Enjoy this open…I’m gonna take a nap…just a few more shifts to go then 3 days off.
Refreshed Open
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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
Before work last night I went over to this old music shop. The guy is retiring and clearing the joint out…much vinyl and guitars and such. If I bring home another guitar, mrs coldwarrior might get upset… well, I made a lowball offer on ALL of the LPs.
He took it. Oh crap. Ummm, its gonna take me weeks to sort through all of this. Jazz, big band, Sinatra, tons of dimeola.
coldwarrior wrote:
Just a note of caution. Even I approach trying to play Al Di Meola on the guitar with a considerable trepidation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGWfDkx4zyY
@ doriangrey:
Good Lord!
This is why MEN are choosing to QUIT WORK!? Is it true? Tucker Carlson tells it all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbViYm13DIU
@ doriangrey:
I can speak to agriculture. Americans, in general, will NOT take those jobs. for ANY pay scale. They are physically demanding and viewed as boring. Not to mention, they can be dangerous. Also, every lawn care service in our area may be owned by an American, but the labor force is at least 90% immigrant.
Want a solid lifetime profession? Plumber, nurse, electrician. All require extensive training and are physically demanding but you will have a job somewhere.
As for ‘low wage’. Well, if you pay someone $18/hr to pick strawberries you won’t be selling those strawberries. Enter robots.
coldwarrior wrote:
Yup, Al is a Monster’s Monster on the Guitar.
eaglesoars wrote:
Sorry, there aren’t any of those any more. What cannot be mechanized, will inevitable be sourced to immigrants who WILL perform the same service for less compensation.
BTW, people who pick Strawberries generally speaking, make way more than $18.00 per hour. (Yes, I picked Strawberries as a kid) picker’s do not get paid by the hour (well usually) they are paid piecemeal, which literally means, but the bushel. The more you pick in a given period of time, the more you make.
As for the Agricultural jobs, honestly, I think you mistake, will not take, for cannot take. Perhaps you haven’t noticed this, I know its a bit tough to get. But… You know where large scale Agriculture does not take place? On main-street downtown Anytown USA. It also doesn’t take place in the Suburbs.
What that translates to, is jobs in Agriculture are inaccessible to the majority of American’s. Those American’s you say “Will not” take those jobs, they require 12 month a year jobs. They cannot live all year off of jobs that only exist for 3 or 4 months a year.
This is the real dirty secret of the Agriculture Industry. This is why America has a illegal immigrant problem. Because so many migrant agricultural workers find it easier and more profitable to remain in the US all year long doing other odd jobs and manual labor during the “off season” of the agricultural industry, then it is for them to return home every year when the harvest season is finished.
@ doriangrey:
By the way, please forgive me if this seems to come across as mean spirited or rude, that is not my intention. I know that you and your husband are in the Agricultural Consulting/Lobbying industry. Perhaps I should have reminded you of my own personal background.
My mothers father and his brother were in the 1950’s two of Washington States largest independent Wheat Growers. They each grew 10,000 acres of wheat. My grandfathers brother died first without an heir and left his 10,000 acres to my grandfather, who had a stroke in the mid 50’s. My mother’s older sister sold all 20,000 acres to finance her jet-set lifestyle as a Race Horse owner.
Until I was 9, I grew up on a farm where we grew potatoes and carrots and cabbage and turnips and broccoli and cucumbers. We had 75 acres of produce. My step-father’s dad grew 500 acres of grapes for Welchs. I come from a farming family. I learned to drive a tractor when I was 6 years old. I was literally driving a tractor before I could walk. (I didn’t learn to walk until I was 7 because of my clubbed feet).
I currently live in a formerly rural agricultural part of San Diego California, which has since become a exurb of San Diego. There are only a couple of working farms left here, and they only employ a handful of year round employees. The nearest working farm to me, (other than the three or four still remaining here where I live) is about 80 miles away.
I would love to work a year round farming gig. IF it paid me enough and wasn’t a 4 hour drive each way every day. I have ZERO illusions of how hard the work is, remember, I actually grew up in a farming family.
@ doriangrey:
One last thing. Funny thing too. As a kid, all I wanted was to get as far away from farming as I could. Not because the work was hard. But because… Being a farmer means being out in the sticks. We went grocery shopping once a month because the grocery store was 30 miles away. Commuting to work just doesn’t work very well for most agricultural jobs. If you are going to be a farmer, you have to live near the farm, and that means far away from the city. Hell, it means far away from the closest small town.
Now that I am in my mid to late 50’s the bright lights of Broadway/main street no longer hold the attraction for me that they once did. I literally could not care less if I do not make it into town for weeks at a time. I am not missing a thing in the city, been there, done that, got the scars to prove it.
