Daily Tech News 4 December 2024

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As expected, Intel's second-generation "Battlemage" graphics cards are here. (Tom's Hardware)

The B580 comes with 12GB of VRAM and costs $249, while the B570 comes with 10GB and costs $219.

The B580 will be on sale next week, while the B570 will wait until next month, though for $30 you might as well go with the faster model.

Intel has released a lot of updates for it's graphics drivers since the rather shaky launch of the previous generation "Alchemist" cards and now looks like a viable alternative to Nvidia or AMD at the low end.

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South Korea has replaced 10% of its workforce with robots. (The Business Standard)

The country reportedly plans to extend this program very soon to its president who seems to have stripped a gear somehow.
You can now get a paid subscription to The Verge including a free print copy of CONTENT GOBLINS. (The Verge)

Uh. No. Thank you.
You can also just buy The Verge print magazine, which is actually CONTENT GOBLINS. (The Verge)

Seriously, no. I'm fine. Thanks.
Samsung is preparing to launch 400-layer flash memory chips that will deliver PCIe 6.0 16TB M.2 SSDs. (Tom's Hardware)

Which will be extremely expensive and require liquid cooling. Probably.

Disclaimer: You put a what in the what?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 04:01 AM (fwDg9)

2 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 04, 2024 04:01 AM (omVj0)

3 SHAZAM!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 04, 2024 04:01 AM (2wadn)

4 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 04, 2024 04:02 AM (hoCmQ)

5 South Korea has replaced 10% of its workforce with robots. (The Business Standard)

SK's birthrate is so far below replacement that it makes the rest of the industrialized world look like sexual T-Rexes. It's gonna need a lot more robots than 10% of its workforce.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 04, 2024 04:04 AM (2wadn)

6 So close . . . so heartbreakingly close . . .

Evening and morning, early risers and late toilers. 'Tis Woden's Day again, midpoint of the work week (or it will be come noon, for me as well as many others).

Chilly this a.m., and as usual I don't feel like working out -- but need to. We'll have rain tomorrow early, and it will be about as chilly on Friday morning, so I might as well go.

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

7 The country reportedly plans to extend this program very soon to its president

Heh.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 04, 2024 04:05 AM (hoCmQ)

8 The South Korean attempted coup plan seems to have consisted of reusing parts of the South Park episode that contained the song "Blame Canada", substituting in North Korea for Canada, and banning fake propaganda. Yes the martial law order actually contained clause banning fake propaganda.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 04:18 AM (vO42M)

9 Which will be extremely expensive and require liquid cooling. Probably.

Is that like yellow snow? (Xmas parties coming up).

Posted by: Ciampino - cat's on the roof at December 04, 2024 04:20 AM (i0xsb)

10 Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks.

May all you do this day result in maximum benefit to you and extreme anguish to the leftwits among us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 04, 2024 04:21 AM (hKoQL)

11 Seems like it should be Thursday already

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 04:23 AM (fwDg9)

12 "Hey, boss, my salary is not compatible with my skills!"

"I know that, but I can't let you starve to death"

Posted by: Ciampino - Bro, cat's on the roof at December 04, 2024 04:23 AM (i0xsb)

13 "Hey, boss, my salary is not compatible with my skills!"

"I know that, but I can't let you starve to death"
Posted by: Ciampino

From an actual review summary: you have excelled at failing to meet minimal expectations.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 04:26 AM (vO42M)

14 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2024 04:44 AM (sAmhv)

15 South Korea has replaced 10% of its workforce with robots.

Considering SK's shrinking population and lack of children, this is kind of understandable.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2024 04:46 AM (sAmhv)

16 Oops.

Mornin'

Still dark and will be for a couple more hours

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2024 04:47 AM (sAmhv)

17 I'll buy The Verge. (looks in wallet) I got $20. I'll change into a cat video review site. It will be HUGE!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2024 04:50 AM (sAmhv)

18 Think I want to go back to bed

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 04:51 AM (fwDg9)

19 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 04, 2024 04:54 AM (dg+HA)

20 Frozen if in the NE, coming home last night it was already 31 degrees

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 04:56 AM (fwDg9)

21 Do not see it much these days (this is re liquid cooling) but one that always fascinated me was the full immersion PC builds. They essentially take the Internals of the PC and immerse them in mineral oil. Never have to dust. No fans.

Probably inefficient from a cooling perspective and a nightmare to work on or upgrade (plus a gigantic mess if the case cracked) but the idea always tickled me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 05:00 AM (bss/y)

22 Indian launch scrubbed and on for next day.

Currently SpaceX Falcon 9
New T-Zero: 5:13 a.m. ET, 10:13 UTC, 11:13 CET. Booster B-1067 will become the first booster to launch for its 24th time.

https://www.youtube.com/live/05KZAj0mq9Y

Posted by: Ciampino - always changing at December 04, 2024 05:00 AM (i0xsb)

23 Cantique de Jean Racine. Gabriel Faure. 1865. Not specifically Christmassy, but also is.

The lyrics (sung in French) translated:
Word of the Highest, our only hope,
Eternal day of earth and the heavens,
We break the silence of the peaceful night;
Saviour Divine, cast your eyes upon us!

Pour on us the fire of your powerful grace,
That all hell may flee at the sound of your voice;
Banish the slumber of a weary soul,
That brings forgetfulness of your laws!

O Christ, look with favour upon your faithful people
Now gathered here to praise you;
Receive their hymns offered to your immortal glory;
May they go forth filled with your gifts.

https://tinyurl.com/u8bfx4x4

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 05:02 AM (bss/y)

24 Considering SK's shrinking population and lack of children, this is kind of understandable.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2024 04:46 AM (sAmhv)

So many populations seem to have decided to just die.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 04, 2024 05:03 AM (ExV1e)

25 T - 8 minutes

Posted by: Ciampino - always changing at December 04, 2024 05:05 AM (i0xsb)

26
*So many populations seem to have decided to just die.*

Is this about us?

Posted by: Planned Parenthood at December 04, 2024 05:06 AM (dg+HA)

27 26
*So many populations seem to have decided to just die.*

Is this about us?
Posted by: Planned Parenthood at December 04, 2024 05:06 AM (dg+HA)

Partially, but the bigger idea of children not being worth it. It is a larger loss of hope for the future. It all mixes together and is a consequence of a me monkey obsessed populace.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 05:08 AM (bss/y)

28 Clear and cold out
Flag is up
🫡

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 05:12 AM (fwDg9)

29 Partially, but the bigger idea of children not being worth it. It is a larger loss of hope for the future. It all mixes together and is a consequence of a me monkey obsessed populace.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 05:08 AM (bss/y)

Not helped by people not getting married. Given the mess that the courts - worldwide - have made of divorce I can't say I blame young dudes for being gun-shy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 04, 2024 05:13 AM (ExV1e)

30 Should at least seem like a short day
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 05:16 AM (fwDg9)

31 "...and is a consequence of a me monkey obsessed populace."

Read that out loud.

Posted by: Monkey see monkey do at December 04, 2024 05:17 AM (dg+HA)

32
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 04, 2024 05:18 AM (tljrc)

33
Fascinating
@fasc1nate
In 1975, Margaret Hamilton, who portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, appeared on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to reassure children that there was nothing to fear.

https://tinyurl.com/3pjnmkms

Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 04, 2024 05:18 AM (TGPs7)

34 G'morning' all.

22.3 degrees out.

