Daily Tech News 25 January 2025

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Computers were a mistake: UnitedHealth has confirmed the ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare unit last February affected around 190 million people in America — nearly double previous estimates. (Tech Crunch)

That's... Rather a lot.
In its data breach notice, Change Healthcare said that the cybercriminals stole names and addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and government identity documents, which included Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, and passport numbers. The stolen health data also includes diagnoses, medications, test results, imaging, and care and treatment plans, as well as health insurance information . Change said the data also includes financial and banking information found in patient claims.
So, basically, everything.
UnitedHealth's spokesperson said the company was "not aware of any misuse of individuals' information as a result of this incident and has not seen electronic medical record databases appear in the data during the analysis."
But did you actually look?

Tech News

AI coding is based on a faulty premise. (PragDave)

The premise being that the hard part of developing software is writing the code.

It's not, and hasn't been since 1958.

The hard part is people.
Walgreens blew $200 million on replacing freezer doors with smart screens showing ads. (Tech Spot)

They rarely worked properly and on some occasions reportedly caught fire.

And the fundamental idea is stupid and dystopian even if it had worked.
The ACEMAGIC F3A is another one of those Ryzen 370 mini-PCs with socketed RAM. (Liliputing)

Starting to wonder if there's only one company making the motherboard and multiple companies providing the cases and distribution, because these all look identical.

Not bad, but identical.

Price and full specs have not yet been announced for any of these.
Ditching Meta? Here's a list of alternatives that will probably be dead within a year. (Tech Crunch)

And will ban you in the meantime.
The World Health Organisation is scrambling to cut costs as the US leaves and takes 18% of their budget with it. (Ars Technica)

The usual suspects are aghast.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Nothing is true.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 I'll go back and NOOD.

Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2025 04:06 AM (gKDq2)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2025 04:06 AM (fwDg9)

3 Different very stacked hottie blond billionaires don't want you to see

Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2025 04:07 AM (fwDg9)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 25, 2025 04:08 AM (wh7vU)

5 Anyway, wanted to bring up a feature discovered on my phone that would extend batter life by only charging to %85.
Haven't tried it and battery hasn't been a issue

Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2025 04:09 AM (fwDg9)

6 Why would a healthcare company have driver license and passport numbers on file?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 25, 2025 04:15 AM (mq091)

7 Saint Motel is dropping a new album next month and will be touring this spring. Some of the midwest shows Brigette Calls Me Baby is opening for them.

https://www.saintmotel.com/

Posted by: tankdemon at January 25, 2025 04:22 AM (mq091)

8 6 Why would a healthcare company have driver license and passport numbers on file?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 25, 2025 04:15 AM (mq091)

Funnily enough, probably for identification purposes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 25, 2025 04:23 AM (bss/y)

9 Funnily enough, probably for identification purposes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 25, 2025 04:23 AM (bss/y)

Because the SSN isn't unique enough? I understand that many people share names (you could probably fill a stadium just with dudes named John Smith) but how much additional data do you really need to differentiate people? (This is all rhetorical, don't feel obligated to respond.)

Posted by: tankdemon at January 25, 2025 04:30 AM (mq091)

10 If you're a United HealthCare customer you're pretty hosed by this latest breach.

The first thing I would do is go to each of the three major credit reporting agencies and freeze your credit as this will stop people from randomly opening up accounts. The downside with this is if you go to buy car and are getting a loan you will have to unfreeze your credit. The good news is all of this can be done online and it's not that difficult to do which was not the case 10 years ago.

The next one is to review your online accounts you have and if you have strong, unique passwords for each site. If you don't, you have some homework to do and at the same time you should set up any multi-factor authentication that you possibly can or pass keys if you want to torment yourself. This would be an ideal time to go through the hassle of setting up a password manager and then making it a habit to use it regularly.

I would also consider removing all credit card information from all online accounts unless it's absolutely essential that it be there.

After that, you're pretty much stuck with hopes and prayers that your identity doesn't get stolen.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 04:37 AM (Q8Bj8)

11 The World Health Organisation is scrambling to cut costs as the US leaves and takes 18% of their budget with it.

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Be still my beating heart.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 25, 2025 04:40 AM (JkO4W)

12 I had never heard of Saint Motel before since my musical taste run off in different directions. But since I'm always casting around for something new and interesting to listen to, I went off to Spotify immediately poked around in their catalog. What a great band! I'm now considering going and seeing him in Phoenix.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 04:40 AM (Q8Bj8)

13 As a United Healthcare customer, I am waiting for my life to be completely upended.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 25, 2025 04:41 AM (fyPzL)

14 Walgreens blew $200 million on replacing freezer doors with smart screens showing ads. (Tech Spot)

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To be fair, how much better has life become since we started receiving a steady stream of ads while we pump our gas?

I'd say "a lot better."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 25, 2025 04:44 AM (JkO4W)

15 Even knowing this about United Healthcare, I still don't want to free Luigi.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 25, 2025 04:44 AM (mq091)

16
After that, you're pretty much stuck with hopes and prayers that your identity doesn't get stolen.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 04:37 AM (Q8Bj

I get the convenience of password managers, but are they really safe?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 25, 2025 04:48 AM (fyPzL)

17 To be fair, how much better has life become since we started receiving a steady stream of ads while we pump our gas?

I'd say "a lot better."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 25, 2025 04:44 AM (JkO4W)

Speedway seems to be the worst perpetrator of this. Meh, at least it gives you a chance to go 'wtf' to various ads, cooking recipes, life hacks and whatever crap and by the time you get done with that, the gas is finished pumping.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 25, 2025 04:52 AM (bss/y)

18 As a United Healthcare customer, I am waiting for my life to be completely upended. Posted by: JM in Illinois

Yeah, this is a nuclear bomb class data breach and I too, being a customer, am shuddering at the potential fallout. I've been through to many data breaches to count anymore. My approach has been to harden the ways I can be attacked and then hope for the best: Credit freezes, silo my data by using multiple email addresses, using a password manager so I can use extremely robust random passwords, apply multi-factor challenges wherever I can, removing credit card data where feasible, keeping an extremely sharp eye out for phishing emails, and mostly refusing all phone calls unless I knew who's calling me.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 04:54 AM (Q8Bj8)

19 "United Health" doesn't sound the least bit creepy.

I love corporations.

Posted by: eleven at January 25, 2025 05:00 AM (fV+MH)

20 I get the convenience of password managers, but are they really safe? Posted by: JM

Unless you have a better plan, I kind of think they're a good idea. It is critical that you use a robust Password/passphrase for the master database. I don't use the online ones.

I use KeePass and it's been serving me well for over a decade. They provide something more than convenience too. They also force you to keep very good information about where you have an online presence. I use a standardized form for each entry in my database where I track things like account numbers, if I've set up multi-factor authentic, if they have my credit card information, and any other relevant information for that particular online site. If something goes fubar it's relatively quick for me to identify what I've got going on and make changes when necessary.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 05:00 AM (Q8Bj8)

21 So, a very real concern is the number of sites that ask for the last four digits of your SSN -- primarily banking related sites, IIRC.

Thanks, United Healthcare, for making my SSN available.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 25, 2025 05:01 AM (OAnp3)

22 "Why would a healthcare company have driver license and passport numbers on file?
Posted by: tankdemon "

Why would a printer need a phone App?

Posted by: eleven at January 25, 2025 05:02 AM (fV+MH)

23 Gas stations video ads drive me out of my mind. You can mute the ads at some places by punching the buttons around the screen. In my area we have circle k and speedway and they have removed the mute option. Needless to say I buy my gas other places unless I have no other choice.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 05:03 AM (Q8Bj8)

24 Talking gas pumps were my first creep point.

That was back in ~ 2004.

Posted by: eleven at January 25, 2025 05:05 AM (fV+MH)

25 If something goes fubar it's relatively quick for me to identify what I've got going on and make changes when necessary.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 05:00 AM (Q8Bj8

Thanks, I will look into Keepass. I know that my passwords are not strong enough. One thing I think I've done right is to have very few sites store my credit card numbers. Oh, this will take some necessary work.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 25, 2025 05:10 AM (dwBj9)

26
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 25, 2025 05:11 AM (tljrc)

27 mornin yall. I see Mitch the bitch failed. Now go the fk away.

Posted by: fd at January 25, 2025 05:14 AM (vFG9F)

28 UnitedHealth's spokesperson said the company was "not aware of any misuse of individuals' information as a result of this incident and has not seen electronic medical record databases appear in the data during the analysis."

