Daily Tech News 19 June 2025

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Scammers are using Google ads to inject fake phone numbers directly into major websites' search bars. (Ars Technica)

Don't call the number in the search bar.

Tech News

Texas Instruments is investing $60 billion in new and upgraded fabs in the US. (TI)

TI is one of the major chip manufacturers owned and operating in the US, along with Intel and Micron. TI doesn't make flashy expensive stuff like desktop CPUs and GPUs, but they make a lot of lower-end embedded and analog chips.
Starship 10 could fly as soon as June 29. (WCCFTech)

Unless it doesn't.

Update: Yeah, I'm guessing they're going to push that one out a bit.
Hobbyists have enabled AMD's FSR4 upscaling software on previous generation graphics cards that don't support it. (Tom's Hardware)

FSR4 depends on specific hardware in the new 9000-series GPUs, and hacking it to work on older cards does cut performance fairly significantly.
There's another local privilege escalation bug in Linux. (Bleeping Computer)

I wouldn't let untrusted third parties on a Linux server these days without trapping each one in their own sandbox.

Musical Interlude

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Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 04:32 AM (CQE5S)

2 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2025 04:32 AM (sAmhv)

3 Morning all y'all

Posted by: OkJohn at June 19, 2025 04:33 AM (NC/it)

4 496 https://www.ynet.co.il/news/category/184 (Hebrew)

https://x.com/Osint613

https://x.com/IsraelWarRoom

https://x.com/IsraelRadar_com

https://x.com/michaelh992

https://x.com/DrEliDavid/

And privately.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 03:48 AM (Kjgs1)

499 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 03:48 AM (Kjgs1)

Thank you!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 19, 2025 03:52 AM (L5An7)

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 04:33 AM (CQE5S)

5 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 04:35 AM (Kjgs1)

6 Gotta work. Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 04:35 AM (Kjgs1)

7 Morning all.

(Falls over. Dies.)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 19, 2025 04:35 AM (BLOW1)

8 Oh yea, Smash Mouth. Forgot about them. That song got lots and lots of airplay.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2025 04:41 AM (sAmhv)

9 7 Morning all.

(Falls over. Dies.)

Posted by: Pixy Misa

(Pokes Pixy with a stick. Checks contents of wallet)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2025 04:43 AM (sAmhv)

10 OK. One link for now - I just received it. Video in Hebrew but all you need to know is that reinforced shelters and safe rooms are super life savers. From Israel's Home Front Command. This was from the attack on Petach Tikva 2 days ago, on the outskirts of the Tel Aviv municipality.

https://tinyurl.com/23shz6fa

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 04:44 AM (Kjgs1)

11 Oh yea, Smash Mouth. Forgot about them. That song got lots and lots of airplay.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2025 04:41 AM (sAmhv)
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EVEN I know that song.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 04:45 AM (Kjgs1)

12 (Pokes Pixy with a stick. Checks contents of wallet)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2025 04:43 AM (sAmhv)
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The Rolex is mine!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 04:45 AM (Kjgs1)

13 7 Morning all.

(Falls over. Dies.)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 19, 2025 04:35 AM (BLOW1)

Morning.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 04:47 AM (CQE5S)

14 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 19, 2025 04:49 AM (hoCmQ)

15 (Pokes Pixy with a stick. Checks contents of wallet)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2025 04:43 AM (sAmhv)
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The Rolex is mine!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 04:45 AM (Kjgs1)

I got dibs on the accent.

Wait, what?

Posted by: RickZ at June 19, 2025 04:50 AM (gKDq2)

16 I heard that a static engine burn (new designs) at SpaceX went awry and exploded into a huge fire.

Posted by: Ciampino - well that escalated quickly at June 19, 2025 04:55 AM (sPQoU)

17 Pixy Misa's playin' possum.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 04:55 AM (CQE5S)

18 A hunted Iranian woman, broadcasting to her people from her safehouse in the US:

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSksWmC6R/

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 04:55 AM (Kjgs1)

19 Rabbi's daughter from The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews writes on "How God gets our attention". Scripture is from Numbers 10:9-10:

https://tinyurl.com/e49naxxa

Continue to pray for Israel!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2025 04:57 AM (2GCMq)

20 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2025 04:58 AM (WZaJc)

21 G'Evening Pixy. Playing possum isn't going to work with this lot of brigands, they already have your wallet (but that's not real money).

Posted by: Ciampino - well that escalated quickly! at June 19, 2025 04:59 AM (sPQoU)

22 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 19, 2025 05:00 AM (AN2gy)

23 NY ten your old girl raises money for local veterans;

https://tinyurl.com/mv4amcnd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2025 05:03 AM (2GCMq)

24 Here's the link for the SpaceX explosion:

https://youtu.be/vlSrcjnAN7Q

Posted by: Ciampino - well that was a static test at June 19, 2025 05:04 AM (sPQoU)

25 >>> Oh yea, Smash Mouth. Forgot about them. That song got lots and lots of airplay.

Not sure if we still have the physical CD in our collection, but we do have it. It rocks.

I categorize Smash Mouth as 'power pop'.

Posted by: fluffy at June 19, 2025 05:04 AM (AN2gy)

26 Politicians need to have their gobs smashed.

REPORT: Ted Cruz may have accidentally revealed the U.S. military is already striking Iran—and Tucker Carlson caught it live on camera.

https://tinyurl.com/yun89vtj

Posted by: Ciampino - talk about gabbing at June 19, 2025 05:09 AM (sPQoU)

27 Iran hid weapons depots under civilian infrastructure. State TV is one.

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2025 05:09 AM (nQcpu)

28 >>> Not sure if we still have the physical CD in our collection, but we do have it. It rocks.

That is from Astro Lounge. The CD is was thinking of is Fush Yu Mang, which is my favorite of the two.

Posted by: fluffy at June 19, 2025 05:10 AM (AN2gy)

29 G'morning, all!

75.6 degrees, with 74.4 dew point.

96%RH.

Another muggy morning walk.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 19, 2025 05:12 AM (a1415)

30 ran hid weapons depots under civilian infrastructure. State TV is one.
Posted by: runner

If they have undeniable proof, flatten every structure that has hid a weapons depot.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2025 05:12 AM (WZaJc)

31 🚨 RUN ON THE BANKS IN IRAN: Reports that people are desperately trying to withdraw their money from Melli Bank, which is refusing their requests.

https://tinyurl.com/tk8py9yz

You know this is the end of that phase of history for Persia.

Posted by: Ciampino - talk about panic at June 19, 2025 05:12 AM (sPQoU)

32 Heh.I got dibs on the accent.

Wait, what?
Posted by: RickZ at June 19, 2025 04:50 AM (gKDq2)

Man, not even going to adhere to "everything but the oink", are ya?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 05:13 AM (BcT2b)

33 Posted by: Ciampino - talk about gabbing at June 19, 2025 05:09 AM (sPQoU)
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This is sensationalist crap from folks who, on this particular issue, have lost it.

US has downed outgoing Iranian missiles and is set up to protect US assets. The US is threatening Iran at this point and nothing more.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 05:14 AM (Kjgs1)

34
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 19, 2025 05:15 AM (tljrc)

35 And now for something completely different, from the Oregon House of Representatives… a drag show on the House floor

https://tinyurl.com/46a232fa

Posted by: Ciampino - talk about no talent at June 19, 2025 05:18 AM (sPQoU)

36 The SpaceX failures all of a sudden don't really seem like the normal "keep fixing stuff until it works" stuff, to me. Seems like stuff that was working before doesn't now.

