GoGo Penguin: “Kora” [VIDEO]

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“Kora” from the album “GoGo Penguin” (out on June 5th 2020)
Preorder / Presave the album : https://gogopenguin.lnk.to/GogoPenguin

Follow GoGo Penguin:
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Gogopenguin/
Twitter : @GoGo_Penguin/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/gogo_penguin/
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/GoGoPenguinVEVO?sub_confirmation=1
Official Website : http://gogopenguin.co.uk/

Credits:
Composed by GoGo Penguin (Chris Illingworth, Nick Blacka, Rob Turner)
Piano: Chris Illingworth
Double Bass: Nick Blacka
Drums: Rob Turner

Director / Producer / Editor: Dan Parrott for Low Four
Jib Operator: Jon Brady
Camera: Georgiana Ghetiu, Tobenn Whitaker, Dan Parrott
Audio by Joe Reiser assisted by Lee Aston for Fuzzy Elephant
Mixed by Joe Reiser & Brendan Williams
Lights: Lewis Howell
General Assistant: Alec Russell
Executive Producer: Kerstan Mackness for Funky Fly Music Ltd

Music video by GoGo Penguin performing Kora (Live). © 2020 Decca Records France

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makeitstop  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:09:58pm
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:15:16pm

Not yet peer reviewed.

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Dread Pirate  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:17:02pm
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jaunte  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:19:37pm
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Citizen K  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:20:24pm
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:21:26pm
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Sherlock Hound  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:36:46pm

Massachusetts is in the shit. Good luck, everybody!
Link

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Dread Pirate  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:40:10pm
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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:44:32pm

re: #2 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Not yet peer reviewed.

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Also not yet peer reviewed is a DHS document that says it’s killed by sunlight (in aerosols). This would not seem to have much effect on droplet transmission. Also, a Chinese (?) report that it does less well in hotter weather.

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Dread Pirate  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:45:31pm
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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:47:01pm

re: #10 Dread Pirate

Now do USPS.

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Belafon  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:49:04pm

re: #8 Dread Pirate

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Those two need a serious investigation done to them.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:49:05pm

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Teukka  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:53:25pm

Did this get posted yet?

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Targetpractice  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:53:51pm

re: #13 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

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I like this plan! I’m excited to be a part of it!

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:54:23pm

re: #14 Teukka

Did this get posted yet?

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More than once, but it bears repeating.

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KGxvi  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:55:32pm

re: #11 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!

Now do USPS.

The post office should be turned into a normal federal agency within the commerce department rather than a fake independent corporation

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austin_blue  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:57:17pm

re: #17 KGxvi

The post office should be turned into a normal federal agency within the commerce department rather than a fake independent corporation

Never happen, makes too damn much sense. Also, may not be possible under the strict requirements of the Constitution.

(edited)

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Decatur Deb  Apr 19, 2020 • 9:57:58pm

Baja Alabama is getting clobbered by tornadoes (radar and some ground reports). Ours just went by 1-2 miles South of here, sirens still sounding for the rest of the county. Won’t know how bad until daylight. Sounds like 3-5 tornadoes total in the surrounding counties.

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plansbandc  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:03:04pm
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teleskiguy  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:03:18pm

The Murdoch fish wrap.

596 DEAD, SEE PAGE 4

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austin_blue  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:04:23pm

re: #19 Decatur Deb

Baja Alabama is getting clobbered by tornadoes (radar and some ground reports). Ours just went by 1-2 miles South of here, sirens still sounding for the rest of the county. Won’t know how bad until daylight. Sounds like 3-5 tornadoes total in the surrounding counties.

That front went through here this morning, we got pffft, which, all in all, is good. Then the skies cleared and we ended up with an 85 degree day.

Hope you are well. The NWS radar looks like hell for the old south.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:09:59pm

re: #4 jaunte

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Decatur Deb  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:14:51pm

re: #22 austin_blue

That front went through here this morning, we got pffft, which, all in all, is good. Then the skies cleared and we ended up with an 85 degree day.

Hope you are well. The NWS radar looks like hell for the old south.

It’s bothering W. Georgia and N. Florida now. I can’t see any damage around here with a dive lantern.

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Citizen K  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:19:27pm
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Targetpractice  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:20:55pm

re: #25 Citizen K

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Wingnuts are “unskewing” the numbers of deaths by…basically declaring NYC a bunch of liars and insisting that the “real” number of deaths has yet to crack 30K.

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BeachDem  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:26:34pm

re: #22 austin_blue

That front went through here this morning, we got pffft, which, all in all, is good. Then the skies cleared and we ended up with an 85 degree day.

Hope you are well. The NWS radar looks like hell for the old south.

Yep—gonna be a long night.

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Grunthos the Flatulent  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:28:01pm

re: #21 teleskiguy

The Murdoch fish wrap.

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596 DEAD, SEE PAGE 4

Most Sun readers don’t get past Page 3.

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teleskiguy  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:33:20pm
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Dave In Austin  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:35:13pm

re: #23 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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Grunthos the Flatulent  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:41:28pm

This is what I like to see.


The graph does not include today’s figures:

9 new cases (7 confirmed, 2 probable) = 1,440 cases total
62 new recoveries = 974 total recovered
14 currently hospitalized, three in ICU, two of those critical
12 deaths = 0.8% CFR

Jacinda announced we are raising the alert level to 3 after Anzac Day (Monday 27th.) Under level 4 only essential businesses are open, under level 3 only safe businesses are open - so no bars, restaurants, cafes. We are still expected to work from home if we can.

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DodgerFan1988  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:42:21pm
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:43:54pm

re: #28 Grunthos the Flatulent

Most Sun readers don’t get past Page 3.

There are pages after Page 3?

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BigPapa  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:44:03pm

Uncle on Facebook set me off the other day so I had to make a Page about it to clear my head:
We Don’t Talk About Politics

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Decatur Deb  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:45:04pm

re: #32 DodgerFan1988

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While the nurses are controlling traffic, I hope the cops are changing bedpans.

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Targetpractice  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:46:04pm

Think we may be starting to get an idea of why the media doesn’t want to touch this “Biden is a rapist” story:

If there’s even an ounce of truth to all this, then it goes a long way to explaining why the media seem reluctant to even touch this story in order to question her credibility.

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Jay C  Apr 19, 2020 • 10:55:50pm

re: #36 Targetpractice

Think we may be starting to get an idea of why the media doesn’t want to touch this “Biden is a rapist” story:

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If there’s even an ounce of truth to all this, then it goes a long way to explaining why the media seem reluctant to even touch this story in order to question her credibility.

I hope whoever is collecting this data on Tara Reade is keeping receipts: I’m sure the Usual Suspects to starboard are going to start shrieking “smear!” and “fake!” at the first opportunity. I’m sure we’re not too far from “Deep State Protecting Rapist Joe Biden” headlines as it is….

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Targetpractice  Apr 19, 2020 • 11:00:09pm

re: #37 Jay C

I hope whoever is collecting this data on Tara Reade is keeping receipts: I’m sure the Usual Suspects to starboard are going to start shrieking “smear!” and “fake!” at the first opportunity. I’m sure we’re not too far from “Deep State Protecting Rapist Joe Biden” headlines as it is….

We’re pretty much there already. First the Berners and now the MAGAts are accusing the “mainstream media” of deliberately avoiding the story to “protect” Biden, except when the story does get reported because then they get outraged that the story is being examined and her credibility questioned.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 19, 2020 • 11:02:33pm
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goddamnedfrank  Apr 19, 2020 • 11:08:24pm
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Dave In Austin  Apr 19, 2020 • 11:09:03pm

An FYI.
The SYFY Channel is doing a BattleStar Galactica Marathon…
Here we go again.

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Targetpractice  Apr 19, 2020 • 11:09:37pm

re: #41 Dave In Austin

An FYI.
The SYFY Channel is doing a BattleStar Galactica Marathon…
Here we go again.

Old or new?

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Dave In Austin  Apr 19, 2020 • 11:11:41pm

re: #42 Targetpractice

New

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Dave In Austin  Apr 19, 2020 • 11:12:23pm

And it’s pretty much at the start.

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Targetpractice  Apr 19, 2020 • 11:14:55pm

re: #43 Dave In Austin

New

Good idea, bad execution. Suffered from Chris Carter syndrome: The longer it went on, the bigger the pay-off needed to be, leading to an ending that satisfied nobody.

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Ace-o-aces  Apr 19, 2020 • 11:28:50pm
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Jack Burton  Apr 19, 2020 • 11:33:35pm

re: #46 Ace-o-aces

I’m sure they will pretend to not know that reference and try to turn you into a monster. Because of course they will.

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sagehen  Apr 19, 2020 • 11:41:51pm

re: #39 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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Putting the words “British” and “food” in the same sentence almost always ends in disappointment. (with the possible exception of breakfast).

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sagehen  Apr 19, 2020 • 11:45:49pm

re: #46 Ace-o-aces

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so… we can’t criticize Crenshaw or Gallagher because of their military service, but Vindman and McCain and Gallagher’s teammates and Duckworth and Buttigieg are fair game?

Just want to make sure I understand the ground rules.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 19, 2020 • 11:54:48pm

Heh Heh Heh

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 12:04:45am

re: #50 Dave In Austin

Heh Heh Heh

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You don’t know how hard I’m trying to hold back the laughter while reading the replies. Think I might have busted something trying to avoid waking up everybody else in the house.

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Dread Pirate  Apr 20, 2020 • 12:39:13am
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Dread Pirate  Apr 20, 2020 • 12:41:10am
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Dave In Austin  Apr 20, 2020 • 12:46:20am

re: #52 Dread Pirate

I’m still not sure what type of “Deal” MeatMouth did with Borscht and the Hacksaw family, but gas was down to almost a buck a gallon. Now its $1.39 and steady all over.

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Dread Pirate  Apr 20, 2020 • 1:00:36am

It’ll be dropping tomorrow.

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 1:06:20am

So like most “deals” made by Donny, all it accomplished was a short-term goosing of the market while the long-term result was the same as doing nothing at all.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 20, 2020 • 1:22:40am

VOCES8: Cheek to Cheek

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John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 1:56:39am

re: #21 teleskiguy

596 DEAD, SEE PAGE 4

Could be worse…

596 DEAD, SEE PAGE 3!

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EPR-radar  Apr 20, 2020 • 1:58:00am

re: #56 Targetpractice

So like most “deals” made by Donny, all it accomplished was a short-term goosing of the market while the long-term result was the same as doing nothing at all.

I’m sure Trump got his cut. That’s the only thing he’s after.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 2:04:19am

hi

Nebraska continues climbing the steep part of the curve.

No new counties added.
Positive tests: 1,287 (+149)
Deaths: 28 (+4)
covidtracking.com

The positive test data at Covid Tracking is behind the state Department of Health and Human Services.

Positive: 1,474 (+190)
nebraska.maps.arcgis.com

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 2:07:02am

re: #54 Dave In Austin

I’m still not sure what type of “Deal” MeatMouth did with Borscht and the Hacksaw family, but gas was down to almost a buck a gallon. Now its $1.39 and steady all over.

Gas is getting cheap enough where you live it will be cheaper for me to drive to Austin and buy it rather than buy it here. /s

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John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 2:07:33am

re: #48 sagehen

Putting the words “British” and “food” in the same sentence almost always ends in disappointment. (with the possible exception of breakfast).

Nepalese, surely?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 2:13:58am

Per capita, Nebraska is still near the bottom. Oregon, Hawai’i, and Minnesota are behind us.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 2:18:14am

Thousands of Hotels putting up Doctors & Nurses. Trump’s Hotels? What do You Think? (Goes to Juanita Jean’s, the World’s Most Dangerous Beauty Salon)

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Sufficient unto the day...  Apr 20, 2020 • 2:18:55am
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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 2:28:07am

So since I posted the tweets about Reade upthread, she has:

- Posted a frothing response to the initial tweet accusing them of fraud, animal cruelty, & soliciting funds under false pretense, “issued” a C&D, and doxed the OP. And before you ask, she’s not done anything to provide proof of any other this nor does she have any authority to issue a C&D.

- Doubled down by posting to Joan Walsh’s board that the OP was “defaming” her and soliciting funds from Walsh to do so, before asking that Walsh contact her via DM.

- Tripled down on her own wall with the claim that the OP was “defaming” her in order to fundraise, portraying it as another “attack” on herself.

- And now she’s using the squid ink defense, throwing out “nasty” DMs she’s received to solicit pity from her fans and distract from the latest slams against her credibility.

I can’t imagine why anybody would question her credibility./////

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Apr 20, 2020 • 2:31:10am
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EPR-radar  Apr 20, 2020 • 2:31:11am

re: #66 Targetpractice

So since I posted the tweets about Reade upthread, she has:

- Posted a frothing response to the initial tweet accusing them of fraud, animal cruelty, & soliciting funds under false pretense, “issued” a C&D, and doxed the OP. And before you ask, she’s not done anything to provide proof of any other this nor does she have any authority to issue a C&D.

