Repost from downstairs:
I see Politico is trying to stir the pot wrt. the lawyer who resigned from this State dept. advisory position. He resigned because of the Administrations policy of dealing with migrants at the border.
Morally I agree that the US ought not turn away people seeking asylum.
But, I also think the real issue is that of failed states.
Haiti is a failed state.
We can’t go on pretending that our neighbors who are failing are just not there.
Trump failed because he is malicious and incompetent.
Biden is not malicious and he has a degree of competence. But politically he knows that the easiest and fastest way for the GOP to regain control is fear-mongering over immigrants.
Still, Haiti needs to be addressed. Long standing issues in Guatemala and El Salvador need to be addressed.
We can’t pretend that when states fail elsewhere that we an escape the consequences.
This goes for Syria too.
Judge says Trump can be deposed in former ‘Apprentice’ contestant’s lawsuit https://t.co/YIozSctSHh
— Mike Scarcella (@MikeScarcella) October 4, 2021
A DEA agent has been killed, two other officers injured, and a suspect killed in a gunfight aboard an Amtrak train at Tucson’s downtown depot. Another suspect was arrested. https://t.co/jJyj9nUnME
— Tim Steller (@senyorreporter) October 4, 2021
What the US needs to do:
Re-energize the OAS. Make it more prominent. Cajole the states who are willing to show up to take the issue of failed states in the Americas more seriously.
Take the case of Haiti to the OAS. We need to be very strong on this. We can’t allow for huge camps of desperate people to linger on in Haiti. Not only do Haitians try to flee via Mexico, but they are taking to rafts or dodgy boats, drifting at sea.
Biden needs to put the Western Hemisphere in the front of the line in foreign policy again.
Remember that big expose that came out about money hiding?
It was only yesterday… and already it’s out of memory.
But a big problem in the Americas is that many nations (including the US) help leaders be autocrats who hide money. Belize, British Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Caymans, etc - all these small states are just tools for wealthy leaders to squirrel away their nations’ wealth.
Corruption is a serious problem in many state, not the least of which is Mexico.
And given that the next largest state in the Americas is currently run by a fascistic nut job, the problem of rallying South American actors to be more responsible becomes all the more harder.
Immigration scare-mongering is the GOP’s ace-in-the-hole. Not abortion - that is the wedge tool to leverage the god-botherers.
Scaring old white folk about masses of brown people invading is still the most powerful political tool available to the Trumpist GOP.
re: #4 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
What the US needs to do:
Re-energize the OAS. Make it more prominent. Cajole the states who are willing to show up to take the issue of failed states in the Americas more seriously.
Take the case of Haiti to the OAS. We need to be very strong on this. We can’t allow for huge camps of desperate people to linger on in Haiti. Not only do Haitians try to flee via Mexico, but they are taking to rafts or dodgy boats, drifting at sea.
I remember when the 2000 election turned on a woman who died fleeing Cuba with her son — and the government returned the son to Cuba because that’s where his father lived and his father wanted him back. So Haitians fleeing disaster are not welcome but Cubans fleeing a less than optimal economy are?
re: #7 Hecuba’s daughter
I remember when the 2000 election turned on a woman who died fleeing Cuba with her son — and the government returned the son to Cuba because that’s where his father lived and his father wanted him back. So Haitians fleeing disaster are not welcome but Cubans fleeing a less than optimal economy are?
They’re fleeing Commies so of course they’re ok. And they vote Republican! Who knows what those others would do?
re: #7 Hecuba’s daughter
I remember when the 2000 election turned on a woman who died fleeing Cuba with her son — and the government returned the son to Cuba because that’s where his father lived and his father wanted him back. So Haitians fleeing disaster are not welcome but Cubans fleeing a less than optimal economy are?
Because Castro.
wet foot dry foot.
re: #9 sagehen
Because Castro.
wet foot dry foot.
Yes — I know — but it remains the height of hypocrisy.
Yes, racism is blatant in American politics. Remember when Trump wished immigrants were more like Norwegians and yet referred to Africa as a “shithole”? Trump wasn’t speaking just for himself - he knew he was speaking for millions of Americans.
