Biden's "Business" Associates in China Hack the US Treasury Department

We're here. We're at the end of 2024. It's been, as they say, a journey.

It started miserably and is ending a high note. And it should get better from here.

But until then, Biden's legacy of shame continues to deliver.

An actor affiliated with the Chinese government recently hacked the U.S. Treasury Department in a "major incident," officials announced on Monday.
In a letter obtained by FOX Business, the Treasury Department disclosed the incident to Senate Banking Committee leadership. Officials learned of the breach on Dec. 8.
The cybercriminal reportedly gained access to Treasury Department workstations and documents via a security key.
"Once Treasury was alerted by the service provider, we immediately contacted Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and have worked with law enforcement partners across the government to ascertain the impact of this incident," the spokesperson said.
What isn't mentioned is what, if any, questions have been raised with the Chinese government as to why a hacker "affiliated with" China was seeking access to the U.S. Treasury. It is belaboring the obvious to note how unlikely it is that this Chinese hacker acted on his or her own; this was likely done with at least the consent of the Chinese government, if not on the orders of the Chinese government.

Meanwhile, all the Marxist propaganda outlets embargoed the clear photographic proof of Biden meeting with his son's Chinese "business" associates, because of course they did.

They've lied about this for five years. They're not going to stop now.

Nelson's first of two articles about the newly-released photos was stamped 12:45pm ET on Friday afternoon, yet none of the Big Three evening or morning broadcasts subsequently mentioned the damning new proof of Joe Biden's participation in his son's business dealings. Last night, ABC's World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News led their broadcasts with winter weather, while the CBS Evening News began with the passing of CBS Sports broadcaster Greg Gumbel.
This morning, ABC's Good Morning America, CBS Saturday Morning and NBC's Today provided a combined five and a half hours of news programming -- but chose not to utter a peep about the new Biden scandal headlines.

Posted by: Ace at 12:00 PM

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Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

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Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 12:00 PM (iFTx/)

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Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 12:00 PM (iFTx/)

5 FIFTH!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 12:00 PM (iFTx/)

6 Hi Ace
Happy New Year almost!

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 31, 2024 12:01 PM (t/2Uw)

7 I'm shocked!

-Your winnings sir.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 31, 2024 12:02 PM (N1DT3)

8 WHATEVER NUMBER!!!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2024 12:02 PM (MQJVv)

9 Mornin, Ace!

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at December 31, 2024 12:03 PM (dEYSD)

10 Nooded.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 31, 2024 12:03 PM (O7YUW)

11 Wow, Eric could have filled the top ten, easy.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 31, 2024 12:03 PM (N1DT3)

12 Do we really think hacks like this won't happen under Trump? I think they will. China has so infiltrated the government and Deep State that it would take a complete top-to-bottom overhaul to weed them out. Do we have the will? No. No we don't. Too many people getting paid off.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 12:03 PM (iFTx/)

13 Remember the rules:

Russia is the Bad Enemy.

China is the Good Enemy.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 12:03 PM (uxCna)

14
This morning, ABC's Good Morning America, CBS Saturday Morning and NBC's Today provided a combined five and a half hours of news programming -- but chose not to utter a peep about the new Biden scandal headlines.

Posted by: Ace at 12:00 PM

_________

Local news
Asked and answered
Old news
What difference does it make?
Republicans pounce
Backlash
Weaponizing a family matter
Why are you obsessed with this?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 12:04 PM (dxSpM)

15 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
And Happy New Years Eve
It's the final countdown

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 12:04 PM (yZLuv)

16 Hey Ace, good afternoon.

Did you hear a judge just reinstated Biden's plea deal for the 911 masterminds?

Every day up to the end of his shitty reign is getting worse.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 12:04 PM (Y6IkP)

17 17th! Haha!

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 12:04 PM (ewjUl)

18 Trump really needs a Czar of F**king Peoples Sh*t Up to go after all of these Deep State/Uniparty F**k Nozzles

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2024 12:04 PM (XV/Pl)

19 I hope Trump is keeping a list of the crimes/stupidities of the Biden regime and will trot them out in a long list when he becomes President again-.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2024 12:04 PM (MQJVv)

20
Elric is now responsible for fixing all of Ace's formatting blunders.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 12:05 PM (dxSpM)

21 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 12:04 PM

Hadrian, willowed. Give the puppeh a CBD dog treat. They sell them at most pet stores. Keep a fan or noise machine on. Seems to keep ours from freaking out.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 12:06 PM (ewjUl)

22 "The cybercriminal reportedly gained access to Treasury Department workstations and documents via a security key."

You're Amazon shipment was refused. Click here to to recieve a security key to redliver.

Posted by: Oops at December 31, 2024 12:06 PM (vFG9F)

23 Second only to Trump winning is my pleasure at seeing that corrupt nasty old hack Biden leaving office in disgrace… which he richly deserves

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2024 12:07 PM (YobFY)

24 Nappy Hew Year!

Posted by: Hillary (Hic) Rodham Clinton at December 31, 2024 12:07 PM (ewjUl)

25 Every part of our 5G System is compromised.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:07 PM (UE/EX)

26 I am quietly hopeful that a crackdown on Beijing happens in January.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2024 12:08 PM (jjoN6)

27 I'm glad the Chinese were getting their Christmas "shopping" done prior to Joe Marionette Biden being sent out to pasture.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at December 31, 2024 12:08 PM (Vyll1)

28 Shouldn't a security key trace back to it's rightful owner?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 12:08 PM (JMjSs)

29 Biden's on vacation but today
He sent moe funds to Ukraine to pay pensions and salaries of Ukraine government.
Issued regulations prohibiting oil and gas leases in Nevada mountain range for at least two years while comment period takes place.
Centcom makes major attack on Houthis.
Plea deal with 9/11 attackers back in place so they avoid death penalty.
Phew. Busy vacation schedule.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 31, 2024 12:08 PM (t/2Uw)

30 >>Second only to Trump winning is my pleasure at seeing that corrupt nasty old hack Biden leaving office in disgrace… which he richly deserves

Pelosi breaking her hip was a highlight as well.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:08 PM (UE/EX)

31 Power Line had a really bizarre take on this:

Currently, we are in a cybersecurity standoff with the Chinese, the Russians and others. We can read their “secure” communications, and they can read ours.

Where on Earth did Hinderaker get the idea that we can read the Chinese and Russian secure governmental communications?

I mean, not that we'd be disclosing it if we could read the comms, but this just sounds like complete wishful thinking.

After all, the resources of the "intelligence community" have been devoted to surveilling Americans, not foreign governments.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 12:08 PM (uxCna)

32 This morning, ABC's Good Morning America, CBS Saturday Morning and NBC's Today provided a combined five and a half hours of news programming -- but chose not to utter a peep about the new Biden scandal headlines.

Predictable. The leftards never stop lying, and never stop believing. Mental disease.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 31, 2024 12:08 PM (pohLc)

33 I hope Trump is keeping a list of the crimes/stupidities of the Biden regime and will trot them out in a long list when he becomes President again-.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2024 12:04 PM

Let's hope. Fauci should be first.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 12:08 PM (ewjUl)

34 Received an email at work this morning that Jan. 9th is a national day of mourning for Carter and all Gov. agencies are closed. Why? Because. That's why I guess.

Posted by: Cheri at December 31, 2024 12:09 PM (oiNtH)

35 10% for the big guy?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 31, 2024 12:09 PM (ynpvh)

36 Elric is now responsible for fixing all of Ace's formatting blunders.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 12:05 PM (dxSpM)
_____

As long as I don't have to edit his typos and grammar mistakes. He's at least better than Kurt Schlicter, who seems to either be semi-illiterate or just doesn't give a fuck.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 12:09 PM (iFTx/)

37
Received an email at work this morning that Jan. 9th is a national day of mourning for Carter and all Gov. agencies are closed. Why?