- Doubled down by posting to Joan Walsh’s board that the OP was “defaming” her and soliciting funds from Walsh to do so, before asking that Walsh contact her via DM.

- Tripled down on her own wall with the claim that the OP was “defaming” her in order to fundraise, portraying it as another “attack” on herself.

- And now she’s using the squid ink defense, throwing out “nasty” DMs she’s received to solicit pity from her fans and distract from the latest slams against her credibility.

I can’t imagine why anybody would question her credibility./////

She may be angling for a GOP presidential run.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 2:53:20am

Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford, has her trial vaccine run for Covid-19 in progress.

Sarah Gilbert: carving a path towards a COVID-19 vaccine (Goes to The Lancet, article loads very slowly as if the Website is running on punched tape).

The article gives her credentials and how she came to work on this project. Several paragraphs down

Gilbert is understandably cautious when asked to map out a timetable for the trial, but hopes to have vaccinated 500 volunteers by mid-May; this will be followed by an extension of the maximum age of trial volunteers from 55 to 70 years, later moving on to the over-70 age group. Phase 3 expansion is expected to involve 5000 volunteers; results from the earlier trials will be included in the efficacy follow-up. “The best-case scenario is that by the autumn of 2020, we have an efficacy result from phase 3 and the ability to manufacture large amounts of the vaccine, but these best-case timeframes are highly ambitious and subject to change”, Gilbert says.

(more at The Lancet)

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boredtechindenver  Apr 20, 2020 • 3:44:55am

I don’t think I have seen this posted here. This thread is getting lots of responses and retweets by blue check marks in the entertainment community.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 3:57:31am

More crazy in the USA:

Suspect Dead, 2 Officers Wounded After Bus Hijacking In Dallas: Police (Huffington Post)

No passengers were injured in the hijacking.

A suspect died and two police officers were wounded Sunday after a public bus was hijacked in Dallas, officials said.

Around 11 a.m. local time, Dallas Area Rapid Transit police received a report that a man had boarded a bus and fired shots, shattering several windows, a DART spokesperson said in a statement.

The suspect reportedly ordered the bus operator to drive them to a “currently undetermined location,” according to officials. He fired shots at police as they chased the bus, injuring at least two officers, DART said.

The bus came to a stop after driving over spikes that had been put in the road to disable its tires. The suspect then exited the bus and exchanged gunfire with police, DART said. He was shot, transported to a local hospital and later pronounced dead, police tweeted.

(more)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 4:02:22am
An Austrian who deserted Nazi Germany’s armies and switched to the Allied side in World War Two has died aged 97.

Richard Wadani was drafted into the German army but escaped on his second attempt in 1944, going on to serve in a British-led unit.

After the end of the conflict he campaigned for justice for all those who refused to fight for the Nazis.

“Through his death our country loses a great Austrian,” President Alexander Van der Bellen said.

“Richard Wadani stood for bravery, moral courage and an unshakable sense of justice,” the statement read.

(more)

Richard Wadani: Austrian Nazi deserter dies aged 97 (BBC)

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 4:12:49am

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 4:19:03am

Coronavirus journey: The ‘last cruise ship on Earth’ finally comes home (BBC)

Man, that had to suck.

The three last cruise ships still sailing with passengers will dock today - and one has had quite the odyssey.

The MSC Magnifica left Europe in January, and was in the other corner of the world when ports began to close.

With nowhere to go, the Swiss-owned ship started the long journey home. Its passengers, used to a new port every few days, last felt land six weeks ago.

On Monday those passengers will finally get off in Marseille, having last disembarked in Wellington.

Their voyage has included political storms, presidential pleas, one death, and - despite it all - plenty of fun.

(more)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 4:23:05am

re: #5 Citizen K

3 months ago when I rallied at this same park in solidarity with unsheltered people I was beat up by riot cops and taken to jail

This is part of our New Media Reality: video of cops breaking out riot gear on anti-lockdown protesters is bad optics, but beating down an unarmed black man for a minor infraction is fine.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 4:27:09am

re: #48 sagehen

Putting the words “British” and “food” in the same sentence almost always ends in disappointment. (with the possible exception of breakfast).

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Ming5000  Apr 20, 2020 • 4:42:35am

Will this give MAGAs pause, or nah?
The answer is nah.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 4:57:25am

My regional newspaper, the Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald, just ran my Letter to the Editor over now-quit-fired Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly.

Letter to the Editor: A shameful representation

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 4:58:23am

re: #78 Anymouse 🌹🏡

My regional newspaper, the Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald, just ran my Letter to the Editor over now-quit-fired Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly.

Letter to the Editor: A shameful representation

not accessible here overseas, perhaps you could cut an paste it for us

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 4:59:17am

re: #63 Anymouse 🌹🏡

Per capita, Nebraska is still near the bottom. Oregon, Hawai’i, and Minnesota are behind us.

And your state still has fewer deaths than my county. Though your active cases is approaching 2x.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:00:41am

re: #79 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

not accessible here overseas, perhaps you could cut an paste it for us

Sure.

With my 17 years in the Navy, Acting SecNav Modly gave the most unhinged disgusting display I ever heard from a civilian leader to a command.

In the military you sort of expect civilian politicians to crap on you occasionally; it’s sort of par for the course.

But an unhinged rant attacking freedom of the press (something all military personnel affirm or swear to defend as part of the Constitution), a presidential candidate (which would be a violation of the UCMJ if a sailor did it), whinging about how badly the Acting Secretary was being treated back in Washington while your commanding officer was doing his duty to protect his command and save your lives; all of that was the most shameful display I’ve ever witnessed in my life.

This will not just resonate amongst the officers and crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Those men and women have husbands and wives, children and parents, grandparents and aunts and uncles and friends and neighbours, all of whom will remember just which CinC it was who hired him to assuage his Jupiter-sized ego.

They will remember who saved the lives of their family members and friends.

And every other command across all the Armed Services will know that they could be next for Trump’s wrath, along with their family and friends.

Veteran social media is absolutely livid.

If there is a better way for the GOP to lose the support of just about every active duty person, reservist, or veteran, I can’t think of one.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:03:18am

Impressive that they would publish that

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:06:47am

re: #78 Anymouse 🌹🏡

To the point and properly scathing.

Saw a comment on Facebook from a fraternity brother in NC who has been grousing about the stay-at-home orders and the governor there - que’ surprise a Democrat.

He pretty much says that Trump is an asshole, but prefers him to Biden since that would mean more conservatives appointed as judges. So he’s pretty solidly in the “GOP uber alles” camp and just holding his nose as all the things conservatives claim to espouse (patriotism, Constitutional government, etc. etc.) are trashed by Trump & Co.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:08:56am

re: #49 sagehen

so… we can’t criticize Crenshaw or Gallagher because of their military service, but Vindman and McCain and Gallagher’s teammates and Duckworth and Buttigieg are fair game?

Just want to make sure I understand the ground rules.

And Max Cleland and John Kerry.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:10:11am

Hmm, a pattern developing here.

Put the fixings for slow cooker oatmeal in the pot last night and set it to “low” right before going to bed.

Got up to fix coffee and have a nice bowl of hot oatmeal.

Forgot to plug in the crock pot. Again. (D’oh!)

U get Feline Facepalm
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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:11:17am

Does it make me bad that I hope Alex Jones gets infected? newsweek.com

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:11:34am

re: #82 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Impressive that they would publish that

I was quite surprised as well, as I had a recent back-and-forth in E-mail with the publisher of the newspaper over its betrayal of atheists.

He states he is a proud Republican Christian, but his wife is an atheist (I have a black friend repurposed). The publisher knows who I am.

Let’s see what happens. The last time I wrote a letter (much shorter, the Star-Herald only allows four hundred words and this one was longer than that), my telephone rang all day with people thanking me. Afterwards I got cards and letters from across the Panhandle for standing up.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:13:48am

re: #86 NO SMOCKING GUN!

Does it make me bad that I hope Alex Jones gets infected? newsweek.com

I’m sure that if he does and succumbs whoever replaces him will immediately proclaim that he was directly virus targeted by the Chinese and “Deep State”.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:21:30am

Looking at the John Hopkins COVID-19 data.

First of all, of the top 20 nations in active cases I pretty much have serious doubts about the reported numbers in 4-5 of them - including China’s which I think is ludicrous.

Then looking at the various US states using the logarithmic scales I don’t see any of them over the hump yet, though a few might be close.

And even that progress will probably get set back in the next week or two as the various statehouse protest gatherings have their effect in triggering further hot spots.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:33:09am

re: #70 boredtechindenver

I don’t think I have seen this posted here. This thread is getting lots of responses and retweets by blue check marks in the entertainment community.

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There’s a bunch of them. So funny. Thank you!!

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Decatur Deb  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:37:56am

So far, the storm damage in this part of AL seems widespread but fairly light. One death is reported in the next county. It looks like several storms touched down. There will be better assessments with full daylight.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:40:14am

re: #91 Decatur Deb

So far, the storm damage in this part of AL seems widespread but fairly light. One death is reported in the next county. It looks like several storms touched down. There will be better assessments with full daylight.

I’m glad to hear you are safe.

I wouldn’t wish a tornado on anyone. They are absolutely terrifying. I’ve ridden out my share of hurricanes, but the sheer destructiveness of a tornado in a matter of a few minutes is horrible.

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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:41:37am

re: #44 Dave In Austin

And it’s pretty much at the start.

They’re running straight through to Thursday - nonstop frakking episodes. Because when the world is frakked up to all hell, let’s enjoy escapism revisiting how we got here.

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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:42:34am

re: #86 NO SMOCKING GUN!

Not before the fucker pays up for his damage to the Sandy Hook families.

Fuck that guy and Fuck Trump and the fucking GOP.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:44:52am

re: #94 lawhawk

Not before the fucker pays up for his damage to the Sandy Hook families.

Fuck that guy and Fuck Trump and the fucking GOP.

Can his estate still be held liable?

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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:45:35am

re: #94 lawhawk

Not before the fucker pays up for his damage to the Sandy Hook families.

Fuck that guy and Fuck Trump and the fucking GOP.

The story of a man who made the fatal mistake of trusting Sean Hannity. I hope he enjoyed his cruise.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 5:48:40am

It’s only two weeks since Captain Crozier was fired.

(video, 0:51, US Naval Institute)

Capt. Brett Crozier’s Departure from USS Theodore Roosevelt

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:02:46am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:05:00am

re: #97 Anymouse 🌹🏡

It’s only two weeks since Captain Crozier was fired.

(video, 0:51, US Naval Institute)

To “Crozier” = to fire someone for being competent while highlighting their superiors’ incompetence.

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jeffreyw  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:10:51am

Good morning!

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:11:52am
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mmmirele  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:18:30am

re: #97 Anymouse 🌹🏡

It’s only two weeks since Captain Crozier was fired.

(video, 0:51, US Naval Institute)

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Never been in the military but that made me tear up when I first watched it. I know those sailors wouldn’t have given that honor to someone who hadn’t done his job to the utmost.

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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:21:05am
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teleskiguy  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:24:48am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:25:29am

re: #102 mmmirele

Never been in the military but that made me tear up when I first watched it. I know those sailors wouldn’t have given that honor to someone who hadn’t done his job to the utmost.

All the time I was in the Navy I never saw such a display for a commanding officer.

Sailors respect their skippers when they are competent leaders of course, but that display was the outpouring of gratitude that the CO had done what he could to preserve their lives, and the display of loyalty which indicates that they would follow him to storm the gates of Hell.

The Navy lost a fine leader because of petty political grandstanding.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:33:38am

re: #100 jeffreyw

Enterprising Wood Ducks!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:37:24am

re: #104 teleskiguy

Watched a horror movie with my family last night.

I will not shake another person’s hand again until there is a vaccine available to everyone - and mandatory quarantine for all those who refuse it without valid medical reasons.

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:37:45am
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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:47:53am

re: #48 sagehen

Putting the words “British” and “food” in the same sentence almost always ends in disappointment. (with the possible exception of breakfast).

Two words: fish and chips.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:49:43am

re: #108 The Pie Overlord!

No doubt wondering where all the humans have disappeared to…..

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:50:12am

re: #110 Dr Lizardo

No doubt wondering where all the humans have disappeared to…..

And whether the emus were behind it.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:51:17am

re: #109 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!

Don’t knock it. Even for a fictious show like Downton Abbey Mrs Patmore came up with some pretty good looking food.

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John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:51:29am

re: #109 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!

Two words: fish and chips.

Nectar of the Odds.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:51:36am

re: #111 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

And whether the emus were behind it.

