lucius septimius 3/5/2021 5:31:17 AM

1

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 5:34:51 AM

2

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 5:38:00 AM

3

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 6:13:39 AM

4

This... is Washington.

Most of the fires have burned out by now, and as the smoke clears one can half-see the charred remains of the few structures that even partially survived yesterday’s blitz by the QAnon Berserker Army.

Oh, wait.  Actually, nothing happened.

Nevertheless, they persisted:

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/brucecarroll/2021/03/04/u-s-capitol-may-stay-militarized-well-into-spring-n1430115

Kosh's Shadow 3/5/2021 6:16:31 AM

5

Reply to CyberSimian in 3:

Is that you, Hunter Biden?

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 6:48:37 AM

6

In #5 Kosh's Shadow said: Is that you, Hunter Biden?

doppelganglander 3/5/2021 7:08:14 AM

7

Reply to Occasional Reader in 4:

Talked to DC daughter last night. She hates the barriers around the Capitol. I considered explaining that the Democrats are deliberately creating the false impression that a physical attack from the right is an imminent danger, but she is convinced that QAnon is real. She was understandably rattled by 1/6, but she claims she has mild PTSD from it. I'm thinking, you need to meet someone who served in Iraq, or a survivor of abuse, then come back and talk to me about PTSD.

Kosh's Shadow 3/5/2021 7:28:12 AM

8

Reply to CyberSimian in 6:

Google translate said it was Chinese! I guess they are wrong

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 7:33:57 AM

9

In #7 doppelganglander said: she is convinced that QAnon is real.

Oh, I'm convinced it's real, too.  But: It's a bunch of keyboard dweebs, not some "militia" awaiting orders to commit genocide. 

JCM 3/5/2021 7:34:10 AM

10

Seattle City Council mulls plan to pay legal fees for tenants facing eviction

    Under the measure, as soon as the tenant receives a summons for the eviction proceeding, the resident could ask for an attorney free of charge     no matter what the tenant's annual income is.

No problem... only 20% decrease in revenue and $337 Billion deficit.

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 7:37:35 AM

11

In #10 JCM said: No problem... only 20% decrease in revenue and $337 Billion deficit.

They can just start printing SeattleCHAZDollars!  Problem solved!

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 7:38:18 AM

12

In #7 doppelganglander said: Talked to DC daughter last night. She hates the barriers around the Capitol.

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 7:39:47 AM

13

In #8 Kosh's Shadow said: Google translate said it was Chinese! I guess they are wrong

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 7:40:59 AM

14

Reply to CyberSimian in 12:

You said "erected".  Huh huh huh huh.  

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 7:41:32 AM

15

In #13 CyberSimian said: There's some overlap with numbers and some characters...

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 7:42:58 AM

16

In #12 CyberSimian said: that were erected and then made permanent under the Clinton Administration.

In #14 Occasional Reader said: You said "erected". Huh huh huh huh.

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 7:44:06 AM

17

In #12 CyberSimian said: I hated the barricades that blocked off Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House that were erected and then made permanent under the Clinton Administration.

I don't actually mind them.  First off, I get the rationale; the White House was too vulnerable to a truck bomb.   Second,  closing that piece of the avenue off made for a nice sort of adjoining  bit of Lafayette Park, so it wasn't such an aesthetic and moral eyesore as is the current Capitol Berlin Wall.  Of course, under Joe "Unity" Biden, Lafayette Park is now mostly closed off, too, so... 

doppelganglander 3/5/2021 7:47:03 AM

18

Reply to Occasional Reader in 9:

I tend to believe it was a 4chan or similar hoax that got out of hand. 

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 7:47:27 AM

19

Reply to Occasional Reader in 17:

That was a major through street, though, and the sudden closure messed up traffic patterns for a while. Plus, I enjoyed giving the Clinton White House a drive-by middle finger whenever I was passing through on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 7:53:48 AM

20

In #19 CyberSimian said: That was a major through street, though, and the sudden closure messed up traffic patterns for a while.

Yeah, but, like I said, I get the reason.  I know that the protocols for building US Embassies beginning in the 90s would not have allowed for an embassy to be located that close to a street; same rationale for the White House. 

