The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 12/18/24

Good morning kids. The links are mostly depressing and sickening. In other words, a day ending in "Y."

Maybe we can get Kentanji Brown-25 Jackson on the podcast to give us a rousing rendition of "Bess You Is My Woman Now." Of course, having her belt it out to Richard Levine (Admiral Bull No-Ballsy), dressed in full Naval regalia as Piss-Boy second class aboard the HMS Greasy Bastard, cruising West Hollywood towards the Cape of Good Hope, would give it that extra bit of oomph to lift our spirits, no?

The common theme seems to be the two-headed beast of Democrat-Leftism and Islam that wants us completely subjugated and preferably dead.

First, the gunning down in cold-blood of an insurance executive is viewed as a perfectly understandable, even laudable, reaction to "evil capitalism," while we have no idea of course why a teenage latter-day bobby-soxer would mow down children and teachers at a Christian school in Madison WI. Despite the initial drive to suppress the extensive diaries this deranged product of Feminism kept, it's plain as day:

Her manifesto, entitled ‘War Against Humanity,’ was published on X by journalist Anna Slatz of Reduxx Magazine. It reveals a visceral hatred for human beings, whom Rupnow calls “filth.”

When you consider the radical environmentalist movement and its drive to "save the planet" includes killing off or otherwise preventing the birth of at least a couple billion people. You can see where this little sweetheart's head is at and how it got that way. Easy to imagine Greta von Thule Thunberg toting an AK and shooting up a church while belting out Ride of the Valkyries.

The punchline of a rather crude joke about Jewish women, is "Because they can't stand to see anyone else have a good time."

Among it's many hatreds, and perhaps at the root of it all, self-hatred fuels much of the Left's insanity. Because the past 2,000 years of Judeo-Christian and Western civilization with individual freedom and the concomitant need for individual responsibility stands in the way of their twisted belief in paradise on earth and the perfectibility of man – if only they were in charge instead of what they mock as the mythical sky god.

Surprisingly, Eric Adams, the Democrat mayor of an epicenter of blue Democrat shithole-ism hit the nail on the head:

While the evidence all appears to confirm Mangione is the killer, in a lot of ways, it just doesn’t make sense why this kid, who grew up privileged and went to an Ivy League school and everything, would be driven to murder.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has something to say on that issue that the Democrats won’t be happy about. Adams bluntly described a disturbing trend he’s witnessed among young people in America. Speaking candidly about the radicalization of youth, he addressed the troubling case of Mangione, drawing a direct line between the shooter’s upbringing and the toxic influence of the education system that led to his violent actions.
Adams was quick to point out that Mangione’s background doesn’t fit the typical profile of someone prone to radicalization. “Ivy League, grew up in an affluent household,” he said, emphasizing the disconnect between the shooter’s privileged life and his eventual descent into hatred.
“His manifesto clearly is showing some signs of hating,” Adams continued, underscoring that even those with seemingly ideal circumstances can be consumed by a dangerous ideology.
The mayor then turned his focus to the broader problem at hand: the radicalization of America’s youth. “Our children are being radicalized,” Adams stated, “I said this over and over again, and everybody’s like, you know, ‘What are you talking about, Eric?’” His frustration with the lack of attention to the issue was clear, but his message was undeniable. This isn’t just a fringe problem; it’s becoming a mainstream crisis.

Sidenote, I am sick to death of the abuse of this word "Privileged." It alludes to the fact that coming from money somehow is evil. And yet the bulk of crimes violent or otherwise are committed by the so-called underprivileged, and when you look at the facts, mostly minorities. And that gets twisted into racism and poverty thanks to white supremcacy, capitalism and America as founded, so to hell with that noise. Good on Adams for not spouting that crap.

Idea for Kentanji's encore: "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught . . . "

And yet while all of their schemes come crashing down, sadly mostly on our heads and not on their's, Perhaps at long last there seems to be an awakening among the heretofore disinterested or otherwise low information crowd that something is indeed wrong. Here's something positive in that regard that I think not only helped propel Trump to victory but is fueling much of the discontent around the world, and in the West.

Chicagoans were removed from a recent city meeting after voicing disagreement with the Democrat mayor’s proposed budget that would give more funds to migrants.
When Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) proposed his 2025 budget on Monday, some members of the public erupted in protest, Fox News reported on Tuesday. “This meeting will stand in recess,” someone is heard saying into a microphone as numerous voices grow louder and louder. “I’m gonna ask that the Sergeant at Arms clear every member of the public,” the man continued . . . One resident who was wearing a red t-shirt with the words “CHICAGO FLIPS RED” on it, addressed officials during the meeting.
She said, “You caused all this money to go to illegal immigrants. Anything that you all pass is not genuine.”

In another time and place, Johnson and his political antecedents would've had them all put against a wall and shot. Hell, not four years ago, hundreds of people in and around Washington DC were arrested and thrown in jail for protesting not even half as stridently as these people, and over what was obviously a compromised and really a stolen 2020 election.

While we noted on a recent podcast a change in attitude, similar to what the protesters in Chicago here is reflected in the reaction from most New Yorkers to the acquittal of Daniel Penny, which was in the main positive, regardless of race.

And so now with the truth about what really happened to George Floyd coming out, does Officer Derek Chauvin have a chance at a justified exoneration in his death, and if that happens what would be the reaction? Perhaps that would be a bridge too far for people to connect the dots from Daniel Penny to Derek Chauvin? It would require self-deprogramming of the poisonous propaganda of the past 60 years that the police are inherently racist, white supremacist and there for the sole purpose of committing genocide against black males.

Carefully taught, indeed.

In that vein, here's an interesting suggestion for President-elect Trump:

Legal analyst Gregg Jarrett and prominent attorney Alan Dershowitz made a case Tuesday evening on Fox News for why President-elect Donald Trump should consider pardoning Democratic New York Mayor Eric Adams if the evidence shows the mayor’s case was pure political retaliation. In September, Adams was charged by federal prosecutors with five counts of bribery and fraud, accused of seeking and accepting improper valuable benefits from foreign businesspeople, including a Turkish government official, for nearly a decade. On “Hannity,” Fox host Sean Hannity questioned the two legal experts about Trump’s recent statement on Monday, noting he will “certainly look at” issuing a pardon for the official.

As I noted at the time, I suspect that Adams was likely guilty of the charges leveled against him, but that the only reason they came to light is because his loud criticisms of the Biden Junta's open borders policies and how they were and still are adversely affecting NYC were a major drag in the run up to the 2024 election. So it was obvious retaliation and a Luca Brasi dead fish in a flak jacket warning to other Dems who bitched. After all, Eric Adams is easily replaceable, especially in NYC.

But, shedding light on the politicization of the justice system by an Adams pardon, bolsters the need for reform and perhaps gains allies among disaffected heretofore unreachable Democrat constituencies.

UPDATE: This from commenter Ordinary American:

"Adams was quick to point out that Mangione’s background doesn’t fit the typical profile of someone prone to radicalization."
Are you kidding? It exactly fits the profile.

Indeed, considering especially the state of higher education which has been the seat of anti-American, Anti-Western and now anti-Semitic radicalization. We're going nowhere but to a mass grave or the gas chambers unless and until we take back Academia from K through Post-Grad and never let go of it.

Speaking of Insurrection:

“Our rifles will be pointed at the U.S. government and the Zionist entity,” declared the speaker at a recent pro-Palestinian rally in New York, as he described American “imperialists” as the “number one terrorists,” and expressed solidarity with Hezbollah, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, Iran, and other members of the “Axis of Resistance.”

Of course it's only insurrection and murder, when We The People legally and lawfully defend ourselves against these monsters, whether with our voices, lawsuits or should it be necessary, physical force. And as ever and always, their violence is speech and our speech is violence.

And as for Mike Johnson, he leads the GOP – Grifting Oleaginous Parasite party.

Job Well Done: Congress Gives Itself a Raise with Last-Minute, 1,547-Page Spending Deal

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The lame-duck continuing resolution (CR) unveiled just three days before a potential government shutdown strips a provision included in spending bills since 2009 to block automatic raises for Congress, effectively giving senators and House members a raise. (Thank you and fuck you Mike Johnson for underscoring why the GOP = Grifting Oleaginous Parasites - jjs)
Job Well Done: Congress Gives Itself a Raise with Last-Minute, 1,547-Page Spending Deal
(Why didn't he just have his security detail open fire on them, since after all in the Lefts' eyes it would've been self defense?! - jjs) “How does it feel that Trump is in office right now? You see, Mayor Brandon Johnson, you underestimate us. You underestimate the black people and underestimate Chicago red,” White said. “We are a thorn in your side. If you don’t stop what you’re doing, we’re going to take matter into our own hands. Illinois is turning purple. We gonna turn red,” the man continued in his fiery statement.
VIDEO: Chicago’s Democrat Mayor Removes Citizens from Meeting for Protesting Migrant Funding

ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS/Hezbollah . . . AND BIDEN

The organization wrongly applies the label to the Jewish state’s conduct in Gaza.
Amnesty International’s “Genocide” Smear Against Israel
The “innocent” civilians came to look and laugh delightedly at the captives in their immense distress,
Israeli Hostage: ‘We Were Looked at Like Animals’

