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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Admirale's Mate at March 04, 2025 07:42 PM (sMkAM)
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 04, 2025 07:42 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 04, 2025 07:42 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at March 04, 2025 07:42 PM (sMkAM)
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 04, 2025 07:42 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at March 04, 2025 07:43 PM (sMkAM)
AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 3h
WATCH: Cow spotted running away from NRG Stadium after getting loose at RodeoHouston in Texas.
https://tinyurl.com/46bvw4dy
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 04, 2025 07:44 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 07:44 PM (u82oZ)
‘Stranded’ NASA astronaut backs Elon Musk in rescue row
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, stranded on the International Space Station since June, said Tuesday he believes Elon Musk’s claim that the billionaire proposed an early rescue plan, but it was ultimately rejected by then-President Joe Biden.
Wilmore and fellow astronaut Suni Williams were originally scheduled for an eight-day mission, but their return was complicated when the Boeing Starliner spacecraft they were testing was deemed unsafe for the journey home.
Their prolonged stay has recently become a point of contention, with Musk and President Donald Trump accusing Biden’s administration of abandoning the pair to avoid making Musk look like a savior.
“I can only say that Mr. Musk, what he says is absolutely factual,” said Wilmore, a former Navy test pilot. He admitted he wasn’t privy to the ins and outs of the drama, but added, “I believe him. I don’t know all those details.”
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 04, 2025 07:45 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 07:45 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Scarymary at March 04, 2025 07:46 PM (i/l90)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 07:47 PM (kBSKe)
JUST IN: Officials say 'no significant findings' of carbon monoxide or gas leaks at home where Gene Hackman, his wife, & dog were found dead.
"Those results are not believed to be a factor in the deaths."
https://tinyurl.com/24fjkn7e
press release screencap
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 04, 2025 07:47 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 04, 2025 07:47 PM (RP0h0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 04, 2025 07:47 PM (L/fGl)
0-1, first intermission.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 04, 2025 07:48 PM (ufFY8)
......
never trust a crow or a hummingbird around your eyeballs.
Posted by: wth at March 04, 2025 07:48 PM (v0R5T)
I like the tidbit that, if sound could travel in a vacuum, we wouldn't have developed hearing.
Because the roar from the Sun, 93 million miles or so away, would be so loud that hearing anything would be impossible.
That's one reason, among several, why Dyson spheres, while they seem cool, are silly.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 04, 2025 07:48 PM (xkwZj)
Breaking911 @Breaking911 32m
🚨Florida AG launches criminal investigation into Andrew & Tristan Tate
"These guys, have themselves, publicly admitted to participating in what very much appears to be soliciting, trafficking, preying upon women."
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 04, 2025 07:49 PM (/tzYP)
I will have to start taking phosphorus-reducing meds again. The targeted therapy medication holds on to phosphorus in the body for some reason -
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 04, 2025 07:49 PM (SRRAx)
0-1, first intermission.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 04, 2025 07:48 PM (ufFY
I wish Trump would send the red wings to the Yukon Territory.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 07:49 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 04, 2025 07:49 PM (M7Uyw)
0-1, first intermission.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt
Ditto. I'm at the Flyers game vs Calgary. We're down 4-2
Posted by: Josephistan at March 04, 2025 07:50 PM (DNWIn)
Pray God that it works and you heal completely. If there is anything I can do, let me know.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 07:50 PM (2VST1)
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We're supposed to get both over the next week, alternating every day!
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 04, 2025 07:50 PM (/tzYP)
Simple tool use, basic language, rudimentary intelligence.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 04, 2025 07:50 PM (xkwZj)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 04, 2025 07:51 PM (RP0h0)
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 04, 2025 07:45 PM (/tzYP)
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"I'll take 'shit that was immediately obvious for $500,' Alex."
But I *don't* think, however, that it was primarily about Musk. Giving Musk a rescue mission would cause heartburn to be sure, but I doubt that he was the primary factor. I think Boeing was the primary factor. Boeing is too big and too important with too much capital - real capital and the ever-vital political capital - tied up in it. It's damn near a state-controlled enterprise. Far more than making Musk look good, I think the government was *desperate* for a Boeing win.
This disaster has made it increasingly clear that SpaceX is damn near a single source for American space activity now, and Boeing is falling apart even with its tremendous state backing. It's a political disaster and Musk is the least of it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 07:51 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Scarymary at March 04, 2025 07:51 PM (i/l90)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 04, 2025 07:52 PM (RP0h0)
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2025 07:52 PM (cthi3)
A bath for George today before he goes in to the vet tomorrow morning for his operation. He behaved well enough considering his young age and lack of experience. All the dogs hate having their nails ground but all of them learn to enjoy being blown dry.
Georgie will be going to a new home in April where he'll be a house dog. We let him wander around the place to learn good manners, even letting him up on the bed. Diana, who's confined because of her injury, pitched a fit over the interloper defiling her exclusive domain.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 07:52 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Paisley at March 04, 2025 07:52 PM (xs9E7)
And here we go, from Elon and DOGE:
https://tinyurl.com/26m8qxdh
The SSA gave $330M in loans in PPP and some other program to over 3000 people listed as over 115 years old in 2020-21.