Still 70 degrees inside though.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 05:22 AM (a1415)

35 Me Monkey Want Banana And Fling Poo...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 04, 2024 05:24 AM (TGPs7)

36 Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 05:02 AM (bss/y)

Very nice. Thank you.

Posted by: Absolutely at December 04, 2024 05:33 AM (uB6QL)

37 Oops; Sock off

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 05:33 AM (uB6QL)

38 Civil Disco
@Civil_Disco
🚨Breaking: Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff are reportedly separating amid allegations of infidelity involving a campaign staff member.

Who is she?

Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 04, 2024 05:34 AM (TGPs7)

39 As expected, Intel's second-generation "Battlemage" graphics cards are here. (Tom's Hardware)

--

I had one of the previous gen Intel Arc cards, the top of the line at the time *70 (don't remember exactly). It was outstanding and I would not hesitate to recommend one for people who are slightly technical minded and patient with a hiccup here and there. Drivers were steadily rolled out and it would play games great, up to and including Cyberpunk.

It seems like more of a value when you think about the "Oh, but Nvidia has better support" argument when they just admitted that bad actors could have had access to your system for who knows how long (since inception of the 40XX cards?) until they patched their GPUs with their most recent driver update.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 05:36 AM (l5l0y)

40 >>>its president who seems to have stripped a gear somehow

It's catching?

Posted by: m at December 04, 2024 05:36 AM (VnUSN)

41 I don' think we have heard the last of Kamala Harris.

* Snicker*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 05:36 AM (a1415)

42 Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff are reportedly separating amid allegations of infidelity involving a campaign staff member.

Who is she?
Posted by: Mister Ghost

-

VP under Biden, got placed into presidential campaign without any votes. Ran against Trump.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 05:37 AM (l5l0y)

43 The Aliens are infiltrating the FBI...

Red Panda Koala
@RedPandaKoala
"Some of the FBI agents that have been assigned to look into this have reported drones above their homes."

FBI agents investigating the anomolous drone incursions above US Military bases are now reporting drones above their personal homes.

Who is flying drones?

Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 04, 2024 05:37 AM (TGPs7)

44 23 Cantique de Jean Racine. Gabriel Faure. 1865. Not specifically Christmassy, but also is.

What a stunning piece and a breathtaking performance.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 05:38 AM (vO42M)

45 42 Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff are reportedly separating amid allegations of infidelity involving a campaign staff member.

Who is she?
Posted by: Mister Ghost

-

VP under Biden, got placed into presidential campaign without any votes. Ran against Trump.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 05:37 AM (l5l0y)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 05:38 AM (bss/y)

46 I went on down to the Audubon Zoo
And they all asked for you
They all asked for you
(For who?)

Well, they even inquired about you

I went on down to the Audubon Zoo
And they all asked for you

The monkeys asked
The tigers asked
And the elephant asked me too

Posted by: The Meters at December 04, 2024 05:38 AM (dg+HA)

47 44 23 Cantique de Jean Racine. Gabriel Faure. 1865. Not specifically Christmassy, but also is.

What a stunning piece and a breathtaking performance.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 05:38 AM (vO42M)

Faure was 19 when he wrote it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 05:39 AM (bss/y)

48 Pastor uses kick boxing and martial arts skills to fight off axe wielding man breaking into church:

https://tinyurl.com/mrzxnyre

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 05:39 AM (uB6QL)

49 He did it for a competition, he got first place.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 05:39 AM (bss/y)

50 42 Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff are reportedly separating amid allegations of infidelity involving a campaign staff member.

Who is she?
Posted by: Mister Ghost

-

VP under Biden, got placed into presidential campaign without any votes. Ran against Trump.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 05:37 AM (l5l0y)

But that's not important now.

Posted by: Captain Rex Kramer at December 04, 2024 05:40 AM (i0F8b)

51 I need a drink.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 04, 2024 05:41 AM (dg+HA)

52 Its Hump Day

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 04, 2024 05:43 AM (gbOdA)

53 Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff are reportedly separating amid allegations of infidelity involving a campaign staff member.

Who is she?
Posted by: Mister Ghost

She?
Assumption made without proof

Posted by: Bruce at December 04, 2024 05:44 AM (Ohi2Z)

54 Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff are reportedly separating amid allegations of infidelity involving a campaign staff member.
*
Who is she?
Posted by: Mister Ghost

-
VP under Biden, got placed into presidential campaign without any votes. Ran against Trump.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024

***
Aka, footnote in history.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 04, 2024 05:44 AM (omVj0)

55 Pennsylvania turning into Florida. A good sign I think...

Matt Wallace

@MattWallace888
A sinkhole just opened up in Pennsylvania and is believed to have swallowed at least 1 person ⚠️

Elizabeth Pollard was reported missing by a family member shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday, according to state troopers.

The sinkhole is rumored to be tied to an old coal mine in the area that was last operated in 1952.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 04, 2024 05:45 AM (TGPs7)

56 I need a drink.
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff

Lotsa drinks, and get off my lawn!

Posted by: Bruce at December 04, 2024 05:45 AM (Ohi2Z)

57 52 Its Hump Day

My favorite day.

Posted by: BJ Clinton at December 04, 2024 05:45 AM (dg+HA)

58 The monkeys asked
The tigers asked
And the elephant asked me too
Posted by: The Meters at December 04, 2024

***
And the barracuda axed me too!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 04, 2024 05:46 AM (omVj0)

59 >>@fasc1nate
In 1975, Margaret Hamilton, who portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, appeared on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to reassure children that there was nothing to fear.

She was absolutely frightening to me as a kid.
Even when simply the lady down the road who takes Dorothy's beloved dog away.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 04, 2024 05:46 AM (u1uWe)

60 Boy, it sure would've been awkward if the Strong and Empowered homewrecker who got to where she was through sex was shown on the campaign trail to be experiencing the exact same thing she had put another family through.

I feel bad for her kids.

Wait, what?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 05:47 AM (l5l0y)

61 *Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff are reportedly separating amid allegations of infidelity involving a campaign staff member.*

Another grim milestone of the Emhoff-Biden administration.

Posted by: Tsk tsk tsk at December 04, 2024 05:48 AM (dg+HA)

62 To be fair, Kamala might have been the one who cheated.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 05:48 AM (bss/y)

63 In 1975, Margaret Hamilton, who portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, appeared on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to reassure children that there was nothing to fear.

-

(remembers Target commercial)

Compared to the most recent that apparently actively tries to make herself look as repulsive as possible so that passers-by can experience those feelings regarding another human in their day to day lives.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 05:49 AM (l5l0y)

64 In 1975, Margaret Hamilton, who portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, appeared on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to reassure children that there was nothing to fear.

https://tinyurl.com/3pjnmkms
Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 04, 2024 05:18 AM (TGPs7)
-

Have a little coffee, Scarecrow!!!

https://youtu.be/xRTyLbUTiMA

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 04, 2024 05:49 AM (CflQn)

65 Thanks for the Faure piece. Perfect for this morning.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 04, 2024 05:49 AM (CPOhL)

66 Another 19 yo...

Mass in B-flat major, K. 275 - 1777
Some kid

https://youtu.be/F_O3-Sm5TtQ

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 05:49 AM (vO42M)

67 62 To be fair, Kamala might have been the one who cheated.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 05:48 AM (bss/y)

Job hunting.