________

Do you want to work these poor public servants to death?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 12:10 PM (dxSpM)

38 28 Shouldn't a security key trace back to it's rightful owner?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 12:08 PM (JMjSs)

Maybe a Chinese spy nurtured by our university system, pretending to be "escaping" China? There are hundreds of thousands of these, so it should be a breeze to find.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 31, 2024 12:10 PM (2NXcZ)

39 Received an email at work this morning that Jan. 9th is a national day of mourning for Carter and all Gov. agencies are closed. Why? Because. That's why I guess.
Posted by: Cheri at December 31, 2024 12:09 PM (oiNtH)

I wonder how many of us will notice that they're closed.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 31, 2024 12:10 PM (VNX3d)

40
Currently, we are in a cybersecurity standoff with the Chinese, the Russians and others. We can read their “secure” communications, and they can read ours.

Where on Earth did Hinderaker get the idea that we can read the Chinese and Russian secure governmental communications?

Hinderaker is a douche.

But the only thing the commies are seeing if they're in is how we're cracking down on PTA moms. Usurping Trump and his supporters and where to send the next shipment of cash to Zelensky.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 12:11 PM (ewjUl)

41 >>Every part of our 5G System is compromised.

The good news is that for some reason we just gave India $5 million worth of our 5G to start building out their infrastructure.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 12:11 PM (LkLld)

42 Can I start drinking now?...

Posted by: Kumswala Hair Ass at December 31, 2024 12:11 PM (1FWWQ)

43 Do you want to work these poor public servants to death?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Yes?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2024 12:12 PM (WXNFJ)

44 I realize that is a bear taking the chain saw to King Harv, but at first glance, it makes me think of a nasty river otter.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:12 PM (W/lyH)

45 He's at least better than Kurt Schlicter, who seems to either be semi-illiterate or just doesn't give a fuck.

Can't he be both, like the late Earl Warren?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2024 12:12 PM (Q0kLU)

46 >>Second only to Trump winning is my pleasure at seeing that corrupt nasty old hack Biden leaving office in disgrace… which he richly deserves

Pelosi breaking her hip was a highlight as well.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:08 PM (UE/EX)

Good one. I’ve also had a schadenboner over the Biden-Pelosi and Biden-Harris feuds. Fun watching friendly fire on the other side

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2024 12:13 PM (YobFY)

47 42 Can I start drinking now?...
Posted by: Kumswala Hair Ass at December 31, 2024 12:11 PM (1FWWQ)

You mean we were supposed to wait?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:13 PM (W/lyH)

48
Yes?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2024 12:12 PM (WXNFJ)

_________

With the number of federal holidays, you need a calendar to tell when they'll be in.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 12:13 PM (dxSpM)

49 He sent more funds to Ukraine to pay pensions and salaries of Ukraine government.

Starting tomorrow, Ukraine is going to refuse to transport Russian gas through Ukraine's pipeline network to Eastern European counties.

The teensy problem is that the Russians were paying 85% of the costs of maintaining the Ukrainian natural gas pipeline network, so the Ukrainian natural gas pipeline company has announced that the charges for domestic transport of natural gas will have to quadruple.

I'm sure we'll end up paying for that as well.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 12:13 PM (uxCna)

50 Posted by: Cheri at December 31, 2024 12:09 PM (oiNtH)

I wonder how many of us will notice that they're closed.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I will only because I work for Fed.gov. It is still stupid and a waste but that's what the Fed does best.

Posted by: Cheri at December 31, 2024 12:13 PM (oiNtH)

51 We might need to make the 3 Gorges into one big Gorge.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:13 PM (UE/EX)

52 "The cybercriminal reportedly gained access to Treasury Department workstations and documents via a security key."

Were the workstations on-site, or was it one of those Work From Home computers? I'm guessing WFH.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2024 12:13 PM (bFTad)

53 "An actor affiliated with the Chinese government..."

What's the actor's name?

Can you provide an IMDB link?

Posted by: I gotta ask at December 31, 2024 12:13 PM (dg+HA)

54 Any company that doesn't allow you an alternative to SMS 2fa are abetting the criminals that will soon screw your life up. No one should use SMS 2fa now. It's all completely compromised.

But a whole lot of crappy bank, investment, and other financial places only allow SMS 2fa for online stuff. The only solution if they allow it is switch to passkey. But that's really spotty on android or just turn off all the online stuff and have kind of a handicap slow dealings with your money.

Why they're not all changing to some other 2fa right f'ing now I don't know. SMS is just a trap now. Everyone knows this. SMH

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 12:14 PM (Y6IkP)

55 I wonder how many of us will notice that they're closed.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 31, 2024 12:10 PM

Funny, I just wrote a reply to my Rep. about that. He said he HAD to vote for the CR cuz our brave men and women and disaster recovery. I told him that most wouldn't notice a government shutdown and to stop using our military as emotional blackmail. My exact words were. Then get some balls to keep voting no until it's a clean bill and not funding arctic monkey emotional stress habits.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 12:14 PM (ewjUl)

56 Received an email at work this morning that Jan. 9th is a national day of mourning for Carter and all Gov. agencies are closed. Why? Because. That's why I guess.
Posted by: Cheri at December 31, 2024 12:09 PM (oiNtH)

Save some fireworks from the New Years' stash.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2024 12:14 PM (8zz6B)

57 Carter was trained as an engineer. However I've never heard anyone say whether he was a good engineer. I doubt it. I've known guys like him. Ace the classes and can't engineer their way outta the shitter. I had a friend like that in school. Always made straight 'A's. Loved to throw that up in my face. Yet, when faced with a real world problem, guess who he always ran to? If you can't apply it in the real world, what good is it? Engineering, and life, is a word problem.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 31, 2024 12:15 PM (pohLc)

58 Received an email at work this morning that Jan. 9th is a national day of mourning for Carter and all Gov. agencies are closed. Why? Because. That's why I guess.
Posted by: Cheri at December 31, 2024 12:09 PM (oiNtH)

I wonder how many of us will notice that they're closed.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 31, 2024 12:10 PM (VNX3d)

One good thing about that… I have a regular Thursday morning video call with my guv customer at work (it’s always a waste of course)… so this means I won’t have that meeting and can do actual work!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2024 12:15 PM (YobFY)

59 Received an email at work this morning that Jan. 9th is a national day of mourning for Carter and all Gov. agencies are closed. Why? Because. That's why I guess.
Posted by: Cheri at December 31, 2024 12:09 PM (oiNtH)

***

GUBMINT SHUTDOWN!!!! REEEEEEE!!!
i CAN'T GO TO SEE MOUNT RUSHMORE OR STAY IN JELLYSTONE PARK!!!

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 31, 2024 12:16 PM (1FWWQ)

60 Shouldn't a security key trace back to it's rightful owner?
Posted by: Boss Moss

We Tu Lo.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 12:17 PM (id160)

61 Pull the broadcast licenses from ABC, CBS and NBC and auction them. Defund PBS and NPR.
Defund all NGOs.
Hold back 50% of every agencies budget and don't spend it.
When DOJ comes after the President for that "crime" blanket pardon everyone for any and all violations... forever. Use the power of the pardon to gut the feral gooberment.
Fuck Carters corpse with a chainsaw.