@ eaglesoars:
Let’s make it easier for seasonal migrant workers to get permits to work here. Don’t take payroll taxes out. Make sure they’re not taken advantage of.
@ eaglesoars:
The minute I find another job that pays enough to cover my bills, I’m out. I just got screwed over by my employer yet again. Looking forward to another new supervisor who doesn’t know what I do, but is “better-qualified” for the job than I am.
I need to find a good labor law attorney…
@ lobo91:
good cheer all around. That contract we were told might be cut – it’s been cut, I think effective immediately. 25% of our income.
fortunately, we have almost no credit card debt, just one car payment for another year and the mortgage, so we’ll be ok I think but sheesh.
WHAT??!!
Mueller: Secret Court Order Suspended Statute Of Limitations On Manafort Charge
A court can do that??
Because the statute of limitations was set to run out on June 29 — five years after the June 29, 2012 deadline Manafort would have faced to file the foreign bank report with the U.S. Treasury — prosecutors on June 26 came to Judge Claude M. Hilton with their request, which was filed ex parte, meaning only the government’s side was aware of it, and not Manafort.
why bother having a fucking constitution
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/manafort-mueller-secret-order-foreign-bank-statute-of-limitations
https://www.hannity.com/media-room/mueller-madness-charged-company-says-mueller-out-to-indict-any-russian/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=8704
@ eaglesoars:
its time for stout hemp rope and telegraph poles.
http://newstalk955.com/pelosi-tester-featured-in-hilarious-new-ad/
Time to lighten up. Here’s an ad taking shots directly at Flattop Jon.
Deplorable Martian Overlord wrote:
That’s good old fashioned campaign politicing. When your opponent does something incredibly stupid, make damned sure you remind the voters as often as possible.
If I were President….
In the last few weeks the situation in Korea changed dramatically. North Korea and South Korea leaders had talks.
The end of the Korean war officially was close. (It was a truce when the fighting stopped, not an end)
A meeting with Kim Jong_un and president Trump was scheduled.
Now, North Korea are pulling out of meetings because of continuing joint military exercises.
I can see Kim Jong_un’s point….
As president I would cancel the current military exercise saying ” The exercise was planned nine months ago, before we became friends. ”
As president I would not be backing down, just thanking Kim Jong_un for pointing out something I had overlooked.
AND the ones here with military experience and knowledge know that simulated exercises are going on all the time. They involve computers and real serving military.
The only use for a joint live fire exercise is to test weapons. The strategy is done elsewhere in dimly lit rooms.
So my point? As president I would tell Kim Jong_un “Good point buddy!!!!! ” Live fire exercises are canceled.
Reall progress…
Possum wrote:
Been in the dimly lit room many times…
🙂
Laughing….
And remembering the time in the mid 80’s when some official prick severely ripped me a new asshole for not turning my back on him as he typed his password to let me have access to the system.
He was actually correct. It was procedure to turn away when usernames and passwords were entered. I didn’t say anything but “sorry” and he didn’t report me.
Fact is, my security cleared credentials were way above his. But no offence to the guy, he was obeying the rules. I should have deliberately looked the other way.
Tom Wolfe has died. RIP
That jackass Pat Davis is on Tucker. and I’m sorry to insult jackasses.
RIX wrote:
The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test was our Bible in high school. “Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down” was our class motto and I, as editor, put it in our yearbook (yes, there was a fight about it)
ach, I going to power down, I’m getting alerts from all over about heavy storms coming in and to prepare for power failures.
eaglesoars wrote:
He did have an impact.
doriangrey wrote:
Something the “right” had forgotten until Trump. All the Republicans running in our primary are running as Trump Republicans.
@ eaglesoars:
My company, in its infinite wisdom, had decided that job titles and descriptions will be standardized throughout the company. Interview questions (both for new hires and for internal candidates) are also standardized, and based on these job descriptions.
Makes sense, at least for the security staff. Their jobs are pretty much the same everywhere.
Not so much for the rest of us.
My current job, for example, has almost nothing in common with the published description. NMCD has some of the most arcane procedures in the country when it comes to calculating sentences and “good time.” It’s all done by hand. USBOP, on the other hand, does everything by computer. Inmates get out when the computer says so. I’m literally not even sure what the case managers do in those facilities.
The job description for unit managers is just as bad. The biggest part of their job is supervising the case managers and approving committee actions. Obviously, that means you need to understand my job.
Not according to the job description, or the interview questions.