Anyway, the problem isn’t just one of racism. It is too easy in the US to just ignore what is happening elsewhere.
We are only seeing the beginnings of what the rest of the 21st century will bring. All small island states are destined for problems. The US will be seen as the destination to which to flee for all the Caribbean states.
As much as I respect Biden for his idealism in personal fidelity and propriety in office, the world is careening into very big problems related to population and climate change. Migrations are part of being human and we are human because of migrations. That is going to be even more pressing over the next century.
re: #2 Dread Pirate Ron
But will he? I doubt it. I’d love to see it though.
DAY-um … https://t.co/Q4CL8pnsAS
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) October 4, 2021
This afternoon compiled a list of things I have as targets/goals/requirements for the rest of my life (its a retirement thing I guess.)
To do them I need more money.
PowerBall anyone?
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re: #14 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
How much is in the Powerball Pot?
Wowee that was a giant thunderclap here in LA. Must have been really close because it startled the shite out of me. I looked out the window and suddenly there’s precipitation everywhere.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 4, 2021
There’s some wild shit going on up in the clouds right now. Sounds like giant bulldogs chasing boulders through the atmosphere.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 4, 2021
I happened to be looking at the sky when that last flash of lightning struck. Whoa. Those molecules looked pissed.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 5, 2021
re: #16 PhillyPretzel
Never mind. My app from the PA Lottery says that it is: 685,000,000.
re: #17 Charles Johnson
It’s always such a surprise to get a real thunderstorm in CA at/near the coast.
yowza, that one shook the house!
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 5, 2021
re: #19 Jay C
Both my PA Lottery app and the Powerball website say $685,000,000.
re: #14 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
This afternoon compiled a list of things I have as targets/goals/requirements for the rest of my life (its a retirement thing I guess.)
To do them I need more money.
PowerBall anyone?
Have you looked into the exciting world of shoelace repair?
re: #17 Charles Johnson
FINALLY!
Rain, Lightning and Thunder here in Koreatown just a little earlier than the usual start of the rainy season which starts around Columbus Day!
Got caught walking home in the rain. May this be a start of a good rainy season that we really need!
Pretty good lightshow off LAX/Santa Monica
It’s rare to have this kind of sudden loud thunderstorm in LA. Not unheard of, but rare enough to startle yo ass.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 5, 2021
re: #29 Decatur Deb
As quoted by Haugen in the interview.
re: #31 jaunte
As quoted by Haugen in the interview.
Villains who are self-aware make for better drama.
re: #32 Decatur Deb
I think they were just referring to the department in an internal bureaucratic way, so maybe not.
re: #17 Charles Johnson
re: #26 JOE 🥓
re: #27 Rightwingconspirator
Philly is supposed to get some thunderstorms this evening into the very early morning.
forecast.weather.gov
FTR Cats hate thunder. I’ll bet the Doggos do too
re: #33 jaunte
I think they were just referring to the department in an internal bureaucratic way, so maybe not.
That’s a shame. I could see Zuckerberg as a great Iago.
I updated the post with a followup video about Facebook’s effect in foreign countries, in case you hadn’t noticed it yet.
I’ve long tried to bring people’s attention to the alliances being forged among fascist parties in Europe and the American far right, and Facebook turns out to be one of their main facilitators.
this pup is fully awake https://t.co/Q19Fh8qkJK
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 5, 2021
re: #38 William Lewis
Wow. Did you try longer?
The Supreme Court rejected an effort to give Washington, D.C., residents a voting member in Congress, the Washington Post reports.
“No one has satisfactorily explained why Americans who live overseas may continue to vote for senators and members of Congress in the states from which they moved, even if that state does not consider them to be state residents — but an American who moves to their nation’s capital loses their voting representation in Congress entirely.”
So far the lightning is all around the valley. Nothing out west here
Never take a man’s opossum.
— Frank Maybank (@CallMeFrankM) September 27, 2021
it all made sense when i saw “aldotcom”
— Rubio S. Pumpkins (@BigSamDecatur) September 27, 2021
re: #40 Rightwingconspirator
Wow. Did you try longer?