Posted by: Reforger at December 31, 2024 12:17 PM (xcIvR)

62 Meh. If some foreign actor isn't breaking into our databases etc., how will we ever know what our government is up to? It's not like it's being straight with us ever.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 31, 2024 12:17 PM (yjflf)

63 Yet, when faced with a real world problem, guess who he always ran to? If you can't apply it in the real world, what good is it? Engineering, and life, is a word problem.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 31, 2024 12:15 PM (pohLc)

heh.
Reminds me of some of the "engineers" at a large Pacific NW-based airplane company. They had engineering degrees, but all they did day after day, was run the same three algorithms over and over.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:17 PM (W/lyH)

64 53 "An actor affiliated with the Chinese government..."

What's the actor's name?

Can you provide an IMDB link?
Posted by: I gotta ask at December 31, 2024 12:13 PM (dg+HA)

That phrasing annoyed me as well. I am assuming they are trying to avoid using the word 'hacker'. 'Bad actor' makes them sound like they are in West Wing, and these people are all about feeling cool.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2024 12:17 PM (bss/y)

65 Were the workstations on-site, or was it one of those Work From Home computers? I'm guessing WFH.

I can't believe that home computers aren't secure from attacks by state actors. /s

The tragic thing is that this will be used as an excuse to force Federal workers back into the office.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 12:17 PM (uxCna)

66 i wonder how many millions of $$$ biden will be offered to write a memoir

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2024 12:17 PM (CWTWj)

67 Having worked for the US Treasury, ages ago, I'd presume the "security key" being mentioned is something akin to a digital certificate. If they're using common access cards (CAC) the cert's on that. Typically.

So, maybe someone at Treasury was "involved" with a ChiCom spy?

Too far fetched? Or nah?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2024 12:17 PM (Q4IgG)

68 Received an email at work this morning that Jan. 9th is a national day of mourning for Carter and all Gov. agencies are closed. Why? Because. That's why I guess.
Posted by: Cheri at December 31, 2024 12:09 PM (oiNtH)
____

Democraps can't even admit that Jimmy Carter -- Jimmy Fucking Carter -- was a terrible, failed president that nobody liked. If they can't admit that, they can't admit anything.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 12:18 PM (iFTx/)

69 Were the workstations on-site, or was it one of those Work From Home computers? I'm guessing WFH.

Wait, you mean I shouldn't log into the DOD system from Starbucks?

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 12:18 PM (ewjUl)

70 An actor affiliated with the Chinese government..."

What's the actor's name

Bing Dang Ow.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 12:18 PM (id160)

71 >>Democraps can't even admit that Jimmy Carter -- Jimmy Fucking Carter -- was a terrible, failed president that nobody liked.

I have an Uncle who swears Carter was a visionary and a genius.

He's a worthless piece of shit, himself...but he IS a Carter Fanboi.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:19 PM (UE/EX)

72 An actor affiliated with the Chinese government..."

What's the actor's name

Bang De Kee

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:19 PM (W/lyH)

73 An actor affiliated with the Chinese government..."

What's the actor's name?

Can you provide an IMDB link?
Posted by: I gotta ask at December 31, 2024 12:13 PM (dg+HA)
___________

Eric "Fartswell" Swalwell

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 12:20 PM (iFTx/)

74
Democraps can't even admit that Jimmy Carter -- Jimmy Fucking Carter -- was a terrible, failed president that nobody liked. If they can't admit that, they can't admit anything.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

They live in an alternate universe where Spock has a goatee and Carter was a good president.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2024 12:20 PM (63Dwl)

75 heh.
Reminds me of some of the "engineers" at a large Pacific NW-based airplane company. They had engineering degrees, but all they did day after day, was run the same three algorithms over and over.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:17 PM (W/lyH)

I think Vivek and Musk have a point about tech talent. I’ve been an engineer in the aerospace sector for cough cough years… the quality of engineering has definitely dropped; a lot. I don’t think this is just me being an old curmudgeon. Analysis and documentation are just not done much anymore. Lots of PowerPoint engineering though….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2024 12:20 PM (YobFY)

76
Will Joe Pardon him?

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2024 12:20 PM (+oR7L)

77 Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2024 12:17 PM (bss/y)

Yes; That's what it sounds like, or some Chinese master acto of performing Shakespeare who just happens to have a side line being a spy for the CCP.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2024 12:21 PM (MQJVv)

78 "An actor affiliated with the Chinese government..."

***

Sum Ting Wong

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 31, 2024 12:21 PM (1FWWQ)

79 >>> Carter was trained as an engineer. However I've never heard anyone say whether he was a good engineer. I doubt it. I've known guys like him. Ace the classes and can't engineer their way outta the shitter. I had a friend like that in school. Always made straight 'A's. Loved to throw that up in my face. Yet, when faced with a real world problem, guess who he always ran to? If you can't apply it in the real world, what good is it? Engineering, and life, is a word problem.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 31, 2024 12:15 PM (pohLc)

The central core of my engineering philosophy is do less. I admit that is well integrated into my over all laziness. But the simplest most straight forward solution is almost always the best. And sometimes the simplest solution is the hardest, or requires the most work up front. Easy isn't easy.

But what they wanted you to do in college was always bass ackwards. Rigid, formulaic, answers regurgitated. Well I couldn't work that way and my grades suffered. Also, I'm a stubborn idiot. So, ...I wasn't great in college. But I've done pretty well for myself since.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 12:21 PM (Y6IkP)

80 >>I think Vivek and Musk have a point about tech talent. I’ve been an engineer in the aerospace sector for cough cough years… the quality of engineering has definitely dropped; a lot. I don’t think this is just me being an old curmudgeon. Analysis and documentation are just not done much anymore. Lots of PowerPoint engineering though….

There are Show Cows, Dairy Cows, Meat Cows and Dog Food Cows.

They are ALL Cows...but they are not all the same Cow.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:22 PM (UE/EX)

81 Almost 15 years ago (yikes) I worked for a company that processed cell phone data.

There were two major vendors for cell phone switches and few smaller providers. We had to convert the traffic data into a standard format depending on the vendor. Over the course of a few months the market was overtaken by Huawei switches. They were straight up copies of Alcatel IIRC switches and they sold them to the telcos for half the price.

I suspect that is how China has hacked our cellular network by having "mirror ports" on the switches that dump duplicate packets out that they store and read.

This is how the NSA does it also.

Posted by: blaster at December 31, 2024 12:22 PM (QfvaV)

82 Another ‘surprise’ ? Well well well. We knew there would be one every few days m, something to delay or prevent President Trump from taking office.

Posted by: Eromero at December 31, 2024 12:22 PM (+OGoe)

83 53 "An actor affiliated with the Chinese government..."
What's the actor's name?
Can you provide an IMDB link?
Posted by: I gotta ask at December 31, 2024 12:13 PM (dg+HA)

When money talk, few are deaf.

Posted by: Charlie Chan at December 31, 2024 12:23 PM (lX1hk)

84 78 "An actor affiliated with the Chinese government..."

***

Sum Ting Wong

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 31, 2024 12:21 PM (1FWWQ)

Bang Yu Naow

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 31, 2024 12:23 PM (ynpvh)

85 The central core of my engineering philosophy is do less.

That appears to be Space-X's philosophy - look at a complex piece of equipment, and figure out how to make it simpler.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 12:24 PM (uxCna)

86 Don't worry about the media Ace, I'm sure in less than 3 weeks that the media will admit their mistake of not holding the President to task and will pledge to do more to hold the President accountable for the next 4 years.