Or the drop bears.

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John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:52:40am

re: #111 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

And whether the emus were behind it.

Why not, the Emus have already beaten us once.

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John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:53:52am

re: #114 Anymouse 🌹🏡

Nah, drop bears are an urban le…. GET IT OFF ME! HELP! HELP AAARGH… !@ NO CARRIER

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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:54:09am
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John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:55:59am

re: #117 lawhawk

If WTI is at $11 how much is being lost on all that borderline fracked nonsense? How many banks are going to go down for having made bad loans to keep that fake industry alive?

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:56:43am

re: #117 lawhawk

Wow. $11 a barrel. I have not seen prices that low since … At any rate that is a low price. Do you think gasoline will go down too?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:57:28am

re: #117 lawhawk

U.S. Oil Prices Fall To $11 Per Barrel In Historic Crash

This is going to damage the Russian economy more than any pandemic (which they are also ill-equipped to handle).

If prices drop beneath $10, they might as well just shut down the oilfields as they will be losing money.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:57:31am

re: #118 John Hughes

If WTI is at $11 how much is being lost on all that borderline fracked nonsense? How many banks are going to go down for having made bad loans to keep that fake industry alive?

Banks with hats in hand asking for bailouts of their bad loans in three… .

Last time I bought gasoline a few days ago it was $3.45 (premium). I wonder what it is today here.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:57:31am

re: #118 John Hughes

If WTI is at $11 how much is being lost on all that borderline fracked nonsense? How many banks are going to go down for having made bad loans to keep that fake industry alive?

Don’t worry. Trump will talk about bailing them out shortly. And the bailout money will go to ExxonMobil and none of the small drilling companies that are actually getting wiped out.
/// (only half kidding)

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Sufficient unto the day...  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:57:52am

re: #117 lawhawk

I remember just a few years ago when it was closer to $111 than $11.

Also, I remember when the fastest growing industry in the US was renewable energy.

And I remember who killed that industry.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:58:12am

re: #119 PhillyPretzel

Wow. $11 a barrel. I have not seen prices that low since … At any rate that is a low price. Do you think gasoline will go down too?

Dream on, son.

I recall oil being that cheap during the Iraq/Iran war when both sides were pumping and selling as much as they could.

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Mattand  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:58:40am

re: #1 makeitstop

One weird thing is how deranged covid denialism is cloaked in smug skepticism. Like, LOL, liberal alarmists believe everything they’re told, whereas sensible people understand that Bill Gates is using Soros-funded 5G towers to deliver America to Satan

I’ve seen one up close and personal on FB. Cannot stress how spot on this is. He hasn’t dipped into Soros-bashing or the 5G nonsense yet, but it’s coming.

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makeitstop  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:59:09am

re: #70 boredtechindenver

I don’t think I have seen this posted here. This thread is getting lots of responses and retweets by blue check marks in the entertainment community.

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Is that the woman who did the evolution of the Beatles last year?

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 20, 2020 • 6:59:52am

re: #118 John Hughes

If WTI is at $11 how much is being lost on all that borderline fracked nonsense?

Fracking was losing bigly even before the pandemic - now it’s in even worse shape.

The question now becomes whether or not the Payroll Protection Program will be leveraged to rollup the debts into pre-packed bankruptcies.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:00:17am

re: #119 PhillyPretzel

Wow. $11 a barrel. I have not seen prices that low since … At any rate that is a low price. Do you think gasoline will go down too?

I’ve never seen it this low.

macrotrends.net

Prices back seventy years. Back in 1946 it was $16.68 according to the chart (adjusted for inflation).

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Mattand  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:00:29am

re: #121 Anymouse 🌹🏡

Banks with hats in hand asking for bailouts of their bad loans in three… .

Last time I bought gasoline a few days ago it was $3.45 (premium). I wonder what it is today here.

I haven’t checked prices in a while, but it’s just over $2 here. Is NE expensive because of delivery? Seems like you folks are close enough to OK and TX that it shouldn’t be that expensive.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:02:07am

re: #120 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

This is going to damage the Russian economy more than any pandemic (which they are also ill-equipped to handle).

If prices drop beneath $10, they might as well just shut down the oilfields as they will be losing money.

Minimally shut-down exploration and drilling. There are lots of low-production wells about with their infrastructure an already sunk cost that is paid for. So they pump their limited quantities and the cost is running the pump and maintaining the pipelines and collection points - and you want to do the latter in any case as long as you can.

roadsideamerica.com (I’ve been through the drive-thru next to this well.)

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Mattand  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:02:15am

re: #119 PhillyPretzel

Wow. $11 a barrel. I have not seen prices that low since … At any rate that is a low price. Do you think gasoline will go down too?

I’ve seen it as low as $1.93 around here.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:02:43am

re: #129 Mattand

I haven’t checked prices in a while, but it’s just over $2 here. Is NE expensive because of delivery? Seems like you folks are close enough to OK and TX that it shouldn’t be that expensive.

I think much of the cost is due to high excise taxes on gasoline here.

Nebraska is an oil state; there are oil wells all over the place around here, though we don’t produce as much as Oklahoma or Texas.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:03:50am

re: #129 Mattand

I haven’t checked prices in a while, but it’s just over $2 here. Is NE expensive because of delivery? Seems like you folks are close enough to OK and TX that it shouldn’t be that expensive.

Distance from refinery (transportation costs) and costs of additives (which might be required by a state). Such as ethanol for seasonal blends - and I don’t think ethanol has gotten cheaper.

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John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:04:16am

re: #124 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I recall oil being that cheap during the Iraq/Iran war when both sides were pumping and selling as much as they could.

You may recall that but it was a false memory.

Since 1946 the lowest (inflation adjusted) price was about $16.50 vs $11 today.

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Belafon  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:04:46am

re: #119 PhillyPretzel

Wow. $11 a barrel. I have not seen prices that low since … At any rate that is a low price. Do you think gasoline will go down too?

Gas prices hit their lows around here a couple of weeks ago and haven’t budged. The lowest I’ve seen is $1.19 in Greenville, in Rockwell it’s at $1.44. Gas suppliers are keeping the prices steady.

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Belafon  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:06:25am
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teleskiguy  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:07:25am

I filled up my tank last Thursday, $1.69/gal. Cheapest gas I’ve seen in over a decade.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:07:31am

gasbuddy.com

According to Gas Buddy, someone just reported that regular gasoline is $1.89 at the Sinclair station.

The cheapest gasoline they show on the main page is on the east side of the state, selling for 95¢ a gallon.

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Belafon  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:08:08am

m.dailykos.com

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John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:09:32am

re: #136 Belafon

Wrong war. Should be referencing the next one.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:10:47am

re: #134 John Hughes

You may recall that but it was a false memory.

Since 1946 the lowest (inflation adjusted) price was about $16.50 vs $11 today.

In any case, it was super cheap

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jaunte  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:12:13am

It’s as if someone was trying to increase the spread of the virus. Cui bono?

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John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:12:19am

Why do Americans always confuse the price of crude oil with the price of gas at the pump? They are linked, but the crude oil price is a lot more important economically than the pump price. It’s not all about you, guys.

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Mattand  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:12:49am

Not meant as a humble brag but it will probably come off that way: I went electric with a Chevy Bolt two years ago. Electricity is still cheaper even with the plummeting gas prices, but given the way the bottom is falling out, that may not be the case soon.

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Teukka  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:12:50am

Too brutal?

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Mattand  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:14:00am

re: #145 Teukka

Too brutal?

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That is fucking genius.

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John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:15:42am

re: #141 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

In any case, it was super cheap

During the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) the crude oil price fell from $124 to $32.

it’s now $11.

Super cheap?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:19:07am

re: #147 John Hughes

During the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) the crude oil price fell from $124 to $32.

it’s now $11.

Super cheap?

all relative. I remember oil topping $100/barrel

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:19:25am

re: #36 Targetpractice

Think we may be starting to get an idea of why the media doesn’t want to touch this “Biden is a rapist” story:

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If there’s even an ounce of truth to all this, then it goes a long way to explaining why the media seem reluctant to even touch this story in order to question her credibility.

Doesn’t matter to the SCREW YORK TIMES since they will run these lies anyway.

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Belafon  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:20:12am

re: #143 John Hughes

Why do Americans always confuse the price of crude oil with the price of gas at the pump? They are linked, but the crude oil price is a lot more important economically than the pump price. It’s not all about you, guys.

Because for us, the price of gas has a significant effect on our economy since we drive everywhere. In my rather fuel efficient Ford Fiesta, I fill up once a week, at about 10 to 11 gallons. For people far poorer than me, the difference between $4 it was during Bush and $1.19 now is massive. Add that across the entire population, and it’s a significant change in spending.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:21:28am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:22:05am

Something just occurred to me: Were there ANY black people at those protests over the weekend?

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John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:23:05am

re: #152 Eclectic Cyborg

Something just occurred to me: Were there ANY black people at those protests over the weekend?

There was one guy I saw with a dusky hue.

Some black people are idiots too.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:23:43am

re: #130 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Minimally shut-down exploration and drilling. There are lots of low-production wells about with their infrastructure an already sunk cost that is paid for. So they pump their limited quantities and the cost is running the pump and maintaining the pipelines and collection points - and you want to do the latter in any case as long as you can.

roadsideamerica.com (I’ve been through the drive-thru next to this well.)

I’ve been to the Oklahoma Statehouse, where they have an oil well on the grounds.
flickr.com
There used to be twenty-five oil wells on the grounds.

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Citizen K  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:25:38am

Good to see the lion’s share of assistance going to those who truly need it in these trying times: CEOs and Execs. Fuck the workers.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:26:25am

re: #150 Belafon

Because for us, the price of gas has a significant effect on our economy since we drive everywhere. In my rather fuel efficient Ford Fiesta, I fill up once a week, at about 10 to 11 gallons. For people far poorer than me, the difference between $4 it was during Bush and $1.19 now is massive. Add that across the entire population, and it’s a significant change in spending.

Same here.

I have the most economical vehicle in my town. Maxwell the Smart holds eight gallons, which will take me four hundred miles or so. It’s a 120-mile round trip to Scottsbluff, or a 32-mile round trip to Bridgeport.

For someone who owns a vehicle more appropriate for our roads here (a pickup truck or an SUV) prices can be brutal. I’ve used gas pumps where the previous person clocked more than $100 on the pump.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:27:59am

re: #100 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

Ready for breakfast
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teleskiguy  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:28:21am

re: #152 Eclectic Cyborg

Something just occurred to me: Were there ANY black people at those protests over the weekend?

Giphy

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John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:28:43am

I heard an airplane! An actual flying airplane! The first time for weeks!

I live 15Km from the Airport d’Orly.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:28:53am

re: #155 Citizen K

Well that cuts Ruth Chris of the bucket list. I will buy and cook my own filet mignon.

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BigPapa  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:33:58am

re: #145 Teukka

Too brutal?

[Embedded content]

Chef’s Kiss

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:34:01am

re: #154 Anymouse 🌹🏡

Also, quite famously, Beverly Hills High School had - until fairly recently - an oil well on the school grounds.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:35:24am

re: #150 Belafon

Because for us, the price of gas has a significant effect on our economy since we drive everywhere. … the difference between $4 it was during Bush and $1.19 now is massive. Add that across the entire population, and it’s a significant change in spending.

especially for people who live in rural areas with little or no other options for transportation

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ericblair  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:36:07am

re: #130 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Minimally shut-down exploration and drilling. There are lots of low-production wells about with their infrastructure an already sunk cost that is paid for. So they pump their limited quantities and the cost is running the pump and maintaining the pipelines and collection points - and you want to do the latter in any case as long as you can.

roadsideamerica.com (I’ve been through the drive-thru next to this well.)

The problem for Russia is that, in a lot of their fields, stopping drilling means the wells will probably flood with water and be difficult or impossible to reopen. This doesn’t happen for Saudi wells. Also, the world is running out of storage capacity for crude, so even if you pump minimal amounts there’s nowhere to put it.

Some of the spot prices for different crudes are or have been negative. I don’t know whether that actually gets exercised: the oil producer has to pay you to get the oil off its hands.

So, I’m assuming that this oil crash after the supply cuts mean that nobody was impressed. There is almost no place left to put crude, so of course you have to cut supply.

I’m skeptical that low oil prices like this will hurt renewables significantly. The changeover is already underway; a lot of the time now the capital costs for renewable plants are the same or less than hydrocarbon ones (so even a price of $0 for hydrocarbon fuel is more expensive than renewables), and this kind of insane supply instability isn’t good for planning purposes.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:37:46am

re: #164 ericblair

I’m skeptical that low oil prices like this will hurt renewables significantly. The changeover is already underway; a lot of the time now the capital costs for renewable plants are the same or less than hydrocarbon ones (so even a price of $0 for hydrocarbon fuel is more expensive than renewables), and this kind of insane supply instability isn’t good for planning purposes.

and renewables are not subject to CO2 taxes

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:38:29am

I just want to point out that Canada had our worst mass shooting ever in the past several days.