That was the auto exposure mode, hand held. I am going to have to dig around looking for my tripod and see what I can get that way.
re: #37 Charles Johnson
I updated the post with a followup video about Facebook’s effect in foreign countries, in case you hadn’t noticed it yet.
I’ve long tried to bring people’s attention to the alliances being forged among fascist parties in Europe and the American far right, and Facebook turns out to be one of their main facilitators.
With just the money Zuck is reported to have lost today, he could have bought two new Seawolf-class submarines. No problem there.
re: #41 Dangerman
“No one has satisfactorily explained why Americans who live overseas may continue to vote for senators and members of Congress in the states from which they moved, even if that state does not consider them to be state residents — but an American who moves to their nation’s capital loses their voting representation in Congress entirely.”
The explanation is as simple as it is cynical — Republicans, including the SCOTUS majority, oppose representation for DC because it would reduce their power.
re: #38 William Lewis
So I was driving home last night and decided to see just how sensitive the sensor on my Leica is. Just past midnight. Overcast. The moon set hours before even sundown.
ISO 6400. 50/1.5 at f/1.5, 8 second exposure.
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I was actually pretty pleased with that view, all things considered!
Nice to see that capability, when you grew up on Plus-X. With the money we didn’t spend on this year’s trip, I might buy a decent digital.
Speaking of money…..
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The gradual transformation of Elise Stefanik into a circus clown is now complete.
— Edwin (@EdMix13) October 4, 2021
BREAKING: Facebook employees were seen taking Mark Zuckerberg to Geek Squad in downtown San Francisco
— Travis Allen (@TravisAllen02) October 4, 2021
re: #49 gocart mozart
I hope that northern New York state gets sick enough of her grandstanding and Trumpism to get rid of her. Unfortunately I expect it won’t happen, or that she’ll get primaried by someone even nuttier.
re: #47 Decatur Deb
This is a 2012 sensor at that.
Get a Nikon Z (the Z50 is exquisite while still reasonably priced ) and it’ll be far far better. I’m just a sucker for rangefinders and the lenses they take.
Every single lizard has already posted this, right?
Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours https://t.co/Qw1BMwVZTQ
— Bloomberg (@business) October 4, 2021
re: #52 William Lewis
This is a 2012 sensor at that.
Get a Nikon Z (the Z50 is exquisite while still reasonably priced ) and it’ll be far far better. I’m just a sucker for rangefinders and the lenses they take.
Looking at a Nikon, but that would be like becoming a Republican. Bought my first Canon R series SLR in 1962. Still have it, and a lifetime of Canon glass that fits nothing new.
re: #54 Decatur Deb
Looking at a Nikon, but that would be like becoming a Republican. Bought my first Canon R series SLR in 1962. Still have it, and a lifetime of Canon glass that fits nothing new.
Right. Especially since mirrorless.
Pocket change. https://t.co/bqvN6vNHgb
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 4, 2021
re: #48 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Speaking of money…..
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re: #49 gocart mozart
I’m in her district. The local online news site posts her promotional shit as headline news. It is not awesome
re: #54 Decatur Deb
Looking at a Nikon, but that would be like becoming a Republican. Bought my first Canon R series SLR in 1962. Still have it, and a lifetime of Canon glass that fits nothing new.
No lens adapters available? Which mount do your lenses use?
re: #55 Rightwingconspirator
Right. Especially since mirrorless.
Been playing around with the idea of using an old Nikon PB-4 bellows (swings and tilts) to create a micro-field camera.
re: #54 Decatur Deb
Looking at a Nikon, but that would be like becoming a Republican. Bought my first Canon R series SLR in 1962. Still have it, and a lifetime of Canon glass that fits nothing new.
I love Canon right up to the last EOS film cameras. But I couldn’t afford the jump to digital and went Olympus m4/3 for a long time and then gave Nikon a try. Now I’m back to Leica and looking at old Canon rangefinder glass again :D
EOS R is probably just as good but I love using old manual focus Nikkor lenses on my Nikon digital body.
re: #59 JC1
No lens adapters available? Which mount do your lenses use?
R, FD, FL. They mount to Nikon and Sony easier than to Canon EOS.
