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New Year’s 2021 Open

by coldwarrior ( 114 Comments › )
Filed under Open thread at December 30th, 2020 - 7:00 am

And may I be the first to say:

FUCK YOU 2020. What a God Awful year.

Happy New year, yinz!

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  1. eaglesoars
    1 | December 30, 2020 9:26 am

    Congressman-elect Letlow’s passing from Covid w/no underlying conditions is being mis-reported (surprise!). This little piece is being left out

    LSU Health Shreveport Chancellor G.E. Ghali said Letlow died from a heart attack following a procedure related to the infection.

    They don’t say what the procedure was, maybe ventilator?

    https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2020/12/29/louisiana-congressman-elect-luke-letlow-dies-covid/4082977001/

    Good morning, off to a Christmas lunch w/some friends, later.


  2. 2 | December 30, 2020 9:47 am

    @ Bunk X:
    It seems like there’s something a little fishy about that.

    Apparently the state republican party refused to support her because of multiple arrests. And why would you go to meet somebody who’s refusing to give you any information before hand?


  3. 3 | December 30, 2020 9:48 am

    We got hit by a 3.8 quake at 4:20 this morning.


  4. 4 | December 30, 2020 11:08 am

    @ right_wing2:
    Nobody said she was smart.


  5. 5 | December 30, 2020 11:11 am

    @ right_wing2:
    We had thunder a couple nights ago. La Mirada got a lot of hail.
    We’re dooooomed.


  6. coldwarrior
    6 | December 30, 2020 1:34 pm

    @ eaglesoars:

    sounds like he threw a clot.


  7. eaglesoars
    7 | December 30, 2020 3:04 pm

    coldwarrior wrote:

    @ eaglesoars:

    sounds like he threw a clot.

    You have to pay really close attention to know that thrombosis can be part of the clinical picture of Covid. I think the term ‘procedure’ sort of muddies the waters even more for the casual observer.

    The initial reports emphasized he had no comorbids, the intent to is spread the thought/fear that the ordinary young and healthy are just as at risk as anyone.

    Well, he was young, he was healthy as far as anyone knew. But our neighbor who was younger than he at the time, threw a clot one night and was in the hospital for 3 weeks. Deep vein thrombosis. Perfectly healthy until she wasn’t.

    There are co-morbids that no one knows about until they do.


  8. eaglesoars
    8 | December 30, 2020 3:11 pm

    Ah, but this one IS a Covid loss.

    Mary Ann. She was 82.

    RIP Dawn Wells.

    https://nypost.com/2020/12/30/gilligans-island-star-dawn-wells-dead-at-82-after-covid-19-battle/


  9. 4_Sticks
    9 | December 30, 2020 4:05 pm

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5359630/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_6

    RIP Dawn.
    I haven’t heard your name mentioned since the 60s and still I knew immediately who you were when I saw eagles post.
    As a boy growing up in the 60s you were either a Beatles fan or a Stones fan – and a ‘Ginger’ fan or a ‘Mary Ann’ fan. Ashamed to say I was one of the shallow ones who went in head over heels for the starlette with the big …. hurumphhhh, …. pardon me …. where was I ? Oh yeah, I was about to say that there were days though when the gang was hangin’ out and one of the older guys would admonish: ‘You don’t know what you’re talking about punk, you’re still too young to know. Behind closed doors its the ‘good girls’ who will knock your socks off”.
    I can think of worse things to have happened than to have been stuck on a deserted island with you.

    So, where do I turn myself in to sign up for the re-education camp where I can get myself straightened out after that over the top, insensitive, sexist comment ? I feel so ashamed.


  10. rain of lead
    10 | December 30, 2020 4:34 pm

    always wondered why I had to chose
    they were both hot


  11. coldwarrior
    11 | December 30, 2020 4:37 pm

    @ 4_Sticks:
    @ rain of lead:
    Mary Ann


  12. eaglesoars
    12 | December 30, 2020 4:44 pm

    In a year with so much bad…all the dogs have been very good dogs

    We Rate Dogs presents..

