vxbush 4/8/2021 5:16:07 AM

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lucius septimius 4/8/2021 5:27:39 AM

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lucius septimius 4/8/2021 5:28:01 AM

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PaladinPhil 4/8/2021 5:33:18 AM

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Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 5:57:14 AM

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Reply to PaladinPhil in 4:

Well.  All of that blows, except the job part (and maybe that, too, in a different way).

Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 5:57:53 AM

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In #2 lucius septimius said: Nothing like watching the sun rise over the ocean

... and then going back to bed.

Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 6:03:06 AM

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Joe Biden to target “ghost guns”

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56672892

... says the Beeb headline.  Because the MSM desperately has to maintain the impression that “Joe Biden”, personally, is doing stuff.

Kosh's Shadow 4/8/2021 6:15:59 AM

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In #7 Occasional Reader said: Joe Biden to target “ghost guns”

How's he going to do that? Call Ghostbusters!

Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 6:34:24 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 6:

Sunrises are beautiful, the only problem with them is that they take place so damn early in the morning. 

/kind of a Yogi-ism, I guess

vxbush 4/8/2021 6:38:48 AM

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In #9 Occasional Reader said: /kind of a Yogi-ism, I guess

But no less true. 

And Microsoft is making my morning more frustrating that you could possibly imagine. Something as simple as figuring out when a user last logged in is completely screwed up in 1909 depending on which MS products you are using. Just more annoying than I can say. 

Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 6:51:10 AM

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In #10 vxbush said: is completely screwed up in 1909

Well, sheesh, that's because Microsoft hadn't been invented yet.  Duh.  

Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 7:00:14 AM

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United Airlines announces they will no longer hire the best pilots.  Because diversity.

Mark Steyn predicted that Wokeness would eventually transition from being a big laughingstock, to a time when, among other things,  "planes are falling out of the sky".  Seems that we are headed that way.

lucius septimius 4/8/2021 7:28:46 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 6:

Nah -- I love being up early in the morning.

Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 7:35:55 AM

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In #13 lucius septimius said: Nah -- I love being up early in the morning.

Freak.

/

buzzsawmonkey 4/8/2021 8:15:32 AM

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In #13 lucius septimius said: I love being up early in the morning.

Oh, it's nice to get up in the morning, when the sun begins to shine

At four or five or six o'clock in the good old summertime

But when the snow is snowing and it's murky overhead, oh....

It's nice to get up in the morning---but it's nicer to stay in bed.

---Harry Lauder

Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 8:20:16 AM

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Hey, buzz, this one’s for you:

https://www.thecollegefix.com/this-professor-refused-to-take-mandatory-diversity-training-his-university-backed-down/

JCM 4/8/2021 8:30:26 AM

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Hate crime suspect took part in Seattle's racial justice protests

JCM 4/8/2021 8:35:00 AM

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Remember I've said Seattle is falsifying the crime stats.

Seattle only reports a crime when charges are filed, not based on filed reports.

buzzsawmonkey 4/8/2021 8:37:59 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 16:

Encouraging.  Unfortunately, I'm not in the same position he is in; as a lowly adjunct, they can can me at will.

As I mentioned last night, I'm being told that I have to join a different "cohort" (reminds me of the use of the term "cadre" in Mao's Little Red Book) at a different time; apparently, I made my little gauleiter uncomfortable.  Thank God I've only got two more sessions to go---one of them on "microaggressions."  

JCM 4/8/2021 8:43:01 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 16:

I took my "mandatory" diversity training yesterday online.

I fast forwarded through all the videos of actors related stories of "oppression".

At the end was a survey. I gave it the lowest marks possible.

My comment was, "This course is not inclusive, it is divisive. The goal is division of the workforce into Balkanized Tribes and not unified workforce treated equally." 

Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 9:00:29 AM

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Reply to JCM in 20:

buzzsawmonkey 4/8/2021 9:03:04 AM

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doppelganglander 4/8/2021 9:03:46 AM

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Reply to JCM in 20:
Good job. I had to take an online sexual harrassment and dating violence course when I was in grad school. It was all scenarios based around twentysomethings living on campus. They all expected you to say you would intervene if someone was harassing another person, report them to the authorities, etc. My answers were mostly MYOB. I would step in to prevent a physical assault if I could without endangering myself. Otherwise, I expect people to handle their own business. 

Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 9:10:02 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 22:

+++

JCM 4/8/2021 9:12:18 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 23:

The internal phone book for the company allows you to add interest groups. Surprisingly there is groups for a wide variety of firearm manufacturers, there is the Republican Party I added it and the Constitution group.

buzzsawmonkey 4/8/2021 9:13:38 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 24:

Of course, there is some kinship between the two; the Loch Ness Monster is generally speculated to be a pleisiosaur, and the Woke Ness Monster is all about saying, "Please...you sore?"

vxbush 4/8/2021 9:15:44 AM

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In #11 Occasional Reader said: Well, sheesh, that's because Microsoft hadn't been invented yet.  Duh.  

Hey, that would make my job *much* easier! 

doppelganglander 4/8/2021 9:17:37 AM

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Reply to JCM in 25:
I'm surprised but that's very encouraging. I interviewed at a fintech company that had all kinds of affinity groups based on race, sex, sexual orientation, parenthood, etc. But not one for straight white men, of course. I'm glad I didn't get the job. The interview felt like it was more about prying into my personal life and assessing my attitude towards said affinity groups than determining if I had the skills for the job.

Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 9:22:32 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 26:

That’s almost the same as my favorite joke that Little OR has come up with (so far):

Q:  What kind of dinosaur asks for things politely?

A: A plesiosaur.

JCM 4/8/2021 9:24:21 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 28:

The interviews I had were two fold, half tech oriented, and I mean a deep dive the interviewer and expert in the area. The other have on 12 Principals the company follows (no diversity) the others wanted you to demstrated I understood the principals and to applied them to things I'd done in previous jobs.

Kosh's Shadow 4/8/2021 9:27:43 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 26:

Woke-ism is more a Tyrany-tzuris

buzzsawmonkey 4/8/2021 9:40:47 AM

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In #31 Kosh's Shadow said: Woke-ism is more a Tyrany-tzuris

Between their woke-ism and their desire for legalized marijuana, it appears that the Left wants not only to toke the toke but woke the woke.

Kosh's Shadow 4/8/2021 9:45:39 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 32:

***

Funny how people will get in trouble for smoking tobacco in public, but not pot (in some places)

buzzsawmonkey 4/8/2021 10:16:12 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 33:

Just by the way---I don't know if it's that I haven't sampled pot in decades, or if it's because the strains/cultivations have changed, but it seems like the stuff stinks a hell of a lot more than it used to.

lucius septimius 4/8/2021 10:17:05 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 33:

I noticed the distinct odor of ganja when we were walking back from the beach.  

vxbush 4/8/2021 10:23:10 AM

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In #34 buzzsawmonkey said: Just by the way---I don't know if it's that I haven't sampled pot in decades, or if it's because the strains/cultivations have changed, but it seems like the stuff stinks a hell of a lot more than it used to.

Anyone trying to get me to smoke pot will be laughed at hysterically. 

Kosh's Shadow 4/8/2021 10:28:23 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 34:

I wouldn't know, having not smoked pot in years. Funny how when I was in college, I looked forward to smoking pot legally in the future; now that it is legal here (but I'd get in trouble at work), I don't want to.

doppelganglander 4/8/2021 10:38:39 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 34:

I've read that today's weed contains more THC than the stuff from the 70s thanks to improved cultivation. Whether that affects the smell, I can't say.

lucius septimius 4/8/2021 10:47:44 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 4/8/2021 11:02:07 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 39:

Guns are a "public health issue" according to Biden.

We'd do more to stop shootings (at least the ones that get the media attention) by focusing on mental health than on the guns.

JCM 4/8/2021 11:28:25 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 40:

Yup....

They have established that they can trample civil rights and individual rights with the emergency declarations for covd. Additionally the there is precedent in WA State that will be used that "public health" issues are the sole domain of experts making decrees. The People can't exercise a democratic vote on the matter. 

Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 11:49:29 AM

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In #39 lucius septimius said: So Sleepy Joe's rationale for confiscating guns is literally "slaves couldn't own guns so you shouldn't be able to either."

What exactly did he say? 

Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 11:53:29 AM

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In #34 buzzsawmonkey said: Just by the way---I don't know if it's that I haven't sampled pot in decades, or if it's because the strains/cultivations have changed, but it seems like the stuff stinks a hell of a lot more than it used to.

I seem almost-unique-ish as a member of our generation[s] that I was never the slightest bit interested in smoking pot.  

I'm not saying I never tried it, or "didn't inhale", just that on the very few occasions when I tried it (maybe 4-5 times in my life, with all but one of those instances being taking just one toke, maybe two), I just didn't see anything attractive about it.  

I don't know if the current stuff stinks more, of if we're just smelling it more because there's more of it around.  What I can say is that I'm sick of the stench of it. 

Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 12:01:48 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 4/8/2021 12:47:11 PM

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In #44 Occasional Reader said: Looks like the Progs have won a twofer, a combination ofa Couple Of Their Favorite Things:  Massive, unfettered illegal immigration, and pedophilia. 

Good morning, migrants!

I'm your Auntie Kamala
And I welcome you to Biden's Migrant Camp
The camp with a difference
Never min the weather
When you come to Biden's
We're very close together

--Apologies to The Who, Tommy's Holiday Camp

vxbush 4/8/2021 12:50:37 PM

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Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 12:54:45 PM

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Reply to vxbush in 46:

It would be laughable, if this were not such a serious matter. 

Kosh's Shadow 4/8/2021 2:00:33 PM

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Reply to vxbush in 46:

Wokeness demands diversity and inclusion officials making sure there is no hidden bias in any discussion and decision, the way the Soviets required political officers.

Get with the program, Comrade!/

JCM 4/8/2021 2:04:32 PM

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In #46 vxbush said: 2 are diversity/inclusion people.

Address them as Zampolit.

Occasional Reader 4/8/2021 2:29:55 PM

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In #49 JCM said: Address them as Zampolit.

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And then suggest they read or watch The Hunt For Red October... 

Kosh's Shadow 4/8/2021 2:49:02 PM

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Reply to JCM in 49:

GMTA. See my #48

Kosh's Shadow 4/8/2021 2:50:22 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 50:

I'm hoping we don't start living One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch

Whether because of being sent to the gulag or because the country falls apart because people are put in positions due to diversity, not ability.

JCM 4/8/2021 3:04:33 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 51:

I find it sad. We find it grimly humorous, but the reference would go right over their heads both historically and the current parallel.