"But did you actually look?"

We've got AI working on it.

...UH...

Posted by: Bruce at January 25, 2025 05:20 AM (j1G85)

29 Just saw Hegseth confirmed

Posted by: kallisto at January 25, 2025 05:22 AM (CIEY1)

30
"Walgreens blew $200 million on replacing freezer doors with smart screens showing ads. (Tech Spot)

They rarely worked properly and on some occasions reportedly caught fire."

And it exploded

...Teb...

Posted by: Bruce at January 25, 2025 05:23 AM (j1G85)

31 Unless you have a better plan, I kind of think they're a good idea. It is critical that you use a robust Password/passphrase for the master database. I don't use the online ones.

I use KeePass and it's been serving me well for over a decade. They provide something more than convenience too. They also force you to keep very good information about where you have an online presence. I use a standardized form for each entry in my database where I track things like account numbers, if I've set up multi-factor authentic, if they have my credit card information, and any other relevant information for that particular online site. If something goes fubar it's relatively quick for me to identify what I've got going on and make changes when necessary.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 05:00 AM (Q8Bj

The downside, at least if you don't use an online password manager, is that you're unlike to KNOW what your passwords are so if anything happens to your computer then you're a bit fucked.

I use bitwarden. My data is encrypted and I can share the vault with my wife and not have to deal with the hassle of keeping her data and my data in sync.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 25, 2025 05:26 AM (ExV1e)

32 President Trump's visit to Los Angeles to light up the local communists yesterday was excellent. Those sons of bitches were planning on operating on a business's usual basis where they torment people with endless process so they could "keep people safe" instead of letting residents expedite getting back to normal by their own wits and skills. The local Communists were telling people it would be 18 months to get the permits to just remove the debris from their lots plus all the other permits to actually rebuild.

By the time Trump left Comrade Bass had committed to the loophole-filled goal of people can start removing debris within a week if possible. The rest of the comrades were equally not amused with President Trump. This is going to be a mess but the LA Communists are on notice business as usual is over. One of the more telling moments about where the population is headed is when Trump entered the briefing room. The place erupted into chants of USA! except for the dour Communists seated around him.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 05:27 AM (Q8Bj8)

33 I've read that the "media" is exhausted trying to keep up with Trump

I guess Turnip Brain had a much more relaxed way of dealing with his "job"

Posted by: Bruce at January 25, 2025 05:28 AM (j1G85)

34 I use bitwarden. My data is encrypted and I can share the vault with my wife and not have to deal with the hassle of keeping her data and my data in sync.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Totally fair point. I keep a backup copy of my database on a thumb drive in my office. It's slightly more of a headache to manage, but I don't mind. Different strokes for different folks. The critical part is you're actually using one.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 05:29 AM (Q8Bj8)

35 29 Just saw Hegseth confirmed
Posted by: kallisto at January 25, 2025 05:22 AM (CIEY1)

No thanks to the turtle.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 25, 2025 05:31 AM (VSht7)

36 No thanks to the turtle.
Posted by: tankdemon

The spirit of John McCain is strong in this one.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 05:32 AM (Q8Bj8)

37 Trump's visit with the NC hurricane survivors was so moving. The genuine care he and Melania felt was palpable

Posted by: kallisto at January 25, 2025 05:33 AM (CIEY1)

38 >>Why would a healthcare company have driver license and passport numbers on file?

Good question.

Every time I read one of these hacking stories, I wonder: what was so great about going high tech? Whatever efficiencies it provides, it also makes us vulnerable -- we have no control over our personal information. You can be super careful, but because you need healthcare, you have to share detailed information, and then it doesn't matter what you do -- now lord knows how many people in all kinds of faraway places can get at it and steal your identity, etc.
Gah!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 05:35 AM (u1uWe)

39 Totally fair point. I keep a backup copy of my database on a thumb drive in my office. It's slightly more of a headache to manage, but I don't mind. Different strokes for different folks. The critical part is you're actually using one.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 05:29 AM (Q8Bj

There's even one, I forget which, that will change all your passwords at the touch of one button so you can swap passwords regularly - in case you're one of those people. Personally, I think a completely random string of 32 characters that is only used in one place is probably enough.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 25, 2025 05:35 AM (ExV1e)

40 Trump's visit with the NC hurricane survivors was so moving. The genuine care he and Melania felt was palpable
Posted by: kallisto

Yes. There was a bit of dust in the air at my house about that time.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 05:35 AM (Q8Bj8)

41 Personally, I think a completely random string of 32 characters that is only used in one place is probably enough.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

That's what I use with special characters wherever possible. The amount of time to brute force those I think is at least in the billions of years. So yeah you're pretty safe.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 05:37 AM (Q8Bj8)

42 >>By the time Trump left Comrade Bass had committed to the loophole-filled goal of people can start removing debris within a week if possible.

And Bass acted like she was doing him a favor by sort-of agreeing to a week! I appreciated how he kept saying "a week is a long time - why not 24 hours?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 05:38 AM (u1uWe)

43 Laying here two hours and not getting any sleep

Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2025 05:41 AM (fwDg9)

44 President Trump is the only one in awhile who wants to make America great

Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2025 05:42 AM (fwDg9)

45 now lord knows how many people in all kinds of faraway places can get at it and steal your identity, etc. Gah! Posted by: Lizzy

That's the reality anymore and it sucks balls. The best answer I have is to harden your attack vectors using some of the steps outlined earlier.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 05:44 AM (Q8Bj8)

46 Going to make breakfast then see

Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2025 05:45 AM (fwDg9)

47 wise choice, Skip! that's my plan, too!

G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 25, 2025 05:48 AM (uX4GZ)

48 I bought a griddle that sits on the top of my gas stove and I haven't yet made pancakes using it. That is going to change today.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 05:49 AM (Q8Bj8)

49
The ACEMAGIC F3A is another one of those Ryzen 370 mini-PCs with socketed RAM.

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ACEMAGIC is a great computer that always shows busty lesbian porn.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2025 05:50 AM (dxSpM)

50 I use Last Pass. And some places are such a headache now that I don't like using them. I don't want my code sent to a second device. Seems like they are more concerned with keeping you out than the baddies.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2025 05:50 AM (NQtI0)

51
Present
24F, light snow

Posted by: Don Black at January 25, 2025 05:52 AM (AOsQT)

52 password manager:

Keepass 2, or Keepas XC. You have to manage the storage of the database yourself. Use a very strong password to lock the password database.

Use something like dropbox to make the database available to other devices.

Keepass will generate strong passwords and allow you to rotate passwords.

My employer (a massive software company) supports us using KeepassXC to manage the myriad of accounts we need both internally and customers (who all have different requirements)

Posted by: ghbucky at January 25, 2025 05:55 AM (/xDbx)

53 I used to have a different nic...

Thanks for mentioning Bitwarden. I hadn't looked at it for a few years so I went and just did that. Which version do you use and if you would share a few thoughts about why you use it?

I'm actually going to download it and do a trial run with it and see how it compares to my current setup. If it's a better solution than what I'm currently doing I can see myself changing.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2025 05:56 AM (Q8Bj8)

54 Evening and morning to all the Saturday toilers and early risers! 'Tis Saturn's Day again. Amazing how it takes so long to come around every seven days, and then how fast it vanishes, huh?

Yesterday Miss Linda took $40 I gave her, and parlayed it into $160 worth of groceries. How? At the Winn-Dixie behind where we live that is closing to make way for an Aldi. Most things were 75% off. Coffee, cheese, pizza, burritos, shampoo, cat food, and more. I still need some paper products and sparking mineral water, and some eggs; but my budget is set for a long time.

So, whass happenin'?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2025 05:58 AM (omVj0)

55 I kinda hope for a non-eventful Saturday, politics-wise. I need a break from all this upheaval and goodness.

McConnel sez Hegseth has no experience with a big budget. Well, McConnel does, and where did that get us? How many trillions in debt over the decades while he has been in office?

Posted by: lizabth at January 25, 2025 06:01 AM (Jfw7U)

56 @54...wow..that's some good shoppin'!

Posted by: lizabth at January 25, 2025 06:02 AM (Jfw7U)

57 McConnel sez Hegseth has no experience with a big budget. . . .
Posted by: lizabth at January 25, 2025

***
Simple; hire someone trustworthy who does have such experience. I leave the method of determining "trustworthy" as an exercise for the student.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2025 06:03 AM (omVj0)

58 Thanks for mentioning Bitwarden. I hadn't looked at it for a few years so I went and just did that. Which version do you use and if you would share a few thoughts about why you use it?