We are ostensibly Americas closest ally and yet Trump has said absolutely fuck all about this incident, instead preferring to shitpost Obama memes.

Usually when there’s a shooting, one of his aides will post some BS “Thoughts and prayers” message on his account, but apparently we don’t even qualify for that.

Fucking prick.

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makeitstop  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:38:58am

re: #160 PhillyPretzel

Well that cuts Ruth Chris of the bucket list. I will buy and cook my own filet mignon.

Not to go all sour grapes or anything, but they’re really not that good. I can name 5 independent steak houses in the NYC area that are as good or better.

And they’re total meat snobs to boot. My wife is a vegetarian, and in my opinion the best steak houses are the ones who welcome people who don’t eat meat. A place near us called George Martin’s Strip Steak not only knows my wife when she calls for reservations, but they prepare beautiful veggie-based dishes for her. Ruth’s Chris turns up their nose and will only serve her side dishes.

That’s why Ruth’s Chris (and Peter Luger’s, for that matter) don’t get our money.

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:39:41am

The cheapest gas in my area is at Woodman’s — 1.39 for regular. Typically, Illinois gas tends to be among the more expensive in the nation. But Woodman’s often has prices that are 20+ cents lower than others nearby.

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:40:45am

re: #160 PhillyPretzel

I’d love to know how much money Ruth’s Chris has donated to Trump.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:41:24am

re: #167 makeitstop

Thanks. I am a decent home cook and I know how I like my filet cooked. Medium. And I thought DT liked hamburgers.

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:42:26am

re: #167 makeitstop

It’s not even close to being good. The steaks are never cooked properly and the wine list is shit. Pappas Bros in Houston is the best steakhouse I’ve ever been to and I’ve been to plenty.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:42:36am

I’m for bed. It’s late (the sun has been up a while).

Catch y’all later.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:47:46am

re: #171 Ace Rothstein

It’s not even close to being good. The steaks are never cooked properly and the wine list is shit. Pappas Bros in Houston is the best steakhouse I’ve ever been to and I’ve been to plenty.

Best steak I’ve ever had was at (of all places) a nudie bar in Portland, OR., the Acropolis. My friend Christine told me about the place - it was close to where she lived - and we went there, and I gotta say, it was easily the damn best steak I’ve ever had. The bar itself was nothing to write home about, but their cooks…..world-class.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:50:59am

re: #173 Dr Lizardo

Best steak I’ve ever had was at (of all places) a nudie bar in Portland, OR., the Acropolis. My friend Christine told me about the place - it was close to where she lived - and we went there, and I gotta say, it was easily the damn best steak I’ve ever had. The bar itself was nothing to write home about, but their cooks…..world-class.

They had clothes on, right?

//

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:52:31am

re: #174 Eclectic Cyborg

They had clothes on, right?

//

Well….I would certainly hope so, LOL.

Seriously, the Acropolis is pretty much legendary in the Portland area for the quality of their food and the skill of their cooks.

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ericblair  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:53:32am

Looks like the GAO is a lot harder to fuck with and is already auditing the COVID fund implementation. They are a legislative branch organization so out of the yam’s grubby little fingers. I’m very glad.

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John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:53:59am

re: #166 Eclectic Cyborg

16 people? And you’re surprised that Americans don’t notice? Do you live on the same continent?

A Trump supporter killed 24 people last year and barely anyone noticed. Not someone influenced by a former LGF contributor, someone influenced by the fucking President of the United States.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:54:01am

Never had Ruth’s Chris. Never wanted to. Always seemed overpriced to me.

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:56:49am

re: #148 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

all relative. I remember oil topping $100/barrel

I believe it peaked around $145 in 2008.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:57:12am

re: #178 Eclectic Cyborg

Never had Ruth’s Chris. Never wanted to. Always seemed overpriced to me.

Mom and Pop steakhouse 3 blocks from me in deep financial trouble now thanks to the shutdown…best steaks in LA at 1/3 the price of Ruths Chris or Artie Morton’s.

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teleskiguy  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:57:14am

re: #177 John Hughes

What is your fuckin’ problem, dude?

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Jay C  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:57:27am

re: #162 Dr Lizardo

Also, quite famously, Beverly Hills High School had - until fairly recently - an oil well on the school grounds.

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My alma mater!

What happened to the oil well?
(Besides, apparently, the Art Department getting hold of it for a project)

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John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:57:37am

re: #181 teleskiguy

Sorry?

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 7:59:16am

re: #182 Jay C

My alma mater!

What happened to the oil well?
(Besides, apparently, the Art Department getting hold of it for a project)

I believe it’s being disrupted by the Metro Rail expansion which is tunneling under the high school on it’s way to Century City and finally to Westwood/VA

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Renaissance_Man  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:01:03am

re: #178 Eclectic Cyborg

Never had Ruth’s Chris. Never wanted to. Always seemed overpriced to me.

I have, can confirm it is terrible. Steaks taste like you’re eating a stick of butter. I’ve had better steak at many, many places, mostly small independent ones. Of the large chains, I think Outback does a pretty good steak, but most of the rest aren’t really worth a damn, and that includes high end chains like McCormick and Schmick’s.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:01:39am

re: #182 Jay C

My alma mater!

What happened to the oil well?
(Besides, apparently, the Art Department getting hold of it for a project)

It ceased production in 2017, IIRC. The well itself was capped and the derrick dismantled. It produced about 400 to 500/bbl per day and the last figure I read about was that it earned BHHS ~$300,000 per year in royalties.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:01:51am

re: #185 Renaissance_Man

I have, can confirm it is terrible. Steaks taste like you’re eating a stick of butter. I’ve had better steak at many, many places, mostly small independent ones. Of the large chains, I think Outback does a pretty good steak, but most of the rest aren’t really worth a damn, and that includes high end chains like McCormick and Schmick’s.

I don’t go to Outback because every manager is required to contribute to the GOP.

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makeitstop  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:01:56am

re: #171 Ace Rothstein

It’s not even close to being good. The steaks are never cooked properly and the wine list is shit. Pappas Bros in Houston is the best steakhouse I’ve ever been to and I’ve been to plenty.

Old Homestead on 9th Avenue kicks ass. Our go-to steak house in Manhattan.

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Jay C  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:02:01am

re: #184 Joe Bacon 🌹

I believe it’s being disrupted by the Metro Rail expansion which is tunneling under the high school on it’s way to Century City and finally to Westwood/VA

OK, then.
Somehow, I think the BH school district will be able to cope without their petroleum royalties…..

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:03:11am

re: #145 Teukka

Too brutal?

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Nope.

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Renaissance_Man  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:04:17am

re: #187 Joe Bacon 🌹

I don’t go to Outback because every manager is required to contribute to the GOP.

Can you show me more on that? Because I’ll stop going too if that’s the case.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:05:12am

Best steak I ever had?

St. Elmo Steak House in Indianapolis…and it’s “required” that you start with their shrimp cocktail with the Sauce From Beyond Hell That Clears Your Sinuses For A Full Week!

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:05:25am

re: #168 Hecuba’s daughter

Woodman’s

I remember when they opened the Carpentersville IL store, which accelerated the closing of the nearby Dominick’s.

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Ace-o-aces  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:06:43am

re: #1 makeitstop

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Renaissance_Man  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:07:16am

re: #192 Joe Bacon 🌹

Best steak I ever had?

St. Elmo Steak House in Indianapolis…and it’s “required” that you start with their shrimp cocktail with the Sauce From Beyond Hell That Clears Your Sinuses For A Full Week!

I used to live there, and St Elmo’s was one of the few bright food spots in the entire place.

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:10:47am

re: #194 Ace-o-aces

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Meanwhile, across the land, millions of Americans just suddenly freeze in place with blank looks in their eyes, what would eventually become known as BSOD Syndrome.

/

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Sufficient unto the day...  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:13:01am

re: #192 Joe Bacon 🌹

Well, I’ve never been there, but since I live here, I guess I need to go there soon.

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:14:55am

“911, what is your emergency?”
“Help, my husband just stopped working! He isn’t moving or anything!”
“Have you tried turning him off and on again?”

/

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:18:14am

re: #197 Sufficient unto the day…

Well, I’ve never been there, but since I live here, I guess I need to go there soon.

Glad I warned you about the shrimp cocktail sauce. It’s WICKED and they insist on dousing it on the tiger shrimp! You may need to have a fire extinguisher handy….

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Teukka  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:21:56am

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:22:40am

Best steak I have had and will again* is at the local Denny’s. Spiced just right and melts in your mouth. You can get either a T-Bone or a sirloin strip. The hash browns and eggs a good too.

* Unless I grill it myself.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:24:59am

re: #150 Belafon

Because for us, the price of gas has a significant effect on our economy since we drive everywhere. In my rather fuel efficient Ford Fiesta, I fill up once a week, at about 10 to 11 gallons. For people far poorer than me, the difference between $4 it was during Bush and $1.19 now is massive. Add that across the entire population, and it’s a significant change in spending.

Also, any kerfluffle (even tiny ones) in oil supplies anywhere in world results in a drastic increase in gasoline prices immediately. Drops in prices take a lot longer.

Yep, American drivers notice that nonsense

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:25:22am

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:25:40am

re: #200 Teukka

people did not die for lack of wheels

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:25:43am

re: #152 Eclectic Cyborg

Something just occurred to me: Were there ANY black people at those protests over the weekend?

They were at work

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jaunte  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:25:43am
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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:28:44am

re: #152 Eclectic Cyborg

Something just occurred to me: Were there ANY black people at those protests over the weekend?

I actually saw one being interviewed on MSNBC.

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:28:44am

It appears that Ruth’s Chris isn’t the only company that got caught with its hand in the cookie jar:

Look for more stories like this as companies that bellied up to the “free cash” buffet get caught and called out. They’ll try to exploit the “good” publicity of “returning” the cash they would have happily kept if not called out.

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sagehen  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:32:47am

re: #167 makeitstop

Not to go all sour grapes or anything, but they’re really not that good. I can name 5 independent steak houses in the NYC area that are as good or better.

I’m a fan of Smith & Wollensky.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:37:12am
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I Would Prefer Not To  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:37:27am

I want steak. You people are killing me. Do I have to start with the downdings?

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BigPapa  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:37:47am

I honestly can’t remember ‘the best steak I ever had.’ It’s steak. I liked the Ruth’s Chris in Mauna Lani, the staff are top notch. The Outback is very meh. Maybe it’s regional.

If I really want to treat myself I’d rather go to the butcher for an aged ribeye and give it the sous vide and cast iron treatment.

The Tommy Bahama here does a ribeye rubbed with coffee and served over lemon tossed arugula with a slab of roasted cauliflower, it’s damn near a perfect plate.

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BigPapa  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:38:24am

LET THE DOWNDINGS BEGIN

(evil bwahaha)

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calochortus  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:38:25am

re: #177 John Hughes

16 people? And you’re surprised that Americans don’t notice? Do you live on the same continent?

A Trump supporter killed 24 people last year and barely anyone noticed. Not someone influenced by a former LGF contributor, someone influenced by the fucking President of the United States.

The story lead the local news here last night. At least some Americans have noticed.
I don’t care if Trump says anything or not because you know he doesn’t actually care anyway.

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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:39:05am

Go away for a few minutes and it turns into a carnivore’s delight review of steakhouses. Yum. Now I have to go figure out what to make this week beyond the chickpea bolognese.

re: #167 makeitstop

Not to go all sour grapes or anything, but they’re really not that good. I can name 5 independent steak houses in the NYC area that are as good or better.

And they’re total meat snobs to boot. My wife is a vegetarian, and in my opinion the best steak houses are the ones who welcome people who don’t eat meat. A place near us called George Martin’s Strip Steak not only knows my wife when she calls for reservations, but they prepare beautiful veggie-based dishes for her. Ruth’s Chris turns up their nose and will only serve her side dishes.

That’s why Ruth’s Chris (and Peter Luger’s, for that matter) don’t get our money.

Of the national chains, Ruth’s Chris is towards the bottom for me.
Better national chains: Capitol Grille, Morton’s, and Smith & Wolensky.

But local/single establishments do a far better steak than some of those nationals.

Delmonico’s is better than most (order the signature steak and baked alaska). We like River Palm Steakhouse in NJ - ordered in for our anniversary, which came days after the stay at home was issued. Among the best steaks I had were (no particular order):

Alpine Inn (South Dakota in the Black Hills)
Charlie Palmer’s in DC
Hugo’s Cellar (4 Queens Casino in Vegas)
Strip House Steakhouse in Manhattan
Strip House (San Diego - no relation to Manhattan, and they have you cook the meat yourself with your own flavoring/seasonings too).