    The Dogs of 2020

    https://twitter.com/dog_rates/status/1344342520096985089


  13. Aussie Infidel
    13 | December 30, 2020 4:45 pm

    coldwarrior wrote:

    @ 4_Sticks:
    @ rain of lead:
    Mary Ann

    Ginger and brazenly so!

    🙂


  14. Aussie Infidel
    14 | December 30, 2020 4:51 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    In a year with so much bad…all the dogs have been very good dogs

    We Rate Dogs presents..

    The Dogs of 2020

    https://twitter.com/dog_rates/status/1344342520096985089

    This is why ancient mankind loved dogs. They are an extension of what mankind should be …. except for the naughty bits but we always forgive dogs…. how could we not?

    Its…. not so much! The yang with claws to the dogs’ yin!

    🙂


  15. eaglesoars
    15 | December 30, 2020 4:59 pm

    right_wing2 wrote:

    We got hit by a 3.8 quake at 4:20 this morning.

    I missed this one somehow. Any damage to your house?


  16. eaglesoars
    16 | December 30, 2020 5:04 pm

    Aussie Infidel wrote:

    They are an extension of what mankind should be

    You know that schmalzy saying “Try to be the person your dog thinks you are”?

    Uh, no.

    My dogs think I’m a total sucker. I can’t imagine why.


  17. Deplorable Bumr50
    17 | December 30, 2020 5:48 pm

    The Census Bureau plans to announce it will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, a delay that could undermine President Donald Trump’s efforts to exclude people in the country illegally from the count if the figures aren’t turned in before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

    https://triblive.com/news/politics-election/census-bureau-to-miss-deadline-jeopardizing-trump-plan/

    Fire them and take away their pensions


  18. AZfederalist
    18 | December 30, 2020 5:54 pm

    Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:

    Fire them and take away their pensions

    Twice.


  19. 19 | December 30, 2020 7:07 pm

    Jarvis Diner is open 24/7, has some good reviews.


  20. lobo91
    20 | December 30, 2020 7:48 pm

    News from the future with Heather:


  21. 4_Sticks
    21 | December 30, 2020 7:49 pm

    @ Deplorable Bumr50:

    “Take the cannoli…”.

    Too strong ?


  22. 22 | December 30, 2020 8:13 pm

    @ eaglesoars:
    Not that I know of.

    Unfortunately our insurance policy just went into effect December 1, and we can’t add an earthquake rider during the policy year.


  23. darkwords
    23 | December 30, 2020 8:30 pm

    Ginger


  24. darkwords
    24 | December 30, 2020 8:35 pm

    @ right_wing2:
    I lived in an Earthquake zone for awhile. The Earthquake rider was always too expensive. As was floodplain insurance. A person had to buy the floodplain insurance though if a mortgage needed to be approved. The floodplain map by the county showed most of my area hadn’t flooded in 150 years. The floodplain map was apparently created by the parents of the people who created the pandemic maps.

    With these national insurance companies I don’t see how a person can buy a new house in the Mississippi flood plain or an eastern coastline.


  25. 25 | December 30, 2020 8:39 pm

    right_wing2 wrote:

    we can’t add an earthquake rider during the policy year.

    Earthquake insurance for homeowners is a ripoff because you’ll never hit the deductable. Generally the worst that can happen is a masonry chimney collapse, and the likelihood of you getting anything higher than a 5.0 is scant.

    If your house is on a raised foundation, the risk for significant damage is a bit higher, but there are reasonably cheap hold-down hardware for retrofits (Simpson Strong-Tie) that you can install in the crawl space.

    I’m in CA. No earthquake insurance for me.


  26. darkwords
    26 | December 30, 2020 9:03 pm

    @ Bunk X:
    Yes, that jogs my memory. The deductible was extreme. And if I remember correctly it was more productive to modernize the foundation. There was a company that sold some type of shock absorbers that could be installed into the foundation.

    And get the Chimney serviced every year or so. Add earthquake straps to the water heater. Be able to shut off the gas.


