coverage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from the International Space Station. Undocking postponed due to weather at landing site. https://www.youtube.com/live/rj5kj1ab6aA Posted by: Ciampino - scrubbed with Tide pods for a cleaner reentry at October 13, 2024 05:32 AM (qfLjt) 20
The Verge is having yet another normal day. (The Verge)
Geeze, lady. Take a couple of valium. Or down a fifth of bourbon. Not both, but one or the other. - Pixy That crap could easily be misunderstood as the origin story for Dr. Evil. I may have missed it but she skipped over the whole part about SpaceX revolutionizing the space industry and all the greasy contracts Boeing has received over the decades from NASA. I think she should do the bourbon and valium together. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at October 13, 2024 05:34 AM (2NjxG) 21
g'mornin', 'rons Posted by: AltoJackson at October 13, 2024 05:43 AM (tljrc) 22
Not many up this Sunday morning.
Posted by: Ciampino - Kalifornia Kommunists at October 13, 2024 05:47 AM (qfLjt) 23
Tucker Carlson interviewed Harmeet Dhillon on a recent episode of his podcast. Briefly Harmeet was a contemporary of Kamala as Kamala ascended through the ranks of the California Communist party. The TLDR; summary Kamala Is a vacuous, opportunistic and ruthless political/social climber that somehow managed to hit the big time. It's a good listen.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at October 13, 2024 05:55 AM (2NjxG) 24
My plan tomorrow is up and out, going to Delaware to work and Trump rally in evening. My sister is driving from out west a bit to go with me.
Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2024 05:58 AM (fwDg9) 25
Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 13, 2024 05:58 AM (hoCmQ) 26
now thinking maybe a Bugatti Chiron would be nice.
By the time the lawsuit is over maybe a Bugatti Tourbillon. Posted by: olddog in mo at October 13, 2024 06:00 AM (hoCmQ) 27
My plan tomorrow is up and out, going to Delaware to work and Trump rally in evening. My sister is driving from out west a bit to go with me. Posted by: Skip ============= Report back, fellow patriot! Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at October 13, 2024 06:05 AM (nDWDl) 28
Evening and morning, early risers and Sunday toilers!
I'm up, having coffee, have to feed the beasts momentarily. What more d'you want. Actually, I could want some cooler weather . . . and strange to relate, I have some. It's 69 F. right now, when usually at this hour and time of year it's more like 75-77. Humidity is fairly high, but the temp is down. My workout at the track this morning should go well. Still got to hit Walmart for a few things later. Grrrr. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2024 06:09 AM (omVj0) 29
And we've got our staff lunch tomorrow at a local seafood place. (Pun alert: It's gonna be scaly!) I suppose it won't be too bad. Like a lot of things in life, it consists mostly of showing up. Staff meeting via Chinese spyware on Friday; I'll vote on the way home; and then the weekend.
If you've noticed that my life seems to revolve around the weekends, you're very perceptive. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2024 06:12 AM (omVj0) 30
Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 13, 2024 06:14 AM (U1w17) Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 13, 2024 06:16 AM (UWgy2) 32
best part of the SFChron article:
"Why don't we have a similar tool for Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president? The answer isn't political. It's because we've been covering Harris since her career began in the Bay Area and have an archive of vetted articles to draw from. Our newsroom can't offer the same level of expertise when it comes to the former president." lol *spit* Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 13, 2024 06:19 AM (UWgy2) 33
I'm trying a new coffee: Aldi's Midnight blend, a dark roast. $5 for 12 oz, whereas Cafe Bustelo, which they also carry, is the same price for 10 oz. Pretty good stuff with a little sweetener and milk.
No breakfast yet -- well, maybe I can have a little juice -- before I go to work out as it gets light. That's the hardest part of driving to the track; I tend to wake up early, and yet can't go before it's at least dawn. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2024 06:20 AM (omVj0) 34
When did Halloween become a Holy Day for the Man-Hating Cat Lady religion? It seems like every divorced woman at the office has had decorations up for a week now. I want to say: 1. This is a workplace. Can we make it look like one?; and 2. You're 50 years old. Why are you so excited about a day designed for 8 year olds to dress up like Spiderman and get free candy?
Posted by: Wally at October 13, 2024 06:23 AM (7h5xt) 35
Reading the Kamaunist Manly Man commercial was made up of about %50 single, %50 Ghey and %100 professional actors
Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2024 06:28 AM (fwDg9) 36
Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at October 13, 2024 06:29 AM (unn1B) 37
Blond Morticia I more likely will be posting live the whole time
Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2024 06:30 AM (fwDg9) 38
I need a new birdbath, but it's getting time that I usually take it in. Though supposedly getting to 80 I think we will get frost soon. It was in high 30s Friday morning
Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2024 06:31 AM (fwDg9) 39
. . . You're 50 years old. Why are you so excited about a day designed for 8 year olds to dress up like Spiderman and get free candy?
Posted by: Wally at October 13, 2024 *** Miss Linda likes that most of the decorations involve animals, specifically black cats. She puts a few black cat- with-pumpkin decorations on my windows and front door every Oct. Maybe when I have my house I'll put a couple Halloween-themed items out during that month. Maybe. As for me, I gave in and bought a pop-up Halloween card with a haunted house and a long-haired black kitten in a cliche witch hat. It's on my bookcase as I speak; no reason to bring it to work. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2024 06:32 AM (omVj0) 40
Reading the Kamaunist Manly Man commercial was made up of about %50 single, %50 Ghey and %100 professional actors
Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2024 *** We always knew they were pro actors. The problem was that the tone came off as a subtle parody. "I eat carburetors for breakfast"? Most of their intended voters -- and the writers, and probably the actors -- wouldn't know a carburetor if it sat in their laps. The term just *sounded* (what they think of as) manly. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2024 06:35 AM (omVj0) 41
We always knew they were pro actors. The problem was that the tone came off as a subtle parody. "I eat carburetors for breakfast"? Most of their intended voters -- and the writers, and probably the actors -- wouldn't know a carburetor if it sat in their laps. The term just *sounded* (what they think of as) manly.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2024 06:35 AM (omVj0) ------------- Martha: I know what chromosomes are, baby, I love 'em. George: Martha eats them. For breakfast. She sprinkles them on her cereal. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 13, 2024 06:37 AM (U1w17) 42
A few articles out there how everything about Kamaunist is fake, and scripted.
Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2024 06:37 AM (fwDg9) 43
Byeee...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 13, 2024 06:40 AM (U1w17) 44
Martha: I know what chromosomes are, baby, I love 'em.
George: Martha eats them. For breakfast. She sprinkles them on her cereal. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 13, 2024 *** One of the exchanges that made that play fun to read! Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2024 06:40 AM (omVj0) 45
>>Not many up this Sunday morning.
Posted by: Ciampino - Kalifornia Kommunists at October 13, 2024 05:47 AM (qfLjt) I'm up with ya, friend. Excited to watch Starship! Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 13, 2024 06:43 AM (CWMF2) 46
I mean, if they had stuck with a small ad with just the white-bearded guy, kept it simple and low-key, not mentioned "childless cat ladies" and carburetors, simply had the guy say, "I'm voting for Harris" with one or two reasons, and let it go at that . . . the ad might have worked. But they went over the top.