Posted by: davidt at December 04, 2024 05:49 AM (i0F8b)

68 To be fair, Kamala might have been the one who cheated.

-

(lays $20 on table)

Hillary's sidekick. Umpa or whatever.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 05:50 AM (l5l0y)

69 Well heck. Here we go. Another high profile celebrity divorce court drama in which the wife infamously shat the bed with the lights on.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 05:53 AM (y/ZMQ)

70 Hillary's sidekick. Umpa or whatever.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024

***
Don't bring us into this!

Posted by: Oompa-Loompas at December 04, 2024 05:54 AM (omVj0)

71 I remember seeing that episode of Mister Rogers . It might not have been at the time, but later. I enjoyed it. I'm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 05:54 AM (8ZJJb)

72 Pastor uses kick boxing and martial arts skills to fight off axe wielding man breaking into church:

-

Wait, but...

"First Family Church in Antioch, California"

Ah, nevermind.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 05:54 AM (l5l0y)

73 Maybe it's Oprah and that's what the 2.5M was for.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 05:54 AM (l5l0y)

74 38 Civil Disco
@Civil_Disco
🚨Breaking: Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff are reportedly separating amid allegations of infidelity involving a campaign staff member.

Who is she?
Posted by: Mister Ghost

The shocking take would be he had an affair with a woman.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2024 05:56 AM (sAmhv)

75 >>(lays $20 on table)

Hillary's sidekick. Umpa or whatever.

lol
Huma Abedin Soros (are they married yet?)

Posted by: Lizzy at December 04, 2024 05:56 AM (u1uWe)

76 66 Another 19 yo...

Mass in B-flat major, K. 275 - 1777
Some kid

https://youtu.be/F_O3-Sm5TtQ
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 05:49 AM (vO42M)

Beautiful. If I had to rank the old masters, I would probably go:
1) Bach
2) Beethoven
3) Mozart

But they are all so close that I would hate to have to live with the difference. To me though, Bach and Beethoven pull ahead of Mozart. I dunno.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 05:57 AM (bss/y)

77 "Mr. Emhoff, while it may be true that infidelity is grounds for divorce in this state, you cannot cite 'Up' as the one with whom your wife was unfaithful to you."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 05:58 AM (y/ZMQ)

78 46 I went on down to the Audubon Zoo
And they all asked for you
They all asked for you
(For who?)

Well, they even inquired about you

I went on down to the Audubon Zoo
And they all asked for you

The monkeys asked
The tigers asked
And the elephant asked me too
Posted by: The Meters at December 04, 2024 05:38 AM (dg+HA)

; )

What fun!

Posted by: m at December 04, 2024 05:59 AM (VnUSN)

79 Write a novel with a character named Huma Adedin Wiener-Soros, and your publisher will drop you as a client.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 06:00 AM (y/ZMQ)

80 and, good morning horde! May your day be a good day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 04, 2024 06:01 AM (RT5m4)

81 Somebody should tell Emhoff to quit bonking the help

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 04, 2024 06:02 AM (RT5m4)

82 Why did the computer break up with the internet?

There was no connection

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 06:03 AM (8ZJJb)

83 55 Pennsylvania turning into Florida. A good sign I think...

Matt Wallace

@MattWallace888
A sinkhole just opened up in Pennsylvania and is believed to have swallowed at least 1 person ⚠️

Elizabeth Pollard was reported missing by a family member shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday, according to state troopers.

The sinkhole is rumored to be tied to an old coal mine in the area that was last operated in 1952.
Posted by: Mister Ghost

Where the high school is located where I grew up used to be all coal mines. The whole area was underground mines, that have been filled in now. Probably. Hasn't happened in a while but when I was living there, I recall seeing these holes in the woods that were mine shafts. Now, that area is all large, nice, homes. Built over coal mines that are, probably, filled in. Probably won't collapse. Probably.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2024 06:03 AM (sAmhv)

84 Somebody should tell Emhoff to quit bonking the help
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 04, 2024 06:02 AM (RT5m4)

Bleh. That dude looks like the kind of man who hasn't had sex with an adult since he was eight.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 06:03 AM (y/ZMQ)

85 That was a cruel thing to do to find it was a 7am start when I was 2/3 way thete to get there at 6 and already past the donut shop.

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 06:04 AM (lG9pP)

86
https://youtu.be/juaOgKVTYJ4?

Posted by: The Audubon Zoo at December 04, 2024 06:04 AM (dg+HA)

87 Breaking: Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff are reportedly separating amid allegations of infidelity involving a campaign staff member.

-

Assuming it's Emhoff, which it almost certainly is (you know Kamala hasn't been allowing access to that thing for a while), it's comical that he was just using her to attempt to advance his status and net worth.

*chef's kiss*

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:04 AM (l5l0y)

88 Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 04, 2024 06:01 AM (RT5m4)

You too and everyone here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 06:04 AM (8ZJJb)

89 Some 20 yo slacker.

Kirchenmusik, Op. 23: III. Mitten wir im Leben sind (1830)
Mendelssohn

https://youtu.be/CaGMg7UthWY

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 06:05 AM (vO42M)

90
https://youtu.be/juaOgKVTYJ4

Posted by: The Audubon Zoo at December 04, 2024 06:05 AM (dg+HA)

91 Kamala Harris has no kids. The girl belongs to her husband.

Posted by: Ciampino - changing at December 04, 2024 06:07 AM (i0xsb)

92 Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 05:57 AM (bss/y)

I like Bach- not only for his stellar musical talent /but because he was a church organist for so many years and I have affection for church organists.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 06:08 AM (8ZJJb)

93 You too and everyone here.

-

No, this has to be discussed here, there, and everywhere, because a HUGE part of their campaign was "Character Matters"

They had billboards up all over the place. It was one of their main messages.

People need to know that yes, character does matter.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:09 AM (l5l0y)

94 I'm listening to some folk metal
https://youtu.be/i43fgvSiq7g

Posted by: Ciampino - got pipes at December 04, 2024 06:10 AM (i0xsb)

95 I give you...

Ella Emhoff.

https://tinyurl.com/yrcydyc8

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 06:10 AM (a1415)

96 Beautiful. If I had to rank the old masters, I would probably go:
1) Bach
2) Beethoven
3) Mozart

But they are all so close that I would hate to have to live with the difference. To me though, Bach and Beethoven pull ahead of Mozart. I dunno.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Beethoven is number one for me. In particular, the last four piano sonatas are my favorite works by him. At that time he was deaf and in failing health and still continued to work. Those pieces are architected to the nth degree transcend all that and become completely free. To me they strike me as Beethoven meditating about eternity.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 06:10 AM (vO42M)

97 Kamala Harris has no kids. The girl belongs to her husband.
-

Yeah, that was the joke. She was arguably the perfect modern woman candidate, and soon the "get a cat, die alone" circle will be complete.

She'll always have her job, though.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:11 AM (l5l0y)

98 95: you're a giver, VIA.

Please stop.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2024 06:12 AM (sAmhv)

99 People need to know that yes, character does matter.
------------
The hilarious thing is to hear Mika and Killer Joe keep saying this, as if they are on the right side of the glass house.

Astounding.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 04, 2024 06:13 AM (bO2nW)

100 86
https://youtu.be/juaOgKVTYJ4?
Posted by: The Audubon Zoo at December 04, 2024 06:04 AM (dg+HA)

Ha! Thanks. Love it. New to me.

Posted by: m at December 04, 2024 06:13 AM (VnUSN)

101 Well, it is officially the coldest morning since January.

21.6 degrees, and I expect it to drop another .2-.3 degrees around sunrise.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 06:13 AM (a1415)

102 25 degrees here in Jonestown DC.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2024 06:14 AM (sAmhv)

103 Ella Emhoff.

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Speaking of intentionally making yourself repulsive in order to prompt ANY feelings in strangers, just so long as you're noticed.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:15 AM (l5l0y)

104 97 She'll always have her job, though.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:11 AM (l5l0y)

?