If you were to rank the case managers in not just our facility but the entire NMCD, including state employees, I’d probably be in the top 5%. There’s no question that I’m the best at our facility. You’d think that would make me a shoe-in for the supervisory position, but you’d be wrong.
I came in third, behind someone who transferred to HR after trying to do my job for 3 months and utterly failing, and someone else who’s spent his entire career in security.
That’s why I’m looking for a lawyer.
Check out the Palestinian “martyrs”
Looks like the whole “Palestinian civilians slaughtered by Israel” thing was fake
Shocking, I know.
lobo91 wrote:
Hey Lobo now I may be full of shit but the reason you are not promoted is they need you to remain doing the job you do now.
Happened to me in the early 90’s
Increases my pay above managers and even regional managers.
Gave me share options.
Company understood that they needed managers but they also needed experienced people doing the work.
Traditional career progression is take skilled workers and promote them to hands off management positions
Fuck that… they paid me a lot of money, more than my “supervisor” or my ” “manager” and I got shit done.
Even now I have the same attitude. The only reason I need a “supervisor” or a “”manager” is someone needs to sign my time sheet.
Possum wrote:
Those days are GONE.
@ Possum:
That’s never going to happen where I work. We’re on a state contract. We have a vacant case manager position right now. When they hire someone for that job, they’ll get paid exactly the same thing I get (and it will be 6-9 months before they’re actually productive).
RIX wrote:
huge legacy.
lobo91 wrote:
Your intelligence must threaten them very much. (((lobo)))
@ yenta-fada:
YENTA!!!!!!
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
I read that you have a job interview. That is the job you BELONG in.
You have the leadership skills already. You just needed the right place to use them. (((Bumr50)))
coldwarrior wrote:
((COLD!)))
@ yenta-fada:
i hope all is well, welcome back.
@ yenta-fada:
Long time no see
lobo91 wrote:
I checked the UK Daily Mail that day which is another ‘blame Israel’
newspaper. They played up the poor oppressed paleos as usual. There were very few comments of Brit outrage relative to previous years. In fact, there were things like “The ‘protesters’ could have just stayed at home.” Paleos have passed peak victimhood.
@ coldwarrior:
@ lobo91:
Merci. Feels great to be back. The political & social winds have shifted. I still need better drugs…
@ Possum:
(((Possum))) Hugs to Calo too!
yenta-fada wrote:
fear and loathing in toronto.
😉
@ doriangrey:
I read a couple of your essays here. They were, imho, pretty brilliant. I think you have tightened up & ‘fine tuned’ your writing
skills. (((Dorian)))
@ coldwarrior:
Hunter! The Press is always screaming OPIPIOD CRISIS. It scares the Doctors out of prescribing appropriately.
{{Yenta}}. Nice to see you back! I’ve missed you. I get tired of Eagle’s yammerings.
We need your input.
yenta-fada wrote:
we’ll never get this right
@ coldwarrior:
Martin Armstrong’s words of wisdom:
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/armstrongeconomics101/understanding-cycles/perspective-is-everything/
@ yenta-fada:
Thanks, Yenta!!
Great to see you!
(((Yenta)))
@ Calo:
{{{Calo}}} Eaglesoars does not yammer. You do remember I asked her to marry me, right?
Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:
I meant every word. PLUS, you are fun to be with!
@ coldwarrior:
How are your princesses?
yenta-fada wrote:
perfect.
coldwarrior wrote:
Wonderful. And probably full of wonder as well.
yenta-fada wrote:
That made me laugh. We need a bit of levity around here once in a while.
I got nothing, FLOTUS has goregous clothing. POTUS is doing what he said he would do, so far.
The only thing I want to ask is to Rix and the apparent proposed theft of Illinois in the name of property tax hikes for the next 30 years. Rix, what in the world? Is this just pipe dreams in the IL legislature or does it look like it wil come to pass?
@ Calo:
Wanna gossip about the Royal Wedding? That Meghan is a tabloid darling in the making. She likely has Prince Harry enchanted, but she is trouble. It’s already a running soap opera with her small group of relatives. When Ms Markle lives in a palace, she will find out that she is not as skilled as the royal pros.
Calo wrote:
One continually asks what it will take before the people take to the legislature with pitchforks, torches and rope. I’m thinking that if this doesn’t trip the threshold, nothing will. Who would want to own a house? What would this do to rental prices? Everybody gets their property and domiciles taken from them.
@ yenta-fada:
(((yenta)))
*smooch*
so glad to catch you on
@ AZfederalist:
I guess it’s like putting frogs in a pot of cold water and slowly turning up the heat.