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“Our rifles will be pointed at the U.S. government and the Zionist entity,” declared the speaker at a recent pro-Palestinian rally in New York, as he described American “imperialists” as the “number one terrorists,” and expressed solidarity with Hezbollah, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, Iran, and other members of the “Axis of Resistance.” (In other words Democrat/Leftists continue their war on America, normalcy and civilization. But J-6 was an insurrection?! - jjs)
Watch: Pro-"Palestinian" Group in NYC Vows Support for Armed Resistance Against U.S., Israel
Joseph Massad is slated to teach undergrad courses, including History of the Jewish Enlightenment in 19th century Europe and the Development of Zionism, next semester, despite his having penned an article on October 8 - just a day after the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust - on the website Electronic Intifada, in which he called the massacre “astounding,” and “awesome.”
Pro-Hamas Professor Who Called October 7 'Awesome' To Teach Columbia Course on Zionism (Like having Josef Mengele on Open-Mic Night at Bud Friedman's Improv - jjs)
Maybe he should be replaced by someone who does?
CUNY Chancellor Rodriguez Doesn’t Know If There Are Any Antisemites On Campus
Antisemitism, “the world’s oldest hatred,” still flourishes in U.S. schools.
In Schools, Jews Lose
Ben Wikler, a top candidate for DNC chairman, told the Jewish Insider a pro-Hamas activist should have been allowed to speak at the Democrat National Convention in August.
DNC Chair Frontrunner Says Convention Should Have Featured Pro-Hamas Activist
ASSAD REGIME COLLAPSES"
Western powers, including the United States, are tentatively opening lines of communication to the new rulers of Syria — an alliance of Islamists led by an al-Qaeda splinter group whose boss is, inconveniently, a designated terrorist with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head.
Biden Junta and Greater West Contact Victorious Syria Jihadis
. . .Israel has long had a base on the slopes of Mount Hermon, while the Syrian military had one at the peak, with the border between the two countries running along the mountain itself. Earlier this year, the IDF created an Alpine (or Mountain) Brigade to deal with possible border infiltrations across Mount Hermon and nearby Har (Mount) Dov, since the most mountainous part of the frontier between Israel and Syria is not fenced.
Netanyahu Enters Syria; Visits IDF Troops on Mount Hermon; ‘I Was Here 53 Years Ago’
One bad situation has been switched with another bad situation.
Chaos is brewing in Syria
Fabrice Balanche, from France’s University Lumière Lyon 2, estimates the Alawite population to be approximately 1.7 million, about nine percent of Syrians. The community’s historical ties to the Assad family, serving as its “Praetorian Guard,” are raising fears the Sunni majority will exact collective revenge on them under HTS.
Syria’s Alawite Minority Looking to Migrate Under New Al-Qaeda Regime.
The thorny question of what comes next.
How Not to Think About Syria
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Robert Spencer: And we’ve got questions.
Biden-Harris Regime Launches ‘National Strategy to Combat Islamophobia,’
His mother, later, out of concern for her son, enters the bathroom and opens the stall, wherein she discovers the migrant raping him, who then busts out with his pants falling down and flees the scene. The nearly naked victim emerges a few minutes later (portions of the video are skipped or sped up). . . Are you ready for the sadistic twist?The French security guard who leaked the footage to the press showing the crime is now himself the target of state prosecution.
Migrant Sexually Assaults 'Severely' Disabled Man in Mall Bathroom (With an Extra Sadistic Twist)
MADISON WI CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SHOOTING
The only important thing is persecuting the Left's politically disfavored and protecting its mythologies, and shibboleths that undergird its political power - jjs
Police chief says school shooter Natalie Rupnow’s gender not ‘important at all’ when asked if teen was transgender
The manifesto does not appear to state why Rupnow chose to target Abundant Life Christian School, which educates around 390 students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.
Madison School Shooter Manifesto Reveals Misanthropic Teen Girl Who Celebrated Killers.
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Thirty-three DEI jobs were posted in the 10 days immediately following Trump's election
Feds Look To Hire Up To 1,200 New DEI Bureaucrats Before Trump Takes Office
When Floyd was stopped by police and put in the back of a patrol car, police found spent baggies of drugs. It's believed that the 6'4" 223-pound Floyd ate the drugs to hide evidence. He was taken out of the car when he asked to lie down. He thrashed around despite being told to lie still, and 140 pound Chauvin held him down with his knee. Though the initial reports said Chauvin's knee was on Floyd's neck, evidence at trial showed that Chauvin's knee was not on Floyd's neck, but on his upper back.
Did Derek Chauvin Really Kill George Floyd? A Reckoning May Be Coming.
Despite his obvious innocence, it’s a race against time, as the prosecutors seem determined to ensure that he is murdered in prison.
Derek Chauvin Files State Appeal to Overturn Conviction
The far-left activist said that whites are psychopaths because of their biology and 'evolutionary history'
Medical School To Host Course With Activist Who Said ‘White People Are Psychopaths’
“Based on the evidence obtained by this Subcommittee, numerous federal laws were likely broken by Liz Cheney, the former Vice Chair of the January 6 Select Committee, and these violations should be investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” the committee states. Chaired by Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee report continues: “Evidence uncovered by the Subcommittee revealed that former Congresswoman Liz Cheney tampered with at least one witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, by secretly communicating with Hutchinson without Hutchinson’s attorney’s knowledge.”
Congressional Report Accuses Liz Cheney of Tampering with J6 Witness, Recommends FBI Investigation.
The pressure being applied to Griffin on social media draws on texts first uncovered by the Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight in October. They show that, in the months leading up to Hutchinson’s highly publicized testimony on January 6, Cheney engaged in direct and indirect communications with Hutchinson, facilitated by Griffin.
Trump Turncoat Alyssa Farah Accused of J6 Witness Tampering.
Mollie Hemingway: These revelations show why the DOJ needs massive reform in the next administration.
Three Russia Hoax Bombshells Hidden In IG Report On DOJ Surveillance Of Congress
UHC CEO MURDER
Adams bluntly described a disturbing trend he’s witnessed among young people in America. Speaking candidly about the radicalization of youth, he addressed the troubling case of Mangione, drawing a direct line between the shooter’s upbringing and the toxic influence of the education system that led to his violent actions.
Mayor Adams Drops Truth Bomb About How Luigi Mangione Was Radicalized, and Dems Won't Like It
Leftists such as Sen. Fauxcahontas Warren and Rep. Titty-Caca Ocasio-Cortez are playing a dangerous game.
No, Socialized Medicine Wouldn’t Have Saved United Healthcare’s CEO
For nearly two weeks we’ve seen how social media has developed a faceless society comfortable with calling for the death of strangers behind the safety of a screen. Members of the internet’s underwear army felt edgy broadcasting their desire to murder rich people as if they were breaking some new ground toward universal justice by publishing kill lists. But these virtual vigilantes aren’t so brave when they’re confronted in real life. After UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was shot dead in cold blood, one wannabe Che Guevara (reportedly, James Harr The founder of a “socialist apparel” brand) created a playing card set identifying 52 of the next “most wanted” CEOs for his TikTok followers to unalive next.
Police Visit Home Of Tik-Toker Who Created Hit List of CEOs
"BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Daniel Greenfield: They're not through destroying America yet.
Biden Junta Rushes Out Rule to Make it Easier for Foreign Workers to Take American Jobs
“The Massachusetts House Republican Caucus warned that the passage of the Work and Family Mobility Act, which opened the door for undocumented migrants to obtain a Massachusetts driver’s license, would have consequences,” Jones continued. “This is an easily anticipated byproduct of the law.”
Sweeping DOJ Indictments Prove Critics Of Giving IDs To Illegal Immigrants Right: ‘They Lowered The Standards’
"Let me tell you what that is, that is theft of government resources."
Cruz Signals Trump DOJ Might ‘Prosecute’ Biden Officials Selling Border Wall Materials
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
Biden's present to Qatar came as Gulf state faced intense pressure for using 'forced labor' to build World Cup stadiums
A $2,000 Soccer Ball for Hamas-Friendly Qatar and a $1,500 Bowl for Xi: Biden Gave Lavish Gifts to Foreign Human Rights Abusers, Congressional Notice Shows
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Just days after ABC News settled a massive defamation lawsuit for lying about the then-former president, President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would be suing other members of the corrupt media. The message is clear — if the propaganda press cannot stop peddling lies, then they will be held accountable.
The Only Way To Stop Corporate Media From Lying Is By Literally Making Them Pay
Even as defeated Democrats try to decide who they are and what they believe in, their media handmaidens face a crisis of their own. The comeuppance against their politically driven bias has arrived — and it’s proving to be expensive in more ways than one.
Michael Goodwin: The left-wing media created their own crisis and now have to pay the price for repeatedly attacking Donald Trump
There is little or no difference between the utterances of the Democrats in active politics and the Democrats in the media.
Donald Trump Takes on the Media
Balaji had left OpenAI earlier in the year and publicly voiced concerns over alleged copyright violations by the company in developing its ChatGPT chatbot.The San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, represented by Executive Director David Serrano Sewell, said in an email that Balaji’s death has been ruled as a suicide, with his family having been informed of the situation. On November 26, officers from the San Francisco Police Department conducted a welfare check at an apartment on Buchanan Street. Subsequently, they discovered a deceased adult male and reported no signs of foul play in their preliminary findings.
Former OpenAI Whistleblower Dies Mysteriously at 26.
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
“California and 11 other states were awaiting permission for the ambitious measure, which Biden is set to give in one of his final acts during the lame-duck period, two people briefed on the matter told the New York Times. President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly signaled his opposition to the measure, setting up a legal battle for the second administration.”
Biden Junta Set To Okay Newsom’s CA 2035 Ban on Gas-Powered Cars
Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote in Wednesday filings that the Biden junta believes it is inappropriate for the Supreme Court to intervene in state or municipal lawsuits against energy producers seeking to make those companies fork over billions of dollars to compensate for their purported roles in causing climate change. While the outgoing Biden administration sided with the Democrat jurisdictions bringing these suits, Prelogar’s filings will not get in the Trump administration’s way, legal experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Biden’s Parting Shot At Energy Companies Won’t Tie Trump’s Hands
Appalling as that was, DeJoy’s antics were overshadowed when the Washington Post reported that even after the Biden junta committed $3 billion to buy electric delivery trucks for the post office, the contractor it hired, Oshkosh, has delivered only 93 of what was supposed to be 3,000 EV trucks by now.
Postal Service, Biden Can’t Deliver On EVs
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH AND 2024 SHENANIGANS
Robert Spencer: Election fraud is not a new problem in the United States. Old Joe Biden and his henchmen didn’t invent it in 2020. Back in 1948, the cinematic classic “Key Largo” featured the villainous mob boss Johnny Rocco (played by the great Edward G. Robinson) boasting about how he manipulated elections: “Yeah, how many of those guys in office owe everything to me? I made them. Yeah, I made them just like a... Like a tailor makes a suit of clothes. I'd take a nobody, see, teach him what to say, get his name in the papers. Then I'd pay for his campaign expenses. Dish out a lot of groceries and coal. Get my boys to bring the voters out. And then count the votes over and over again 'til they added up right, and he was elected.” This wasn’t just a Hollywood conceit. Long before “Key Largo,” the Tammany Hall Democrat Party machine in New York was notorious for manipulating elections. In 1871, a renowned political cartoonist of the day, Thomas Nast, drew Tammany chief Boss Tweed standing next to a ballot box labeled “In Counting There is Strength,” and saying: “As long as I count the Votes, what are you going to do about it?”
They’ve Finally Finished Counting Votes, and Yes, It’s Fishy
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Robert Spencer: Massachusetts being Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren (D-Cherokee Nation) is still in the Senate, and while she maintained a relatively low profile during the presidential campaign, she is now sending up new smoke signals. After years of turning a blind eye to the massive corruption of the Biden crime family, to say nothing of the Clintons and other leftists, Warren has suddenly discovered that public servants shouldn’t enrich themselves at the public trough, and she’s demanding action. The only problem is, as you may already have suspected, she is demanding it of all the wrong people.
Elizabeth Warren Demands Conflict-of-Interest Rules for Musk, and Trump Camp’s Response Is FIRE
“I think he should hear evidence as to whether or not Eric Adams was investigated and prosecuted in retaliation for his political positions. And if he concludes that that’s a realistic possibility, of course he should pardon him. Nobody should be allowed, no prosecutor should be allowed to use political considerations to decide who to prosecute,” Dershowitz said.
‘Partisan Punishment’: Gregg Jarrett, Alan Dershowitz Make Case For Why Trump Should Consider Pardoning Eric Adams
Vermont socialist was one of the online retailer's biggest Senate customers during the 2024 election cycle
self-Gassing Hades-Bound Communist momzer Bernie Sanders Says Amazon Warehouses are 'Uniquely Dangerous.' He's Spent Nearly $2 Million in Campaign Cash There, Disclosures Show.
POLITICS
Republican Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz, who won reelection in November after initially deciding to not seek a third term, announced her exit from the House Republican Caucus in a post on X on Monday evening, citing her discontent with House Republican leadership.
Record Slim House Majority Faces New Problems As GOP Lawmaker Announces Exit From Republican Conference
The Kamala Harris campaign and the DNC are still in the finger-pointing stage, and the latest news is pop-some-corn-and-slather-it-in-butter-worthy — and it's stunning for both what it did say and left unsaid.
Kamala Harris Deputy Campaign Manager Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
Connolly, 74, who is twice as old as Ocasio-Cortez, 35, and has recently been diagnosed with esophageal cancer, won the seat in a 131-84 vote. He will replace Rep. Jamie Raskin (D., Md.), who is in the running to become the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee. "Gerry's a young 74, cancer notwithstanding," said Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), a strong Connolly ally.
Age Before Beauty: Connolly Defeats AOC for Top Oversight Role (She's a 34-D but his scrotum is a 34 Long, matching Pelosi's bra - jjs)
California and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) are planning to repeal the 2023 call for a national constitutional convention, given Donald Trump’s recent victory and the possibility of Republicans proposing their own new amendments.
On Second Thought: Newsom to Repeal Call for Constitutional Convention After Trump Victory (As if the Constitution means anything to that greasy momzer tyrant and his partei - jjs)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Has the regime's Supreme Leader made his escape plans yet?
Do Iran’s Leaders Smell the Coffee Yet?
Primary school students will learn weapons safety and how to handle weapons while secondary school students will learn how to shoot and shooting safety.
Poland becomes first EU nation to implement firearms training in all primary and secondary schools
Farage is a longtime ally of President-elect Trump, having campaigned for him during his first run for the presidency in 2016. Trump, in turn, was one of the few international leaders to lend his weight to Farage’s efforts to secure Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) the same year.
‘One More Chance to Save the West’ – Farage Holds ‘Historic Meeting’ with Elon Musk at Mar-a-Lago.
McConnell has spent his career selling America’s domestic interests down the river in favor of funding foreign conflict.
Mitch McConnell Is The Personification Of America In Decline
Under his leadership, Canada's Liberal Party has devolved to something like a cult of personality.
Justin Castreau-CescuTrudeau Should Resign
Canada in upheaval after Trump tariff threat.
Canada: Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland Resigns as Cabinet Crumbles
DRONE HYSTERIA, MYSTERIA
Belleville, New Jersey, Mayor Michael Melham connected a string of mysterious drone sightings to a report of a radioactive shipment that went missing earlier in December. Melham said the drones have been hovering over critical infrastructure and residential areas in his state for at least four weeks, suggesting that their grid-like flying patterns indicate they are searching for something specific.
Mayor Says Radioactive Material Missing From Port, Connects It To Drone Mystery
“Nothing nefarious apparently, but they’re checking it all out,” Biden told reporters at the White House on Tuesday as many lawmakers have joined concerned members of the public in demanding answers from the federal government into the origins of the reported drones.
Biden insists drones pose ‘no sense of danger’ in first comments on mysterious sightings
We are experiencing concern about the sudden appearance of drones in night skies. Presidential and Vice-Presidential leadership in responding with clarity, knowledge, and purpose is clearly lacking.
Concerns About Drones Have Not Been Allayed
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
The U.S. military’s growing DEI policies are creating a climate where fear of unfounded accusations erodes leadership and threatens combat readiness—leaving the nation's future at risk.
DEI and the Death of Effective Military Command
Cybersecurity represents a battlefield that demands not only rhetoric but bold, decisive action....
Trump will make American cybersecurity great again
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Trump said that Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz had discussed reforming PBMs extensively, “These middlemen are, but they are rich as we’re going to knock out the middlemen. We’re going to get drug costs down at levels that nobody has ever seen before, and that really, I tell you, we spend more time talking about that with Bobby and with the executives and Oz, all of them. We spent more time talking about that than anything else.”
Trump Takes on Pharmacy Benefit Managers: ‘We’re Going to Knock Out the Middleman’
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Tralee District Court Judge Waters described the incident as a "premeditated" disruption, claiming that the defendants traveled to the event with the intent to recklessly breach the peace.
Three convicted over 'premeditated' disruption 'Drag Queen Story Hour' at Irish public library
Republicans should take advantage of the fact that Democrats are now crosswise with the American public on the issue of transgenderism.
How Congressional Republicans Can Undo Bostock’s Distortion Of The Civil Rights Act
The full extent of her injury unfolded over weeks, as McNabb was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, a brain bleed, partial paralysis and loss of peripheral vision on her right side. She also suffered ongoing memory loss, confusion and severe headaches.
Volleyball player ‘fights for truth’ after being severely injured by trans opponent: ‘If only my rights had been more important than a man’s feelings’ ("Man's feelings" = Psychotic pervert's delusions - jjs)
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Jackson strutted her stuff, dancing, singing, and acting in the production on December 14 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, becoming the first sitting Supreme Court Justice to appear in a Broadway play.
Watch [vomit]: Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown-25 Jackson Sings on Broadway in Reimagined Queer ‘Romeo and Juliet’
ESPN switched up their policy in July to ban their talent from getting political, but their iconic personality Stephen A. Smith doesn’t give a damn about the four-letter network’s change. In a fresh edition of his “The Stephen A. Smith Show,” the sports media legend absolutely ripped into the Democratic Party regarding newly released information related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
‘Really Getting Ticked Off’: Stephen A. Smith Blasts Democrat Party After Getting Caught In Yet Another Jan. 6 Lie
The problem with California is that the oligarchy that runs it is committed to turning diverse nations and cultures into totally undifferentiated human matter.
The Algorithms of Erasure
Daniel Greenfield: Changing the world has become a dead end.
Cultural Magic
HITHER & YON
Christian Toto:Superhero flops ... crime-noir busts ... MeToo fails ... the year's true stinkers
The Seven Worst Movies of 2024
The jaw that belonged to an adult male and other incredible bone fragments were recently found in Orange County near Scotchtown — about 70 miles from New York City, the New York State Museum said on Tuesday.
Prehistoric mastodon jaw found in backyard by NY homeowner who spotted teeth sticking up from soil

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1 I shall ring the bell in the tech thread...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 18, 2024 07:31 AM (O7YUW)

2 Bell rung.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 18, 2024 07:31 AM (O7YUW)

3 st

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 07:31 AM (gbOdA)

4 Top ten.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 18, 2024 07:32 AM (Lo97M)

5 4th!

Posted by: NR Pax at December 18, 2024 07:32 AM (lXoJ5)

6 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 07:33 AM (ExV1e)

7 "Justin Castreau-CescuTrudeau Should Resign"

I've covered this in previous threads. It simply boils down to, "But he won't. He can't stop looking at his own reflection in the mirror and admiring himself. He's blind and deaf to anything that doesn't agree with that image."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 18, 2024 07:33 AM (O7YUW)

8 rhennigantx: "3 st"

Time for you to hydrate, sir!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 18, 2024 07:34 AM (O7YUW)

9
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 18, 2024 07:35 AM (w9Ycv)

10 "Donald Trump should consider pardoning Democratic New York Mayor Eric Adams if the evidence shows the mayor’s case was pure political retaliation"

BOOM! Reverse TRUMP!!! curse!

Posted by: fd at December 18, 2024 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

11 Morning all. Thank you JJ

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2024 07:37 AM (ANuwa)

12 A radicalized, pliable and dependent society is just what the left wants.

They're likely going to get it. In spades.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2024 07:37 AM (Q4IgG)

13 1500-&-odd pages lol

in other words over 3 reams of paper if you printed it out single-sided

(it's a thing I do to make figures real in my head ... when I think of needing to lose 10 pounds I think of so many packages of hamburger)

& so on ...

Thanks, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at December 18, 2024 07:37 AM (cY18j)

14 I am going to enjoy all the body slams.

Posted by: fd at December 18, 2024 07:37 AM (vFG9F)

15 And as for Mike Johnson, he leads the GOP – Grifting Oleaginous Parasite party.

Why do people vote for Trump and not the down-ballot GOP? I don't understand.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 07:39 AM (ExV1e)

16 Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks, where I give daily thanks to be able to live in.

And Rupnow started her rampage with the wrong person.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 18, 2024 07:40 AM (hKoQL)

17 The volleyball player article links to this page.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 18, 2024 07:41 AM (lXoJ5)

18 "effectively giving senators and House members a raise. "

I propose we give them all a raise to the ISS.

Posted by: fd at December 18, 2024 07:42 AM (vFG9F)

19 Sidenote, I am sick to death of the abuse of this word "Privileged." It alludes to the fact that coming from money somehow is evil.

JJ
I think it is much more evil than just money. Privileged is a word like Kulak or Proletariat or Teacher that can be used to label a person that is not down for the cause and may be a roadblock for "progress".
And more 18-30 (41% to 40%) defined the murder of the Insurance CEO as acceptable than unacceptable.
In my lifetime (hopefully another 10 to 15 yrs) it is NOT unimaginable that murder and assignation of ones political or business enemies becomes a mainstream ideology.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 07:43 AM (gbOdA)

20 @18/fd: "I propose we give them all a raise to the ISS."

The advancement in trebuchet technology as we iterate on height and distance achievements will be awesome.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 18, 2024 07:43 AM (O7YUW)

21 Her manifesto, entitled ‘War Against Humanity,’ was published on X by journalist Anna Slatz of Reduxx Magazine. It reveals a visceral hatred for human beings, whom Rupnow calls “filth.”
______

With that kind of attitude, she'll get posthumous honors from the WEF.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 18, 2024 07:44 AM (fs1hN)

22 One thing that bothers me about the Madison shooting, beyond the obvious, is that the shooter was a student at this Christian school and presumably was given regular instruction in Christian beliefs, ethics etc at school. Furthermore, presumably her parents were believers sending her to this school. Yet all that couldn’t overcome whatever she was seeing (probably online) that stoked all the hate. Handing your kids a smartphone is a huge gamble. I did it myself several years ago with my own kids (ignorant of the risks) and got away with it, thank the Lord. Smartphones and the sewer that is social media blending with young minds is a bad combo…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2024 07:44 AM (ANuwa)

23 Regarding the volleyball player getting permanently injured by a man:

In the documentary, McNabb shows the camera an Instagram message from the other player, who has never been publicly named, that reads: “Wow I really am living rent free in your head, aren’t I?”

Why hasn't he been publicly named and his pictures plastered for all to see?

And if I was that young lady's father, that boy's autopsy would conclude that he died painfully.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 18, 2024 07:45 AM (lXoJ5)

24 "Biden insists drones pose ‘no sense of danger’ in first comments on mysterious sightings"

Joe's acute sense of danger is on the order of a clam.

Posted by: fd at December 18, 2024 07:45 AM (vFG9F)

25 13 1500-&-odd pages lol

in other words over 3 reams of paper if you printed it out single-sided

(it's a thing I do to make figures real in my head ... when I think of needing to lose 10 pounds I think of so many packages of hamburger)

& so on ...

Thanks, JJ!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at December 18, 2024 07:37 AM (cY18j)

Obamacare was 2200. It now exceeds 10,000 with all of the rules.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 07:45 AM (gbOdA)

26 In my lifetime (hopefully another 10 to 15 yrs) it is NOT unimaginable that murder and assignation of ones political or business enemies becomes a mainstream ideology.
_____

I'm back, baby! (I never really went away see: Clinton et. al.)

Posted by: The 60s at December 18, 2024 07:45 AM (fs1hN)

27
Her manifesto, entitled ‘War Against Humanity,’ was published on X by journalist Anna Slatz of Reduxx Magazine. It reveals a visceral hatred for human beings, whom Rupnow calls “filth.”

There is no God
The future is hopeless
May as well kill myself/others

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 18, 2024 07:45 AM (dxSpM)

28 Good morning. Thanks again, J.J. for all your work.

Or, maybe that's just my white privilege speaking.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 18, 2024 07:46 AM (tT6L1)

29 @19/rhennigatx: Yup, exactly. It's nothing more than othering/demonizing/dehumanizing, and the purpose is assuaging guilt about committing mass murder of their own; always the end result of communism.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 18, 2024 07:46 AM (O7YUW)

30 Thank you and fuck you Mike Johnson for underscoring why the GOP = Grifting Oleaginous Parasites

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 07:48 AM (gbOdA)

31 WEAPONIZATION: Biden publicly ordered 11 federal agencies to 'look' into Elon Musk. All 11 opened investigations. Then all 11 funneled a total of $300M to Reuters who then who won a Pulitzer Prize for their relentless attack pieces against the billionaire.

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 07:48 AM (PB2I8)

32

"War Against Humanity. OOH HOT!"

- - Klingon/Zanti Misfit/Metaluna Mutant Axis

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 18, 2024 07:48 AM (x0n13)

33 Good morning all. It's such a pleasure so see all the happy faces.
Coffee.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 07:49 AM (QDStS)

34 "Adams was quick to point out that Mangione’s background doesn’t fit the typical profile of someone prone to radicalization."

Are you kidding? It exactly fits the profile.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 18, 2024 07:49 AM (h/ffs)

35 "Jackson strutted her stuff, dancing, singing, and acting in the production on December 14 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, becoming the first sitting Supreme Court Justice to appear in a Broadway play."

No shame. From zombie's description, this play is destined to become a
Disney movie.

Posted by: fd at December 18, 2024 07:49 AM (vFG9F)

36 31 a Pulitzer Prize for their relentless attack pieces against the billionaire.
Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 07:48 AM (PB2I

"Pull It, Surprise!"

- - Bill Clinton

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 18, 2024 07:49 AM (x0n13)

37 Good morning all!

Getting to see Trump call Warren Pocahontas for four more years is hilarious. Any future biography of her will include this insult. So, Trump has truly marked her as a liar for all time.

Posted by: jmel at December 18, 2024 07:50 AM (RWHIh)

38 Fabrice Balanche, from France’s University Lumière Lyon 2, estimates the Alawite population to be approximately 1.7 million, about nine percent of Syrians. The community’s historical ties to the Assad family, serving as its “Praetorian Guard,” are raising fears the Sunni majority will exact collective revenge on them under HTS.
Syria’s Alawite Minority Looking to Migrate Under New Al-Qaeda Regime.
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Oh no, those poor murderers rapists and torturers will suffer greatly under al-Qaeda! We will give them asylum in our countries and housing and other generous benefits that we don't give to our own citizens. Because we're compassionate (plus this will upset the far-right).
-Western "Democratic" Leadership

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 18, 2024 07:50 AM (fs1hN)

39 I recall a study some years ago examining the leaders behind the major terrorist movements around the world and a striking trend emerged - most were from affluent, privileged, educated backgrounds. Osama bin Laden himself came from wealth.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 18, 2024 07:52 AM (h/ffs)

40 I see where John Kirby has pronounced the drone mystery solved. They’re just lawful legal commercial and hobbyist drones and even law enforcement drones. His word as a Biden (spokesliar)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2024 07:52 AM (6RwsA)

41 The governmental departments and agencies saw how Elon quickly and brutally fired about 80% of Twitter staff after he took over, and ... it's still running.