To be honest, I wasn't aware it had different versions.

I use it because it has an encrypted back-end. At the time I was researching PMs it hadn't had a data breach. It's online, which is convenient because my wife and I share the same vault and I can have it on my phone. And it has a browser plugin so it's always there when I'm most likely to need it.

I did the KeePass/Dropbox thing for years but keeping the data synched between all the computers I needed to update was a pain.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 25, 2025 06:06 AM (ExV1e)

59 35 29 Just saw Hegseth confirmed
Posted by: kallisto at January 25, 2025 05:22 AM (CIEY1)

Ysy! Take that, GOPe. But we're stuck with Murkowski until 2028. (at least)

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 25, 2025 06:09 AM (SCo2A)

60 16 degrees, seems cloudy, not too windy.

yay

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 25, 2025 06:11 AM (uX4GZ)

61 McConnel sez Hegseth has no experience with a big budget. . . .
Posted by: lizabth at January 25, 2025

Bullshit excuse. Here's a thing that wouldn't matter to us if the nominee were a ForeverWar person who wanted to waste trillions of taxpayer dollars.

The last group of SecDefs (excluding acting) we've had are:

Austin - Army general
Esper - Secretary of the Army (okay, big budget)
Mattis - Marine general
Carter - government drone
Hagel - Senator and "advisor"

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 25, 2025 06:13 AM (ExV1e)

62 Murkowski pretends to be a Republican when she's in Alaska, but she's a Democrat in DC

I think she does it to curry favor with the media
it's self-serving and a con

Posted by: Don Black at January 25, 2025 06:14 AM (AOsQT)

63 Thanks for mentioning Bitwarden. I hadn't looked at it for a few years so I went and just did that. Which version do you use and if you would share a few thoughts about why you use it?

To be honest, I wasn't aware it had different versions.

I use it because it has an encrypted back-end. At the time I was researching PMs it hadn't had a data breach. It's online, which is convenient because my wife and I share the same vault and I can have it on my phone. And it has a browser plugin so it's always there when I'm most likely to need it.

I did the KeePass/Dropbox thing for years but keeping the data synched between all the computers I needed to update was a pain.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Do you use the free version?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 25, 2025 06:14 AM (Q8Bj8)

64 Democrat Undergrounders are all upset over some late night Inspectors General firings.

Aside from that, they think Newsome won yesterday because he looked so much better than Trump.

Apparently Newsome had a full head of thick, luxurious hair. which angered Trump. Or something like that..lol.

Posted by: lizabth at January 25, 2025 06:15 AM (Jfw7U)

65 Murkowski is like a tick, or a squatter
she will be difficult to remove, thanks to ranked choice voting

Posted by: Don Black at January 25, 2025 06:16 AM (AOsQT)

66 Good morning, good people, from our Frigidacks. Not gonna say it's cold, but I saw a thermometer wearing a coat the other day.

Anyway, may all your efforts today be supremely blessed and anything from the leftwits be a loss.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at January 25, 2025 06:17 AM (hKoQL)

67
Nobody in Alaska really wants Murkowski as their senator. But due to ranked voting, she always seems to come through every time. If she lost, she'd claim the Senate seat is a family heirloom that the peasants are trying to steal from her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2025 06:19 AM (dxSpM)

68 Meh...gotta get to work. Hope Trump gets some good rest today. Amazing first five days. Enjoy, all!

Posted by: lizabth at January 25, 2025 06:22 AM (Jfw7U)

69 Do you use the free version?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 25, 2025 06:14 AM (Q8Bj

Ah, yes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 25, 2025 06:26 AM (ExV1e)

70 KwikTrip has some of those Gas Pump TV things, they are pretty ignorable, except for the Word For The Day (anyone literate should know the answer) and the occasional dollar-off coupon for something I might actually want ...

I refuse to trust password aggregators.
I have a handwritten file of passwords for backup, but I mainly keep them in my head,

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 25, 2025 06:27 AM (uX4GZ)

71 What's wrong with using 1 2 3 4 5 as a password? It's the same as my luggage...

Posted by: President Skroob at January 25, 2025 06:27 AM (PiwSw)

72
Getting the plants moved out of the garage today, thank goodness. Working through an enormous pile of dog laundry. Sweep the dog pens perhaps. Unwrap the outdoor fixtures and the well head. Put out mulch on the muddy spots in Dot and Diana's pen.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2025 06:29 AM (dxSpM)

73 "I refuse to trust password aggregators.
I have a handwritten file of passwords for backup, but I mainly keep them in my head,
Posted by: sock_rat_eez"

Me either. I don't put anything on the "cloud" either. I've used the same notepad file for some 29 odd years now. And the even years too.

Posted by: fd at January 25, 2025 06:30 AM (vFG9F)

74 Nobody in Alaska really wants Murkowski as their senator. But due to ranked voting, she always seems to come through every time. If she lost, she'd claim the Senate seat is a family heirloom that the peasants are trying to steal from her. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Las Cruces uses Ranked Choice Voting, more like Ranked Scam Voting, for its municipal elections. The results are much closer to being decided by penumbras and emanations than who actually got the most votes. To have a meaningful ballot you are forced to vote for candidates you want absolutely nothing to do with since a single vote for your preferred candidate when there is a plurality gets clobbered when all the fuckery gets applied. For me RCV is a scheme that makes it nearly impossible to get rid of an incumbent. Like not requiring ID to vote, RCV should be outlawed. Plus it is an opaque process that takes days to complete; that is license to steal an election.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 25, 2025 06:32 AM (Q8Bj8)

75 >>>Computers were a mistake

But, but, it's what you do, Pixy!

Posted by: m at January 25, 2025 06:35 AM (VnUSN)

76 I refuse to trust password aggregators.
I have a handwritten file of passwords for backup, but I mainly keep them in my head,
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 25, 2025 06:27 AM (uX4GZ)

I've got over 200 passwords, most are completely random 32 character strings. No way I'm remembering all that and paper files are too risky.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 25, 2025 06:35 AM (ExV1e)

77 As regards the ice emergency, we're being told I-10 is open throughout the city. But I dunno if the big bridge leading over the river, the one closest to me, is included in that. It had only one lane open in each direction yesterday afternoon. It took me 90 minutes to get home, usually a 35-minute drive; a flyover that leads to a surface avenue was closed, and the surface avenue was jammed. I took another route and was able to move swiftly to get home. But I don't know if I could use the bridge this morning to drive to the suburbs.

Better not to try, I guess. I have errands to run over here, and the car is filthy from dust, dirt, and dried snow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2025 06:36 AM (omVj0)

78 I have a password spreadsheet on a thumb drive

I have to open it on my pc to retrieve a login or password

I can't remember all that stuff
bank password is 36 characters, total gibberish

Posted by: Don Black at January 25, 2025 06:37 AM (AOsQT)

79 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 25, 2025 06:37 AM (hoCmQ)

80 The Bible teacher, Mary Channell Stevens lists this as one of her favorite verses:

This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:

“In repentance and rest is your salvation,
in quietness and trust is your strength...",

Isaiah 30:15

Maybe it's because I attended Quaker meeting as an older teen and as a Freshman in college but quietness is important to me. We have several times of deliberate silence in our services. I got a logo for my car which I haven't put on yet and it is another phrase from the Bible, "Be still and know that I am God."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2025 06:38 AM (CnpMt)

81 Leftover roast pork loin for breakfast. Sticks the ribs to the backbone, well for me anyway.

Posted by: Eromero at January 25, 2025 06:44 AM (jgmnb)

82 Clip of Trump confronting Bass about making people wait 18 mos to clear their property:

https://tinyurl.com/6ktjbsm9

Bass starts interrupting him, claiming it's about safety to wait "we think one week" -- and then Daryl Issa reaches over and takes her mic while Trump responds! Didn't notice that last night - heh.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 06:44 AM (u1uWe)

83 >>Leftover roast pork loin for breakfast. Sticks the ribs to the backbone, well for me anyway.

Hearty!

Saturday is pancake day here. Thinking it will be blueberry today. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 06:45 AM (u1uWe)

84 66 Frigidacks
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at January 25, 2025 06:17 AM (hKoQL)

Heh.
You know that song, "Sugar Shack"?

