Let’s check in on the White House press room and see how absurd and trivial the questions are going to be today. I watch these occasionally just to remind myself what a nightmare these events were when the former horror was in office.
Just waiting for the first question asking whether Biden’s promise to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court is “affirmative action.” Will it be Peter Doocy or one of the supposed “mainstream” reporters? What’s the difference?
Putin’s suddenly interested in appearing willing to discuss de-escalation, just as the US and NATO are showing their support for Kyiv.
The US and NATO position should be that we will not accept anything less than a return to status quo pre-Crimean invasion. Let him choke on that a bit.
There is no GOP outrage so transparently phony or stupidly racist that the media won’t cover it.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 1, 2022
re: #3 lawhawk
Putin’s suddenly interested in appearing willing to discuss de-escalation, just as the US and NATO are showing their support for Kyiv.
The US and NATO position should be that we will not accept anything less than a return to status quo pre-Crimean invasion. Let him choke on that a bit.
As I said downstairs you don’t get to create a crisis and then dictate terms
Fucking hell.
I let an (unvaxxed) friend who I have not seen in a while come over for a little bit to hang out last night.
Guess who tested positive today?
Now, thankfully everyone in this house is fully vaxxed and we were outside most of the time, but still.
For the record, he was asymptomatic the entire time he was here.
re: #6 Eclectic Cyborg
Fucking hell.
I let an (unvaxxed) friend who I have not seen in a while come over for a little bit to hang out last night.
Guess who tested positive today?
Now, thankfully everyone in this house is fully vaxxed and we were outside most of the time, but still.
For the record, he was asymptomatic the entire time he was here.
This is why Mrs. Fish has mandated that, when we have more guys’ game days at our house, everyone coming in the door must be fully vaxxed.
“Can you sympathize with Vladimir Putin?”
“As in invading a sovereign country?”
Wordle 227 3/6
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Solid day today.
I like how Jen is using the term ‘fox’ to describe Putin and Russia…”We know who the fox is.” - I consider it a subtle dig at the Putin News Network Doocy works for.
Police in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany have said that a file on Radim Passer, the Bugatti Chiron owner who filmed himself going 417 km/h (259 mph) on the Autobahn, has been forwarded to prosecutors.The police department is “looking at the possibility of a banned car race,” the U.K.’s The Sun reports. If that’s the case, Passer could be facing up to two years in prison.
Passer filmed himself driving his Chiron last summer on Germany’s famed Autobahn. A video of the run was released late last year and the driver claimed that he took every possible precaution to make the stunt as safe as possible, choosing a straight bit of road with good visibility.
re: #11 darthstar
I like how Jen is using the term ‘fox’ to describe Putin and Russia…”We know who the fox is.” - I consider it a subtle dig at the Putin News Network Doocy works for.
I mean, she’s not wrong. When your star entertainer is featured on Russian state TV…
From last thread:
(Ground hog who does Ground Hog Day predictions dies the day before Ground Hog Day.)
re: #281 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
That prediction does not sound very… good.
re: #14 sagehen
I thought the autobahn had no speed limits. Was I misinformed?
There’s no official speed limit; however, if I am recalling this correctly, the law states that German police officers can ticket drivers if they feel they are driving excessively fast for conditions, or otherwise creating a dangerous situation.
re: #14 sagehen
I thought the autobahn had no speed limits. Was I misinformed?
There’s no posted speed limit - people regularly drive in low triple digits - But the last time I was in Germany I stayed below 85mph in my rental car - but when I did break 100 in my MR2 and later my 350Z on Interstate 5 here in California, I found deceleration from 115+ a little butt puckering. When the spoiler kicks in the car sucks down closer to the road and is really squirly.
A rain-weakened hillside has collapsed in Quito, Ecuador, sweeping over homes and a sports field. City officials say at least 22 people are dead and 32 injured. https://t.co/jd1k5lvn2A
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 1, 2022
Nils on accordion
One of the wildest experiences I ever had was driving on the Autobahn in a rented Mercedes, going more than 120mph - and having other cars pass me like I was standing still.