The oldest living American is 114 years old.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 04, 2025 07:53 PM (w6EFb)
Simple tool use, basic language, rudimentary intelligence.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 04, 2025 07:50 PM (xkwZj)
See the Faf Side cartoon "Cow Tools"
Posted by: Josephistan at March 04, 2025 07:53 PM (DNWIn)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 07:53 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 07:49 PM (MGB5H)
Hey!
Fuck you!
LOL.
(Been watching too much LA City Clowncil public comment on Smoke N Scan.)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 04, 2025 07:54 PM (ufFY8)
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NASA has some responsibility there too. Maybe more than Boeing. They specified the requirements. Boeing just followed them... poorly... but still. Who has oversight here?
It's not Boeing. Over this. They're falling apart elsewhere.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 04, 2025 07:54 PM (Q4IgG)
Do ANY of the Tom Clancy-novel-based movies still holdup today?
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2025 07:52 PM (cthi3)
________
Few of the Tom Clancy novels themselves still hold up today. He had such a quaint attraction to the supposed omnicompetence of our military and intelligence.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 07:55 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 04, 2025 07:53 PM (w6EFb)
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I'm not surprised. What would surprise me is if it turns out that this *wasn't* small-scale fraud perpetrated by citizens' The *real* theft from Social Security probably doesn't bother with ostensible claimants.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 07:55 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2025 07:55 PM (LkLld)
Elon said on Rogan that the purpose of these ridiculously old numbers still listed as alive was not to get SS checks directly, but to use a live number to commit fraud with other programs.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 04, 2025 07:55 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at March 04, 2025 07:56 PM (fCuNV)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2025 07:56 PM (mB6WH)
It's not Boeing. Over this. They're falling apart elsewhere.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 04, 2025 07:54 PM (Q4IgG)
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Oh yes, NASA is the other half of the symbiote.
But for Boeing, the Starliner debacle is another in a long list of debacles. NASA has a lot of culpability there, too, but there's taint enough to go around.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 07:56 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 04, 2025 07:56 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 04, 2025 07:57 PM (/tzYP)
This has been a great day ! Drinks are on me
Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2025 07:56 PM (mB6WH)
_________
*polite cough*
*heavy voice*
And what made it a great day for you, ma'am?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 07:57 PM (dxSpM)
This disaster has made it increasingly clear that SpaceX is damn near a single source for American space activity now, and Boeing is falling apart even with its tremendous state backing. It's a political disaster and Musk is the least of it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 07:51 PM (kBSKe)
——-
A win win for Democrats.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 04, 2025 07:58 PM (ZHVrD)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 07:58 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 04, 2025 07:58 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 04, 2025 07:59 PM (b294k)
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2025 07:52 PM (cthi3)
++++
"The Hunt for Red October"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 07:59 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 07:58 PM (kBSKe)
How YOU doin'?
Posted by: Wine Moms Everywhere at March 04, 2025 08:00 PM (i/l90)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:00 PM (kBSKe)
Yeah he greatly overestimated the value and ability of intelligence in the USA. Which, in hindsight should have been easy to avoid: look at how they couldn't even off Castro.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:02 PM (2VST1)
SNL's been pulling about 4-4.5 million viewers, but the "50th anniversary" stuff damn near quadrupled it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:03 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2025 08:05 PM (mB6WH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 04, 2025 08:05 PM (M7Uyw)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2025 07:56 PM (mB6WH)
Good evening! Cheers!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 04, 2025 08:05 PM (OX9vb)
https://shorturl.at/jNjcE
(Newsweek)
That's a buy signal for European defense industry stocks.
If they follow through on this.
Because I haven't seen the Germans jump at the offer.
They won't buy American equipment unless they have to.
There are too many strings attached to our sales.
And they don't want to give Trump the pleasure.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 04, 2025 08:06 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:02 PM (2VST1)
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It's entirely possible they didn't want to.
When we invaded the Dominican Republic in 1965, it put an end to their communists' ambitions in a matter of days.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:06 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2025 08:06 PM (mB6WH)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 04, 2025 08:07 PM (ZHVrD)
They knew that old skits would be re-run. But yeah anniversaries and special events always draw in numbers. That's why DC and Marvel keep rebooting comics with a new number 1, gets like 5 times the buyers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:08 PM (2VST1)
Well, Biden Days 2025 went like gangbusters. It was a highly erotic affair, as usual. But I wish Lil' Hunty didn't disown that little stripper girl. Her hair smells terrific! And I wish he bought more of the booger sugar! Baby Z's in town and he might as well be family.
Also - Dr. Jill showed up in a golden chariot drawn by horses dressed up as unicorns. I'm beginning to wonder where my 10% is going. I'm the President, dammit. Guys don't come any bigger than me!
God bless Wilmington, and good night!
Posted by: Brandon at March 04, 2025 08:10 PM (BI5O2)
Yeah it might be a matter of will. Although Dominican Republic is like 1/10th the size of Cuba.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:10 PM (2VST1)
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Clear and Present Danger.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 04, 2025 08:10 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 04, 2025 08:07 PM (ZHVrD)
In the last few weeks, "Literally Hitler" has morphed into "Neville Chamberlain". Leftie thinking makes me tired.