Posted by: m at December 04, 2024 06:15 AM (VnUSN)

105 Good morning from a 24 degree western NC. Looks like we may break 50 today and clear, so there’s that.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 04, 2024 06:16 AM (wQVHD)

106 79
What if you character is named
Nandi Ndaitwah Netumbo Ndempeila ?

Posted by: Ciampino - new Namibian president at December 04, 2024 06:16 AM (i0xsb)

107 "Please stop."

* Down-twinkles*

( Anybody remember that phase of the national Leftist Mental Illness?)

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 06:16 AM (a1415)

108 Huh. It would be interesting to research the connection between intentional actions like Wicked chick's nose rings and Emhoff's prison tattoos and how they're tied to growing up in a social media driven world where views are the only thing that matter, and there is no difference between people laughing at you and people watching your content because you're talented.

The click is all that matters.

I bet they're connected.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:17 AM (l5l0y)

109 I give you...

Ella Emhoff.

https://tinyurl.com/yrcydyc8
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 06:10 AM (a1415)
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/throws it back

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 04, 2024 06:17 AM (CflQn)

110 In addition, she's embraced her underarm hair and doesn't shave or cover up her body art when strutting her stuff on the catwalk or posing for a photoshoot.

Ella has a low maintenance beauty routine and in a video aired on Good Morning Vogue while she prepared for Paris Fashion Week show, she said: "When I was younger I would pluck my middle brow area, but I recently stopped and it's amazing. I think everyone should just embrace their little unibrows."
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Ella Emhoff beauty tips

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 04, 2024 06:18 AM (dtUE0)

111 107: That was during the Bush years.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2024 06:18 AM (sAmhv)

112 W Bush that is.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2024 06:18 AM (sAmhv)

113 It is currently dark and 41° in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Later today it'll be 68 °. I feel Piglet, My Honda 125 Trail, whispering to me right now out in the garage... Take me somewhere anywhere.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 06:19 AM (vO42M)

114 I didn't like Kamala Harris as a candidate but nobody really knows how she is as a stepmother except she and Ellla and Doug, and she has been in Ella's life for quite some time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 06:20 AM (8ZJJb)

115 Kirchenmusik, Op. 23: III. Mitten wir im Leben sind (1830)
Mendelssohn

https://youtu.be/CaGMg7UthWY
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 06:05 AM (vO42M)

Very nice. Do you find yourself locking in on specific performances of a given song? This is one for me:

https://tinyurl.com/5as7b5xc

Other performances of this one... clang for me (kind of sound dissonant, wheras here, the harmonies interweave perfectly.) I dunno, I sometimes wonder if I am autistic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 06:20 AM (bss/y)

116 The click is all that matters.

I bet they're connected.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:17 AM (l5l0y)

I'd say that antisocial media is more of a symptom than a disease. Everyone coughing and sneezing all the sudden may tell you that a disease is going around, and they may help spread the disease, but it isn't the disease itself.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 06:20 AM (y/ZMQ)

117 I have no idea of the basic maintenance of Lady folk, but it seems to me that Ella is just a lazy brat.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2024 06:20 AM (sAmhv)

118 Ella has a low maintenance beauty routine and in a video aired on Good Morning Vogue while she prepared for Paris Fashion Week show, she said: "When I was younger I would pluck my middle brow area, but I recently stopped and it's amazing. I think everyone should just embrace their little unibrows."

--

You've seen those rotting-vagina deodorant commercials and wondered "Who is this for? Why don't these women just take a shower?"

She is your answer. When you reach a certain level of wealth you no longer have any real problems, and you have to create your own. Things like "I'm going to prevent global warming by taking fewer showers!"

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:21 AM (l5l0y)

119 97 She'll always have her job, though.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:11 AM (l5l0y)

?
Posted by: m at December 04, 2024 06:15 AM (VnUSN)
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Same as in town.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 04, 2024 06:22 AM (CflQn)

120 "Mr. Emhoff, while it may be true that infidelity is grounds for divorce in this state, you cannot cite 'Up' as the one with whom your wife was unfaithful to you."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 05:58 AM (y/ZMQ)

Don't know if this is subtle or I'm not awake yet but this took me a minute.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 04, 2024 06:23 AM (ExV1e)

121 15 South Korea has replaced 10% of its workforce with robots.

Fornication/procreation, immigration or automation. There's a lesson in there somewhere.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Ashli at December 04, 2024 06:23 AM (F3SmE)

122
I didn't like Kamala Harris as a candidate but nobody really knows how she is as a stepmother except she and Ellla and Doug, and she has been in Ella's life for quite some time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 06:20 AM

rarely sober?

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 04, 2024 06:23 AM (tljrc)

123 82 Why did the computer break up with the internet?

There was no connection

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 06:03 AM (8ZJJb)
----
Good one Fen.
Did the 5-cat band CAT5, have a hand in it?

Posted by: Ciampino - new nuovo nouveau at December 04, 2024 06:23 AM (i0xsb)

124 "Things like "I'm going to prevent global warming by taking fewer showers!""

Yet it is actually good for the planet to allow the water trapped in your pipes to return to it's rightful habitat.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 06:24 AM (a1415)

125 I didn't like Kamala Harris as a candidate but nobody really knows how she is as a stepmother except she and Ellla and Doug, and she has been in Ella's life for quite some time.

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(looks at Ella)

Yes, she has been a stepmother and role model and authority figure for Ella for a long time.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:24 AM (l5l0y)

126 Breaking: Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff are reportedly separating amid allegations of infidelity involving a campaign staff member.

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Assuming it's Emhoff, which it almost certainly is (you know Kamala hasn't been allowing access to that thing for a while), it's comical that he was just using her to attempt to advance his status and net worth.

*chef's kiss*
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:04 AM (l5l0y)

Again, assuming it's Emhoff, it's doubly comical in that the staffer would probably have been using him to advance her status and prospects. After all, it worked for Kammie.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 04, 2024 06:25 AM (ExV1e)

127 Posted by: Ciampino - new nuovo nouveau at December 04, 2024 06:23 AM (i0xsb)

Nope. That's way beyond my computer knowledge or expertise . 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 06:25 AM (8ZJJb)

128 My circadian rhythms are all messed up.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Ashli at December 04, 2024 06:26 AM (F3SmE)

129 "After all, it worked for Kammie."

Yes, but Doug is no Willie Brown.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 06:26 AM (a1415)

130 Perhaps it was actually Kamala and Walz, and not Doug and the hired help.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 06:27 AM (a1415)

131 Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would

Well, people cannot help the looks they're born with. I have no idea what Ella's actual mother looked like, but Doug doesn't look like the Marlboro man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 06:27 AM (8ZJJb)

132 She'll always have her job, though.
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?

Posted by: m

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The one she was constantly reminiscing about on the campaign trail. She did something no one really cares about or paid any attention to or remembers much of back in California, you know. She was very important and did things.

And at the end of her life she'll be able to lie in her bed, her job and grand-jobs at her side, looking at her with love and adoration as they thank her for all her best years wasted.

