lucius septimius 8/28/2020 5:38:41 AM

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Laura keeps chugging along.

Six confirmed fatalities, though I noticed that one of them was a person who died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator they had in the house -- not sure how that counts as a "hurricane" death.

All but a handful of people evacuated (150 stayed behind) and although property damage was severe, the storm surge was not nearly as bad as predicted.  

buzzsawmonkey 8/28/2020 6:52:19 AM

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Occasional Reader 8/28/2020 7:10:42 AM

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Good morning.

Did you know that Orange Man Bad?

Well, if you didn't, the Washington Post is here to tell you about it (all over their virtual front page). 

Occasional Reader 8/28/2020 7:14:21 AM

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In #1 lucius septimius said: not sure how that counts as a "hurricane" death.

I think it counts as a hurricane death in that it shows Trump Bungled The Hurricane Response:  And also, as a Covid-19 death, in terms of  Ongoing Total Crisis That Requires A Sustained Sense Of Panic And The Use Of Mail-In Ballots.  Does that answer your question? 

buzzsawmonkey 8/28/2020 7:32:05 AM

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When I was a young man I had a backpack
And roamed 'round the land a "protester"
From Portland to Seattle I would double back
For shouting slogans is the best, sir.
Then in 2020 my paymaster said, "Son---
Get out to Kenosha and you'll have some fun
Doing looting and burning, so pack up your gun,
And hie yourself out to Wisconsin."
And the mob was shouting "Black Lives Matter"
As we smashed and we looted and burned
I enjoyed watching window glass shatter
But then the tide suddenly turned.

How well I remember that terrible day
When our riot met with opposition
We were running amok in the usual way
But counter-protesters were in position
A seventeen-year-old with an AR-15
Got off several shots and his aim was clean
And I was waving my pistol at the scene
When my right arm was hit by his bullet
And the mob was shouting "Black Lives Matter"
As it tried and failed to take him down
But I stood and watched my arm splatter
Then collapsed on my back on the ground.

---"And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" partially rewritten for Kenosha

JCM 8/28/2020 7:57:41 AM

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Boeing pulls 8 Dreamliners from service over possible structural issue

    There are two separate manufacturing issues involved that together undermine the strength of an area in the rear of the planes'     fuselage, according to Boeing.

They are self inflicted for the most part.

JCM 8/28/2020 7:58:35 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 4:

Orange man told them personally it was okay to have a generator inside!

Does that answer your question?

doppelganglander 8/28/2020 7:58:49 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 5:

Very good.

Did you hear what the guy's friend said about it? He announced that the arm had been saved and the "victim's" only regret is that he didn't kill Kyle. Nice of him to support Kyle's self-defense claim.

Occasional Reader 8/28/2020 8:02:45 AM

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Occasional Reader 8/28/2020 8:03:44 AM

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In #8 doppelganglander said: Nice of him to support Kyle's self-defense claim.

Yep. And it is a nice, solid, hearsay exception.

Occasional Reader 8/28/2020 8:06:48 AM

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JCM 8/28/2020 8:09:34 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 11:

"Everyone, beware. [Protestors] are not going to stop before Election Day in November and they're not going to stop after Election Day," Harris emphasized, adding that "they should not" and "we should not."

Occasional Reader 8/28/2020 8:21:42 AM

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Reply to JCM in 12:

That’s the one. So, correction, she was not specifically supporting writing unless she and Joe get elected (And of course she was not the vice presidential nominee at that point), she was just supporting rioting generally. Good to know, Kamala.

Related: I had a “Google hang out” chat with some college buddies last night, in which I noted once again the weird, deep denial that Democrats are in regarding the rioting. It’s a very strange phenomenon to observe. Bring the matter up, in anyway, and they get very uneasy and quickly try to change the subject. Not that they don’t want to talk about politics, mind you; they will cheerfully bring up orange man bad and all that. The talk about the rioting that’s happening even in their own cities? They simply start to squirm. Related: I had a “Google hang out“ chat with some college buddies last night, in which I noted once again the weird, deep denial that Democrats are in regarding the rioting. It’s a very strange phenomenon to observe. Bring the matter up, in anyway, and they get very uneasy and quickly try to change the subject. Not that they don’t want to talk about politics, mind you; they will cheerfully bring up orange man bad and all that. The talk about the rioting that’s happening even in their own cities? They simply start to squirm.