Posted by: Scarymary at March 04, 2025 08:10 PM (i/l90)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 04, 2025 08:10 PM (1bNHn)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 04, 2025 08:10 PM (Lz5dm)
SNL's been pulling about 4-4.5 million viewers, but the "50th anniversary" stuff damn near quadrupled it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:03 PM (kBSKe)
There were some really fun musical performances on the music special the Friday before. Esp the lonely island medley.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:10 PM (MGB5H)
That is my youngest with his 2 year old. Sadly, the cat started having focal seizures, so he is still pretty drugged up at the moment, while we adjust dosing. But there are still inseparable.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 04, 2025 08:11 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:11 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2025 08:11 PM (cthi3)
7465218031031995694
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 04, 2025 08:11 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:10 PM (2VST1)
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True.
Might've taken six months.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:11 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2025 08:11 PM (cthi3)
++++
Did any of them hold up at the time?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:12 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:12 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2025 08:13 PM (mB6WH)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 04, 2025 08:13 PM (Q4IgG)
Has there ever been an author with as many sub-par movies made out of his works than Philip K. Dick? Every Dick movie I can think of was either:
- Terrible
- Nothing like the source material
- Both
And it's not like there was no there there.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:13 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:14 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:14 PM (kBSKe)
There doesn't seem to be any evidence whatsoever, but if it's good enough for Randy Quaid, it's good enough for me.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 04, 2025 08:15 PM (4nh7V)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:14 PM (kBSKe)
Andromeda and JP were quality though.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:16 PM (MGB5H)
There doesn't seem to be any evidence whatsoever, but if it's good enough for Randy Quaid, it's good enough for me.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 04, 2025 08:15 PM (4nh7V)
++++
That Ronald Reagan biopic would have been very different if Randy Quaid played the Gipper instead of Dennis Quaid...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:16 PM (kBSKe)
College Basketball Report
@CBKReport
Famous TikToker and FGCU basketball player Brandon Dwyer ends his college basketball career with 0 points.
He has been posting videos about "The Road to 1 Point" for years 😭
Posted by: Mister Ghost at March 04, 2025 08:16 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2025 08:17 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:17 PM (77rzZ)
Man has always dreamed of destroying the Sun
um, what? sounds like something a psychopath would say. Right up there with saying I wish I could wipe out the entire human race.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 04, 2025 08:17 PM (klJTj)
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2025 08:11 PM (cthi3)
-- --
If anything, The Pelican Brief seems more plausible now than in the 90s.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 04, 2025 08:17 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2025 08:17 PM (mB6WH)
Posted by: Scarymary at March 04, 2025 08:10 PM (i/l90)
———
LOL like matter antimatter annihilation.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 04, 2025 08:17 PM (ZHVrD)
Sundiver
Inconstant Moon
Posted by: Anna Puma
Saw 'em both as part of a post-rock festival, with Sunlight Ascending and Moons Eat Stars, in 2018.
https://youtu.be/pQlu9HD3DCA
https://youtu.be/f2Mn3AMWsiE
Posted by: mikeski at March 04, 2025 08:18 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:16 PM (MGB5H)
++++
Jurassic Park was stellar. Departed a lot from the book, but boy what a movie (and I'm okay with that - they're different media).
I was never overly fond of the Andromeda Strain. I suspect that's mostly because I loved the book so much. I had my own vision of that whole thing, and the movie did *not* reflect it. I think that's more of a "me" problem than a "that movie" problem.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:18 PM (kBSKe)
Has there ever been an author with as many sub-par movies made out of his works than Philip K. Dick?
Posted by: Joe Mannix
I put the blame FULLY on Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2025 08:18 PM (cthi3)
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2025 08:11 PM (cthi3)
The client is still good
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:18 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at March 04, 2025 08:18 PM (lgj4s)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 04, 2025 08:13 PM
The one where Hollywood replaced the muzzie terrorists with European neo-Nazis?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 04, 2025 08:18 PM (Wnv9h)
Wait, isn't Blade Runner a Phil Dick movie?
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2025 08:18 PM (cthi3)
The published a book recently that was his first effort but was rejected by publishers called "Dragon Teeth." Its about Archaeologists fighting over theories and who gets to dig where in the USA, mixed with cowboys in the old west. Its all based on actual historical events and the fight gets deadly. I mean: dinosaurs and cowboys, how is this not a movie already?
Oh yeah. The climate scare book.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:18 PM (2VST1)
Thank goodness Project Wildfire wasn't turned into sequel city as Jurassic Park was.
But then again a few years ago someone,not Crichton, tried to write a sequel to Andromeda Strain and it is garbage.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 04, 2025 08:19 PM (M7Uyw)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 04, 2025 08:17 PM (klJTj)
A Bucket of Air by Fritz Leiber is not so much a tale about the Sun, as much as a tale about the absence of the Sun
Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2025 08:19 PM (D7oie)
Sundiver
Inconstant Moon
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 04, 2025 07:49 PM (M7Uyw)
Clarke has a few
Rescue Party (i think) where aliens approach earth just before it goes nova to try and rescue what they can and can find nobody and grab some samples of art and the like. There is a signal going out and they follow its trajectory and find Humans evaced on a large fleet of ships.
There's one where a station on Mercury sees a huge flare and as it closes in they see a structure in the flare that seems to be a plasma-magnetic life form...
odd i can only remember two, both by Clarke.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 04, 2025 08:19 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: Bombadil at March 04, 2025 08:19 PM (MX0bI)
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2025 08:18 PM (cthi3)
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Ostensibly. It's in category one - "nothing like the book." A hell of a movie and visual masterpiece, but not really a movie version of "Do Androids Dream."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:19 PM (kBSKe)
Armold ruined So Many sci-fi movies that should've been great.
