As we patiently await the arrival of the GoDaddy doctors, maybe a new thread will give some breathing room. Let’s not mess it up.
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by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 69 Comments › )Filed under Open thread at September 20th, 2020 - 8:26 pm
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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!
https://twitter.com/BunkStrutts/status/1307835655318204418
@ Bunk X:
Good one. I’m still suspended from Twitter so I can only window shop the short of it. I’m not planning on re upping to twitter. Parler is fine. A little more gross as times with pea brains that would get lost in the noise at twitter. But still a place to connect.
@JesseKellyDC
UPDATE: The puppy has been given everything it could possibly want and still it whines and trashes the place. Shoulda named it “Black Lives Matter”.
@ darkwords:
It’s on my to-do list. Meanwhile I’m clogging up the internests via Facebook.
Murphy’s Laws of Computing
1. When computing, whatever happens, behave as though you meant it to happen.
2. When you get to the point where you really understand your computer, it’s probably obsolete.
3. The first place to look for information is in the section of the manual where you least expect to find it.
4. When the going gets tough, upgrade.
5. For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction.
6. To err is human.. to blame your computer for your mistakes is even more human, it is downright natural.
7. He who laughs last probably made a back-up.
8. If at first you do not succeed, blame your computer.
9. A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
10. The number one cause of computer problems is computer solutions.
11. A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but rarely what you want to do.
Well, isn’t THIS interesting
Hannah-Jones is the author of the 1619 fraudulent history
Wow. I thought people were joking about Nikole Hannah-Jones deleting her entire tweet history. But apparently she really did. Not a good look. Has there been any explanation for why she and NYT aren’t being transparent about the 1619 Project?
https://twitter.com/shadihamid/status/1307828977927680000
I don’t suppose Trump starting his 1776 project had anything to do with it
https://lawandcrime.com/politics/female-suspect-in-ricin-letter-to-trump-was-arrested-at-u-s-canada-border-fbi/
@ Bunk X:
I haven’t seen a name or a pic but I’m betting body piercings.
nite.
@ darkwords:
I just switched from an Android phone to an iPhone. Had it a week and it is driving me nuts.
Yeah, I am old and going senile ( notice I do not cause trouble in here any more ) but I can’t get the hang of the iPhone. The Safari browser.
So tonight I installed Chrome.
What a fucking mess! An application should be a cross platform experience. Same look and feel no matter what the hardware it is running on or the operating system.
Anyone want a free iPhone? because this one is going in the trash.
18 September 2009 – Killgore’s Midnight Run
https://diaryofdaedalus.wordpress.com/2016/09/18/on-the-anniversary-of-charles-johnsons-foray-into-astroturfing/
Cigars tonight HTC Habano, Ave Maria Immaculata, Diesel Rage. Watching John Wick trilogy.
Possum wrote:
Take it to a Mac Tech and get him / her to set up for you.
You’ll be just fine!
🙂
@ Possum:
Does it still have the tit pics?
https://twitter.com/i/status/1307877608487628802
Pump Day No.10 – Gotta get up early & get my camping gear in order.
Good morning!
The Antifa goons are at Lindsay Graham’s Wash D.C.house this morning, got shoved back by police
https://twitter.com/MattGregoryNews/status/1307988500277534720
Also, I’m seeing stuff that seems to say we are back in Syria – with tanks or something. Can’t nail it down.
This is Ryan Saavedra, who is usually a solid reporter
AG Barr To Officially Designate 3 U.S. Cities As ‘Anarchist Jurisdictions,’ Report Says
Attorney General William Barr has reportedly designated three U.S. cities—all controlled by Democrats—as “anarchist jurisdictions” that are being targeted to be defunded by the federal government for failing to stop violent rioters and for defunding law enforcement departments.
The New York Post reported that Barr signed off on designating New York City, Portland, and Seattle as “anarchist jurisdictions.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-ag-barr-to-officially-designate-3-u-s-cities-as-anarchist-jurisdictions-report-says?
Here is the NY Post report
https://nypost.com/2020/09/21/nyc-branded-an-anarchist-jurisdiction-targeted-for-defunding-doj/
@ Possum:
Ask me anything about the iPhone, Possum. I’ve been a user since they first arrived on the scene (and it was a GIFT – I’m not one of those crazies that literally waited in line 12 hours outside the AT&T store in June of 2007. I got mine as a Christmas gift. And even then it was something like $500.00.