They know the same sort of cuts might be in their futures. They're scared. Good.

And on that note, the salt mines call. Later all.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 18, 2024 07:52 AM (O7YUW)

42 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at December 18, 2024 07:52 AM (53oGX)

43 "the contractor it hired, Oshkosh, has delivered only 93 of what was supposed to be 3,000 EV trucks by now."

Breach of contract. Gone!

Posted by: fd at December 18, 2024 07:55 AM (vFG9F)

44 Finishing ninth in the hate crimes standings were “Anti-Islamic (Muslim)” hate crimes, which numbered only 24.

Not even Bowl eligible.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 07:55 AM (gbOdA)

45 43 "the contractor it hired, Oshkosh, has delivered only 93 of what was supposed to be 3,000 EV trucks by now."

Breach of contract. Gone!
Posted by: fd at December 18, 2024 07:55 AM (vFG9F)

It will take over 10 years to deliver the first tranche of the contact.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 07:56 AM (gbOdA)

46 Despite the protests of a few Republicans, many will still vote for it and plenty of Dems will replace the protesting nay-vote Rs. I predict this will pass. I'm curious though why Trump isn't saying anything (I haven't heard anyway).

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 18, 2024 07:56 AM (fs1hN)

47 Morning Horde. So many others here have worse medical issues then me, however I have 3 minor issues that have cropped up at the same time. One I can ignore for a bit and the other two are causing me loads of pain and discomfort. They may be related and I will ask that question when I see my ortho doc in a couple hours. I'm praying she has an answer for both. Send good thoughts and prayers my way.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 18, 2024 07:56 AM (2NHgQ)

48 > Connolly, 74, who is twice as old as Ocasio-Cortez, 35...
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I see Pelosi still has her talons wrapped tightly around the Democrats in the House. The Olde Guard lives...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2024 07:58 AM (Q4IgG)

49 Trump is not a budget hawk. Let's hope the DOGE operation wins him over.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 18, 2024 07:58 AM (h/ffs)

50 "It will take over 10 years to deliver the first tranche of the contact.
Posted by: rhennigantx"

It remains to be seen, but I hope DOGE and PDT handle stuff like this with a pitchfork.

Posted by: fd at December 18, 2024 07:59 AM (vFG9F)

51 Maybe we can get Kentanji Brown-25 Jackson on the podcast to give us a rousing rendition of "Bess You Is My Woman Now."

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What, "My Mammy" isn't available?

/I denounce myself ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Could the drones be holographic projections? at December 18, 2024 08:01 AM (z3WOQ)

52 >>>May as well kill myself/others
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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The parents approved her taking testosterone, right?
Parents are responsible for their children.
Doctors are responsible for practicing good medicine.
This child, these deaths are products of failed responsibilities
and/or deliberate malfeasance.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 08:02 AM (QDStS)

53 For the times they are a changin'

Karoline Leavitt is replacing Mopsie as White House Press Secretary.

In response to Senator Liz Warren's demand that ethics rules be adopted specifically to address Elon Musk, Leavitt said yesterday:

"Pocahontas can play political games and send toothless letters, but the Trump-Vance transition will continue to be held to the highest ethical and legal standards possible—a standard unfamiliar to a career politician whose societal impact is 1/1024th of Elon Musk’s."

A star is born, no?

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 18, 2024 08:03 AM (Gqoy+)

54 48 I see Pelosi still has her talons wrapped tightly around the Democrats in the House. The Olde Guard lives...

If it keeps Donkey Chompers from getting power, I'll accept that. And she's probably striking deals with demons to live a bit longer.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 18, 2024 08:03 AM (lXoJ5)

55 *Joe's acute sense of danger is on the order of a clam.
Posted by: fd at December 18, 2024 07:45 AM*

Stay in your lane, pal.

Posted by: Clams everywhere at December 18, 2024 08:04 AM (dg+HA)

56 52 The parents approved her taking testosterone, right?

Pardon me for being That Guy™ but has there been any proof that she'd been taking testosterone? At the moment, it sounds like a nihilistic teenager more than anything else.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 18, 2024 08:04 AM (lXoJ5)

57 One week till Christmas Day. All shopped and wrapped?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 18, 2024 08:04 AM (SfhV1)

58 Is Liz Cheney being held without bail yet?
If not, why not?

Posted by: Uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not kill at December 18, 2024 08:04 AM (gxokI)

59 The parents approved her taking testosterone, right?

We don't actually know she was taking hormones.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 08:05 AM (ExV1e)

60 I'm praying she has an answer for both. Send good thoughts and prayers my way.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
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We cannot administer medical advice without further explanation about the source of these ills. Please continue.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 08:05 AM (QDStS)

61 Has anyone answered the question, "How did the shooter acquire the firearm" yet?

I seem to recall it's illegal for a 15 year old to get a handgun in most states.

But, more gun control, yo!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 18, 2024 08:06 AM (tT6L1)

62 Send good thoughts and prayers my way.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

Absolutely.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 18, 2024 08:06 AM (SfhV1)

63 One week till Christmas Day. All shopped and wrapped?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 18, 2024 08:04 AM (SfhV1)
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Yes. And the stuff for the kids and grandkids went out last Friday.

Hah!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 18, 2024 08:07 AM (tT6L1)

64 First post from the new iPad mini. The other did not recover from the tea spill.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 18, 2024 08:07 AM (NQtI0)

65 Eric Adams is trying to be Ed Koch, Mk II. I doubt it will work. Only Italian Republicans can run that city.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 18, 2024 08:07 AM (1bNHn)

66 One week till Christmas Day. All shopped and wrapped?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 18, 2024 08:04 AM (SfhV1)

I do my shopping online. No more shopping malls, I done that too many times.

Posted by: dantesed at December 18, 2024 08:07 AM (Oy/m2)

67 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

Another day of working from home.

Another day of Allie deciding I don't need to be working.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 18, 2024 08:07 AM (BpYfr)

68 es. And the stuff for the kids and grandkids went out last Friday.

Hah!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 18, 2024 08:07 AM (tT6L1)

You've done yourself proud.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 18, 2024 08:07 AM (SfhV1)

69 "Sidenote, I am sick to death of the abuse of this word "Privileged." It alludes to the fact that coming from money somehow is evil."

We used to call that "blessed".

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 18, 2024 08:08 AM (8XYYe)

70 Morning, grammie!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 18, 2024 08:08 AM (tT6L1)

71 59 The parents approved her taking testosterone, right?

We don't actually know she was taking hormones.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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If so, the parents are still hip deep. And if a doc/counselor was involved him too. It was no secret to anyone that she was a mental case.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 08:09 AM (QDStS)

72 Good morning blake!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 18, 2024 08:09 AM (SfhV1)

73 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 08:10 AM (v6JzV)

74 >>>Biden-Harris Regime Launches ‘National Strategy to Combat Islamophobia’

I predict more of these lamest of lame-duck Leftist policy and strategy initiatives by the Junta. You may ask why, since Trump will cancel them in less than 5 weeks? They want Trump to cancel them. So the Democrat-Media Complex can scream that Trump is anti-Islamic And -Arab in this case, for example. B@stards.

Posted by: Gref at December 18, 2024 08:11 AM (aBgBM)

75 Psst, Grammie, did you notice GB is probably going to get a Wild Card with a record which would win a couple of divisions other than the North?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 18, 2024 08:11 AM (tT6L1)

76 Has anyone answered the question, "How did the shooter acquire the firearm" yet?

I believe it's been said that she manipulated her "stupid father".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

77 Does Justice Action Jackson at least have a decent singing voice?

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 08:11 AM (v6JzV)

78 Biden Junta Set To Okay Newsom’s CA 2035 Ban on Gas-Powered Cars

Cal sales 1.78 million cars annually. EV charger needs around 7200 watts. So Cal will need to add 12,816,000,000 watts or 13,000 MW. To produce 1 Megawatt of power, approximately 3,000 to 4,000 solar panels are needed.
52,000,000 panels.
Unpossible

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 08:11 AM (gbOdA)

79 I recall a study some years ago examining the leaders behind the major terrorist movements around the world and a striking trend emerged - most were from affluent, privileged, educated backgrounds. Osama bin Laden himself came from wealth.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 18, 2024 07:52 AM (h/ffs)

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The Cartels Have Killed More Americans Than All Other Terrorist Organizations Combined.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Cartels Have Killed More Americans Than All Other Terrorist Orgs Combined at December 18, 2024 08:11 AM (z3WOQ)

80 First thing to mind when I see privileged is select set asides or gifted by the government. Illegal aliens are privileged. The most privileged in America are government officials and employees.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 08:12 AM (QDStS)

81 51 Maybe we can get Kentanji Brown-25 Jackson on the podcast to give us a rousing rendition of "Bess You Is My Woman Now."

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What, "My Mammy" isn't available?

/I denounce myself ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Could the drones be holographic projections? at December 18, 2024 08:01 AM (z3WOQ)

She should wear blackface . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 18, 2024 08:12 AM (x0n13)

82 Psst, Grammie, did you notice GB is probably going to get a Wild Card with a record which would win a couple of divisions other than the North?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 18, 2024 08:11 AM (tT6L1)

It's a pretty tough division, that's for sure. I don't know how far they'll go but it's fun to watch.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 18, 2024 08:12 AM (SfhV1)

83 From what I read the shooter wore an old mans style white shirt, black tie, mans jeans, and combat boots daily.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 08:13 AM (gbOdA)

84 A star is born, no?
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 18, 2024 08:03 AM (Gqoy+)

She's only 27.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 18, 2024 08:13 AM (h/ffs)

85 79 I recall a study some years ago examining the leaders behind the major terrorist movements around the world and a striking trend emerged - most were from affluent, privileged, educated backgrounds. Osama bin Laden himself came from wealth.

Posted by: Ordinary American
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Bill Ayers

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 08:13 AM (QDStS)

86 Trump Turncoat Alyssa Farah Accused of J6 Witness Tampering.

She should be fired from The View. She is a fraud and is no conservative.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 18, 2024 08:13 AM (NpAcC)

87 66.9% of the late-counted vote going for Harris, and even though these are mostly from California and other deep-blue states, the percentage is striking. Harris won California itself with a comparably low 58.45%.

Statistically unpossible.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 08:15 AM (gbOdA)

88 It's a pretty tough division, that's for sure. I don't know how far they'll go but it's fun to watch.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 18, 2024 08:12 AM (SfhV1)
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I notice if things remain the same, the game which decides the division will probably be the last game of the year. Which probably has TV execs rubbing their hands with glee.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 18, 2024 08:16 AM (tT6L1)

89 Today is International Migrants Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 18, 2024 08:16 AM (NpAcC)

90 64 First post from the new iPad mini. The other did not recover from the tea spill.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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Good morning. Sorry about the tea. Mine landed on its corner and cracked the glass but its still limping along.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 08:17 AM (QDStS)

91 Lenin was technically a nobleman, an inherited status from his father, thanks to Peter the Great’s Table of Ranks.

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 08:17 AM (v6JzV)

92 Blue states will count those votes until they get it right.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 08:18 AM (QDStS)

93 The far-left activist said that whites are psychopaths because of their biology and 'evolutionary history'

I only wish we were, asshole.

Smoke up a chimney, as I have said before.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 18, 2024 08:19 AM (Q0kLU)

94 Easy to imagine Greta von Thule Thunberg toting an AK and shooting up a church while belting out Ride of the Valkyries.

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It's not for nothin' that I call her "Pol Tot."

Posted by: ShainS -- The Cartels Have Killed More Americans Than All Other Terrorist Orgs Combined at December 18, 2024 08:19 AM (z3WOQ)

95 > Biden Junta Set To Okay Newsom’s CA 2035 Ban on Gas-Powered Cars
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Trump had best let them and not interfere. This might be the stupidest thing CA has ever tried. I seriously doubt the rest of the nation will follow California's lead on this.

If we've learned anything about California and their stupidity, let us remember the gas can...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2024 08:20 AM (Q4IgG)

96 Way behind on getting gifts out, especially since I've have been purchasing them since May. Finally sent them out yesterday to the left coast and WNC. $166 via UPS. I really need to manage better next year. We didn't really resent the high cost of the WNC one, kidlet is still without potable water and struggling with the destruction he sees around him.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 18, 2024 08:20 AM (2NHgQ)

97 “ The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.”

Luke 1:19

Posted by: Marcus T at December 18, 2024 08:20 AM (y9QM6)

98 Mastodon jaw unearthed in Orange County, NY. Remnant of the Ice Age.
Speaking of fossilized remnants of the Ice Age, how is the Speaker Emerita doing?

Posted by: Hip To The Jive at December 18, 2024 08:20 AM (G5+As)

99 @amuse @amuse 1h
DRONES: FBI Director Christopher Wray is now refusing to testify to Congress about the drone swarms that forced Trump to cancel his trip to New Jersey.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 08:20 AM (hovnC)

100 As an almost lifetime government employee - soldier and firefighter(volunteer) - I can safely attest that government is the root of ALL of our problems. And we still do nothing to curtail it.

The United Healthcare CEO gets whacked by a loony who doesn't understand that government took over health 'care' by pointing a gun at the industry's head; yes, they willingly signed on for 30 million forced customers.

Government 'messaging' through all media drove a kid to pick up a gun and kill kids in WI.

At least Trump is sidestepping government as much as he can by NOT using the GSA for transition and is creating a parallel Cabinet instead of using the Blob(DoState which is the overt command of the covert CIA).

Posted by: Danimal28 at December 18, 2024 08:20 AM (klw0w)

101 There is an apocryphal story from ~1850 where a southerner and yankee talk. The southerner explains that a southerner's anger, when moved to action would be like a wildfire, continuing on out of control. The yankee (who was not named Jules or Vincent) counters that his kind of anger is like a steam engine (the most robust energy prior to petroleum) where a huge store of power would be focused toward a single point and complete the task.

Both of these describe the Civil war accurately, more unflattering than these two knew, and more tragedy. Puffery and big talk describe a danger, but also a hunger to have more control over a person's own way of life.

Every time my school talked about "HATE" it was as tone-deaf and condescending as a "very special episode" of a network comedy.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 18, 2024 08:21 AM (lhenN)

102 Job Well Done: Congress Gives Itself a Raise with Last-Minute, 1,547-Page Spending Deal
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Why don't we stop paying them? They can live off investments and bribes.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 18, 2024 08:21 AM (1bNHn)

103 "What for you bury me in the cold, cold ground?"

Posted by: Tasmanian Devil at December 18, 2024 08:21 AM (BpYfr)

104 Good Morning Garbage people

Posted by: Jonah at December 18, 2024 08:22 AM (YCxFk)

105 “There’s just no value — with respect to my colleagues in the mainstream press — in a general election, to speaking to the New York Times or speaking to the Washington Post, because those [readers] are already with us,” Flaherty said.

We have met the enemy
And it is us.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 08:22 AM (gbOdA)

106 Because the past 2,000 years of Judeo-Christian and Western civilization with individual freedom and the concomitant need for individual responsibility stands in the way of their twisted belief in paradise on earth and the perfectibility of man – if only they were in charge instead of what they mock as the mythical sky god.

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Indeed and well-said JJ.

The only freedom that Leftists have ever believed in is the freedom from responsibility.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Cartels Have Killed More Americans Than All Other Terrorist Orgs Combined at December 18, 2024 08:22 AM (z3WOQ)

107 Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs explains radicalization of the privileged. All other needs have been met, only sefl-actualization remains.

It also explains crime among the impoverished.

And it explains why the middle class just hums along in the Love and Belonging tier. Because sometimes, that is just enough.

Posted by: thesgm at December 18, 2024 08:22 AM (bIA6Y)

108 “ The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.”

Luke 1:19

Posted by: Marcus T at December 18, 2024 08:20 AM (y9QM6)

Best news ever.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 18, 2024 08:22 AM (SfhV1)

109 People are going to wipe out dealer inventory in CA the day before the ban goes into effect.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 18, 2024 08:23 AM (tT6L1)

110 26 I'm back, baby! (I never really went away see: Clinton et. al.)
Posted by: The 60s at December 18, 2024 07:45 AM (fs1hN)

The radicals of the 60s took over everything and made sure we never stopped living the 60s over and over and over again.

Replete with that shitty Spencer Davis/Steve Winwood song.

Posted by: XTC at December 18, 2024 08:23 AM (UnA8+)

111 I wonder how bad it smells in the ISS

Apollo spacecraft were cramped, and no toilet. On Apollo 12, mission commander Pete Conrad said when they splashed down, a Navy frog team diver opened the hatch. Pete was going to talk to him, and he slammed the hatch shut.

Later, on deck of the carrier, Pete asked the diver why he slammed the hatch closed in his face. The diver said “Come over here and take a whiff” pointing to the command module. LOL 3 guys in a phone booth after a week gets kinda rank.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 18, 2024 08:23 AM (66/qG)

112 Teacher killed by nut job was a substitute.

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 08:23 AM (PB2I8)

113 Herchel Walker is a good guy, and it was nice to see him get a Ambassadorship

Posted by: Jonah at December 18, 2024 08:25 AM (YCxFk)

114 The schools will look for HATE and oopsie miss it in students that are politically aligned and double-oopsie false positive in politically dissonant.

Whatifalthistorist on twitter said that as a kid he became fascinated with historical battles. And teachers became concerned that this might be a symptom of a future school shooter. I don't know what his history classes were like, but I can already guess.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 18, 2024 08:27 AM (lhenN)

115 > I wonder how bad it smells in the ISS
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Funky doesn't do it justice.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2024 08:27 AM (Q4IgG)

116 I was going to say good morning to you, JJ. But then you compare me to Republicans? How DARE you, sir!

* slowly oozes backs home *

Posted by: Grifting Oleaginous Parasite at December 18, 2024 08:27 AM (JcnCJ)

117 113 Herchel Walker is a good guy, and it was nice to see him get a Ambassadorship
Posted by: Jonah at December 18, 2024 08:25 AM (YCxFk)

He will need to learn English.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 08:27 AM (gbOdA)

118 By far the biggest employer in Cal is the Federal Gubmint. If it were not for the Geography and Chinese threat. Oregon and Wash, and Hawaii just as marxist as Cal. So we cannot move anything. sighhh

Posted by: Jonah at December 18, 2024 08:27 AM (YCxFk)

119 But the lefts definition of radical is 'poo e inbred white hilljack.' They consider all of us that. It is not enough to just disagree politically and arrive at a decision based on thoughtful analysis- the opposition has to not only be fundamentally 'different' but also deficient genetically. That is as old as the stars.