I have to believe the kind of people who would vandalize a Tesla would also be working at SpaceX, but nobody seems to want to talk about that.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 19, 2025 05:18 AM (hOOi9)

37 33 Posted by: Ciampino - talk about gabbing at June 19, 2025 05:09 AM (sPQoU)
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This is sensationalist crap from folks who, on this particular issue, have lost it.

US has downed outgoing Iranian missiles and is set up to protect US assets. The US is threatening Iran at this point and nothing more.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 05:14 AM (Kjgs1)

Thank you.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 05:18 AM (CQE5S)

38 I have to believe the kind of people who would vandalize a Tesla would also be working at SpaceX, but nobody seems to want to talk about that.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 19, 2025 05:18 AM (hOOi9)
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The thought occurred to me, too.

Is what blew up the modified rocket with additional engines over the previous versions?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 05:20 AM (Kjgs1)

39 I heard somewhere that there are Iranian troops defecting - changing their allegiance to the Shah's son. That would be nice, if true.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 19, 2025 05:21 AM (hOOi9)

40 TX man reads electric bill as if it's a bit froma Faulker novel:

https://tinyurl.com/5acfvrkt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2025 05:21 AM (BPojm)

41 Is what blew up the modified rocket with additional engines over the previous versions?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 05:20 AM (Kjgs1)

Maybe. I think it was some sort of live fire test of Starship itself.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 19, 2025 05:22 AM (hOOi9)

42 A sheep and a sheepdog are having a picnic and sharing experiences.

Dog: "What do you mean I'm too controlling?"

Sheep: "You herd me!"

Posted by: Ciampino - talk is cheap at June 19, 2025 05:23 AM (sPQoU)

43 Posted by: Ciampino - talk is cheap at June 19, 2025 05:23 AM (sPQoU)

Thanks!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2025 05:24 AM (BPojm)

44 REPORT: Ted Cruz may have accidentally revealed the U.S. military is already striking Iran—and Tucker Carlson caught it live on camera.

Good morning. Seems like I remember Israel asking for more ordnance and the Pantzshittin Retard refusing to sell it to them. If we are actively engaged in offensive ops in theater, someone's got some 'splainin to do.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 19, 2025 05:24 AM (3Ope8)

45 Thank you.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 05:18 AM (CQE5S)
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Cruz's "we" was the same as Trump's the other day:

https://tinyurl.com/2c6xrn9j

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 05:24 AM (Kjgs1)

46 Has Iranian autocracy accepted surrender yet?

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2025 05:27 AM (nQcpu)

47 Or do they want Israel to continue killing them all?

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2025 05:27 AM (nQcpu)

48 Who would take them? Russia? Oman?

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2025 05:28 AM (nQcpu)

49
Good morning, Hordians.

Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi and even though the Obligation is moved to Sunday I may as well go to Mass. Won't do me any harm. If I had any brains at all, which I don't, I'd go every day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2025 05:29 AM (QnmlO)

50 Maybe we will see Downfall II, with David Letterman in a starring roll.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 19, 2025 05:29 AM (a1415)

51 The cars smuggled out of Britain after being stolen to order

https://mol.im/a/14825181

Happens in many countries including the USA with a big market in Mexico from whence other far lands.

Posted by: Ciampino - nasty to lose a car like that at June 19, 2025 05:29 AM (sPQoU)

52 >>> TX man reads electric bill as if it's a bit froma Faulker novel:

I sent that to my wife, the English literature major. She quite enjoyed.

This same guy does 'Truck Astrology' shorts on UToob. He is hilarious.

Posted by: fluffy at June 19, 2025 05:29 AM (AN2gy)

53 I wonder how much Israel's highly selective targeting is paying off in the Iranian people... "wait a second, shit keeps blowing up all over the country, but no one i know has even been injured... are the Israelis really.... nah.... really?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 05:30 AM (BcT2b)

54 Anyone else play games on their T1-83 calc in the early 2000s? That was a fun time. Had to transfer it to another calc with a cord.

Posted by: H at June 19, 2025 05:30 AM (2gjbv)

55 Seems like I remember Israel asking for more ordnance and the Pantzshittin Retard refusing to sell it to them. If we are actively engaged in offensive ops in theater, someone's got some 'splainin to do.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 19, 2025 05:24 AM (3Ope

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Skip that. Jump here:

https://tinyurl.com/kzehbpvt

So many people need to go to jail - and be executed.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 05:31 AM (Kjgs1)

56 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2025 05:29 AM (QnmlO)

Of course you have brains!
Isn't the place you go to Mass at some distance?
I drove my son to and from his workplace e yesterday and it was an hour each way On unfamiliar roads and I was really tired out !

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2025 05:34 AM (2GCMq)

57 links from comment no. 4, nittered:

https://nitter.net/Osint613

https://nitter.net/IsraelWarRoom

https://nitter.net/IsraelRadar_com

https://nitter.net/michaelh992

https://nitter.net/DrEliDavid

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 05:34 AM (CQE5S)

58

Israel Radar
@IsraelRadar_com
11m
1. Iran may wish to intensify attacks on Israel as a warning message to US: We can still hit back, don't attack us.
2. Week 1 of war saw a pattern of declining missile fire, until today. Iran will keep adjusting based on new developments.
3. We may soon enter a new phase in war.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 05:35 AM (CQE5S)

59 Posted by: fluffy at June 19, 2025 05:29 AM (AN2gy)

I'm glad your wife enjoyed it!

Truck astrology . LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2025 05:35 AM (BPojm)

60 Who would take them? Russia? Oman?

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2025 05:28 AM (nQcpu)
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Yesterday I assume Oman took 3 planeloads of them. I think Russia would offer sanctuary to some.

In any case, the top Mullahs need to a field trial and a public execution. I would just hand them over to the many Iranian citizens who loathe the regime. Rope and lamp posts work for me.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 05:36 AM (Kjgs1)

61 >>> I wonder how much Israel's highly selective targeting is paying off in the Iranian people... "wait a second, shit keeps blowing up all over the country, but no one i know has even been injured... are the Israelis really.... nah.... really?"

I wonder how much support they are getting from the Saudis, besides them ignoring some blips on the radar. The thought a few years back was that the IAF would need a strip in the desert where they could refuel.

Posted by: fluffy at June 19, 2025 05:37 AM (AN2gy)

62 Sauidis are putting pressure on the US. They are not supporting anything.

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2025 05:39 AM (nQcpu)

63 60
In any case, the top Mullahs need to a field trial and a public execution. I would just hand them over to the many Iranian citizens who loathe the regime. Rope and lamp posts work for me.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 05:36 AM (Kjgs1)
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The mullahs seem to like cranes so let's use them.

Posted by: Ciampino - drop into the bucket at June 19, 2025 05:39 AM (sPQoU)

64
https://nitter.net/MOSSADil

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 05:39 AM (CQE5S)

65 I wonder how much support they are getting from the Saudis, besides them ignoring some blips on the radar. The thought a few years back was that the IAF would need a strip in the desert where they could refuel.
Posted by: fluffy at June 19, 2025 05:37 AM (AN2gy)

Dunno. First thought is that KSA is the wrong direction. Too far out of the way. The easy route is up through Syria and the top of Iraq. But i guess the rumor is that they're both being very obliging, isn't it?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 05:40 AM (BcT2b)

66 If normal people in charge of Iran, that means huge competition in the oil market and falm in oil prices. They don't want that..

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2025 05:41 AM (nQcpu)

67 Evening and morning to the late toilers and early risers on this Thor's Day! I've dragged myself out of bed, poured coffee, and am perusing yesterday's headlines -- I have been delinquent at looking at AoSHQ. Am I right in guessing we have more of the same crawfish guts, different day?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 05:41 AM (omVj0)

68 "Scammers are using Google ads to inject fake phone numbers directly into major websites' search bars."