Then her cats can eat her eyeballs before the cleaning staff discovers her three days later.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:28 AM (l5l0y)

133 Ella Emhoff.

How long before her run as a "supermodel" *gags* ends now that step-mommy has lost?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 04, 2024 06:29 AM (ExV1e)

134 Very nice. Do you find yourself locking in on specific performances of a given song?

Absolutely. The bulk of my listening by far is 20th century American music, and while I'm not an expert on it, I know a thing or two about a thing or two such as doing various performances of pieces over the decades. And yes, there are some that are off the charts excellent while others are just pedestrian. Gaining this understanding take some time, but once you crack the code of what makes a great performance, you instantly understand it when you bump into it in other places.

One of the greatest rock and roll performances of all time is the Beatles with John Lennon singing Twist and Shout. In the classical realm, one that does it for me is Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic in the 1970s performing Beethoven's 9th Symphony. When music is well internalized by the performers something profound happens: The poetry of sound emerges.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 06:29 AM (vO42M)

135
Well, people cannot help the looks they're born with. I have no idea what Ella's actual mother looked like, but Doug doesn't look like the Marlboro man.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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No one can help genetics, and I would not say anything about that.

Prison tattoos are not genetics.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:29 AM (l5l0y)

136 Posted by: AltonJackson at December 04, 2024 06:23 AM (tljrc)

My mother was a high functioning alcoholic. I would still say she was a good mother who loved me. I think Kamala had family issues going way back, however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 06:30 AM (8ZJJb)

137
*stumbles in with coffee*

Ugh. Good morning, Hordians. Diana woke me up at 4:24 with her customary deep bark. Let her out and then Dot out. Tried going back to sleep. Failed. Got up.

If she'd woken me at 5:00 that would have been fine. People should be up at 5:00 anyway. If she'd woken me at 2:00 that would have been fine. I could have gotten back to sleep. But she picked a betwixt-and-between time. Scamp.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2024 06:30 AM (dxSpM)

138 133 Ella Emhoff.

How long before her run as a "supermodel" *gags* ends now that step-mommy has lost?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Oh yea. I forgot about that. Yes, her run of cosplaying supermodel will end soon. No reason to go on with the charade now.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2024 06:31 AM (sAmhv)

139 Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:29 AM (l5l0y

I don't realize you were talking about tattoos. Sorry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 06:31 AM (8ZJJb)

140 "Well, people cannot help the looks they're born with. "

Yes they can. One does not have to look like they fell in a tackle box at San Quentin.

Posted by: fd at December 04, 2024 06:31 AM (vFG9F)

141 I give you...

Ella Emhoff.

https://tinyurl.com/yrcydyc8
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 06:10 AM (a1415)

Crime against humanity there. You have been [x] noted and [x] reported.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 again. at December 04, 2024 06:33 AM (89Sog)

142 Wouldn't count it was just Emhoff, not like she was time stretched these last few months.

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 06:33 AM (lG9pP)

143
Very nice. Do you find yourself locking in on specific performances of a given song?

There's what I call the "first heard" phenomenon, where the performance the makes the impression on you is frequently the first one you heard and afterwards none of the others sound quite right.

In the classical realm, one that does it for me is Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic in the 1970s performing Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

The first recording that started me with classical music was Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra performing Beethoven's 9th.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2024 06:34 AM (dxSpM)

144 Prison tattoos are not genetics.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:29 AM (l5l0y)
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No? They're both from cells.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 04, 2024 06:34 AM (CflQn)

145 Yes, but Doug is no Willie Brown.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 06:26 AM (a1415)

He is, however, a fairly high level lawyer and, apparently, was before he hooked up with Harris.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 04, 2024 06:35 AM (ExV1e)

146 "Things like "I'm going to prevent global warming by taking fewer showers!""

Yet it is actually good for the planet to allow the water trapped in your pipes to return to it's rightful habitat.

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That's one of the things that always cracks me up about the pro-environment people.

SAVE WATER!!!

Uh, guys? Do you know how water works? Some of the people downstream from you might like to have some, too.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:35 AM (l5l0y)

147 Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:28 AM (l5l0y)

Or she may have a conversion experience, find joy in faith in God and end up helping people. God can do wonderful things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 06:36 AM (8ZJJb)

148 Looks we are born with = immutable physical characteristic.

Body modifications, to include ink, and installed hardware= choices made.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 06:36 AM (a1415)

149 No? They're both from cells.

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I don't know whether to boo or assign threadwinner.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:36 AM (l5l0y)

150 Oh yea. I forgot about that. Yes, her run of cosplaying supermodel will end soon. No reason to go on with the charade now.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2024 06:31 AM (sAmhv)

It's kind of hilarious how "supermodel" is no longer a viable career path. Models, especially runway models, are completely dehumanized interchangeable cogs. The only job requirements are looking a little weird naturally, and being willing to debase yourself by wearing the most absurd nonsense they can staple to you or glue on your face. There are no models who are household names anymore. Even designers and design houses have lost any cultural relevance they once may have had. The fashion industry went full retard.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 06:37 AM (y/ZMQ)

151 The fashion industry went full retard.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 04, 2024 06:37 AM (y/ZMQ)

There was a man who was once wise who said "never go full retard". Then the 2024 election happened and he went full retard.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 04, 2024 06:39 AM (ExV1e)

152 The first recording that started me with classical music was Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra performing Beethoven's 9th.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2024 06:34 AM (dxSpM)

For me it was this piece on my parent's stereo in the basement off an 8-track:

https://tinyurl.com/4wbyc3yx

Now off to work.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2024 06:39 AM (bss/y)

153 The first recording that started me with classical music was Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra performing Beethoven's 9th.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

That's a good one.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 06:40 AM (vO42M)

154 Or she may have a conversion experience, find joy in faith in God and end up helping people. God can do wonderful things.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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Oh, absolutely. I know a hispanic ex-gangbanger with face tattoos who is like that. Nicest guy you'd want to meet, good Christian man, but you're going to be on alert if you don't know him. It's hard to imagine his day to day life and interactions, but it gives him an opportunity to speak about his faith.

I never said anything about Ella regarding that so far as I know. I just said she purposely made herself repulsive.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:40 AM (l5l0y)

155 Tattoos are sort of like Bumper-Stickers for people.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 06:43 AM (a1415)

156 17 days until the winter solstice and daylight, thankfully, starts lengthening

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 04, 2024 06:44 AM (0qcUc)

157 And I guess that piercings can somewhat be like truck-nutz for people as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 06:44 AM (a1415)

158 Morning, all.
Have we heard from jim lately? He was back in the ER a day or so ago?

Posted by: sal at December 04, 2024 06:44 AM (f+FmA)

159 "My Other Body Is A Man"

Posted by: Tattoo seen on a tranny at December 04, 2024 06:45 AM (vFG9F)

160 I was speaking of Kamala possibly having a conversion experience and helping people. Ella hopefully has a whole life ahead of her. Who knows what she'll end up as?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 06:45 AM (9orLN)

161 My hopes are dashed for wishing a seemingly a short day when won't get home until 4 pm now

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 06:46 AM (lG9pP)

162 It's kind of hilarious how "supermodel" is no longer a viable career path. Models, especially runway models, are completely dehumanized interchangeable cogs.”