We are fortunate that our adversaries are so rarely super-geniuses. (If ever.) Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2024 06:44 AM (omVj0) 47
Happy Sunday
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 13, 2024 06:46 AM (gbOdA) 48
they're such super-geniuses they made the world the way it is today!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 13, 2024 06:47 AM (UWgy2) 49
The 1972 Charles Bronson film Chato's Land is on Grit right now. Aside from Bronson, there are a slew of familiar faces, like Jack Palance and James Whitmore; Jill Ireland, Bronson's wife, is in it too, says the cast list.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2024 06:47 AM (omVj0) 50
46 I mean, if they had stuck with a small ad with just the white-bearded guy, kept it simple and low-key, not mentioned "childless cat ladies" and carburetors, simply had the guy say, "I'm voting for Harris" with one or two reasons, and let it go at that . . . the ad might have worked. But they went over the top.
We are fortunate that our adversaries are so rarely super-geniuses. (If ever.) Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2024 06:44 AM (omVj0) And maybe had the gay black guy not doing weights. Posted by: rhennigantx at October 13, 2024 06:47 AM (gbOdA) 51
Got all my components this week for the new rig. Not an impressive system, but it's mine until I short out the whole thing whilst trying to install it. My new case is as big as a refrigerator. I think I made a mistake.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2024 06:48 AM (IG4Id) 52
Morning, Tech Peeps
Posted by: fluffy at October 13, 2024 06:49 AM (86W+h) 53
also see the fisking of condom timmy pheasant hunting yesterday; another leg of their "manly men" strategy, lol.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 13, 2024 06:50 AM (UWgy2) 54
oops, meant tampon timmy, lol
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 13, 2024 06:51 AM (UWgy2) 55
Pixy-misa should recognise this one - "the front fell off."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2024 06:51 AM (EY0VU) 56
We always knew they were pro actors. The problem was that the tone came off as a subtle parody. "I eat carburetors for breakfast"? Most of their intended voters -- and the writers, and probably the actors -- wouldn't know a carburetor if it sat in their laps. The term just *sounded* (what they think of as) manly.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2024 06:35 AM (omVj0) By 1994, as far as I can tell, all passenger cars sold in the United States had some form of electronic fuel injection. Most trucks, too, but there was one exception: the Isuzu Pickup. If you bought the base-level 2-wheel-drive model, you got a 96-horsepower 2.3-liter engine with a 2-barrel carburetor. Posted by: rhennigantx at October 13, 2024 06:51 AM (gbOdA) 57
Wally World in Pokamoke has Christmas trees
Posted by: Accomack at October 13, 2024 06:51 AM (Y6Ecf) 58
new rig, weft? what so
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 13, 2024 06:52 AM (UWgy2) 59
what sort?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 13, 2024 06:52 AM (UWgy2) 60
A really good PSA for them to study would have been the one where a schoolteacher (it's implied) is taking to his daughter as they prepare dinner about how she should tell an adult if she notices something wrong at school. "Dad, no kid is gonna tell an adult about that kind of thing." "I get it. But if we don't know, we can't help. . . . That's what being a friend is all about." It's all low-key; the reason for the conversation (apparently a kid at her school went ballistic and did something illegal, we don't know what) is clear without hitting us over the head, etc. It seems like we are eavesdropping on a real conversation between father and daughter.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2024 06:52 AM (omVj0) 61
gonna make another cuppa, my error rate seems to be increasing ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 13, 2024 06:54 AM (UWgy2) 62
By 1994, as far as I can tell, all passenger cars sold in the United States had some form of electronic fuel injection. Most trucks, too, but there was one exception: the Isuzu Pickup. If you bought the base-level 2-wheel-drive model, you got a 96-horsepower 2.3-liter engine with a 2-barrel carburetor.
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 13, 2024 *** My last car with a carb was the '84 Ford Escort POS. My '89 Olds had EFI, and even my '84 and '86 Mercedes did too. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2024 06:54 AM (omVj0) 63
what sort?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez Computer. Nothing impressive, just newer than the Coof era crap I am dealing with. Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2024 06:55 AM (IG4Id) 64
The "carburetor" bit is supposed to imply that the guy restores old cars, which is mysterious enough to their voters anyway. Since the actor they cast is the size of a '64 Oldsmobile himself, I guess it kind of makes sense to them.
See, they had to have their die-versity: a fat guy, a black guy, a couple of whites implying gayness, and an old guy. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2024 06:56 AM (omVj0) 65
also see the fisking of condom timmy pheasant hunting yesterday; another leg of their "manly men" strategy, lol.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 13, 2024 06:50 AM (UWgy2) I just saw that nonsense.... first obvious reaction was "lol what a phoney, Big Time Hunter my ass, you've clearly never even held a firearm before...." Then my second reaction was. "Wait, aren't you supposed to be a combat veteran and senior NCO in the fucking Guard?!?! How in the hell do you not know how to handle a damn shotgun?!?!?" Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 06:57 AM (DDGz9) 66
Or 'choke the carb' has taken on new meaning for the obese white guy who likes to be the Master in a very kinky David Carradine inspired S&M game with one of the other actors.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2024 06:59 AM (EY0VU) 67
what sort?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez Still not sure what he is trying to do there. Is he trying to load or clear a jam? Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2024 07:00 AM (IG4Id) 68
Good morning!
And we've got our staff lunch tomorrow at a local seafood place. Salvo's? Man, I miss the po' boys at that place. Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 13, 2024 07:00 AM (3Ope8) 69
Moore hit on a list of 13 bucket list items, with policies like
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 13, 2024 07:00 AM (gbOdA) Posted by: Wally at October 13, 2024 07:00 AM (7h5xt) 71
* Err, in response to the Tim Walz vid ... *
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2024 07:01 AM (IG4Id) 72
Blond Morticia I more likely will be posting live the whole time Posted by: Skip ============== Better still. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 13, 2024 07:01 AM (diqAb) 73
See the Walz hunting fake film made me think of the Monty Python bird hunting trip where they all got shot.
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 13, 2024 07:03 AM (gbOdA) 74
What is the word for that? Dunning Krueger? When a person is so stupid or ignorant that they don't even know that they don't know what they're doing or what they're taking about?
"Those stupid rednecks do this crap all the time, so it can't be hard. And I've seen shotguns on tv all my life. I don't need anyone to tell me anything about it. I got this." Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:04 AM (DDGz9) 75
Then my second reaction was. "Wait, aren't you supposed to be a combat veteran and senior NCO in the fucking Guard?!?! How in the hell do you not know how to handle a damn shotgun?!?!?"