@ eaglesoars:
Looks like they’re getting started on Kavanaugh 2.0 early.
@ Possum:
I feel your pain.
Good morning. So the dying wish of RBG was that her Supreme Court replacement noination be delayed until after the presidential election.
Seriously? Does anybody actually believe that?
The Barbarian wrote:
Joe Concha was on FNC this morning and made an astute observation.
To paraphrase, if I had a date with Amy Coney Barrett is high school I would delete my contact list.
They are going to horse drag her ala Kavanaugh.
RIX wrote:
It doesn’t sound like her. The problem I have is that her family hasn’t denied it.
The Barbarian wrote:
yeah. But you tell me – isn’t it a felony to intimidate/harass an elected official?
My dad always told me: The amount of crap you get is directly proportional to the amount you indicate you’re willing to put up with.
So, if they’re not going to prosecute these precious darlings, they deserve what they get.
Personally, I think the whole prosecution route is clumsy and slow. Flame throwing drones should do the trick.
I now think Susan Collins will stay in the NO column no matter what Turtle says. And he can’t say much. Looking at the numbers, in Maine, a blue state, in order of greater-to-fewer registrants, we have Dems, Ind, Rep. She’s always won by getting the independents. If she can’t keep them, she loses the seat and a Dem WILL take it (she’s up for re-election this Nov).
So I think Turtle lets her stay in the NO column in order to keep her in the Senate. Murkowsky, however, isn’t up for another 2 years and he should be able to bitch-slap her into next month.
@ Possum:
Which one?
@ right_wing2:
. Jk
@ eaglesoars:
I doubt they will. They probably dreamed it up.
eaglesoars wrote:
Her appeal is to the Eskimos and the amount of federal funding she gets for them. Turtle can make damn sure she won’t be in a position to do that for the next two years. However, I would not put it past this @(&^ to change to Democrat if the Senate flips.
My biggest fear? Trump wins and both houses go to the Democrats. Impeachment will be on the table by mid-February and this time he’ll be forced out.
The Barbarian wrote:
Durham. Fear not.
Even if there are no indictments, that report will be damning.
Good point about Murkowski flipping
RIX wrote:
At her appellate confirmation hearing, Feinstein said (of her Catholicism) “the dogma is strong in you.” In the course of a Supreme Court confirmation hearing, which will get more press coverage such a remark is NOT going to endear either DiFi or the Democrats to the Hispanic population.
I tell you, though, our political commercials in California in the runup, with the various propositions, really stick it to “the LEGISLATURE in Sacramento….” a dig at the Democrats. There’s a proposition to repeal that disastrous AB-5, which made Uber/Lyft etc. EMPLOYEES. Also they are attempting to raise property taxes – on COMMERCIAL property. This is the first step, as I predicted, to getting Proposition 13 repealed. If they can pull this off, they’ll make it a logical extension via proposition in the next election. Also they are recycling old propositions under new names after the lost the first time.
The Barbarian wrote:
Well, she DID write something to the effect of the purpose of the legal profession is to bring the Kingdom of God.
If that’s true, I also have problems with her. Scalia was also a devout, practicing Catholic and I never heard anything like that from him.
@ eaglesoars:
Did she? I’ll have to look that up.
And you’re right about Scalia. He never talked about his religion in terms of making judicial decisions – although I have no doubt he spent a few moments at Sunday Mass asking God for guidance.
WaPo is out front attacking her for her judicial opinion upholding due process for those accused of sexual assault in a campus setting. Well, that’s not suprising. We know what the MSM thinks of Due Process.
@ The Barbarian:
a speech to the 2006 Notre Dame Law School graduating class.
“Our legal career is but a means to an end, and … that end is building the kingdom of God,” Barrett said at the time. “If you can keep in mind that your fundamental purpose in life is not to be a lawyer, but to know, love, and serve God, you truly will be a different kind of lawyer.”
https://www.sfgate.com/elections/article/Amy-Coney-Barrett-Supreme-Court-Ginsburg-Feinstein-15580435.php
She argued also that practicing Catholics should recuse from death penalty cases. When an inmate is on death row appealing to SCOTUS for help, what does she do? Automatically grant it or recuse?
See my problem?
@ The Barbarian:
The Democrats will be predictably despicable durin Judgge Barrett’s confirmation hearings.
