buzzsawmonkey 12/16/2021 6:27:06 AM

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Sha na na na 

Sha na na na na

Mum mum mum mum mum

Dip dip dip dip dip dip

Get a jab!

---US government

vxbush 12/16/2021 6:39:57 AM

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In #1 buzzsawmonkey said: Get a jab! ---US government

I'm behind on the news. I saw that the Eleventh Circuit, which sits over Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, upheld Judge Casey Rodgers’ denial of Florida’s request for an injunction against the CMS Mandate in a two-to-one decision. But that's covering specific states, of which I think over 20 are now not required to get the jabs. 

And...good morning, buzz. 

Kosh's Shadow 12/16/2021 6:58:12 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 1:

I've had to schedule a booster shot due to requirements at work, even though I think the best solution would be for the mild omicron variant to spread and give natural immunity.

lucius septimius 12/16/2021 7:27:46 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 3:

I would agree with you, but now I have a bunch of big pharma stock in my newly acquired portfolio so YAY JABS!!!

JCM 12/16/2021 7:28:48 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 4:

Dr. Fauci? That you?

lucius septimius 12/16/2021 7:31:44 AM

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Reply to JCM in 5:

C'mon ... I'm not that evil.

Still, now that my sole source of income in the short term will be from stocks, I have decidedly mixed feeling about all this.

JCM 12/16/2021 8:13:22 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 6:

I know the feeling.

Kosh's Shadow 12/16/2021 8:19:19 AM

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KKK Disbands as Progressive Left Accomplishing all their Goals

“Welp, I guess it’s both good news and bad news,” said current CEO of the KKK, Bob U. Genics while overseeing Klan members turning in their robes and pointed hats. “Them Lefties cornered the racism market for sure, and look at how they undermined minority communities through low school standards, drug legalization, and rampant decriminalization. Impressive.”

doppelganglander 12/16/2021 8:42:31 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 6:

Similar to my feeling about student loan forgiveness. I am against it but if Biden had done it, I would have cheerfully accepted it. 

buzzsawmonkey 12/16/2021 9:01:29 AM

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New York City takes another several steps towards self-destruction.  The first, and biggest, is its just passing laws that forbid using gas for heat, hot water, or cooking in all new-building construction; gotta be all electric, you know, because of that ol' carbon footprint.  There is apparently a substantial minority clamoring to have this nonsense extended to include remodeling/renovations of older housing stock also.

In addition, there are apparently plans to level several-score historic buildings in the lower-Midtown area, somewhere around Penn Station, to build newer, bigger buildings---with, of course, a nod towards "affordable housing," one of the most transparent and asinine scams of modern urban removal.

vxbush 12/16/2021 9:14:18 AM

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In #8 Kosh's Shadow said: “Welp, I guess it’s both good news and bad news,” said current CEO of the KKK, Bob U. Genics while overseeing Klan members turning in their robes and pointed hats. “Them Lefties cornered the racism market for sure, and look at how they undermined minority communities through low school standards, drug legalization, and rampant decriminalization. Impressive.”

OMG. So spot on and so hilarious. 

Kosh's Shadow 12/16/2021 9:18:06 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 10:

Using electricity for heating will INCREASE CO2 emissions. Natural gas heat is 90-98% efficient; the best fossil fuel plants are 45% efficient, so if all the electricity is generated from natural gas, emission will increase by a factor of 2. Half the electricity would have to come from non-emitting sources to break even.

buzzsawmonkey 12/16/2021 9:22:15 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 12:

Yes.  They're insane.   It's the Leftist "we don't need oil, we ride the bus," or "if you have an electric car you don't need to worry about the price of gas" mantra in another form.

vxbush 12/16/2021 9:25:06 AM

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In #3 Kosh's Shadow said: I've had to schedule a booster shot due to requirements at work, even though I think the best solution would be for the mild omicron variant to spread and give natural immunity.

I am so sorry to hear that. My opinion of the boosters is no better than the vaccines, and I've found another presentation that documents some of the poor statistical choices Pfizer made in its application. 

JCM 12/16/2021 9:27:46 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 12:

Science, engineering doesn't matter.

They are Lysenkoists.

The science must support the political agenda.

Kosh's Shadow 12/16/2021 10:00:42 AM

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Reply to JCM in 15:

If the data doesn't fit the global warming models, adjust the data.

Occasional Reader 12/16/2021 10:04:44 AM

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Howdy.  So, just out of morbid interest, while driving back from the carwash I clicked on my local NPR affiliate, WAMU.