You know, what they do whenever the Presidency changes parties from Democrat to Republican.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at December 31, 2024 12:24 PM (k1E2D)

87 Well, here in Washington State they have done it.
Starting tomorrow, a new piece of legislation mandates the creation of a hate crimes and bias incidents hotline overseen by the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to assist individuals targeted or affected by such incidents.

So, basically a Stasi rat line.
Don't like your neighbor? Rat him out.
The teacher give you a D? Rat her out.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:24 PM (W/lyH)

88 78 "An actor affiliated with the Chinese government..."

***

Sum Ting Wong

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 31, 2024 12:21 PM (1FWWQ)

Bang Yu Naow
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 31, 2024 12:23 PM (ynpvh)

***

Ho Ree Kow

Although he might be Korean

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 31, 2024 12:24 PM (1FWWQ)

89 Another ‘surprise’ ? Well well well. We knew there would be one every few days m, something to delay or prevent President Trump from taking office.

I'm still worried that the Dems have something planned for January 6th to stop the certification of the election.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 12:25 PM (uxCna)

90 I'm still worried that the Dems have something planned for January 6th to stop the certification of the election.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

That sounds insurrection-y.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 12:26 PM (id160)

91 I'm still worried that the Dems have something planned for January 6th to stop the certification of the election.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 12:25 PM (uxCna)

That would be awfully insurrectiony!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2024 12:26 PM (YobFY)

92 I think Vivek and Musk have a point about tech talent. I’ve been an engineer in the aerospace sector for cough cough years… the quality of engineering has definitely dropped; a lot. I don’t think this is just me being an old curmudgeon. Analysis and documentation are just not done much anymore. Lots of PowerPoint engineering though….

US colleges teach you to be a woke feminist Democrat voter now. Anything else you pick up is incidental.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2024 12:26 PM (QZThv)

93 Democraps can't even admit that Jimmy Carter -- Jimmy Fucking Carter -- was a terrible, failed president that nobody liked.

I have an Uncle who swears Carter was a visionary and a genius.

He's a worthless piece of shit, himself...but he IS a Carter Fanboi.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:19 PM (UE/EX)

_____________

A genius at what? Fucking himself in the ass? Although, if you're a filthy globalist or America-hater or goat-curious and want to see us humiliated and humbled, then I guess Carter was your guy.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 12:27 PM (iFTx/)

94 90, 91 — heh. Great minds

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2024 12:27 PM (YobFY)

95 So, basically a Stasi rat line.
Don't like your neighbor? Rat him out.
The teacher give you a D? Rat her out.

I approve.

Posted by: Zombie Pavlik Morozov! at December 31, 2024 12:27 PM (uxCna)

96 First I've learned of Greg Gumbel's death. I thought he was great as that gay guy in The Office.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at December 31, 2024 12:27 PM (wzAuc)

97 >>> Reminds me of some of the "engineers" at a large Pacific NW-based airplane company. They had engineering degrees, but all they did day after day, was run the same three algorithms over and over.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:17 PM (W/lyH)

I worked for a few years at that large airplane company. The stress engineers at the time were required to have a stress folder at their desk. The folder had to contain the step by step instructions for every analysis and sizing they were ever allowed to do.

You were required to follow it exactly. And they told you the purpose was if you were kicked out, or they dropped a nacelle on your head (oops!) they could plop another warm body at your desk.

Eventually, as you might guess, they replaced all that with a menu of fortran routines.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 12:27 PM (Y6IkP)

98 42 Can I start drinking now?...

Its 10 am somewhere.

Posted by: Old Russian Saying at December 31, 2024 12:28 PM (e+fCf)

99 90, 91 — heh. Great minds
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Fist bump.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 12:28 PM (id160)

100 I have an Uncle who swears Carter was a visionary and a genius.

Is this like the "Joe Biden is Washington's foremost foreign policy genius" trope the Dems/media have used for about 3 decades?

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2024 12:28 PM (QZThv)

101 Well, being that pretty much all corporate or government computers are remotely controlled and administered, my guess is the hacker was able to gain access to whatever enterprise client management tool the FED is using, probably some Microsoft sh*t product, and that's how they gained access to workstations and data.

And all of the government computer management is contracted out, probably to a firm using H1B chuck heads to monitor and control all of it.

Clown World, we live in Clown World.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2024 12:28 PM (XV/Pl)

102 I think Vivek and Musk have a point about tech talent. I’ve been an engineer in the aerospace sector for cough cough years… the quality of engineering has definitely dropped; a lot. I don’t think this is just me being an old curmudgeon. Analysis and documentation are just not done much anymore. Lots of PowerPoint engineering though….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2024 12:20 PM (YobFY)

They definitely had a point about tech talent; they've hired, so they would have experience with this. In the heat of the X-battle, however, their comments definitely rubbed people the wrong way. That said, I think they learned more about the issue from dissenters and will moderate their positions accordingly. I believe Musk has already.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2024 12:29 PM (46W8r)

103 BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
European capitals are bracing for...get this...
Multi-cultural" riots.
Oh please...stop it. You're killing me here!!!
Multi-cultural!

*wipes tear from eye*

Their called Muslims you idiots! You know. The foreigners you let in. (and not the Band)

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:29 PM (W/lyH)

104 [v]Reminds me of some of the "engineers" at a large Pacific NW-based airplane company. They had engineering degrees, but all they did day after day, was run the same three algorithms over and over.
Posted by: Diogenes

Boing Boing?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 12:29 PM (id160)

105 I just realized...this is the first year I have not seen the Fireworks Stands open before NYE.

Usually they are hawking explosives for the celebrating.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:29 PM (UE/EX)

106
The only thing that came out of the Carter administration that was anything close to good was Billy Beer.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2024 12:30 PM (+oR7L)

107 But what they wanted you to do in college was always bass ackwards. Rigid, formulaic, answers regurgitated. Well I couldn't work that way and my grades suffered. Also, I'm a stubborn idiot. So, ...I wasn't great in college. But I've done pretty well for myself since.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 12:21 PM (Y6IkP)

I had a professor in school, Thermodynamics 2. Where you take a power plant with X components, with X efficiencies fueled by coal with a heat value of X. Answer had to be accurate to 8 fucking decimals. How many tons of that coal was required to generate X kilowatts per day? Took a week to do that problem. Got the answer slightly wrong. Got a 'C'. then at the end I accidentally discovered my TI 58 was only accurate to 4 decimal places. Damn I was pissed.
No use in seeing the prof. He gave zero shits. I got a C.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 31, 2024 12:30 PM (pohLc)

108 I just realized...this is the first year I have not seen the Fireworks Stands open before NYE.

Usually they are hawking explosives for the celebrating.
Posted by: garrett

Ours have been open since the 23rd.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 12:30 PM (id160)

109 Boing Boing?
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 12:29 PM (id160)

*looks left*
*look right*

*touches side of nose*

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:31 PM (W/lyH)

110 Well, being that pretty much all corporate or government computers are remotely controlled and administered, my guess is the hacker was able to gain access to whatever enterprise client management tool the FED is using, probably some Microsoft sh*t product, and that's how they gained access to workstations and data.