The Media will provide cover for them, the same Media that would get hysterical if a Democrat got that treatmy.
Beating on Catholics is ok, just dont beat on liberals.
Get the nomination done. The PA legislature just asked SC to rule on mail in ballots
Biden is really cementing this “I’m an idiot” moniker. Can’t understand the hurry to fill vacancy because “By the way, there’s no court session between now and the end of this election.”
The Court meets on Monday, October 5th.
And what the hell does he mean by the “end” of this election? Most of us would say either “election day” or “November 3rd.”
Also said that the Trump people waited until AFTER Ginsburg died to ask who Biden would pick…except they were asking on September 9th.
@ The Barbarian:
So that’s 3 screw ups in 1 outing?
no idea what’s up with this? I mean, it’s a bit late…….
Black Lives Matter Drops Call to ‘Disrupt … Nuclear Family’ from Website
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/21/black-lives-matter-drops-call-to-disrupt-nuclear-family-from-website/
@ eaglesoars:
Of course, I’m sure we have the screen shots that will live in infamy.
Wonder how the NFL did this week. My son says they seemed to “tone down” the politicizing from last week. I ended up watching a few minutes when baby went splat on the kitchen floor and needed some rocking
The Barbarian wrote:
Seeing the entire line up of the Cowboys kneeling, one wag said “I haven’t seen this many men kneel since Brokeback Mountain”
uh huh
CDC removes guidance saying coronavirus spreads through air
“A draft version of proposed changes to these recommendations was posted in error to the agency’s official website,” the CDC said in its updated guidance Monday. “CDC is currently updating its recommendations regarding airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19).”
The CDC has long maintained that the coronavirus is transmitted through droplets spread among people in close proximity to one another. On Friday, it updated its guidelines, adding that the virus also spreads through “respiratory droplets or small particles, such as those in aerosols, produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, sings, talks, or breathes,” adding that this is the main vector of infection.
The guidance no longer says COVID-19 can be spread through the air, and the agency said it will update the language once its review process “has been completed.”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cdc-removes-guidance-saying-coronavirus-spreads-through-air
@ eaglesoars:
So….didn’t they say that it essentially doesn’t spread through surface touching and and they have now minimized the airborne aspects of transmission. How the hell are people getting this?
I’ve seen the talking heads talk about how TERRIFIED Pedo Joe is of the ‘Rona.
@ The Barbarian:
I think the idea is that they don’t know anything. It may be airborne, it may not be, but the report was a draft that wasn’t ready to be published.
I’d be surprised if it isn’t airborne, tho. Why wouldn’t it be?
The Barbarian wrote:
Rush said he’s been told the reason he won’t release his SCOTUS list is at the top is – Stacey Abrams.
The once and never governor of Georgia. The only judging panel this woman should be on is a county fair’s pie contest.
@ eaglesoars:
Oh dear God.
Well, the ricin mailer has been identified. Her booking picture from last year is to shudder…
https://www.progresstimes.net/2020/09/21/woman-accused-of-mailing-ricin-to-president-trump-valley-law-enforcement-agencies-identified/
@ PaladinPhil:
Trudeau has gone too far now. The gloves are off.
@ PaladinPhil:
yikes!
Oopsie!
Anonymous editor at conservative website RedState who called Dr Fauci an ‘attention-grabbing and media-wh****g mask Nazi’ is outed as also being a member of his PRESS TEAM
Bill Crews wrote under the alias Streiff, as managing editor of RedState
‘Streiff’ was vicious in his attacks on Dr Anthony Fauci’s COVID guidance
On Monday it emerged Crews was a public information officer working for Fauci
Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Crews retired
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8757243/Managing-editor-conservative-site-RedState-attacked-Fauci-works-public-affairs-team.html
@ eaglesoars:
https://news.usni.org/2020/09/18/uss-nimitz-now-operating-in-the-persian-gulf
https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/middle-east/inherent-resolve.html
The Barbarian wrote:
From what I understand of the ROP, shitting near food is haraam and violaters may be stoned.
China loses access to the Western Australian satellite tracking site.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/china-to-lose-access-to-australian-space-tracking-station
HOWEVER China has a mothballed tracking site in Micronesia at Kirabas that it can ‘un-mothbal’ . I thought the US provided foreign affairs and military protection to the island of micronesia. What in hell is China doing there? Did all those US Marine die for nothing 75 years ago liberation the islands of the Pacific?