Dems look at Luigi and he is one of 'their people.' And he is- even ideologically, just actually following through on what they espouse. Does anyone else remember occupy, or CHAZ, or any of a 1000 'spontaneous' groups of the past 25 years? This is what you get.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 18, 2024 08:28 AM (HsOwE)

120 Good morning, Hordelings! Many thanks, JJ!

Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2024 08:28 AM (jgdZo)

121 People are going to wipe out dealer inventory in CA the day before the ban goes into effect.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 18, 2024 08:23 AM (tT6L1)

Does that ban say that you cannot sell gasoline powered cars, or you cannot own gasoline powered cars? I assume the former since the latter would affect the wealthy also.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 08:28 AM (ExV1e)

122 117. took a lot of guts as a Black man in Georgia to support Trump. do not give a F%%k about his speech

Posted by: Jonah at December 18, 2024 08:29 AM (YCxFk)

123 Job Well Done: Congress Gives Itself a Raise with Last-Minute, 1,547-Page Spending Deal

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They're all going to donate that extra money to the ~~War~~ Oligarchs in Ukraine, amirite?

/Hello? Hello? Is this thing on?

Posted by: ShainS -- The Cartels Have Killed More Americans Than All Other Terrorist Orgs Combined at December 18, 2024 08:29 AM (z3WOQ)

124 California is gonna be Cuba, just having stopped in a non beautiful car era.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 18, 2024 08:29 AM (HsOwE)

125 Good morning JJ and horde

Have I mentioned lately I H8 my co-workers?

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2024 08:30 AM (AYz4A)

126 Herchel Walker is a good guy, and it was nice to see him get a Ambassadorship
Posted by: Jonah at December 18, 2024 08:25 AM (YCxFk)

He will need to learn English.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 08:27 AM (gbOdA)

Why? What purpose, other than a taxpayer funded vacation for friends/supporters, does an ambassador play in the 21st century?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 08:30 AM (ExV1e)

127 Good morning Horde, thx JJ
Love the Dem congressman saying "Connolly is a young 74, despite the cancer"
Yup and Biden is "as sharp as a tack"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 18, 2024 08:30 AM (DopAq)

128 “The damage a Constitutional Convention could do to Californians’ basic rights is off the charts,” said state Sen. Scott Wiener. “Once it begins, extremists could easily hijack it and drive the Convention to strip protections for women, LGBTQ people, workers, immigrants, or any number of other groups, while undermining democracy and locking in the power of the largest corporations on the planet.”

14th 15th 16th and 17th need to go too!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 08:30 AM (gbOdA)

129 No, Socialized Medicine Wouldn’t Have Saved United Healthcare’s CEO
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Wouldn't it have meant that, instead of a CEO, he'd have been Secretary of Euthanasia?

Posted by: Eeyore at December 18, 2024 08:30 AM (1bNHn)

130 Any updates on the tranny shooter? Or is all of the information still unknown and, like the police chief immediately stated, it isn't important if they/them is a tranny.

Did it just disappear from the news?

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 08:30 AM (hIXll)

131 How's your thumb, Skip?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 18, 2024 08:30 AM (SfhV1)

132 Herchel Walker is a good guy, and it was nice to see him get a Ambassadorship
Posted by: Jonah at December 18, 2024 08:25 AM (YCxFk)

For my money, Herschel Walker and Earl Campbell were the two most amazing college RBs to watch (maybe throw in Bo Jackson) ever. I know Barry Sanders had incredible stats in 88, but Sanders was a juke and dodge runner…. Walker Campbell and Jackson were incredibly big guys who could move astonishingly fast

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2024 08:31 AM (i5Vkf)

133 Maybe K-JB is thinking she needs a new line of work if her day job doesn't work out

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2024 08:31 AM (AYz4A)

134 Why? What purpose, other than a taxpayer funded vacation for friends/supporters, does an ambassador play in the 21st century?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 08:30 AM (ExV1e)

Kind of my point.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 08:31 AM (gbOdA)

135 Good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at December 18, 2024 08:31 AM (JcnCJ)

136 Does that ban say that you cannot sell gasoline powered cars, or you cannot own gasoline powered cars? I assume the former since the latter would affect the wealthy also.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 08:28 AM (ExV1e)
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I assume sell. I also assume NV and AZ will sell a ton of cars to resident of CA.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 18, 2024 08:32 AM (tT6L1)

137 129 No, Socialized Medicine Wouldn’t Have Saved United Healthcare’s CEO
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Wouldn't it have meant that, instead of a CEO, he'd have been Secretary of Euthanasia?
Posted by: Eeyore at December 18, 2024 08:30 AM (1bNHn)

1 in 20 deaths in Canadia is STATE DEATHS.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 08:32 AM (gbOdA)

138 Walker has FU money.

Lots of people have guts. This is a distraction.

What most people they don’t have, is unlimited resources to go against the federal government. They will destroy you, even if you “win”. Walker has enough to $$ to say “FU”. Good for him, though the problem remains.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 18, 2024 08:32 AM (66/qG)

139 JJ, here's something you (and the other morons) might be interested in. That Russian general we assassinated? He's the one that's been bringing up the US bioweapons labs in Ukraine to the UN:

"General Igor Kirillov, head of Russia's Chemical and Biological Defense Forces previously accused the Biden administration and George Soros of funding biolabs in Ukraine.

General Igor Kirillov also explained in detail the loss of life that Big Pharma caused with the C0VlD-l9 response, and he knew the extent of the crime (from a Russian perspective at least) -- if you look at who benefits, it's those who want to cover up the biolabs and the plandemic crimes."

https://tinyurl.com/mr2em2wv

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 08:33 AM (hIXll)

140 Food!

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 08:33 AM (v6JzV)

141 Herchel Walker is a good guy, and it was nice to see him get a Ambassadorship
Posted by: Jonah at December 18, 2024 08:25 AM (YCxFk)

He will need to learn English.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 08:27 AM (gbOdA)
*******
A few days ago he finally graduated from UGA. Which was nice.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 18, 2024 08:33 AM (NpAcC)

142 “The damage a Constitutional Convention could do to Californians’ basic rights is off the charts,” said state Sen. Scott Wiener. “Once it begins, extremists could easily hijack it and drive the Convention to strip protections for women, LGBTQ people, workers, immigrants, or any number of other groups, while undermining democracy and locking in the power of the largest corporations on the planet.”

14th 15th 16th and 17th need to go too!
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 08:30 AM (gbOdA)

This Weiner guy; look at what he’s done and he’s flat out evil. Demonic

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2024 08:33 AM (i5Vkf)

143 117

Be a damn joke

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 08:34 AM (gbOdA)

144 > Does that ban say that you cannot sell gasoline powered cars, or you cannot own gasoline powered cars?
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Sell. Later, operate or own.

Like the state did with 2-stroke engines. In a lot of areas 2-stroke boats, motorcycles... some power tools are prohibited. You can own it, but you can't use it.

And you still pay taxes on that boat or motorcycle. That you can't use. Or sell.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2024 08:34 AM (Q4IgG)

145 The Cartels Have Killed More Americans Than All Other Terrorist Organizations Combined.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Cartels Have Killed More Americans Than All Other Terrorist Orgs Combined at December 18, 2024 08:11 AM (z3WOQ)

Naah, Planned Parenthood has them all beat.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 18, 2024 08:34 AM (W6hoT)

146 We're going nowhere but to a mass grave or the gas chambers unless and until we take back Academia from K through Post-Grad and never let go of it.

maybe stop showering them with unlimited cash?

124 California is gonna be Cuba, just having stopped in a non beautiful car era.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 18, 2024 08:29 AM (HsOwE)

Cuba with EVs? That'll go well.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 18, 2024 08:34 AM (pIfcn)

147 Adams needs a Trump pardon. That's why he's been talking like a sane person.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at December 18, 2024 08:35 AM (Bd2wh)

148 Food!
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 08:33 AM (v6JzV)

Good morning, Glub!

Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2024 08:35 AM (jgdZo)

149 Weiner in CA is the guy that’s just fine with taking kids from parents if they don’t agree with chopping off parts

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2024 08:35 AM (i5Vkf)

150 What ambassadorship will be given to Mike Tyson?

Charles Barkley?

Posted by: I gotta ask at December 18, 2024 08:36 AM (dg+HA)

151 "Cuba with EVs? That'll go well.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls"

They will be converting cars to be powered by DeWalt 24v drills.

Posted by: fd at December 18, 2024 08:37 AM (vFG9F)

152 I'm sure this will not be popular, but I have a hard time taking anything a 15 year old girl writes seriously. Yes, she did a terrible thing. Blame her for that, but people latch onto what some deranged little girl wrote like it's Mein Kampf.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 18, 2024 08:38 AM (MZ+PY)

153 Am I the only one concerned that the charge against mangione is "murder as 'Act of Terrorism'" ??

Posted by: runner at December 18, 2024 08:39 AM (QTCRF)

154 Good morning!

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at December 18, 2024 08:40 AM (VBaM8)

155 Did Derek Chauvin Really Kill George Floyd? A Reckoning May Be Coming.
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It worked, didn't it?

Posted by: Harry Reid at December 18, 2024 08:40 AM (yHYaX)

156 Congressional Report Accuses Liz Cheney of Tampering with J6 Witness, Recommends FBI Investigation.
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No intent.

Posted by: James Confucius Comey at December 18, 2024 08:41 AM (yHYaX)

157 Sidenote, I am sick to death of the abuse of this word "Privileged." It alludes to the fact that coming from money somehow is evil.

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It's inaccurate. A lot of rich people are privileged; many are not. All Party men are privileged, though not all of them are not rich. Look at the Latin roots of the word. It means you're living under a special set of rules the rest of the public don't enjoy.

So, for instance, Martha Stewart is rich, but not privileged. She went to prison for insider trading that even an average person may well have skated for.

Meanwhile, ham-and-egging functionaries at the DoJ, while generally affluent, are not rich. But every last man jack in that department is completely above the law. They are very, very privileged.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 18, 2024 08:41 AM (BI5O2)

158 Monster Babies… one of the most apt descriptions to have been lately generated.

Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2024 08:41 AM (PCK5/)

159 JJ, here is one non-depressing news item -

https://tinyurl.com/5y73936k

ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos is said to be 'apoplectic' and 'humiliated' following the network's decision to pay $16 million to settle a defamation lawsuit between ABC and Donald Trump.

The settlement, which includes $15 million towards a presidential foundation and $1 million for Trump's legal fees, has sparked a firestorm within the Disney-owned news organization.

Stephanopoulos, a former aide to Bill Clinton in the 1990s, was particularly incensed at being compelled to issue a public apology, according to the New York Post.

Posted by: Gref at December 18, 2024 08:41 AM (aBgBM)

160 I wonder how large a trail Rupnow will have behind her that was known of? And for the eleventieth time ask why was it ignored?

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 18, 2024 08:41 AM (hKoQL)

161 I'm sure this will not be popular, but I have a hard time taking anything a 15 year old girl writes seriously

Given her actions I would say that what she wrote should be taken seriously.

Posted by: Halfhand at December 18, 2024 08:42 AM (EnkvI)

162 I assume sell. I also assume NV and AZ will sell a ton of cars to resident of CA.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker

Gotta register it.
Wiener used to be my district supervisor on our Board of Stupidvisors (city/county council). A lot of people dislike him, but for different reasons.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 18, 2024 08:42 AM (KAi1n)

163 152 Blame her for that, but people latch onto what some deranged little girl wrote like it's Mein Kampf.

Right now, people are trying to figure out why she did it and they are hoping something in her essay will provide an explanation.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 18, 2024 08:43 AM (lXoJ5)

164 Would love to see the feral pigs (hat tip to Babylon Bee) of The View rip Alyssa Farah to shreds if her efforts at working with Liz Cheney and Madison Cornbread blows back. It would be a real shame

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 18, 2024 08:43 AM (DopAq)

165 I'm sure this will not be popular, but I have a hard time taking anything a 15 year old girl writes seriously. Yes, she did a terrible thing. Blame her for that, but people latch onto what some deranged little girl wrote like it's Mein Kampf.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 18, 2024 08:38 AM (MZ+PY)

People aren't looking at what she wrote in an attempt to discover a new philosophy to explain human existence, they're trying to find out what went wrong in her brain.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 08:43 AM (ExV1e)

166 “The Massachusetts House Republican Caucus warned

Both of them?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 18, 2024 08:44 AM (+QlJh)

167 Weiner in Ca: it’s always amusing to see leftists react in shock when it dawns on them that their hated opponents could do the same things that they want to do.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 18, 2024 08:44 AM (W6hoT)

168 It means you're living under a special set of rules the rest of the public don't enjoy.

So, for instance, Martha Stewart is rich, but not privileged. She went to prison for insider trading that even an average person may well have skated for.

She went to jail for insider trading. Same as you or I would. The privileged, Congress, gets to insider trade with no repercussions.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 08:44 AM (Pi558)

169 Well one aspect of Rupnow that cannot be avoided is her extremely inflated sense of self importance, fostered by our culture.

Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2024 08:44 AM (PCK5/)

170 …. is particularly incensed, being compelled to issue a public apology

Ha ha! What a Fag

Posted by: Common Tater at December 18, 2024 08:44 AM (66/qG)

171 Record Slim House Majority Faces New Problems As GOP Lawmaker Announces Exit From Republican Conference
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Refreshing to see the protest from that perspective. Not GOPe anyway.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 18, 2024 08:45 AM (1bNHn)

172 Steven Spielberg turns 78 today.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 18, 2024 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

173 Gotta register it.
Wiener used to be my district supervisor on our Board of Stupidvisors (city/county council). A lot of people dislike him, but for different reasons.
Posted by: SFGoth at December 18, 2024 08:42 AM (KAi1n)

Is Weiner as evil as he appears to be from a distance? True believer ideologue or opportunist?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2024 08:45 AM (i5Vkf)

174 Am I the only one concerned that the charge against mangione is "murder as 'Act of Terrorism'" ??
Posted by: runner at December 18, 2024 08:39 AM (QTCRF)

He killed a health insurance CEO in order to engender fear and, hopefully, cause a change in how these firms operate. That's kind of terrorism. What about it causes you concern?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

175 22
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2024 07:44 AM (ANuwa)
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It seems you haven't read much background on this. The killer was new this year at the school. Probably moved there, by parents, hoping for a better outcome. They wouldn't necessarily be ardent Christians.

Posted by: Ciampino - Clueless parents? at December 18, 2024 08:46 AM (i0xsb)

176 "Steven Spielberg turns 78 today.
Posted by: redridinghood"

This means something.

Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes at December 18, 2024 08:46 AM (vFG9F)

177 She went to jail for insider trading. Same as you or I would...
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 08:44 AM

Theoretically. Given the small sum involved, an average person likely would not have been noticed. Her prominence worked against her.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 18, 2024 08:46 AM (BI5O2)

178 > Congressional Report Accuses Liz Cheney of Tampering with J6 Witness, Recommends FBI Investigation.
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Everyone on the J6 committee should be investigated, then summarily hanged. And everyone who was adjacent to it. Like Pelosi's daughter. And Madison Cornbread. And the Capitol Cops. And the 20-some-odd agents/informants in the crowd. And...

The only reason this situation is where it's at is because our political class was scared shitless that they'd be held responsible for what they orchestrated on election day and allowed to happen on the 6th.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2024 08:47 AM (Q4IgG)

179 163 152 Blame her for that, but people latch onto what some deranged little girl wrote like it's Mein Kampf.

Right now, people are trying to figure out why she did it and they are hoping something in her essay will provide an explanation.
Posted by: NR Pax
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Thinking about what she has been saying, posting, wearing, doing in the preceding months would have been much more effective.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 08:47 AM (QDStS)

180 There is no explanation for what that girl shooter did apart from Satan. Satan is all the explanation you need.

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 08:47 AM (v6JzV)

181 Congressional Report Accuses Liz Cheney of Tampering with J6 Witness, Recommends FBI Investigation.
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No intent.
Posted by: James Confucius Comey at December 18, 2024 08:41 AM (yHYaX)

Can you imagine how confusing that case would be for a DC jury if she didn't opt for a bench trial.

On the one hand, she's a Republican so guilty.
On the other hand, she was fucking over Trump so innocent.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

182 No, Socialized Medicine Wouldn’t Have Saved United Healthcare’s CEO
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If socialized medicine could stop bullets, John Lennon would still be here.

Posted by: ... at December 18, 2024 08:47 AM (yHYaX)

183 175 22
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2024 07:44 AM (ANuwa)
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It seems you haven't read much background on this. The killer was new this year at the school. Probably moved there, by parents, hoping for a better outcome. They wouldn't necessarily be ardent Christians.
Posted by: Ciampino - Clueless parents? at December 18, 2024 08:46 AM (i0xsb)

Christian school does not automatically mean the student are anything like Christian.

Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2024 08:47 AM (PCK5/)

184 Given the over 100k dead bodies that were just this week found outside Damascus all believed to have been killed by the Assad regime, I'm thinking that the Sunnis aren't going to be best buddies with the Alawites. 1.7 m Alawites = 1.7m dead or fled

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 18, 2024 08:48 AM (DopAq)

185 In 2017 gave favors to the elites on Wall Street with tax cuts, he made Paul Ryan looked good. 3 years later Ryan stabbed Trump in the back, and Wall Street 90% of money to Biden.

No favors to frenemies this time. Why the Fu$k is Trump having the Netflix CEO at Mar a lago. This marxist gave 50 million to Kamel?

