Occasional Reader 1/18/2023 6:40:55 AM

1

Ukrainian interior minister among 14 dead in helicopter crash

Initial reports are "accident", but other leads being investigated. 

vxbush 1/18/2023 7:20:02 AM

2

Occasional Reader 1/18/2023 7:50:05 AM

3

In lighter news: So I re-watched the movie Marathon Man last night; a very good film, and an interesting snapshot of NYC in the mid-1970s.  

One aspect I had not realized, that is apparently very clear in the novel but only hinted at in the film: "Doc" Levy (Roy Scheider) and Janeway (William Devane) are, well, "a thing".  

Occasional Reader 1/18/2023 8:28:10 AM

4

So it seems that humanity-hating nutjob Greta Thunberg staged her "protest arrest" photo, with the help of the local authorities and police.  

How do these crazies manage to capture almost every institution? 

JCM 1/18/2023 8:39:44 AM

5

Reply to Occasional Reader in 4:

Fake as anthropogenic global warming.

JCM 1/18/2023 9:41:21 AM

6

Best response yet to Greta....

JCM 1/18/2023 9:54:40 AM

7

You Thought our spending was insane.... try Canada...

Trudeau gov't gets $2B to buy shares in a company that doesn't exist

Occasional Reader 1/18/2023 11:44:40 AM

8

Reply to JCM in 7:

Here in the US, we are modern and lucky*!  We have things like Solyndra! 

* Shout out to an old Bic pen commercial

vxbush 1/18/2023 1:21:14 PM

9

JCM 1/18/2023 1:32:51 PM

10

Reply to vxbush in 9:

Drawing and quartering doesn't seem cruel or unusual all of a sudden.

buzzsawmonkey 1/18/2023 3:02:55 PM

11

In #4 Occasional Reader said: So it seems that humanity-hating nutjob Greta Thunberg staged her "protest arrest" photo, with the help of the local authorities and police.  

She should have been in Davos, raising financing for her upcoming fast-food chain, Thunburger™, which will feature the tastiest assortment of bug-burgers you've ever had.

buzzsawmonkey 1/18/2023 3:07:59 PM

12

Reply to vxbush in 2:

And people wondered why so many Chinese and Eastern Europeans showed up when the Bidens put up flyers to advertise their garage sale...

Kosh's Shadow 1/18/2023 7:20:03 PM

13

So Amazon has decided to end their "smile" donation program, because ", after almost a decade, the program has not grown to create the impact that we had originally hoped. With so many eligible organizations—more than 1 million globally—our ability to have an impact was often spread too thin. "

Translation - we are giving money to causes we don't want to.

I had been using Amazon Smile to pay my local Chabad. 

Any comments?

Kosh's Shadow 1/18/2023 7:20:54 PM

14

In #4 Occasional Reader said: Greta Thunberg

Saint Greta of Dark

Kosh's Shadow 1/18/2023 7:23:34 PM

15

Kosh's Shadow 1/18/2023 7:23:34 PM

16

Kosh's Shadow 1/18/2023 7:23:35 PM

17