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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:39:27am

re: #211 I Would Prefer Not To

I want steak. You people are killing me. Do I have to start with the downdings?

Bring it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:39:30am

King of the Ventilators is a moron

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:40:44am

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

King of the Ventilators is a moron

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I want terrible things to befall him and his miserable family and administration.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:40:50am

re: #216 lawhawk

Bring it.

Right now, I’m just couching in your direction.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:42:28am

re: #208 Targetpractice

It appears that Ruth’s Chris isn’t the only company that got caught with its hand in the cookie jar:

Look for more stories like this as companies that bellied up to the “free cash” buffet get caught and called out. They’ll try to exploit the “good” publicity of “returning” the cash they would have happily kept if not called out.

as long as they are free of legal or financial consequences for getting caught they will keep attempting it…

and at the same time Lindsey Graham complains about people bringing in more unemployment benefits than what they were earning…

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I Would Prefer Not To  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:42:43am

The debates between Biden and the ass are going to be epic IF Joe calls him out on his lies and BS. Please.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:43:08am
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:43:13am

Ah Steak House Nirvana—Taylor’s in Los Angeles!

Taylor’s Culotte with the fixings!

And their London Broil!

Oh and what lovely lady always shows up at Taylor’s?

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plansbandc  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:44:25am

I haven’t eaten steak in decades, and when I did it was because my parents made me eat it. Not a fan.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:44:53am
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Belafon  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:46:01am

Saltgrass and Texas Roadhouse have pretty good steak. I don’t buy it very often because of sticker shock.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:46:11am

re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth

They are indeed. A very special kind of stupid.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:46:14am

Yes, states should be doing the testing, but where do you think they expect the supplies and guidelines on the testing to come from, numbnuts?

He’s already acting like this is all over and we aren’t even close.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:46:19am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:48:42am

re: #226 Belafon

Saltgrass and Texas Roadhouse have pretty good steak. I don’t buy it very often because of sticker shock.

Several years back my wife and I got a $100 comp for a steakhouse at one of our local casinos.

The $100 BARELY covered our meal (which to be fair included drinks and dessert). Of course we tipped well.

The food was pretty good, but I didn’t find it a massive step up from other steak places around here that charge much less.

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makeitstop  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:49:05am

re: #209 sagehen

I’m a fan of Smith & Wollensky.

I’ve only eaten there once. And yes, it was excellent.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:49:05am

The Trail Dust in Dallas wasn’t bad, if you desire the Bull Shipper (50 oz.) or the Stud (32 oz.) - especially if you don’t mind getting your tie cut off…

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BigPapa  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:51:04am

I’m a big dude but it would be rare I could finish a 16 oz ribeye. I could eat, no doubt, but that’s a lot of beef.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:51:48am
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Eventual Carrion  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:54:28am

re: #234 Backwoods_Sleuth

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All these mega companies needing bailed out (welfare). There must be a worse shortage of bootstraps than there is of TP.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:54:29am

re: #234 Backwoods_Sleuth

BREAKING: UK to ramp up production of tiny violins ahead of nationwide commiseration ceremony.

He is willing to put his private island up as security!

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BigPapa  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:56:24am

And this big dude is less big: I’m down 43 lbs in the last 5 months. Anything to ensure I survive to vote out that orange bastard and the rest of the Banana Republicans.

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:56:31am

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

King of the Ventilators is a moron

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“Speedy production” = “We made off with more medical goods from the states than a fleet of Somali pirates.”

And the dumbass is trying to present testing as something “new,” when governors and mayors have been asking for tests for months. The story of this outbreak is how we’re just now beginning to see the total scope of it as testing capacity adequate to finally catch up with the backlog comes online. He wants to “reopen” the country with a plan that requires exponentially more testing supplies and lab capacity, but figures that the lag in such can be “made up” as he goes.

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makeitstop  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:57:25am

re: #215 lawhawk

Go away for a few minutes and it turns into a carnivore’s delight review of steakhouses. Yum. Now I have to go figure out what to make this week beyond the chickpea bolognese.

Of the national chains, Ruth’s Chris is towards the bottom for me.
Better national chains: Capitol Grille, Morton’s, and Smith & Wolensky.

I ate at a Capitol Grille in Philly a few years ago. Not bad, and they took care of my vegetarian wife, so points plus for that. :)

Ate at Morton’s in LA. Also pretty good.

We’ve got George Martin’s Strip Steak in our town, which has never been less than excellent. And there’s a place called Teller’s Chop House (in a former bank building) that’s way pricey but really, really good.

Teller’s announced a couple of weeks ago that they were selling their aged steaks rather than let them sit around. Unfortunately I didn’t move fast enough and they sold out.

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John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:58:39am

re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth

Tranny, take the tranny!

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:59:15am
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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2020 • 8:59:21am

re: #233 BigPapa

I’m a big dude but it would be rare I could finish a 16 oz ribeye. I could eat, no doubt, but that’s a lot of beef.

I would be able to scarf down a 8oz portion, but more than 12 and I’m toast. I’m big on portion control. Size isn’t nearly as impressive as taste. A properly seasoned and tasty steak beats a big flavorless slab of beef. Every day.

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:01:58am

It’s amazing how, in less than 3 months, we went from a “strong economy” that was bursting at the seams with oodles of capital that was just waiting for the right “business-friendly” environment to turn into a massive economic boom…to those very same companies being on the edge of bankruptcy unless they get massive government bailouts.

One might almost think that the people who pitched us the former were lying their asses off in order to keep their jobs…/////

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Teukka  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:02:18am

New rule day:

Alex’s Jones’s Razor: It’s not that sharp.

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jaunte  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:02:26am

re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:03:31am

re: #245 jaunte

These people need a good dictionary. Heck any dictionary would do.

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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:04:00am

re: #243 Targetpractice

It’s amazing how, in less than 3 months, we went from a “strong economy” that was bursting at the seams with oodles of capital that was just waiting for the right “business-friendly” environment to turn into a massive economic boom…to those very same companies being on the edge of bankruptcy unless they get massive government bailouts.

One might almost think that the people who pitched us the former were lying their asses off in order to keep their jobs…/////

No one has that kind of cash available. Not when cash sitting around is a liability - so it goes back to the shareholders in stock buybacks or used to acquire more businesses, or dividends, but never to the workers, and never as rainy day funds.

We’re in this mess and it’s exposing all kinds of fallacies about the economy (macro and micro) that the business world loves to tell about itself.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:04:07am
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jaunte  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:04:09am

re: #246 PhillyPretzel

Dicshunerry

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Belafon  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:04:44am

re: #245 jaunte

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They could have at least spelled it “sine in”.

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jaunte  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:05:05am

re: #250 Belafon

They could have at least spelled it “sine in”.

Cosine!

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Teukka  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:05:30am

In local news, elements of the reich wing here took the opportunity to mark 4/20 by hoisting the swastika… expo.se (Swedish)

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Belafon  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:05:31am

re: #248 Backwoods_Sleuth

Fascinated by shiny objects, the media is/are.

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Rightwingconspirator  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:05:55am

re: #145 Teukka

Your caveman is now on my FB. Thanks.

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teleskiguy  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:05:56am

Pennsylvania Branch Covidians.

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:06:08am

re: #242 lawhawk

I would be able to scarf down a 8oz portion, but more than 12 and I’m toast. I’m big on portion control. Size isn’t nearly as impressive as taste. A properly seasoned and tasty steak beats a big flavorless slab of beef. Every day.

My son and his friend had a trip to NYC planned last year, but the friend’s dad is a big corporate guy who travels there every month. The dad wanted to show off his favorite place (I’ll ask my son when he gets home). Son said the steak was too big and underwhelming, and his friend ate too much and threw it up when he got back to the hotel. The next night son went out alone to an authentic Japanese sushi place by himself and that’s the best dining experience—outside of his home—that he’s ever had (he and friends have an instagram account rating restaurants they go to, all at the tender age of 17, now 18).

*I just asked: he thinks it was Peter Luger—thought it was more about the bling of the clientele than the quality of the food.

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Teukka  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:07:11am

re: #254 Rightwingconspirator

Your caveman is now on my FB. Thanks.

You’re welcome :)

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:07:32am

re: #241 Joe Bacon 🌹

Pedantic here. But when I was marching against VietNam, it was only 2 Heys —

“Hey Hey LBJ
How many kids did you kill today?”

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:07:52am

re: #255 teleskiguy

And I got an e-mail from Wegman’s. Customers are to wear masks when shopping. Those folks would not be allowed in.

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jaunte  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:09:18am

re: #259 PhillyPretzel

It’s probably only a matter of time before these pro-virus folks start shoving their way into groceries that are trying to follow the rules.

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:10:06am

I cooked an 8oz filet last night. Lots of kosher salt and ground pepper, let it sit for an hour, grill four minutes a side for a perfect medium rare. Nice left bank Bordeaux to compliment, and I watched The French Connection for the first time. Great fucking movie.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:10:20am

re: #260 jaunte

And then watch the numbers go up instead of down.

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BigPapa  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:10:50am

My most memorable meals:

Wife and I went to Thomas Keller’s 2nd tier restaurant Bouchon outside Napa because French Laundry is insane. I’m usually the Orderer of the Better Meal in this marriage and chose a lamb roast filet over a white bean broth with an amazing Burgundy. The white beans were a tad undercooked by design and was quite good. But the Wife Unit picked a pan roasted trout with fingerling potatoes served in it’s small copper roasting pan, cooked and served skin up over the potatoes. Not a bone in the trout. The waiter picked a delicate and sublime chablis to accompany. I still remember that dish.

The other time we got comp’d a dinner at the private club in a resort I work at. I normally don’t like hanging around clients but I need to eat. I’m likely to always pick the special because I’m adventurous but that night, in an ocean front restaurant catering to the .1%, the special was strip steak and beets. WTF? That crappy root vegetable they make the canned glop served at thanksgiving? Of course these were locally grown organic blah blah blah. I figure screw it, I’ll try the beats. I’m now a beat whore and will embarass myself for quality beet product. The seared/blackened strip steak juices with the beet juices in the mashed potatoes was amazing. Maybe it had something to do with the Château d’Yquem we finished with that melted my face.

I’m hungry now. Going to make Folgers and oatmeal.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:15:08am

re: #245 jaunte

Talk about a “well-reghulated militia”…

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teleskiguy  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:15:17am

420

Facebook Post

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:16:54am

re: #265 teleskiguy

That is a creative way of doing it.

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:17:06am

re: #251 jaunte

Cosine!

That would put them off on a tangent.

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makeitstop  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:18:00am

re: #267 Eventual Carrion

That would put them off on a tangent.

That’s acute way of putting it.

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Teukka  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:19:06am

re: #250 Belafon

They could have at least spelled it “sine in”.

re: #251 jaunte

Cosine!

re: #267 Eventual Carrion

That would put them off on a tangent.

Not to mention what’d happen if you mentioned a secant or cosecant to them.
:muhahahahaha:

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:19:32am

re: #259 PhillyPretzel

And I got an e-mail from Wegman’s. Customers are to wear masks when shopping. Those folks would not be allowed in.

Walmart started that here. Also one way aisles.

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Teukka  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:19:55am

re: #268 makeitstop

That’s acute way of putting it.

And very trig-ering to them…

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:20:19am

How bad is the bias towards “feel good” stories in the media these days? Shake Shack is being given kudos for “giving back” the $10m loan, even though:

1. They’ve blamed everybody but themselves for how “easy” it was to secure the loan in the first place.

2. In order to get said loan, they applied through a smaller subsidiary that met the “>= 500 employees” barrier meant to keep large corps from applying for loans.

3. After they secured the $10m loan, they then used it to secure $150m in new loans from other banks.

4. Even as they try to secure kudos for “giving back” the money, they’re spinning their deliberate abuse of the PPP as “for [their] employees.”

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:21:08am

re: #270 Eventual Carrion

I wear a mask in my local Acme. I have no problem with that.

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:21:14am

re: #256 Barefoot Grin

My son and his friend had a trip to NYC planned last year, but the friend’s dad is a big corporate guy who travels there every month. The dad wanted to show off his favorite place (I’ll ask my son when he gets home). Son said the steak was too big and underwhelming, and his friend ate too much and threw it up when he got back to the hotel. The next night son went out alone to an authentic Japanese sushi place by himself and that’s the best dining experience—outside of his home—that he’s ever had (he and friends have an instagram account rating restaurants they go to, all at the tender age of 17, now 18).

*I just asked: he thinks it was Peter Luger—thought it was more about the bling of the clientele than the quality of the food.