Grumpy continues to block all advertisements with extreme prejudice.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2025 05:43 AM (O7YUW)

69 66 If normal people in charge of Iran, that means huge competition in the oil market and falm in oil prices. They don't want that..
Posted by: runner at June 19, 2025 05:41 AM (nQcpu)

It could also mean a possible major new consumer in the short term.

Also, the tradeoff of a ding in oil income versus the elimination of a major geopolitical rival might be worth it to them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 05:43 AM (BcT2b)

70 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j7LtBTTbIKI

Truck Astrology

Posted by: fluffy at June 19, 2025 05:43 AM (AN2gy)

71 My first calculator was a Texas Instruments model. Scientific notation, a neat black case with even neater red LED readout, and $49.95 (!!) at a local department store. To be fair, that was 1975.

Nice to know they're still around.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 05:44 AM (omVj0)

72 Criminal dodges deportation after claiming to be gay and transgender

https://mol.im/a/14826185

Posted by: Ciampino - shouldn't happen at June 19, 2025 05:44 AM (sPQoU)

73 Saudis are putting pressure on the US. They are not supporting anything.

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2025 05:39 AM (nQcpu)
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I don't think Saudis can pressure Trump. Plus I don't think pressure is needed. Iran's nuclear and military castration is a win-win for the US, no matter who does the job. This is independent of regime change.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 05:44 AM (Kjgs1)

74 https://nitter.net/MOSSADil

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 05:39 AM (CQE5S)
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Finally someone who can spell it correctly! :p

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 05:45 AM (Kjgs1)

75 Posted by: fluffy at June 19, 2025 05:43 AM (AN2gy)

I don't know anything about trucks, but I enjoyed his accent and quips. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2025 05:47 AM (BPojm)

76 >>> Dunno. First thought is that KSA is the wrong direction. Too far out of the way. The easy route is up through Syria and the top of Iraq. But i guess the rumor is that they're both being very obliging, isn't it?

I can't picture Syria being in an accommodating mood after Israel took bold measures at the turn of the regime change, but maybe they decided laying low was the right move.

I suspect no one in the Arab world wants Persian hegemony.

Posted by: fluffy at June 19, 2025 05:47 AM (AN2gy)

77 BBC News live coverage is being written by 20-somethings

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c994v4gm9jmt

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 05:48 AM (CQE5S)

78 I suspect no one in the Arab world wants Persian hegemony.
Posted by: fluffy at June 19, 2025 05:47 AM (AN2gy)

Maybe "obliging" just means "We'll let you fly through our airspace because there's nothing we can do to stop you really, but we're still going to flip you the bird as you go over".

Works for me.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 05:48 AM (BcT2b)

79 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 05:41 AM (omVj0)

What's a crawfish gut?

I have a busy day today. I will not be able to tune into people insulting each other using new handles and new VPN numbers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2025 05:50 AM (BPojm)

80 76 I can't picture Syria being in an accommodating mood after Israel took bold measures at the turn of the regime change, but maybe they decided laying low was the right move.

Posted by: fluffy at June 19, 2025 05:47 AM (AN2gy)

Syria is allowing Israel to carry out mid-air refueling of Israeli planes over Syrian airspace.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 05:50 AM (CQE5S)

81 Fed the livestock. (My mother, who grew up on a farm in FL, used that term, tongue-in-cheek, to mean feeding the cats. I used it once to a neighbor of mine in CO, who had a golden Lab, and she got a bit miffed until I explained.)

I should walk today. I really should. But my motivation has scurried out of sight, possibly under a soap dish, and I'm having trouble finding it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 05:50 AM (omVj0)

82 My first HP, really the Department's, was a 29C or 39C, the one with a built-in thermal printer and ca 1975. Learnt to program it and loved it - from a guy who was anti computers. It got me into the computer track.

Posted by: Ciampino - what a neat machine even with RPN at June 19, 2025 05:50 AM (sPQoU)

83 I haven't watched the Cruz/Carlson thing. The commentary about it is all over the place. A fine example of getting a group of people to all watch the same exact thing and all of them will see something completely different.

A missionary named Oswald Chambers once said; "Seeing is never believing, we interpret what we see in light of what we believe"

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2025 05:51 AM (sAmhv)

84 82 My first HP, really the Department's, was a 29C or 39C, the one with a built-in thermal printer and ca 1975. Learnt to program it and loved it - from a guy who was anti computers. It got me into the computer track.
Posted by: Ciampino - what a neat machine even with RPN at June 19, 2025 05:50 AM (sPQoU)

I got an HP for math class when all the other kids bought the TI-8x. (I think it was on sale or something).

That was my first introduction into the world of Reverse Polish.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 05:52 AM (BcT2b)

85 I can't picture Syria being in an accommodating mood after Israel took bold measures at the turn of the regime change, but maybe they decided laying low was the right move.

Posted by: fluffy at June 19, 2025 05:47 AM (AN2gy)
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Syria's Jolani is a professional Jihad terrorist. Syria needs to heal and return to normalcy. After that, the Islam will arise again there. It's just a question of time.

Think of how Trump 1 hoped to tame Kim Jong Un. Un took advantage of it for as long as it lasted. It was never real.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 05:52 AM (Kjgs1)

86 Oh, that's right -- it's the Juneteenth holiday. Bank's closed and some other businesses. I got my Eddie Bauer shoulder briefcase back from the shop, and they did a fine job, but I've spotted a new point that needs to be repaired -- not small, as when you carry it by the handle instead of using the strap, whatever load you put in the bag will stress this point. I dunno if they'll be open today. I can call.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 05:53 AM (omVj0)

87 83 I haven't watched the Cruz/Carlson thing. The commentary about it is all over the place. A fine example of getting a group of people to all watch the same exact thing and all of them will see something completely different.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2025 05:51 AM (sAmhv)

AG retweeted
Han Shawnity 🇺🇸
@HanShawnity
12h
Now I understand why Tucker Carlson has been spamming his page with little snippets of his interview with Ted Cruz since yesterday.

I watched the full interview. Ted Cruz absolutely demolished Tucker. In every possible way.

Tucker, like the disingenuous hack that he is, sent out these selectively edited clips in a failed attempt to preemptively establish a narrative.

It didn't work.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 05:53 AM (CQE5S)

88 Posted by: Puddleglum

I ' ve read "My Utmost for his highest". I enjoyed it!.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2025 05:55 AM (BPojm)

89 What's a crawfish gut? . . .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2025

***
It's that slimy yellowish stuff you get all over your fingers when trying to get the tiny flake of edible meat out of the boiled crawfish carcass. If it sounds unappetizing, it's because it is. I hate the very idea of eating outdoors in this climate, and of getting your hands filthy doing it. It's like doing an oil change while eating. Personally I think crawfish boils are merely a socially-sanctioned way for adults to play with their food.

My cultural heritage includes a table, silverware, and indoor air conditioning.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 05:57 AM (omVj0)

90 I watched the full interview. Ted Cruz absolutely demolished Tucker. In every possible way.
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I haven't kept up.

Why is this a good thing?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 05:58 AM (+vtNx)

91 Personally I think crawfish boils are merely a socially-sanctioned way for adults to play with their food.

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Crawfish boils nowadays are mainly wealthy white people driving $80K+ trucks and cars to $1M+ homes to briefly cosplay poverty.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 05:59 AM (+vtNx)

92 LOL

Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
Ugh this will they / won’t they is exhausting
Andrew Kaczynski
@KFILE
10h
BlueSky has unsuspended JD Vance’s account.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 06:00 AM (CQE5S)

93 When I see the name "Carlson," I think of the blonde lady Gretchen Carlson, formerly (?) of Fox. Then I think of Mr. Carlson of WKRP . . . which leads me to Bailey. So Tucker is not what I end up picturing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 06:00 AM (omVj0)

94 There's a little rubrik (not the right word, whatever) that I use to keep heads and tails on the right sides of the coin in this whole mess.