Being a nerd, and without googling it first, I wonder if tall buildings that are likely to draw lightning have sensors that measure the intensity of strikes. If not, why not?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 5, 2021
re: #62 Decatur Deb
R, FD, FL. They mount to Nikon and Sony easier than to Canon EOS.
EOS was meant to be a clean break and that’s why Canon AF glass is superior to Nikon after playing second fiddle to them for decades. But it really hurt dedicated Canon shooters.
re: #64 darthstar
God thinking “he’ll probably dodge the right direction” as he presses the accelerator.
Pre-flight. Some folks have had questions about her foot. FWIW, she’s wearing a foot/ankle brace and has been limping. pic.twitter.com/Kqc0r3kwvo
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) October 4, 2021
Senator Sinema graciously agreed to a photo, but declined all questions, saying she does not negotiate in public… pic.twitter.com/1HfouNdq67
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) October 4, 2021
“Hot Bisexuals Against Kyrsten Sinema” at DCA 😂 pic.twitter.com/a3FBSudTXi
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) October 4, 2021
re: #66 William Lewis
EOS was meant to be a clean break and that’s why Canon AF glass is superior to Nikon after playing second fiddle to them for decades. But it really hurt dedicated Canon shooters.
The 1960 R lenses mount and work on Canons (preset mode) up through 1990’s A1/F1. Loved them for that.
This is one hell of an ad from a Democrat running for Congress. The question is whether people will watch it and share it. pic.twitter.com/QYTpSv8OMb
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) October 5, 2021
Not only are Republicans refusing to do their job. They are threatening to use their power to prevent us from doing our job. pic.twitter.com/j4H0Uwkh1F
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 5, 2021
re: #65 Belafon
I’m thinking it could be the Crocker Bank building.
re: #71 jaunte
Very Well Done. I hope and pray he wins.
If you’re visiting Cleveland: don’t stay at @HiltonHotels downtown. None of their staff personnel wear masks; even when they’re on an elevator with you. They evidently don’t care about your health and safety, or even the appearance of caring about your health or safety.
— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) October 4, 2021
re: #73 Charles Johnson
I’m thinking it could be the Crocker Bank building.
Or one of the tall buildings up on Grand. By MOCA
re: #48 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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Is a ‘66 Mustang convertible one that carries a high price? That’s my dream car.
re: #49 gocart mozart
@EliseStefanik
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Oct 4, 2021
🚨🚨🚨How Joe Biden & the Democrats Stole Christmas.
Fire Fauci.
Fire Pelosi.
Fire JOE BIDEN.Save Christmas🎄
Save America 🇺🇸
Someone tell her not to worry — he’ll be too busy celebrating the Feast of the Nativity, an important holiday in his religion, to pay much attention to her consumerfest.
I’m sorry, but I still can’t get over the fact that the facebook whistleblower is Reese Witherspoon.
re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth
Shorter: Don’t visit Cleveland.
re: #77 sagehen
A good rule of thumb for one that is pretty well restored is about $35-45K. A bit rich for my blood but a pretty cool ride.
Oh to be a social media manager with a killer sense of double entendre… pic.twitter.com/shM1M1cH2G
— Alyssa Miller 👑 Duchess of Hackington (@AlyssaM_InfoSec) October 4, 2021
re: #78 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Someone tell her not to worry — he’ll be too busy celebrating the Feast of the Nativity, an important holiday in his religion, to pay much attention to her consumerfest.
Holy day of obligation. Something she’d find utterly alien.
re: #77 sagehen
Is a ‘66 Mustang convertible one that carries a high price? That’s my dream car.
Wife and I dated in her silver 66 Fastback. She sold it to follow me back to NYC. That’s when I new she was serious.
re: #65 Belafon
A city capable of generating Force Lightning should be respected.
The last time I wore a dress & boots like that I was in high school & I weighed 100 lbs. Also, it was 1966.
— Liddle Lemon Pie 🌈🍋🥧 (@Pie_Overlord) October 5, 2021
re: #70 Decatur Deb
The 1960 R lenses mount and work on Canons (preset mode) up through 1990’s A1/F1. Loved them for that.