Microsoft has followed the well established path of H1B Indian-izing the entire company since Satella Nadaya became CEO 15-ish years ago. You're seeing the fruits of that in Windows 11 in general, as well as how seemingly every update they release gets recalled for bricking peoples' computers.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2024 12:31 PM (QZThv)

111 The only thing that came out of the Carter administration that was anything close to good was Billy Beer.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2024 12:30 PM (+oR7L)

I have a 6 pack of Billy beer. Might be a bit stale.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 31, 2024 12:32 PM (pohLc)

112 But what they wanted you to do in college was always bass ackwards. Rigid, formulaic, answers regurgitated. Well I couldn't work that way and my grades suffered. Also, I'm a stubborn idiot. So, ...I wasn't great in college. But I've done pretty well for myself since.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 12:21 PM (Y6IkP)

I had a professor in school, Thermodynamics 2. Where you take a power plant with X components, with X efficiencies fueled by coal with a heat value of X. Answer had to be accurate to 8 fucking decimals. How many tons of that coal was required to generate X kilowatts per day? Took a week to do that problem. Got the answer slightly wrong. Got a 'C'. then at the end I accidentally discovered my TI 58 was only accurate to 4 decimal places. Damn I was pissed.
No use in seeing the prof. He gave zero shits. I got a C.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 31, 2024 12:30 PM (pohLc)
___________

Jello!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 12:32 PM (iFTx/)

113 I just realized...this is the first year I have not seen the Fireworks Stands open before NYE.

Usually they are hawking explosives for the celebrating.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:29 PM (UE/EX)

Saw a big one in east Mesa. And even Home Despot had an aisle display with some. Nothing that goes Bang! though.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2024 12:32 PM (8zz6B)

114 Boing Boing?
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 12:29 PM (id160)
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Harrumph!!! Harrumph!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2024 12:32 PM (t11Bq)

115 Another day ending in "y". And, because I don't say it enough, thank you to Ace, the Cobs, and all you wonderful imaginary friends in the gray boxes. Y'all are lifesavers. Bless you all--may 2025 be the best yet!

Posted by: Moderate Salami at December 31, 2024 12:33 PM (plMQh)

116 I understand that at one time, former president Carter was lowered into a partially melted down nuclear reactor to effect repairs. This wasn't on a sub, but at the Chalk Water Nuclear Reactor near Ottawa, Canada in 1952.

So, maybe his brain was a bit scrambled afterwards?

Because nobody since, except Obama and *biden have been as destructive to America. And there's definitely something wrong with both those idiot's brains.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2024 12:33 PM (Q4IgG)

117 Say what you will about Hunter Biden, at least he knows no yellow.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at December 31, 2024 12:33 PM (L/fGl)

118 'Smokin' hot' Heather Graham, 54, takes a dip in blue bikini during snowy holiday getaway
https://is.gd/sWZGzg

Gotta hand it to the NYP. They got my kind of news.

Posted by: No Name Today at December 31, 2024 12:34 PM (vlXMQ)

119 >>Say what you will about Hunter Biden, at least he knows no yellow.

Well. It tastes like 5 Spice and Cadmium!

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:34 PM (UE/EX)

120 >>'Smokin' hot' Heather Graham, 54, takes a dip in blue bikini during snowy holiday getaway

Needs Moar Rollerskates

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:34 PM (UE/EX)

121 I understand that at one time, former president Carter was lowered into a partially melted down nuclear reactor to effect repairs.

...and that's the never before disclosed true story of Chernobyl.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2024 12:35 PM (QZThv)

122 8 decimal places? Floating point math has problems in computers.

Should have done the arithmetic by hand.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 31, 2024 12:35 PM (ZmEVT)

123 78 "An actor affiliated with the Chinese government..."

David Carradine?

I'll just hang here and wait for a reply.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 31, 2024 12:35 PM (w9Wax)

124 Because nobody since, except Obama and *biden have been as destructive to America. And there's definitely something wrong with both those idiot's brains.

Notably, all 3 of them were soft on jihad.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2024 12:35 PM (QZThv)

125 The once-colonized Chicoms are out to prove that they are every bit as good as the West, which of course, they are not. Still, they bought Joe Biden cheap. Only "10% for the big guy" was the bargain of the century.

Posted by: Wofus at December 31, 2024 12:35 PM (CNa+A)

126 @110

>>as well as how seemingly every update they release gets recalled for bricking peoples' computers.

If I didn't have a small fortune in Microsoft stock I would cheer on their demise.

It is rather amazing that India, a country that can't produce anything of value internally has pretty much taken over all of the tech industry.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2024 12:36 PM (XV/Pl)

127 'Smokin' hot' Heather Graham, 54, takes a dip in blue bikini during snowy holiday getaway

Needs Moar Rollerskates
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:34 PM (UE/EX)
__________

Odd photo. There's no shadows or depth of field, almost looks like she was photoshopped in. If that's supposedly in Jackson WY, then I'll be there this weekend. Well, in Teton Village.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 12:37 PM (iFTx/)

128 The good news is that for some reason we just gave India $5 million worth of our 5G to start building out their infrastructure.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 12:11 PM

This is likely an effort to improve their internet connections so American companies can outsource even more remote engineering work to them and take away more American engineering jobs.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2024 12:37 PM (P5BPp)

129 "Joe Biden is Washington's foremost foreign policy genius"

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In terms of return on investment.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at December 31, 2024 12:37 PM (L/fGl)

130 >>If that's supposedly in Jackson WY, then I'll be there this weekend. Well, in Teton Village.

Nice. I will head back that way in late June when the trails open up.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:38 PM (UE/EX)

131 I had a professor in school, Thermodynamics 2. Where you take a power plant with X components, with X efficiencies fueled by coal with a heat value of X. Answer had to be accurate to 8 fucking decimals. How many tons of that coal was required to generate X kilowatts per day? Took a week to do that problem. Got the answer slightly wrong. Got a 'C'. then at the end I accidentally discovered my TI 58 was only accurate to 4 decimal places. Damn I was pissed.
No use in seeing the prof. He gave zero shits. I got a C.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 31, 2024 12:30 PM (pohLc)

So...
Is Hell endothermic or exothermic?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:39 PM (W/lyH)

132 8 decimal places? Floating point math has problems in computers.

input values better have also been to at least 8 significant digits, or the prof is a retard.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 31, 2024 12:39 PM (w9Wax)

133 IDF Kills 106 Hamas Terrorists in 2-Hour Gaza Ambush

On Sunday evening, the Israeli army received intelligence that terrorists planned a large-scale attack on Israeli forces, with the goal of breaking out of the besieged Jabaliya camp, and possibly intending to flee northern Gaza toward the south.

Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2024 12:39 PM (RHGPo)

134 I guarandamntee there isn't a red cent in the Ukrainian Pension Trust Fund.

Posted by: torabora at December 31, 2024 12:40 PM (DG3IX)

135
Well, here in Washington State they have done it.
Starting tomorrow, a new piece of legislation mandates the creation of a hate crimes and bias incidents hotline overseen by the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to assist individuals targeted or affected by such incidents.

So, basically a Stasi rat line.
Don't like your neighbor? Rat him out.
The teacher give you a D? Rat her out.
Posted by: Diogenes

SPAM them

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2024 12:40 PM (63Dwl)

136 Catching up, seems like prior thread had a mini insurrection in ignoring the nood. Lasted for a bit.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 31, 2024 12:40 PM (4780s)

137 In an interview on "Finnerty" discussing his book "The First Family Detail," Kessler claimed that Carter was viewed as "the most detested president in modern times" by many Secret Service agents who protected him.

Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2024 12:40 PM (RHGPo)

138 Pull the broadcast licenses from ABC, CBS and NBC and auction them. Defund PBS and NPR.
Defund all NGOs.
Hold back 50% of every agencies budget and don't spend it.
When DOJ comes after the President for that "crime" blanket pardon everyone for any and all violations... forever. Use the power of the pardon to gut the feral gooberment.
Fuck Carters corpse with a chainsaw.
Posted by: Reforger at December 31, 2024 12:17 PM (xcIvR)

Never happen. In fact most OTA stations feed cable head ends and satellite uplinks via direct fiber as well. Their transmitters can go dark, but they would still be "on the air". The stations I worked at (engineering) ALL fed the cable and satellite companies via fiber. Besides, pulling licenses will never happen, unless a station's signal was not meeting FCC technical standards. All wishful thinking, my fellow morons. Oh, and defund PBS and NPR? Yeah, right. That'll happen.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 31, 2024 12:40 PM (iODuv)

139 IDF Kills 106 Hamas Terrorists in 2-Hour Gaza Ambush

On Sunday evening, the Israeli army received intelligence that terrorists planned a large-scale attack on Israeli forces, with the goal of breaking out of the besieged Jabaliya camp, and possibly intending to flee northern Gaza toward the south.
Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2024 12:39 PM (RHGPo)

I just loves me a good spoiling attack I dos!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:41 PM (W/lyH)

140 Hamas dead enders. There isn't anywhere to flee to and they can swim.

Posted by: torabora at December 31, 2024 12:41 PM (DG3IX)

141 134 I guarandamntee there isn't a red cent in the Ukrainian Pension Trust Fund.
Posted by: torabora at December 31, 2024 12:40 PM (DG3IX)

Unfortunately, I won't take the other side of that bet. We will find 10% of that total in one of the Big Guy's LLCs, however.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2024 12:42 PM (46W8r)

142 In an interview on "Finnerty" discussing his book "The First Family Detail," Kessler claimed that Carter was viewed as "the most detested president in modern times" by many Secret Service agents who protected him.
Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2024 12:40 PM (RHGPo)
_________

So detested they helped try to murder him? I think Trump wins that contest ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 12:42 PM (iFTx/)

143 Swim!

Posted by: Sharks at December 31, 2024 12:42 PM (DG3IX)

144 Teton Village.

BOOB THREAD

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 31, 2024 12:43 PM (G6lJl)

145 So, basically a Stasi rat line.
Don't like your neighbor? Rat him out.
The teacher give you a D? Rat her out.
Posted by: Diogenes

SPAM them
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2024 12:40 PM (63Dwl)

Given the death grip the Dems have on state government, I expect this to go the way of a typical government program:
They will get flooded with a bunch of calls.
99% will be bullsh*t.
They will not have sufficient resources to handle to calls.
Bill passed to expand the budget.
Taxes go up (to keep us safe)
First Amendment dies.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:43 PM (W/lyH)

146 Couldn't the hacker have zeroed out the national debt while he was in there?

Posted by: muldoon at December 31, 2024 12:44 PM (991eG)

147 Heh-Heh, he said Teton!

Posted by: French Beavis at December 31, 2024 12:44 PM (w9Wax)

148 Carter is a Naval Academy graduate and when he graduated there were no majors. He was not an engineering student he was a graduate of their general education curriculum which was, to be sure, heavily weighted towards engineering courses.

He went to the Naval Nuclear Power program and I believe (I could look it up but nah) he completed the program but was given a compassionate discharge from the Navy to run his farm before getting to the fleet. I don't think he ever stood a watch.

Posted by: blaster at December 31, 2024 12:45 PM (QfvaV)

149 And yet they remain so shocked about the lack of trust or respect for them as Very Important Journalists. I honestly wonder how they move through life in such a bubble.

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2024 12:45 PM (pRpzT)

150 input values better have also been to at least 8 significant digits, or the prof is a retard.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 31, 2024 12:39 PM (w9Wax)

No, he wasn't a retard, just a supercharged master asshole.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 31, 2024 12:45 PM (pohLc)

151 Of the twenty careers interesting to Gen Z, not one is in a STEM field, and most are what one might call “creative” endeavors, which tend to share certain characteristics such as low or non-existent wages, no benefits or retirement funds and little opportunity for employment. On the plus side, most can work from home.

One arguably should pursue their dreams, but as I’ve always done, never give up their day job. Apple watches and iPhones aren’t going to dance, sing, influence or blog themselves into existence. That’s going to take people who had the inspiration, determination and work ethic to earn advanced STEM degrees.

Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2024 12:45 PM (RHGPo)

152 IDF Kills 106 Hamas Terrorists in 2-Hour Gaza Ambush

Wikipedia continues to list Hamas as the winner of the war started by October 7th. LOLOLOLOL.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2024 12:45 PM (QZThv)

153
The once-colonized Chicoms are out to prove that they are every bit as good as the West, which of course, they are not.

________

"Once-colonized"? They've spent the last couple of centuries slaughtering each other in enormous numbers. I don't think Colonialism has much to do with it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 12:45 PM (dxSpM)

154 I like Grand Tetons and I just can't lie.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 12:46 PM (JMjSs)

155 Well blow me away.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 31, 2024 12:46 PM (q9ZVX)

156 So, basically a Stasi rat line.
Don't like your neighbor? Rat him out.
The teacher give you a D? Rat her out.
Posted by: Diogenes

SPAM them
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
--------
Start with those that voted for it.

Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2024 12:47 PM (2bFN5)

157 If you’re given the keys, is it really a hack?

I’m just cynically speculating….

Posted by: Cray Cray at December 31, 2024 12:47 PM (KmqAK)

158
He went to the Naval Nuclear Power program

_________

I wonder how his interview with Rickover went?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 12:47 PM (dxSpM)

159 Opening a

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 12:47 PM (JMjSs)

160 Door with a key isn't picking a lock.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 12:48 PM (JMjSs)

161 Diogenes
Some other state has tried the Stasi line. Forget which.
Thousands of people called in complaints, anonymously, and completely overwhelmed the system.
While still there, because no government agency ever gets shut down, it's now mostly an answering machine and ignores everything unless gunfire is mentioned.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at December 31, 2024 12:49 PM (xPo0o)

162 CBS speaks Chinese.
Audience understand Chinese.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 31, 2024 12:49 PM (q9ZVX)

163 Ensign James Earl “Jimmy” Carter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946, and applied to join the Navy’s nuclear submarine community a few years later, according to the Navy.

Assigned to the experimental attack submarine USS Barracuda (SSK-1), Carter had served as executive officer, engineering officer and electronics repair officer by the time he crossed paths with then-Capt. Hyman G. Rickover, the future admiral widely credited with birthing America’s nuclear sub fleet and ending a Navy practice of naming submarines after fish. Following that interview, Rickover soon tapped Carter to join the nascent effort. On temporary duty with the Naval Reactors Branch to help design and develop nuclear propulsion plants, the junior officer at times struggled to keep up with Rickover’s demanding pace.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2024 12:50 PM (Q4IgG)

164 Ha!
I'm not a big fan of college sports and the NIL, but...gotta love this.
the Jewish Quarterback at BYU, Jake Retzlaff, just wont his bowl game and released a new ad for...Manischewitz wine.
I love it!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:50 PM (W/lyH)

165 Presbyterian pastor, Baptist minister, and Jewish cantor walk into an abortion clinic to “bless” it

-
And Satan asks, "Who ordered the extra well done?"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at December 31, 2024 12:50 PM (L/fGl)

166
That’s going to take people who had the inspiration, determination and work ethic to earn advanced STEM degrees.
Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2024 12:45 PM (RHGPo)

______

I'm not sure if I was advising an 18-year-old what course to take I'd steer them toward STEM. If you do, you'll never amount to more than a whipping boy for the C-suite types.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 12:51 PM (dxSpM)

167 Labour urged to drop ‘Western-centric’ science in school curriculum

... woke science at it's best

Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2024 12:51 PM (RHGPo)

168 Jimmy Carter kept peanuts in the shell in his pants pockets. He was happy to share, if asked politely, but only if he could de-shell them in his mouth and feed the requester like a baby bird, after witch he would loudly proclaim, "Caw Caw!"