Same thing has happened to acting over the last few years. There are no “stars” anymore, not like there used to be.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2024 06:46 AM (W6hoT)

163 46 days left for the current administration to do damage

Posted by: Skip at December 04, 2024 06:47 AM (lG9pP)

164 I was speaking of Kamala possibly having a conversion experience and helping people.

I suppose we can hope she becomes a modern day Paul but I admit that I find it unlikely.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 04, 2024 06:48 AM (ExV1e)

165 None of that weird runway shit makes it to the floor. Runway shows are just creepy cosplay parties

Posted by: Accomack at December 04, 2024 06:48 AM (cIOlQ)

166 Elton John looks like somebody's grandma.

Posted by: fd at December 04, 2024 06:48 AM (vFG9F)

167 Oh, absolutely. I know a hispanic ex-gangbanger with face tattoos who is like that.”

I like Bukele’s approach to that in El Salvador. Face tattoos? 10 years in a big state prison, no need for a trial.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2024 06:49 AM (W6hoT)

168 Same thing has happened to acting over the last few years. There are no “stars” anymore, not like there used to be.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Like the guy who played The Hulk in the Avenger movies. I can never, ever, remember his name. I've seen him in other movies and have always been underwhelmed.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2024 06:49 AM (sAmhv)

169 It's kind of hilarious how "supermodel" is no longer a viable career path. Models, especially runway models, are completely dehumanized interchangeable cogs.”

With asses like 10 yr old boys.
Almost like there's a reason.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 04, 2024 06:50 AM (nbhjE)

170 I was speaking of Kamala possibly having a conversion experience

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She's a Christian so far as I've been told. Lots of people have told us that. I can't really find anywhere where Kamala tells us that, only things like "I grew up in the church", but lots of black preachers assure me she's a good black Christian.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:50 AM (l5l0y)

171 Elton John is going blind.

Posted by: Ciampino - new nuovo nouveau novo at December 04, 2024 06:51 AM (i0xsb)

172 Same thing has happened to acting over the last few years. There are no “stars” anymore, not like there used to be.

Arrogance on the part of the actors, stupidity on the part of the entire industry, and the explosion of other entertainment options is to blame.

Modeling, on the other hand, is almost exclusively the determination of advertisers/fashion people to denigrate beauty.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 04, 2024 06:52 AM (ExV1e)

173
Same thing has happened to acting over the last few years. There are no “stars” anymore, not like there used to be.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2024 06:46 AM (W6hoT)

Or opera. Look at a Met cast list from 60-70 years ago compared to now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2024 06:52 AM (dxSpM)

174
With asses like 10 yr old boys.
Almost like there's a reason.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 04, 2024 06:50 AM (nbhjE)

So they look like the boys the designers want to molest.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2024 06:53 AM (dxSpM)

175 I've got to leave early this morning to fix a firewall a dumbass customer hosed yesterday. I'm getting too old and impatient with this crap. If people won't listen to me I'm going to start charging triple.

Posted by: fd at December 04, 2024 06:53 AM (vFG9F)

176 168 Same thing has happened to acting over the last few years. There are no “stars” anymore, not like there used to be.
Posted by: Tom Servo

One of the few good things about the studio system was that the "Snow sort of White" debacle would never have happened.

Posted by: sal at December 04, 2024 06:53 AM (f+FmA)

177 Elton John is going blind.
Posted by: Ciampino - new nuovo nouveau novo at December 04, 2024 06:51 AM (i0xsb)

You wouldn't think a famous homosexual would have to masturbate that much.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 04, 2024 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

178 If people won't listen to me I'm going to start charging triple.
Posted by: fd

"Stupidity tax." I like it.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 04, 2024 06:54 AM (jjoN6)

179 Same thing has happened to acting over the last few years. There are no “stars” anymore, not like there used to be.

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I suspect it's tied to our specialization, same as society no longer having any shared cultural knowledge like "Who Shot J.R.?" We stream the very specific things we are interested in, and we've lost the knots that tie society together.

It will be an interesting experiment.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 06:54 AM (l5l0y)

180 Wealthy socialist nutjob up the street finally took down her six Harris Walz signs. She put up a new sign saying "Anti-Trump and Pro-America".

The woman is deeply disturbed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 04, 2024 06:54 AM (LPQra)

181 You wouldn't think a famous homosexual would have to masturbate that much.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 04, 2024 06:53 AM (ExV1e)
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A morning chuckle

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 04, 2024 06:56 AM (LPQra)

182 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 04, 2024 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

183 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 04, 2024 06:48 AM (ExV1e)

She doesn't have to be Paul.Paul was Paul. She could just be a converted Kamala.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 06:57 AM (31o1v)

184 "Let there be light!" The Lord commanded, "and there was light".

Dawn!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 04, 2024 06:57 AM (LPQra)

185
I've got to leave early this morning to fix a firewall a dumbass customer hosed yesterday. I'm getting too old and impatient with this crap. If people won't listen to me I'm going to start charging triple.
Posted by: fd at December 04, 2024 06:53 AM (vFG9F)

*This operation cannot be reversed. Continue?*
"Yes"
*Are you sure?*
"Yes"
*Really?*
"Yes"
*Clicks*
"Oh, no! The firewall hosed itself! Get someone, fast!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2024 06:57 AM (dxSpM)

186 I don't think that word, 'Slavery' means what you think it means.

https://tinyurl.com/3bwpptdu

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 06:57 AM (a1415)

187 171 Elton John is going blind.
Posted by: Ciampino - new nuovo nouveau novo at December 04, 2024 06:51 AM (i0xsb)

Time for a duet song with Stevie Wonder.

Posted by: Roy at December 04, 2024 06:59 AM (z+ik4)

188 Morning, all.
Have we heard from jim lately? He was back in the ER a day or so ago?
Posted by: sal at December 04, 2024 06:44 AM (f+FmA)

He was posting on the ONT.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 04, 2024 07:00 AM (/HDaX)

189 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 07:00 AM (a1415)

190 Wealthy socialist nutjob up the street finally took down her six Harris Walz signs. She put up a new sign saying "Anti-Trump and Pro-America".

The woman is deeply disturbed.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Ever thought about putting a Trump sign in her front yard? If you got busted by a security cam pretty sure the penalty for that is a stern "really."

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 07:00 AM (vO42M)

191 Young Icon Helen Mirren photos

https://tinyurl.com/mwnxctk8

Posted by: Mister Ghost at December 04, 2024 07:01 AM (TGPs7)

192 184 "Let there be light!" The Lord commanded, "and there was light".

A joke I heard went like this.

In the beginning, there was nothing. Then The Lord said "Let there be light."

There was still nothing but at least you could see it.

I'll show myself out.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 04, 2024 07:01 AM (jjoN6)

193 “The sector’s low wages are due to the money, power and influence of a trade lobby called the National Restaurant Association (“The Other NRA”

which has lobbied since Emancipation to maintain a subminimum wage for tipped workers – a literal legacy of slavery,” One Fair Wage’s website says.

--

hahahaha

I like the "The Other NRA" slight. That's great.

Also I'm completely, 100% fine paying you minimum wage to sling plates, with a full ban on all tipping. Careful what you wish for.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 07:02 AM (l5l0y)

194 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

A heat wave. 35℉ going up to 48 ℉.

My old neighbor has reached out to me after the election preps drove us apart. Be interesting in what she has to say, since she is not in a camp.

She has a house husband, a guy she threw out of the house, and a other-side of the railroad tracks boy toy. She is 91. Fortunately, we are ex-neighbors.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 04, 2024 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

195 I don't think that word, 'Slavery' means what you think it means.

https://tinyurl.com/3bwpptdu
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 06:57 AM (a1415)

Heh. They should just go for every radical socialist lunatic policy they can. Baltimore is almost a dead city. Finish killing it, so normies can rebuild it. Has to be depopulated first, though, and measures like this will help.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 04, 2024 07:03 AM (7oYYI)

196 Elton John is going blind.
Posted by: Ciampino - new nuovo nouveau novo at December 04, 2024 06:51 AM (i0xsb)

Time for a duet song with Stevie Wonder.
Posted by:

Poor Ray Charles. He never saw it coming.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 04, 2024 07:03 AM (nbhjE)

197
Wealthy socialist nutjob up the street finally took down her six Harris Walz signs. She put up a new sign saying "Anti-Trump and Pro-America".