Funny a thing I discovered on my work register the other day. I pushed a “blank” F9 key on it by accident and it rang up 25 cents – item was a CA merchandise bag. So, yeah, CA charges customers per bag for merchandise purchases. The retailer then has to account for each bag sold and reimburse the state per month. The retailer purchased the bags but the state gets the retailers purchase price, shipping costs, plus a hefty commission for what?
rain of lead wrote:
((((RAINY))))
@ rain of lead:
(((Momcat & Readergirl)) I read about the girl’s archery skills. She is so gifted. If she ever has time, ask her to stop by & grace us with her high spirits. I think I can get some agreement on this.
Night shift…day off (today) then 2 night shifts. Bastards.
I decided to sleep today and stay ‘on shift’ so…
A steak and a nice red! Its lunchtime!
yenta-fada wrote:
Awe, shucks mam…
@ Calo:
The global hunt for taxes is what Armstrong calls it. Canada will legalize marijuana this year. Looks like we have found ourselves a new natural resource. Gov’t has its sticky fingers all over this.
@ yenta-fada:
Too true, wise one.
@ Calo:
More wiseass than wise, but I’ll gladly accept a kudo. 🙂
OK, got another job interview tomorrow. QC for a injection plastics company. Its at 2:30pm, I’ll let ya all know when I know something, or don’t, whichever.
Nice chatting a bit here, but I need sleep.
I have a store to continue to deconstruct tomorrow. I’m selling ou
@ Calo:
Selling out and on my way to becoming a hermit.
@ doriangrey:
Excellent!
Crap, A week by myself and no cigars. No money for them either. Still haven’t mastered keeping a pipe lit. Though, tonight has gone pretty well, kept it lit nearly a half hour.
Calo wrote:
Sounds like an upgrade to me. 🙂
@ yenta-fada:
yup
she’s had a good year
and this summer she will be a consular at the camp she’s been going too.
I’ll tell momcat to pop in and say hi asap, chop chop
Calo wrote:
We went to a wedding in CA a few weeks ago. Went to Coronado island and needed to get a wedding card. We found one a the local Walgreens, when we went to pay for it, Mrs Federalist asked for a bag so that it wouldn’t get smudged as we walked back to the car. The cashier stated that would be an extra 10 cents. Mrs Federalist looked a bit perplexed and I blurted out, “Oh yeah, we’re in California, they went stupid!”. I think it took the little girl behind the counter a bit aback, she started trying to mumble some explanation, I just told her, “Yeah, we know, don’t bother” We decided to be careful with the card on the way back to the car, Mrs. Federalst flat out said, “I’m not paying 10 cents for a plastic bag”
doriangrey wrote:
Best of luck to you
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
At Thompson Cigar the Oliva factory seconds are a great bargain. I’ve got a humidor just for them and they are really nice to have around. They are about two bucks a stick and are go to for daily smoke.
Check them out next time you’re buying.
Monte Cristo Espada and a nice Clos du Bois….nice way to end a porterhouse.
@ AZfederalist:
That happened to me the first time I went grocery shopping in Berlin. Then I just started taking my rucksack with me.
Hi Yenta!So glad to st see you on, I have been missing you and praying for you! all is well here the gir lis awesome and rains birthday is tomorrow,and the panther is still the boss.
coldwarrior wrote:
Might. I’ve had bad experiences with Thompson in the past. Prefer local. My usual go to is about 5 bucks. If MT didn’t think they were a liberal state, they’d be around 3.50.
I just saw and ad on facebook where you can see the royal wedding in theaters. wow, i did not read further to see if it was free or not,
They are selling tickets for the 3 hour event.
President Trump ally Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., secured the Republican nomination Tuesday when he won the primary contest for the Pennsylvania Senate seat currently held by Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.
Trump supported Barletta, who has been a member of the House since 2011, and officially endorsed him in February. Barletta was expected to win Tuesday’s primary against state Rep. Jim Christiana.
The Associated Press called the race for Barletta after 52 percent of precincts had reported their numbers. At that point, Barletta had obtained 59 percent of the votes, while Christiana only had 41 percent.
Barletta will run against Casey, who was elected to the Senate in 2006, in the general in November.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-undocumented-immigrant-diploma-pomona-college-commencement/
@ Chicago Sun Times
Good morning. This article takes a few minutes to read, but very illuminating.
happy b-day to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dV1myAW2Cs
@ momcat:
me that is
eaglesoars wrote:
When I was a HS Sophomore, I wrote a review of Richard Pryor’s TV series. I thought the Editor would pitch a fit since I used one of his album titles as a reference: “That Nigger’s Crazy!”
Nope! Not even a whisper…!