  27. AZfederalist
    27 | December 30, 2020 9:04 pm

    Bunk X wrote:

    I’m in CA. No earthquake insurance for me.

    Given the current state of California, I suspect you feel you’d be better off if an earthquake wiped things to the foundation.


  28. darkwords
    28 | December 30, 2020 9:08 pm

    No longer in CA but I have been in 2 6.3’s And while they shook a lot. What they did was collapse unstable masonry as Bunk said. One cracked a wall and lopsided it. Depends on the epicenter and if the quake is shallow or deep. Each area is different.

    Water caused more damage to the properties I owned. Quakes while being scary caused very little.


  29. lobo91
    29 | December 30, 2020 9:14 pm

    @ darkwords:

    Water caused more damage to the properties I owned. Quakes while being scary caused very little.

    There’s a reason you only hear about massive casualties from relatively minor earthquakes in places like Iran, where the building code is “inshallah.”

    We don’t build stuff out of mud, for the most part.


  30. darkwords
    30 | December 30, 2020 9:31 pm

    @ lobo91:
    Reference here to whole civilizations disappearing in an earthquake.

    https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/science-questions/10-technologies-that-help-buildings-resist-earthquakes.htm


  31. 31 | December 30, 2020 10:15 pm

    AZfederalist wrote:

    Bunk X wrote:
    Given the current state of California, I suspect you feel you’d be better off if an earthquake wiped things to the foundation.

    Only if a fire was involved.


  32. 32 | December 30, 2020 10:17 pm

    darkwords wrote:

    There was a company that sold some type of shock absorbers that could be installed into the foundation.

    Hold downs are better.
    https://www.strongtie.com/foundationanchors_concreteconnectorsandanchors/urfp-frfp_productgroup_wcc/p/urfp.frfp


  33. 33 | December 30, 2020 10:20 pm

    @ Bunk X:


  34. 34 | December 30, 2020 10:26 pm

    darkwords wrote:

    Water caused more damage to the properties I owned.

    Water is the No.1 cause of building damage, and fire sprinklers often do more damage than the fire.


  35. 35 | December 30, 2020 10:32 pm

    @ lobo91:
    Mexico always has earthquake damage despite building codes. Seems you don’t pay property tax on unfinished buildings, so some shysters leave rebar exposed, or don’t grout the masonry cells. Bribes make the inspectors go away, too.

    There was a building in So.Cal and the contractor was behind schedule, facing a penalty. During final inspection by the building department fire sprinkler heads began falling from the ceiling. They’d been glued on…


  36. 36 | December 30, 2020 10:40 pm

    @ darkwords:

    A four-story wood frame building is tested under the conditions of a number of historical earthquakes using the world’s largest outdoor shake table by researchers at the University of San Diego California on Aug. 17, 2013

    I haven’t seen this, but it’s awesome. To test new moment-resistant designs, 3/4 scale mockups are built on a platform that shakes with increasing intensity until the building fails. I’ve seen smaller versions, but not that one.

    Because of that machine, you are allowed to design moment frames out of laminated wood instead of steel.


  37. AZfederalist
    37 | December 30, 2020 11:16 pm

    Bunk X wrote:

    Mexico always has earthquake damage despite building codes. Seems you don’t pay property tax on unfinished buildings, so some shysters leave rebar exposed, or don’t grout the masonry cells. Bribes make the inspectors go away, too.

    Also read a number of years ago that residents of the building often make unauthorized changes like taking down walls between apartments to join them together. In some cases, those were supporting walls so that the next earthquake brings down the building.


  38. darkwords
    38 | December 30, 2020 11:32 pm

    @ Bunk X:
    I have to build a house with those techs so I can argue with the neighbors.

    You see my house there? Never gonna fall. 9.0 quake? You pancaked, me standing strong….


  39. darkwords
    39 | December 30, 2020 11:35 pm

    @ Bunk X:
    I was in an earthquake proof skyscaper in a 6.0. Around 50th floor. You couldn’t really feel the quake but looking out the windows you could feel the skyscraper pendulum back and forth.