Bunk X wrote:
Just be aware bunk that Sam LaGrone is the editor of USNI News may NOT be your friend. Not only does he run a morally bankrupt institute that has been run into the ground, the current output is probably only suitable to line the bottom of parrot cages.
http://www.history.naval .mil on the other hand is a kosher site that puts out reliable copy.
@ Bunk X:
yeah, I saw something about it last week but it was written up as more of a training exercise, which I thought was risible. I have no idea who the ‘regional’ partners might be tho.
Aussie Infidel wrote:
Well, you know how these things go after they’ve been sitting around for years. Little mice get to the wiring, rain gets in the works, things just inexplicably decay and whoopsie! some mothballs, huh?
So, where was he wrong about Fauci? Except Fauci didn’t go mask nazi until after June, before that, he was against mask mandates.
The guy apparently had close contact with the attention grabbing and media whoring mask nazi, so he must have been qualified to speak, right? Isn’t that how the left reasons for their anonymous sources?
@ eaglesoars:
That was weird, my comment above was supposed to be a reply to this from Eagles
AZfederalist wrote:
He wasn’t. Crews was just playing for the wrong team.
Altho I have to say what he did was pretty low. I don’t think he has much to be proud of.
DeSantis don’t play.
no bail for rioters, defund the police and lose all state funds, etc. Good stuff
https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1308095991183220736
yeah, I smell a rat
REUTERS: Iran Foreign Minister says Tehran ready to exchange all prisoners with US
https://twitter.com/joshdcaplan/status/1308223246521769985
right_wing2 wrote:
iPhone 7 got it for $109 refurbished from Straighttalk. Usually I get the $50 to $70 Android ones but thought this time get an Apple one so I could have more compatibility with a friend.
Well the thing is tiny. A girl’s phone.
Also I do not really want to be in the Apple Club but to do anything with it you have to have an Apple ID. Needs real name, address, email address, phone number and it tried really hard to convince me to give it a credit card number. Then you can download apps.
All I wanted to do was install Chrome browser. That is it.
I acknowledge that with an Android device you have to have a gmail account to access Google Play to install apps but all they ask for is a username and password and all is good.
Anyway I am annoyed that the ios version of Chrome looks nothing like the Android version and I can’t get it to sync my bookmarks with my Windows PCs.
I now see why anyone that had an Apple anything years ago continues to be an Apple customer. It is a tangled web that they weave….
Anyway the thing lets me make phone calls, and lets me get text messages. All I really need from a PHONE
It is however not going to be my new way of life.
This is Robert Barnes of Barnes law on Amy C. Barrett. It ain’t pretty.
https://twitter.com/Barnes_Law/status/1308232087342784512
THREAD: #Barrett sided with the government on almost every civil rights case, every big employer case, every criminal case, while also siding with the government on the lockdowns, on uncompensated takings, on excusing First Amendment infringements & Fourth Amendment violations.
#Barrett exclaimed the benefits of Jacobson, the decision that green-lit forced vaccines & carved out an emergency exception to Constitutional protection in “public health” or “emergency” cases used to justify forced sterilizations & detention camps. Read: https://politico.com/f/?id=00000174-572b-d057-a37d-7fef3ec60000
Told ya I don’t like her. She’s not conservative, she’s totalitarian.
more at the link, where he provides links to source documents.
I’m off to read, nite.
eaglesoars wrote:
Yeah, it definitely wasn’t very honorable Honorable thing would have been to resign and then explain why.
Diesel Unlimited Funkfest Stout Barber Pole and Diesel Wicked tonight. Long, dull day.
Just a random thought. In 22 years I have had maybe five or six encounters with law enforcement officers in the United States.
Every time I was not guilty of anything.
The most pleasant encounters were with Black LEOs.
So, can we do something to Back The Black Blue?
@ Possum:
I find the same thing. Black officers are the most courteous and professional.
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2020/09/21/civics-fail-don-lemons-call-to-blow-up-the-entire-system-was-even-too-much-for-his-cnn-colleague-chris-cuomo/
@ Twitchy
Don Lemonis profoundly stupid. But you knew that.
new thread, yinz!!!
https://www.blogmocracy.com/2020/09/22/the-trump-court-part-1/