Oh, there's a crazy little shack
Beyond the tracks
And everybody calls it
The Frigidacks

Posted by: m at January 25, 2025 06:46 AM (VnUSN)

85 I froze my credit reports years ago, as a pro-active thing.

I think you are a fool if your report is not frozen. You need a car loan? You unfreeze it for 24 hours.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 25, 2025 06:48 AM (JVCkA)

86 Here's today's FB outrage. Navajos claiming they were caught in ICE sweeps and that there are claims they don't have birthright citizenship. Article doesn't seem to really back that up.

https://tinyurl.com/3wajvh7c

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2025 06:49 AM (NQtI0)

87 Ranked voting has always been a scam to keep challengers impotent.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 25, 2025 06:50 AM (JVCkA)

88 Whoa, baby, the Frigidack…

Posted by: Eromero at January 25, 2025 06:50 AM (jgmnb)

89 - Got a letter from Change Healthcare just yesterday telling me about the data breach,,, last Feb.
Only took em a year?
Telling me things I should do to protect myself like putting some kind of "lock" on my credit reports,,, at 3 different places.
Of course if I do that, then lose the password, I won't be able to get a loan.
The latter is unlikely but fer cryin' out loud.
And people were likely making 100K a year to protect my data.
You're Fired!!!

Posted by: TeeJ at January 25, 2025 06:50 AM (hht4k)

90 Morning peeps.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 25, 2025 06:51 AM (Q4IgG)

91 In streaming news; people are reporting that seven streaming services have had their user accounts and passwords compromised.

Cruncyholl has rolled out the double talk of securing accounts while saying no of course they were not hacked.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 25, 2025 06:52 AM (vV4jT)

92 err Crunchyroll

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 25, 2025 06:52 AM (vV4jT)

93 Okay. The password for Transunion and the others is something you need to write down and keep safe.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 25, 2025 06:53 AM (JVCkA)

94 The authorities have just admitted Axel Rudakubana was under the care of Alder Hey hospital over his mental health from 2019 to Feb 2023, when he checked out.

Posted by: 13times at January 25, 2025 06:54 AM (gS0yN)

95 Powerline Week in Pictures:

https://is.gd/JoqG1w

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 25, 2025 06:54 AM (PiwSw)

96 Silly computer joke:

Did you hear about the cyclops whose computer crashed?

He called Eye-T.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2025 06:54 AM (CnpMt)

97 al Reuters news is reporting that in 2023 a senior person in banking services reported both Visa and Mastercard to the US government for being the middlemen for illegal sexual material on OnlyFans.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 25, 2025 06:58 AM (vV4jT)

98 82 Clip of Trump confronting Bass about making people wait 18 mos to clear their property:

https://tinyurl.com/6ktjbsm9

Bass starts interrupting him, claiming it's about safety to wait "we think one week" -- and then Daryl Issa reaches over and takes her mic while Trump responds! Didn't notice that last night - heh.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 06:44 AM (u1uWe)

LOL
At the end of the clip, that might be Issa who starts talking.

Posted by: m at January 25, 2025 06:58 AM (VnUSN)

99 So a loud mouth Bass?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 25, 2025 07:00 AM (vV4jT)

100 64 Democrat Undergrounders are all upset over some late night Inspectors General firings.

Aside from that, they think Newsome won yesterday because he looked so much better than Trump.

Apparently Newsome had a full head of thick, luxurious hair. which angered Trump. Or something like that..lol.
Posted by: lizabth at January 25, 2025 06:15 AM (Jfw7U)

Ric Grenell was the best-looking by far.

Posted by: m at January 25, 2025 07:00 AM (VnUSN)

101
Richard Grenell
@RichardGrenell
6h
I told @kathrynbarger tonight that the County should haul in dumpsters immediately.

The people who lost their homes want to start the cleanup now.

Who has large dumpsters available?

Posted by: m at January 25, 2025 07:03 AM (VnUSN)

102 Clip of Trump confronting Bass about making people wait 18 mos to clear their property:

https://tinyurl.com/6ktjbsm9

Bass starts interrupting him, claiming it's about safety to wait "we think one week" -- and then Daryl Issa reaches over and takes her mic while Trump responds! Didn't notice that last night - heh.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025

***
Trump should have taken a leaf from Kammie-Ha-Ha's book and told Bass, "I'm speaking." (With "bitch" unspoken at the end.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2025 07:03 AM (omVj0)

103 I am not keeping up with all of this, and I know that he worked in the first Trump administration but does Ric Grennell have an official role now?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2025 07:05 AM (q7294)

104 - Issa, to me, was just another be all blustery and nothing gets done guys.
Watched a fair bit of congressional stuff on c-span 25 years or so, give or take, ago.
Funny stuff when B-1 Bob would get up to speak.
Rest of the room like rats leaving a sinking ship. Didn't want to be responsible for having heard what he said I reckon.

Posted by: TeeJ at January 25, 2025 07:06 AM (hht4k)

105 >>So a loud mouth Bass?

Heh.

She is a slimy one. First, lying about people being able to go to their property, then bluster when confronted about 18 mth wait and the city doing the clearing (people can't clear their own lot). But also, when insisting Trump do more, Trump confirms he's waiving regulations, and she interrupts "and the funds?" Nice that he talked right over that -- greedy Bass wants the federal money.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 07:06 AM (u1uWe)

106 I saw a report yesterday that there were some conditions the administration was going to insist on if California was going to get any sort of Federal assistance.

Yea, or nay? Where there conditions placed on CA?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 25, 2025 07:07 AM (Q4IgG)

107 - @106 Martini Farmer

I think releasing the water from up north might have been one of those conditions. That would be a Ca thing.

Posted by: TeeJ at January 25, 2025 07:10 AM (hht4k)

108 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 25, 2025 07:10 AM (dg+HA)

109 >>I am not keeping up with all of this, and I know that he worked in the first Trump administration but does Ric Grennell have an official role now?

From what Trump said yesterday, it sounds like Grenell is going to be his liaison re: making sure assistance gets spent where it should be, etc.?

Breitbart's Joel Pollak, who was included in the live tv discussion, requested an oversight group to manage the money given for recovery to make sure the CA Democrats don't misspend it. Trump said Ric would be part of setting that up.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 07:11 AM (u1uWe)

110 The is the best discussion I've seen about the foolish lady Bishop, and it's by a gay guy who used to attend the Episcopal Church . He is writing for "FrontPage Magazine":

https://tinyurl.com/ycxnrkk3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2025 07:11 AM (b4RLc)

111 Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 07:11 AM (u1uWe)

Thanks for the info, Lizzy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2025 07:12 AM (b4RLc)

112 - Oh, also Martini Farmer, a thank you reply + got willowed yesterday as everyone ran off to the idiot, 100 comment rule, post.

Posted by: TeeJ at January 25, 2025 07:13 AM (hht4k)

113 I saw a report yesterday that there were some conditions the administration was going to insist on if California was going to get any sort of Federal assistance.

Yea, or nay? Where there conditions placed on CA?
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I think it was all posturing though with Trump it is likely he was letting CA know he is going to smoke them if they don't do what he wants. What I didn't hear is from Trump is he was going to revert them back to a territory which would have been epic just for the shock value.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 25, 2025 07:13 AM (Q8Bj8)

114 CalMatters
@CalMatters
·
17h
Update: President Trump has suggested California will not receive the typical federal aid for recovery unless it changes its water policy. Or its forestry policy. Or its immigration sanctuary policy. This morning, he added a new one: voter ID.

Posted by: 13times at January 25, 2025 07:13 AM (gS0yN)

115 McConnell had no problem voting to confirm Lloyd Austin, Merrick Garland and Pete Buttigieg.

Get the fuck out if you wont do the work.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 25, 2025 07:13 AM (gbOdA)

116 So a loud mouth Bass?
Posted by: Anna Puma

For the Win!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 25, 2025 07:14 AM (Q8Bj8)

117 I don't know if it's dubbed in somehow But it made me laugh anyway. Two parrots having a conversation. From " Faithpot" site

https://tinyurl.com/29yxterb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2025 07:16 AM (b4RLc)

118 Sean Davis called McConnell “Glitchy McTurtle.”

Posted by: 13times at January 25, 2025 07:16 AM (gS0yN)

119 I wondered about the WHO article - "The usual suspects are aghast."
I got curious about that common word aghast and whether one could be ghast.
Here's what the Concise Oxford Dictionary says:

ghastly
n adjective (ghastlier, ghastliest)
1 causing great horror or fear; macabre.
2 deathly white or pallid.
3 informal very objectionable or unpleasant.