Dead creatures. So very white. Don’t know who @rodneyglassman is or what he’s running for but we are backing his opponent. 0/10 pic.twitter.com/IPPmnDDbNm
— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) February 1, 2022
He’s the GOP candidate for AZ Attorney General
re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth
Whenever I see things like that back wall I think of the website badtaxidermy.com
imagine thinking Trump is capable of focusing on anything other than his grievances
Did you do it?
Congrats, you just became the new chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner https://t.co/6UUBqIVFOl— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 1, 2022
Short version: 0. https://t.co/Va7udjfMrW
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) February 1, 2022
Wondering about the math here. (Note that I do not have a Spotify subscription.)
If you play Spotify 24 hours a day, every day, for a month, you would owe them your $10 subscription fee or whatever but they’d owe artists about $60 in royalties.
I’m just saying.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) January 31, 2022
re: #18 darthstar
There’s no posted speed limit - people regularly drive in low triple digits - But the last time I was in Germany I stayed below 85mph in my rental car - but when I did break 100 in my MR2 and later my 350Z on Interstate 5 here in California, I found deceleration from 115+ a little butt puckering. When the spoiler kicks in the car sucks down closer to the road and is really squirly.
We used to call I5 the drag strip. I once made it from Claremont to Oakland in 4-1/2 hours. I tried to beat that once, but ended up at the courthouse in Coalinga for a very expensive ticket.
Doug Jones, who prosecuted the Klansmen responsible for the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, was once under consideration to be Biden’s attorney general. Now he’ll help guide the President’s eventual Supreme Court pick through confirmation.https://t.co/gcqHfScVcF
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) February 1, 2022
re: #26 ckkatz
Wondering about the math here. (Note that I do not have a Spotify subscription.)
There’s no way they’d let a lot of people do that rather than delete their accounts for abuse after a month or two.
re: #17 Dopamine Fish
There’s no official speed limit; however, if I am recalling this correctly, the law states that German police officers can ticket drivers if they feel they are driving excessively fast for conditions, or otherwise creating a dangerous situation.
I remember being up in the loaders hatch of an M-60A3 (air watch with a M3 “grease gun” SMG) as we drove in convoy down the Autobahn at ~ 25 mpg (40 kmph) while the civilians would, illegally, pass in and out of our column at over 90mph (150+ KMPH). This was during both REFORGER 83 & 84. I was glad not to be driving!
re: #26 ckkatz
Wondering about the math here. (Note that I do not have a Spotify subscription.)
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I still prefer paying my $10 to Pandora each month and letting them pay whatever in royalties to the bands I listen to, especially the vastly more obscure ones I find more easily on Pandora.
Cyber attack on German Oiltanking shuts down tank terminal, Dutch Shell also affected
Oiltanking, a German company belonging to the Hamburg-based Marquard & Bahls group, has been the victim of a cyberattack. In addition, the IT of the mineral oil trader Mabanaft, which belongs to the same group, is also said to have been affected. As a result, a critical infrastructure (CRITIS) has been paralyzed, as Oiltanking’s fuel loading systems are shut down. The German Shell fuel service station chain is also affected.
*snip*
Meanwhile, Spiegel Online reports here, that 13 tank farms in Germany have been affected by this cyber attack (my guess is ransomware). Loading no longer works there. Among the customers is probably the major Shell corporation, which may no longer be able to supply its gas stations.
Shell’s official statement to Handelsblatt reads, “Possible effects on our supply chains can be compensated for at the present time via alternative loading points.” There is also unlikely to be a complete loss of fuel supply in Germany, as there are 26 companies operating in this market.