Israel clearly has said they don't want to mess with anyone else, and have clearly demonstrated their overwhelming ability to mess with anyone else, meaning they are sincere.

Iran has clearly said that they want to mess with everyone else, and have clearly demonstrated for decades their annoying ability to use proxies to mess with everyone else, meaning they are sincere.

It's also clearly been demonstrated that in terms of a straight up shooting match, Iran is a gaggle of ignorant, unprepared fools who have always cared more about terrorism than warfare and national defense.

Most other things getting bellyached about just wind up being noise and distractions.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:01 AM (BcT2b)

95 I've never liked eating with my hands. Firstly working in an Organic Lab means hands may be soiled. Secondly working with computers, often while eating, means no chicken grease on the keyboard is allowed.

Posted by: Ciampino - Italians invented the fork so I use it at June 19, 2025 06:01 AM (sPQoU)

96 A missionary named Oswald Chambers once said; "Seeing is never believing, we interpret what we see in light of what we believe"

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2025 05:51 AM (sAmhv)
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"It's like watching 2 movies on the same screen." - Scott Adams

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 06:01 AM (Kjgs1)

97 88 Posted by: Puddleglum

I've read "My Utmost for his highest". I enjoyed it!.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I use it as a devotional. My subway trip to and from work is about 20 minutes. Plenty of time for Chambers, Graham, MacArthur, etc.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2025 06:01 AM (sAmhv)

98 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 05:57 AM (omVj0)

Thanks. I don't think I've eaten crayfish more than once. I guess God had a sense of humor in sending you to Louisiana . Hope you get to move to a more temperate area fairly soon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2025 06:03 AM (2GCMq)

99 Crawfish boils nowadays are mainly wealthy white people driving $80K+ trucks and cars to $1M+ homes to briefly cosplay poverty.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025

***
I'm like the sailor in the Odyssey, who after a lifetime on the sea, took an oar and marched inland until he got to a place where they did not know what an oar was for. In my case I'll bring a pic of a crawfish. When the locals say, "What the hell is THAT?", I'll retort with, "How are house prices around here?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 06:03 AM (omVj0)

100 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2025 06:01 AM (sAmhv

That's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2025 06:03 AM (BPojm)

101 A couple of observations. First WRT the 3 Iranian AF jets going to Oman. If the IAF has air superiority and the US is providing intel and missile defense to support that, I would find it difficult to believe the Iranians shuttled HVTs to Oman without the knowledge of the IAF/IDF.

Second WRT the flight of 747s between China and ~~Luxembourg~~Iran. It would not surprise me one bit to find out China is assisting the Iranians by providing missiles and other weapons. Iran is Chinas almost sole source provider for oil.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 19, 2025 06:04 AM (3Ope8)

102 Why is this a good thing?
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 05:58 AM (+vtNx)

Tucker's been planting his flag in the Just Asking Questions camp, which means he can be safely ignored as not being serious about anything.

Cruz makes a living out of posting superficial slapfights with wankers on social media while he does some kind of legislating thing on the side.

Demolishing, much like slamming, destroying, biffing, bopping, and wrecking, is the only legitimate reason to ever pay attention to a thing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:06 AM (BcT2b)

103 Thanks. I don't think I've eaten crayfish more than once. I guess God had a sense of humor in sending you to Louisiana . Hope you get to move to a more temperate area fairly soon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2025

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Thanks, Fen. Yes, "crayfish" is the correct spelling, but everybody here and in many Southern locations uses "crawfish," and I've picked that up.

As for me being here, my mother moved here for nursing school and metmy father, who was a long-time native, and after traveling around when I was very small (Chicago, Little Rock, Dallas, and Tulsa), they came back here. I had no input in their choices!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 06:06 AM (omVj0)

104 I would find it difficult to believe the Iranians shuttled HVTs to Oman without the knowledge of the IAF/IDF.
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Correct and obvious. I said this yesterday.
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It would not surprise me one bit to find out China is assisting the Iranians by providing missiles and other weapons. Iran is Chinas almost sole source provider for oil.
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China ordered all their citizens out of Iran. I don't think Israel would hesitate to blow up a CCP aircraft arming the IRGC and China knows this.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 06:08 AM (Kjgs1)

105 Eddie Bauer shoulder briefcase

So... a purse?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2025 06:08 AM (ExV1e)

106 I'm like the sailor in the Odyssey, who after a lifetime on the sea, took an oar and marched inland until he got to a place where they did not know what an oar was for. In my case I'll bring a pic of a crawfish. When the locals say, "What the hell is THAT?", I'll retort with, "How are house prices around here?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

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That's a solid plan.

I've got some coonasses (or do you hyphenate coon-ass?) for relatives and enjoying visiting and eating with them, but I suspect they'd be the first to say that a lot of what happens down there now is Food Network driven "I dare you to eat this! Aren't we cool and interesting foodies!!" silliness by locusts.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 06:09 AM (+vtNx)

107 Why is this a good thing?
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 05:58 AM (+vtNx)

Tucker pulled a gotcha on Ted Cruz over knowing/not knowing the precise population of Iran. Upon which, Tucker declared victory in the geopolitical knowledge contest. An example here:

Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
Jun 18
So the biggest gotcha he could manage is Ted Cruz not knowing the total population of Iran?

https://nitter.net/bonchieredstate/
status/1935146428646703391

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 06:09 AM (CQE5S)

108 Locals are talking about turning Bourbon Street into a pedestrian mall. I thought it already was. The Jan. 1 terror attack was a case of a scumbag slamming past poorly-located barricades into the middle of a crowd walking in the pedestrian-mall street. Vehicles were already forbidden.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 06:10 AM (omVj0)

109 Its hard to believe Steve Winwood is 77 (sidebar). He became a rock star at age 16. Somehow he escaped heroin all through those six decades.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:10 AM (J1YIc)

110 I say crawdad BTW, but potaytoe potahtoe

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 06:10 AM (+vtNx)

111 105 Eddie Bauer shoulder briefcase

So... a purse?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2025 06:08 AM (ExV1e)

It’s a European carry-all!

~ Jerry Seinfeld

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at June 19, 2025 06:11 AM (TJLr1)

112 Tucker pulled a gotcha on Ted Cruz over knowing/not knowing the precise population of Iran. Upon which, Tucker declared victory in the geopolitical knowledge contest. An example here:

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Thanks, I didn't realize it was a contest. I sort of thought both of them were on the same (ostensibly the "leans conservative") side.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 06:12 AM (+vtNx)

113 Laura Ingraham’s LESSONS FROM DECADES OF WARS
1. PUBLIC SUPPORT
ESSENTIAL
2. NO ENDLESS WARS
3. BEWARE OF THE
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
4. UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

Basically, impossible.

Posted by: Unkaren at June 19, 2025 06:13 AM (LPL2Y)

114 I've got some coonasses (or do you hyphenate coon-ass?) for relatives and enjoying visiting and eating with them, but I suspect they'd be the first to say that a lot of what happens down there now is Food Network driven "I dare you to eat this! Aren't we cool and interesting foodies!!" silliness by locusts.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025

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Whatever special culture, "charm," and traditions Nawlins used to have, vanished with Katrina . . . which was twenty years ago this August. (I'm surprised I haven't heard endlessly about twentieth anniversary memorial events, e.g., "We must never forget," etc.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 06:13 AM (omVj0)

115 Who is the more disciplined public speaker?

--Tucker Carlson
--Ted Cruz

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 06:13 AM (CQE5S)

116 SpaceX had to buy $500 million of general liability insurance before its last test flight, in case it failed and a dropping piece if the rocket caused damage.