He's a fat more phony version of Jean Francois Cary Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2024 07:04 AM (EY0VU) Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 13, 2024 07:05 AM (RKVpM) 77
Funniest is Walz fumbling with the shotgun it seems he just required a minute before
Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2024 07:05 AM (fwDg9) Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2024 07:06 AM (EY0VU) 79
Could we just have one god damn politician say "nah, i don't really like hunting. Not my thing." It's fine. You'll be ok. Plenty of people hunt, plenty of people don't. But for crying out loud don't be a damn poser about it. Even people who hate hunting can see you're a clueless dink now.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:06 AM (DDGz9) 80
Apparently, according to the definitive source on such things, Urban Dictionary, 'saltine' is a salty white person: "Bro stop being a saltine." / I did not know Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 13, 2024 07:09 AM (RKVpM) 81
Or, hell, make *that* your photo op. "Hey, I've never actually gone hunting before. I should try it! Now, someone show me how to use this thing."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:09 AM (DDGz9) 82
Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett says it's not the brutal illegal alien gangs imported by Kamala bringing crime to our communities — it's the "MAGA gang."
Oh my yes, the middle age white men and hard working people are forcing the inner cities failures. Posted by: rhennigantx at October 13, 2024 07:11 AM (gbOdA) Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:12 AM (DDGz9) 84
Another thing about the pheasant hunting ad - they’re all wearing brand new clothes they just bought at Dick’s yesterday, makes you want to see if the tags are still attached.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 13, 2024 07:12 AM (S6gqv) 85
79 Could we just have one god damn politician say "nah, i don't really like hunting. Not my thing." It's fine. You'll be ok. Plenty of people hunt, plenty of people don't. But for crying out loud don't be a damn poser about it. Even people who hate hunting can see you're a clueless dink now.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:06 AM (DDGz9) Now do tank driving. Posted by: rhennigantx at October 13, 2024 07:12 AM (gbOdA) 86
>>> Or, hell, make *that* your photo op. "Hey, I've never actually gone hunting before. I should try it! Now, someone show me how to use this thing.
Some Navy captain was relieved of command for not knowing how to use a scope. Pride goeth before a fall. Posted by: fluffy at October 13, 2024 07:14 AM (86W+h) 87
It doesn't just look like he's having issues with that model of gun or that specific one having a malfunction. It looks like he's never held a long gun of any kind in his life before.
A guy who was presumably qualified and certified in two different branches of the military to be at least somewhat proficient in using firearms. ...... How did you ever even get promoted above E-0, my dude? Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:15 AM (DDGz9) 88
And we've got our staff lunch tomorrow at a local seafood place.
Salvo's? Man, I miss the po' boys at that place. Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 13, 2024 *** No, Superior Seafood. It's uptown, on a main avenue, and took over the building where one of the Copeland's Restaurants (the guy who started Popeye's) was located. It's a short trip from our office. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 13, 2024 07:15 AM (omVj0) 89
It seems that the Verge and its readers have self identified as useful fools.
So much stupid. So much unfiltered jealousy. So much shielded ignorance. So much cringe. In the boats, we called them "free loading oxygen breathers" (FLOBs). First guys to chow, first to shower, first to hit the bunk, and the last guys you would pick in a scenario where they had to perform where it was life and death if the crew failed. Posted by: B Dubya at October 13, 2024 07:15 AM (AjEcy) Posted by: Jimmy Carter at October 13, 2024 07:16 AM (86W+h) 91
There’s a glitch in the San Fran Chronicle’s AI chatterbox “Kammy’s Korner:” when I asked “How many government positions did Kamala obtain by diddling Willie Brown?” it refused to search for an answer. Must be broken. Like her busted snizz.
Posted by: Konfused in Kamalot at October 13, 2024 07:16 AM (1wdUl) 92
Oh, Kamala. Sixty years old and they're pushing her as stone kind of "fresh new face".
Oh well. You know what they say. "Better fe-late than fe-never." Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:18 AM (DDGz9) 93
SPACE X launch can be seen live at the link in the sidebar. IN about 40 minutes. at 8 Eastern/7 Central. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 13, 2024 07:19 AM (x0n13) Posted by: fluffy at October 13, 2024 07:20 AM (86W+h) 95
The reasons for not voting are not unique. The internals of this survey show the biggest reason for Christians opting-out (68%) is a simple lack of interest in politics. Another 57% dislike both of the leading presidential candidates while 52% don’t think their votes matter.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. Posted by: rhennigantx at October 13, 2024 07:20 AM (gbOdA) 96
"Wait, aren't you supposed to be a combat veteran and senior NCO in the fucking Guard?!?! How in the hell do you not know how to handle a damn shotgun?!?!?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko Buwwets are vewy confusing, heh-heh-heh-heh! Posted by: Elmer Fudd at October 13, 2024 07:23 AM (1wdUl) 97
Caption: "Where's the damn ram rod on this thing?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:25 AM (DDGz9) 98
Not voting IS voting. For evil.
Democrat is all in with evil. Above all else, one MUST vote against democrat. Posted by: Uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do No Kill. See also, Vomitus at October 13, 2024 07:27 AM (gxokI) 99
When a weather station temperature gauge’s white paint or white plastic ages and darkens, this allows more solar radiation to be absorbed by the gauge than when the gauge is bright white and new. Within a span of just 2 to 5 years, a gauge has been observed to record maximum temperatures 0.46°C to 0.49°C warmer than in gauges that have not undergone an aging process.
About half the change that has supposedly happened since 1900. Posted by: rhennigantx at October 13, 2024 07:28 AM (gbOdA) 100
And just like that, Beretta's ambitious plan to market a Tim Walz Signature Edition went all-to-billy-hell.
CBS chin-pullingly reports that it was indeed his own gun, and that he "traipsed" all over in the "straw-like grass" without getting a single shot off -- on a planted captive hunt. Out of season. Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at October 13, 2024 07:28 AM (zdLoL) 101
mornin yall. We will be forgoing the waffles this morning in favor of clutch discs doused in 90 weight, with a side fan belts.
Posted by: fd at October 13, 2024 07:29 AM (vFG9F) Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 13, 2024 07:29 AM (UWgy2) 103
Above all else, one MUST vote against democrat.
Posted by: Uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do No Kill. See also, Vomitus at October 13, 2024 07:27 AM (gxokI) Careful with that logic. Voting for Renfield is not going to save you from getting bit in the neck. Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:31 AM (DDGz9) 104
W-o, that would require telling the truth; their master would not be pleased
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 13, 2024 07:31 AM (UWgy2) 105
When my Sorento's engine went kaput, I did a lot of googling about decarbonizing engines and fuel additives. It was then that I learned gasoline engines are really just a version of Diesels now.
Posted by: Accomack at October 13, 2024 07:34 AM (tLPHV) 106
SpaceX launch pushed back till 7:25 CDT.
Posted by: pawn at October 13, 2024 07:36 AM (QB+5g) 107
From National Palestine Radio
Extremism experts are keeping an eye on an event targeted at women in Washington, D.C. A million Christian Women cause heap big trouble you do not hate them enough Posted by: rhennigantx at October 13, 2024 07:37 AM (gbOdA) 108
Fact Check: you can not eat a carburetor.
Posted by: Fact-Bot 2000 at October 13, 2024 07:38 AM (1wdUl) 109
" It was then that I learned gasoline engines are really just a version of Diesels now."
In what way? They have always been very different. Are you talking about the fuel injection? Posted by: pawn at October 13, 2024 07:39 AM (QB+5g) Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 13, 2024 07:40 AM (0JWOm) 111
Fact Check: you can not eat a carburetor.