WHY did they cast that big nazi oaf??
For Conan, he was okay. Everything else: awful.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2025 08:20 PM (cthi3)
No, that was Crichton, aka "why Hollywood suddenly stopped making any of his books into movies."
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:20 PM (2VST1)
A Bucket of Air by Fritz Leiber is not so much a tale about the Sun, as much as a tale about the absence of the Sun
Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2025 08:19 PM (D7oie)
A Pail of Air.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 04, 2025 08:20 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2025 08:17 PM (mB6WH)
Or maybe the rest of us haven't taken it seriously enough!
Posted by: BurtTC at March 04, 2025 08:20 PM (4nh7V)
Used to date her.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism
Why'd ya stop?
Posted by: mikeski at March 04, 2025 08:20 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:20 PM (2VST1)
++++
"State of Fear.:
Crichton committed the cardinal sin of questioning leftist orthodoxy.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:20 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:21 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:21 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:16 PM (kBSKe)
We're probably just weeks away from someone using AI doing just that.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 04, 2025 08:22 PM (4nh7V)
So yeah it is officially in the Dick Canon.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 04, 2025 08:22 PM (M7Uyw)
I enjoyed his big dumb action movies, like Raw Deal. The Terminator Movies, the first 3 at least, were solid. His last couple before he became Governator were surprisingly decent as well like Last Action Hero and End of Days. Since then yeah he's been in a host of crap and he ruined some potentially great sci fi stuff.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:22 PM (2VST1)
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 SENATOR MARK WARNER (D-VA): I disagree with Trump but I respect the office. I won't be jumping up applauding a lot [tonight], but I owe him his due as president. And he's made great progress on border crossings - we ought to celebrate it.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at March 04, 2025 08:22 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:23 PM (77rzZ)
And cast Ben Affleck as Ryan LOL yeah. I had seen all the previous ones in the theater but that one... no thanks.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:23 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2025 08:24 PM (mB6WH)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:22 PM (2VST1)
Commando!!!!
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:24 PM (MGB5H)
Are we gonna take bets on which Democrats pull what obnoxious stunt tonight?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 04, 2025 08:24 PM (w6EFb)
Its basically the first three chapters of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? And the only really good ones. PK Dick was an amazing idea guy but his books are kinda iffy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:24 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:18 PM (kBSKe)
I thought it might be a little hard to follow the significance of some of the stages and the end where the mutations had changed the effect and ended the crisis if you had not read the book but its a good adaptation. Watching replays on YT of peeps who are less SF readers shows that it does its job pretty well, they followed along.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 04, 2025 08:24 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2025 08:25 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 04, 2025 08:24 PM (w6EFb)
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I'm going with "not many."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:25 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2025 08:26 PM (D7oie)
The left loves to sublimate their own individual identities into an amoeba-like mass. They are the party that still can't stop talking about Fucking Woodstock. They love protests, they love "mass movements," they love unleashing their ids and destroying things as part of a mass of rioters which acts without reason or conscience.
The right prizes individuality and is suspicious of "mass" movements.
The Democrats are the party of French revolutionaries storming the Bastille and murdering political prisoners suspected of "treason" against the Republic. They're the party of the Communist Revolution and of Mao and of Pol Pot's attempt to bring utopia to earth by the mass murder of doctors, teachers, and all professional class workers.
And while they reject the idea vehemently, they're also the party of adoring Hitler and feeling greater than themselves through state-coordinated, party-enforced mass psychosis.
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Ace, this is brilliant. Congratulations.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 04, 2025 08:26 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Can we make it a drinking game?
Posted by: Miklos was over by the Red Dot Store at March 04, 2025 08:26 PM (RAvq7)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 04, 2025 08:26 PM (4nh7V)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2025 08:25 PM (D7oie)
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He was a madman. I really like his stuff but a lot of it is borderline (if not fully) incomprehensible.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:26 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Megthered at March 04, 2025 08:27 PM (lK5IA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 04, 2025 08:05 PM (M7Uyw)
Great book. Gotta respect the weatherman.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 04, 2025 08:27 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg
.....at The Bomb Factory in '96? Dude! I was there!
Posted by: mikeski at March 04, 2025 08:27 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:18 PM (kBSKe)
I'm hesitant to see a movie of a book I've read, for that exact reason.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 04, 2025 08:27 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 04, 2025 08:27 PM (O7YUW)
The bug actually originated in a Ukrainian bio-weapons lab. It was considered too dangerous so the scientists sent it in a rocket to the sun. The CIA decided they wanted the bug so they tried to snag the rocket but missed, and in the process it broke up. A piece of the rocket, carrying the bug, gets grabbed by the meteor collector. Put a chick in it and make her gay and it's gold.
Posted by: davidt at March 04, 2025 08:28 PM (i0F8b)
Cubans would be justified in calling their island, Great Cuba.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 04, 2025 08:28 PM (gKWVE)
In the last few weeks, "Literally Hitler" has morphed into "Neville Chamberlain". Leftie thinking makes me tired.