I can't imagine what that must have cost, but it was surely a lot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:13 AM (J1YIc)

117 Wolfus, you'll find crayfish in temperate climates too. I used to find them in creeks and streams in PA. We just don't eat them.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2025 06:14 AM (sAmhv)

118 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 19, 2025 06:14 AM (lIgBp)

119 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 06:08 AM (Kjgs1)

I wasn't aware that China had ordered their people out. And yeah I believe the IAF would splash any inbound arms and munitions to Iran, from anyone.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 19, 2025 06:14 AM (3Ope8)

120 108 Locals are talking about turning Bourbon Street into a pedestrian mall. I thought it already was. The Jan. 1 terror attack was a case of a scumbag slamming past poorly-located barricades into the middle of a crowd walking in the pedestrian-mall street. Vehicles were already forbidden.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 06:10 AM (omVj0)

The cynic in me assumes that by "pedestrian mall" they mean a police enforced barricaded no-walk zone where local mutants cavort around on unicycles with their fake tits out and their dicks dangling in the breeze while they juggle flaming foot-long dildoes.

You know. Like what they did with Times Square.

You can't just have a bunch of neckbeards from out of town mooching along with their normal ass clothes on, snapping pictures and gawping at the buildings. You gotta have Culture.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:14 AM (BcT2b)

121 ... and it's a veritable memefield out there:

Bonchie retweeted
Matt’s Idea Shop
@MattsIdeaShop
Jun 18
Tucker asking Ted about Iran

"How many windows are there in New York City?"

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 06:15 AM (CQE5S)

122
Bonchie retweeted
Damin Toell
@damintoell
Jun 18
So you’re saying you don’t know how much shawarma costs in downtown Tehran? You’re going to bomb a country and you don’t know this? *confused look*

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 06:16 AM (CQE5S)

123 It would not surprise me one bit to find out China is assisting the Iranians by providing missiles and other weapons. Iran is Chinas almost sole source provider for oil.
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I heard some pundit claim China supplies Iran with the fuel used to power ballistic missiles. Is that true?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:17 AM (J1YIc)

124 121 ... and it's a veritable memefield out there:

Bonchie retweeted
Matt’s Idea Shop
@MattsIdeaShop
Jun 18
Tucker asking Ted about Iran

"How many windows are there in New York City?"
Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 06:15 AM (CQE5S)

Babylon Bee:
Ted Cruz doesn’t know the Ayatollah’s favorite starting Pokémon

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at June 19, 2025 06:17 AM (TJLr1)

125 I heard some pundit claim China supplies Iran with the fuel used to power ballistic missiles. Is that true?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:17 AM (J1YIc)

Shit, i think China supplies *us* with the fuel used to power ballistic missiles too.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:18 AM (BcT2b)

126 Locals are talking about turning Bourbon Street into a pedestrian mall.

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I sort of hope this happens just to put an end to the suffering.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 06:18 AM (+vtNx)

127 Tucker sure is against organic regime change in Iran. Just like Qatar!

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2025 06:19 AM (nQcpu)

128 The cynic in me assumes that by "pedestrian mall" they mean a police enforced barricaded no-walk zone where local mutants cavort around on unicycles with their fake tits out and their dicks dangling in the breeze while they juggle flaming foot-long dildoes.

You know. Like what they did with Times Square.

You can't just have a bunch of neckbeards from out of town mooching along with their normal ass clothes on, snapping pictures and gawping at the buildings. You gotta have Culture.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025

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The second to sixth blocks of Bourbon are already closed to vehicles in the afternoon and evening, I think. Probably what they are touting is closing it to cars and trucks 24/7. Which would play hell with deliveries to the bars and other businesses there.

Royal Street, one block toward the river, is already pedestrian only, but the antique stores and other businesses along there are doing all right. I guess they allow delivery vehicles in and out at certain hours.

It ain't my old neighborhood, for sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 06:19 AM (omVj0)

129 G'mornin' everyone!

First calculator? Universal Data Machines, 197(3?)

should of kept it, that thing would be so collectible today ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 19, 2025 06:21 AM (/Ghsb)

130 @81/Wolfus: "Fed the livestock. ..."

Still a fan of the term "furry thugs".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2025 06:21 AM (O7YUW)

131 I see JD Vance lasted all of twelve minutes yesterday on Bluesky before the lefties suspended his brand new account, for the crime of excessive truth-telling.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:23 AM (3WoAU)

132 Spot on, Wolfus!
at a crawfish boil, gimme a potato and an ear of corn, keep the rest of that slop

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 19, 2025 06:24 AM (/Ghsb)

133 Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:23 AM (3WoAU)

I'll bet I can find a virulent anti-Semite on BlueSky in five minutes. Someone who advocates for ethnic cleansing of all Jews in Israel.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 19, 2025 06:26 AM (Vb8Fk)

134 131 I see JD Vance lasted all of twelve minutes yesterday on Bluesky before the lefties suspended his brand new account, for the crime of excessive truth-telling.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:23 AM (3WoAU)

92 LOL
Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
Ugh this will they / won’t they is exhausting
Andrew Kaczynski
@KFILE
10h
BlueSky has unsuspended JD Vance’s account.
Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 06:00 AM (CQE5S)

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 06:27 AM (CQE5S)

135 I'll bet I can find a virulent anti-Semite on BlueSky in five minutes. Someone who advocates for ethnic cleansing of all Jews in Israel.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 19, 2025 06:26 AM (Vb8Fk)

That long? Substack, it only takes about three.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:27 AM (BcT2b)

136 Did Ted Cruz ask Tucker Carlson (or vice versa) about the timing of Iran allowing women unprecedented freedom and voting rights, divorce rights, custody rights, legalized abortion, political power, etc. and how it led to massive restrictions on their freedoms as a reaction not too long after?

Seems like it might be an interesting conversation to have.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 06:28 AM (+vtNx)

137 Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:17 AM (J1YIc)

China's oil refining capacity is about 15M/day. By comparison, the US capacity is about 18M/day. However, China's refineries are old and badly in need of repairs and modernization and their straining under current consumption rates. I don't think Iran refines a significant amount of their oil (I think the manage about 3-4M/day) and it's heavily laden with sulfur.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 19, 2025 06:28 AM (3Ope8)

138 Mike Pompeo has an Op-Ed arguing America needs to bomb Iran. I disagree, since the Israelis seem to be doing just fine without help from us. In fact, I really wish Trump would stop running his mouth this one time, demanding "unconditional surrender". YMMV.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:29 AM (mmvPs)

139
Gentlemen, I submit to you that the United States is threatened by this bug gap!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 19, 2025 06:29 AM (Tv15w)

140
https://bsky.app/profile/jdvance1.bsky.social

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 06:29 AM (CQE5S)

141 Just as I start to get a good disliking of Cruz going, Carlson has to intervene and put a stop to it.

thanx bow tie boi!

Posted by: KwaK! at June 19, 2025 06:30 AM (89Sog)

142 Good morning, good people. Endeavor to perservere.

Posted by: Eromero at June 19, 2025 06:30 AM (jgmnb)

143 I use it as a devotional. My subway trip to and from work is about 20 minutes. Plenty of time for Chambers, Graham, MacArthur, etc.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2025 06:01 AM (sAmhv)

*nods* Domestic Terrorist.