@ yenta-fada:
Hello Yenta. Good to see you again!
Deplorable Martian Overlord wrote:
ROTFLMAO… I’ve been smoking a pipe for, well, I guess just over 30 years now. On and off as it were. That trick took me nearly 20 years to master. Not because I am particularly stupid or anything. But because I didn’t know anyone else who smoked a pipe.
There is a trick to keeping a pipe lit. You have to smoke it like a pipe. I figured it out on accident, actually while driving. The pipe has to stay in your mouth and you take small little puffs with your cheeks occasionally inhaling and exhaling partly through your nose and partially through your mouth, with your mouth mostly closed. You should get a small curl of smoke coming back out of the pipes bowl. Because you are ever so softly blowing back through the pipe.
Here is the key. Pipe tobacco has twice as much moisture in it as cigarette or cigar tobacco does. I’m sure you have noticed that by now. The consequence of that is, that unlike a cigarette or cigar the pipe tobacco will not continue to burn if you are not constantly puffing on the pipe. So, to keep a pipe lit, you clench the pipe in your teeth and keep it there for fairly long periods of time, 4 to 5 minutes at a time.
You constantly make small draws from the pipe, not from your lungs, but with your cheeks, little puffs, then then occasionally drawing from your lungs. Also, as I said before, you have to occasionally softly exhale through your mouth with the pipe still clenched in your teeth allowing/forcing a small amount of air through the pipe.
You can keep the pipe lit this way until nearly all the tobacco in it has been burnt up. Again, as I said before, I figured this out on accident while driving.
That coward deputy in Florida is getting a $9,000/month pension.
right_wing2 wrote:
That’s pretty fucked, most people have to work their asses off to make $108,000.00 a year. Not do nothing while dozens of kids are butchered.
right_wing2 wrote:
Yeah. , Iheard that this morning. Sorry to hear anything good happening for that jackass.
Levin was playing audio from the snotty MSM pundits, first of course decrying the evil IDF protecting its borders from terrorists and rioters, and then moving on to snotting that the “Art of the Deal” Trump didn’t make any demands from Israel vis-a-vis the Pali’s in exchange for moving the embassy to, you know, the effing CAPITOL of Israel.
My response to which would be to ask them to list precisely WHAT conditions were laid down by Obama to the repressive regime in Cuba in exchange for the reestablishing diplomatic relations.
@ The Barbarian:
The problem of course, is that the MSM Shittalking heads are Marxist Liberal Traitors. No matter what Trump does they are going to criticize him and it.
@ The Barbarian:
Perhaps the Palis might switch and claim Washington DC as their capital. The MSM would probably support that.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/05/video-peaceful-palestinians-brought-giant-catapult-to-protests-on-israeli-border-on-monday/
@ Gateway Pundit
Medieval savages bring medieval catapult to Israeli border. This is news, why?
I’ve got a surprise phone interview in about 45 min for a TL position on my old project- the one I was on for about 3 weeks. And I applied for another TL position on the project that’s coming in.
doriangrey wrote:
Thank you. That would explain why I had better luck last night. I was using some fairly dry tobacco.
RIX wrote:
That’s over four times what I make in a month, including my VA disability.
The operation against Trump was called Crossfire Hurricane. Trump used the Stones tune You Can’t Always Get What You Want…
Coincidence, I think not.
Mother fucker…… I just missed my interview. I got 1/3rd of the way there and ran out of fucking gas.
@ doriangrey:
Call them.
Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:
I did, it went to voicemail. Left a message. Still does not look good.
Deplorable Martian Overlord wrote:
That is a travesty.
Just caught Colbert’s monologue. (Was watching to see Deadpool). See that the jackass is still claiming the fake intelligence report about the russian prostitutes is true. Loser really needs new material.
RIX wrote:
Eh, beats living in a crappy city and working a job that’s going to reduce my health of lifespan further. Still BS this dirtbag is pulling down this kind of money when all he should be getting is lawsuits.
@ RIX:
It’s about 3 times what I currently make
@ lobo91:
It makes you ill.
doriangrey wrote:
As if just to prove that things can always get worse… My nephew hit me in the head with a refrigerator a few minutes ago. We were throwing it into the dumpster… and he heave hoed on 2 instead of 3 and it landed on my head and right elbow instead of going into the dumpster. Yes, now on top of missing my job interview, I have a whooper of a headache.
lobo91 wrote:
But that goof ball Sherrif gets that sweet deal pension.
sheriff.
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
This sheriff should probably be in the slam.
Open a Music Shop in your bedroom. I’m sure Mrs. Coldwarrior will understand!