Posted by: Jonah at December 18, 2024 08:49 AM (YCxFk)

186 Steven Spielberg turns 78 today.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 18, 2024 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

***

On Seftons Birfday! Cool

Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 18, 2024 08:49 AM (1FWWQ)

187 >>>The only reason this situation is where it's at is because our political class was scared shitless that they'd be held responsible for what they orchestrated on election day and allowed to happen on the 6th.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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They should be more scared today. Butch and Bootsie are looking forward to their new bunk mates.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 08:49 AM (QDStS)

188 "Adams was quick to point out that Mangione’s background doesn’t fit the typical profile of someone prone to radicalization."

Are you kidding? It exactly fits the profile.
Posted by: Ordinary American

This is not a new thing in the least. The current radicalism is continuation of the 1930-ish US Communist movement that then infected the 1960s radicals who since have infected several generations following.

A primary example. From Wikipedia, "Bill Ayers, co-founder of the Weather Underground, grew up in Glen Ellyn, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. His parents were Mary (née Andrew) and Thomas G. Ayers, who was later chairman and chief executive officer of Commonwealth Edison (1973 to 1980), and for whom Northwestern's Thomas G. Ayers College of Commerce and Industry was named."

Of course this is the same Bill Ayers who work with Obama at the Chicago Annenberg Challenge and later Ayers kicked off Obama's first campaign at his home.

The last 10 years of BLM, Antifa, Pro Palestine riots and protests come right from this tree and goes far in explaining why Mangione is being treated as a hero by these Marxists radicals: a Communist killed a Capitalist.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 08:49 AM (e+6P0)

189 When did mastodons go extinct?

Mastodons went extinct at the end of the Pleistocene era, around 10,000 to 11,000 years ago.

When did mammoths go extinct?

Mammoths survived slightly longer than mastodons. According to fossil records, the last mammoths likely died out around 4,000 years ago, although the majority died out around 10,000 years ago.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 08:49 AM (gbOdA)

190 Eric Adams has become my favorite democrat mayor.
(Yes. I know that’s like being the tallest midget.)

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 18, 2024 08:50 AM (jbnUc)

191 What ambassadorship will be given to Mike Tyson?
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Botswana or Iceland.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 08:50 AM (hovnC)

192 Wow. Turns out all those Reuters hit pieces were funded by the Biden administration.

I remember thinking this is so weird, why is Reuters suddenly so anti-Tesla. They wanted to look cool for Biden.

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 08:50 AM (RHGPo)

193 185 In 2017 gave favors to the elites on Wall Street with tax cuts, he made Paul Ryan looked good. 3 years later Ryan stabbed Trump in the back, and Wall Street 90% of money to Biden.

No favors to frenemies this time. Why the Fu$k is Trump having the Netflix CEO at Mar a lago. This marxist gave 50 million to Kamel?
Posted by: Jonah at December 18, 2024 08:49 AM (YCxFk)

Hopefully to instill a come to Jesus moment…

Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2024 08:50 AM (PCK5/)

194 "Her gender is irrelevant" makes it sound relevant.

Posted by: ... at December 18, 2024 08:50 AM (yHYaX)

195 The privileged, Congress, gets to insider trade with no repercussions.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 08:44 AM (Pi55

That's because it's legal for them. Rules which exist to hamper unethical behavior cannot be permitted to be enforced on the nobles.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

196 94 Easy to imagine Greta von Thule Thunberg toting an AK and shooting up a church while belting out Ride of the Valkyries.

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It's not for nothin' that I call her "Pol Tot."
Posted by: ShainS -- The Cartels Have Killed More Americans Than All Other Terrorist Orgs Combined at December 18, 2024 08:19 AM (z3WOQ)

Pol Tot. Genius!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 18, 2024 08:51 AM (x0n13)

197 "Steven Spielberg turns 78 today.
Posted by: redridinghood"

This means something.
Posted by: fd

Means he's no longer 77.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 08:51 AM (Pi558)

198 Speilberg is a loyal Israel supporter, but still gave big $$ to Kameltoe. F him

Posted by: Jonah at December 18, 2024 08:51 AM (YCxFk)

199 Jonah at December 18, 2024 08:49 AM (YCxFk)

Maybe it's about keeping your enemies close or something.

Posted by: dantesed at December 18, 2024 08:51 AM (Oy/m2)

200 "Why the Fu$k is Trump having the Netflix CEO at Mar a lago. This marxist gave 50 million to Kamel?
Posted by: Jonah"

Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies closer.

Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes at December 18, 2024 08:51 AM (vFG9F)

201 @159 Gref, love that story. No indication that Stephi is going to do the honorable thing and commit sepaku, I mean resign

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 18, 2024 08:51 AM (DopAq)

202 police are inherently racist, white supremacist and there for the sole purpose of committing genocide against black males

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And also heroes when they kill MAGA people protesting inside the Capitol building.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2024 08:51 AM (i+Y/j)

203 Today is also...
Bake Cookies Day! 🍪

Posted by: redridinghood at December 18, 2024 08:51 AM (NpAcC)

204 Gotta register it.
Wiener used to be my district supervisor on our Board of Stupidvisors (city/county council). A lot of people dislike him, but for different reasons.
Posted by: SFGoth at December 18, 2024 08:42 AM (KAi1n)
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When I moved to CA from AZ a couple of decades ago, I was able to keep my car registered in AZ for quite a while, It wasn't hard, if I recall. I can see residents of CA figuring out how to register cars in AZ or NV fairly easily, Heck, I can see NV or AZ dealerships being able to facilitate such registration. Which would amuse me to no end.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 18, 2024 08:52 AM (tT6L1)

205 93 American liberal politics is a renaissance fair, where lefties LARP as victims instead of vikings.

Posted by: callsign claymore at December 18, 2024 08:52 AM (JcnCJ)

206 I'm sure this will not be popular, but I have a hard time taking anything a 15 year old girl writes seriously. Yes, she did a terrible thing. Blame her for that, but people latch onto what some deranged little girl wrote like it's Mein Kampf.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
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We're not supposed to notice that we know next to absolutely nothing about her or the case, but that's definitely her manifesto that an online boyfriend in Germany provided to us.

Remember right when it happened how there WAS a manifesto but the chick forgot to make it public on Google Docs or provide a password or similar?

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 08:52 AM (hIXll)

207 Work beckons. See you all later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 18, 2024 08:52 AM (Q0kLU)

208 190. Tallest midget? Great one LOL

Posted by: Jonah at December 18, 2024 08:52 AM (YCxFk)

209 Why the Fu$k is Trump having the Netflix CEO at Mar a lago. This marxist gave 50 million to Kamel?
Posted by: Jonah"

Maybe he told Donald he’d make a flattering movie about him.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2024 08:53 AM (i+Y/j)

210
"I don't need my own mammoth. I'll just have a bite of yours."

Posted by: Cave woman girlfriend at December 18, 2024 08:53 AM (dg+HA)

211 "Her gender is irrelevant" makes it sound relevant.

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STOP NOTICING THINGS

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 08:53 AM (hIXll)

212 Martha Stewart didn't go to prison for insider trading. She went to prison for lying to a federal agent about stock trading.

If the feds want to find you guilty of something, anything, they will.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2024 08:53 AM (LkLld)

213 189 When did mastodons go extinct?

Mastodons went extinct at the end of the Pleistocene era, around 10,000 to 11,000 years ago.

When did mammoths go extinct?

Mammoths survived slightly longer than mastodons. According to fossil records, the last mammoths likely died out around 4,000 years ago, although the majority died out around 10,000 years ago.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 08:49 AM (gbOdA)

Their respective evolutionary tracks are interesting. Over time they physically differed amgood deal… do you know if it has been proven that they had a common ancestor??

Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2024 08:53 AM (PCK5/)

214 One factual thing that came out about the girl is that her parents are divorced, and that father had custody.

Posted by: runner at December 18, 2024 08:54 AM (QTCRF)

215 What may emerge in post Assad Syria won’t be anything admirable, but it’s going to far too chaotic and fractured to be any threat to anyone around it, especially now that the IAF has destroyed all the left behind heavy weaponry. A half dozen or more different militias and groups now control various regions and towns, and none of them are giving up what they control without a fight. The most optimistic case (and I do not think this is likely but it’s possible) is a loose confederation where a all groups keep what they hold and support a weak central authority that tries to mediate disputes. A 2nd possibility is that Turkey invades and attempts to annex the northern areas. And a third (and maybe most likely) is that the whole thing devolves into another Mad Maxistan like Libya today.

In none of these cases are the remnants of Syria capable of launching any kind of coordinated action against anyone else. As a country, Syria is finished, even though many don’t grasp that yet.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 18, 2024 08:54 AM (W6hoT)

216 189 There were still mammoths hanging around, on Arctic islands, when the Sumerians began written history.

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 08:54 AM (v6JzV)

217 Comey sent Martha to prison for lying to the feds, not for the insider trading.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 18, 2024 08:55 AM (3ImbR)

218 Botswana or Iceland.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 08:50 AM (hovnC)

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Itheland? Isn't Itheland cold?

Posted by: Mike Tyson at December 18, 2024 08:55 AM (1FWWQ)

219 Well, pooch needs walking. Later!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 18, 2024 08:55 AM (tT6L1)

220 157
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 18, 2024 08:41 AM (BI5O2)
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Excellent dissertation and in a nutshell.

Only comment, Martha Stewart was convicted for lying to the FBI if I'm not mistaken.

(Since the cops can lie to you then we must do away with this one sided law or else apply it equally).

Posted by: Ciampino - Promise we won't cuff you. at December 18, 2024 08:55 AM (i0xsb)

221 When I moved to CA from AZ a couple of decades ago, I was able to keep my car registered in AZ for quite a while, It wasn't hard, if I recall. I can see residents of CA figuring out how to register cars in AZ or NV fairly easily, Heck, I can see NV or AZ dealerships being able to facilitate such registration. Which would amuse me to no end.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 18, 2024 08:52 AM (tT6L1)

That works great. Until you have a serious accident and insurance denies your claim.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2024 08:55 AM (i+Y/j)

222 How about the Movie Unforgiven from 1992. Clint, Gene Hackman, and Morgan Freeman all still alive in their 90's.

Pacino, Hoffman, Nicholson, Duvall all still with us too. Wow

Posted by: Jonah at December 18, 2024 08:55 AM (YCxFk)

223 Over the last 2 years the famous Linux project has attacked and mass-banned non-Leftists. Now there's nobody left to run openSUSE.

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 08:56 AM (RHGPo)

224 So we can read Sam’s manifesto…. Remember the name Thomas Crooks? What do we know about him? Are we getting more details about Ryan Routh? Seems like the media might wanna do some digging there but…. Nothing

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2024 08:56 AM (6RwsA)

225 (whistles nonchalantly)

“We know a document has been widely shared on social media. At this time we cannot verify its authenticity,” Barnes said Tuesday. “We have detectives working today to determine where this document originated, and who actually shared it online.”

Also her gender is irrelevant.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 08:56 AM (hIXll)

226 Meanwhile in California the ground squirrels are hunting, killing and chowing down on the voles. This most likely will not stay contained to California. Everybody panic.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 08:56 AM (e+6P0)

227 "As a country, Syria is finished, even though many don’t grasp that yet.
Posted by: Tom Servo "

As part of Arabia, nothing will ever be settled.

Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes at December 18, 2024 08:56 AM (vFG9F)

228 163 152 Blame her for that, but people latch onto what some deranged little girl wrote like it's Mein Kampf.

Right now, people are trying to figure out why she did it and they are hoping something in her essay will provide an explanation.

I understand that, but it is being extrapolated into concepts like "radical feminism" and the like by pundits to suit an agenda, not ascribe a motive. Those concepts are beyond a 15 year old girls understanding. I think her motives were a lot more basic than that.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 18, 2024 08:56 AM (MZ+PY)

229 I remember when 15 year old girlz had crushes on Bobby Sherman.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 18, 2024 08:57 AM (jFCkp)

230 Someone go wake Kamala up over there on the sofa and tell her it's Wine Wednesday.

Posted by: Roy at December 18, 2024 08:57 AM (z+ik4)

231 We're not supposed to notice that we know next to absolutely nothing about her or the case, but that's definitely her manifesto that an online boyfriend in Germany provided to us.

Remember right when it happened how there WAS a manifesto but the chick forgot to make it public on Google Docs or provide a password or similar?
Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 08:52 AM (hIXll)

We know more about her than Crooks.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 08:57 AM (gbOdA)

232 With a CR push, the "tax bill", immigration changes, and the manufactured crisis of a fiscal cliff, the uniparty element in Congress is confident they can do all sorts of evil crap in the House over the lameduck period and just after. The GOPe is licking its lips, especially, since history teaches every "crisis" is a personal wealth-enhancing opportunity.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 18, 2024 08:57 AM (eaI/Y)

233 I always liked Walker, nice to see he got a position

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2024 08:58 AM (AYz4A)

234 do you know if it has been proven that they had a common ancestor??
Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2024 08:53 AM (PCK5/)

Both groups of animals are part of the elephant family, if that’s what you mean.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 18, 2024 08:58 AM (W6hoT)

235 Jane Fonda, Abigail Folger, Patty Hearst, …. Adams is just talking his book.

Wealthy trust-fund communists are extremely common. They actually cause a similar problem to working class communists that Hollywood or LA musicians and celebrities do.

You can emulate or imitate your role models, but they, unlike you, can get away with it. Don’t try this at home.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 18, 2024 08:58 AM (66/qG)

236 People are saying she’s not a tranny she’s a radical feminist. To me it’s tomato Tomatoe. Both are strands of wokism. Which is itself just communism rebranded.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2024 08:58 AM (i+Y/j)

237 We know more about her than Crooks.

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Or the actual shooter.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 08:58 AM (hIXll)

238 212 Martha Stewart didn't go to prison for insider trading. She went to prison for lying to a federal agent about stock trading.

If the feds want to find you guilty of something, anything, they will.
Posted by: JackStraw
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She either offended the powers that be or they needed a scapegoat.
If memory serves they needed a scapegoat/distraction at that point in time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 08:58 AM (QDStS)

239 do you know if it has been proven that they had a common ancestor??
Posted by: tubal

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A "kind"?

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 08:59 AM (hIXll)

240 🚨#BREAKING: A mass shooting and mass casualty incident has occurred after a car crashed reportedly into a funeral home followed by the suspect opening fire and shooting numerous people

📌#Towson l #Maryland

At this time, multiple emergency crews and agencies are on the scene in Towson, Maryland, located in Baltimore County, responding to a mass shooting and mass casualty incident. Reports indicate that a car crashed into a funeral home before the suspect initiated a shooting spree, leaving seven people injured and multiple fatalities. Neighbors reported hearing more than a dozen gunshots during the incident. Officials have described the situation as highly active, with the potential for additional casualties as more information comes to light. The exact motive remains unclear as this is a rapidly developing situation.

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 08:59 AM (RHGPo)

241 224 So we can read Sam’s manifesto…. Remember the name Thomas Crooks? What do we know about him? Are we getting more details about Ryan Routh? Seems like the media might wanna do some digging there but…. Nothing
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2024 08:56 AM (6RwsA)

ve no nothig

Posted by: The State at December 18, 2024 08:59 AM (gbOdA)

242 Hump Day is my favorite day!

Posted by: B.J. Clinton at December 18, 2024 08:59 AM (dg+HA)

243 Biden Junta Set To Okay Newsom’s CA 2035 Ban on Gas-Powered Cars
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Meh. I say, let them walk. Americans will still drive real cars.

I note it doesn't name the other states. How many will decide, as 2035 draws nigh, "That's very different. Never mind."

Posted by: Eeyore at December 18, 2024 08:59 AM (1bNHn)

244 226 Meanwhile in California the ground squirrels are hunting, killing and chowing down on the voles. This most likely will not stay contained to California. Everybody panic.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 08:56 AM (e+6P0)

How do killer bees from Mexico factor into it?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2024 08:59 AM (i+Y/j)

245 Good morning!
So. . . what did I miss?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 18, 2024 08:59 AM (u1uWe)

246 Reports indicate that a car crashed into a funeral home before the suspect initiated a shooting spree

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The funniest part about that is that it's Towson, so the only reason it's news is because of the funeral home / car crash angle.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:00 AM (hIXll)

247 "The walk-on role was created specifically for Jackson and is otherwise not part of the show, so Saturday’s audience members saw a very special presentation that no other audience will ever see."

Aren't they lucky? /s

I think that Jackson should resign her Supreme Court seat and take up acting permanently.
Also, "Romeo and Juliet" doesn't need to be "reimagined". It was fine as it was.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 18, 2024 09:00 AM (CbDz/)

248 Job Well Done: Congress Gives Itself a Raise with Last-Minute, 1,547-Page Spending Deal

Four-eyed pig bugger Mike Johnson's kid is a kido porn and coke addict. They have the goods on this shitstain and control him like the puppet he is. Trump should realize this but still, Johnson sits right next to him at Thanksgiving dinner.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 18, 2024 09:00 AM (DmEio)

249 Trump had best let them and not interfere. This might be the stupidest thing CA has ever tried. I seriously doubt the rest of the nation will follow California's lead on this.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

Problem is, a good number of other states agree to follow California. Virginia governor just nixed it, or agreed to put it to legislature. I believe NJ is part of the group.

Granted, they're all blue states. Pretty soon, you will need to buy only a Cali catalytic converter and not have the choice of 49/1.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 18, 2024 09:00 AM (JkCto)

250 The Munch Mammoth was produced from 1966-1975. That's when they went extinct.

Posted by: History On Two Wheels at December 18, 2024 09:00 AM (G5+As)

251 Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun and bought it

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

252 How is the annexation of Alberta going?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 09:01 AM (YeGMU)

253 When I moved to CA from AZ a couple of decades ago, I was able to keep my car registered in AZ for quite a while, It wasn't hard, if I recall. I can see residents of CA figuring out how to register cars in AZ or NV fairly easily,

Heck, I can see NV or AZ dealerships being able to facilitate such registration. Which would amuse me to no end.
Posted by: blake

One cannot register a side by side for on road use in Texas, regardless of extras added like turn signals, brake lights, windshields, etc.

However, one can register a side by side for on road use in Montana, Utah and a few others.

Which then makes it legal for on road use in Texas.
And there is a company that will register it for you. For a fee of course.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:01 AM (Pi558)

254 >The privileged, Congress, gets to insider trade with no repercussions.

Posted by: rickb223

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Congress says that the info its members are privy to is not technically inside information; rather, it is information they need to know in order to legislate effectively

Posted by: Don Black votes NO at December 18, 2024 09:01 AM (/7KEl)

255 Mastodons emerged around 25 to 27 million years ago, while mammoths only emerged around 5 million years ago. In terms of living relatives, mammoths share more in common with Asian elephants than African elephants.