Posted by: Fact-Bot 2000 at October 13, 2024 07:38 AM (1wdUl There was that dude who would eat entire cars by filing away at them and eating the filings. I think that might count as irony. Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:40 AM (DDGz9) 112
Harmeet is now in charge of securing the vote in AZ. She is also a boss knitter, and knit the sweater she wore on that interview. Unfortunately, she's stuck for now in AZ which is not sweater wearing country.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 13, 2024 07:41 AM (gfViB) 113
107 From National Palestine Radio
Extremism experts are keeping an eye on an event targeted at women in Washington, D.C. … Posted by: rhennigantx Hey! My eyes are up here! Posted by: The Ladies at October 13, 2024 07:41 AM (1wdUl) 114
Hey! My eyes are up here!
Posted by: The Ladies at October 13, 2024 07:41 AM (1wdUl) My kingdom for a string of plastic beads Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:42 AM (DDGz9) 115
From The Register article: "Those magical AI PC boxes were supposed to fire up buyer enthusiasm and spur the somewhat listless market for desktop and laptop systems into significant growth territory, but that doesn't appear to be happening."
Fire up buyer enthusiasm? With what? Inaccurate information that presents itself as authoritative and correct, increasing my liability massively if I'm stupid enough to rely on it? Are you insane? Is that your problem? These idjits are trying to sell fake ice cubes to the Inuit. Good luck with that. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 13, 2024 07:42 AM (O7YUW) 116
G'morning J.J.! How ya feeling, sir?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 13, 2024 07:44 AM (O7YUW) 117
>>It's a meh year for desktop PCs
That's because most people have laptops and the desktops that are out in the wild are still suitable for 99 pct of what the average person uses a pc for. That is until they force AI down everyone's throat and mandate new hardware to run their increasingly shitty OS's. Sadly even Apple is starting to succumb to this bullsh*t. Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 13, 2024 07:44 AM (yk7js) 118
Good morning, good people. May all your effort today result in great benefit and equal consternation to the leftwits among us. Also, is there a link to Walz fumbling with "his" Beretta? I can't seem to find anything.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 13, 2024 07:44 AM (hKoQL) 119
I was going to knuckle under and buy the new farming simulator, but I'd need to spend a couple hundred on a video card first to have it run on any setting higher than potato.
So, yeah, nah. Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:45 AM (DDGz9) 120
Also, is there a link to Walz fumbling with "his" Beretta? I can't seem to find anything.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 13, 2024 07:44 AM (hKoQL) Insty has an embedded tweet of it Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:46 AM (DDGz9) 121
on a planted captive hunt. Out of season.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at October 13, 2024 07:28 AM (zdLoL) Rules are for (R)s. (D) not only have standards, they have Double Standards. Posted by: rhennigantx at October 13, 2024 07:46 AM (gbOdA) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2024 07:47 AM (XMdvm) 123
116 G'morning J.J.! How ya feeling, sir?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 13, 2024 07:44 AM (O7YUW) Not too shabby. Yowling kitty cat got me up way too early as is now her thing. 18-years-old, so meh, let it be! Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 13, 2024 07:48 AM (x0n13) 124
Morning Horde. According to the youngest kid who lives in Asheville they're getting zero help. Says it still looks like a war zone and funds to help out are negligible. His MIL's house had the first floor trashed, she lives in a flood plain and she received her $750 kammie check and $3500 in fema funds. She's got nothing in savings and very little insurance. He and our DIL are doing what they can but will probably bankrupt themselves pitching in. Their friends were told that it would be 6-8 weeks til water is restored to their area, they live in the city itself. Keep praying for W NC, they need all the prayers they can get. Anyone hear from Mike Hammer?
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 13, 2024 07:49 AM (2NHgQ) Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 13, 2024 07:50 AM (x0n13) 126
@122/FenelonSpoke: Thank you. :-)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 13, 2024 07:50 AM (O7YUW) 127
- Mandate every household have an "AI" capable computer
- Call It a Basic Human Right - Give away computers for free to "Underprivileged Families" - Hold your disgusting eldritch maw under the graft spigot and gulp merrily as you take 5,000 Uncle Sam's Fun Bucks out of the public fisc to buy a $2,000 pc for $3,500, pocket the difference, and wait for the kickback to roll in over and above that. Obamaphones, meet Kamalaputers. Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:50 AM (DDGz9) 128
Good morning, good people. May all your effort today result in great benefit and equal consternation to the leftwits among us. Also, is there a link to Walz fumbling with "his" Beretta? I can't seem to find anything.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA x.com/shawnamizelle/status/1845136534766239825 Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2024 07:51 AM (IG4Id) 129
I don't know how to get out of the Word Press mess. It was a lot more fun when I just wrote html. But then they went to CSS and I started using Word Press. I should move to a cheaper hosting comapany and figure out how to migrate off WP.
Remember when we had nice software to just set up a site and maintain it? Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 13, 2024 07:52 AM (gfViB) 130
... Yowling kitty cat got me up way too early as is now her thing. 18-years-old, so meh, let it be!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 13, 2024 07:48 AM (x0n13) The cat alarm takes many forms (yowling, hunting, zoomies, puddle of cat-yack) but it always arrives "too early." Glad to hear you're doing fairly well. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 13, 2024 07:52 AM (O7YUW) 131
129 I don't know how to get out of the Word Press mess. It was a lot more fun when I just wrote html. But then they went to CSS and I started using Word Press. I should move to a cheaper hosting comapany and figure out how to migrate off WP.
Remember when we had nice software to just set up a site and maintain it? Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 13, 2024 07:52 AM (gfViB) CBD and I use it for our site and it seems to work just fine. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 13, 2024 07:53 AM (x0n13) 132
Here's a vid of Balz vogueing around in a field. Literally doing poses:
x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1845244090343923960 Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2024 07:54 AM (IG4Id) 133
@129
>>Remember when we had nice software to just set up a site and maintain it? I remember building BBSs with ASCII. A simpler time indeed. Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 13, 2024 07:54 AM (yk7js) Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:54 AM (DDGz9) Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 13, 2024 07:55 AM (O7YUW) 136
I drink antifreeze for break.... ACK! GUGGuCH, *KLUNK*
Posted by: A Manly Man at October 13, 2024 07:55 AM (vFG9F) 137
I know the database is full of junk. I should take a look, now that I have time. It's just personal blogs but Zi've had them a long time.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 13, 2024 07:56 AM (gfViB) 138
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 13, 2024 07:50 AM (O7YUW)
You're most welcome, dear, but I do like the word "recalcitrant" You don't see that word used very often. You don't seem very grumpy to me. May you feel God's light and love today, and may all believers here. both Christians and Jews. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2024 07:56 AM (MQJVv) 139
I saw Kamala's 'manly men' ad
reminded me of an SNL parody Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2024 07:56 AM (/7KEl) 140
@132
>>Here's a vid of Balz vogueing around in a field. Literally doing poses: Just looking at Walz makes me want to eject Minnesota from the Union of States. JFC Minnesota!!! Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 13, 2024 07:56 AM (yk7js) 141
Ilhan Omar: Ummah
Tim Walz: Ummm.... Uhhhhhhh..... Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:58 AM (DDGz9) 142
Ok, what did Coach Knucklehead do now?