Posted by: Scarymary
Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 04, 2025 08:28 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: BifBewalski at March 04, 2025 08:28 PM (MsrgL)
The Firm was, and is, a great movie.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 04, 2025 08:28 PM (klJTj)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 04, 2025 08:26 PM (RIvkX)
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Yeah, absolutely stellar.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:29 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 04, 2025 08:17 PM (ZHVrD)
Stay Still so I can Appease You, Quit Squirming!
Posted by: Oldcat at March 04, 2025 08:29 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 04, 2025 08:29 PM (EG7Bp)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:29 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 04, 2025 08:29 PM (1bNHn)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 04, 2025 08:29 PM (EG7Bp)
Posted by: Piper at March 04, 2025 08:29 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 04, 2025 08:26 PM (RIvkX)
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I thought it was good, too.
Not bad for a sick guy.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 04, 2025 08:29 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 04, 2025 08:27 PM (OX9vb)
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Depends on how much I liked book. If I liked it but it's not on my best-of list, the difference in vision rarely bothers me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:30 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 04, 2025 08:29 PM (1bNHn)
We will miss you!
Posted by: Piper at March 04, 2025 08:30 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:18 PM (kBSKe)
I'm hesitant to see a movie of a book I've read, for that exact reason.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 04, 2025 08:27 PM (OX9vb)
Lord of the Rings - heavy sigh
Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 04, 2025 08:30 PM (bDNzX)
It was a yuuge surprise to me in high school when a teacher superimposed Cuba over Great Britain (actual size, de-Mercatored).
Cubans would be justified in calling their island, Great Cuba.
Posted by: gKWVE
What fits into Russia?
https://youtu.be/BXqKkYYALMU
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 04, 2025 08:30 PM (63Dwl)
There was a reboot miniseries on the ScyFy channel I think like 10 years ago. It was okay, but the older film was tighter and more tense, more effective.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:30 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 04, 2025 08:29 PM (1bNHn)
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Good night! See ya in 40 days, hopefully!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:30 PM (kBSKe)
May it bring you closer to God and fill you with His word.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:31 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Piper at March 04, 2025 08:31 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:26 PM (kBSKe)
He was bi-polar and self medicating with amphetamines, and that drove him to the edge of paranoid schizophrenia. And ruined his health.
I also liked Through a Scanner Darlkly, though I suspect reading it at 16 was not the best way to understand it.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2025 08:31 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:31 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2025 08:32 PM (mB6WH)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 04, 2025 08:29 PM (1bNHn)
Say hi to Hadrian.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 04, 2025 08:32 PM (bDNzX)
Posted by: Mojo-Miklos Nixon at March 04, 2025 08:32 PM (RAvq7)
Posted by: Orson at March 04, 2025 08:32 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Piper at March 04, 2025 08:31 PM (p4NUW)
I'm all out of happy birthdays. Can I interest you in a kick in the shin?
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:32 PM (azkaP)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 04, 2025 08:32 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2025 08:32 PM (mB6WH)
Uh oh...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 04, 2025 08:33 PM (Vqx30)
The bug actually originated in a Ukrainian bio-weapons lab. It was considered too dangerous so the scientists sent it in a rocket to the sun. The CIA decided they wanted the bug so they tried to snag the rocket but missed, and in the process it broke up. A piece of the rocket, carrying the bug, gets grabbed by the meteor collector. Put a chick in it and make her gay and it's gold.
Posted by: davidt at March 04, 2025 08:28 PM (i0F8b)
It takes a hell of a lot of energy to get near the sun. You'd be a Lot better off nuking it or incinerating iwth rocket exhaust.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 04, 2025 08:33 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: Piper at March 04, 2025 08:31 PM (p4NUW)
I'm all out of happy birthdays. Can I interest you in a kick in the shin?
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:32
Don’t miss and hit my thigh. I am not very tall.
Posted by: Piper at March 04, 2025 08:33 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2025 08:32 PM (mB6WH)
Word. I'll put the mamawayne on it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:33 PM (MGB5H)
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Surprise spoiled.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2025 08:33 PM (hY4dx)
I'm a fan and I could barely get through them. They're just bonkers and basically impossible to follow, even weirder than "Ubik," which is damn near maximum weird and there are times I still don't think I actually know what it was about.
But when he could rein in his madness, he'd produce truly great stuff like "Paycheck" and "Man in the High Castle" and "Do Androids Dream"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:33 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 04, 2025 08:29 PM (1bNHn)
ciao, Dude. God bless.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2025 08:33 PM (D7oie)
Question #2: Do ANY of the John Grisham-book-based movies hold up today?
The attraction books, movies and TV has for law firms and lawyers has always baffled me. The disconnect between the drama and glamor portrayed and the reality of overwork, pressure for billable hours, grinding routine, substance abuse and psychotic partners is jarring.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 08:33 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:34 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:22 PM (2VST1)
I found Killing Gunther amusing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 04, 2025 08:34 PM (ExV1e)
Someone's in trouble. She even used his whole name.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:34 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Piper at March 04, 2025 08:34 PM (p4NUW)
Someone's in trouble. She even used his whole name.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:34 PM (2VST1)
I was getting ready to say that!
Posted by: Piper at March 04, 2025 08:35 PM (p4NUW)
Bye the flush, bye the ton,
Using ur bum has never been
Been this much fun!