I’ve got my eye on an early 50’s Canon 50/1.5 lens. It’s a Sonnar type in Leica Thread Mount and would be a marvelous companion for my digital Leica.
Show gets weirder everyday pic.twitter.com/onaJDpqTd2
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 5, 2021
I got Pfizer #3 this morning; only barely perceptible soreness in my arm so far. I’m very glad I was able to get it, the pharm tech at CVS told me that they were going to run out of their allotment late today or tomorrow, and I’m starting jury duty in two weeks.
re: #87 William Lewis
I’ve got my eye on an early 50’s Canon 50/1.5 lens. It’s a Sonnar type in Leica Thread Mount and would be a marvelous companion for my digital Leica.
The Kwanon Camera company spent the ’50s on a serious ripoff of Leica. I think it started during the war as Nazi licensing.
The Biden administration has reversed a Trump-era ban on abortion referrals by federally funded family planning clinics. Before the ban, clinics had been able to refer women seeking abortions to a provider. https://t.co/AvcbhxvaRe
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 4, 2021
Crocker Bank no longer exists, but the skyscraper they built still attracts lightning strikes in downtown LA.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 5, 2021
re: #90 Decatur Deb
The Kwanon Camera company spent the ’50s on a serious ripoff of Leica. I think it started during the war.
Before the war. I have a copy of Peter Dechert’s definitive monograph on the history of Canon rangefinders.
If I ever get tempted to go back to the dark side of film, it will be by a Canon P rangefinder like this:
re: #90 Decatur Deb
The Kwanon Camera company spent the ’50s on a serious ripoff of Leica. I think it started during the war as Nazi licensing.
Started even earlier, 1934.
global.canon
So is Facebook going to tell us what happened today? Doesn’t it seem like they should?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 5, 2021
.@PressSec: “Why let McConnell off the hook? This is a period of time when we could easily solve this in the next 2 days by allowing Democrats to be the adults in the room despite the fact that Republicans spent like drunken sailors over the past 4 years”pic.twitter.com/XLNuoLvSAx
— Andrew Wortman 🏳️🌈 (@AmoneyResists) October 5, 2021
re: #95 Charles Johnson
You’re not holding your breath on that are you? I mean, at least them telling what *really* happened.
Pres. Biden to Republicans: ‘If you don’t want to help save the country, get out of the way so you don’t destroy it’ pic.twitter.com/oNTpn41RLa
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 5, 2021
re: #97 The Squire of Logos
You’re not holding your breath on that are you? I mean, at least them telling what *really* happened.
Facebook communicates largely by whistleblower.
‘Let’s not dumb this down’: Jen Psaki clashes with Peter Doocy over cost of Dem spending plan https://t.co/ZHvC4uvHGQ pic.twitter.com/toHsafV2ma
— 🌊 R Saddler (@Politics_PR) October 5, 2021
re: #77 sagehen
Is a ‘66 Mustang convertible one that carries a high price? That’s my dream car.
I’m not an expert but here’s one at Hemmings priced at $39,995
re: #103 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
About $2,600 new, IIRC.
re: #103 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
My best friend in high school had one that looked just like that. He saved me from the bus for a couple of years.
Nothing positive to look at:
Alaska reports 2nd highest COVID-19 hospitalizations tally and nearly 2,300 cases over the weekend
On Monday, Alaska reported 2,290 new cases: 1,405 on Friday, 781 on Saturday and 409 on Sunday among residents, plus another 55 nonresident cases. Alaska’s per-capita case rate over the past seven days remains the highest in the country, according to CDC data.
Staff at the hospital (Fairbanks Memorial Hospital) are treating their youngest COVID-19 patient to date, who was just 14 days old on Monday and had pulmonary disease requiring steroid and antiviral treatment as well as oxygen, she said.
On Monday, 9.5% of tests returned positive results based on a 7-day rolling average, which is nearly double the state’s target of a 5% positivity rate.
Of Alaskans ages 12 and older 63.4% had received their first dose of the vaccine Monday while 61.5% were considered fully vaccinated.
A major part of the problem:
Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson have made it clear they will not enact new restrictions to curtail the spread of the virus.