    I always had to go to a window and look out during an earthquake. Ignoring the safety advice.


  40. 40 | December 30, 2020 11:38 pm

    @ AZfederalist:
    That idiocy happens all over, especially in residential. Nobody wants to hire an architect or engineer, and dealing with the city for permits can be exasperating and expensive if you have to bring the rest of the building up to code as well.


  41. 41 | December 30, 2020 11:41 pm

    darkwords wrote:

    I was in an earthquake proof skyscaper in a 6.0.

    Skyscrapers are different animals. Most places it’s wind that is the overriding factor. The forces on the building act in the same way.


  42. 42 | December 30, 2020 11:47 pm

    darkwords wrote:

    I was in an earthquake proof skyscaper in a 6.0.

    P.S. There’s no such thing – too many variables. You can design for the largest earthquake on record, but geotechnical can only estimate soil pressures and consistancy, engineering must be perfect, construction materials un-flawed, and the construction must be error free. Natural deterioration and deferred maintenance also come into play.


  43. 43 | December 30, 2020 11:51 pm

    @ Bunk X:
    On the plus side, the International Building Code requires a factor of safety equal to or greater than 1.3 x the calculated loads.


  44. AZfederalist
    44 | December 31, 2020 12:30 am

    You know, it strikes me, that while we are all celebrating the end of 2020 with the thought 2021 will be better, with all this “discovery” of a new strain of COVID with the statists wanting to lock things down even more, the Georgia Senate race being screwed up by the GOP, and Biden & the Communists taking control that 2021 is waiting in the wings saying to 2020, “here, hold my beer”


  45. 45 | December 31, 2020 1:22 am

    December 31 00:00 hours is Ramones Time.


  46. 46 | December 31, 2020 6:55 am

    @ AZfederalist:
    Kind of what I thought.


  47. eaglesoars
    47 | December 31, 2020 2:38 pm

    Good day and happy new year! (fingers crossed)

    I’ve not been online much (I’m deep into Tom Clancy books – great fun!) but a few things pop up.

    A source who I trust is saying the judge who allowed voters who had filed change of address w/the post office to stay on the voter rolls has reversed that decision. The judge is Stacey Abrams sister. I don’t see a confirming link yet, but the source is usually solid

    And Penna. House R’s will contest the electors.

    Back to Clancy. Or take a nap. Toss up.


  48. Deplorable Bumr50
    48 | December 31, 2020 2:42 pm

    Cuomo is going to attend the Bills playoff game to “help reopen the economy.”

    Apparently he thinks they like him in Western NY.


  49. Aussie Infidel
    49 | December 31, 2020 3:22 pm

    Happy New Year from 2021 …. already here


  50. Deplorable Bumr50
    50 | December 31, 2020 3:32 pm

    @ Aussie Infidel:

    Happy New Year!

    We’re putting apples in with the pork, sauerkraut, and kielbasa this year.

    We didn’t last year, and look what happened…


  51. darkwords
    51 | December 31, 2020 3:46 pm

    @ Bunk X:
    I think they are rated to be built to an 8.0 standard but in reality only resilient at lessor magnitudes.


  52. darkwords
    52 | December 31, 2020 3:59 pm

    @ eaglesoars:
    I voted with a change of address and a forward this last election. Old state DMV, Vehicle registration, and Insurance all locked into the old address.

    I couldn’t register to vote in the new state without a valid DMV ID. And the government officials assume you are guilty of high crimes if one just has one not normal piece of documentation. Can of worms. I have to change them in a certain order over a few months.

    But it does reveal the issue. I could have voted in any of three states or in all of three states. Not much to stop me if I wanted to bear risk.


  53. darkwords
    53 | December 31, 2020 4:08 pm

    @ Aussie Infidel:
    Happy New Year. I have the whiskey lined up. I always drink to the old man in the New Year. then back to resolutions.