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 04, 2025 08:35 PM (tazkY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 04, 2025 08:35 PM (RIvkX)
Someone's in trouble. She even used his whole name.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:34 PM (2VST1)
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Hmmm.
Someone's going home with a note pinned to his shirt.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2025 08:35 PM (hY4dx)
Andromeda is made of buckeyballs? NSA hit teams whacking anyone getting too close to the truth. Plucky reporter who manages to dodge the death squads..
Nuke it all.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 04, 2025 08:35 PM (M7Uyw)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 04, 2025 08:35 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Late for dinner AGAIN
Posted by: Miklos Eugene Molnar at March 04, 2025 08:35 PM (RAvq7)
Someone's in trouble. She even used his whole name.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:34 PM (2VST1)
Oooooooooooooooooooo
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:36 PM (MGB5H)
You don't have to thrust the whole way, just get it pointed in the right direction and orbit close enough and the Sun will pull it in. Might take a few years, but it will get there.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:36 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:34 PM (2VST1)
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Hmmm.
Someone's going home with a note pinned to his shirt.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2025 08:35 PM (hY4dx)
I swear it wasn't me GAHHHHH
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:36 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:37 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:38 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 04, 2025 08:38 PM (EG7Bp)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 04, 2025 08:38 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 04, 2025 08:38 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 04, 2025 08:38 PM (7Tyh7)
Man has always dreamed of destroying the Sun
um, what? sounds like something a psychopath would say. Right up there with saying I wish I could wipe out the entire human race.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 04, 2025 08:17 PM (klJTj)
[tents fingers] Eeeeexcellent.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 04, 2025 08:38 PM (slg1+)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:36 PM (2VST1)
This too is the story of Stacey Abrams.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:38 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 04, 2025 08:35 PM (BI5O2)
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I seem to remember Red Heat.
Commando I remember.
But out of his early stuff, Predator is still a good flick.
Terminator 1 & 2 were good, but Arnold didn't have to carry those movies.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 04, 2025 08:39 PM (6ydKt)
She hobbit reports she only has your email. I can has her email you for the number.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:38 PM (MGB5H)
She just sent hers
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:39 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 04, 2025 08:28 PM (klJTj)
Tripplehorn in her prime.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at March 04, 2025 08:40 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:36 PM (2VST1)
Makes more sense to "produce it in high Earth orbit where it will be safer, and easier to manipulate in micro-gravity" and of course it eats all the plastics, blows out the seals, and the station de-orbits, shedding chunks as it breaks up in a gentle aerobraking in the upper atmosphere.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 04, 2025 08:40 PM (D7oie)
She hobbit reports she only has your email. I can has her email you for the number.
Posted by: BruceWayne
OpSec
Can't be too careful
Posted by: Miklos touches nose at March 04, 2025 08:41 PM (RAvq7)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 04, 2025 08:41 PM (4XwPj)
Posted by: barbarausa at March 04, 2025 08:41 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 04, 2025 08:29 PM (1bNHn)
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Sunday threads only then?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 04, 2025 08:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 04, 2025 08:38 PM (7Tyh7)
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Hiya! Yeah, I'm keeping busy. Interesting new work. Learning a lot.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:42 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:42 PM (77rzZ)
Because Vance has a dog.
Posted by: mindful webworker - I read it on the internet so it must be true at March 04, 2025 08:42 PM (8KnqV)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:37 PM (77rzZ)
Lent is more about "getting your mind right" in preparation for Easter.
As well as improving yourself spiritually, since we are never perfect.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 04, 2025 08:42 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 04, 2025 08:41 PM (4XwPj)
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In the royal boudoir, *every* week is Shark Week!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:43 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 04, 2025 08:42 PM (ufFY
Wise words from a man who likes the red wings.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:43 PM (MGB5H)
Today she hosted a round table tasked with introducing us to the 'take it down' act passed by the Senate. Take is down as in take down ai generated or real porn posted to harm the reputation of a person. This is smart because it eases the stigma on Melanias nudie pics she posed for many years ago and brings her into the main stream without hurting Trumps polling numbers. Hopefully. Melania will be at Trumps speech tonight with her own speakers and topics.
BREAKING: President Donald J. Trump and the First Lady have departed the White House for his address before a joint session of Congress
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 04, 2025 08:43 PM (w4nzS)
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That's what she said!
Posted by: michael scott at March 04, 2025 08:43 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:44 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:44 PM (2VST1)
Wishing a peaceful Lenten season to Eeyore, Hadrian, and all observant morons
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 04, 2025 08:35 PM (RIvkX)
I myself had planned to slip out quietly, but yes, I'll be stepping away as well. If I'm going to make a Lenten sacrifice, it ought to be one that really means something. And giving up conversing with a community of truly wonderful people to whom I'm grateful for putting up with me and my dogs is it.
God bless and see you on the other side.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 08:45 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:45 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2025 08:45 PM (mB6WH)
http://tiny.cc/x45c001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:46 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at March 04, 2025 08:40 PM (ufFY
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She was good in Waterworld.
Which is an underrated fun cult classic I grew to like.