Posted by: The State at December 18, 2024 09:01 AM (gbOdA)

256 Cal sales 1.78 million cars annually. EV charger needs around 7200 watts. So Cal will need to add 12,816,000,000 watts or 13,000 MW. To produce 1 Megawatt of power, approximately 3,000 to 4,000 solar panels are needed.
52,000,000 panels.
Unpossible
Posted by: rhennigantx

We don't do math here. Or in California.

Signed.
Gavin

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 18, 2024 09:01 AM (JkCto)

257 > How do killer bees from Mexico factor into it?
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About those "murder hornets".... where'd they go?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2024 09:01 AM (Q4IgG)

258 The media and academia have made hate a virtue.

The more you hate their approved targets, the more virtue you have.

A close second on their perverse virtue hierarchy is abandoning true virtues. Thus, the less morals you hold, the fewer standards you set, the more licentious you are (and permit), the higher your Left Virtue Score.

Is it any wonder this toxic stew spews out toxic results?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 18, 2024 09:01 AM (rK75L)

259 When did mastodons go extinct?

When did mammoths go extinct?
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Tusk, tusk, tusk.

Such a waste.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 09:02 AM (hovnC)

260 234 do you know if it has been proven that they had a common ancestor??
Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2024 08:53 AM (PCK5/)

Both groups of animals are part of the elephant family, if that’s what you mean.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 18, 2024 08:58 AM (W6hoT

Yeah I really was diggin for any info on when they may have diverged… it’s still early!!

Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2024 09:02 AM (PCK5/)

261 I believe Washington State also has a car ban scheduled for 2030.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2024 09:02 AM (i+Y/j)

262 Don’t forget the “Cave Bear” that made Grizzlies seem laid-back, and Saber toothed Tigers.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 18, 2024 09:02 AM (66/qG)

263 257 > How do killer bees from Mexico factor into it?
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About those "murder hornets".... where'd they go?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2024 09:01 AM (Q4IgG)

I'll be really worried when we have invasive dingoes eating our babies.

Posted by: Roy at December 18, 2024 09:02 AM (z+ik4)

264 off sox

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:03 AM (gbOdA)

265 255 Mastodons emerged around 25 to 27 million years ago, while mammoths only emerged around 5 million years ago. In terms of living relatives, mammoths share more in common with Asian elephants than African elephants.
Posted by: The State at December 18, 2024 09:01 AM (gbOdA)

Ah… thank you!!

Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2024 09:03 AM (PCK5/)

266 If your going to pillage the treasury might as well pocket some of that

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2024 09:03 AM (AYz4A)

267 213
Their respective evolutionary tracks are interesting. Over time they physically differed amgood deal… do you know if it has been proven that they had a common ancestor??

Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2024 08:53 AM (PCK5/)
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Assuming evolution did take place, you know, one species emerging from another species! It doesn't always assume one ancestor - two descendants, one of them could be the ancestor and the other the derivative
When someone shows me how life started then you're talking. Also what is Life exactly? When a cell dies what is lost/changed? Can we put it back and resurrect that cell?

Posted by: Ciampino - Organic Chemistry in mud is virtually impossible at December 18, 2024 09:03 AM (i0xsb)

268 Hey y'a;ll. Remember the apartment complex in Aurora, CO back in August where Tren de Aragua Venezuelan gang members conducted what looked like an armed home invasion and the Aurora PD swore uop and down that they didn't have a Venezuelan gang problem?

Turns out it's real, it's Venezuelan, it's ongoing, and it's spectacular. And Aurora PD blames federal immigration and relocation policy.

https://is.gd/E3S8rS

Posted by: muldoon at December 18, 2024 09:03 AM (991eG)

269 261 I believe Washington State also has a car ban scheduled for 2030.
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So Washington State will use riding lawn mowers to commute, deliver and shop? This will be fantastic!

Posted by: pudinhead at December 18, 2024 09:04 AM (jFCkp)

270 242 Hump Day is my favorite day!
Posted by: B.J. Clinton

Thanks for the reminder, Little Willie. Gotta book me a cabin for the weekend. Off-season rates are much easier on the wallet.

Posted by: Nathan Wade, Esq. at December 18, 2024 09:04 AM (G5+As)

271 I assume sell. I also assume NV and AZ will sell a ton of cars to resident of CA.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in

The problem will be registration. Because they will not meet Cali standards. i.e., catalytic converter emission standards.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 18, 2024 09:04 AM (JkCto)

272 >>Meanwhile in California the ground squirrels are hunting, killing and chowing down on the voles. This most likely will not stay contained to California. Everybody panic.

I had a squirrel who would drag bones into our yard and gnaw on them. Would sit on the fence by the back door and sharpen his teeth on one of them. He was my dog's "frenemy" - would crawl out on a branch closest to the back window and call him out to play. Doggie would be run ragged chasing him all over the back yard.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 18, 2024 09:04 AM (u1uWe)

273 Meh. I say, let them walk. Americans will still drive real cars.

I note it doesn't name the other states. How many will decide, as 2035 draws nigh, "That's very different. Never mind."
Posted by: Eeyore

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The problem remains the same as what we've already witnessed and experience in each of our own lives today.

Go find a gas can that isn't CARB compliant. They don't have to ban anything, they'll just stop producing working products because of (unelected) California Air Resource Board laws. And they're not going to make different products for different states:

"Other states can and have joined CARB, including Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington state and Washington D.C. Basically, their emissions standards are stricter than federal requirements, so if you hear the term CARB states, that’s what they’re talking about."

https://tinyurl.com/2rtzxkm7

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:04 AM (hIXll)

274 259 When did mastodons go extinct? maybe 12k yrs ago

When did mammoths go extinct? maybe 4k yrs ago
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Tusk, tusk, tusk.

Such a waste.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 09:02 AM (hovnC)

see above

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:05 AM (gbOdA)

275 “In the months prior to Hutchinson’s explosive private and public testimony, Cheney communicated with Hutchinson, both directly and through an intermediary— [ The View co-host ] Alyssa Farah Griffin—while Hutchinson was represented by her attorney, Stefan Passantino. The Select Committee conducted six transcribed interviews of Hutchinson in total. Passantino represented Hutchinson for the first three interviews,” the Oversight Committee said.

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

276 The thing to remember about Cali's all-EV in 2035 is that 2035 is still 10 years away. Politicians love to promise that all kind of stupid shit will happen in 10 years. They generally change their mind as the deadline gets closer.

Maybe Cali will stick to their guns. It might be an amusing wake-up call for their people.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 09:05 AM (ExV1e)

277 "Chicagoans were removed from a recent city meeting after voicing disagreement with the Democrat mayor’s proposed budget that would give more funds to migrants."

Chicago has spent $527 million on illegals since 2023? That is mind boggling.

Posted by: Ripley at December 18, 2024 09:05 AM (GUOwU)

278 They can register the car in SD. A lot of full time RVers do that as it's really easy to do

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 18, 2024 09:06 AM (NQtI0)

279 And Aurora PD blames federal immigration and relocation policy.

You voted for this and you refused to enforce the law. My cup of care is empty.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 18, 2024 09:06 AM (lXoJ5)

280 It's an easy, lazy way to score virtue:
I hate Nazis--I am a good person.
I hate racists--I am a good person.
I hate Republicans--I am a good person.
I hate conservatives--I am a good person.
I hate capitalists--I am a good person.

They don't see themselves as good people defined as such by their good acts and deeds.
No, their entire worth as a "good person" is tied to who (and how many) they hate.
Freeing them up to act as awful and evil as they want in all other aspects. After all, I am a good person.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 18, 2024 09:06 AM (rK75L)

281 OT

Thanks to CO Gov Jared Penis- a notorious sodomite- a carton of 12x large eggs currently sells for $5.19

because ALL eggs in CO must be cage free

Posted by: Don Black votes NO at December 18, 2024 09:06 AM (/7KEl)

282 The walk-on role was created specifically for Jackson and is otherwise not part of the show,

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o_O

Did they really just admit to that for the black chick?
Hahahahaha

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:07 AM (hIXll)

283 Bret Stephens says he's done with never Trump because they left to Trump because they and it caused Trump's election. The Dems are going to lay the blame on Kristol, the Bulwark, Rick Wilson.etc. Dems should keep doing this instead of realizing their policies suck. More popcorn.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 18, 2024 09:07 AM (DopAq)

284 262 Don’t forget the “Cave Bear” that made Grizzlies seem laid-back, and Saber toothed Tigers.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 18, 2024 09:02 AM (66/qG)
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You mean Ralph, that weird sabre-tooth that has only one tooth and rattles with a lisp?

(W. Cosby - Neanderthal Man - in "I started off as a Child")

Posted by: Ciampino - Organic Chemistry in mud is virtually impossible! at December 18, 2024 09:07 AM (i0xsb)

285 247

And this reviewer didn't like the reimagined gay Romeo and Juliet:

https://tinyurl.com/mr2pt38a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 18, 2024 09:07 AM (CbDz/)

286 As part of Arabia, nothing will ever be settled.
Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes at December 18, 2024 08:56 AM (vFG9F)

It’s worth noting that for the last 2500 years (maybe more) the only times that the Arab World is “settled” is when it is controlled by a powerful imperial authority which can dispatch troops whenever the locals get out of line. None of them has any history of being successful self run nations.
Starting roughly 2500 years ago:
- Persian Empire
- Alexander’s Empire
- Seleucid Empire
- Roman and Parthian Empires
- Byzantine and Sassanid Empires
- Caliphate
- Crusaders and Saladin’s Empire
- Ottoman Empire

None of them has ever had any capacity for sel government.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 18, 2024 09:07 AM (W6hoT)

287 The Mammoths were able to drive the Mastodons to extinction through the superior fire power offorded to them by their Crossbows.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 09:08 AM (YeGMU)

288 Cal sales 1.78 million cars annually. EV charger needs around 7200 watts. So Cal will need to add 12,816,000,000 watts or 13,000 MW. To produce 1 Megawatt of power, approximately 3,000 to 4,000 solar panels are needed.
52,000,000 panels.
Unpossible
Posted by: rhennigantx

If you make this exact point to the EV Communists at Ars Technica comment threads become a PHD beard stroking dissertations with charts, graphs, power points and foot notes that "prove" you can't do math. And that you are an asshole. Mostly and asshole. We are dealing with religious fanatics when it comes to EVs.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 09:08 AM (e+6P0)

289 The Auberge du Soleil investment, held for decades by Paul Pelosi, has rarely turned a significant profit, according to Nancy’s financial disclosure forms. In some years, he has recorded a loss or a profit of between $50,000 to $100,000. But the year of the bailout money stands apart. In 2021, Pelosi’s ethics forms show that her family’s income from the resort surged to a range of $1 million to $5 million.

Nanci siphoned off COVID bux

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:08 AM (gbOdA)

290 About those "murder hornets".... where'd they go?
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They no problem now.

Hahahahaha!

Posted by: mexican killer bees at December 18, 2024 09:09 AM (hovnC)

291 When I moved to CA from AZ a couple of decades ago, I was able to keep my car registered in AZ for quite a while, It wasn't hard, if I recall. I can see residents of CA figuring out how to register cars in AZ or NV fairly easily, Heck, I can see NV or AZ dealerships being able to facilitate such registration. Which would amuse me to no end.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker

Until that first ticket with you're Cali residence.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 18, 2024 09:09 AM (JkCto)

292 When did mastodons go extinct?
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They didn't. The still walk the halls of Congress. And the White House.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 18, 2024 09:09 AM (1bNHn)

293 >>She either offended the powers that be or they needed a scapegoat.
If memory serves they needed a scapegoat/distraction at that point in time.

Remember who was running the FBI then?

James Comey.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2024 09:09 AM (LkLld)

294 "Israeli Foreign Minister Calls Ireland President ‘Antisemitic Liar’ over Egypt Settlement Claim".

*look up Higgins

An extreme lefty, active around IRA circles. OK. As expected.

Posted by: runner at December 18, 2024 09:09 AM (QTCRF)

295 If you make this exact point to the EV Communists at Ars Technica comment threads become a PHD beard stroking dissertations with charts, graphs, power points and foot notes that "prove" you can't do math. And that you are an asshole. Mostly and asshole. We are dealing with religious fanatics when it comes to EVs.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 09:08 AM (e+6P0)

I guess I should not do maths on how many charger stations you need or the fact there is no way to get electricity to same.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:10 AM (gbOdA)

296 Cal will need to add 12,816,000,000 watts or 13,000 MW. To produce 1 Megawatt of power, approximately 3,000 to 4,000 solar panels are needed.
52,000,000 panels.
Unpossible

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(touches nose)

Getting closer to why they're pushing them so hard.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:10 AM (hIXll)

297 I remember I first became fascinated by evolution with the development of the horse, over time… I think the ancestor was called “ Eohippus”.. really intrigued me as a kid…

Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2024 09:10 AM (PCK5/)

298 Cal sales 1.78 million cars annually. EV charger needs around 7200 watts. So Cal will need to add 12,816,000,000 watts or 13,000 MW. To produce 1 Megawatt of power, approximately 3,000 to 4,000 solar panels are needed.
52,000,000 panels.
Unpossible
Posted by: rhennigantx

If you make this exact point to the EV Communists at Ars Technica comment threads become a PHD beard stroking dissertations with charts, graphs, power points and foot notes that "prove" you can't do math. And that you are an asshole. Mostly and asshole. We are dealing with religious fanatics when it comes to EVs.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram

Pfffffftttt. Barely a piffle. They can use their solar chargers at night when no one else is using them.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:11 AM (Pi558)

299 Be Johnson
@bennyjohnson

Trump says the subcommittee has obtained evidence that could land Liz Cheney in serious trouble.

https://tinyurl.com/y7jrzvea

Posted by: redridinghood at December 18, 2024 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

300 >>Mastodons emerged around 25 to 27 million years ago, while mammoths only emerged around 5 million years ago. In terms of living relatives, mammoths share more in common with Asian elephants than African elephants.

I love the hyrax, which look like rodents, but. . .
Hyrax, manatee and elephants "share a common ancestor, and although hyraxes look a lot like rodents on the outside, they have a lot of similarities on the inside, such as their teeth, toes and skull structure, which closer resemble an elephant."

Posted by: Lizzy at December 18, 2024 09:11 AM (u1uWe)

301 Didn't the US goevernment build some charging stations for like a billion dollars apiece?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 09:12 AM (YeGMU)

302 204 When I moved to CA from AZ a couple of decades ago, I was able to keep my car registered in AZ for quite a while, It wasn't hard, if I recall. I can see residents of CA figuring out how to register cars in AZ or NV fairly easily, Heck, I can see NV or AZ dealerships being able to facilitate such registration. Which would amuse me to no end.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 18, 2024 08:52 AM (tT6L1)

That's not considered fraudulent for Insurance purposes?

Posted by: XTC at December 18, 2024 09:12 AM (UnA8+)

303 Trump probably wants Biden to pardon Cheney for witness tampering. That would be yet another blow to his enemies.

Posted by: ... at December 18, 2024 09:12 AM (yHYaX)

304 Richard Levine (Admiral Bull No-Ballsy), dressed in full Naval regalia

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Small correction JJ: While I find Admiral Doctor Levine as preposterous as anybody does, he is NOT in the Navy. He was assigned an initial (honorary as opposed to earned) rank of Admiral in the uniformed Public Health Service Corps upon being appointed Asst. Secy. of HHS.

The Navy doesn't deserve to be associated with that clown.

Posted by: muldoon at December 18, 2024 09:12 AM (991eG)

305 I guess I should not do maths on how many charger stations you need or the fact there is no way to get electricity to same.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Wait until you tell the Methican Americans how many pounds of copper are in each charger station.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:12 AM (Pi558)

306 “This election the American people sent a resounding message and mandate to the Republican party to govern – not deliver talking points and messaging bills,” Spartz wrote in the statement. “Our country is on a fiscal collision course and it will take some courage and structural changes in Congress to challenge the status quo, which is not happening. As a serious legislator and finance professional, not a clown, I am not going to continue being involved in circuses.”
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Congresswoman Spartz declares her independence. There is no majority in the House, in truth, and people should realize that fact, and stop claiming the Republicans "control the House".

They do not.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 18, 2024 09:13 AM (ts9hS)

307 Mastodons went extinct because, as their name says, they had boob teeth. Made it hard to chew food, so they gradually starved to death.

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 09:13 AM (v6JzV)

308 >Trump says the subcommittee has obtained evidence that could land Liz Cheney in serious trouble.
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she will come to no harm

Posted by: Don Black votes NO at December 18, 2024 09:13 AM (/7KEl)

309 If the feds want to find you guilty of something, anything, they will.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2024 08:53 AM (LkLld)

Exactly. Especially when "lying" means 'not repeating a statement *exactly* the same way you said it two years before'.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 18, 2024 09:14 AM (lFFaq)

310 I remember I first became fascinated by evolution with the development of the horse, over time… I think the ancestor was called “ Eohippus”.. really intrigued me as a kid…
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Of course, of course.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 09:14 AM (hovnC)

311 "Other states can and have joined CARB, including Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington state and Washington D.C. Basically, their emissions standards are stricter than federal requirements, so if you hear the term CARB states, that’s what they’re talking about."

The New Mexico Communists have mandated that 40% of all new car sales must be EVs beginning in 2026. That is a year away there is zero chance that there will be sufficient EV charging stations to handle this sudden uptake for years and years and years. And if you live in the rural areas, which is most of the state, you are totally f'ed.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 09:14 AM (e+6P0)

312 Who watches all those expensive solar panels at night?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 09:14 AM (YeGMU)

313 The Navy doesn't deserve to be associated with that clown.

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Speaking of gays in the Navy, it's entirely possible that Trump has been trolling people like Liz Cheney this entire time with YMCA.

This is going to be hilarious if true, and I sincerely hope it is:

https://tinyurl.com/tzrd23b2

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:14 AM (hIXll)

314 224 So we can read Sam’s manifesto…. Remember the name Thomas Crooks? What do we know about him? Are we getting more details about Ryan Routh? Seems like the media might wanna do some digging there but…. Nothing
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2024 08:56 AM (6RwsA)

They aren't Troons, so what more is there to know?