  54. eaglesoars
    54 | December 31, 2020 4:37 pm

    Normally I’d look for the underlying source, but it’s Jake Tapper who I doubt is very happy about this

    2 House Republicans tell me they expect as of now that at least 140 Republican Members of the House will on Jan 6 object to and vote against the Electoral College results showing President-elect Biden won

    https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1344749990703411205


  55. eaglesoars
  56. darkwords
    56 | December 31, 2020 4:47 pm

    @ eaglesoars:
    How many politicians are ok with fraud? The ones who benefit from it? the ones just in it for the money?


  57. rain of lead
    57 | December 31, 2020 5:16 pm

    hey y’all


  58. Deplorable Martian Overlord
    58 | December 31, 2020 5:18 pm

    darkwords wrote:

    @ eaglesoars:
    How many politicians are ok with fraud? The ones who benefit from it? the ones just in it for the money?

    The ones who want to return us to “business as usual”. I see a lot of those. Look at the porkulus bill they just passed. They could have done a one page covid relief bill and instead we got a 5500 page monstrosity with another CASH act monstrosity incoming.


  59. eaglesoars
    59 | December 31, 2020 5:18 pm

    darkwords wrote:

    How many politicians are ok with fraud?

    99.95%

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist Thursday suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing it from refrigeration for two nights.

    A pharmacist? I don’t get it

    https://apnews.com/article/us-news-milwaukee-wisconsin-coronavirus-pandemic-3d6db7b839be9276734088cb9d93a52d


  60. rain of lead
    60 | December 31, 2020 5:24 pm

    @ eaglesoars:

    that was kinda weird


  61. rain of lead
    61 | December 31, 2020 5:24 pm

    need music


  62. darkwords
    62 | December 31, 2020 7:52 pm

    @ eaglesoars:
    A political pharmacist? One who wants the vaccine to fail?


  63. darkwords
    63 | December 31, 2020 7:54 pm

    Democrats counting votes past the due date no problem.

    Republicans counting votes past the due date and all of a sudden Judges get a faulty conscience.

    Judges always like to make an example of a small issue as a lesson for the large. With vote fraud the example they seem to want to make is that a liberal feel good vote is worth 2 conservative freedom votes.


  64. eaglesoars
    64 | December 31, 2020 8:00 pm

    darkwords wrote:

    @ eaglesoars:
    A political pharmacist? One who wants the vaccine to fail?

    or one who thinks it’s not safe?


  65. eaglesoars
    65 | December 31, 2020 8:05 pm

    Pence has sided with the Dems?

    I’m not sure what’s going on.

    I’ve been sorta following a discussion over days about the 12A which requires the VP to not count faulty EVs.

    Louie Gohmert filed suit against Pence as VP to force him to follow the 12A or something? I’m not sure.

    It seems the Dems have gone to court with an amicus brief asking for dismissal and Pence has joined the amicus?

    https://twitter.com/kylenabecker/status/1344808346696740864


  66. eaglesoars
    66 | December 31, 2020 8:07 pm

    Oh. I see. Pence/DOJ is saying he should not have been the target of Gohmert’s suit, as he already has the authority for what the lawsuit is suing for and the House and Senate should have been the targets.

    I think a lot of people are just short on sleep.


  67. darkwords
    67 | December 31, 2020 8:33 pm

    @adamcarolla

    Dec 28
    LA needs to lock down harder and longer until we can get our numbers down to levels of cities that didn’t lock down


  68. darkwords
    68 | December 31, 2020 8:35 pm

    Last dog tweet of 2020

    https://twitter.com/i/status/1344248168880480258


  69. lobo91
    69 | December 31, 2020 10:11 pm


  70. 70 | December 31, 2020 10:15 pm

    Early day at work tomorrow. I can hardly wait to start calling people on a trouble signal is on their alarms at 5 AM California time when they’re hung over.


  71. Aussie Infidel
    71 | December 31, 2020 10:50 pm

    Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:

    @ Aussie Infidel:

    Happy New Year!

    We’re putting apples in with the pork, sauerkraut, and kielbasa this year.

    We didn’t last year, and look what happened…

    Excellent !