So far, there have been 113,037 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Alaska. The 2020 Census count has 733,391 residents in the State.
Therefore, 1 in just over every 6 Alaskans have had a confirmed case of Covid-19.
WHY IS THIS RACIST STILL ON THE FEDERAL PAYROLL?
NEW: Ex-Trump White House aide Stephen Miller has quietly retained his status as a US government employee and continues to earn a taxpayer-funded paycheck, per docs obtained by @thisisinsider via #FOIA ($) by @rbravender https://t.co/s5a7QUI3z5
— Darren Samuelsohn (@dsamuelsohn) September 30, 2021
re: #103 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Pretty enough but this was a far better ride to me:
Give me a bowtie any day ;)
Electric evening across SoCal as widespread thunderstorms move through the region.
Additional rounds of storms are expected through the night. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/fVipSg9XAh— US StormWatch (@US_Stormwatch) October 5, 2021
Bwahahahah!
I feel like people aren’t sufficiently exploring the hypothesis that this is not a total outage, it is just all that remains once misinformation is actually filtered out.
— John Hawks (@johnhawks) October 4, 2021
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re: #110 Rightwingconspirator
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So is it dropping rain where it’s needed? Or just lightning strikes setting off fires?
In 1985 I inherited my brother’s 1971 Plymouth Valiant. He sold it to me for a dollar. Someone set fire to it outside his shitty apartment in Philadelphia and thereafter most of the dashboard wiring was fried: no speedometer, no odometer, no radio, no heat, no nothing. I had to guess how far I had driven to make sure I had enough gas. When I took a left turn the engine cut off. I had to pump the brakes four times for them to engage. I got good at throwing it into neutral to start the engine mid-turn without panicking my passenger by pumping the brakes. The lights and turn signals worked, generally. I never got a ticket. I sold it for $100 and then went to Japan for two years, blessedly not needing insurance for a good long time.
re: #69 Backwoods_Sleuth
Senator Sinema graciously agreed to a photo, but declined all questions, saying she does not negotiate in public…
Which is why she won’t stay in the Senate.
Nobody may deviate from what the Party Commands!
Chamber of Commerce caves to GOP over infrastructure bill after getting booted off strategy calls
According to Axios, the Chamber caved into the GOP, pulling its support of the infrastructure deal that Republicans in the Senate have already passed.
re: #113 sagehen
So is it dropping rain where it’s needed? Or just lightning strikes setting off fires?
Kinda both this time. Depends on your exact area.
re: #109 William Lewis
Pretty enough but this was a far better ride to me:
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Give me a bowtie any day ;)
When I was a kid, everybody’s dad in our little town was either a Chevy guy, a Ford guy, or a Dodge guy. Oh, sure, there were outliers like the bank president and his Cadillacs, and total weirdos like the high school drama teacher who drove a Renault Dauphine or the Dairy Queen manager who polluted the streets with a Rambler, but the Big Three mostly were the Big Three. My dad was a staunch Chevy man. I already have his ‘41 Chevy pickup, which has been in the family since it was new.
re: #118 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
When I was a kid, everybody’s dad in our little town was either a Chevy guy, a Ford guy, or a Dodge guy. Oh, sure, there were outliers like the bank president and his Cadillacs, and total weirdos like the high school drama teacher who drove a Renault Dauphine or the Dairy Queen manager who polluted the streets with a Rambler, but the Big Three mostly were the Big Three. My dad was a staunch Chevy man. I already have his ‘41 Chevy pickup, which has been in the family since it was new.
In High School I got no cool points for driving an MGB GT
re: #119 Cheechako
My ride in the early ‘70’s: (Not actually my car but one exactly like it.)
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Super hot car. Always associate it with a WAC in our section, who bore those initials.
re: #118 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
When I was a kid, everybody’s dad in our little town was either a Chevy guy, a Ford guy, or a Dodge guy. Oh, sure, there were outliers like the bank president and his Cadillacs, and total weirdos like the high school drama teacher who drove a Renault Dauphine or the Dairy Queen manager who polluted the streets with a Rambler, but the Big Three mostly were the Big Three. My dad was a staunch Chevy man. I already have his ‘41 Chevy pickup, which has been in the family since it was new.