DERIVATIVES
ghastliness noun

ORIGIN
Middle English: from obsolete gast 'terrify', from Old English gæstan, of Germanic origin; related to (and influenced in spelling by) ghost.

So, same origin as ghost as a scary thing.

Posted by: Ciampino - Weirdly weird word at January 25, 2025 07:17 AM (KjLnc)

120 Another catchy musical interlude. Thanks Pixy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 25, 2025 07:20 AM (IIkfd)

121 Posted by: Ciampino - Weirdly weird word at January 25, 2025 07:17 AM (KjLnc)
So when you’re aghast, you’re saying you’re a ghost? All those years overseas has affected you in a positive way, my friend.

Posted by: Eromero at January 25, 2025 07:20 AM (jgmnb)

122 "So, same origin as ghost as a scary thing.
Posted by: Ciampino"

How does that fit with "ghoul" which I understand is of Arabic origin?

Posted by: fd at January 25, 2025 07:20 AM (vFG9F)

123 A "ghast" is an upgraded ghoul in Dungeons and Dragons. Man-eating undead. They'd be zombies in Hollywood films.

D&D zombies don't eat anything.

Posted by: mikeski at January 25, 2025 07:23 AM (DgGvY)

124 Daughter asks if anyone has an opinion, good or bad, of this item, all opinions appreciated:

Tablet,10.1" Android Tablet with Octa-core Processor 10GB RAM 128GB ROM HD IPS Touchscreen 8H Battery, Wi-Fi 6, BT 5.0, Dual Camera, Google Tablets 2024
Brand: URAO

https://tinyurl.com/3ud6rz6y

Thank you.

Posted by: Ciampino - Brand unknown to us at January 25, 2025 07:25 AM (KjLnc)

125 Walgreens blew $200 million on replacing freezer doors with smart screens showing ads. (Tech Spot)

They rarely worked properly and on some occasions reportedly caught fire.

--------------

It's Lithium Ion batteries all the way down under ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 25, 2025 07:26 AM (4CKeO)

126 102 Trump should have taken a leaf from Kammie-Ha-Ha's book and told Bass, "I'm speaking." (With "bitch" unspoken at the end.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2025 07:03 AM (omVj0)

Or like this:

"Do me a favor?" she said. "Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am?' It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title, so I'd appreciate it. Yes, thank you."

Posted by: m at January 25, 2025 07:27 AM (VnUSN)

127 Time to get the car inspected! Yay😉 May,your day be blessed, folks and May you know that you are a blessing to others. Maybe see some of you on the prayer thread.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2025 07:27 AM (G1pat)

128 The World Health Organisation is scrambling to cut costs as the US leaves and takes 18% of their budget with it. (Ars Technica)

The usual suspects are aghast.

---------------

That's a damn shame. Anyway ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 25, 2025 07:27 AM (4CKeO)

129 113 What I didn't hear is from Trump is he was going to revert them back to a territory which would have been epic just for the shock value.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 25, 2025 07:13 AM (Q8Bj

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at January 25, 2025 07:28 AM (VnUSN)

130 Good morning all. Thx Pixy
There's a very telling video (like we didn't already know) of Mitch walking over and shaking hands with the Dems after voting against Hegseth. He's barely ambulatory.
I don't like wishing I'll to anyone, bad juju and all, but Mitch has to just go.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 25, 2025 07:29 AM (6v8aM)

131 Back atcha, Fen!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 07:29 AM (u1uWe)

132 "Daughter asks if anyone has an opinion, good or bad, of this item, all opinions appreciated:

Tablet,10.1" Android Tablet with Octa-core Processor 10GB RAM 128GB ROM HD IPS Touchscreen 8H Battery, Wi-Fi 6, BT 5.0, Dual Camera, Google Tablets 2024
Brand: URAO"

Sounds like one of dozens of cheap Android tablets that work pretty well. Like the one I am using right now that I paid about $60 for.

Posted by: fd at January 25, 2025 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

133 Time to get the car inspected! Yay😉 May,your day be blessed, folks and May you know that you are a blessing to others. Maybe see some of you on the prayer thread.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2025 07:27 AM (G1pat)

---------------

Thank you, Fen.

My prayer list has gotten so long that I am starting to forget original names.

Getting old sucks ... in more ways than one.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 25, 2025 07:30 AM (4CKeO)

134 >>The World Health Organisation is scrambling to cut costs as the US leaves and takes 18% of their budget with it. (Ars Technica)

Have Bill Gates write another check.
And Fauci, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 07:31 AM (u1uWe)

135 I don't know how they can make tablets so cheap that work so well, but they do.

Posted by: fd at January 25, 2025 07:31 AM (vFG9F)

136 Select one block in Pacific Palisades. Let the folks come in, sort through things and retrieve anything of value, monetary or sentimental. Now, I'm sure there's a SEABEE Battalion, maybe regiment in SOCal. Bring them in to clean up the block. Then show Bass and Newsome how quickly things can get done if you just do it. I would give the bees four days, a week tops, and they would have the block cleaned and graded.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 25, 2025 07:33 AM (gm9Sb)

137 What I didn't hear is from Trump is he was going to revert them [Califzuela] back to a territory which would have been epic just for the shock value.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 25, 2025 07:13 AM (Q8Bj

----------------

Make Territorial Governors Great Again!

/And they say that Trump's peeps don't read the comments by The Horde ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 25, 2025 07:33 AM (4CKeO)

138 Ric Grenell's bio on his X page:

I’m stronger after cancer. my dog runs my life. imperfect follower of Christ.

Up to 1.5+ million followers now.

Posted by: m at January 25, 2025 07:36 AM (VnUSN)

139 Heh, how will the MSM deal with good news like this as DHS gets busy deporting:

AutismCapital
🚨 NYPD: “For the first time in 30 years, there have been 0 shooting victims in NYC for a 5-day period.”

Are you tired of winning yet?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 07:37 AM (u1uWe)

140 Select one block in Pacific Palisades. Let the folks come in, sort through things and retrieve anything of value, monetary or sentimental. Now, I'm sure there's a SEABEE Battalion, maybe regiment in SOCal. Bring them in to clean up the block. Then show Bass and Newsome how quickly things can get done if you just do it. I would give the bees four days, a week tops, and they would have the block cleaned and graded.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 25, 2025 07:33 AM (gm9Sb)

-------------

We have a neighbor who's a former SEABEE (I always that it was CB).

Anyway, that guy has access to a multitude of vehicles, has multiple garages on his property, and can do pretty much anything you ask of him. F*cking genuis, like his dearly departed father who (in addition to setting speed records in the Utah salt flats) ran a Defense Contracting firm in the The Phoenix Valley back in the day ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 25, 2025 07:37 AM (4CKeO)

141 Jewel apologizes to longtime fans for performing at Robert F. Kennedy Jr's Make America Healthy Again Inaugural Ball.

https://mol.im/a/14323763

Jewel who? I have vaguely heard of this person and obviously can be ignored.

Posted by: Ciampino - Not even semi-precious at January 25, 2025 07:38 AM (KjLnc)

142 AutismCapital
🚨 NYPD: “For the first time in 30 years, there have been 0 shooting victims in NYC for a 5-day period.”

Are you tired of winning yet?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 07:37 AM (u1uWe)

------------------

Schadenboner Status: Over Four Hours.

/Thank you, Lizzy

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 25, 2025 07:39 AM (4CKeO)

143 Construimus Batuimus.

Posted by: Eromero at January 25, 2025 07:40 AM (jgmnb)

144 NYPD: “For the first time in 30 years, there have been 0 shooting victims in NYC for a 5-day period.”

Too cold outside?

Posted by: davidt at January 25, 2025 07:41 AM (i0F8b)

145 140 When I was stationed at NAF DC a long time ago, we had a SEABEE detachment. Three guys. I was talking with the LPO one time over beer at the club and asked him exactly what they did at the NAF. He said they might move a desk for the NAF Skipper, maybe fix a squeaky door, but generally mill about smartly and go to the PX. Good for them because deployed those guys will work 25/8 and build whole forward bases overnight.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 25, 2025 07:44 AM (gm9Sb)

146 20 degrees out there. This is gonna put a crimp on my croquet plans for the day.