I'd never put a yard sign up, I'd never put a bumper sticker on my car, I'd never wear a t-shirt or cap. Life is not politics.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2024 07:04 AM (dxSpM)

198 Everyone notice how Kamala has already disappeared?

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2024 07:04 AM (W6hoT)

199 Work preps start now.

Have a great day, everyone. May there be frivolity, rejoicing, and smiles.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 04, 2024 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

200 Finish killing it, so normies can rebuild it. Has to be depopulated first, though, and measures like this will help.

There's this nice Japanese man who runs a martial arts supply store in Baltimore. Spare him. He's one of the good ones.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 04, 2024 07:05 AM (jjoN6)

201
Also I'm completely, 100% fine paying you minimum wage to sling plates, with a full ban on all tipping. Careful what you wish for.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 07:02 AM (l5l0y)

I thought I saw something recently where a restaurant tried the no-tip, pay-more model. It didn't work.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2024 07:05 AM (dxSpM)

202
Everyone notice how Kamala has already disappeared?
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2024 07:04 AM (W6hoT)

"Oh, Kammie? You ain't gonna see her no more."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2024 07:06 AM (dxSpM)

203 Cat poet

Roses are red
Sparrows are small
I got you a gift
It's dead in the hall

Posted by: Ciampino - new nuovo nouveau novel at December 04, 2024 07:06 AM (i0xsb)

204 I'd never put a yard sign up, I'd never put a bumper sticker on my car, I'd never wear a t-shirt or cap. Life is not politics.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

After living in downtown Seattle, AKA Communist Central, I determined it's absolutely dangerous to my health to wear conservative branded items. Here in New Mexico it's liberal land I'm afraid if I put up a trump sign somebody would come burn my house down.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 07:07 AM (vO42M)

205 Traditionally, conservatives have seen liberals as misguided and ill-informed, but well-meaning. Was that accurate at one time? I don’t know. Maybe. But it certainly isn’t true now. A large proportion of liberals–whether a majority, I have no idea–are downright evil.
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Powerline starts a piece on the teachers union level-setting.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 04, 2024 07:08 AM (JrJiW)

206 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 07:10 AM (a1415)

207 I give you Ella Emhoff---Hell no. You couldn't pay me enough to take her.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 04, 2024 07:11 AM (gGMRM)

208 Good morning fine people. I just finished my Christmas shopping. From a chair, at 6 in the morning. Now comes the wrapping. I used to love wrapping and making special bows for each present. Now I just slap something together.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 04, 2024 07:12 AM (SfhV1)

209 I give you Ella Emhoff---Hell no. You couldn't pay me enough to take her.
Posted by: Ben Had

You could set her to work doing ranch and farm type stuff. Probably put some meat on her breasts.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 07:13 AM (vO42M)

210 Time for a duet song with Stevie Wonder.
Posted by:

You are blind as a bat, and I have sight!

Posted by: Zombie Frank Sinatra at December 04, 2024 07:13 AM (Y5VD5)

211 Everyone notice how Kamala has already disappeared?

Doesn't she have remaining days in office as the president of vice?

Is she working on the borders yet or on lowering inflation or is she just kicking back and cashing in the paycheck?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 04, 2024 07:13 AM (zCsy8)

212 Everyone notice how Kamala has already disappeared?
Posted by: Tom Servo

Her 'perfect campaign' will live on forever though.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2024 07:13 AM (WXNFJ)

213 is she just kicking back and cashing in the paycheck?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 04, 2024 07:13 AM (zCsy

Kicking back with a cocktail or five.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 04, 2024 07:14 AM (SfhV1)

214
Kammie's sobering up before she has to count electoral votes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2024 07:15 AM (dxSpM)

215 "A large proportion of liberals–whether a majority, I have no idea–are downright evil. "

A well meaning parent will tell their child who thinks that they are Superman that they can borrow a towel, and two clothes pins to make a cape, but don't jump off the porch roof.

A parent that tells their eight year old who thinks they are the wrong sex that they can take puberty blockers, and undergo permanent body altering surgery is just plain evil.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 07:15 AM (a1415)

216 Good morning fine people. I just finished my Christmas shopping. From a chair, at 6 in the morning. Now comes the wrapping.
Posted by: grammie winger

I hate to use them but I buy Christmas gifts for the grands in the UK through their lists on Amazon. They even wrap them for me.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2024 07:15 AM (WXNFJ)

217 Kicking back with a cocktail or five.

-

I'm sure it was posted here, but there was an official photo released of her doing "the important stuff" after the election and playing a board game with some kids, probably before 11am.

Glass of wine in the floor next to her.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 07:16 AM (l5l0y)

218 Alteria, she couldn't fight her way out of a paper bag let alone pick up a full muck bucket. If I had a crow problem she might be useful as a scarecrow.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 04, 2024 07:16 AM (gGMRM)

219 He was posting on the ONT.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 04, 2024 07:00 AM (/HDaX)

Thanks! I was off most of yesterday, so I wondered.

Posted by: sal at December 04, 2024 07:16 AM (f+FmA)

220 They even wrap them for me.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2024 07:15 AM (WXNFJ)

Amazon wraps your gifts?? Shoot!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 04, 2024 07:17 AM (SfhV1)

221 t. If I had a crow problem she might be useful as a scarecrow.

She would scare away more than just crows.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 04, 2024 07:17 AM (zCsy8)

222 We made it through sunrise while holding at 21.7 degrees.

Seven minutes later, we are already at 21.9 degrees.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 07:18 AM (a1415)

223 NBC still hasn't fired Rev. Al for taking a $500,000 bribe right before his Kamala interview

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 04, 2024 07:18 AM (RT5m4)

224 Isn't it way early in the season to be this cold?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 04, 2024 07:19 AM (SfhV1)

225 Alteria, she couldn't fight her way out of a paper bag let alone pick up a full muck bucket. If I had a crow problem she might be useful as a scarecrow. Posted by: Ben Had

You could hang a no trespassing sign on her and stick her out by the road.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 07:19 AM (vO42M)

226
Alteria, she couldn't fight her way out of a paper bag let alone pick up a full muck bucket. If I had a crow problem she might be useful as a scarecrow.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 04, 2024 07:16 AM (gGMRM)

Start her off with a half-full muck bucket. Work her up. Give her three big meals a day. At least she'd be doing something productive. Besides, farm girls: yum!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2024 07:19 AM (dxSpM)

227 Alteria, OH! Good one.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 04, 2024 07:19 AM (gGMRM)

228
Isn't it way early in the season to be this cold?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 04, 2024 07:19 AM (SfhV1)

It's Global Warming.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2024 07:20 AM (dxSpM)

229 "Isn't it way early in the season to be this cold?"

That's Glow-Bull Worming for you.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 07:20 AM (a1415)

230 Besides, farm girls: yum!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2024 07:19 AM (dxSpM)

You should move to Wisconsin. Lots of sturdy girls here.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 04, 2024 07:20 AM (SfhV1)

231 I used to love wrapping and making special bows for each present. Now I just slap something together.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 04, 2024 07:12 AM (SfhV1)

Now do cookies...