Posted by: dantesed at October 13, 2024 07:59 AM (Oy/m2) 143
Someone mentioned their time with Democrats recently, ending the discussion with "they are unreachable."
I can confirm, from my recent time with some. They aren't just wrong. They aren't just ignorant. They aren't just misinformed. They are completely, nearly violently, hostile to any truth and facts. Because beating Trump, crushing conservative voters is a deranged obsession. You cannot have a reasonable conversation with even mild disagreement. They are unreachable. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 13, 2024 08:00 AM (HYxQN) 144
SpaceX stream just started. 400K viewers already.
Posted by: pawn at October 13, 2024 08:01 AM (QB+5g) 145
What they are doing in NC is criminal. I saw a video yesterday by a nurse that works in the area. She said mothers are using sewage filled water to make bottles for their babies cause that's all they have. She expects a disease outbreak in the area. There are still places they are trying to get into.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 13, 2024 08:03 AM (gfViB) 146
I think I have a fairly good vocabulary which I think come from reading a lot, but here's a word which I didn't know- courtesy of my son- who also likes to read:
"absquatulate " "To leave abruptly. " told him not to use it around other people because as with me and his they probably wouldn't know it either. Anyway, I have to absquatulate now as I'm behind time for getting some things ready for church. Count your blessings today, and know that you are a blessings to others. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2024 08:03 AM (65M7S) 147
Meant "me and his dad"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2024 08:03 AM (65M7S) 148
I would almost be fine with completely dissolving the union. 50 states are now 50 nations. Any of them that want to band together and start a new Union, or just merge into one entity, go right on ahead. You're independent now, do whatever you want. It makes no difference how good our Constitution is if nobody is bound by it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 08:04 AM (DDGz9) 149
Walz went on a pheasant hunting trip with no guns. Not sure how they did. I didn't see any dogs either.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 13, 2024 08:05 AM (gfViB) 150
They are unreachable.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 13, 2024 08:00 AM (HYxQN) Psycho Ex Girlfriend logic. I seriously ought to write a book. Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 08:05 AM (DDGz9) Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2024 08:05 AM (/7KEl) 152
The most disturbing part about being around liberals now is how comfortable they have become with "they deserve it" when the ills befall ones they think are conservatives.
They are gone with hatred. Completely consumed. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 13, 2024 08:08 AM (HYxQN) 153
Morning peeps
Wind is picking up here in Bourbon Country. Cold front is on its way. Might have our first frost of the season Tuesday or Wednesday morning. Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2024 08:09 AM (Q4IgG) 154
You cannot have a reasonable conversation with even mild disagreement.
They are unreachable. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice Sure, but it's funny to ask them questions while smiling and watching them launch into conniption fits. Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2024 08:09 AM (IG4Id) 155
Many thanks to ALL who gave me information regarding Walz and "his" Beretta. Getting back to this thread was quite the adventure in frustration, being looped back and forth with no exit gets extremely irritating. Anyway, here we are, and again, thanks to all.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 13, 2024 08:11 AM (hKoQL) 156
@138/FenelonSpoke: You're right, I'm not nearly as grumpy as I used to be. That was more my past.
At some point I'm going to have to pick a new nickname (when a good one occurs to me) but I haven't thought of a good one yet. It'll come to me someday. Thank you for the blessing! Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 13, 2024 08:13 AM (O7YUW) 157
Gray wolf update:
Colorado Parks & Wildlife have concluded their nearly three week long capture operation for the wolf pup who was born in the wild and had not been collared and tracked. The pup had been seen on trail camera images and staff have been in the field for 19 days attempting (unsuccessfully to locate the wolf. The reason cited for stopping the search? "With temperatures slowly declining, CPW has decided to conclude the capture portion of this operation for the safety of the wolf pup." So Lone Wolf #1 is free to roam, and will be safer on his own in the mountains in winter, separated from the pack, without a telemetry collar, foraging for squirrels and rabbits? I guess if he gets hungry enough he could move up to household pets, chickens, lambs or toddlers. No concern for their safety apparently. Nice, CPW. You had one job to do. https://is.gd/7oVXul Posted by: muldoon at October 13, 2024 08:13 AM (uCfKO) 158
PS--I'd feel safer around a butter bar with a map than Walz with a weapon.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 13, 2024 08:14 AM (hKoQL) 159
I've noticed that the libs don't dally around with pleasantries anymore. They want to know right off the bat if your a TRUMPER. There's no middle ground, no room for anything but their TRUTH.
Posted by: pawn at October 13, 2024 08:15 AM (QB+5g) Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 13, 2024 08:16 AM (gfViB) 161
7 min left in the countdown
Posted by: pawn at October 13, 2024 08:18 AM (QB+5g) 162
We had a neighborhood block party type thing yesterday evening. One of my neighbors was wearing a t-shirt that read
"1 in 3 Harris voters is just as stupid as the other two. " Everyone who attended agreed that they don't like that one household that didn't attend. They're the ones who play very loud music very late at night. And they wait until 10 o'clock PM to start re-enacting the battle of Gettysburg with extra fire power. Assholes. Our oldest neighbors were there. One is a ninety something Korean war vet. The youngish fella who lives next to my nephew was there with his 4 younger and very properly dressed and well behaved children. He's putting in a state of the art chicken farm. Enough space to house 50,000 laying hens. Nice crowd, good food. I'm not a people person but I actually enjoyed it. Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at October 13, 2024 08:20 AM (4XwPj) Posted by: Ciampino - Kalifornia Kommunists at October 13, 2024 08:21 AM (qfLjt) 164
Nineteen days searching for a wolf pup originally spotted on a trail cam is 18 days more than LEO spent excavating for my F-I-L after his remains were located by cadaver dogs, so I appreciate CPW's dedication to their mission and persistence. I know Jack's remains will be safer in the ground than exposed to the elements this winter. /s
Posted by: muldoon at October 13, 2024 08:21 AM (uCfKO) 165
{160}First peer reviewed study of ivermectin and cancer. It works.
https://tinyurl.com/mpayz8s5 Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 13, 2024 08:16 AM (gfViB) Crushing series of lawsuits, lobbying, and disinformation media blitz from the "Cancer Research" donation machine starting in 3...2...1... "If you're not part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem." -- Demotivational poster from despair.inc applying to "Consulting" but it works equally well for a lot of the medical industry that wants to provide ongoing treatments, but not cures. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 13, 2024 08:22 AM (O7YUW) 166
Now i want to see that soft handed little mutant play golf.... just imagine the hilarity.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2024 07:54 AM (DDGz9) Can't wait to see him befuddled by the windmill. Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 13, 2024 08:23 AM (0eaVi) Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 13, 2024 08:24 AM (O7YUW) 168
Dire Wolves should be able to bring back through genetic research
Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2024 08:24 AM (fwDg9) 169
Gasoline engines are all fuel injected now, no more air/fuel mixing in a carburetor. They even adjust timing as you drive. Some engines are close to being considered Wankels.