HEH!
🙂
coldwarrior wrote:
@ doriangrey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH476CxJxfg
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RAIN!
I know you had a GOOD dinner with cake. *smooch*
momcat wrote:
I think we get the wedding live here starting at 4:00 am. Because it’s Canuckistan. I’m sure U.S. TV will give it a lot of coverage since Meghan is American.
It is REALLY great to see you here again {{{momcat}}}
@ Aussie Infidel:
Hi Infidel. 🙂 I trust you are all well & that Clohe (spelling)is talking a mile a minute.
@ doriangrey:
Maybe you should be checked for concussion? Getting hit with a fridge is NOT okay or normal. Seriously.
since mothers day his birthday and our anniversary , which is Friday are so close together we usually go out at celebrate them all at onc. We just need to find te time to do it,
h
yenta-fada wrote:
Why do people keep telling me I need my head examined?
doriangrey wrote:
No, really. This time is different.
momcat wrote:
All good things, so it’s not important which day you celebrate. I get it.
lobo91 wrote:
At least YOU get paid in U.S. dollars./ We’re gonna drop like a cement guppy.
lobo91 wrote:
Never and I do mean NEVER trust ANYONE associated with HR. They are the dregs of humanity and should be immediately transferred to a windowless room!
🙂
yenta-fada wrote:
Very well indeed and yes Chloe appears to be inoculated with a gramophone needle with the amount that she’s talking …. mostly asking questions! Which we all attempt to answer to varying levels of skill!
HEH
🙂
morning y’all
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/ugly-times-in-america-bring-out-vicious-stabs-at-humor/
@ Chicago Sun Times
This article takes a few minutes to read, but worth the invested time. The guy nails how guttural political satire has
become, and how despicable the practioners are. Trust me, you’ll like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omQaizYGLZw
Yo, dis guy got s guy. Capeche?
Ok… The end is officially upon us.
Somebody is finally starting to get it. There is a reason I keep calling this whole thing a 18 US Code 2384 & 2385 Coup attempt.
coldwarrior wrote:
I do the same thing with percussion. Although I’m going to go back to keyboards soon. Can’t hold the sticks like I used to.
Here is the New York Slimes, doing what they always do… Lying their fucking asses off.
I’ll probably go to hell for saying this, but with regard to the protest in Gaza, I would not have put it past Hamas to shoot women and children in the crowd just to increase the body count.
@ doriangrey:
The probably buy into Jonathan Gruber’s belief that the American people are stupid.
No, American LIBERALS are stupid, including phony conservatives Jennifer Rubin and David Frum.
I formally apaologize to the US-American People for this stupid decision made by stupid EU-politicians like Tusk und Junckers
EU to reactivate ‘blocking statute’ against US sanctions on Iran for European firms
http://www.dw.com/en/eu-to-reactivate-blocking-statute-against-us-sanctions-on-iran-for-european-firms/a-43826992
The Barbarian wrote:
Sure they would. If they didn’t, they just didn’t think of it
Fusion GPS’ Glenn Simpson Dined With Russian Lawyer Before & After Her Meeting at Trump Tower
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/fusion-gps-glenn-simpson-dined-russian-lawyer-after-her-meeting-trump-tower#utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cns&utm_campaign=a-FusionGPSMetWithRussianLawyerBeforeAfterDonJr
Report: Inspector General Will Declare FBI, DOJ Broke Law in Clinton Email Probe
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/17/report-inspector-general-will-declare-fbi-doj-broke-law-in-clinton-email-probe/
@ doriangrey:
so will anyone be arrested over this?
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
*gasp*
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
*stop*stop*
*yer gonna make me pee*
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
The latest report from the crater edge in Hawaii:-
Lead Items:
– I now have 34 people on my “update” list. Am thinking of asking ABC,NBC,CBS, FOX, and CNN for royalties.
– Down side of being popular. Since 08:00 Tuesday morning and throughout the day Halema`uma`u has been billowing dark gray smoke in a spectacular cloud. Many have seen this on National news coverage.
– For those of you who have been to this area this means that the entire Golf Course parking area and both sides of the only road in and out of our neighborhood have been packed with tourist cars who stop, park, and without looking open their car doors into traffic, and jump out in the road to take pictures. This makes it really hard to get safely in and out of our neighborhood.
– Gets worse out on HWY 11 heading towards Volcano Village and the Main Park entrance. About the 29 mile marker when I went to get mail today there are also scores of cars illegally stopped on both sides of the two lane highway doing the same open door/get killed drill. Thankfully Halema`uma`u’s show is beginning to quiet down as the ash cloud diminishes so maybe some of our new visitors will go elsewhere?