Occasional Reader 8/28/2020 8:34:21 AM

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So, an aside: My cleaning lady (who comes in once every two weeks) is Brazilian and, I have to say, fairly attractive.

Should I start composing that "Dear Penthouse Forum..." letter now, or...? 

JCM 8/28/2020 8:36:56 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 13:

Looking at headlines and wondering how delusional the (D)s can get. Harris comments on the rioting and how blacks in America are not "fully human", Biden on Trump destroying Obama's economy.

There denial as you point out of the riots.... CNN day before yesterday standing in front of a burning building talking about "peaceful" protests.

The cognitive dissonance is at epic levels.

Kosh's Shadow 8/28/2020 8:40:51 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 13:
i wonder if by the time election day comes around, it  might seep into the part of their brains that control who they vote for.

Other than  that, perhaps all this is mass hypnosis from the MSM.

Occasional Reader 8/28/2020 9:07:50 AM

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In #13 Occasional Reader said: she was not specifically supporting writing

Ah, voice transcription.

RIOTING

Occasional Reader 8/28/2020 9:09:18 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 13:

Oh, good grief.  Total voice transcription disaster, with that Random-Duplication-Of-Everything-You-Just-Dictated "feature".  

JCM 8/28/2020 9:25:21 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 18:

To err is human.

To really foul things up, that takes a computer.

JCM 8/28/2020 9:53:41 AM

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'Operation Not Forgotten': US Marshals rescue 39 endangered children in Georgia, arrest 9 suspects on sex trafficking charges

After a two-week search for endangered children in Georgia, the U.S. Marshals Service on Thursday announced the recovery of 39 children: "Operation Not Forgotten" rescued 26 missing children and safely located 13 others.

Nine people were arrested and charged with sex trafficking, parental kidnapping, registered sex offender violations, drugs and weapons possession and custodial interference, officials said.

Kosh's Shadow 8/28/2020 9:57:08 AM

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In #20 JCM said: Nine people were arrested and charged with sex trafficking, parental kidnapping, registered sex offender violations, drugs and weapons possession and custodial interference, officials said.

Are they Democrats? After all, many Democrats want to legalize prostitution.

Occasional Reader 8/28/2020 10:48:00 AM

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Reply to JCM in 20:

Such a shame they didn't resist arrest. 

buzzsawmonkey 8/28/2020 12:11:19 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 8/28/2020 2:02:41 PM

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Might get to make some blog improvements this weekend  and next.

This weekend:

New users are guests until an admin makes them full members.

This will allow us to try out new users without letting them at the Frontier. We can delete posts discussing the new members before  they can see them, if we want.

And warn about refreshing if the composition  box is not empty.

Next  weekend:

Time  zones - allow users to  set theirs, and  times will be displayed in that user's zone.

Any comments or high wish items? I'll reply what I think. (Anything  that changes the database will not be done this weekend. Too likely to  break things. I'll reply if it does. Note I put time zones in the database a  while ago so I could add  the use of them later.. 

JCM 8/28/2020 2:06:34 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 24:

Serve drinks and make sandwiches!

;-P

Thanks for all your work on this!

Kosh's Shadow 8/28/2020 2:09:31 PM

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In #25 JCM said: Serve drinks and make sandwiches!

Star Trek hasn't sent me how to make their replicators. Once I get that, OK!

doppelganglander 8/28/2020 3:35:40 PM

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This is a very odd story. Read all the way to the end for the strangest part.

SENIOR U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL DIED BY SUICIDE IN JUNE

doppelganglander 8/28/2020 3:37:07 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 27:

Sorry, the link didn't take.

SENIOR U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL DIED BY SUICIDE IN JUNE

Kosh's Shadow 8/28/2020 3:45:16 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 28:

Bondage and S&M gear in the basement? Was he being blackmailed and took the honorable way out? We'll never know.

JCM 8/28/2020 3:48:00 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 27:

Kinky.....

doppelganglander 8/28/2020 4:59:50 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 29:

Reply to JCM in 30:

What amazed me is that he was a newlywed and his wife had absolutely no idea he had this stuff (or at least it seems as if she had no idea). There's no telling if he committed suicide for personal or professional reasons at this point, but I'm sure there's an investigation into his work to figure out if he was being blackmailed or something.