It's like a slightly goofy Mad Max set on water.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 04, 2025 08:46 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:43 PM (MGB5H)
And I am in purgatory, this time just before playoff qualifications, with the Red Wings barely hanging on to a wild card spot.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 04, 2025 08:46 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: four seasons at March 04, 2025 08:46 PM (3ek7K)
I hope at the end of Trump's speech, he leads a Mardi Gras Second Line around the dems and some of the repubs
Posted by: Krewe of Miklos at March 04, 2025 08:46 PM (RAvq7)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:36 PM (2VST1)
There's no friction in space to speak of, the ship would just cycle around earth orbit. And pointing is not natural.
Reminds me of an old TV movie "earth II". Space station sees a nuke armed "missile" in orbits, snatches it and takes it into the bay. Someone's wife "fires it into the sun" by aiming out the bay door to the Sun. They track it and it would re-enter over Chicago. They manage to catch it and bring it back in and disable the firing mechanics. In reality even that nudge probably would have the bomb slowly creeping away from the station in an orbit instead of dropping out of it.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 04, 2025 08:46 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: four seasons at March 04, 2025 08:46 PM (3ek7K)
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It surely will, real or manufactured.
The real question is, "will there be antics?"
I'm betting "not much in the way of antics."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:47 PM (kBSKe)
RSBN
Real Americas Voice
Gateway Pundit
X
I need to check on Kari Lakes new and improved
Voice of America
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 04, 2025 08:47 PM (w4nzS)
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I have heard it said that it takes far more energy to go toward the Sun than away.
Something about the energy required to decrease the speed to get to a lower orbit.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 04, 2025 08:47 PM (xkwZj)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 04, 2025 08:47 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 08:45 PM (dxSpM)
*looks at all the spilled beans*
Sorry. Have a blessed Lenten season, good sir.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 04, 2025 08:47 PM (bDNzX)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 04, 2025 08:48 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 04, 2025 08:47 PM (BI5O2)
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I'll bet five dollars that this thing exists, and that USSR created it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:48 PM (kBSKe)
Wishing a peaceful Lenten season to Eeyore, Hadrian, and all observant morons
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 04, 2025 08:35 PM (RIvkX)
I myself had planned to slip out quietly, but yes, I'll be stepping away as well. If I'm going to make a Lenten sacrifice, it ought to be one that really means something. And giving up conversing with a community of truly wonderful people to whom I'm grateful for putting up with me and my dogs is it.
God bless and see you on the other side.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 08:45 PM (dxSpM)
I lurk far more than I post but I'll be following H the 7th's example also.
Looking forward to seeing everyone's comments during Trump's address (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 04, 2025 08:48 PM (QGaXH)
Correct, the objection was "it takes too much fuel to reach the sun" to which I noted "you don't have to use fuel to get the whole way, just get it on its way to solar orbit and it will be destroyed by the sun"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:48 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 04
Woot!
Posted by: Piper at March 04, 2025 08:49 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Megthered at March 04, 2025 08:49 PM (lK5IA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 04, 2025 08:49 PM (M7Uyw)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 04
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Excellent news!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:49 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 04, 2025 08:47 PM (BI5O2)
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I'll bet five dollars that this thing exists, and that USSR created it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:48 PM (kBSKe)
But does it have a frickin laser beam on its frickin head?
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:49 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:36 PM (2VST1)
There's a game "Kerbal Space Program" where you can play around making rockets and ships with accurate orbital mechanics.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 04, 2025 08:49 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:50 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:45 PM (77rzZ)
None, really, except that Jesus spent some time in the desert preparing for his ministry. The Church is using it to lead us to do the same thing? Jesus didn't set the liturgical calendar.
I did not stay at a Holy See Express, so I am not an expert.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 04, 2025 08:50 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 04
High five
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:50 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: illiniwek at March 04, 2025 08:50 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 04, 2025 08:50 PM (7tyGW)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:51 PM (77rzZ)
Mace is going to go for his seat. If he doesn't retire she is going to take him out.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at March 04, 2025 08:51 PM (QfvaV)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:45 PM (77rzZ)
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Sola Scriptura has a miserable track record as theology. All the state churches of Europe that sanctioned it are now lame and gay, with chicks in them.
But assuming you are somewhat serious, the example of Our Lord fasting in the wilderness is one we can also follow as we anticipate Easter.
I have been trying to increase devotions rather than give things up (though I will give up beer). So extra Mass, more Rosaries, increased almsgiving is my route this year.
But I will also probably online less.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 04, 2025 08:51 PM (ZOv7s)
Joey Bidet will be in the audience?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 04, 2025 08:49 PM (M7Uyw)
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Pelosi already squashed her own boob with the leg of her walker.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2025 08:51 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 04
÷÷÷÷÷÷
Yay! So happy for you!
Posted by: Megthered at March 04, 2025 08:51 PM (lK5IA)
Posted by: Krewe of Miklos at March 04, 2025 08:46 PM (RAvq7)
I will throw beads from the gallery if AOC shows me her tits.
Same goes for Nancy Mace.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at March 04, 2025 08:51 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 04, 2025 08:52 PM (w4nzS)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt
You could have said "Holiday Inn," since "holiday" is derived from "Holy Day."
Posted by: mikeski at March 04, 2025 08:52 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: runner at March 04, 2025 08:52 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:52 PM (77rzZ)
Same goes for Nancy Mace.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at March 04, 2025 08:51 PM (ufFY
I got you honey!
-Rose DeLaurio
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:52 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 04
Woot!