– The National Park who “own” HWY 11 from the 27 to 41 mile markers have put out a traffic warning sign telling folks not to stop between Mile 27 and the next ten miles. Hopefully this will keep folks frommaking bad traffic choices. Our only access road is at the 30 mile marker so our neighborhood traffic will still be entering and exiting HWY 11 at that point.
– As my former CSM used to say to me “Quit bitching Boss and pick up the pace,” I’ll stop complaining and move on to the May 16 update.
Challenges.
– Despite “the Sky is falling” nature of many National News stories, remember on an Island of over 40,000 square miles…the Puna lava events cover an area of barely ten square miles down on the beach on the south east end of the Island. Halema`uma`u is essentially a “point” target inside the National Park and is 35 miles away from the Puna lava flows. All Hawaii Island airports are open, the Kona side, Hilo, Hamakua Coast, Waimea, Kohala, Waikaloa,; all the vast majority of the island is normal and open for business.
Update.
– The rock fall ash cloud was pretty from our house but not an issue for us. The strong NE trade winds kept blowing the ash cloud SW away from us. Not a good thing for lower Ka`u District however. The south coast towns of Pahala, Naalehu, and Ocean View will probably get hit with lots of air pollution. This includes the popular beaches such as Punaluu Black Sand Beach and Honuapu (Whittington beach).
– Civil Defense has put out a warning that if you can possibly avoid it, do not drive on HWY 11 between Volcano Village and south Ka`u (Pahala, Naalehu, etc.) because of the ash cloud issue. The Aviation Color Code is now RED. Flight restrictions in the area south of the Big Island are in effect. The ash plumb exceeded 12,000 feet at it’s peak.
– Fissure number 20 opened up last night in Puna. The possible danger at this point is the expanding lava flow is moving toward the intersection of HWY 132 and HWY 137 near Kapoho. Should either of these roads be blocked access to all of lower Puna district would be cut off. Fissure 6, near Leilani Ave is also active again. The fissure line is approximately 1.5 miles long.
– HWY 130, the direct road north into Pahoa which has been blocked has cracks in the road which are still emitting steam. CD has placed steel plates over these portions so limited travel is possible.
– Other options are to re-open the Chain of Craters road west into the National Park which is currently blocked by the 2014 lava eruption. Not sure how this would help much since this option just gets you into Volcano National Park which is itself closed due to activity at Halema`uma`u Crater.
– Another plan is to re-open Railroad Avenue north towards Hilo. Part of Railroad Ave is on private land so the access issue would have to be resolved.
– Toxic Gases remain a major issue in both the Puna lava area and down wind of Halema`uma`u. The short answer is NONE of the Amazon, Target, Home Depot, Walmart, etc. dust masks or high tech expensive filter masks do any good. These do not filter out Sulfur Dioxide. The best answer for anyone with breathing issues in an affected area is LEAVE. Do not trust your breathing to a painter’s mask, car spray mask, or “wet handkerchief”!
Good News.
– Other than XXXXX’s bitching about crowds for tourists “in the ‘hood”…the XXXXX’s are doing fine. Just hope we don’t get another rock fall on Wednesday as the trade winds are supposed to go away for a day or two. If we get light and variable winds here in Volcano, life will get “interesting”.
– Two Red Cross operated shelters in Pahoa and Keaau are doing a great job of caring for many of the 2,000 plus evacuees. Many local families and friends are also providing temporary housing for the displaced. Again, this eruption is not over yet.
– My Best News Yet closing line remains….no lives lost!
BOTTOM LINE: The 07:58 rock fall and earthquake in my May 15 A update registered 3.5 There is something to be said about becoming so used to earthquakes that you don’t even notice the less than 3.something ones anymore. Not sure that’s a good trait to have.
*musical interlude*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q1dLRjAkkc&index=30&list=PL3mcE8pqA9V9IYFjSdXcU3ShE2Yfg7Oy-
The Barbarian wrote:
The Gazan baby girl who died story has now revealed the truth.
Her family are members of Hamas and the grandfather was killed by the IDF years ago when he was involved in bombings
They baby’s family willingly took the baby to the war zone knowing that she was gravely ill with breathing difficulties
The family deliberately exposed their own child to tear gas knowing the effect it would have on a baby
The baby girl returned home with her parents and died in their home well away from the action
This family of activist terrorists deliberately sacrificed their own child for the sale of the propaganda effect it would have
These are degenerate murderers who sacrificed their own child to their wicked islamist god Moloch will burn for their perfidy
The USS Iwo Jima Amphibious Marine Aboard Battle Group is transmitting Suez as we speak to link up with the reinforced USS Truman Carrier Battle Group in the Eastern Mediterranean, off Syria.