ETA: He just asked his friend and it was Keens Steakhouse. He said the bacon was great, the steak was actually pretty good, but that the portions were way too big—the story about his friend still holds. So I misremembered. Happens a lot.

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Citizen K  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:25:56am

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

Worth repeating over and over:

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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:25:57am

re: #251 jaunte

Cosine!

Getting off on a tangent.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:26:23am

re: #156 Anymouse 🌹🏡

Same here.

I have the most economical vehicle in my town. Maxwell the Smart holds eight gallons, which will take me four hundred miles or so. It’s a 120-mile round trip to Scottsbluff, or a 32-mile round trip to Bridgeport.

For someone who owns a vehicle more appropriate for our roads here (a pickup truck or an SUV) prices can be brutal. I’ve used gas pumps where the previous person clocked more than $100 on the pump.

Do you have a custom plate with “Maxwell86” or something else that is a clever TV reference?

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:28:05am

re: #275 Citizen K

Worth repeating over and over:

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Ayep. The Women’s March and the Inaugural protests were met by the media with “Look, he’s not been given a chance! We need to give him time!”

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:29:14am

re: #256 Barefoot Grin

*I just asked: he thinks it was Peter Luger—thought it was more about the bling of the clientele than the quality of the food.

Buddy took me to Peter Luger’s in 1978. Steak was fine but what really impressed me was the thick grilled bacon they drizzled maple syrup on…

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:29:22am

re: #171 Ace Rothstein

It’s not even close to being good. The steaks are never cooked properly and the wine list is shit. Pappas Bros in Houston is the best steakhouse I’ve ever been to and I’ve been to plenty.

Is there still a steak place in Houston whose decor is red and lots of German burlesque photos from the 1930s?

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:30:09am

re: #277 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

I know that you shop at Wegman’s. I got an e-mail from them saying that all customers must wear a mask when shopping.

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makeitstop  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:31:10am

Ben Garrison has some issues, man.

(Going behind the button because it’s pretty fuckin’ gross.)

Click to Reveal
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BigPapa  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:31:12am

I think I’ve found the worst Ben Garrison cartoon. Covered because it shows Orange Asshole in a God Speedo and we all ate too much steak.

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BigPapa  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:31:52am

LOL on the double tap. Us lizards are ON POINT.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:33:02am

re: #282 makeitstop

I’ve been pointing out that Garrison has a real gay crush on Trump. He really needs to come out of the closet!

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:33:29am

Think I’ll roll out the tried and true response to this shit whenever it appears on a BBS:

“He’s not going to fuck you, Ben, no matter how hard you suck his dick.”

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:33:55am

re: #173 Dr Lizardo

Best steak I’ve ever had was at (of all places) a nudie bar in Portland, OR., the Acropolis. My friend Christine told me about the place - it was close to where she lived - and we went there, and I gotta say, it was easily the damn best steak I’ve ever had. The bar itself was nothing to write home about, but their cooks…..world-class.

Years ago there was a great steak place that was a basic hole-in-the-wall location near the airport in Harrisburg. No idea if it’s still around.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:34:20am

re: #283 BigPapa

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BeenHereAwhile  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:34:32am

re: #26 Targetpractice

Wingnuts are “unskewing” the numbers of deaths by…basically declaring NYC a bunch of liars and insisting that the “real” number of deaths has yet to crack 30K.

Meanwhile - folk that do the numbers tell me that Florida is under-reporting CV deaths big time.

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:34:39am

re: #283 BigPapa

I think I’ve found the worst Ben Garrison cartoon. Covered because it shows Orange Asshole in a God Speedo and we all ate too much steak.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:34:53am

re: #220 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

as long as they are free of legal or financial consequences for getting caught they will keep attempting it…

and at the same time Lindsey Graham complains about people bringing in more unemployment benefits than what they were earning…

similar to what USAA did, until they got caught
predators
thieves
pigs

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TedStriker  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:35:06am

re: #282 makeitstop

Ben Garrison has some issues, man.

(Going behind the button because it’s pretty fuckin’ gross.)

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re: #283 BigPapa

I think I’ve found the worst Ben Garrison cartoon. Covered because it shows Orange Asshole in a God Speedo and we all ate too much steak.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:36:00am

re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth

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they still get to vote

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Belafon  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:37:07am

re: #293 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)

they still get to vote

Not if they keep it up.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:37:33am

re: #228 Eclectic Cyborg

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Yes, states should be doing the testing, but where do you think they expect the supplies and guidelines on the testing to come from, numbnuts?

He’s already acting like this is all over and we aren’t even close.

we have barely just begun

the two best metaphors i’ve seen so far:

- the parachute slowed our descent, time to cut it away
- one month into WWII - we’re so tired of this. haven’t we done enough?

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:37:36am

re: #291 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)

similar to what USAA did, until they got caught
predators
thieves
pigs

That it can pass through the administrators of the program says a lot for where the problem lies also.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:38:13am

re: #287 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Years ago there was a great steak place that was a basic hole-in-the-wall location near the airport in Harrisburg. No idea if it’s still around.

There was a place out in the hills near Camas, WA….Jet Cafe, IIRC. Best burger I’ve ever enjoyed, bar none.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:39:08am

re: #285 Joe Bacon 🌹

I’ve been pointing out that Garrison has a real gay crush on Trump. He really needs to come out of the closet!

“Heterosexuality”

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:39:26am

re: #235 Eventual Carrion

All these mega companies needing bailed out (welfare). There must be a worse shortage of bootstraps than there is of TP.

apparently these really big companies are horrible at disaster planning and long term cash management //

whodathunkit?

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:41:23am

re: #299 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)

apparently these really big companies are horrible at disaster planning and long term cash management //

whodathunkit?

#1 rule taught in American MBA schools—Maximize your short term profit!

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:42:01am

re: #243 Targetpractice

It’s amazing how, in less than 3 months, we went from a “strong economy” that was bursting at the seams with oodles of capital that was just waiting for the right “business-friendly” environment to turn into a massive economic boom…to those very same companies being on the edge of bankruptcy unless they get massive government bailouts.

One might almost think that the people who pitched us the former were lying their asses off in order to keep their jobs…/////

or they’re just trying to get their snouts into the trough of largely untraced cash giveaways

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:42:12am

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ericblair  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:42:39am

re: #275 Citizen K

This is only part of it though. Otherwise, things like the Women’s Marches or the regular protests against ICE would get the same kind of amplification. Instead, they’re actively ignored and minimized because they don’t fit into the ‘Real American’ narrative the astroturfing does

The “clicks” theory never held up. What would get more clicks: a story about a Presidential candidate screwing a porn star a few months after his wife gave birth and paid off the porn star to keep it quiet, or a story about a Presidential candidate who may have violated internal government regulations on information storage?

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Teukka  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:42:39am

re: #302 GlutenFreeJesus

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Beat you to it :P

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:43:01am

re: #245 jaunte

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naaaaah. why bother?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:43:04am

re: #255 teleskiguy

Pennsylvania Branch Covidians.

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“Jesus is my vaccine.”

Good luck with that.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:43:09am

re: #282 makeitstop

Let’s not go there, shall we ?
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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:44:32am

re: #255 teleskiguy

Pennsylvania Branch Covidians.

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I went out and did a supply run today since I wanted to be home and relatively safe before these yahoos brought a fresh new shipment of virus home to spread in their home townships.

Shopping took a bit longer because the Wegmans had been evacuated when I got there due to the fire alarm going off. So I had to stand in a properly distanced line for a while before getting in. And, of course, “a few things” turned into $120 of groceries somehow.

Chat Noir’s blood work came back from the vet. High creatine (sp?) levels and he’s getting dehydrated easily. So we’re trying some different (very low phosphorus) food and he’ll get sub-Q fluids on a daily basis now.

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Teukka  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:44:53am

re: #306 Eclectic Cyborg

“Jesus is my vaccine.”

Good luck with that.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:45:31am

re: #259 PhillyPretzel

And I got an e-mail from Wegman’s. Customers are to wear masks when shopping. Those folks would not be allowed in.

Yep. Sign in front saying that masks are required.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:46:15am

re: #310 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Okay.

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:46:47am

Don’t worry, my friend, you can be sure that Repubs are already looking to fill this need in their time-honored way: Prison labor and cutting UI benefits as “motivation.”

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:47:27am
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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:47:39am

re: #270 Eventual Carrion

Walmart started that here. Also one way aisles.

Aisles in the Wegmans weren’t one-way, just lots of signage for keeping your carts distant from each other.

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Citizen K  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:48:40am

re: #303 ericblair

The “clicks” theory never held up. What would get more clicks: a story about a Presidential candidate screwing a porn star a few months after his wife gave birth and paid off the porn star to keep it quiet, or a story about a Presidential candidate who may have violated internal government regulations on information storage?

It was always about giving Trump the benefit of the doubt because he was the Republican, and Dems are supposed to be the great illegitimate evil. Even now, when incumbency is reversed, and Trump has a record that can be pointed to, he’s extended every benefit of the doubt and Dems have aspersions cast on them left and right while ‘Real Americans’ are promoted even when they’re only 100s out of millions.

IT’s all a fucking weighted scale, the tabloid theory of what leads is trying to mask complicity as simple laziness and greed.

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Omar Comin’ Yo  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:50:19am

Live stupid live from Harrisburg Pa.
I’m all out of fucks for these gerbils.
It’s a Runway for Whores Of The Trump Administration.
Look at me. I’m on TV.
The street kid in me wants to drop glass bottles from height on them.

LIVE: Anti-shutdown protesters drive through the streets of Harrisburg, PA

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Sherlock Hound  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:50:36am

re: #312 Targetpractice

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Don’t worry, my friend, you can be sure that Repubs are already looking to fill this need in their time-honored way: Prison labor and cutting UI benefits as “motivation.”

Those assholes are always telling 50-year-olds that they can do landscaping jobs at their age. No sympathy.

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:51:06am

re: #313 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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Breadlines and food pantries running dry is so last week. The new hotness is portraying a bunch of retirees and Cosplay Patriots as “fighting for freedom.” Specifically the “freedom” to force others to go back to work because they’re being inconvenienced. And quoting Repubs who totally short-changed the working class as wanting to “reopen” because workers have bills coming due and the checks they were promised are not coming for months because Donny wanted his signature on them.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:52:03am

A couple of red flowers I forgot yesterday:

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:52:07am

re: #300 Joe Bacon 🌹

#1 rule taught in American MBA schools—Maximize your short term profit!

because actual disruptions and disasters are so rare
why spend money and have staff and resources just ‘sitting around doing nothing’?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:52:09am

I wonder if any of those protesters are essential workers?

/

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:52:14am

re: #316 Omar Comin’ Yo

Live stupid live from Harrisburg Pa.
I’m all out of fucks for these gerbils.
It’s a Runway for Whores Of The Trump Administration.
Look at me. I’m on TV.
The street kid in me wants to drop glass bottles from height on them.
Now go home and hug your loved ones and let your kids play with others.

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I feel the same way. Let them die the same way Ron Paul’s staffer who went without health insurance did and stuck his family with 400K in medical debt.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:52:33am

re: #301 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)

or they’re just trying to get their snouts into the trough of largely untraced cash giveaways

one does not rule out the other.

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Renaissance_Man  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:52:33am

re: #303 ericblair

The “clicks” theory never held up. What would get more clicks: a story about a Presidential candidate screwing a porn star a few months after his wife gave birth and paid off the porn star to keep it quiet, or a story about a Presidential candidate who may have violated internal government regulations on information storage?

Exactly this. The idea that US media fosters a narrative out of a desire for ratings or clickbait can’t be true. The narrative is crafted and deliberate.

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:52:36am

re: #299 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)

apparently these really big companies are horrible at disaster planning and long term cash management //

whodathunkit?

Probably spent it all on avocado toast.

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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:53:06am

re: #118 John Hughes

If WTI is at $11 how much is being lost on all that borderline fracked nonsense? How many banks are going to go down for having made bad loans to keep that fake industry alive?

Saudis have a breakeven of about $3 per barrel. It’s like $50 for fracking. Russia has a breakeven ranging from $7 for the easy to get stuff to over $100 for their northern oil fields. Most of it is in the north, so they’d be fooked. No one else in the world has breakeven as low as the Saudis, so a prolonged slump guarantees producers will be hammered. And they’ll cut demand further, all while trying to keep prices high enough to make money. Countries that are diversified will be fine, like Canada or the US, but Russia is disproportionately reliant on foreign oil sales to make revenue. They’ll be fooked, along with Venezuela, Iran, Iraq, and others. The Gulf States that have diversified into business will be okay.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:53:24am

re: #306 Eclectic Cyborg

“Jesus is my vaccine.”