Posted by: Biden's FBI at June 19, 2025 06:30 AM (PiwSw)

144 140
https://bsky.app/profile/jdvance1.bsky.social
Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 06:29 AM (CQE5S)

Oh, that's a parody account. Sorry.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 06:31 AM (CQE5S)

145 138 Mike Pompeo has an Op-Ed arguing America needs to bomb Iran. I disagree, since the Israelis seem to be doing just fine without help from us. In fact, I really wish Trump would stop running his mouth this one time, demanding "unconditional surrender". YMMV.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:29 AM (mmvPs)

I sort of like the strategery of it. Don't get directly involved, but loom as hard as you can. It's probably the thing that's keeping anyone else from jumping in.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:31 AM (BcT2b)

146 I'll bet I can find a virulent anti-Semite on BlueSky in five minutes. Someone who advocates for ethnic cleansing of all Jews in Israel.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 19, 2025 06:26 AM (Vb8Fk)
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I'll bet all you need do is check a squad account to find that. Omar, Tlaib, one or more of those will no doubt be saying so at any given time.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:32 AM (mmvPs)

147 Just as I start to get a good disliking of Cruz going, Carlson has to intervene and put a stop to it.

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Best as I can tell they're both just trying to get the exact same "sick burns" and "thumbs up" on social media. Except one is an elected representative and one is a social media personality.

We're headed nowhere good.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 06:32 AM (+vtNx)

148 I really wish Trump would stop running his mouth this one time, demanding "unconditional surrender". YMMV.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:29 AM (mmvPs)

I do too, but he isn't going to change.

And I agree about us staying out unless Israel really can't destroy Fordow and the rest of their nuclear infrastructure.

We should be the last resort.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 19, 2025 06:32 AM (Vb8Fk)

149 Unconditional surrender is fine. Just stop giving them perpetual deadlines.

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2025 06:34 AM (nQcpu)

150 Demolishing, much like slamming, destroying, biffing, bopping, and wrecking, is the only legitimate reason to ever pay attention to a thing.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:06 AM (BcT2b)

And owning, with facts and logic!

Posted by: Ben Shapiro (no, I don't have pictures of my sister, stop asking) at June 19, 2025 06:34 AM (PiwSw)

151 This "let's make a deal" is becoming a joke.

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2025 06:35 AM (nQcpu)

152 I liked Garrets idea of advertising a B2 on Craigs List, loaded with a bunker buster, and the Israeli Air Force shows up asking to take it for a test drive

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:35 AM (mmvPs)

153 China's oil refining capacity is about 15M/day. By comparison, the US capacity is about 18M/day. However, China's refineries are old and badly in need of repairs and modernization and their straining under current consumption rates.

Pretty sure the same is true for the US refineries. Is it not the case that we're neither building new refineries - because of government and activist (BIRM) obstacles nor are we upgrading them because of asinine government rules that require you to upgrade everything if you upgrade anything?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2025 06:35 AM (ExV1e)

154
Thcker Carlson asking "smart kid smarmy" questions in his interview with Ted Cruz shows how far out over his skis his big brain has taken him.

Time to cool him off with a swirlie, the comeuppance beloved of all smart kids everywhere.

Weren't Tucker, Charlie Kirk and one other person whose identity escapes me touted as being Trump's secret brain trust by one social media bloviator or another?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 19, 2025 06:36 AM (Tv15w)

155 Stray thought:

Maybe the plan is to get the conversation to be all about Fordow and can they/can't they, giving narrative distraction from the systematic dismantling of everything else around it the old fashioned way.

If the regime collapses, then Fordow is just an expensive hole in the ground without so much as dropping a firecracker on it.

It's a strategic end-run, basically.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:36 AM (BcT2b)

156 It is my belief that a war is truly won when one side surrenders
No ceasefire or hudna, surrender

People talk of how wars are not fought to won anymore. Maybe this is the war that changes that.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2025 06:37 AM (ZIggv)

157 I would be very reluctant to support any war under the current political leadership in either the house or the senate, or the pentagon.

When we hold people accountable (by trial and public hanging) for the failures associated with the GWoT and the withdrawl from Afghanistan, I would reconsider.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 19, 2025 06:37 AM (3Ope8)

158 mornin yall. Crawdads are those things we catch in the ditch to use to catch things in the creek to eat.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2025 06:37 AM (vFG9F)

159 https://bsky.app/profile/jdvance1.bsky.social
Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 06:29 AM (CQE5S)

Probably the most important post:

‪JD Vance‬
‪@jdvance1.bsky.social‬
· 1mo
Forgot this account existed, checked the mentions and I feel like I have to disclose that I am not the real JD Vance lmao

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2025 06:38 AM (ExV1e)

160 Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:36 AM (BcT2b)
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Could definitely work out that way.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:38 AM (mmvPs)

161 mornin yall. Crawdads are those things we catch in the ditch to use to catch things in the creek to eat.

Posted by: fd

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This fd guy gets it.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 06:40 AM (hv3vJ)

162 And I agree about us staying out unless Israel really can't destroy Fordow and the rest of their nuclear infrastructure.

We should be the last resort.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 19, 2025 06:32 AM (Vb8Fk)

If I understand yesterday's conversation correctly, this position means that you are a lackey of the global Israeli conspiracy and a supporter of eternal wars.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2025 06:40 AM (ExV1e)

163 Stand around the front yard making a big show of acting like you're struggling to blow the front door off the frame when there's actually six dudes sneaking around back busting in the windows.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:41 AM (BcT2b)

164 And yes, China has been supplying Iran with fuel for missiles. Hope their economy collapses soon. Bunch of wankers.

Posted by: runner at June 19, 2025 06:41 AM (nQcpu)

165 Bonchie retweeted
Damin Toell
@damintoell
Jun 18
So you’re saying you don’t know how much shawarma costs in downtown Tehran? You’re going to bomb a country and you don’t know this? *confused look*
Posted by: m

I don't even know what shawarma is.
Light off tubes 1, 2 & 3. Prep tubes 4, 5 & 6.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2025 06:41 AM (WZaJc)

166 Well, never mind a workout. Time for breakfast. Maybe I can get some writing done before I head out to the shoe repair shop again.

Rain is expected again today, but clearer and therefore hotter tomorrow through the weekend. Good idea for me to clean and do a quick detail on the Buick tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 06:42 AM (omVj0)

167
Weren't Tucker, Charlie Kirk and one other person whose identity escapes me touted as being Trump's secret brain trust by one social media bloviator or another?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:

If social media bloviating could be turned into an energy source, we'd have energy for a 1000 years.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2025 06:43 AM (sAmhv)

168
I had a pleasant moment yesterday that harkened back to better days. Three youngsters were running a roadside lemonade stand in the 90 degree heat. Had a homemade sign, the cooler of ice, the pitcher, the whole shebang.

Of course I stopped and bought a cup, along with three other folks, all of whom made genuine displays of being thankful for the kids' pluck and drive. It was charming and heartwarming at the same time.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 19, 2025 06:43 AM (Tv15w)

169 mornin yall. Crawdads are those things we catch in the ditch to use to catch things in the creek to eat.

Posted by: fd

Crawdads are what goes into étouffée.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2025 06:44 AM (WZaJc)

170 "Three youngsters were running a roadside lemonade stand in the 90 degree heat&

I hope someone called code enforcement and DFACS.
.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2025 06:46 AM (vFG9F)

171 No, not really. Just joking

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2025 06:46 AM (vFG9F)

172 Canadians have their problems too, including a woman school bus driver who dresses as a young girl and named her bus "Lolita's Line"

https://tinyurl.com/yujxvwe7

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:46 AM (MSY2A)

173 Crawdads are what goes into étouffée.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2025 06:44 AM (WZaJc)

"Aww, hell, I burnt the roux for the gumbo again."