Posted by: Accomack at October 13, 2024 08:24 AM (tLPHV) 170
The most disturbing part about being around liberals now is how comfortable they have become with "they deserve it" when the ills befall ones they think are conservatives.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 13, 2024 08:08 AM (HYxQN) --- Their politics is their religion. This is why I call them Yard Sign Calvinists, because they are justified by their opinions alone. When bad things happen to political opponents, that is the wrath of God proving them right. It's really funny how deep into this they are. They mock the 'sky god' (and blaspheme the Eucharist), but man are they quick on the trigger to attribute hurricanes, tornados, cancer, etc. to peoples' sins. Hillary gave the game away with the 'deplorables' tag. They see much of humanity is made simply to be damned. No point in trying to convert them, they were judged before time began. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 13, 2024 08:24 AM (llXky) Posted by: runner at October 13, 2024 08:25 AM (V13WU) 172
Good morning good people.
How is it that Elon can throw up a rocket launch seemingly every few weeks and NASA seems to be asleep at the wheel? Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2024 08:28 AM (WXNFJ) 173
Nineteen days searching for a wolf pup originally spotted on a trail cam is 18 days more than LEO spent excavating for my F-I-L after his remains were located by cadaver dogs, so I appreciate CPW's dedication to their mission and persistence. I know Jack's remains will be safer in the ground than exposed to the elements this winter. /s
Posted by: muldoon at October 13, 2024 08:21 AM (uCfKO) Wait. Weren't they waiting for warm weather to look? And now, they'll wait for warm weather next year to look? Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 13, 2024 08:29 AM (0eaVi) 174
55 Pixy-misa should recognise this one - "the front fell off."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM Posted by: Anna Puma You have to admit though that the front did indeed fall off. https://tinyurl.com/yswcamh5 Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 13, 2024 08:29 AM (BLOW1) 175
172 Good morning good people.
How is it that Elon can throw up a rocket launch seemingly every few weeks and NASA seems to be asleep at the wheel? Government is just another word for things we fail at together. Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 13, 2024 08:30 AM (BLOW1) 176
I was told this week by an NPR listener that Twitter is dying. I wonder how Threads is doing?
Posted by: Emmie at October 13, 2024 08:31 AM (Sf2cq) 177
Gasoline engines are all fuel injected now, no more air/fuel mixing in a carburetor. They even adjust timing as you drive. Some engines are close to being considered Wankels.
Posted by: Accomack at October 13, 2024 08:24 AM (tLPHV) --- Carburetors are engine parts that mechanics talk about in old TV shows, so that's why it was included. Tinkerbelle sitting on a grill is presumably what men do when chilling out, much as one might lean on a counter in the kitchen. I liked the guy who braids the #$%! out of his daughter's hair because that's supposed to be a manly way to talk about feminine stuff. I have three daughters. I left the braiding to their mother and or the oldest sister. None of the men I know who had daughters did hair braiding 'cause they were guys with short hair and didn't bother to learn the craft. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 13, 2024 08:31 AM (llXky) 178
It's a meh year for desktop PCs, and a lousy year for Windows. There are a couple of bright spots in the laptop market, with AMD's Ryzen 370 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X series, but not enough to lift PC sales out of the doldrums.
I've seen a lot of people saying the Snapdragon X PCs aren't selling, possibly because people are scared of Microsoft's creepy auto-screenshot AI thing. (Qualcomm for their part are slow-walking Linux support for them). Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2024 08:32 AM (Aq1uz) 179
I was told this week by an NPR listener that Twitter is dying. I wonder how Threads is doing?
Posted by: Emmie at October 13, 2024 08:31 AM (Sf2cq) I read the backers all pulled out.... Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 13, 2024 08:32 AM (0eaVi) 180
Holly fucking SHIT!!!
Posted by: pawn at October 13, 2024 08:32 AM (QB+5g) 181
That was insane.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2024 08:32 AM (IG4Id) 182
HOLY SHIT THEY DID IT
Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2024 08:32 AM (/7KEl) 183
So, I guess using WP to create an author's site would be a poor choice?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 13, 2024 08:33 AM (0eaVi) Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 13, 2024 08:33 AM (tT6L1) 185
Wait. Weren't they waiting for warm weather to look? And now, they'll wait for warm weather next year to look?
Posted by: OrangeEnt One never finds that which one is studiously avoided. Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2024 08:33 AM (WXNFJ) 186
I was told this week by an NPR listener that Twitter is dying. I wonder how Threads is doing?
Posted by: Emmie at October 13, 2024 08:31 AM (Sf2cq) --- Much of liberal media is just about self-affirmation, telling the faithful what they want to hear, regardless if it is true. That's why about a quarter of the population thinks it's harder to check out a library book than buy a class 3 firearm. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 13, 2024 08:33 AM (llXky) Posted by: pawn at October 13, 2024 08:34 AM (QB+5g) 188
Elon' was describing at how he's SpaceX got a NASA contract and Boeing got a NASA contract. Then his company ended up doing own job, than Boeing's job at half the cost. They better pay him!
Posted by: runner at October 13, 2024 08:34 AM (V13WU) Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 13, 2024 08:34 AM (BLOW1) 190
*his, not he's !
Posted by: runner at October 13, 2024 08:35 AM (V13WU) 191
That catch of the booster stage was so cool to see!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 13, 2024 08:35 AM (O7YUW) 192
That is some seriously good design that the front fell off and the ship didn't sink.
Posted by: Accomack at October 13, 2024 08:35 AM (Y6Ecf) 193
So, I guess using WP to create an author's site would be a poor choice?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 13, 2024 08:33 AM (0eaVi) --- My site is on Typepad. My wife picked it out in 2004 and we've run several blogs on it, all of which we eventually gave up on save for my author blog. Their customer service is decent, which is nice. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 13, 2024 08:36 AM (llXky) 194
that is downright amazing
Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2024 08:36 AM (/7KEl) 195
did you guys see DOJ is suing the Commonwealth of Virginia, for..not allowing illegals to vote ? Those fksr are really all in , aren't they.
Posted by: runner at October 13, 2024 08:37 AM (V13WU) 196
The booster was successfully returned to its launch pad and caught - amazing that's all I can say.
Posted by: Ciampino - bugger Kalifornia Kommunists at October 13, 2024 08:37 AM (qfLjt) 197
It would be hard to choose which one.
https://www.caranddriver.com/bugatti/chiron Posted by: W NC is still devastated at October 13, 2024 08:38 AM (rzwGB) 198
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 13, 2024 08:36 AM (llXky)
I'll look into it, thanks. Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 13, 2024 08:38 AM (0eaVi) 199
>191 That catch of the booster stage was so cool to see!
Amen to that! That's the most excited I've been since. . . . . . a long time. Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at October 13, 2024 08:38 AM (5CEo8) 200
One of the reasons my wife considers me a bad father is that when our daughter's hair is a mess, I tell her to wear a hat or make a pony tail.
Posted by: Accomack at October 13, 2024 08:39 AM (Y6Ecf) 201
did you guys see DOJ is suing the Commonwealth of Virginia, for..not allowing illegals to vote ? Those fksr are really all in , aren't they.