Posted by: True Jimmy Carter Facts (Knopf Pocket Edition 1994) at December 31, 2024 12:51 PM (zMwmR)

169 Cbs is lesuo compromised not the same thing

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at December 31, 2024 12:52 PM (WCLWX)

170 CBS speaks Chinese.
Audience understand Chinese.
Posted by: humphreyrobot

CBS - Chungking Broadcasting System
NBC - Nanking Broadcasting System
ABC - Ankang Broadcasting System

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 12:53 PM (id160)

171 Was Jimmy Carter ever a shellback?

Hell, I am retired Army and I had my moment with Neptunus Rex.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:53 PM (W/lyH)

172 >>> IAnswer had to be accurate to 8 fucking decimals.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 31, 2024 12:30 PM (pohLc)

I had a thermo prof that was the exact opposite. Older guy. Worked in petroleum. If you had extraneous digits he subtracted points.

People didn't like him because he ran the class like you were employees. Homework every night and it had to be formatted in a specific way and placed on a certain spot of his desk before class bell. But other wise it was ridiculously easy. Do everything he asked, how he asked, and get the job done on time. No BS. Loved it.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 12:53 PM (Y6IkP)

173 a new ad for...Manischewitz wine.

Slivovitz gets no love?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 31, 2024 12:53 PM (G6lJl)

174
I mean, you can rack your brains and bust your hump and some Steve Jobs type will take credit for everything you do. Join a start-up, get bought and you're fired.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 12:54 PM (dxSpM)

175 And it should get better from here.

Just wait, we've got a 3 act funeral combo coming soon that'll have you longing for the Months of McCain.

Posted by: DaveA at December 31, 2024 12:54 PM (FhXTo)

176 He went to the Naval Nuclear Power program

***

We have nucklear trains?

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 31, 2024 12:54 PM (1FWWQ)

177 "Carter Beats Biden and Obama to Death."

Posted by: Uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not kill at December 31, 2024 12:55 PM (gxokI)

178 Diogenes
Some other state has tried the Stasi line. Forget which.
Thousands of people called in complaints, anonymously, and completely overwhelmed the system.
While still there, because no government agency ever gets shut down, it's now mostly an answering machine and ignores everything unless gunfire is mentioned.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at December 31, 2024 12:49 PM (xPo0o)

I figure that's where this is going. But, the cynic in me believes it won't die until a few political hit jobs are accomplished. Somebody is going to have to spend a lot of money to beat the rap.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:55 PM (W/lyH)

179 IDF Kills 106 Hamas Terrorists in 2-Hour Gaza Ambush

That's 53 an hour. Almost one a minute. Doesn't sound like an ambush. More like Whach-A-Mole.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 12:55 PM (id160)

180 I have been less than impressed with the latest generation of engineering grads. When I was in school, I was 25. That was the average age for the engineering students at my school. Most of the kids couldn't put in the required 40+ hours of study and homework in addition to class work. The latest grads are closer to 21. Tells me something.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 31, 2024 12:55 PM (pohLc)

181 IDF Kills 106 Hamas Terrorists in 2-Hour Gaza Ambush

On Sunday evening, the Israeli army received intelligence that terrorists planned a large-scale attack on Israeli forces, with the goal of breaking out of the besieged Jabaliya camp, and possibly intending to flee northern Gaza toward the south.
Posted by: SMOD
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I just loves me a good spoiling attack I dos!
Posted by: Diogenes
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The only thing better woukd have been herding them into a 155mm kill box with fire for effect and height of burst set to 10 feet.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 31, 2024 12:56 PM (MsrgL)

182 The only thing better woukd have been herding them into a 155mm kill box with fire for effect and height of burst set to 10 feet.
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 31, 2024 12:56 PM (MsrgL)

Followed by a little WP.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 12:57 PM (W/lyH)

183 Southern wisdom.

https://is.gd/R2SYQJ
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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at December 31, 2024 12:57 PM (L/fGl)

184 Afternoon Ace.
Biden is mentally awesome, Biden didn't meet Chinese guys, Biden won't pardon Hunter, Biden didn't get 10%, Biden is a good Catholic, Biden isn't a pedo perv. It should surprise no one that both the Biden administration and the propaganda ministries are both augering into the ground. Avoid the shrapnel and pray for 1/20

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2024 12:58 PM (MLa3L)

185 They need to make a coffin for Jimmah shaped like a giant peanut shell, and have Ghanaian funeral dancers tote it through the streets of DC., while the assembled crowd sings "Found a Peanut".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2024 12:58 PM (8zz6B)

186 Burning woman identified:

The woman was identified as 61-year-old Debrina Kawam of Toms River, New Jersey, according to the New York Police Department.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 12:58 PM (id160)

187 Through much of 1953, Carter served as the engineering officer for the USS Seawolf (SSN-575), the Navy’s second nuclear submarine. But life soon happened, and following his father’s death in July of that year, Carter resigned his Navy commission and returned to Georgia to oversee his family interests. The onetime junior officer later entered local politics and was elected president in 1976, serving one term.

Decades later, the Seawolf class fast-attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) was commissioned in 2005.
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All quotes from "The War Zone" website.

The author likes him some Jimmiah Carter. Doesn't dwell on his political life and focuses on his military career... mostly.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2024 12:59 PM (Q4IgG)

188 It is rather amazing that India, a country that can't produce anything of value internally has pretty much taken over all of the tech industry.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2024 12:36 PM (XV/Pl)

India produces cheap labor, at scale.

That has value.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at December 31, 2024 12:59 PM (bpljM)

189 That's 53 an hour. Almost one a minute.

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Well, coffee breaks.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at December 31, 2024 12:59 PM (L/fGl)

190 Diogenes, start with high profile complaints. The gov, Ferguson, who loves this shit. King County Exec, sheriff, city and county councils. Move on to any and all tech companies but thousands. Flood the system and then start on the bureaucrats working in it.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at December 31, 2024 12:59 PM (xPo0o)

191
He went to the Naval Nuclear Power program
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I wonder how his interview with Rickover went?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

He must not have salted the eggs.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2024 01:00 PM (63Dwl)

192 Diogenes, start with high profile complaints. The gov, Ferguson, who loves this shit. King County Exec, sheriff, city and county councils. Move on to any and all tech companies but thousands. Flood the system and then start on the bureaucrats working in it.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at December 31, 2024 12:59 PM (xPo0o)
***

SSSSSSsshhhhhh!!!!
Don't give it away!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 01:00 PM (W/lyH)

193 He went to the Naval Nuclear Power program

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That's unclear...

Posted by: muldoon at December 31, 2024 01:01 PM (991eG)

194 Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden have in common, besides the obvious of being one-term terrible presidents, is that they were transitional figures in the Democratic Party when it was lurching to the left, but unable to make enough concessions to the left to save themselves from their own party’s hostility.

Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2024 01:01 PM (RHGPo)

195 Kawam is hebrew for cake.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 01:02 PM (JMjSs)

196 I have been less than impressed with the latest generation of engineering grads. When I was in school, I was 25. That was the average age for the engineering students at my school. Most of the kids couldn't put in the required 40+ hours of study and homework in addition to class work. The latest grads are closer to 21. Tells me something.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 31, 2024 12:55 PM (pohLc)
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Same in every industry. I think it's mainly because the will isn't there any more. When I graduated law school, I went to work for a top law firm in NYC. I knew the deal: high pay, high workload, very long hours. I knew the chances of making partner were low. I accepted the deal.