Posted by: XTC at December 18, 2024 09:15 AM (UnA8+)

315 Mostly and asshole. We are dealing with religious fanatics when it comes to EVs.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 09:08 AM (e+6P0)

It’s going to be fun watching them shriek when Trump cuts EV subsidies and much of the EV market collapses. Most of those posters have convinced themselves they’re the wave of The Future, it’s going to be hard for them to accept that they’re just a tiny slice of internet wankerdom.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 18, 2024 09:15 AM (W6hoT)

316 307 Mastodons went extinct because, as their name says, they had boob teeth. Made it hard to chew food, so they gradually starved to death.
Posted by: Bulg

or so your dentist would have you believe...

Posted by: Auspex at December 18, 2024 09:15 AM (j4U/Z)

317
"she will come to no harm
Posted by: Don Black votes NO at December 18, 2024 09:13 AM (/7KEl)"

Aren't you one of the people that said Donald Trump would not win the the election?

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 18, 2024 09:15 AM (89Sog)

318 Many DU'ers might be interested in supporting David Hogg's upcoming run for Vice Chair of the DNC. Hogg fears voters associate Democrats with the institutions they have come to distrust while Republicans have adopted a more skeptical and even combative approach to the so-called “establishment”.

Absolutely a great choice. Uphill battle but he is what is needed and love his statement.

Ditto. Hogg is the kind of young leader we need. He's a young person Democrats should listen to. Their donors and advisers haven't done so well.

I have serious doubts.We must move away from single-issue politics. Hogg has made his reputation on the gun violence issue. If that is why he is running, count me out. We can't return to power on any single issue. Harris tried that with abortion and it fell short.

No. He lacks the experience to do this job. He's a great talent with the brightest of futures, but there is a lot to learn in a high level position of anything.

He seems like an opportunist with poor judgement, no real skills and i don't think many people like or trust him. But maybe that's just me.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 18, 2024 09:16 AM (JCZqz)

319 278 They can register the car in SD. A lot of full time RVers do that as it's really easy to do
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 18, 2024 09:06 AM (NQtI0)

They do that so they can claim
Residency in SD which has no income tax. It’s a bit different with RVs since they can technically be residences.

Anyone can register a car anywhere. It’s not hard. The issue is you’re committing insurance. No insurance company will insure someone with a car registered in a state in which they don’t live. Which means you have to lie about it.

Do you want to risk having a. $1M liability claim denied to save $100 in registration fees? Go for it. For me it’s not worth the risk.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2024 09:16 AM (i+Y/j)

320 There should be a law making it illegal for other states to automatically adopt California's policies as soon as California adopts them.

Posted by: XTC at December 18, 2024 09:16 AM (UnA8+)

321 He seems like an opportunist with poor judgement, no real skills and i don't think many people like or trust him. But maybe that's just me.

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Also the part where he's an FBI op.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:16 AM (hIXll)

322 302 I saw more than a few guys in the Corps get into a jam keeping their car as Mom and Dad's second car, and insured as such, with son as part time driver. Then there's a lot of explaining after an accident as to how you can be a part time driver if you're 800 miles away. You save a lot on the insurance which is no good when you need it.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 18, 2024 09:16 AM (gm9Sb)

323 I notice the usual suspects Kirk, Posobeic, and BJohnson are strangely quiet on X regarding this pork bill.

I smell a big payoff.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 18, 2024 09:16 AM (DmEio)

324 That works great. Until you have a serious accident and insurance denies your claim.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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He's going to shut down the gas stations. Slowly but surely. Attrition, increased regulation, taxes. Gas stations will disappear.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 09:16 AM (QDStS)

325 Exactly. Especially when "lying" means 'not repeating a statement *exactly* the same way you said it two years before'.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 18, 2024 09:14 AM (lFFaq)

Which is easier to do than you might imagine since we don't record interviews, we just write down our recollections - in pencil - afterwards. -- the FBI

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 09:16 AM (ExV1e)

326 Hydrox > Thorax > Hyrax

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:17 AM (gbOdA)

327 "Bill Ayers, co-founder of the Weather Underground, grew up in Glen Ellyn, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois.
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Let's not forget judge's son and neighbor, Bob Woodward. Author of Nixon Derangement Syndrome.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 18, 2024 09:17 AM (AlANV)

328 or they needed a scapegoat.

*********

I believe the word is 'scrapegoat'. As in whenever we get in a scrape we take it out on a goat.

Posted by: muldoon at December 18, 2024 09:18 AM (991eG)

329 One day after history has been forgotten and rewritten they will discover a metric s ton of oil in CA.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 09:18 AM (QDStS)

330 Late here and very busy.

From Ted Cruz's lips to Pam Bondi's signature:

https://tinyurl.com/4rts99z4

You know that Russian nukes general that was blown up the other day? He knew about other types of weapons, too:

https://tinyurl.com/mrmtptym

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 18, 2024 09:18 AM (O77yV)

331 yeah, there is more coming out about that girl's life, bounced between parents, therapy, very unstable family life since she was born, and by 15....

Posted by: runner at December 18, 2024 09:18 AM (QTCRF)

332 The New Mexico Communists have mandated that 40% of all new car sales must be EVs beginning in 2026. That is a year away there is zero chance that there will be sufficient EV charging stations to handle this sudden uptake for years and years and years. And if you live in the rural areas, which is most of the state, you are totally f'ed.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 09:14 AM (e+6P0)

What percentage of the state are Indian reservations which will, subsequently, say "fuck this"?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 09:18 AM (ExV1e)

333 As has been discussed here, Pol Pot was to be the perfect Marxist.
The model the entire theory aspires to create. The pinnacle creation of their perfect theory.
A racial minority from a colonized and oppressed country. Educated in the finest and best western schools. Smart, witty, clever and handsome.
He was the very man who, should he be given power, would right all the wrongs and usher in utopia.

And he starved, murdered, executed and tortured to death over 25% of his people as soon as he took control.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 18, 2024 09:18 AM (rK75L)

334 326 Hydrox > Thorax > Hyrax
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:17 AM (gbOdA)

Y words are fun… Hyacinth, or hydrangea..

Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2024 09:19 AM (PCK5/)

335 But what does TayTay think?

Posted by: Most young people at December 18, 2024 09:19 AM (dg+HA)

336 Many DU'ers might be interested in supporting David Hogg's upcoming run for Vice Chair of the DNC.
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Uh, have you seen him try to lift weights?

Posted by: Barry Obama at December 18, 2024 09:19 AM (Zwu9O)

337 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 18, 2024 09:18 AM (O77yV)

yep, been making the rounds. and the hit was oh so precise and professional, no uke could have done it all by himself

Posted by: runner at December 18, 2024 09:19 AM (QTCRF)

338 He's going to shut down the gas stations. Slowly but surely. Attrition, increased regulation, taxes. Gas stations will disappear.
Posted by: Braenyard

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That's a good point. I bet every commenter here regularly drives by an abandoned mom and pop gas station somewhere in their area that was given up on when the new tank storage regulations hit back around 2005 or so.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:19 AM (hIXll)

339 304 Posted by: muldoon at December 18, 2024 09:12 AM (991eG)

Well, I did have it in the Royal Navy as Piss Boy 2nd Class.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 18, 2024 09:20 AM (x0n13)

340 Speaking of gays in the Navy, it's entirely possible that Trump has been trolling people like Liz Cheney this entire time with YMCA.

This is going to be hilarious if true, and I sincerely hope it is:

https://tinyurl.com/tzrd23b2

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:14 AM (hIXll)

I'm not going to say that this is the single biggest stretch I've ever heard... I'll leave that up to each of you individually.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 18, 2024 09:20 AM (ExV1e)

341 So I see the republicans' are gonna ram through a porker of a Bill...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 18, 2024 09:20 AM (VE6XX)

342 Morning again, news folken,

I'm at the electron mine as usual. The office and building have two speeds: dead slow and slower than dead. My boss may be in later and that will pick things up. But this is the last week before the Xmas break. I suspect some people are already taking some vacation time.

High today of 74, but then temps are supposed to drop this evening and overnight to a bone-chilling 58. Brrrrr. True, I may have to scrape frost off my car glass on Saturday morning, when lows may thud down to 39, but I (unlike most in this pesthole) keep a glass scraper in the trunk.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 09:20 AM (J2vNu)

343 >>And Aurora PD blames federal immigration and relocation policy.

>>You voted for this and you refused to enforce the law. My cup of care is empty.

Aurora did not vote for this. They - the GOP mayor (who served in Congress with Polis) and city council explicitly said "NO" to Polis and Denver mayor Johnson when asked to help bear the burden of Denver's sanctuary city designation.

Aurora is already ~50% *legal* immigrant. They said they have systems in place to assist legal immigrants settle into town, and do not have the bandwidth to take on additional, illegal immigrants.

And you'll never guess what happened next! The federal government got busy dumping 10's of thousands of Venezuelans in Aurora. Polis initially played dumb re: the gangs, then when it could no longer be ignored, condescendingly lectured Aurora that they know better than to let this happen to their community.

Aurora police, etc. have done a crap job of addressing this, but there's more at work here than simply "it sucks for you, sanctuary city!"

Posted by: Lizzy at December 18, 2024 09:20 AM (u1uWe)

344 Aren't you one of the people that said Donald Trump would not win the the election?
Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 18, 2024 09:15 AM (89Sog)

We have a few of those floating around.

Some of them are still trying to prove they are right by showing that Trump is a "liberal" or "too nice".

Still others just pretend it never happened - or that they never actively trolled us about "the polls" like some retard lib would - and continue spewing their opinions like we don't know who they are.

Posted by: ... at December 18, 2024 09:20 AM (yHYaX)

345 To put it a another way:
Pol Pot believed the science of Marxism.
He trusted the experts of Marxism.
His Marxism was needed to protect "Our Democracy."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 18, 2024 09:20 AM (rK75L)

346 341 So I see the republicans' are gonna ram through a porker of a Bill...
Posted by: It's me donna

You're talking to it.

Posted by: Mike Johnson's Hand at December 18, 2024 09:21 AM (DmEio)

347 Natalie Rupnow changes her name to Samantha and I bet demanded to be called Sam.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:21 AM (gbOdA)

348 At the end of the day California keeps voting for this shit. If they want to ban cars, well the people have spoken. It’s projected Cali will lose 4 or even as high as 5 congressional districts in the 2030 census. The people are also voting with their feet. Something like banning cars will make Cali lose 20 seats in 2040.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2024 09:21 AM (i+Y/j)

349 I see Pelosi still has her talons wrapped tightly around the Democrats in the House. The Olde Guard lives...

Posted by: Martini Farmer

Hakeem Jeffries is a great "cutout" for Pelosi

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 09:21 AM (RHGPo)

350

Revoke the gas tank regulations and give tax breaks to gas stations oil companies to replace, repair, retrofit etc.

AND regulate the living shit out of EVs.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 18, 2024 09:21 AM (x0n13)

351 > Trump says the subcommittee has obtained evidence that could land Liz Cheney in serious trouble.
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Trump gets pretty agitated when talking about the J6 committee. I think that will be his first political target. Even if everyone on it is pardoned by *biden.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2024 09:22 AM (Q4IgG)

352 >Aren't you one of the people that said Donald Trump would not win the the election?

Posted by: Someday

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Oh yeah. Totally blew that call. But I'm sure about this one!

Posted by: Don Black votes NO at December 18, 2024 09:22 AM (/7KEl)

353 I'm still very worried about what happens over the next month, especially with whatever this drone op is. We're not in the clear yet, and Trump, Musk, Ramaswamy, etc. are all risking their lives to attempt to right the ship.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:22 AM (hIXll)

354 You're talking to it.
Posted by: Mike Johnson's Hand at December 18, 2024 09:21 AM (DmEio)

What a disappointment he is

Posted by: It's me donna at December 18, 2024 09:22 AM (VE6XX)

355 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 09:20 AM (J2vNu)

74 degrees in December is obscene.

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 09:22 AM (v6JzV)

356 Hydrox > Thorax > Hyrax
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:17 AM (gbOdA)

Y words are fun… Hyacinth, or hydrangea..
Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2024 09:19 AM (PCK5/)

Like a hyena's hymen in Hyannis!

Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2024 09:22 AM (jgdZo)

357 Aren't you one of the people that said Donald Trump would not win the the election?

Posted by: Someday

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Oh yeah. Totally blew that call. But I'm sure about this one!
Posted by: Don Black

You sound like my barber. 😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:22 AM (Pi558)

358
Big Y, little y.
A yawning yellow yak.
Young Yolanda Yorgenson
is yelling on his back.

Posted by: Dr. Seuss at December 18, 2024 09:22 AM (dg+HA)

359 But I was also right that Joe and Hunter would 'get away with it'

Posted by: Don Black votes NO at December 18, 2024 09:23 AM (/7KEl)

360 At the end of the day California keeps voting for this shit. If they want to ban cars, well the people have spoken. It’s projected Cali will lose 4 or even as high as 5 congressional districts in the 2030 census. The people are also voting with their feet. Something like banning cars will make Cali lose 20 seats in 2040.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

.. just look at it as a gigantic land grab. Devalue the property and the local billionaires buy it up for cheap

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 09:23 AM (RHGPo)

361 The election is over. Let's focus on beating each other up over the future.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2024 09:23 AM (LkLld)

362 Like a hyena's hymen in Hyannis!
Posted by: Doof

But enough about Hillary.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:23 AM (Pi558)

363 That's a good point. I bet every commenter here regularly drives by an abandoned mom and pop gas station somewhere in their area that was given up on when the new tank storage regulations hit back around 2005 or so.
Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:19 AM (hIXll)

My bet it was NOT leaks that were the issue but the fact ethanol is hydrophilic, meaning it absorbs water.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:24 AM (gbOdA)

364 But I was also right that Joe and Hunter would 'get away with it'

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I'm still really interested to see how that plays out since apparently he won't be able to plead the 5th. That could be the best thing that could've ever happened.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:24 AM (hIXll)

365 Good morning all. California is going all in on electrification by 2050...stupid. So glad we got out of there.

Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 18, 2024 09:24 AM (EmT/E)

366 Mastodons went extinct because, as their name says, they had boob teeth. Made it hard to chew food, so they gradually starved to death.
Posted by: Bulg
*
or so your dentist would have you believe...
Posted by: Auspex at December 18, 2024

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Dunno why, but the very word "mastodon" is funny, whereas "mammoth" is not. Phyllis Diller about the cut-rate airline she flew on:

"Our stewardess was so old, bless her heart. . . . You know how some women get those little crows' feet around their eyes? This broad had mastodon tracks."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 09:24 AM (J2vNu)

367 Wow. Turns out all those Reuters hit pieces were funded by the Biden administration.

I remember thinking this is so weird, why is Reuters suddenly so anti-Tesla. They wanted to look cool for Biden.
Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 08:50 AM (RHGPo)
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Cernovich
@Cernovich
12h
There is so much evil to uncover. It should be its own office.

The Evil Czar, a special envoy to uncover all of the censorship, bribes, money laundering, and NGO fuckery.

Give @MikeBenzCyber an office, staff, and subpoena power. Let him start pulling on threads.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 18, 2024 09:25 AM (O77yV)

368 360 At the end of the day California keeps voting for this shit. If they want to ban cars, well the people have spoken. It’s projected Cali will lose 4 or even as high as 5 congressional districts in the 2030 census. The people are also voting with their feet. Something like banning cars will make Cali lose 20 seats in 2040.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

.. just look at it as a gigantic land grab. Devalue the property and the local billionaires buy it up for cheap
Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 09:23 AM (RHGPo)

I Col Kurts books the Mexican have to build a wall to keep the Calis out.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:25 AM (gbOdA)

369 I'm still really interested to see how that plays out since apparently he won't be able to plead the 5th. That could be the best thing that could've ever happened.

he will though, because he is still exposed to state or local charges.

anyway yea the bidens ... well we shall see I guess but around here people will seemingly forgive them anything

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 18, 2024 09:25 AM (Pv3Rg)

370 361 The election is over. Let's focus on beating each other up over the future.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2024 09:23 AM (LkLld)

We’re kind of Irish-like when you get down to it…

Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2024 09:25 AM (PCK5/)

371 255 Mastodons emerged around 25 to 27 million years ago, while mammoths only emerged around 5 million years ago. In terms of living relatives, mammoths share more in common with Asian elephants than African elephants.
Posted by: The State at December 18, 2024 09:01 AM (gbOdA)

So the concurrent DNA tapirs off?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 18, 2024 09:25 AM (pIfcn)

372 Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 18, 2024 09:14 AM (lFFaq)

Well hello there. Hope you are well.

Posted by: ... at December 18, 2024 09:25 AM (yHYaX)

373 My bet it was NOT leaks that were the issue but the fact ethanol is hydrophilic, meaning it absorbs water.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Another reason I drink my scotch neat.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:25 AM (Pi558)

374 If we had had a Mammoth Awareness Month like we have a Manatee Awareness Month, perhaps they would not have gone extinct!

Would have, should have, could have....

Posted by: Jonathan Lawson @ Colonial Penn at December 18, 2024 09:26 AM (G5+As)

375 You get what you pay for. $174,000 per year was a lot of money in 1985 when I first hit that salary level. Not now. Managers at a Walmart supercenter make $400,000. It's a scam that congress plays to keep the pay low so that only millionaires (or bartenders) can run for office. Normal, successful people can't afford to be congressmen, so your pool of applicants is small. We're dealing with trillions of dollars and people want to cheap out on the men and women making the decisions.

Posted by: jwest at December 18, 2024 09:26 AM (VP9ao)

376 Big Y, little y.
A yawning yellow yak.
Young Yolanda Yorgenson
is yelling on his back.
Posted by: Dr. Seuss

Ah, great memories of reading that to my kid.

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 09:26 AM (v6JzV)

377 CR Omnibus PorkBarrel is absurd. Thanks Mike Johnson for reminding the voters that it doesn't matter which party you vote for so soon after millions of people thought that their vote might actually matter this time. What's the word from Trump and DOGE? Nothing?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 18, 2024 09:26 AM (Zwu9O)

378 My bet it was NOT leaks that were the issue but the fact ethanol is hydrophilic, meaning it absorbs water.
Posted by: rhennigantx

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Almost certainly. That was right around the time of the big switchover, wasn't it?