Yep, it was that way around here too. I remember finding old Chevy trucks back in the woods and most of the cars that floated through were GM products with the exception of my mother’s first hot sports car - a Plymouth Sport Fury with a 383 & a four barrel that I never did find out how fast it could go (she chickened out at 120. I did at 130 when the front started lifting off the road). Her Trans Am was a much better fast car - handled better and was just all around better at serious speed.
re: #118 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
When I was a kid, everybody’s dad in our little town was either a Chevy guy, a Ford guy, or a Dodge guy. Oh, sure, there were outliers like the bank president and his Cadillacs, and total weirdos like the high school drama teacher who drove a Renault Dauphine or the Dairy Queen manager who polluted the streets with a Rambler, but the Big Three mostly were the Big Three. My dad was a staunch Chevy man. I already have his ‘41 Chevy pickup, which has been in the family since it was new.
I was born and raised in Motown. The very first new car I bought was a 1986 Ford Escort. After that I went owned/leased a series of GM vehicles, then back to Ford products since 2011. My current lease ends soon, I am turning it in for a new Lincoln Corsair.
re: #120 Rightwingconspirator
In High School I got no cool points for driving an MGB GT
A friend of mine in college had one of those. I thought it was cool, actually liked it better than the roadster. He locked the key in it while it was running one night. Had to summon the locksmith.
I’ve never owned an MG. Did have a Triumph TR-6 for a while though.
re: #120 Rightwingconspirator
In High School I got no cool points for driving an MGB GT
Drool. I lusted after Triumphs.
I also think it’s kinda weird for Lincoln to name a car after a pirate ship, but people were getting confused with random letter combinations like MKC, MKX, MKT.
re: #120 Rightwingconspirator
In High School I got no cool points for driving an MGB GT
My brother’s first car (in high school) was an MG (midget?). My dad tolerated a lot of oil on our driveway.
re: #126 The Pie Overlord!
I also think it’s kinda weird for Lincoln to name a car after a pirate ship, but people were getting confused with random letter combinations like MKC, MKX, MKT.
“Corsair” is a name they resurrected from the infamous Edsel line.
re: #124 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
A friend of mine in college had one of those. I thought it was cool, actually liked it better than the roadster. He locked the key in it while it was running one night. Had to summon the locksmith.
I’ve never owned an MG. Did have a Triumph TR-6 for a while though.
Had the pre-1980 MG Midget. Had to take the seat base out to lever 6’1” into it. For six months I couldn’t find a starter, but could push-start it on flat ground.
re: #121 Decatur Deb
Super hot car. Always associate it with a WAC in our section, who bore those initials.
Actually a great ride. It needed new tires after I bought it. I had been reading about the new fangeled steel belted radial tires and ordered the first set ever sent to Oregon. Those radials along, with the “wide track spacing” made that car stick to road like glue.
I could take a wide 90 degree corner at 50 MPH. No skidding, no sliding, just stuck to the road.
Damn, this didn’t age well @TomiLahren pic.twitter.com/4Sm5RVjrbZ
— 🖕🏻Aunt Crabby Calls Bullshit 🖕🏻 (@DearAuntCrabby) October 4, 2021
re: #128 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
“Corsair” is a name they resurrected from the infamous Edsel line.
re: #124 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
A friend of mine in college had one of those. I thought it was cool, actually liked it better than the roadster. He locked the key in it while it was running one night. Had to summon the locksmith.
I’ve never owned an MG. Did have a Triumph TR-6 for a while though.
The funny thing is a friend took me to a British Auto show in Oxnard over the weekend. He drove a TR8, which of course in the little v8 engine. But it rumbles nice.
Best car I ever had, not including my current ride, was a 1990 Grand Prix. So sweet, all you had to do was touch the gas to make it jump. I was so sad when GM discontinued the Pontiac brand.
What in the literal bejesusing fuck is this fucked up shit?
This is getting creepier and creepier. pic.twitter.com/RjzPH7WAUs
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 5, 2021
I don’t see why Chachi is so upset.
