vxbush 12/4/2020 5:27:17 AM

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Happy Friday, everyone. Upgraded to Big Sur last night, so I'm officially in testing mode today. Local temps: 30ºF. Not too bad for December. 

buzzsawmonkey 12/4/2020 6:34:03 AM

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lucius septimius 12/4/2020 7:07:51 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 2:

And describing a coastal region after a long lunch he dubbed it the Hearty Bight.

doppelganglander 12/4/2020 7:13:26 AM

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Good morning, friends!

OR, you might want to consider giving Little OR his telescope a few days early.

"Christmas Star" appears for the first time in 800 years

lucius septimius 12/4/2020 7:16:07 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 2:

And describing a coastal region after a long lunch he dubbed it the Hearty Bight.

doppelganglander 12/4/2020 7:28:51 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 4:

Another thing the little guy might like is online planetarium shows. Our local fernbank.edu has a new one every week. I'm sure the Air and Space Museum has even better offerings.

doppelganglander 12/4/2020 7:30:22 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 6:

Forget I said that. It's closed for renovations. 

buzzsawmonkey 12/4/2020 7:30:33 AM

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The other day I watched a not-very-good late-'30s film called "Stolen Holiday," starring Kay Francis and Claude Rains, which was loosely based on the Stavisky Affair.  

Alexandre Stavisky was a highly-successful financial swindler who lived the high life in France in the early '30s, until his fraud empire crashed around him. He died, allegedly by suicide, under suspicious circumstances.  

The film was interesting for two reasons; first, it joins the "Golddiggers of 1933" finale, "Remember My Forgotten Man," which is an allusion to the routing of the Bonus Marchers from Anacostia Flats, and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," which is an oblique reference to the destruction of the Pendergast Machine in Kansas City, as a "torn from the headlines" example of 1930s film.  

Second, it was interesting because the Stavisky Affair recalls the recent downfall of another flamboyant and successful financial swindler, who died under suspicious suicide circumstances.

lucius septimius 12/4/2020 7:43:09 AM

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In #8 buzzsawmonkey said: loosely based on the Stavisky Affair.  

He had a brother, you know, who opened a restaurant featuring live music.  It was called Ivan Skavinsky's Ska Bar.

buzzsawmonkey 12/4/2020 7:47:45 AM

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In #9 lucius septimius said: He had a brother, you know, who opened a restaurant featuring live music.  It was called Ivan Skavinsky's Ska Bar.

Wasn't that in competition with a bagel joint called Abdul's Big Bulbous Schmear?

lucius septimius 12/4/2020 7:47:46 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 9:

arrghe!  Ivan Stavisky Ska Bar.

JCM 12/4/2020 8:22:42 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 1:

No issues for me so far, I've been using the beta releases for several months.

Occasional Reader 12/4/2020 8:28:01 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 4:

cool! Thank you for this news.

Occasional Reader 12/4/2020 8:31:01 AM

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vxbush 12/4/2020 8:48:28 AM

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In #12 JCM said: No issues for me so far, I've been using the beta releases for several months.

I'm waiting for all the background indexing to get done, but that's the only thing that's bugging me right now--it's just slower than I know it will be. 

Kosh's Shadow 12/4/2020 9:01:49 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 9: Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 10: Reply to lucius septimius in 11:

Jukebox

Spenser 12/4/2020 9:36:23 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 12/4/2020 9:36:43 AM

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Reply to Spenser in 17:

Howdy, stranger!

vxbush 12/4/2020 9:39:45 AM

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In #17 Spenser said: Afternoon, all.  I hope everyone is doing well.

Welcome! Glad to see a familiar face nic. How are you?

Occasional Reader 12/4/2020 9:53:26 AM

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Reply to Spenser in 17:

other than being in the middle of a pandemic, and watching my country being taken over by socialists, and recovering from knee surgery, I am great! How are you?

lucius septimius 12/4/2020 9:58:40 AM

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Reply to Spenser in 17:

Howdy!

How are things up in the greater metropolitan Wyoming area?

doppelganglander 12/4/2020 10:36:02 AM

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Reply to Spenser in 17:

Hey, it's good to see you! Hope all is well with you and yours.

Occasional Reader 12/4/2020 11:11:59 AM

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LA Mayor Garcetti bans “unnecessary walking”

https://notthebee.com/article/los-angeles-mayor-eric-garcetti-bans-non-essential-walking-and-no-we-didnt-think-he-could-do-that-either

Tar. Feathers. Stat.

And of course, jukebox:

https://youtu.be/80WyBxo0Hto

PaladinPhil 12/4/2020 11:32:20 AM

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JCM 12/4/2020 11:49:43 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 23:

My walking is absolutely essential.

Keeps me from hunting down idiots who ban walking.

vxbush 12/4/2020 1:34:57 PM

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In #23 Occasional Reader said: Tar. Feathers. Stat.

Ah, but as soon as we bring out the tar and feathers, those will be outlawed, just as urine and feces have been outlawed in various cities preparing for leftist riots. 

Occasional Reader 12/4/2020 1:54:08 PM

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JCM, perhaps you’ve been worried that there just isn’t enough crime in Seattle. Relax! Your city government has got you covered:

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1220/rufo120420.php3

Spenser 12/4/2020 2:32:40 PM

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JCM 12/4/2020 2:35:31 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 27:

That's pretty much defacto in place Pot Pete Holmes the city "prosecutor" doesn't prosecute misdemeanors anyway, or 10 grams of heroin.

Well if I committed a misdemeanor Holmes would throw the book at me.

It's society's fault they are poor, drug addicted and homeless.

JCM 12/4/2020 2:42:54 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 27:

The other thing Holmes does is use charged crimes, vs. reported crimes with compiling crime stats.

Which artificially reduces the crime rates. 

Kosh's Shadow 12/4/2020 2:53:10 PM

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In #27 Occasional Reader said: JCM, perhaps you’ve been worried that there just isn’t enough crime in Seattle. Relax! Your city government has got you covered:

New design for the Space Needle - a giant hypodermic needle.

I wonder what the Seattle government will do when there is no one left who pays taxes?

Kosh's Shadow 12/4/2020 2:59:51 PM

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Reply to Spenser in 28:

There is a lot of Jew-hating and other crap at qAnon, based on various sources I've read.

Spenser 12/4/2020 3:14:17 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 32:

That tracks with what I'm seeing.  They are also Truthers and the CIA (with the help of the Mossad), did it.

JCM 12/4/2020 3:14:27 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 31:

President Harris will bail them out.