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 7:55:52 AM

21

In #20 Occasional Reader said: I know that the protocols for building US Embassies beginning in the 90s would not have allowed for an embassy to be located that close to a street; same rationale for the White House.

I loved driving past the Mexican embassy and pointing out the wall they have to keep people out...

doppelganglander 3/5/2021 7:56:32 AM

22

Reply to CyberSimian in 12:

I understand the need for security, but the DMZ look around the Capitol is deliberately ugly and intimidating. I remember my first visit in 1986, thinking what a beautiful city it was. Notice one of the first things Biden did was rescind Trump's order that new federal buildings would be built in classical style. The whole point of Brutalist architecture is to crush the human spirit. Where totalitarians go, ugliness follows.

buzzsawmonkey 3/5/2021 8:07:33 AM

23

According to an article up at WZ, the editor of the Lancet, Richard Horton, has praised China and the World Health Organization for their responses to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ironic, isn't it?  Even as Dr. Seuss is being "canceled," Horton hears a WHO.

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 8:08:43 AM

24

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 8:12:00 AM

25

In #21 CyberSimian said: I loved driving past the Mexican embassy and pointing out the wall they have to keep people out...

I recall being at lunch with four Latin American colleagues (including one Mexican) a few years back; they were all sneering at "Trump's border wall",  declaring that walls don't work, people will just use taller ladders, etc.  I asked:  So, thinking of your respective family homes, in your respective home countries... they all have walls and/or fences around the property... right?   

They grudgingly acknowledged that yes, of course they did.  

(Middle-class Latinos who come to the US are usually startled to see that the norm for middle-class homes here is NOT to have a wall around the property.) 

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 8:12:29 AM

26

Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 23:

Heh.

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 8:13:07 AM

27

In #24 CyberSimian said: I forgot this existed.

Were you reminded by Ace of Spades (as I was)? 

Kosh's Shadow 3/5/2021 8:14:44 AM

28

Reply to CyberSimian in 24:

McAfee does not like that site - showed part of it with a warning that there is dangerous content it blocked

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 8:15:24 AM

29

In #27 Occasional Reader said: Were you reminded by Ace of Spades (as I was)?

Yep. I actually own that one somewhere. I have the DC/Looney Tunes crossover collection and the DC/Hanna Barbera crossover collection. I pulled them out a while back to blow my son's mind.

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 8:17:00 AM

30

In #28 Kosh's Shadow said: McAfee does not like that site - showed part of it with a warning that there is dangerous content it blocked

Well, Looney Tunes, so guns and politically incorrect stereotypes...

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 8:23:00 AM

31

In #23 buzzsawmonkey said: Even as Dr. Seuss is being "canceled," Horton hears a WHO.

*uptwinkles*

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 8:51:26 AM

32

A cyberpunk scene at the SpaceX launch facility, as a robot dog inspects the wreckage of a crashed spaceship.

JCM 3/5/2021 8:55:02 AM

33

Reply to Occasional Reader in 32:

Did he pee on the Tesla?

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 8:56:33 AM

34

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 8:57:14 AM

35

In #33 JCM said: Did he pee on the Tesla?

No, but I was kind of expecting him to be accompanied by a young Don Johnson. 

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 8:58:56 AM

36

JCM 3/5/2021 9:00:04 AM

38

Reply to CyberSimian in 36:

*spew*

Dammit.... chunks of bagel and smear everywhere!

LMAO!

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 9:08:41 AM

39

Reply to CyberSimian in 36:

++++

Kosh's Shadow 3/5/2021 9:09:23 AM

40

In #35 Occasional Reader said: No, but I was kind of expecting him to be accompanied by a young Don Johnson. 

I wonder how many people get that reference. Harlan Ellison, A Boy and his Dog

BTW, an expanded version with other content was released a few years ago as "Blood's a Rover"

And the movie is a cult classic.

Lack of respect, wrong attitude, failure to obey authority - the Farm, immediately.

Kosh's Shadow 3/5/2021 9:10:15 AM

41

Reply to CyberSimian in 36:

That goes with the new reader for kids, "See Jane's Dick"

buzzsawmonkey 3/5/2021 9:24:44 AM

42

Reply to CyberSimian in 36:

Superb.