As the years went on, the newer recruits were less willing to accept the deal, because they didn't want to work the hours, and because the chances of making partner became virtually zero unless you had special connections or the right ethnic background.

The firms started looking to foreigners (mostly Nigerians). Like the Indians in tech, they were willing to work much harder because for them, it was much more than the money and potential promotions. It was a visa and eventual citizenship.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

197 >>> Biden's "Business" Associates in China Hack the US Treasury Department

You can thank inventor of the internet AL Gore for that.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2024 01:03 PM (b2gxE)

198 Diogenes, start with high profile complaints. The gov, Ferguson, who loves this shit. King County Exec, sheriff, city and county councils. Move on to any and all tech companies but thousands. Flood the system and then start on the bureaucrats working in it.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at December 31, 2024 12:59 PM (xPo0o)

I will die laughing if the Hate Crime Hotline is flooded with complaints about racism against whites.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2024 01:03 PM (W/lyH)

199 Just like they hid the photos of racist Obama with Farakhan.

Posted by: Draki at December 31, 2024 01:04 PM (LVFmz)

200 It's a shame all these younger, less motivated people didn't have parents.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 31, 2024 01:05 PM (zMwmR)

201 Kawam also means to stand up.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 01:05 PM (JMjSs)

202 It is rather amazing that India, a country that can't produce anything of value internally has pretty much taken over all of the tech industry.

India's best thing going is that their big automaker is "Tata Motors". On the minus side, Tata owns Jaguar-Land Rover and approved of the gay theater kid marketing/rebrand campaign.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2024 01:05 PM (0A/JS)

203 Start calling in hate crimes by illegals.
But, start at the top. Calls on Patty Murray because she's a hater of the residents of Eastern WA.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at December 31, 2024 01:06 PM (xPo0o)

204 In late-
Hadrian, can she wear the "thunder vest"? Daughter's Boston Bull benefitted from that.

Posted by: sal at December 31, 2024 01:07 PM (f+FmA)

205 Stasi rat line

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They prefer to call it "information retrieval."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at December 31, 2024 01:07 PM (L/fGl)

206

Just saw a TV commercial for Trumpy Trout

https://t.ly/c_bUo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2024 01:08 PM (63Dwl)

207 A lady asked Ben Franklin: "Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?". Franklin replied: "A Republic, if you can keep it."

Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2024 01:08 PM (RHGPo)

208 You know, call me crazy, but wouldn't it make sense to have certain systems that AREN'T connected to the wider internet? I am just saying unless we are in a mission impossible movie, it would seem to be more secure.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 31, 2024 01:09 PM (zf2Ot)

209 That woman set on fire would be middle eastern. From when the name entered the US probably not arabic.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 01:09 PM (JMjSs)

210 Also the Feds: "We need to search your computer... for security and dogs and cats ... also, kneel before us, peon."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2024 01:09 PM (IG4Id)

211 I have been less than impressed with the latest generation of engineering grads. When I was in school, I was 25. That was the average age for the engineering students at my school. Most of the kids couldn't put in the required 40+ hours of study and homework in addition to class work. The latest grads are closer to 21. Tells me something.

Posted by: Xipe Totec

Junior-ette is doing the 5.5 year computer science engineering degree to resolve exactly that study need to maintain a B average. It's really cool that she and I now have a common interest.

On the engineering student graduate quality, i can definitely agree with what I see. I'm a technical fellow in one of the big MIC defense contractors and part of my job is teaching the young dumbasses how to critically think. Give them a recipe to follow and they're kind of okay. Have to think out of the box and they are lost in BFE.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 31, 2024 01:10 PM (MsrgL)

212 Death row prisoner spared by Biden asks to be released entirely, says jail has caused him "unjustifiable psychological harm"

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Prison needs more sex, drugs, and rock n roll.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at December 31, 2024 01:12 PM (L/fGl)

213 Most STEM grads don't wind up with STEM jobs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 01:12 PM (JMjSs)

214 Just saw Nosferatu at the matinee this morning.
Pretty good.
Very gothic, atmospheric.

Chris Columbus directed, I think.
Nice to see Willem Dafoe.

Johnny Depp's daughter was the vampire's boo.

Very faithful to the song, lol.
BOC:
https://youtu.be/gts2yGraydk?feature=shared

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 31, 2024 01:13 PM (ufFY8)

215 NOOD corpse Biden.

Enjoy your lunch.

Posted by: Grayman27 at December 31, 2024 01:13 PM (pgwxJ)

216 I had a stats course at university where if your calculator couldn't handle at least six digits past the decimal, you were screwed.

The answers were multiple choice on a scantron: A, B, C, D, E, A and B, A and C, etc. If you were off by five decimal places past the point, you got the answer wrong. Less than 50% passed the course.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2024 01:14 PM (e+fCf)

217 118 'Smokin' hot' Heather Graham, 54, takes a dip in blue bikini during snowy holiday getaway
https://is.gd/sWZGzg

Gotta hand it to the NYP. They got my kind of news.
Posted by: No Name Today at December 31, 2024 12:34 PM (vlXMQ)

Sigh

:::zip:::

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at December 31, 2024 01:14 PM (k1E2D)

218 I am just saying unless we are in a mission impossible movie, it would seem to be more secure.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 31, 2024 01:09 PM (zf2Ot)

Ya think??!?

I have been thinking that for years.
Especially things like water plants and electrical grids.

I understand the requirements for telemetering and remote control, but there must be more secure systems than just plugging in to the net.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 31, 2024 01:17 PM (ufFY8)

219 Morning Hordelings! The headline of the post is why it's so exciting to turn a page and head into 2025. Can't wait.

I still wonder if the left will try and make the death of Carter a huge thing to overshadow Trump's inauguration, since he could potentially be parked in the rotunda for a while if they want him to be. But everyone seems in agreement he was a meh president at best. So maybe we will be spared that.

The Trump post about his passing was surprisingly understated.

(Sorry to rehash old news, I finally get to do some drive by commenting today.)

Posted by: LizLem at December 31, 2024 01:17 PM (gWBY1)

220 Well... India makes a nice chicken vindaloo you know.

Posted by: Dave Lister at December 31, 2024 01:20 PM (Ybyk2)

221 Morning Hordelings! The headline of the post is why it's so exciting to turn a page and head into 2025. Can't wait.

Yay. 1st, 2nd, & 3rd.

Days of the week? WTF.
(Wed, Thursday, Fri)

Great start.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 01:20 PM (id160)

222 >>> 211 I have been less than impressed with the latest generation of engineering grads. When I was in school, I was 25. That was the average age for the engineering students at my school. Most of the kids couldn't put in the required 40+ hours of study and homework in addition to class work. The latest grads are closer to 21. Tells me something.
Posted by: Xipe Totec

I have a relative that's planning to go to school in engineering. He will be one of the white kids looking for work when he graduates and fighting all that competition. But there is a path where a company he's interested in will potentially do an internship in an engineering-adjacent career they need workers in. If he survives the internship, he has a guaranteed job with the company.

I keep debating if that's the best path, because then you're beholden to that company and you have no official degree. But you have good work. All the Visa talk the last few days has made me think maybe this path isn't so bad.

Posted by: LizLem at December 31, 2024 01:21 PM (gWBY1)

223 Things like this is why it's so frustrating to argue with lefties. They often really don't know the things you know that support you due to the censored and compromised sources they rely on.

Posted by: SamIam at December 31, 2024 02:15 PM (oasF3)

224 Biden the Democrat, Globalists and Traitor with aid from the M.S. Media Bottom Feeders and Gutter Dwellers

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