Posted by: fd at January 25, 2025 07:44 AM (vFG9F)

147 The three Republicans voting against Hegseth were Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski.

Asshoes

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 25, 2025 07:45 AM (gbOdA)

148

>>Thank you, Lizzy

You're welcome!
And this guy has some ideas:

seanmdav

Now it’s time for Trump to crush, with extreme prejudice, the entire Mitch McConnell staffer-fundraiser-lobbyist network in D.C. Ban them from all admin jobs and appointments, PNG their clients, and cut them off from all RNC/congressional campaign contracts.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 07:45 AM (u1uWe)

149 143 Construimus Batuimus.
Posted by: Eromero at January 25, 2025 07:40 AM (jgmnb)

We . . . build . . . something something something.

Posted by: m at January 25, 2025 07:48 AM (VnUSN)

150 I see Mitch the bitch failed. Now go the fk away.

Posted by: fd at January 25, 2025 05:14 AM (vFG9F)

I was so nervous after his vote.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 25, 2025 07:48 AM (SfhV1)

151 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2025 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

152 Mitch is going to get a rash of the TRUMP!!! curse that no ointment will cure.

Posted by: fd at January 25, 2025 07:49 AM (vFG9F)

153 Haven't seen Jewel in a while. Used to be a solid 1.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 25, 2025 07:50 AM (Iv67N)

154 {{{grammie winger - cheesehead}}}

Mitch is a known asshole. The VP you elected was on top of that. So we one one more skirmish.

An enemy revealed is someone that can be countered, and it looks like we are on to them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2025 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

155 "Walgreens blew $200 million on replacing freezer doors with smart screens showing ads. (Tech Spot)"

That's a lot of money. A whole lot of money.

Who benefited? What company manufactured the smart-doors? What company installed the smart-doors? And what are the relationships of their board members and employees to that of Walgreens?

Somebody made out on this boondoggle. Shine a light on it.

Posted by: Another Anon at January 25, 2025 07:51 AM (QNMaY)

156 Mr Aspirin Factory

Jewells45 is struggling with her cancer. But she is around every once in a while.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2025 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

157 Sean Davis retweeted
ThePersistence
@ScottPresler
9h
If we didn’t elect Senator Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania, Hegseth wouldn’t have been confirmed tonight.

Thank you to every single Pennsylvania voter that defeated democrat Bob Casey.

Thank you, Dear Pennsylvania.

Posted by: m at January 25, 2025 07:52 AM (VnUSN)

158 This seems unconstitutional - citizens have free travel anywhere public. Also the judge is biased as this 'Indian' was involved in the original J6 debacle so conflict of interest?

Oath Keepers' founder Rhodes is barred from entering Washington or Capitol without court's permission.

https://t.co/2s5TbBD8PP

Posted by: Ciampino - needs a challenge at January 25, 2025 07:52 AM (KjLnc)

159 Costa Rican drug kingpin arrested in UK after his wife posted pictures on social media of their European vacation.

Luis Manuel Picado Grijalbo was grabbed by National Crime Agency officers near London Bridge on December 29 on an international warrant, wanted by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on charges of exporting cocaine from Costa Rica.

****
Bwahaha..

Should have married smarter, dummy.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 25, 2025 07:54 AM (Y1sOo)

160 It's pretty obvious that McConnell still hates Trump. He's going to stymie him at every turn.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 25, 2025 07:54 AM (Q4IgG)

161 I'm not anti-Jewel, I'm just anti-Zionistel.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 25, 2025 07:54 AM (+iIV1)

162 An enemy revealed is someone that can be countered, and it looks like we are on to them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2025 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

It shouldn't be hard to catch Mitch 'cause he walks really slow. Seriously. looking at the Senate chamber last night it looked like bingo night at the nursing home.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 25, 2025 07:54 AM (SfhV1)

163 149 143 Construimus Batuimus.
Posted by: Eromero at January 25, 2025 07:40 AM (jgmnb)

We . . . build . . . something something something.
Posted by: m at January 25, 2025 07:48 AM (VnUSN
We build, we fight .ADM Ben Moreel stood up the Seabees (CBs in 1942) . Pappy helped the first base at Williamsburg Virginia…..then got his young ass drafted into the army in 1943.

Posted by: Eromero at January 25, 2025 07:55 AM (jgmnb)

164 Powerline Week in Pictures:

https://is.gd/JoqG1w
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

Thank you. You are a giver.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2025 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

165 I have a double header at the VA Tuesday. Eye exam and x rays of the knees. Doc wants to see if some injections will give me relief. Some sort of lube, the way he explained it, that replaces the lost stuff. Supposedly one injection a week for six weeks and then you're OK for six months.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 25, 2025 07:56 AM (gm9Sb)

166 147 The three Republicans voting against Hegseth were Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski.

And I'm guessing they all voted for every incompetent, corrupt Biden appointee.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 25, 2025 07:57 AM (ZlOcj)

167 We are being governed by a room full of geriatric dummies.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 25, 2025 07:57 AM (SfhV1)

168 Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 25, 2025 07:56 AM (gm9Sb)

That sounds promising. Best wishes.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 25, 2025 07:58 AM (SfhV1)

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

Heh, after this week it's so much easier to do that!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 07:58 AM (u1uWe)

170 Anybody else finding it hard to keep up with all the Trump news this week? Does the man ever sleep?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 25, 2025 07:59 AM (SfhV1)

171 163 149 143 Construimus Batuimus.
Posted by: Eromero at January 25, 2025 07:40 AM (jgmnb)

We . . . build . . . something something something.
Posted by: m at January 25, 2025 07:48 AM (VnUSN
We build, we fight .ADM Ben Moreel stood up the Seabees (CBs in 1942) . Pappy helped the first base at Williamsburg Virginia…..then got his young ass drafted into the army in 1943.
Posted by: Eromero at January 25, 2025 07:55 AM (jgmnb)

Thanks!

Posted by: m at January 25, 2025 08:01 AM (VnUSN)

172 Or its immigration sanctuary policy. This morning, he added a new one: voter ID.
Posted by: 13times at January 25, 2025 07:13 AM (gS0yN)

Ok, deal is set, we're ready to move some money here, just as soon as you change your name to Trumpifornia, move the state capital to Orange County, and send Newsom out into the town square to fuck his own face on live television.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 25, 2025 08:01 AM (+iIV1)

173 One somatic observation about Trump -- he looks the most relaxed political figure I've ever seen. The way he walks, stands, carries his frame -- completely at ease with himself.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 25, 2025 08:01 AM (ZlOcj)

174 >>Powerline Week in Pictures:

https://is.gd/JoqG1w

OMG, I am crying -- even the memes are better under Trump!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 08:01 AM (u1uWe)

175 Bill in Ark. Mom had the gel injections several times. They did help.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 25, 2025 08:02 AM (2NHgQ)

176 Supposedly one injection a week for six weeks and then you're OK for six months.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 25, 2025 07:56 AM (gm9Sb)

Have them stitch some grease zerks in and you can do it yourself!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 25, 2025 08:03 AM (+iIV1)

177 Disclaimer: Nothing is true.

How am I supposed to believe you?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 25, 2025 08:04 AM (VSht7)

178 It took a year for county crews to scape 4-6 inches of toxic top soil after the CAMP wildfire burned Paradise and haul it away. Then log the dead dougfirs and cedar trees. *Fleets of double trailer dump trucks and logging trucks.

They also had to locate and prepare a place to dump that toxic dirt and debris.

Immediately post-fire regroups were escorted by county officials (a few hours) to sort through the household ashes.

The fire was so intense that County had specialists look for bone fragments/shards since very few intact skeletal remain were found.

Posted by: 13times at January 25, 2025 08:05 AM (2MZ6q)

179 174 >>Powerline Week in Pictures:

https://is.gd/JoqG1w

OMG, I am crying -- even the memes are better under Trump!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 08:01 AM (u1uWe)

The toothpaste!

Posted by: m at January 25, 2025 08:05 AM (VnUSN)

180 I went to the link re: the United Healthcare breach. The one lone comment? Dummy blames private healthcare.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 25, 2025 08:06 AM (qBdHI)

181 Disclaimer: Nothing is true.

How am I supposed to believe you?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 25, 2025 08:04 AM (VSht7)

If false = true is taken as an axiom of the system, then any proposition can be proved within the system, including the proposition that false = true. If the empty set is then taken as logically identical to false, then nothing = true.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 25, 2025 08:08 AM (+iIV1)

182 G'morning Horde. Wow did I ever sleep in late. Good thing I don't have work today and could afford the extra time to catch up on sleep.

From Pixy's links, re the ACEMAGIC F3A: "Starting to wonder if there's only one company making the motherboard and multiple companies providing the cases and distribution, because these all look identical."