"Well just toss some garbage in there and sell it to a Yankee, it'll be fine."

(I'm kidding. I like etouffee. But i'm also a Yankee. So make of that what you will.)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:46 AM (BcT2b)

174 This is apparently his actual real bluesky account:

@jd-vance-1.bsky.social

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 06:49 AM (CQE5S)

175 I had a lemonade stand when I was 8 or so but only remember a couple of things about it. One was a couple of teen girls came by and gushed about how cute I was. For some reason, that has never happened again.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2025 06:49 AM (vFG9F)

176
If you cannot name the three important battles that Alexander of Macedon won against Darius of Persia, by what right do you claim privilege to comment on today's events in Iran?

By the way, I called him Alexander of Macedon because I have not yet decided whether he earned the appellation, "the Great". That's just how finely tuned my wizardly brain is!

-- Tucker "What Pocket Protector?" Carlson

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 19, 2025 06:49 AM (Tv15w)

177 I like the use of creek BTW. It's muddied up (ha) too much with river once you start moving around.

I'm sure there's some proper nautical definition, but when you grow up next to the Tennessee it's hard to look at the Flat in late July and say "Yeah boy, what a river."

https://tinyurl.com/56r257cn

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 06:51 AM (hv3vJ)

178
One was a couple of teen girls came by and gushed about how cute I was. For some reason, that has never happened again.
Posted by: fd

That sounds like a catchy gimmick to found the next great dating service, "Lemonade Stand for Love". Have at it!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 19, 2025 06:52 AM (Tv15w)

179 "Christian, husband, dad. Vice President of the United States."

jdvance.com

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 06:52 AM (CQE5S)

180 I'm sure there's some proper nautical definition, but when you grow up next to the Tennessee it's hard to look at the Flat in late July and say "Yeah boy, what a river."

https://tinyurl.com/56r257cn
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025

***
The famed Rio Grande, at least in Albuquerque, is pretty small kumquats when compared to the Mississippi.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 06:53 AM (omVj0)

181
What, are we now too high falutin' for "crick"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 19, 2025 06:54 AM (Tv15w)

182 "Christian, husband, dad. Vice President of the United States."
-----------------
Under Autopen and Garland thise are grounds for an FBI investigation

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:55 AM (MSY2A)

183
Vance @jd-vance-1.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky, l've been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis. So I'm thrilled to be here to engage with all of you.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 06:55 AM (CQE5S)

184 Huh:

"Scientists have finally FOUND the universe's 'missing matter':

I bet it was in the last place they looked.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2025 06:57 AM (vFG9F)

185 Bookworm room Israel-Iran War Edition:

https://is.gd/RiTH8p

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 19, 2025 06:57 AM (PiwSw)

186 "Scientists have finally FOUND the universe's 'missing matter':

I bet it was in the last place they looked.
Posted by: fd at June 19, 2025

***
Down between the sofa cushions?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2025 06:58 AM (omVj0)

187 They just put a new culvert in for the creek that flows through the one corner of my property.

Did a nice job of it, too.

...

Just thought i'd share. I'm realizing that that has nothing to do with anything, but I don't feel like backspacing all that way now. Actually I've now typed more about how this is irrelevant than I did in typing the statement itself. There's probably a joke to be make about "sunk costs" and the volume of water that's flowing through the little creek that flows through the one corner of my property.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:58 AM (BcT2b)

188
"Bluesky is nice; X is icky" is the foundational belief of butthurt by X Bluesky users.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 19, 2025 06:58 AM (Tv15w)

189 I'm still going to pronounce it Blooskee and act like everyone else is dumb and wrong.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:59 AM (BcT2b)

190
Don't ever change, Warai-otoko, don't ever change.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 19, 2025 06:59 AM (Tv15w)

191 "Be a little less snarky."

https://nitter.net/SaraGonzalesTX/
status/1935423664226202064

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 07:00 AM (CQE5S)

192 Sunny Hostin, of the View, is a fricking nutbag.

That's all.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 07:01 AM (ZJzL2)

193 Ted Cruz retweeted
Mark R. Levin
@marklevinshow
15h
Looks to me like Ted Cruz ripped Chatsworth Qatarlson a new one.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 07:01 AM (CQE5S)

194 "Be a little less snarky."

https://nitter.net/SaraGonzalesTX/
status/1935423664226202064
Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 07:00 AM (CQE5S)
---
She'll never fit in around here with an attitude like that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 19, 2025 07:01 AM (GlyvH)

195
Chatsworth Qatarlson

LOL!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 19, 2025 07:02 AM (Tv15w)

196 I’ve only seen one clip of Tucker vs Cruz.
It’s the one where he asks Cruz what the population of Iran is.

Tucker doing his little girl giggle after “You don’t know anything about a country you want to bomb?” (paraphrasing) made him look really silly.

He used to pull that giggle out on his Fox show on some lefty saying something stupid.

It didn’t work as well on Cruz with a topic this serious, and made Tucker look like a pedantic little twerp,

—-

The lead singer from Smashmouth, Steven Harwell, died in 2023.

No more hits from them coming.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 19, 2025 07:03 AM (6ydKt)

197 "Be a little less snarky."

https://nitter.net/SaraGonzalesTX/
status/1935423664226202064

-

Dang. Supreme Court Cruz got hung out to dry and went for the ad hominem.

Fairly solid point by Tucker. If Iran is bad, let's go to war. If they're not, explain why not.

Seems simple enough.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 07:03 AM (hv3vJ)

198 I wonder if Whoopie is celebrating Juneteenth.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 19, 2025 07:04 AM (PiwSw)

199 198 I wonder if Whoopie is celebrating Juneteenth.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 19, 2025 07:04 AM (PiwSw)

That dizzy bitch is probably celebrating Halloween right now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 07:05 AM (BcT2b)

200

Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho!
All you Egyptians have got to go!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 19, 2025 07:05 AM (Tv15w)

201
... celebrating Juneteenth

To be fair, those June Taylor Dancers on "The Jackie Gleason Show" were a talented crew and are well worth celebrating.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 19, 2025 07:08 AM (Tv15w)

202 197 Dang. Supreme Court Cruz got hung out to dry and went for the ad hominem.

Fairly solid point by Tucker. If Iran is bad, let's go to war. If they're not, explain why not.

Seems simple enough.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 07:03 AM (hv3vJ)

102 Tucker's been planting his flag in the Just Asking Questions camp, which means he can be safely ignored as not being serious about anything.

Cruz makes a living out of posting superficial slapfights with wankers on social media while he does some kind of legislating thing on the side.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:06 AM (BcT2b)

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 07:10 AM (CQE5S)

203 "Coach DicknBalls" sounds more than a little gendered. Only Kaitlin Olson could deliver a line like on network TV that and get away with it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 07:11 AM (ZJzL2)

204 Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:06 AM (BcT2b)
Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 07:10 AM (CQE5S)

In my defense/damnation, I didn't watch any of this Cruz/Carlson thing because I really don't give a flying fuck off the top turnbuckle what either of these guys have to say about anything.

I was just offering my external, detatched appraisal of what this shit looks like if you're not looking too closely.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 07:13 AM (BcT2b)

205
Happy Juneteenth!!!

it's a great day of celebration here at Casa de AltonJackson!!!

it's the rabbit's birthday...Lila von TardHammer is five years old today

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 19, 2025 07:13 AM (tljrc)

206
Senate Republicans
@SenateGOP
17h
.@tedcruz is right.

Republicans back Israel because it's in our interest to support an ally against our common enemy.

Iran has killed many Americans. Iran tried to assassinate POTUS. Iran was racing towards a nuclear bomb.