Posted by: runner at October 13, 2024 08:37 AM (V13WU) --- It would be really funny if our borders were suddenly overrun with devout Catholics, ferociously opposed to abortion and homosexuality. Let's bring in 10 million Ugandan converts and see how the Dems like it. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 13, 2024 08:39 AM (llXky) 202
Bureaucracy my good man
Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2024 08:39 AM (fwDg9) 203
that's the most stupefying space thing I've seen since the moonwalks of the 70s
Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2024 08:39 AM (/7KEl) 204
Much of liberal media is just about self-affirmation, telling the faithful what they want to hear, regardless if it is true.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 13, 2024 08:33 AM (llXky) I attempted to determine objectively whether Twitter is dying or not. I could find nothing on the internet that seemed factual or more than just wish casting. However, the stock price has been rising, whatever that means. Posted by: Emmie at October 13, 2024 08:40 AM (Sf2cq) 205
Elon haters are crying...
All over the world. The booster apparently was caught exactly as per the design. Posted by: pawn at October 13, 2024 08:40 AM (QB+5g) 206
Let's bring in 10 million Ugandan converts
== Let's not. And from now on, every new legal entrant needs to complete an immersion course - civics, history, laws and language. Then released into the US. Posted by: runner at October 13, 2024 08:41 AM (V13WU) 207
Booster catch > parallel parking
Posted by: Don Black at October 13, 2024 08:41 AM (/7KEl) 208
Heck, even if I’m doing unfairly well, at this point in my life I’ll take it.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2024 08:42 AM (QPMka) 209
Let's not. And from now on, every new legal entrant needs to complete an immersion course - civics, history, laws and language. Then released into the US.
Posted by: runner Doesn't go far enough - let's apply that education to the denizens of blue cities also. Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2024 08:42 AM (WXNFJ) 210
Suck it FAA!
Posted by: pawn at October 13, 2024 08:43 AM (QB+5g) 211
> did you guys see DOJ is suing the Commonwealth of Virginia, for..not allowing illegals to vote ?
------- It'll be amusing when one of those illegals with political aspirations is appointed to the DoJ... instead of the Democrat who was in the running and thought he had the job sewn up. Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2024 08:43 AM (Q4IgG) 212
Doesn't go far enough - let's apply that education to the denizens of blue cities also.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2024 08:42 AM (WXNFJ) that is a separate issue Posted by: runner at October 13, 2024 08:44 AM (V13WU) 213
One of the reasons my wife considers me a bad father is that when our daughter's hair is a mess, I tell her to wear a hat or make a pony tail.
Posted by: Accomack at October 13, 2024 08:39 AM (Y6Ecf) --- The sexes are supposed to be complimentary. There are things men are good at and things that women are good at. Since I didn't have enough hair to comb for 21 years, I did not do much hair care for the girls, and this was widely understood as reasonable. My wife in turn deferred to me in yard work and home repair. Affluent liberals outsource that sort of thing, so the men are pushed into the female sphere lest they not "do their share." They then try to valorize themselves for braiding hair because they can't pull-start anything and have no idea how the oil gets into the thing. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 13, 2024 08:44 AM (llXky) 214
I love how the Verge is complaining about moderation on Threads. Isn't that what they wanted after leaving mean ol' Twitter? Well, they have it now and hard.
Posted by: Sassy Fred at October 13, 2024 08:44 AM (RMjVS) 215
I have a better idea: let's electrify Africa, shoot the megafauna and wipe out the mosquitoes so they can stay there.
Posted by: Accomack at October 13, 2024 08:45 AM (Y6Ecf) 216
did you guys see DOJ is suing the Commonwealth of Virginia, for..not allowing illegals to vote ?
Seems like the lawsuit is over the issue that the law says the voter rolls can be changed 90 days prior to the election. If they were serious about voting integrity, they'd just demand voter ID and in person balloting. There's always exceptions but there's no need to have unrestricted mail in balloting. Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 13, 2024 08:45 AM (3Ope8) 217
Wait. Weren't they waiting for warm weather to look? And now, they'll wait for warm weather next year to look?
Posted by: OrangeEnt ********** Exactly. Ironic isn't it? They brought in a backhoe for one day, dug a single hole (in an area with multiple K9 'hits') and then abruptly terminated the search, suspended indefinitely. That was back in June. We have gotten a couple different state legislators to show some interest and they are starting to make some inquiries. Not holding my breath. Posted by: muldoon at October 13, 2024 08:45 AM (uCfKO) 218
Reading the Chronicles list of kumala's achievements, it seems like pretty much all of them have to do with being the first woman of color to hold some office. Nothing about what she actually accomplished while holding that office.
Nothing about how much her federal law against lynchings reduced their occurrence. I'm gonna guess about 0.0% Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 13, 2024 08:46 AM (Lo97M) 219
133 I remember building BBSs with ASCII.
A simpler time indeed. Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 13, 2024 07:54 AM (yk7js) Same, but with PETSCII. Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at October 13, 2024 08:47 AM (DTX3h) 220
Complementary.
Although, complimenting your wife or husband is not a bad plan. My rule has always been generally, fancy words when deployed must both be used and spelt korrectly. Atloough, mnay poeople hvae osbrved taht teh sepeling fo wrodsins’t raelly lla taht ipmrontnat, teh gsit fo teh measage wlil get truouvh. Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2024 08:48 AM (QPMka) 221
Good morning!
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 13, 2024 08:48 AM (pafXr) 222
I was expecting the launcher to slam into the tower. I wasn't the only one.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2024 08:48 AM (IG4Id) 223
I have a better idea: let's electrify Africa, shoot the megafauna and wipe out the mosquitoes so they can stay there.
Posted by: Accomack at October 13, 2024 08:45 AM (Y6Ecf) --- I was of course making a rhetorical point. The Dem assumption is that the downtrodden will vote for them. If, however, they were culturally conservative and devout Christians, suddenly it would be an invasion. If I were serious, I would push for mass immigration from Botswana. Strong civil society, literate, 99% orthodox Christian. When the rains are late, the nation declares national days of prayer, which (they assured me with great dignity) always works. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 13, 2024 08:49 AM (llXky) 224
Some anecdata, the biggest, most obnoxious kamala sign I saw recently was in front of the largest mansion, in the most affluent, super duper rich and white suburb. And when I say rich, I mean turn of last century mansion in the Rococo style, that you can't even see because of the colonnade protecting it from plebeian eyes, and sitting on the most picturesque landscape in the area.
Posted by: runner at October 13, 2024 08:49 AM (V13WU) 225
Exactly. Ironic isn't it? They brought in a backhoe for one day, dug a single hole (in an area with multiple K9 'hits') and then abruptly terminated the search, suspended indefinitely. That was back in June.
We have gotten a couple different state legislators to show some interest and they are starting to make some inquiries. Not holding my breath. Posted by: muldoon at October 13, 2024 08:45 AM (uCfKO) Perhaps the suspect has some powerful connections you don't know about? Seems strange they would stop trying to solve an open case. Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 13, 2024 08:50 AM (0eaVi) 226
Wolfus, try all the different brands coffee you want, but gotta admit, Cafe Bustle is the best.