That's exactly what's happening, and it's across a ton of different products that are manufactured in China. They all copy each other.

I've been seeing this with tie clips and tie bars. The tie clips are all nearly an inch offset from the body on the squeeze-to-open end which sits too high and thus gets easily knocked around by the jacket (or knocked right off and lost) and the tie bars are all slippery metal on both sides, and easily slip off and are lost.

You just try to find a low profile tie clip like were common several decades ago. Good luck to you. China doesn't make those, because they're all copying the same tie-clip pattern across the board, same with the tie-bars.

If I were writing a First World Problems post, this would be my first one. ARGH!!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 25, 2025 08:09 AM (O7YUW)

183 South Africa, cripes:

"President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday signed the Expropriation Bill into law.

In a statement, the Presidency said the Bill allows for local, provincial and national authorities “to expropriate land in the public interest for varied reasons that seek, among others, to promote inclusivity and access to natural resources”."

Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos Calientes at January 25, 2025 08:09 AM (8VyQQ)

184 170 Anybody else finding it hard to keep up with all the Trump news this week? Does the man ever sleep?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead

Usually the "media" obsesses over the first hundred days.

Look what he's done in the first hundred HOURS!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 25, 2025 08:10 AM (dg+HA)

185 In a statement, the Presidency said the Bill allows for local, provincial and national authorities “to expropriate land in the public interest for varied reasons that seek, among others, to promote inclusivity and access to natural resources”."
Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos Calientes at January 25, 2025 08:09 AM (8VyQQ)

So they made up a law to say that the thing they've already been doing for decades with zero repercussions is legal.

Awesome.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 25, 2025 08:11 AM (+iIV1)

186 'Tis 36 F. here, going up to about 56. I'll be able to wash the car a little later, and boy does it need it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2025 08:11 AM (omVj0)

187 In a statement, the Presidency said the Bill allows for local, provincial and national authorities “to expropriate land in the public interest for varied reasons that seek, among others, to promote inclusivity and access to natural resources”."

Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos Calientes at January 25, 2025 08:09 AM (8VyQQ)

Kill whitey.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 25, 2025 08:11 AM (SfhV1)

188 >>The toothpaste!

Melania photoshopped to look like a badazz Sergio Leone character!!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2025 08:12 AM (u1uWe)

189 "Screw you we're taking your stuff, because you're not one of us and we hate you, now get out of here and don't come back.

Ahhhh, inclusivity."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 25, 2025 08:13 AM (+iIV1)

190 55

McConnel sez Hegseth has no experience with a big budget. Well, McConnel does, and where did that get us? How many trillions in debt over the decades while he has been in office?

Posted by: lizabth at January 25, 2025 06:01 AM (Jfw7U)
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Great observation.

Posted by: Ciampino - experts are not at January 25, 2025 08:13 AM (KjLnc)

191 NYPD: “For the first time in 30 years, there have been 0 shooting victims in NYC for a 5-day period.”
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Too cold outside?
Posted by: davidt at January 25, 2025

***
Doesn't seem to stop 'em in Chicago and Detroit

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2025 08:13 AM (omVj0)

192 n a statement, the Presidency said the Bill allows for local, provincial and national authorities “to expropriate land in the public interest for varied reasons that seek, among others, to promote inclusivity and access to natural resources”."
Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos Calientes at January 25, 2025 08:09 AM (8VyQQ)
Kill whitey.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 25, 2025 08:11 AM (SfhV1)

Will the last Afrikaner to leave please remember to turn off the lights. Thank you!

Posted by: Zombie Nelson Mandela, commie scumbag at January 25, 2025 08:15 AM (R/m4+)

193 NYPD: “For the first time in 30 years, there have been 0 shooting victims in NYC for a 5-day period.”
*
Too cold outside?
Posted by: davidt at January 25, 2025

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Doesn't seem to stop 'em in Chicago and Detroit
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2025 08:13 AM (omVj0)

I smell bullshit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 25, 2025 08:16 AM (zZu0s)

194 In a statement, the Presidency said the Bill allows for local, provincial and national authorities “to expropriate land in the public interest for varied reasons that seek, among others, to promote inclusivity and access to natural resources”."
Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos Calientes at January 25, 2025 08:09 AM (8VyQQ)

Communist gonna commune.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 25, 2025 08:16 AM (gbOdA)

195 Posted by: lizabth at January 25, 2025 06:01 AM (Jfw7U)
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Great observation.
Posted by: Ciampino - experts are not at January 25, 2025 08:13 AM (KjLnc)

That's precisely the experience which Hegseth lacks. Do you know how hard it is to launder that much money? Poor guy has no idea. He's gonna waltz in there and start talking about horrible things like "not wasting money" and "only hiring competent people". Good heavens. You'll never fill all the pockets that need filling with that kind of talk.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 25, 2025 08:17 AM (+iIV1)

196 On the Powerline Week in Pictures, one mem points out that the bust of Winston Churchill, restored now by Trump, was removed by Biden. I thought it was Jugears who made a point of insulting Britain that way.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2025 08:17 AM (omVj0)

197 "Doesn't seem to stop 'em in Chicago and Detroit"

Our N IL thugs are fully cold-adapted. In winter, they cruise residential streets looking for unattended cars running, warming up in driveways. They find plenty. People never learn.

Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos Calientes at January 25, 2025 08:17 AM (8VyQQ)

198 @183/El gp De Los Vientos Calientes: {{ "President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday signed the Expropriation Bill into law.

In a statement, the Presidency said the Bill allows for local, provincial and national authorities “to expropriate land in the public interest for varied reasons that seek, among others, to promote inclusivity and access to natural resources”." }}

Africa wins again.

See Kim Du Toit's essay from 2002: "Let Africa Sink":
https://tinyurl.com/ywccyw85

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 25, 2025 08:18 AM (O7YUW)

199 Wolfus Aurelius

They both did.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2025 08:18 AM (u82oZ)

200 removed by Biden. I thought it was Jugears who made a point of insulting Britain that way.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2025 08:17 AM (omVj0)

I think he did. Trump brought it back, Biden took it out again.

Turn Churchill's noggin into a volleyball. So classy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 25, 2025 08:19 AM (+iIV1)

201 Good morning morons

Last night Girl F. took me to a live re-enactment of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 25, 2025 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

202 >>>> Turn Churchill's noggin into a volleyball. So classy.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 25, 2025 08:19 AM (+iIV1)

That’s a lot of head.

Posted by: 13times at January 25, 2025 08:20 AM (TKvi5)

203 192 It's the first nation destroyed by global public opinion. The whole world wokely 'deplored' their apartheid system of govt. So they changed it, which wrecked the country, all in the name of radical egalitarianism.

Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos Calientes at January 25, 2025 08:20 AM (8VyQQ)

204 That's precisely the experience which Hegseth lacks. Do you know how hard it is to launder that much money? Poor guy has no idea. He's gonna waltz in there and start talking about horrible things like "not wasting money" and "only hiring competent people". Good heavens. You'll never fill all the pockets that need filling with that kind of talk.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 25, 2025 08:17 AM (+iIV1)

-----------------

Ukrainian Oligarchs hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 25, 2025 08:21 AM (4CKeO)

205 So they made up a law to say that the thing they've already been doing for decades with zero repercussions is legal.

Awesome.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 25, 2025 08:11 AM (+iIV1)
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SHHHH! Don't tell Congress!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 25, 2025 08:21 AM (BpYfr)

206 The Kiffness (they're eating the dogs) lives in S. Africa and has gotten into a lot of trouble making songs mocking the government there.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 25, 2025 08:22 AM (SfhV1)

207 >>>>>Will the last Afrikaner to leave please remember to turn off the lights. Thank you!
Posted by: Zombie Nelson Mandela, commie scumbag at January 25, 2025 08:15 AM (R/m4+)
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Lights! Lights!?!. You’re talking about electricity. Don’t you mean blow out the candle?

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 25, 2025 08:22 AM (4KzgP)

208
It's the first nation destroyed by global public opinion. The whole world wokely 'deplored' their apartheid system of govt. So they changed it, which wrecked the country, all in the name of radical egalitarianism.
Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos Calientes at January 25, 2025 08:20 AM (8VyQQ)

How many black South Africans secretly wish Whitey was running things again?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2025 08:22 AM (dxSpM)

209 One metric to look at, how many homes have been rebuilt in Lahaina? Three (3) so far, supposedly.

It looks like there is a standard or SOP where the bureaucratic bs that was a contributing factor to the disaster is also making the recovery long and drawn out. I figured they being California - it would be the equivalent of asbestos abatement.