’nuff said !
🙂
Just in from the folks in Hawaii:-
07:25 Hawaii Time:
Chill out folks!!! Contrary to the worst case scenario/photos/videos on various news/social media outlets, we are not in the middle of the Book of Revelations this morning on Hawaii Island.
There are some challenges so remember I’m not an expert but here’s the best “boots on the ground” ground truth as we see it right now:
Fact:
1) There were a couple of eruptive events early this morning in Kilauea crater between 04:00 and 06:30 (that’s a.m. for you non Military folks). They generated an ash cloud which caused the FAA to raise the warning level ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF Ka`u District and Hawaii Island to 30,000 feet.
That said, both Kona and Hilo airports are open.
2) Remember of the 40,000 square miles of Hawaii Island both the Puna lava flows (about ten square mile area) and the Kilauea/Halema`uma`u events (a small ‘point target’ area inside the National Park) are are on the south/south-east end of Hawaii Island.
3) There has been a very light dusting of ash in our neighborhood. Due to light and variable winds this ash cloud sort of sat there and slowly spread out mostly south east toward Puna.
4) Our trade winds have started to build back and are expected to be strong by later today. They have already begun to bring us traditional Trade wind showers (it’s raining at my house as I type) which will help clear the air and roadways.
BOTTOM LINE:
1) The ash dust in our area is about the same we get once or twice a year when there are light and variable winds and Halema`uma`u is doing her normal “thing”.
2) Folks with respiratory issues should be and normally are staying inside and/or wearing masks. It’s a hassle but again, somewhat normal with Vog generated by the Pu`u Oo vent and Kilauea over the years. It’s usually just a day or two with loss of trade winds so the last two weeks has been more continuous.
3) I’m heading into Hilo in a hour or so to run errands and meet a commitment I made earlier. Other than driving carefully and looking out for tourists from Asia who drive on the “wrong” side of the road (I’m watching out for you, Peter!)…I don’t expect any big issues.
GOOD NEWS: The State of Hawaii and approximately 39,990 square miles of Hawaii Island are fine. Other than normal Vog events across the State, we are open for business.
music interlude the 2nd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5QbKV6yQDg&index=78&list=PL3mcE8pqA9V9IYFjSdXcU3ShE2Yfg7Oy-
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gkrheaWuShU
Tom Lehrer
Well, looks like Tester has just decided to flat out have lies in his newest ads. For some reason he was able to find over a dozen Vets willing to back up his lies. Big Pinocchio moment was when they said he was fighting to get local care for veterans. He has in fact opposed all attempts to allow local private care for veterans. He has no interest in allowing us to leave the VA.
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
How does it feel to be used as a hostage by these cretins
? There is an especially bad place reserved for folks like these arse-wipes !
🙂
Aussie Infidel wrote:
I’m getting used to it. The hard part is that people like Tester have positioned themselves as the hero of the Veteran, and I can’t get people to believe he is actively working against veteran interests. Even my chiropractors office aid and several people at the VA are shocked when I say that. Then he has all these ads with dozens of vets, and people tell me that he can’t be bad if that many vets support him. It’s sick.
Grrrr….drug addled patient wrecked my shoulder. I’m in a sling.
Aussie Infidel wrote:
I would also hope the USS Ronald Reagan CBG can get in on the upcoming action!
@ coldwarrior:
sling low, sweet chariot, gonna be to carry my arm…
I interviewed on Wed for another TL position. Found out yesterday I didn’t get it, but I also applied for the latest TL slot on the new project. Maybe…
Aussie Infidel wrote:
Good god, who wrote this? In the US we do not have “Amphibious Marine Aboard Battle Group” Or “Carrier Battle Groups”…
What we have are, Amphibious Ready Groups, OR Marine Expeditionary Units and Carrier Strike Groups. Moreover, US Naval Vessels do not “transmitting Suez”, they “Transit the Suez”. One last thing, USS Truman Carrier Strike Group would be in the Mediterranean, not the “Eastern Mediterranean, off Syria”, as the Truman likely will not get within 100 miles of Syria.
If the Truman is headed there to conduct strikes, they would not get close enough to be targeted by land based weapons systems, if you want to take a shot at the Truman, you’re going to have to earn it. The Truman on the other hand has about a 7000 mile radius arm-span. She can sit anywhere in the Med and pound Syria to rubble without ever exposing herself to any weapons systems that might be in Syria.
rain of lead wrote:
Lol
Gin sling for me!