Good luck with that.

if that really worked they could easily prove it
change the world forever

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:53:30am

re: #301 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)

or they’re just trying to get their snouts into the trough of largely untraced cash giveaways

Don’t worry, Donnie Two Scoops is watching things. He’s oversighting

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:56:21am

re: #320 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)

because actual disruptions and disasters are so rare
why spend money and have staff and resources just ‘sitting around doing nothing’?

It is all about optimizing that quarterly bottom line, just-in-time-warehousing and logistics and gig economy or zero-hours personnel solutions…all of which makes the collapse all the more harrowing when it hits.

but there is no moral risk as the major players know that they can always count on a bailout

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:57:17am

re: #317 Sherlock Hound

Those assholes are always telling 50-year-olds that they can do landscaping jobs at their age. No sympathy.

i’d challenge most of ‘em to last just 2 hours in the 90 degree sun moving rocks around at our pond project (stay tuned for the update)

after all, a woman, mrs dm does it every week
and she’s 62 and down nearly 1/2 a lung.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:58:16am

re: #323 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

one does not rule out the other.

or
and

indeed

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:58:34am

re: #304 Teukka

Beat you to it :P

Lol I didn’t bother checking. Right on. 😎

DNC should sell that as a bumper sticker.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:59:11am

re: #328 Eventual Carrion

Don’t worry, Donnie Two Scoops is watching things. He’s oversighting

steering, more likely

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 9:59:54am

re: #328 Eventual Carrion

Don’t worry, Donnie Two Scoops is watching things. He’s oversighting

Yeah as soon as he finishes jerking off to Fox and Friends…

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teleskiguy  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:04:47am

I pondered Independence Pass (above Aspen, road closed in winter) access very recently.

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Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:05:29am

Yikes. Oil has totally crashed.

Latest trade was $4.04 per barrel.

money.cnn.com

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:07:20am

re: #336 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!

Holy hell.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:07:55am

re: #336 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!

I just checked Kitco. Yes. Oil had gone down that fast. I wonder where that leaves Saudi Arabia?

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:09:04am

re: #338 PhillyPretzel

I just checked Kitco. Yes. Oil had gone down that fast. I wonder where that leaves Saudi Arabia?

Applying to Trump for some of that bailout money?
////

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:09:11am

re: #336 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!

Yikes. Oil has totally crashed.

Latest trade was $4.04 per barrel.

money.cnn.com

Brings back memories of the Summer Gas Price Wars in the late 50s/early 60s when gasoline dropped to as low as 19¢ a gallon and stations gave you premiums like towels, glasses, a 6 pack of Coke or toys if you filled up!

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:09:12am

re: #336 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!

Yikes. Oil has totally crashed.

Latest trade was $4.04 per barrel.

money.cnn.com

😮

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:10:27am

re: #339 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Applying to Trump for some of that bailout money?
////

Only if they will let him fondle their ball again.

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Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:10:45am

re: #338 PhillyPretzel

I just checked Kitco. Yes. Oil had gone down that fast. I wonder where that leaves Saudi Arabia?

OPEC states can probably weather the low prices for a while - they can hold on to their reserves until prices start to recover again.

Russia on the other hand is in a WORLD of hurt over this.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:11:55am

re: #343 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!

I figured as much. Maybe Vlad should have some tea with an oil chaser.

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William Lewis  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:11:58am

re: #336 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!

Yikes. Oil has totally crashed.

Latest trade was $4.04 per barrel.

money.cnn.com

Bounced back to $4.90 I see but still.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:12:11am

re: #343 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!

OPEC states can probably weather the low prices for a while - they can hold on to their reserves until prices start to recover again.

Russia on the other hand is in a WORLD of hurt over this.

That is the only way they can maintain their social state to any extent, as all the other assets have been expatriated by the oligarchs.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:12:24am

re: #343 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!

OPEC states can probably weather the low prices for a while - they can hold on to their reserves until prices start to recover again.

Russia on the other hand is in a WORLD of hurt over this.

Jokes on Putin. If we weren’t stuck with his stupid puppet of a President, this might have been avoided.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:13:31am

re: #343 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!

OPEC states can probably weather the low prices for a while - they can hold on to their reserves until prices start to recover again.

Russia on the other hand is in a WORLD of hurt over this.

Yeah, no shit. If it stays at that price for awhile, Russia is gonna be fucked six ways from Sunday. And while COVID-19 is raging like wildfire in Russia, too.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:14:00am

My late dad used to say that OPEC should drink their oil. It looks like Vlad might do that.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:14:05am

re: #347 Eclectic Cyborg

Jokes on Putin. If we weren’t stuck with his stupid puppet of a President, this might have been avoided.

Putin’s economy is his own doing, he was counting on $40-70 per barrel to keep his economy afloat and still allow enough for his cronies to comfortable skim off…

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:15:49am

a short rant on this massive all or nothing nationwide ‘reopening’

as if the entire country has to do the same thing at the same time

states are to the nation as (for example) european countries are to the EU or the continent.

of course there are regional issues and regional differences in degree of infection and resources. of course decision making should be localized or regionalized.

nationalized is stupid.

as most of you know, a few years back i took mrs dm to the ER one sunday *for chest pains*. after preliminary tests we were both whisked into a negative pressure / clean room and left there.

For several hours. without any indication of why.

Eventually they told us they thought she had TB.
She didnt.
We found out she had (and has) what’s called NTM (Nontuberculous Mycobacteria) or MAC.

Anyway her test samples went to the county, and to the state.
NOT to the federal government.

TB spreads through the air.

If she had TB do you think the feds would have shut down the country to contain it just because of her? of course not. it’s handled locally and regionally. contact tracing, sourcing, isolation, etc.

What’s different with COVID?

- ridiculously easier and faster interpersonal transmission
- a long symptomless transmission period
- multiplied by ease of mobility - it can travel anywhere and take root before you even know it’s there. it’s hard to travel silently and unknowningly with TB

most all of those in government advocating to ‘reopen’ the economy probably do know this.

they dont care

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Belafon  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:16:36am

re: #312 Targetpractice

Don’t worry, my friend, you can be sure that Repubs are already looking to fill this need in their time-honored way: Prison labor and cutting UI benefits as “motivation.”

They’re proposing allowing farmers to cut wages to employees.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:16:49am

The Impossible Whopper, or a barrel of oil.
Your choice

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:18:01am

re: #353 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Putin and his cronies have gotta be shitting bricks right about now.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:18:59am

re: #353 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Anyone sitting on some crude oil put options for today is probably making a pretty penny right now.

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Omar Comin’ Yo  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:19:37am

re: #354 Dr Lizardo

Ultimate payback. Putin fucks with American election, helps Trump get elected, and Russia crashes because Trump fucked everything and everyone.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:20:26am

re: #356 Omar Comin’ Yo

Ultimate payback. Putin fucks with American election, helps Trump get elected, and Russia crashes because Trump fucked everything and everyone.

I think Putin was taken aback when he finally realized what a fucking bugnut he had helped to elect.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:20:33am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:20:43am

re: #356 Omar Comin’ Yo

Ultimate payback. Putin fucks with American election, helps Trump get elected, and Russia crashes because Trump fucked everything and everyone.

I really think Putin underestimated how mind-bogglingly stupid Trump really is.

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makeitstop  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:20:44am

re: #354 Dr Lizardo

Putin and his cronies have gotta be shitting bricks right about now.

Am I a bad person for hoping the Russian citizens drag Uncle Daddy Vlad into the street and give him a horribly bad ending?

If so, I can live with it.

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teleskiguy  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:21:27am

re: #335 teleskiguy

Well, I lost that bet.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:22:15am

re: #360 makeitstop

Am I a bad person for hoping the Russian citizens drag Uncle Daddy Vlad into the street and give him a horribly bad ending?

If so, I can live with it.

Russia is known for tragic and unjust outcomes…this is only going to get uglier.

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retired cynic  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:22:52am

EC, the Washington Post is covering the Nova Scotia shooting in a major way, as they should.

At least 16 killed in Nova Scotia shootings, deadliest in Canada’s history

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jaunte  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:23:47am

re: #358 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Sitting here feeling incredibly lucky I managed to sell my house in Houston at the end of March.

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Teukka  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:24:42am

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:25:31am

That sound you hear is every US state that bet on the shale oil “boom” lasting forever watching their own economies crater.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:25:55am

re: #365 Teukka

Now that is very creative.

368
retired cynic  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:25:56am

369
FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:28:51am

re: #363 retired cynic

EC, the Washington Post is covering the Nova Scotia shooting in a major way, as they should.

At least 16 killed in Nova Scotia shootings, deadliest in Canada’s history

370
stpaulbear  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:29:26am

re: #354 Dr Lizardo

Putin and his cronies have gotta be shitting bricks right about now.

They’re going to call in the Trump family loans.

While Trump’s hotel income has dropped to zero.

371
Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:29:36am

re: #142 jaunte

[Embedded content]

It’s as if someone was trying to increase the spread of the virus. Cui bono?

They’re taking themselves out. I’m strangely ok with that.

372
William Lewis  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:30:05am

re: #360 makeitstop

Am I a bad person for hoping the Russian citizens drag Uncle Daddy Vlad into the street and give him a horribly bad ending?

If so, I can live with it.

I find myself torn between Mussolini 2.0 or Ceaușescu 2.0 - which would be the better sequel?

373
SteelPH  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:30:36am

re: #371 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

They’re taking themselves out. I’m strangely ok with that.

It’s the biggest possible self-own I’ve ever seen.

374
Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:30:45am

re: #372 William Lewis

I find myself torn between Mussolini 2.0 or Ceaușescu 2.0 - which would be the better sequel?

Why not both?

375
FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:30:48am

re: #368 retired cynic

“Heat source, food bringer”

376
Dr Lizardo  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:30:49am

re: #370 stpaulbear

They’re going to call in the Trump family loans.

While Trump’s hotel income has dropped to zero.

Glorious.

377
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:31:04am

re: #370 stpaulbear

They’re going to call in the Trump family loans.

While Trump’s hotel income has dropped to zero.

and what is gonna happen when Trump just tries to forfeit and walk away paying kopecks on the ruble?

378
Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:31:14am

re: #76 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

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I have long been convinced that those great British explorers (and pirates) like Hudson, Drake, and Hawkins fanned out across the world (and conquered a large part of it) not for the glory of England or even for loot, but because they were looking for something decent to eat. They were fairly successful in that respect, though not as much as the Spanish, who really hit the tasty grub jackpot in Central and South America.

379
Dr Lizardo  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:32:03am

re: #377 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

and what is gonna happen when Trump just tries to forfeit and walk away paying kopecks on the ruble?

Get a space ready at Arlington.

380
Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:32:18am

If we weren’t in the middle of a global pandemic, I’d worry that Russia was about to start another war to keep the peasants from revolting.

381
FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:32:23am
382
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:32:37am

re: #372 William Lewis

I find myself torn between Mussolini 2.0 or Ceaușescu 2.0 - which would be the better sequel?

I see nothing that final or positive; this will end up looking more like the “Troubled Times” at the start of the 17th century with Boris Godunov and the early Romanov dynasty.

383
Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:33:08am

re: #381 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

[Embedded content]

A movement built on First World Problems.

384
Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:33:14am

re: #379 Dr Lizardo

Get a space ready at Arlington.

No.

Prepare space at a potters field near Mar A Lardo since Shithead no longer resides in New York!

385
sagehen  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:33:58am

re: #336 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!

Yikes. Oil has totally crashed.

Latest trade was $4.04 per barrel.

money.cnn.com

so… the Koch Bros just lost 30% of their net worth?

386
jaunte  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:34:09am
387
Teukka  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:34:24am

re: #367 PhillyPretzel

Now that is very creative.

Second variant I’ve seen of it.

388
jaunte  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:35:02am

Trump IS The Cooler.

389
lawhawk  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:36:12am

re: #353 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Trump’s now somehow going to claim that this is a win to replenish the strategic oil reserve. That’s not a solution.

Stopping covid19 is the solution, and Trump continues to whistle past the graveyard.

390
Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:36:34am

The IRS is drowning in unopened tax refund requests amid pandemic

and unfiled paper tax returns
they are loading them onto trucks for storage - unfiled

certainly some is adjusting to the pandemic

more is that for years and years the irs has not had the funds, desire or direction from congress to modernize it’s software and systems

even more is the deliberate gutting - fire everybody, then pile on the work!

like the post office without the pensions

391
Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:37:19am

I can’t help but wonder how many of my fellow local VA Beach citizens are looking at the price of oil cratering and hopeful this means the VA GOP will finally give up on trying to legalize off-shore drilling here.

392
Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:38:09am

re: #389 lawhawk

Trump’s now somehow going to claim that this is a win to replenish the strategic oil reserve. That’s not a solution.

Stopping covid19 is the solution, and Trump continues to whistle past the graveyard.

Yeah, it’s guaranteed he’s going to try to find some way to spin this as a “win” for voters.

