Kosh's Shadow 1/12/2023 6:24:51 AM

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Verizon landline broke (repair fixed the service like a vet fixes a dog - DSL was working; 6 hours after the voice service repair BOTH DSL and voice went out with no line.)

Put in another service request that was closed as fixed - but not fixed. Another service call and they scheduled the repair a week later.

Got a mobile hotspot at Best Buy as an emergency device, first verizon wireless person scheduled an activation for 24 hours later; spent this morning getting it activated now. Does work, and faster than DSL, up to a data limit, then down to DSL speed at worst unlimited

Kosh's Shadow 1/12/2023 6:25:16 AM

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Got started late so working fro mhome

Kosh's Shadow 1/12/2023 6:41:43 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 2:

And weather looks slushy and icy, and there are two hills on my drive, so this is safer

Kosh's Shadow 1/12/2023 6:58:01 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 1/12/2023 7:23:50 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 4:

My guess is Verizon needs to replace a cable, which needs a crew or 2 crews, and could not schedule it that fast.

The repair yesterday might have stressed the old cable and it failed. 

Occasional Reader 1/12/2023 7:25:26 AM

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Kosh, sorry to hear about your telecoms woes.

I hope this is good for a chuckle.  (Hardly new, but I still find it amusing.)

vxbush 1/12/2023 7:56:10 AM

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In #4 Kosh's Shadow said: Mass. dept of telecom and cable got back to me - they have contacted Verizon. I guess being told a phone will be out of service for a week and a half gets their attention

Heh. Every once in a while, the government can actually do something good. Too bad it's such a rarity. 

We never got good DSL speeds so I went with a microwave network company given where we live in the country. Much better network speeds, almost the exact same price. 

Occasional Reader 1/12/2023 8:38:28 AM

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Discussion question: Why is the MSM "allowing" the news about the mislaid Biden classified documents?

Is it to prepare the ground for ditching him in 2024?

vxbush 1/12/2023 8:40:39 AM

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In #8 Occasional Reader said: Discussion question: Why is the MSM "allowing" the news about the mislaid Biden classified documents? Is it to prepare the ground for ditching him in 2024?

Something like that is going on. One speculation I've seen is that since Biden did the same thing Trump did but worse (as he didn't have the ability to declassify docs), this would allow the DOJ to simply get rid of both investigations at once. But if that's the case, then why make such a big deal about it? Getting rid of Biden seems like a goal of someone--perhaps Newsom folks are pushing Biden out? 

Occasional Reader 1/12/2023 9:24:58 AM

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In #9 vxbush said: Biden did the same thing Trump did but worse

NPR has been desperately beating the drum that what Trump did was much, much worse (because Joe is cooperating, etc.). 

vxbush 1/12/2023 10:27:43 AM

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In #10 Occasional Reader said: NPR has been desperately beating the drum that what Trump did was much, much worse (because Joe is cooperating, etc.). 

So why release the story, then? Because if they didn't want anyone to know about it, they wouldn't even whisper about it. We need to tap into the rumor mill in Washington. 

Kosh's Shadow 1/12/2023 11:05:29 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 1/12/2023 11:07:04 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 10:

The Biden documents were "officially" discovered "shortly before the election"---but who knows how long they were actually known of?

This raises the question of whether the raid on Mar-a-Lago was actually done to lay the groundwork either for sloughing Biden as well as "getting" Trump, or to provide an escape hatch for abandoning the pursuit of Trump in exchange for letting Biden skate (and, possibly, getting the Republicans to back off investigations into the Joe & Hunter Corruption Club).

It can be played either way, whether or not the Trump raid was planned as a prophylactic.

vxbush 1/12/2023 11:27:52 AM

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In #13 buzzsawmonkey said: It can be played either way, whether or not the Trump raid was planned as a prophylactic.

Well, something is happening--just got a notice that AG Garland is assigning a special counsel. 

Kosh's Shadow 1/12/2023 11:30:29 AM

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In #14 vxbush said: Well, something is happening--just got a notice that AG Garland is assigning a special counsel. 

Will it be Hunter Biden or Hillary Clinton? Or some other Dem apparachik?

Kosh's Shadow 1/12/2023 11:31:55 AM

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In #14 vxbush said: Well, something is happening--just got a notice that AG Garland is assigning a special counsel. 

Something's happening, and you don't know what it is, do you Pres'dent Joe?

Occasional Reader 1/12/2023 11:33:24 AM

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In #13 buzzsawmonkey said: the Trump raid was planned as a prophylactic.

So, kind of a Trojan horse operation... 

Occasional Reader 1/12/2023 11:44:26 AM

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In #15 Kosh's Shadow said: Will it be Hunter Biden

In fairness, he has a reputation as a crack detective. 

lucius septimius 1/12/2023 12:31:52 PM

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In #18 Occasional Reader said:

ba-dum, TISS!

Kosh's Shadow 1/12/2023 2:57:59 PM

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In #16 Kosh's Shadow said: Something's happening, and you don't know what it is, do you Pres'dent Joe?

That's from the not Bob Dylan song, "Ballad o the Thin Mind"

CyberSimian 1/12/2023 3:13:47 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 1/12/2023 4:16:52 PM

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Those sneaky Joooos: Spy cows!

In an interview with Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, the PA’s official daily newspaper, the elder of an Arab village in the West Bank recently claimed to have found cows that are actually “recruited and trained” spies for the Jewish state — or, as some social media users suggested, the secretive Moossad agency.

These cows are a special breed, from Guernsey and Holstein cows, called a Goldstein. Instead of going "Moooo" they say "Nu?"

(I had to milk this for all it is worth, but I could not come up with an udder joke)

CyberSimian 1/12/2023 4:29:27 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 22:

Sounds like a lot of bull to me. Still, we shouldn't ignore it when Arabs have a beef against Israel, since there is so much at steak.

Kosh's Shadow 1/12/2023 4:42:54 PM

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Reply to CyberSimian in 23:

I have to horn in and say we need to make sure this is kosher.

Kosh's Shadow 1/12/2023 5:24:26 PM

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Occasional Reader 1/12/2023 5:25:17 PM

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In #23 CyberSimian said: Sounds like a lot of bull to me. Still, we shouldn't ignore it when Arabs have a beef against Israel, since there is so much at steak.

Their claim is udder nonsense.  Sure, perhaps those joos tend to be a little Bossy, but not like this... 

Kosh's Shadow 1/12/2023 5:27:56 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 25:

Sequel jukebox

Kosh's Shadow 1/12/2023 5:38:16 PM

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In #26 Occasional Reader said: Their claim is udder nonsense.  Sure, perhaps those joos tend to be a little Bossy, but not like this... 

But the Palis know how to make hay with their tails, no matter how udder ridiculous they are.