Hire an approved contractor, (won’t that be fun) and they can all be outfitted in moon suits. Should only take a couple years, tops.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2025 08:22 AM (HpBvd)

210 By the time Trump left Comrade Bass had committed to the loophole-filled goal of people can start removing debris within a week if possible. The rest of the comrades were equally not amused with President Trump. This is going to be a mess but the LA Communists are on notice business as usual is over. One of the more telling moments about where the population is headed is when Trump entered the briefing room. The place erupted into chants of USA! except for the dour Communists seated around him.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

In Florida you just pile up the debris on the curb after hurricanes and tropical storms. Part of government job is disaster recovery.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 25, 2025 08:23 AM (/lPRQ)

211 192 It's the first nation destroyed by global public opinion. The whole world wokely 'deplored' their apartheid system of govt. So they changed it, which wrecked the country, all in the name of radical egalitarianism.

Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos Calientes at January 25, 2025 08:20 AM (8VyQQ)

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Bono hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 25, 2025 08:23 AM (4CKeO)

212 Good morning good people.

Once again, it'll be the best day ever.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2025 08:25 AM (WXNFJ)

213 Have a great day, everyone.

Trump hit the incompetence in CA hard. Made the rubble bounce.

We are winning.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2025 08:26 AM (u82oZ)

214 Thanks, USSR and castro for introducing Africa to communism, you bastages. Tough luck South Africa, you had a good run.

Posted by: Eromero at January 25, 2025 08:29 AM (jgmnb)

215 Apartheid as practiced in South Africa was evil. Period Full Stop.

Too bad it was necessary to keep the Communists under control. Which is no less evil.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 25, 2025 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

216 That's precisely the experience which Hegseth lacks. Do you know how hard it is to launder that much money? Poor guy has no idea. He's gonna waltz in there and start talking about horrible things like "not wasting money" and "only hiring competent people". Good heavens. You'll never fill all the pockets that need filling with that kind of talk.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

Perhaps Pete will go back to the old ways. You know, seated at the table with stacks of greenbacks in front of him with a .45 sidearm laying right there within easy reach.

Be okay with me.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 25, 2025 08:30 AM (WXNFJ)

217 After long sleep, I saw Hegseth had the votes and those allowed to vote no got to vote no. Seems Thune can count votes...that's a very good start as Majority Leader for him...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 25, 2025 08:31 AM (exHjb)

218 In Florida you just pile up the debris on the curb after hurricanes and tropical storms. Part of government job is disaster recovery.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 25, 2025 08:23 AM (/lPRQ)

Wholly different scenario. “The smoke plume was blacker than a moonless night.”

Image: https://archive.org/details/paradise-fire

Posted by: 13times at January 25, 2025 08:31 AM (TKvi5)

219
Coffee!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 25, 2025 08:32 AM (gbOdA)

220 193 NYPD: “For the first time in 30 years, there have been 0 shooting victims in NYC for a 5-day period.”
*
Too cold outside?
Posted by: davidt at January 25, 2025

***
Doesn't seem to stop 'em in Chicago and Detroit
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2025 08:13 AM (omVj0)

I smell bullshit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 25, 2025 08:16 AM (zZu0s)

Not counting a shooting victim if they got shot shooting too?

Posted by: Nova Local at January 25, 2025 08:33 AM (exHjb)

221 There's this office that's ostensibly just a person who advises the president on military matters. They tell us it is actually the leader of such a monstrously large and complicated organization that a reasonably competent adult couldn't possibly figure out how to manage it.

Well, then, is that itself not the problem here?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 25, 2025 08:36 AM (+iIV1)

222 Coffee!!

And by that, rhennigantx means:

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 25, 2025 08:36 AM (O7YUW)

223 We have a couple of very unattractive Supreme Court Justices. Jeebus. And then scroll down to a rosa delaurio pic. Why does Powerline hate us. Ok, Melania eased the pain a bit, then dr jill looking lemony.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 25, 2025 08:37 AM (2NHgQ)

224 175 176 Thanks never enough. Besides the walking, a solid night's sleep wouldn't hurt. As to the zerks, I brought that up with Doctor and he said what's a zerk. And I told him. And he said somebody should look in to that.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 25, 2025 08:37 AM (gm9Sb)

225 177 Disclaimer: Nothing is true.

How am I supposed to believe you?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 25, 2025 08:04 AM (VSht7)
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Well he's a consistent liar.

Posted by: Ciampino - FIBonacci was a liar at January 25, 2025 08:38 AM (KjLnc)

226 I would like to see a semi-serious troll operation where that Affirmative Action Jackson cow is thoroughly investigated for wearing that dumb necklace to "ward off evil".

Evil? Why, that doesn't sound very impartial to me. In fact it sounds like you are inherently biased against the president and therefore must recuse yourself from any and all cases that involve the executive branch in any way.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 25, 2025 08:40 AM (+iIV1)

227 Re: “people never learn”

My dad kept his car keys in the car. In the driveway. He would get pissed off when they weren’t. He did this up until he died. When we went on vacation one year, nobody could find the key to the front door. People have no idea what we have lost. He was an insurance agent by the way.

Note well a “high trust” society is not just a nice thing to have. Civilization is not possible without it.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2025 08:40 AM (HpBvd)

228 In the 1960s the ad council tried to guilt trip everyone by saying “help keep a good kid from going bad” and keep car keys out of the ignition.

In those days people still knew what’s what, and the outcry was so strong they dropped the ad. Don’t be fooled.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2025 08:43 AM (HpBvd)

229 Let’s lock up crooks. Not the toothpaste

Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2025 08:44 AM (HpBvd)

230 Note well a “high trust” society is not just a nice thing to have. Civilization is not possible without it.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2025 08:40 AM (HpBvd)

Somebody is going to have to have a high fear society. Will it be the society of people living their lives and being normal who live in fear, or the society of people who try to make a living by preying off of others?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 25, 2025 08:44 AM (+iIV1)

231 McConnel sez Hegseth has no experience with a big budget. . . .

Speaking of budgets.... When has the last audit of the DoD been successful?

The National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 legally mandated the DoD to undergo annual audits across all components.

It failed its seventh one. The DoD never survived an audit.

In the meantime, Hegseth can simply ask DOGE to take a peek.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 25, 2025 08:46 AM (a4flb)

232 The good thing, Action Jackson will recuse herself before any cases on the court with this tranny shit.

After all, she doesn’t know what a woman is. Right?

Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2025 08:46 AM (HpBvd)

233 222 Coffee!!

And by that, rhennigantx means:

NOOD!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 25, 2025 08:36 AM (O7YUW)

Posted by: m at January 25, 2025 08:49 AM (VnUSN)

234 I like how the members of the Senate many of whom could never pass a background check it must be noted (elected officials are “deemed” to have passed by virtue of being elected) weigh in on people who have passed.

Let the American people see FBI unredacted background checks before they are allowed to run for office.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2025 08:49 AM (HpBvd)

235 what rhennigantx said @ 115

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 25, 2025 08:50 AM (uX4GZ)

236 “Zerks” the little guys hit with a grease gun, are named after Ulysses Zerk, who patented the device.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2025 08:54 AM (HpBvd)

237 Lizzy @ 174, LOL, you're right!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 25, 2025 08:57 AM (uX4GZ)

238 "Starting to wonder if there's only one company making the motherboard and multiple companies providing the cases and distribution, because these all look identical.

Not bad, but identical."

That very well could be and in fact is entirely likely. Many digital artists will never admit it, but the only differences between a $2000 Wacom drawscreen tablet and a $1200 Huion one are the software and the slick logo that Wacom attaches a steep Apple tax for. But both tablets are from the same Shinzen manufacturing shop.

Posted by: Saber Alter at January 25, 2025 09:14 AM (AZg1Q)

239 Does anyone really and actually have any faith in electronic security systems anymore?

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at January 25, 2025 12:29 PM (bufu1)

240 In the 1970s my Computer Science prof told me that computer programming was clerical work except for designing the user interfaces.

He was right.

I got my degree and went to law school.

Posted by: Fred Z at January 25, 2025 03:12 PM (jEHzV)

241 Someone on the Walgreens board (or several someone's) were getting kickbacks from the manufacturers of the doors.

Posted by: doug at January 25, 2025 11:56 PM (eWTLq)

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