393
Hecuba's daughter  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:38:20am

re: #371 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

They’re taking themselves out. I’m strangely ok with that.

I would be ok with that — except that they are also endangering the lives of innocent people:their children, those they encounter at grocery stores, health care workers. They certainly aren’t concerned about the harm they may do to others, but we also need to realize that many are Faux News or Rush devotees who really believe that this is no more harmful than the flu.

394
The Pie Overlord!  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:39:27am

Everyone is talking about their favorite steak restaurants but we only eat out at kosher places.

The best steak restaurant in town is Chez Pie. But it is too cold to grill out on the deck now.

When we visit Toronto our favorite steak place is Prime On Avenue. There is another place called Que where Z went with our son while I went out with our DIL to a vegetarian place.

Last time we were in NY we went to Wolf & Lamb.

In Jerusalem there is a Brazilian restaurant called Papagayu where they just keep bringing out meat after meat after meat. There is another small place called Red Heifer that is really good.

395
The Pie Overlord!  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:39:44am

re: #385 sagehen

so… the Koch Bros just lost 30% of their net worth?

I am sure they’ll make up for it in toilet paper.

396
makeitstop  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:40:18am

re: #372 William Lewis

I find myself torn between Mussolini 2.0 or Ceaușescu 2.0 - which would be the better sequel?

Six of one… :)

397
sagehen  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:40:19am

re: #378 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

I have long been convinced that those great British explorers (and pirates) like Hudson, Drake, and Hawkins fanned out across the world (and conquered a large part of it) not for the glory of England or even for loot, but because they were looking for something decent to eat. They were fairly successful in that respect, though not as much as the Spanish, who really hit the tasty grub jackpot in Central and South America.

Marco Polo didn’t even need a boat to find China and India and Thailand…

398
BigPapa  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:41:53am

re: #364 jaunte

Sitting here feeling incredibly lucky I managed to sell my house in Houston at the end of March.

You caused this pandemic? DUDE.

399
FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:42:11am

re: #366 Targetpractice

That sound you hear is every US state that bet on the shale oil “boom” lasting forever watching their own economies crater.

And in many cases still stuck with cleanup and contamination issues from fracking accidents.

400
Belafon  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:42:15am

Oils at 2.22 now.

401
Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:42:21am

re: #358 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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something has a value…..till it doesnt

402
TarHellion  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:42:34am

May futures down to 2.20 at 1:31 EDT.

403
Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:42:54am

re: #356 Omar Comin’ Yo

Ultimate payback. Putin fucks with American election, helps Trump get elected, and Russia crashes because Trump fucked everything and everyone.

ETTD

handlers not excepted

404
FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:43:16am

re: #377 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

and what is gonna happen when Trump just tries to forfeit and walk away paying kopecks on the ruble?

Hard to walk while wearing cement overshoes.

405
FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:44:01am

re: #379 Dr Lizardo

Get a space ready at Arlington.

Arlington? How does Trump deserve space there?

406
jaunte  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:44:31am

re: #405 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Is there a Bonespur Annex?

407
TarHellion  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:46:13am

June and July contracts at still in the 20s.

408
Belafon  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:46:20am

re: #400 Belafon

Oils at 2.22 now.

Now at $1.30, but it had gotten down to $1.04.

409
Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:46:34am

re: #397 sagehen

Marco Polo didn’t even need a boat to find China and India and Thailand…

you know this movie?

man in the wilderness

where john huston and company haul a boat all over the northwestern united states

410
stpaulbear  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:47:20am

re: #404 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Hard to walk while wearing cement overshoes.

Or the only direction is out of a 20th floor window.

411
Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:47:23am

re: #402 TarHellion

May futures down to 2.20 at 1:31 EDT.

But CNBC keeps saying that lower oil prices will boost the economy…and right now Mr. Stock Market ain’t agreeing…

412
Dr Lizardo  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:47:29am

re: #405 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Arlington? How does Trump deserve space there?

Just install one of these

and call it the “Donald J. Trump Presidential Mausoleum”.

413
jaunte  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:47:53am
414
FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:48:12am

re: #394 The Pie Overlord!

Everyone is talking about their favorite steak restaurants but we only eat out at kosher places.

The best steak restaurant in town is Chez Pie. But it is too cold to grill out on the deck now.

When we visit Toronto our favorite steak place is Prime On Avenue. There is another place called Que where Z went with our son while I went out with our DIL to a vegetarian place.

Last time we were in NY we went to Wolf & Lamb.

In Jerusalem there is a Brazilian restaurant called Papagayu where they just keep bringing out meat after meat after meat. There is another small place called Red Heifer that is really good.

Churrascaria. Nicknamed “the carnivore special” among my circle of friends. There are US chains of these, but the best one I’ve been too was a non-chain one just east of Pittsburgh in Penn Hills.

415
Mattand  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:48:17am

re: #356 Omar Comin’ Yo

Ultimate payback. Putin fucks with American election, helps Trump get elected, and Russia crashes because Trump fucked everything and everyone.

This is a good observation.

416
Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:48:53am

re: #377 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

and what is gonna happen when Trump just tries to forfeit and walk away paying kopecks on the ruble?

Fuck it. Send his ashes to Moscow and let them inter them in the wall of the Kremlin!

417
Hecuba's daughter  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:48:53am

re: #390 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)

The IRS is drowning in unopened tax refund requests amid pandemic

and unfiled paper tax returns
they are loading them onto trucks for storage - unfiled

certainly some is adjusting to the pandemic

more is that for years and years the irs has not had the funds, desire or direction from congress to modernize it’s software and systems

even more is the deliberate gutting - fire everybody, then pile on the work!

like the post office without the pensions

The Republican Party is toxic to democracy and, unfortunately, the MSM has failed in its task of hammering this lesson home; instead it works at both siderism or focusing on minor flaws in the Democratic candidate while ignoring the outright criminality of the GOP. But first step: take back the WH and the Senate. Only then is it possible to begin repairing the damage. In the interim, I don’t see what can be done to interfere with the coordination between the sociopaths in the WH and those in the Senate.

418
plansbandc  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:49:10am

re: #288 PhillyPretzel

TdwwiVmH94dpOH0r697NVN9PE9yi2zePZ1n+OvB94RY=

419
lawhawk  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:50:21am

re: #414 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

In NYC, I’d highly recommend Plataforma Churrascaria. It’s got great quality meats, and you’d be best off fasting/prepping for a few days prior to going.

420
Jay C  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:53:28am

re: #372 William Lewis

I find myself torn between Mussolini 2.0 or Ceaușescu 2.0 - which would be the better sequel?

I’d go with the Mussolini scenario: after all, there will be plenty of space available at those idle gas stations….

421
Mattand  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:54:49am

re: #414 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Churrascaria. Nicknamed “the carnivore special” among my circle of friends. There are US chains of these, but the best one I’ve been too was a non-chain one just east of Pittsburgh in Penn Hills.

Fogo De Chào and Chima in Philly are pretty good. I also ate a small family place in South Jersey years ago that was just as good as those two.

422
BigPapa  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:55:36am

re: #356 Omar Comin’ Yo

Ultimate payback. Putin fucks with American election, helps Trump get elected, and Russia crashes because Trump fucked everything and everyone.

This is valid. I’ve thought for some time Putin was too successful too fast with Orange and the blowback would be too much for him to handle. I didn’t see it being a pandemic.

If Clinton was in office the pandemic teams would not have been trashed, the US is a leader in pandemic response and would probably have mitigated substantially, and the US response (economic and pandemic) would have helped temper market fluctuations.

Clinton in office would have helped Russia in this pandemic.

423
Sherlock Hound  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:57:05am

re: #379 Dr Lizardo

A small plot will do.

424
Mattand  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:57:21am

re: #381 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Today’s reopen rally organizer Steve Hasty of Murfreesboro says what he misses most is sitting in restaurants and getting free drink refills.

“I hate having to get two iced teas in the drive thru,” he says.

Yep, modern day Rosa Parks right there.

425
FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 20, 2020 • 10:57:33am

re: #421 Mattand

Fogo De Chào and Chima in Philly are pretty good. I also ate a small family place in South Jersey years ago that was just as good as those two.

The IT Department I used to work in did Christmas lunch in the former a few times.

426
Mattand  Apr 20, 2020 • 11:00:21am

re: #422 BigPapa

This is valid. I’ve thought for some time Putin was too successful too fast with Orange and the blowback would be too much for him to handle. I didn’t see it being a pandemic.

If Clinton was in office the pandemic teams would not have been trashed, the US is a leader in pandemic response and would probably have mitigated substantially, and the US response (economic and pandemic) would have helped temper market fluctuations.

Clinton in office would have helped Russia in this pandemic.

I was thinking about this the other day to a degree. HRC as POTUS during this pandemic might have had a similar death toll, entirely due to Mitch McConnel and whatever tie-wearing cyst running the House GOP fighting her tooth-and-nail on spending to fight the virus.

427
retired cynic  Apr 20, 2020 • 11:00:39am

re: #364 jaunte

Sitting here feeling incredibly lucky I managed to sell my house in Houston at the end of March.

I need to sell mine, and I’m not even trying.

428
Hecuba's daughter  Apr 20, 2020 • 11:04:41am

re: #422 BigPapa

This is valid. I’ve thought for some time Putin was too successful too fast with Orange and the blowback would be too much for him to handle. I didn’t see it being a pandemic.

If Clinton was in office the pandemic teams would not have been trashed, the US is a leader in pandemic response and would probably have mitigated substantially, and the US response (economic and pandemic) would have helped temper market fluctuations.

Clinton in office would have helped Russia in this pandemic.

So Clinton in office would probably have been on her 5th impeachment trial by now; it’s quite likely the GOP would have retained the House and Senate in 2018. SCOTUS would have only 8 justices because the Senate would not have approved any of her nominations and who knows what would have happened with lower courts.

That said — there might not have been a pandemic because she wouldn’t let these political witch hunts interfere with her running the nation. They would have intervened very early in China — maybe if the stories about the November warnings are true, she would have had a team in Wuhan working there before it metastasized into a pandemic.

429
Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Apr 20, 2020 • 11:05:39am

re: #381 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

430
BeenHereAwhile  Apr 20, 2020 • 11:10:05am

re: #410 stpaulbear

Or the only direction is out of a 20th floor window.

Defenestration is a popular Russian response.

431
Ming5000  Apr 20, 2020 • 11:13:03am

re: #368 retired cynic

My wife is known by the name of The Other Human

432
Barefoot Grin  Apr 20, 2020 • 11:13:39am

re: #378 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

I have long been convinced that those great British explorers (and pirates) like Hudson, Drake, and Hawkins fanned out across the world (and conquered a large part of it) not for the glory of England or even for loot, but because they were looking for something decent to eat. They were fairly successful in that respect, though not as much as the Spanish, who really hit the tasty grub jackpot in Central and South America.

I remember reading somewhere that the later crusades had a whole lot less to do with religion than with the fact that western Europeans got their first taste of spices and really good food and that was an inducement to return.

433
Eventual Carrion  Apr 20, 2020 • 11:16:43am

re: #377 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

and what is gonna happen when Trump just tries to forfeit and walk away paying kopecks on the ruble?

They will knock tRump off, get their flying monkeys to hit the Net blaming it on the Dems for assassinating him, start second US civil war. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

434
Eventual Carrion  Apr 20, 2020 • 11:19:06am

re: #381 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

[Embedded content]

O’Reilly added: “There wasn’t one person in Sylvia’s who was screaming, ‘M-Fer, I want more iced tea.’ “

I found him Bill.

435
So Cal Greek Hippie  Apr 20, 2020 • 12:06:21pm

Too many great things worthy of comment on this thread, so I will just leave a picture of my dog near poinsettias, dreaming of the time wife and I went to AJ Spurs and he got 1/3 of a very good 16 oz New York. Eating 16/3 oz nearly sent me to food coma

Btw the signature porterhouse steak there is 24 oz and we watched 4 older folks at table next to us each slam down one to the bone, plus all the fixings in that taxidermy crazy joint

436
John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 3:34:19pm

re: #279 Joe Bacon 🌹

Suffering from a little cultural incomprehension here. What is the difference between a “steakhouse” and a restaurant?

437
John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 3:41:37pm

re: #320 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)

why spend money and have staff and resources just ‘sitting around doing nothing’?

Defense in depth is silly

438
John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 3:45:49pm

re: #326 lawhawk

Saudis have a breakeven of about $3 per barrel.

And now we’re sinking to below $3. (For WTI)

439
John Hughes  Apr 20, 2020 • 3:50:06pm

re: #360 makeitstop

Am I a bad person for hoping the Russian citizens drag Uncle Daddy Vlad into the street and give him a horribly bad ending?

Uh, yes? Do you really have to ask that question? Nobody deserves to be lynched.


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