Nah- I'm still going to make them. Just not the baking factory I used to run.

Posted by: sal at December 04, 2024 07:20 AM (f+FmA)

232
I like the "The Other NRA" slight. That's great.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - leftists, remember Trump would be out soon if you hadn't stolen 2020 at December 04, 2024 07:02 AM

you want to have a good time? the next time some libtard starts going off about the "NRA" (the pew pew org), counter by informing them that "the NRA was created by FDR in 1933"

which is true, albeit a different NRA, but it'll take the libtard a while to figure it out

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 04, 2024 07:21 AM (tljrc)

233 NBC still hasn't fired Rev. Al for taking a $500,000 bribe right before his Kamala interview

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 04, 2024 07:18 AM (RT5m4)

The way Rush used to say “Rev-er-end Jaackssoon” in a hushed tone will live on in legend

Posted by: George Costanza at December 04, 2024 07:22 AM (WdMlw)

234 She's a Christian so far as I've been told.

Yeah, I was convinced when at a "rally" she told a pro-life Christian to get lost and go to a different rally.

because that is what Christians do. ( sigh )

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 04, 2024 07:22 AM (zCsy8)

235 In my more uncharitable moments I considered renting a van with a banner that said “Vote Trump. Because Fuck You, That’s Why” and drive around Iowa City, Iowa for a few hours.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 04, 2024 07:23 AM (/eAJY)

236 NBC can't fire Al NotsoSharpton. He would sue them for 50 million.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 04, 2024 07:24 AM (gGMRM)

237 Ugh… off dirty Seinfeld sock from yesterday…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 04, 2024 07:25 AM (O1oUp)

238 Went out to check the weather and it's drizzling a bit.
Nice- we can use any rain we can get.

Posted by: sal at December 04, 2024 07:26 AM (f+FmA)

239 So now that Biden has confirmed that the DoJ has become politicized, what should we do about it?

Because even Biden seems to think that it's not a good thing.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 07:28 AM (a1415)

240 I thought I saw something recently where a restaurant tried the no-tip, pay-more model. It didn't work.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 04, 2024 07:05 AM (dxSpM)

You mean they gave the waitstaff no financial reason to provide good service and that model didn't work?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 04, 2024 07:28 AM (ExV1e)

241 Ah, so we're down to 1 seat majority in the House. Funny how all long, drawn out election counting results in the Democrat winning all the time.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 04, 2024 07:28 AM (qBdHI)

242 "Funny how all long, drawn out election counting results in the Democrat winning all the time."

As a general rule, Republicans either win on election night....or they lose.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2024 07:30 AM (a1415)

243 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 04, 2024 07:31 AM (ExV1e)

244 James Bond fans-
One of the puzzle posters I follow on Jigsaw Planet has just posted a series of James Bond book covers. Not what you'd expect at all.
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/

And search "MeriJaan"

Posted by: sal at December 04, 2024 07:32 AM (f+FmA)

245 Will DeSantis leave Florida to become Sec Def?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 04, 2024 07:32 AM (gGMRM)

246 Maybe the new AG could audit the ones that took more than one day to count?

Posted by: Ciampino - no chads, we're British at December 04, 2024 07:33 AM (i0xsb)

247 Ah, so we're down to 1 seat majority in the House. Funny how all long, drawn out election counting results in the Democrat winning all the time.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 04, 2024 07:28 AM (qBdHI)

California (and AZ and a few other states) should be a laughingstock…. That Duarte race was just called a little less than an entire month after Election Day. It took that long to count about 211,000 ballots. What??!! Florida counted statewide in a few hours

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 04, 2024 07:33 AM (O1oUp)

248 . I used to love wrapping and making special bows for each present. Now I just slap something together.
Posted by: grammie winger

If the wrapping is too pretty they feel guilty about tearing it open, which is the fun part

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 04, 2024 07:35 AM (OTdqV)

249 Prayer request

For a dear woman who attends the church Which I serve In the past month a very good friend of her has died, her son who is probably about 50 has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease and she had a stroke on Thanksgiving- that God would heal and be with she and her son. Her first initial is J.
Thanks so much!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2024 07:36 AM (4FMgA)

250 I used to love wrapping and making special bows for each present. Now I just slap something together.

Next level "wrapping": douse the box the product came in with festive spray paint.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 04, 2024 07:37 AM (zCsy8)

251
Samsung is preparing to launch 400-layer flash memory chips that will deliver PCIe 6.0 16TB M.2 SSDs. (Tom's Hardware)

Is that where the chip is resting on greased skids and some chippy steps forward with a champagne bottle, strikes it against the chip while crying out, "I christen thee the 'SS Minnow'!", and then the chip slow slides down the skids and disappears beneath the waves in the harbor?

I'm pretty sure that's how that goes.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 04, 2024 07:37 AM (xG4kz)

252 I like Bach- not only for his stellar musical talent /but because he was a church organist for so many years and I have affection for church organists.

Bach is my favorite composer, followed by Beethoven and Sullivan (yes, he wrote more than just the Savoy Operas).

And I've begun reading the Bach mystery that was highlighted on the last book thread - The Organ Job. It's interesting, though not written in a style I expected. I'll have more to say about it on Sunday.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 04, 2024 07:37 AM (Q0kLU)

253 Will DeSantis leave Florida to become Sec Def?
Posted by: Ben Had

I think he is term limited and will be panhandling come 2026. DOD Sec. beats that It could be a big head start for the 2028 election. As far as hegseth goes, Trump has to make a choice If fighting a scorched earth confirmation battle, because that's what it will be, is worth it. Nominating DeSantis makes a lot of sense provided DeSantis wants the job.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 04, 2024 07:37 AM (vO42M)

254 Kos, of Daily Kos, is worried sick over inflation coming from Trump deporting illegals. A mind bender of an article.

https://tinyurl.com/rkcbd959

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 04, 2024 07:37 AM (coFoR)

255
Maybe the new AG could audit the ones that took more than one day to count?
Posted by: Ciampino - no chads, we're British

Maybe we need Congress to draft and pass a new Voting Rights Act that puts every state that had such difficulty conducting an open and free election and then counted the votes in a dawdling manner under feral scrutiny. Fines and jail time for state and local officials who could not master rapid kindergarten level counting. It's not like there isn't an example of whether that is possible already in place.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 04, 2024 07:45 AM (xG4kz)

256 Wonderful site you have here but I was curious about if you knew of any message boards that cover the same topics
discussed in this article? I'd really love to be a part of
online community where I can get feed-back from other knowledgeable individuals that share the same interest.
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Cheers!

Posted by: anjani courier tracking shipway at December 04, 2024 07:57 AM (OD6sk)

257 Remember in the first half of Biden's one-and-done administration when the country faced a computer chip crisis so severe that Congress had to throw more than a quarter of a trillion dollars at it? That's $280 billion to you and me and generations down the road.

One recipient of that emergency aid, Microchip Technology, decided to forgo its $162 million share of Biden's industrial-scale slush funds. "I have put the negotiations with the CHIPS office on hold for now," said CEO Steve Sanghi at a UBS conference, according to a Bloomberg report this week. "Probably, by the time I get my arms around it, we're into the new administration."

"The grant was applied to maybe almost a year ago when everybody thought that the factory capacity was never enough, and the world was gonna build silicon fabs forever," Sanghi continued. "Today, we have too much capacity."

Why, it's almost as though businesses respond to changing market conditions faster than government does.

Posted by: SMOD at December 04, 2024 01:08 PM (RHGPo)

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