Local talking head: "So, what's on tap for this weekend - how about you, Bob?" [may not have been the actual name]

Other talking head:  'Well, I'm planning to get to these two, black-owned holiday markets this weekend..."

You know, when I think about picking a holiday market to visit, I think about things like:

-Does the market offer attractive goods, that I might be interested in buying?

-Are the prices reasonable?

- Is it a pleasant atmosphere?  Maybe with some nice food and drink on offer for me to enjoy while shopping?

-Is it reasonably convenient for me to get there?

-Is there easy parking?

Here's a question that does not occur to me:

-What is the skin color of the people who own this market? 

Kosh's Shadow 12/16/2021 10:12:47 AM

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In #17 Occasional Reader said: Here's a question that does not occur to me: -What is the skin color of the people who own this market? 

And that's why you are a raaaaaaaaacist! You are supposed to consider race first! -- All the "anti-racist" racists.

Occasional Reader 12/16/2021 10:14:33 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 18:

We, as a society, collectively, have lost our fucking minds.

it is really quite depressing; and it will not end well. 

JCM 12/16/2021 10:19:59 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 16:

My daughter comes to me with a graph, last 1000 years of temperature.'

Yup, warming trend last 1000 years with a spike the last 100 years.

I pull up the last 10,000 years. 80% of the last 10k years... warmer than now.

JCM 12/16/2021 10:22:00 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 17:

Apply that to the whole supply chain.

Does the logger skin color matter when buying a chair? Does the mill worker's? Do the truck drivers? The carpenter?

buzzsawmonkey 12/16/2021 10:29:46 AM

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In #17 Occasional Reader said: Other talking head:  'Well, I'm planning to get to these two, black-owned holiday markets this weekend..."

Where the talking head will, no doubt, purchase a vast Kwanzaa-ity of goods...

Occasional Reader 12/16/2021 10:35:20 AM

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Reply to JCM in 21:

I only fly on commercial aircraft that are made by 100% black-owned companies. 

JCM 12/16/2021 10:37:00 AM

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lucius septimius 12/16/2021 10:39:27 AM

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In #20 JCM said: Yup, warming trend last 1000 years with a spike the last 100 years.

Doesn't include, I gather, the late medieval cooling and the Little Ice Age?  

JCM 12/16/2021 10:48:44 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 26:

The spike comes after the little ice age.

They talk climate change, but don't look at the proper scale for climate change.

I mean, it's going to be 20° warmer this afternoon than this morning, next June will be 40° warmer.

They never, ever use a reasonable scale for the climate.

buzzsawmonkey 12/16/2021 10:50:49 AM

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In #27 JCM said: little ice age.

Maybe it's time for a cartoon character---an innocent little moppet---called "Little Ice Age."  Her nemesis, of course, would the evil Global Warming.

lucius septimius 12/16/2021 10:53:19 AM

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In #27 JCM said: They never, ever use a reasonable scale for the climate.

This one is far more reasonable.

vxbush 12/16/2021 10:57:08 AM

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In #25 JCM said: Posted in Frontier, a video about what I'm working on.

I'm not seeing anything. I'm guessing something OS specific. 

JCM 12/16/2021 11:04:54 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 30:

I'll put the url in...

Kosh's Shadow 12/16/2021 11:04:56 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 30:

It is an embedded youtube video. I see it. 

JCM 12/16/2021 11:05:35 AM

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Occasional Reader 12/16/2021 11:27:56 AM

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Social media is a virus of the mind.

https://wjla.com/news/local/we-are-aware-of-this-dmv-officials-respond-to-national-tiktok-threat-against-schools

Kosh's Shadow 12/16/2021 1:18:10 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 34:

There was a comic strip I think in the Brewster Rockit series, that had aliens joking about posting something ridiculous on the internet, maybe snorting detergent, and to their surprise, people were doing it.

Kosh's Shadow 12/16/2021 1:31:36 PM

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buzzsawmonkey 12/16/2021 3:31:32 PM

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JCM 12/16/2021 3:36:52 PM

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Seattle getting tough on crime!

Seattle police detain nearly three dozen suspects in organized retail theft operation

According to officials, the officers personally viewed the suspects walk into the store and brazenly walk out with pricey merchandise.

Police said the investigating officers stopped the suspects, recovered the items and issued a trespass notice, which prohibits the person from returning to the store for a year. The suspects were then released from the scene although one man was booked into the King County on an outstanding warrant.

That'll show 'em! Take their stolen stuff!