    You can’t be too careful these days!

    🙂


  72. lobo91
    72 | January 1, 2021 9:55 am

    Well, we started off the new year with no water. There’s a water main break that knocked out service to this whole side of town, and it’s going to take 6-8 hours to fix.


  73. coldwarrior
    73 | January 1, 2021 10:47 am

    @ lobo91:
    2021


  74. coldwarrior
    74 | January 1, 2021 10:49 am

    @ Deplorable Martian Overlord:

    a 12 yo glenfidich and a ‘The Judge’ cigar from My Father.

    its a good day.

    happy new year to all yinz and to the only other cigar guy here!


  75. coldwarrior
    75 | January 1, 2021 10:53 am

    eaglesoars wrote:

    or one who thinks it’s not safe?

    i was sore/achy after the first one…ill report back after the second

    no different than from the flu shot so far

    …hey! why is there another head growing out of my shoulder??? WOOOT! i’m zaphod beeblebrox!


  76. coldwarrior
    76 | January 1, 2021 10:54 am

    darkwords wrote:

    @adamcarolla

    Dec 28
    LA needs to lock down harder and longer until we can get our numbers down to levels of cities that didn’t lock down

    SCIENCE!!!!!!11ty!


  77. lobo91
    77 | January 1, 2021 11:13 am

    @ coldwarrior:

    I got mine on Wednesday. Pretty much the same experience.

    I know one person who had fever/chills that evening. Another has a good-sized bruise at the injection site.

    Nobody’s turned into a zombie yet.


  78. coldwarrior
    78 | January 1, 2021 11:19 am

    lobo91 wrote:

    Nobody’s turned into a zombie yet.

    yet….


  79. coldwarrior
    79 | January 1, 2021 11:25 am

    as much as rix isnt going to like this…

    ND is a 19 point dog v ‘Bama…bama covers

    and then…

    ohio state is grossly overrated again this year and they have to play Clemson. i will pray at the icons for ohio that they do not suffer long as they are left on the field, bleeding…writhing…

    a blood eagle awaits them, all of them. and god have mercy on these young men, for they know not what they are in for.


  80. lobo91
    80 | January 1, 2021 11:25 am

    @ lobo91:

    Chills and Fever:


  81. lobo91
    81 | January 1, 2021 11:31 am

    NY is trying to ban body armor:


  82. coldwarrior
    82 | January 1, 2021 11:31 am

    CA shut down the Rose Bowl…the granday of them all! TX says…bring it over here. well played TEXAS!

    i’m a little broken up…

    pure joy. i miss that guy


  83. coldwarrior
    83 | January 1, 2021 11:34 am

    my favorite day of the year.

    pure america.


  84. coldwarrior
    84 | January 1, 2021 11:37 am


  85. coldwarrior
    85 | January 1, 2021 11:45 am

    every new year, when i was a kid, we’d go to Grampy COldwarrior’s house (retired CSM) and watch college ball all day and eat and eat and eat.

    the house was full of people. it was football heaven. Grammy made the excellent food for the day.

    i came back from berlin for the holidays twice just for that. A day with dad, grampy, my uncles, and keith…and college ball.

    great stuff.


  86. 86 | January 1, 2021 3:18 pm

    darkwords wrote:

    @ Bunk X:
    I think they are rated to be built to an 8.0 standard but in reality only resilient at lessor magnitudes.

    It depends on the seismic zone.


  87. 87 | January 1, 2021 3:22 pm

    coldwarrior wrote:

    lobo91 wrote:

    Nobody’s turned into a zombie yet.

    yet….

    Right…
    Happy New Year, Blogmockers!


  88. coldwarrior
    88 | January 1, 2021 3:57 pm

    Bunk X wrote:

    coldwarrior wrote:

    lobo91 wrote:

    Nobody’s turned into a zombie yet.

    yet….

    Right…
    Happy New Year, Blogmockers!