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:26 AM (hIXll)

379 So the concurrent DNA tapirs off?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls

ISWYDT.
Golf clap.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:26 AM (Pi558)

380 370 361 The election is over. Let's focus on beating each other up over the future.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2024 09:23 AM (LkLld)

It's what we do.. Keeps Us on Our toes

Posted by: It's me donna at December 18, 2024 09:26 AM (VE6XX)

381 74 degrees in December is obscene.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 09:22 AM (v6JzV)

My truck said 85 yesterday around 2 pm.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:26 AM (gbOdA)

382 Is Vali going full electric without building power plants? They are not connected to the rest of the country power grid wise.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 09:27 AM (YeGMU)

383 > I bet every commenter here regularly drives by an abandoned mom and pop gas station somewhere in their area that was given up on when the new tank storage regulations hit back around 2005 or so.
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I think it was way earlier than 2005. IIRC it was in the 1980's.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2024 09:27 AM (Q4IgG)

384 Cali is essentially Brazil now. A small slice of incredibly wealthy,
Mainly white people surrounded by a non-white underclass .
The rich don’t care about car bans. They can afford a $200k Tesla. The poor, whatever. As long as the welfare check clears they can take Uber everywhere.

The few remains middle class residents are all leaving.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2024 09:27 AM (i+Y/j)

385 I'm at the electron mine as usual. The office and building have two speeds: dead slow and slower than dead. My boss may be in later and that will pick things up. But this is the last week before the Xmas break. I suspect some people are already taking some vacation time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 09:20 AM (J2vNu)
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It's about the same here. I haven't been on campus since last Friday, but even then it was pretty dead. This week will be VERY dead and early next week will be deader-than-dead. Very few people are going to want to work the two days before Christmas. If they can use a couple of PTO days, they probably will (including myself).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 18, 2024 09:27 AM (BpYfr)

386 EVs aren't going away. If it's not a long mileage or truck, EV may be the answer - In the city. Not the family car but the car to drive you to work.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 09:27 AM (QDStS)

387 Revoke the gas tank regulations and give tax breaks to gas stations oil companies to replace, repair, retrofit etc.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 18, 2024 09:21 AM (x0n13)

If the regulations were simply to ensure that the tanks don't leak, that would be nice. But they piled on a bunch of environmentalist crap.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 18, 2024 09:27 AM (d9fT1)

388 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024
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74 degrees in December is obscene.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024

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Don't I know it. Hard to get enthused about Christmas when Santa is wearing shorts and a Hawaiian shirt, and the reindeer are all shaved and sweating.

The natives here, of course, love it -- they all want to dress like Bart Simpson year round -- and are bitterly resentful whenever temps drop below 60 between Dec. and the end of February.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 09:27 AM (J2vNu)

389 Well would you look at that?

www.ag.ndsu.edu

"In 2005, the first Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) became law as part of the United States’ energy policy (Renewable Fuels Association, 2005a). It provided for ethanol production of four billion gallons in 2006 with an increase to seven and one-half billion gallons by 2012 (Renewable Fuels Association, 2005a). Since that time, The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 signed by President Bush requires renewable fuel usage to increase to 36 billion gallons annually by 2022 (Renewable Fuels Association, 2008b). "

https://tinyurl.com/82nxks95

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:28 AM (hIXll)

390 suddenly, all Breitbart links yield only a "403 Forbidden" result.

I wonder if Breitbart hates VPN's, or what.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 18, 2024 09:28 AM (C8wQA)

391 "Normal, successful people can't afford to be congressmen,"

Normal, successful people don't want to be congressmen. It takes a special kind of person, and they ain't normal.

Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes at December 18, 2024 09:28 AM (vFG9F)

392 Just for laughs, scanned my paper for the obligatory headline. Sure enough, MOTIVE SOUGHT FOR WIS. SCHOOL SHOOTING.
Pg.9A

Posted by: From about That Time at December 18, 2024 09:28 AM (4780s)

393 Dill baby drill.. refine baby refine… my energy policy.

Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2024 09:28 AM (PCK5/)

394 My truck said 85 yesterday around 2 pm.
Posted by: rhennigantx

That's beyond obscene. It's thoroughly disgusting. Like a threesome of Lena Dunham, Trigglypuff, and Zombie Helen Thomas.

I don't know how people live in places like that.

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 09:29 AM (v6JzV)

395 None of you really believed an election would change anything did you? Congress is corrupt to the core. Elections are trivial. More of a show for the rubes than anything meaningful.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2024 09:29 AM (i+Y/j)

396 "In 2005, the first Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) became law as part of the United States’ energy policy (Renewable Fuels Association, 2005a). It provided for ethanol production of four billion gallons in 2006 with an increase to seven and one-half billion gallons by 2012 (Renewable Fuels Association, 2005a). Since that time, The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 signed by President Bush requires renewable fuel usage to increase to 36 billion gallons annually by 2022 (Renewable Fuels Association, 2008b). "

https://tinyurl.com/82nxks95
Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:28 AM (hIXll)

Burning corn in leased SUVs to drive children to soccer game in which they do not keep score so that corn in the ROW is 4x more expensive.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

397 My truck said 85 yesterday around 2 pm.
Posted by: rhennigantx
*
That's beyond obscene. It's thoroughly disgusting. Like a threesome of Lena Dunham, Trigglypuff, and Zombie Helen Thomas.

I don't know how people live in places like that.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024

***
With big honkin' air conditioners, that's how!!!!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 09:30 AM (J2vNu)

398 The people are also voting with their feet. Something like banning cars will make Cali lose 20 seats in 2040.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2024 09:21 AM (i+Y/j)

Yes they are "voting with their feet". And then arrogantly shitting all over where they land. Like where I am.

*obligatory*: not morons, and " the good ones"

Posted by: Duddly Do Wrong at December 18, 2024 09:30 AM (4qKYA)

399 Spending Bill Subsidizes State Department’s Conservative Censorship Slush Fund
The government funding bill includes a one-year extension of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), an agency that funds organizations that censor conservative media including Breitbart News.

The four-eyed pig f*cker will need dem votes to pass.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 18, 2024 09:30 AM (DmEio)

400 Ars gratia artis

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 09:30 AM (J2vNu)

401 I don't know how people live in places like that.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 09:29 AM (v6JzV)

two words

A C

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

402 I think it was way earlier than 2005. IIRC it was in the 1980's.

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I'll have to check, but I remember the mid 90s or so with the EPA's mandatory tank upgrades I'm thinking of that closed down so many independent gas stations. IIRC there was a 10 year window to have the replacement tanks / upgrades in place, which would put it right at the 2005 mark.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:30 AM (hIXll)

403 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 09:31 AM (v6JzV)

404 297 I remember I first became fascinated by evolution with the development of the horse, over time… I think the ancestor was called “ Eohippus”.. really intrigued me as a kid…
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All of today's horses come from two herds off the steppes of Europe and Asia. The Mongols and Scythians are likely the magic medicine for this outcome. The Scythians are the ones that invented the chariot and sparked a huge armaments boom throughout southwest Asia and the Mediterranean regions.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 18, 2024 09:31 AM (jFCkp)

405 BREAKING: Mike Johnson's new spending bill allows vaccine and mask mandates, vaccine passports, expanded emergency powers, and gain-of-function research

Posted by: Don Black votes NO at December 18, 2024 09:31 AM (/7KEl)

406 Job Well Done: Congress Gives Itself a Raise with Last-Minute, 1,547-Page Spending Deal

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Thank God we avoided a government shut down!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 09:32 AM (L/fGl)

407 Great news: Project 2025 is bringing back the Redskins! Check out their new helmets:
https://x.com/kaitlynspup/status/1869171251274784970

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 09:32 AM (RHGPo)

408 >>BREAKING: Mike Johnson's new spending bill allows vaccine and mask mandates, vaccine passports, expanded emergency powers, and gain-of-function research

AYFKM?!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 18, 2024 09:32 AM (u1uWe)

409 Normal, successful people don't want to be congressmen. It takes a special kind of person, and they ain't normal.
Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes a

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Yep. Remember that NC guy in a wheelchair out of Asheville or that area? When normal people get there they're run out of town after not wanting to participate in orgies.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:32 AM (hIXll)

410 There is no majority in the House, in truth, and people should realize that fact, and stop claiming the Republicans "control the House".

They do not.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 18, 2024 09:32 AM (C8wQA)

411 Burning corn in leased SUVs to drive children to soccer game in which they do not keep score so that corn in the ROW is 4x more expensive.
Posted by: rhennigantx

My dick hasn't moved in decades but you statement has given me a rise. Twenty-three skidoo.

Posted by: Chuck Grassley at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (DmEio)

412 398 The people are also voting with their feet. Something like banning cars will make Cali lose 20 seats in 2040.
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Nah, California will just import their replacements. Just as they are doing today. Gotta maintain their political pimp hand.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (jFCkp)

413 ----------
I think it was way earlier than 2005. IIRC it was in the 1980's.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Almost bought a frame grocery, bait shop, gas station. The fellow was telling me how the state would subsidize/loan the necessary for new tanks. At the same time Exxon, within visual distance, begins construction on a Tiger Stop. Ended that negotiation.
Property stayed for sale till it rotted to the ground.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (QDStS)

414 NOT an IT guy here. I have been noticing something eating up and hogging the memory on my PC. I usually keep about 10 tabs open in my Chrome browser. Consistently the AOS tab/site is reporting very high memory usage. 700MB up to perhaps 1.2GB. All other tabs usually run around 250mb to 300mb or less. 150mb etc.

I wonder if the AOS website needs some work. Optimizing - efficiency - etc.? IDO. Thanks

Posted by: Guillermo at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (558mO)

415 I bet there's a hint at the actual inflation rate in their raises. Remember when they gave their staffers something like 30% back in 2022?

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (hIXll)

416 As long as Congress continues to use last minute CRs they will continue to pass monster bills with all sorts of garbage in them.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2024 09:34 AM (LkLld)

417 Almost bought a frame grocery, bait shop, gas station. The fellow was telling me how the state would subsidize/loan the necessary for new tanks. At the same time Exxon, within visual distance, begins construction on a Tiger Stop. Ended that negotiation.
Property stayed for sale till it rotted to the ground.
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Topless wait staff would have beat Exxon.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 18, 2024 09:35 AM (jFCkp)

418 412 398 The people are also voting with their feet. Something like banning cars will make Cali lose 20 seats in 2040.
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They lost 4 seats this season but they were still counted. In blue states reality is what the want it to be.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 09:35 AM (QDStS)

419 --------------
Topless wait staff would have beat Exxon.
Posted by: pudinhead
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Fun thought but it was a small town. They would have tarred and feathered me.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 09:36 AM (QDStS)

420 Sad story out of Virginia.

https://is.gd/qiFj8Z

Try not to laugh.

Posted by: muldoon at December 18, 2024 09:37 AM (991eG)

421 (sorry, Grandma)

Posted by: muldoon at December 18, 2024 09:37 AM (991eG)

422 North Korean Troops In Kursk Suffer First Heavy Losses, Pentagon Says

Zelensky alleges Russian troops are literally burning the faces of the dead to conceal their identities.

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 09:38 AM (RHGPo)

423 You get what you pay for. $174,000 per year was a lot of money in 1985 when I first hit that salary level. Not now. Managers at a Walmart supercenter make $400,000. It's a scam that congress plays to keep the pay low so that only millionaires (or bartenders) can run for office. Normal, successful people can't afford to be congressmen, so your pool of applicants is small. We're dealing with trillions of dollars and people want to cheap out on the men and women making the decisions.
Posted by: jwest

Agree 100%.
Congress should pay $500k or something. Make it an attractive salary so talented people who already make 200,300,400k a year would be interested. Plus it would tamper corruption. Why bother with graft to make $1M if you’re already making $500k legit?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2024 09:38 AM (L6sxK)

424 Trump Formally Wins Electoral College Vote

Trump’s victory was locked in when Texas’ 40 electoral votes were awarded to him

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 09:39 AM (RHGPo)

425 191 What ambassadorship will be given to Mike Tyson?
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Botswana or Iceland.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 08:50 AM (hovnC)
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Do we have an embassy in Lesotho?

Posted by: Ciampino - A very arid & cold place at December 18, 2024 09:40 AM (i0xsb)

426 Nic update

Posted by: ShainS -- The Cartels Have Killed More Americans Than All Other Terrorist Orgs Combined at December 18, 2024 09:41 AM (2q1Vc)

427 Senators Demolish NCAA Boss for Trans Policy: ‘Why Don’t You Go to Amazon and Buy a Spine?’

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 09:42 AM (RHGPo)

428 424 Trump Formally Wins Electoral College Vote

Trump’s victory was locked in when Texas’ 40 electoral votes were awarded to him
Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 09:39 AM (RHGPo)
Now let's get him and his nominees in place and undoing all the damage done by ubama and bai-din.

Posted by: Eromero at December 18, 2024 09:44 AM (LHPAg)

429 Jill Biden: Liar Joe ‘Talked to a Lot of Legal Experts’ About Hunter Pardon and ‘Circumstances Changed’

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 09:44 AM (RHGPo)

430 Rep. Carlos Giménez: ‘Drones pose a threat,’ feds don’t know anything

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 09:44 AM (RHGPo)

431 I want to return to a world where I believed people making $500K/year would be less likely than people making $200K/year to want to make $1M/year without any additional effort beyond being bought off.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:45 AM (hIXll)

432 420 Sad story out of Virginia.

https://is.gd/qiFj8Z

Try not to laugh.

Posted by: muldoon at December 18, 2024 09:37 AM (991eG)
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I'm sorry for the bear. It obviously wasn't hunted for food.

Posted by: Ciampino - did he want a bear rug? at December 18, 2024 09:46 AM (i0xsb)

433 420 Sad story out of Virginia.

https://is.gd/qiFj8Z

Try not to laugh.
Posted by: muldoon
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The shooter was aiming at the victim only a little higher.
That's against the rules.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 09:47 AM (QDStS)

434 414 NOT an IT guy here. I have been noticing something eating up and hogging the memory on my PC. I usually keep about 10 tabs open in my Chrome browser. Consistently the AOS tab/site is reporting very high memory usage. 700MB up to perhaps 1.2GB. All other tabs usually run around 250mb to 300mb or less. 150mb etc.

I wonder if the AOS website needs some work. Optimizing - efficiency - etc.? IDO. Thanks
Posted by: Guillermo at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (558mO)

Chrome and its clones are memory pigs. More tabs, more memory used. One setting that does help:
1) Open Chrome
2) Upper right corner, click the vertical ellipsis (3 dots) and click on SETTINGS
3) Under the settings page, click SYSTEM (left side towards the bottom).
4) Shut off "Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed".
5) Close Chrome.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 18, 2024 09:50 AM (N39Ws)

435 Well hello there. Hope you are well.
Posted by: ... at December 18, 2024 09:25 AM (yHYaX)

Getting over a cold, which means my reading speed is much slower than usual so I'm just seeing your reply now. Is all well in your world?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 18, 2024 09:51 AM (lFFaq)

436 .
We are due a Mannix article on the economy and market.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 09:56 AM (QDStS)

437 Federal Judge Grants Derek Chauvin’s Request To Examine George Floyd Heart Tissue and Fluids To Contest Cause of Death

Chauvin seeks to vacate his guilty plea in federal court due to ineffective assistance of counsel for allegedly failing to inform Chauvin of an expert witness who asserted Floyd died of heart failure unrelated to Chauvin’s conduct, and for failing to conduct testing. This is unrelated to the state jury conviction.

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 10:06 AM (RHGPo)

438 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.🙏

MEDIA ADVISORY: Homeland Subcommittee Hearing on Unprecedented Surge of Chinese Illegal Immigration
May 11, 2024

STARTLING STATS FACTSHEET: Encounters of Chinese Nationals Surpass All Fiscal Year 2023 at the Southwest Border, April 18, 2024

ProPublica, Mar. 2024: Gangsters, Money and Murder: 'How Chinese Organized Crime Is Dominating America’s Illegal Marijuana Market' A quadruple murder in Oklahoma shows how the Chinese underworld has come to dominate the booming illicit trade, fortifying its rise as a global powerhouse with alleged ties to China’s authoritarian regime.

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Posted by: L - Rooster one day, Feather duster another at December 18, 2024 10:11 AM (NFX2v)

439 NY Post: Stephanopoulos 'Humiliated' by $16 Million Settlement

.. but not enough

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 10:11 AM (RHGPo)

440 /sock

Posted by: Oddbob at December 18, 2024 10:23 AM (OKSEF)

441 Any form of authoritarian government (Marxism, communism, totalitarianism--ANY of them will go down that road of total dominance of their citizenry. They have no choice, being a failed system to begin with.

If you were to look at all the forms of existing governance you'd be forced to admit ours in this most exceptional country is unique in history. It can be and has been amended from time to time, though fealty to it has ensured the population is an extraordinary grouping. Sometimes I don't think even our citizenry realizes the benefits of living in this nation until an event occurs that awakens them to who and what we are. We're those most fortunate of all people, Americans.''

And unless we forsake our heritage there will be no sunsetting on us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 18, 2024 10:26 AM (hKoQL)

442 Farah Griffin Confess She Helped Cassidy Hutchinson Bypass Her Lawyer

Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2024 10:27 AM (RHGPo)

443 CNN’s Jim Acosta, however, said the “industry” has to “stand firm” because “you can’t have the news industry worrying about this sort of stuff when they’re simply just doing their jobs.”

Yes, they're simply propagandists working for the left protecting the left and pushing leftists talking points while smearing their enemies. Why should they have to worry about their lies when it's what they get paid to do?

Hawaiian Judge: "Oh Yeaaaaaaah!" Spirit of Aloha.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 18, 2024 10:54 AM (ynpvh)

444 Mike Johnson doing Hakeem Jeffries bidding --- and slipping in automatic raises to reward their skullduggery and deceit .... no grift too big or too brazen for the Democrat wing of the alleged Republican House majority.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at December 18, 2024 11:05 AM (2zuuC)

445 442 Farah Griffin Confess She Helped Cassidy Hutchinson Bypass Her Lawyer
Posted by: SMOD

Never hidden or denied.

B belongs on The View with the other Hos.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, Feather duster another at December 18, 2024 11:31 AM (NFX2v)

446 Help!

What is the significance of 25 in Ketanji Jackson Brown-25?

Thanks!

Posted by: Saxon at December 18, 2024 12:26 PM (AHXe+)

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