BTW, that earlier link you put up, which seemed to be a DC/Looney Tunes melding for about five seconds, quickly turned into a full-page ad for some kind of online gambling.

Kosh's Shadow 3/5/2021 9:26:37 AM

43

In #42 buzzsawmonkey said: BTW, that earlier link you put up, which seemed to be a DC/Looney Tunes melding for about five seconds, quickly turned into a full-page ad for some kind of online gambling.

That's why McAfee blocked some content on that site.

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 9:33:34 AM

44

In #42 buzzsawmonkey said: BTW, that earlier link you put up, which seemed to be a DC/Looney Tunes melding for about five seconds, quickly turned into a full-page ad for some kind of online gambling.

Didn't do that for me. I must have a better ad/pop-up blocker.

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 9:34:31 AM

45

In #40 Kosh's Shadow said: I wonder how many people get that reference. Harlan Ellison, A Boy and his Dog

I've seen the movie, but don't think I've ever read the original story.

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 9:36:05 AM

46

In #45 CyberSimian said: I've seen the movie, but don't think I've ever read the original story.

I'm the reverse.  Read the story, decades ago.  I've only seen excerpts from the very weird movie. 

CyberSimian 3/5/2021 9:40:39 AM

47

Larry Niven told a story once. His mother never read sci-fi, except for occasionally some of his stories. Once, when he won a Hugo, his mother picked up the collection of Hugo winning short stories in order to read his. She liked it, and figured it couldn't hurt to try reading another story in the collection. She saw one with a cute title, "A Boy and His Dog" ...

Larry said that he wished his mother had asked him first. He would have stopped her. Long story short, she will never read any SF again except for his.

vxbush 3/5/2021 10:17:19 AM

48

JCM 3/5/2021 10:40:55 AM

49

Reply to vxbush in 48:

Mornin' dahlin!

lucius septimius 3/5/2021 10:58:31 AM

50

Kosh's Shadow 3/5/2021 11:02:42 AM

51

In #50 lucius septimius said: So here is a question for those of the Jewish persuasion:  how do fasting requirements deal with people with hypoglycemia? 

If fasting is a risk to health, it is not required, and if dangerous it actually is forbidden. 

buzzsawmonkey 3/5/2021 11:13:21 AM

52

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 11:29:39 AM

53

In #52 buzzsawmonkey said: Because the mayors are fiddling around while they Straddle-various interest groups.

And the band plays on... “Nero, my God , to thee...”

Kosh's Shadow 3/5/2021 11:34:09 AM

54

In #52 buzzsawmonkey said: Why is violins so prevalent in Democrat-run cities? Because the mayors are fiddling around while they Straddle-various interest groups.

And while their cities are burned down by Rome-ing bands of BLM (Barbarian Lives Matter) supporters.

vxbush 3/5/2021 11:50:21 AM

55

In #49 JCM said: Mornin' dahlin!

Howdy, sir. I do declare, it is downright warm outside. Deee-lightful. 

vxbush 3/5/2021 11:51:20 AM

56

Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 52:

Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 54:

*applause* *applause* 

vxbush 3/5/2021 11:53:08 AM

57

So regulations at work have taken what would have been a standard computer replacement job (slightly difficult, as it runs custom software that is very persnickety) into a full-day discussion with the controls department, as they have codified a bunch of standards (a good thing, generally) and now are requiring permission to allow exceptions for fiddly systems like this. 

I try not to sigh or roll my eyes as I fill out the forms, but I must admit I am mightily tempted. 

JCM 3/5/2021 11:59:37 AM

58

Reply to vxbush in 55:

Gray damp and very Seattle today.

buzzsawmonkey 3/5/2021 12:02:21 PM

59

buzzsawmonkey 3/5/2021 12:42:15 PM

60

Little fascists, going online

Little fascists, pushing cancel culture

Little fascists, little fascists, little fascists all the same

There's a black one, and a white one,

There's a gay and a "transgender" one

And they're all pushing cancel culture 

And they all think just the same.

---Malvina Reynolds' "Little Boxes," repurposed

Occasional Reader 3/5/2021 12:50:26 PM

61

Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 60:

++++

Just one correction:

"Malvina Falkland Reynolds

The Brits won, so... 

buzzsawmonkey 3/5/2021 12:54:05 PM

62