    WOOT!

    mmmmmmmmmmm….brainz……


  89. coldwarrior
    89 | January 1, 2021 3:59 pm

    coldwarrior wrote:

    mmmmmmmmmmm….brainz……

    sorry…where was i?

    nice job cinci. they hanged with G. im impressed.


  90. coldwarrior
    90 | January 1, 2021 4:02 pm

    ND is about to get destroyed.

    i will root for the b=good catholic boys, but jeeze…

    Bama


  91. coldwarrior
    91 | January 1, 2021 4:04 pm

    coldwarrior wrote:

    mmmmmmmmmmm….brainz……

    pass the sri racha


  92. Deplorable Martian Overlord
    92 | January 1, 2021 4:06 pm

    coldwarrior wrote:

    ND is about to get destroyed.

    i will root for the b=good catholic boys, but jeeze…

    Bama

    Incredible deal on cigar bundles of miami right now. Look for the Cigar Prop sampler then use code KEVINDSHAHAN at checkout. 6 handrolled multiwrapper custom sticks for twenty bucks. Grabbed two samplers myself. Can’t wait to try them. Cigar Prop is a great online reviewer.


  93. coldwarrior
    93 | January 1, 2021 4:08 pm

    @ Deplorable Martian Overlord:

    $$$$

    hahahahhhaaaaa!

    BOOM!


  94. coldwarrior
    94 | January 1, 2021 4:09 pm

    @ Bunk X:

    Heh.

    we lived.


  95. rain of lead
    95 | January 1, 2021 6:08 pm

    hey y’all
    happy new year
    same as the last year


  96. Deplorable Martian Overlord
    96 | January 1, 2021 6:40 pm

    coldwarrior wrote:

    @ Deplorable Martian Overlord:

    $$$$

    hahahahhhaaaaa!

    BOOM!

    That sampler is some high-quality artisanal work too. Be a shame to smoke them. Oh, well. I’ll have pictures to remember them by, lol.


  97. rain of lead
    98 | January 1, 2021 7:15 pm

    fuuuuck!!!

    Assault Drone with Full-Auto Glock G18C Scares the $H!T out of People!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS1KFmFw2Dw


  98. darkwords
    99 | January 1, 2021 7:35 pm

    @pepesgrandma

    3h
    They forgot to mention the Antifa insignia on Pelosi’s garage door. She gone created a monster aligning with them just to use and then discard.

    ** Well if ANTIFA wants to up their game the House and Senate leaders are good targets. It will amplify their message and force stuff.


  99. darkwords
    100 | January 1, 2021 7:41 pm

    @shipwreckedcrew
    ·
    In both instances you had a very small number of people — who clearly favored Hillary Clinton — making the key decisions. The decisions were discretionary. They all fell in one direction.
    That’s not the “whole agency.”
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    @mjhigginsND67
    · 2h
    Replying to @shipwreckedcrew
    The difference in investigations of Clinton v Trump are stunning re: use of warrants, GJ, immunity, etc. Only explanation, they favored Clinton so didn’t indict, they hated Trump and tried to indict. FBI hierarchy criminal, reflects on whole agency. Won’t trust for long time.

    ** To me…. yes it’s the whole agency. Not just one but a number of bad apples rotted the FBI to its core. No one should trust or talk to them. A lot of these twitter prosecutors are smirking behind the rule of law. Yet unwilling to recognize then they abuse the law themselves. Like a Nifong.

    People without money are seeing their dreams erode. People with money are saying “Here Here, lets have none of that everything will work out ok.”

    It’s a form of corruption that is running deep. It will take a lot to fix it if it can be fixed.


  100. Deplorable Martian Overlord
    101 | January 1, 2021 7:44 pm

    The overriding of Trumps veto on the defense spending is another “Screw you” to the American people by the congress to let them know that it is back to “business as usual”. They want to make it clear the cheat is in and Trump was an anomaly they will NEVER allow to happen again.