Posted by: mad mad mad mad world at October 13, 2024 08:50 AM (5SFfx) 227
We had a military mission from Botswana visit Ramstein when I was there, and their military was still flying C-130Cs - this at a time when the E model was considered an antique.
Our guys were amazed, asked how they kept them going, and they said "We follow the technical manual very closely and manufacture spare parts to spec." Very professional, serious people. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 13, 2024 08:51 AM (llXky) 228
I looked at a comparative map of Africa, and you can fit N. America, most of Europe, India and China into it. Comparatively. The people who live there need to try and do something with all that beautiful and rich space!
Posted by: runner at October 13, 2024 08:51 AM (V13WU) 229
The SpaceX Super Heavy toss and catch was a success. Eat shit Ars Technica and The Verge. Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 13, 2024 08:34 AM got link? Posted by: AltoJackson at October 13, 2024 08:52 AM (tljrc) 230
Credentialism.
“What are Mrs. Clinton’s accomplishments?” She was a Senator!! Well - that’s a job title. Not an accomplishment. Unless being a carpetbagger and installed by party apparatchiks is considered notable. This is the norm, in the modern world. Completely divorced from technical proficiency or competency or experience. Just …. “Well she’s a Vagina American. Why do you hate Women?” Nonsense. And it shows. Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2024 08:52 AM (QPMka) 231
Some anecdata, the biggest, most obnoxious kamala sign I saw recently was in front of the largest mansion, in the most affluent, super duper rich and white suburb. And when I say rich, I mean turn of last century mansion in the Rococo style, that you can't even see because of the colonnade protecting it from plebeian eyes, and sitting on the most picturesque landscape in the area.
Posted by: runner at October 13, 2024 08:49 AM (V13WU) --- I live in an affluent college neighborhood and none of the black families ever have Dem yard signs. One has a Trump sign out. Lots of them in the white families' yards, though. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 13, 2024 08:52 AM (llXky) 232
Very professional, serious people.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 13, 2024 08:51 AM (llXky) African missionaries are deploying to America now. Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 13, 2024 08:53 AM (SfhV1) 233
Let's not. And from now on, every new legal entrant needs to complete an immersion course - civics, history, laws and language. Then released into the US.
Unless home schooled, I doubt any US(f) citizen from the past three generations who has gone through the K-12 system could even pass a basic civic, history, law or language test. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 13, 2024 08:54 AM (rHxhM) 234
There was a program to "reforest" the Sahara. Great Green Wall Initiative, but as expected, it's failing. Too many hands in the cookie jar.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2024 08:55 AM (IG4Id) 235
Staff meeting via Chinese spyware on Friday; I'll vote on the way home;
And then drive to Corsicana, right? Right? Posted by: Oddbob at October 13, 2024 08:55 AM (/y8xj) 236
African missionaries are deploying to America now.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at October 13, 2024 08:53 AM (SfhV1) --- We very much need them. When the Anglican Communion split, part of the run-up was congregations disaffiliating from the US church and realigning with African ones. In the Catholic Church, it was the African bishops who rebelled against blessing gay couples. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 13, 2024 08:55 AM (llXky) 237
Bustelo is supplied (if you like) in these cute little mylar foil square bricks, which I like to use for camping or hiking. Fits into a backpack. With the little Italian espresso maker can make it last almost a week if careful. I think M’adaglia D’oro is a skosh better in flavor. It should, perhaps as it costs about a dollar more,
Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2024 08:57 AM (QPMka) 238
sheesh auto correct....BUSTELO
Posted by: mad mad mad mad world at October 13, 2024 08:57 AM (5SFfx) 239
"If you're not part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem." -- Demotivational poster from despair.inc applying to "Consulting" but it works equally well for a lot of the medical industry that wants to provide ongoing treatments, but not cures.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 13, 2024 08:22 AM (O7YUW) Iver has something to do with cell wall structures. They know that in parasites the Iver actually makes cells fall apart. HCQ is thought to work something like this too. Posted by: rhennigantx at October 13, 2024 08:59 AM (gbOdA) 240
Bring your reading glasses upstairs
BOOK NOOD Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2024 09:00 AM (fwDg9) 241
229 got link?
Posted by: AltoJackson The SpaceX site is currently streaming the Starship orbital flight, and there's no rewind function. Maybe YouTube? Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 13, 2024 09:00 AM (BLOW1) 242
books
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 13, 2024 09:00 AM (gbOdA) 243
The SpaceX site is currently streaming the Starship orbital flight, and there's no rewind function. Maybe YouTube? Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 13, 2024 09:00 AM thx, Pixy that was incredible Posted by: AltoJackson at October 13, 2024 09:01 AM (tljrc) Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 13, 2024 09:02 AM (RKVpM) 245
>>>he SpaceX site is currently streaming the Starship orbital flight, and there's no rewind function. Maybe YouTube?
Yes. Rewind available here: https://tinyurl.com/yahmbhwd Posted by: one hour sober at October 13, 2024 09:04 AM (Y1sOo) 246
156 @138/FenelonSpoke: You're right, I'm not nearly as grumpy as I used to be. That was more my past.
At some point I'm going to have to pick a new nickname (when a good one occurs to me) but I haven't thought of a good one yet. It'll come to me someday. Thank you for the blessing! Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 13, 2024 08:13 AM (O7YUW) May I suggest 'Peckish and Dyspeptic'? Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 13, 2024 09:05 AM (ETvXn) 247
I'm watching Time Bandits again. His ditches his parent to live with King Agamemnon without thinking ... there was no choice to be made. This says more about them than Connery being super-dad.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 13, 2024 09:08 AM (lhenN) 248
I can't believe I just witnessed the Space X booster successfully come back to the launch pad!!! Unbelievable!!! Why are we funding NASA...
Posted by: just saying at October 13, 2024 09:08 AM (rzwGB) Posted by: pawn at October 13, 2024 09:09 AM (QB+5g) 250
Plasma starting to show.
Posted by: pawn at October 13, 2024 09:11 AM (QB+5g) 251
"Why are we funding NASA..."
To keep all the useless technocrats away from the Real Space program. You cannot believe how absolutely useless NASA has become since they started outsourcing all the hard stuff to SpaceX. Posted by: pawn at October 13, 2024 09:16 AM (QB+5g) 252
I imagine the space shuttle was first conceived as a complement to another vehicle that would take someone from earth orbit to the moon. That was in 1972, and the program from from beginning to end without that other vehicle appearing.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 13, 2024 09:42 AM (lhenN) 253
250>Very cool.
Posted by: just saying at October 13, 2024 09:44 AM (rzwGB) 254
The Facebook thing is hilarious to me. My mother's Facebook account was hacked, and I went to truly crazy lengths to get it back but there's nothing you can do. There is no one you can talk to. After a few months of deactivation, it was reactivated and was selling Taylor Swift tickets. It took weeks for it to stop.
For any morons out there dealing with this, I read that if you get a Meta Quest headset and call up their support saying you can't connect your Facebook profile, they'll actually help you. I mean, i do get that there's literally billions of Facebook users, but the fact that they allow shit like this to go on is sickening. I have Facebook because I use messenger once in a blue moon but that's it. Posted by: GrapeDrink at October 13, 2024 09:52 AM (dNiyq) 255
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