Posted by: Piper
Yeah! It has a fight.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 04, 2025 08:52 PM (tazkY)
https://www.gotquestions.org/ 40-days-Bible.html
https://biblestudyforyou.com/ lent-2025/
[using Old Style calendar??]
See you later.
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 04, 2025 08:53 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It!
Hope he had it cleaned.
And exorcised.
Posted by: mikeski at March 04, 2025 08:53 PM (DgGvY)
TRUMP IS RUINING MY DAY TOMORROW
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:53 PM (kBSKe)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem
He's teaching it there's no such thing as light roast, at least not in Harv's kingdom.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at March 04, 2025 08:53 PM (4DY5T)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 04
That is wonderful news! A positive attitude and Horde prayer are working something for you!
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at March 04, 2025 08:54 PM (QfvaV)
251 Mike Johnson sitting in Pelosi's old seat on the dais. sweet!!!
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 04, 2025 08:52 PM (w4nzS)
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If he knows what's good for him, he'll harrumph at all the appropriate moments.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 04, 2025 08:54 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 04, 2025 08:53 PM (kBSKe)
Impeach him!
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:54 PM (MGB5H)
So are the ones that did not. I suspect the problems are not related to a high view of scriptural authority.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08:54 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: illiniwek at March 04, 2025 08:50 PM (Cus5s)
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This is a Joint Address, not State of the Union.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 04, 2025 08:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Scarymary at March 04, 2025 08:54 PM (i/l90)
Posted by: Dr. T at March 04, 2025 08:54 PM (lHPJf)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 04, 2025 08:50 PM (ufFY
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Reminds me, anybody seen anything on Francis' condition?
He's been in the hospital like 18 days now.
The say he's better one day, then the next he needs a ventilator.
Even if he lives I don't think he stays on.
They made Benedict XVI retire and the man kept going for another nine years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 04, 2025 08:54 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 04, 2025 08:54 PM (w4nzS)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 04, 2025 08:55 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: illiniwek at March 04, 2025 08:50 PM (Cus5s)
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This is a Joint Address, not State of the Union.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
The judges would also have accepted a Wesley Crusher sock.
Posted by: mikeski at March 04, 2025 08:55 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: DEFEAT CANADA at March 04, 2025 08:56 PM (AOsQT)
-Rose DeLaurio
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:52 PM (MGB5H)
This place, man.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at March 04, 2025 08:56 PM (QfvaV)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 08:56 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: DEFEAT CANADA at March 04, 2025 08:56 PM (AOsQT)
Yeah. Third period starting here.
Red Wings sucking it 0-2.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 04, 2025 08:57 PM (ufFY8)
Red Wings sucking it 0-2.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 04, 2025 08:57 PM (ufFY
Man what can't Trump do!
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 04, 2025 08:59 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Bulg at
Cuidado….
Posted by: Piper at March 04, 2025 09:00 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: DEFEAT CANADA at March 04, 2025 09:01 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Bulg
I assume you are posting this to be offensive and to get attention.
You have achieved both. Now, fuck off.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 04, 2025 09:02 PM (b7p8/)
All fuckingassholes are wearing their ukraine flag costumes...
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 04, 2025 09:02 PM (cthi3)
Correct, the objection was "it takes too much fuel to reach the sun" to which I noted "you don't have to use fuel to get the whole way, just get it on its way to solar orbit and it will be destroyed by the sun"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 04, 2025 08
"On its way to solar orbit" can't be done in one blast instantly. Your velocity along earths orbital path remans and has to be continually cancelled with more thrusting in a different direction. You will run out of fuel.
Not to mention Earth will be pulling you back to it as well and that vector will have to be managed.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 04, 2025 09:03 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 09:03 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: DEFEAT CANADA at March 04, 2025 09:03 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: DEFEAT CANADA at March 04, 2025 09:04 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Bulg at March 04, 2025 09:04 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 04, 2025 09:07 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 04, 2025 09:10 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem
He'd do anything for a fin.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 04, 2025 09:12 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Emmie at March 04, 2025 09:13 PM (Sf2cq)
Posted by: Bulg
Advent already had the choice weeks.
Posted by: mindful webworker - see at March 04, 2025 09:14 PM (8KnqV)
The Parker solar probe needed to get into such an orbit. To save fuel they did a lot of tricks, which included many braking slingshot around Venus and Mercury, and even some clever solar wind surfing. It took a long time..
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at March 04, 2025 09:22 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at March 04, 2025 09:24 PM (XjTSo)
You have achieved both. Now, fuck off.
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Not the first time either.
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 04, 2025 09:43 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: Don Black.
I wonder if it's dawned on the Pens that they are/should be rebuilding. They are NOT a playoff team. There time has passed and they had a good run. Three Stanley Cups ain't bad but it's over. They are hovering near the bottom in the East, if not last place. They need to rebuild.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 04, 2025 10:26 PM (sAmhv)
Man has always dreamed of destroying the Sun""
Actually, that was an entire episode of Mr. Show
"Man has always dreamed of destroying the MOON"
the payload was to be taken up by a sentient chimp, who asked "Why?" so they got rid of him and got a non-talking chimp to do the job. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTJ3LIA5LmA
Much better cultural references than the Simpsons
Posted by: docweasel at March 04, 2025 11:19 PM (sy8ig)
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