He’s clearly going to be fine using the same gear he’s already using in his day job… https://t.co/Zw3fSUyDyV pic.twitter.com/CLsTDMesd2— Arch (Space Laser Vaccination Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) October 5, 2021
So I go out, as is my custom, in the evening to walk to the store. Suddenly there is lightening, getting closer. I decide to head home instead of finishing my trip.
As I turn the corner big drops started to fall, then more, a some tiny hail. Then the deluge.
I get home soon enough to escape most of the rain but am still soaked.
Looked at the radar - very spotty coverage. A thunderstorm yes. But the radar indicates mostly light rain, yet there is one tiny red pixel indicating the most severe part of the storm, barely noticeable.
I was under that little red pixel.
Incredible drone footage flying over a volcano and lava flows at night, captured by Iceland Aerials.
Source: https://t.co/jZlb5jNNPy pic.twitter.com/vewGfHGQEL— Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) October 5, 2021
re: #138 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
So I go out, as is my custom, in the evening to walk to the store. Suddenly there is lightening, getting closer. I decide to head home instead of finishing my trip.
As I turn the corner big drops started to fall, then more, a some tiny hail. Then the deluge.
I get home soon enough to escape most of the rain but am still soaked.
Looked at the radar - very spotty coverage. A thunderstorm yes. But the radar indicates mostly light raing, yet there is one tiny red pixel indicating the most severe part of the storm, barely noticeable.
I was under that little red pixel.
re: #139 (((Archangel1)))
When the eruption was young (as in that video) some of the photographers and drone videographers were doing all sorts of rather dangerous stuff.
IIRC, some people lost drones.
re: #118 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
When I was a kid, everybody’s dad in our little town was either a Chevy guy, a Ford guy, or a Dodge guy. Oh, sure, there were outliers like the bank president and his Cadillacs, and total weirdos like the high school drama teacher who drove a Renault Dauphine or the Dairy Queen manager who polluted the streets with a Rambler, but the Big Three mostly were the Big Three. My dad was a staunch Chevy man. I already have his ‘41 Chevy pickup, which has been in the family since it was new.
Growing up the family cars were usually the following:
1) Station wagon - usually a Pontiac. Mainstay for family travel since it could tow the pop-up camper and carry a canoe on top.
2) Secondary vehicle.
Initially this was a TR3 that my father drove about on weekends. I recall once driving with him from eastern Indiana down to Cincinnati in it to see a baseball game when I was five or so.
Once my mother started to work again and also attend graduate school classes the second family car was a something of greater utility. Initially a Opel (a 1968 Kadett B perhaps?), then later a Datsun B210.
By the time I was graduating high school and learning to drive the utility car was a Buick Skylark. And at about this time the station wagon went away and was replaced with a Plymouth Arrow pickup truck - which was essentially a Mitsubishi L200 under a Chrysler name.*
The last was the car I essentially bought off my father in 1988 as my first car when I moved from western PA to northern VA to start my first IT job.
* - And we got it right when Lee Iacocca was in the middle of his big “Buy American” spiel as he tried to save Chrysler.
Mark Zuckerberg has concluded his research into rating every woman on Earth and has now shut down Facebook. Thank you all for your cooperation.
— john carpenter’s ben schwartz (@benschwartz_) October 4, 2021
re: #138 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
So I go out, as is my custom, in the evening to walk to the store. Suddenly there is lightening, getting closer. I decide to head home instead of finishing my trip.
As I turn the corner big drops started to fall, then more, a some tiny hail. Then the deluge.
I get home soon enough to escape most of the rain but am still soaked.
Looked at the radar - very spotty coverage. A thunderstorm yes. But the radar indicates mostly light rain, yet there is one tiny red pixel indicating the most severe part of the storm, barely noticeable.
I was under that little red pixel.
On Saturday, my son’s high school band had a competition. I am helping with props along with some other dads. We were practicing at the high school when the tail end of a squall line formed right over the school and just dumped on us, and it lasted about 30 minutes. We were afraid that we weren’t going to make it to the competition on time, and they told the band director that we would not be allowed to be late since it wasn’t affecting anywhere else. Luckily it cleared up after about 30 minutes, and we made it on time.