  101. lobo91
    102 | January 1, 2021 7:48 pm

    This video’s been up for over a year, but I just came across it. Not sure how Kara Grainger isn’t a much bigger star:


  102. CynicalConservative
    103 | January 1, 2021 7:54 pm

    @ lobo91:
    Not sure if you’re interested or care in any fashion; MandyManners was asking about you over at https://thenewamericanist.com/, seems most WeaselZippers folks have consolidated over there as WZ continues to implode.

    /galt


  103. lobo91
    104 | January 1, 2021 8:11 pm

    @ CynicalConservative:

    I’ll take a look. Thanks!


  104. rain of lead
    105 | January 1, 2021 8:24 pm

    @ CynicalConservative:

    what’s up at wz?
    lotta bitching in the comments?


  105. lobo91
    106 | January 1, 2021 8:29 pm

    @ rain of lead:

    I haven’t visited that place in close to a year. Got tired of the trolls


  106. darkwords
    107 | January 1, 2021 8:41 pm

    Carlyle Group took its name from the Carlyle Hotel in New York. Known as the second white house. The Carlyle Hotel took its name from Scottish essayist Thomas Carlyle

    Thomas Carlyle wrote about the necessity of a Hero in directing nations. And. 1849.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occasional_Discourse_on_the_Negro_Question

    On the plus side he observed economics as the dismal science.

    Carlyle was of an astute spiritual nature but also swayed by large scale economics and politics. The opposite astute spiritual nature would be a Kipling.


  107. darkwords
    108 | January 1, 2021 8:44 pm

    @ CynicalConservative:
    I have a few relatives that just live to Troll internet forums as a form of recreation. I think the modern form of that is called “dad jokes”. Where Dad is the person wanting a poll taker to call them so they can lie to the poll taker. Life is not perfect unless one has mislead a poll worker.


  108. CynicalConservative
    109 | January 1, 2021 8:54 pm

    @ rain of lead:
    Pretty much. Other dynamics as well along the troll continuum, content, infighting, etc. Really fractured after the banning of Dian who started the new forum I pointed Lobo to.. https://thenewamericanist.com/ . Finally gave up on WZ myself about month ago.

    /galt


  109. darkwords
    110 | January 1, 2021 10:09 pm

    Now that I am older.
    1. My goal for 2020 was to lose 10 pounds. Only have 14 to go.
    2. Ate Salad for dinner. Mostly croutons and tomatoes. Really just one big round crouton covered with tomato sauce and cheese. FINE, it was a pizza… OK?
    3. A recent study has found women who carry a little extra weight live longer than men who mention it.
    4. Kids today don’t know how easy they have it. When I was young, I had to walk 9 feet through shag carpet to change the TV channel.
    5. Remember back when we were kids and every time it was below zero outside they closed school? Yeah, Me neither.
    6. I may not be that funny or athletic or good looking or smart or talented. I forgot where I was going with this.


  110. AZfederalist
    111 | January 1, 2021 10:55 pm

    coldwarrior wrote:

    @ lobo91:
    2021

    2021 to 2020, “Here, hold my beer”


  111. AZfederalist
    112 | January 1, 2021 11:16 pm

    Well, Happy New Year to everyone anyway. May the year be happy and prosperous for you all. I begin the year as a newly retired little old person. … and I’m good with that; I just think, “If I were going back to work on Monday, I’d be doing the following things …. ” and think, “Nope, don’t have to do that anymore”. Yep, the process and bureaucracy sucked the life out of the joy of my job. Really liked solving problems and working with the customers to deliver great solutions. All of the reviews, approvals, certifications, performance review inputs, having to fight to get money so we could bid new opportunities — nope, not doing that stuff anymore.


  112. lobo91
    113 | January 2, 2021 12:39 am

    @ AZfederalist:

    I’m counting down the days myself.

    Two years.


  113. Canoe Convoy
    114 | January 2, 2021 5:34 am

    @ AZfederalist:
    In my case, 17 more years of doing some kind of work, before any retirements package kicks in. One downside of being Generation X is that we’re the first generation that ( I fear ) will be worse off than their parents. 17 more years. I suppose I’ll eventually find some sort of employment that I tolerate enough to enjoy. Oh, well.


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