Iran is America's enemy too.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 07:13 AM (CQE5S)

207 Happy June Cleaver's birthday!

Posted by: Wait, wut? at June 19, 2025 07:13 AM (lIgBp)

208 204 Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 06:06 AM (BcT2b)
Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 07:10 AM (CQE5S)

In my defense/damnation, I didn't watch any of this Cruz/Carlson thing because I really don't give a flying fuck off the top turnbuckle what either of these guys have to say about anything.

I was just offering my external, detatched appraisal of what this shit looks like if you're not looking too closely.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 07:13 AM (BcT2b)

I believe that your summary, there, is evergreen.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 07:14 AM (CQE5S)

209 It's very helpful for the conversation to be redirected to Cruz's borderline feminine tone policing (Gasp! Sigh! You're so snarky!) because otherwise there is a valid question waiting to be answered.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 07:15 AM (yJYKF)

210 Fairly solid point by Tucker. If Iran is bad, let's go to war. If they're not, explain why not.

Seems simple enough.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 07:03 AM (hv3vJ)

The thing is, Tucker knows why.
Everybody who’s kept up with the news on Iran for 45 years knows why.

Playing obtuse and pretending you are dumb about the situation because you want to feign “keeping up” with all the lies about about why Iran is dangerous is a snarky, leftist, journalist move which Tucker used to be against.

Tucker knows there were reports Iran wants to assassinate Trump since he dropped those missiles on Solemani’s head during his first term.

This isn’t anything new.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 19, 2025 07:15 AM (6ydKt)

211 Please go easy on the Beaver tonight, dear.

Posted by: June Evelyn Bronson Cleaver at June 19, 2025 07:16 AM (lIgBp)

212 Playing obtuse and pretending you are dumb about the situation...

This isn’t anything new.
Posted by: SpeakingO

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Fair enough.

What does that make Cruz for not being able to answer the questions?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 07:18 AM (yJYKF)

213 Don't call the number in the search bar.

The fact you can find a company's phone number that easily is a warning that it's fake. Companies hide that as if it was Top Secret information.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 19, 2025 07:19 AM (7xrfc)

214 209 It's very helpful for the conversation to be redirected to Cruz's borderline feminine tone policing (Gasp! Sigh! You're so snarky!) because otherwise there is a valid question waiting to be answered.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 07:15 AM (yJYKF)

Would you say the general question is "Should there be anything permitted between full on invasion and subjugation en route to integration, and complete detached isolation"?

Or would the question be "How much aggression from a foreign enemy is to be tolerated before a 'Good War' can be fought"?

Those are fairly valid questions, I suppose.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2025 07:20 AM (BcT2b)

215 867-5309.

Posted by: Jenny, Inc. at June 19, 2025 07:21 AM (lIgBp)

216 What does that make Cruz for not being able to answer the questions?
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 07:18 AM (yJYKF)

From the now two clips I’ve seen, Cruz is answering the questions.

Tucker just doesn’t like the answers, because he’s trying to back Cruz into a rhetorical corner, which Cruz is reacting to.

Tucker’s trying to play lawyer with a real lawyer.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 19, 2025 07:24 AM (6ydKt)

217 >Or would the question be "How much aggression from a foreign enemy is to be tolerated before a 'Good War' can be fought"?

Is this about me?

Posted by: The USS Pueblo at June 19, 2025 07:24 AM (lIgBp)

218 The Fed and Chairman Powell deserve every negative nickname Trump throws their way. They remind me of toddlers, sticking out their lower lip and crying "I won't do it!"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 07:24 AM (a8Rob)

219 I heard some pundit claim China supplies Iran with the fuel used to power ballistic missiles. Is that true?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 06:17 AM (J1YIc)

The huge explosion in an Iranian port facility a few weeks back was sparked by a fire that broke out in a shipment of perchlorate from China, an essential component of solid rocket fuel.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2025 07:24 AM (EVFZ5)

220 Tucker just doesn’t like the answers, because he’s trying to back Cruz into a rhetorical corner, which Cruz is reacting to.

Tucker’s trying to play lawyer with a real lawyer.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

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Yeah, a real lawyer that resorts to girlish tone policing when his inconsistency is pointed out.

"They're hitmen but not the bad kind" was a pretty good observation. I'm fine with Cruz explaining it instead of attacking the guy asking the question.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 07:26 AM (yJYKF)

221 CNBC reports Google is likely to be forced to pay a $4.7 billion extortion to Brussels regulators, to compensate the EU for not have any successful tech businesses

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2025 07:27 AM (a8Rob)

222
2 words

Sef
Ton

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 19, 2025 07:27 AM (gbOdA)

223 Would you say the general question is "Should there be anything permitted between full on invasion and subjugation en route to integration, and complete detached isolation"?

Or would the question be "How much aggression from a foreign enemy is to be tolerated before a 'Good War' can be fought"?
-

I'm fine sticking with the actual question of (roughly) "So they're hitmen but not the bad kind of hitmen?"

It's an interesting path Cruz took and I'd like to hear more.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 07:27 AM (yJYKF)

224 Yeah, a real lawyer that resorts to girlish tone policing when his inconsistency is pointed out.

"They're hitmen but not the bad kind" was a pretty good observation. I'm fine with Cruz explaining it instead of attacking the guy asking the question.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The 19th Amendment is a civilization level sh*t test at June 19, 2025 07:26 AM (yJYKF)

Come on now,
Tucker wants this to be a serious interview on a serious topic and Cruz smacks him for acting like he’s interviewing AOC about why she’s a socialist in pure ‘Uh huh, sure, sure” mode like everything he’s listening to is a lie.

Tucker was coming in hot with a moral superiority complex and Cruz wasn’t having it.

I don’t give a crap about the “assassins”, Irans been pulling that kind of low-grade terrorism forever.

I’m worried about the nukes where they can do some serious damage to the entire world.

Tucker doesn’t like the causi belli?
Fine, just don’t be a dick about it.

He wasn’t like this in 2003 over Iraq.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 19, 2025 07:33 AM (6ydKt)

225
JD Vance
@JDVance
13h
Just set up my page on @bluesky, hope to see you guys there!

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 07:41 AM (CQE5S)

226 While TI doesn't make desktop CPUs/GPUs, they do make the high-end, ARM-based CPUs/GPS for many embedded applications especially for automotive navigation and driver assistance.

Posted by: BLD at June 19, 2025 07:47 AM (KoRNW)

227 LB retweeted
Andrew Klavan
@andrewklavan
21h
I'm sorry, but this is like watching @tedcruz get interviewed by @amiKozak - the comedian who imitates @TuckerCarlson. Senator Cruz makes the point that all nations spy on one another, that this is a simple fact of life, and Tucker behaves as if he just woke up like an innocent fairy sleeping on the petals of a blooming rose. "I don't understand why we can't just use our magic to make reality something else?" But only in Israel for some reason. Listen, decisions about war and peace are hard. Alliances aren't friendships. We owe no one anything except when it's in our own strategic interest. But it's disturbing that silliness like this is taken for serious discussion. It's like watching Margaret Brennan, only on the right.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 07:53 AM (CQE5S)

228 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

In tech news, I switched ISPs yesterday. The new fiberoptic service provides the same service I have now (actually BETTER service in terms of upload) for $20/month cheaper.

Free installation and first month free.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 19, 2025 08:01 AM (IBQGV)

229
Charles C. W. Cooke
@charlescwcooke
59m
Tucker Carlson when someone says the sky is blue: “What does blue mean? Which sky? What if I’m blind? Is it true at night? I like the sky; am I blue?”
Tucker Carlson when someone says Churchill was to blame for WWII or Russia is a free country: “That’s really interesting.”

Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 08:01 AM (CQE5S)

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