*snip*
Cyber attack on German Oil tanking shuts down tank terminal, Dutch Shell also affected
borncity.com
Original German language article:
German fuel supply chain disrupted by cyberattack. 1/2https://t.co/gSI22kSurW
— Brett Callow (@BrettCallow) January 31, 2022
re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“I don’t see the color of my staff because they blend into my cream colored wall.”
re: #27 sagehen
We used to call I5 the drag strip. I once made it from Claremont to Oakland in 4-1/2 hours. I tried to beat that once, but ended up at the courthouse in Coalinga for a very expensive ticket.
Downtown Minneapolis onramp to I-94 to Eau Claire (exit 65) in just a hair over an hour. Pushed that Trans Am’s 400 CI hard that afternoon and am very thankful I wasn’t spotted by the state patrol … ;) My favorite memory is the guy who I was trying to get to work on time in the passenger seat going “Ohmygod, ohmygod… ” the whole trip :)
re: #31 William Lewis
I still prefer paying my $10 to Pandora each month and letting them pay whatever in royalties to the bands I listen to, especially the vastly more obscure ones I find more easily on Pandora.
Like you, I have far better things to do. Just wondering about the actual numbers.
And good on you for supporting musicians who get drowned out by the few big names!
re: #18 darthstar
There’s no posted speed limit - people regularly drive in low triple digits - But the last time I was in Germany I stayed below 85mph in my rental car - but when I did break 100 in my MR2 and later my 350Z on Interstate 5 here in California, I found deceleration from 115+ a little butt puckering. When the spoiler kicks in the car sucks down closer to the road and is really squirly.
I was regularly over 100 mph in my rented Ford Taurus station wagon. I was also regularly passed. The worst was getting over just in time to be behind a convoy of diesels, who I assume have some sort of speed restrictions, given the uniformity at which they drove.
I do remember one time heading back tot he airport in Frankfurt. Road was clear and I was clipping along pretty good. I check the rear view to see a Mercedes coupe flying up the road. Shot passed me at something in the range of 175 to 180 mph, crested a hill, and I never saw it again. It was nuts.
re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth
He’s the GOP candidate for AZ Attorney General
The thumbs up sign is bad. You immediately know he’s a kook.
re: #37 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The thumbs up sign is bad. You immediately know he’s a kook.
Surprised it wasn’t the white power sign; Republicans seem to be all about throwing that thing up surreptitiously, and then feigning outrage “It’s just the OK sign!!!” when caught.
I haven’t driven on the Autobahn, but have heard a lot of Ausfarht jokes…
The discussion brought to mind all the Cannonball Run stories:
The Cannonball Run is an unsanctioned speed record for driving across the United States, typically accepted to run from New York City’s Red Ball Garage to the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach near Los Angeles, covering a distance of about 2,906 miles (4,677 km).[1] As of October 2021, the overall record is 25 hours 39 minutes, with an average speed of 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), driven by Arne Toman and Doug Tabbutt along with spotter Dunadel Daryoush.
Senior Spence aides Marc Short, who testified yesterday, and Greg Jacob, currently testifying, are 2 of the most valuable witnesses around. They were present to hear Trump pushing Pence around. And Committee will keep their testimony secret for now for max effect later.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) February 1, 2022
My one and only streaming service is nugs.net. Just Jam bands…..
DO IT LIVE!!!
re: #27 sagehen
We used to call I5 the drag strip. I once made it from Claremont to Oakland in 4-1/2 hours. I tried to beat that once, but ended up at the courthouse in Coalinga for a very expensive ticket.
ok i was a 19 yo amateur back in ‘76
clocked at 86 on the pennsylvania turnpike
i was really closer to 95 but slammed the brakes probably a second before the side of the road radar gun nailed us.
1976. nationwide 55 mph, so 30+ over the limit was a big deal
trooper would not trust me to mail in the payment.
patted me down, put me in his car and drove me to ‘the court’
it was a corrugated prefab building off the first exit we came to
i had no idea what i’m in for
there’s a small sign that said ‘clerk’ or something
so maybe it was legit and i could quiet the deliverance music in my head.
girl behind the desk said $15 fine.
then he drove me back to the car and said ‘take it easier’ or some such nonsense
re: #12 Belafon
This reminds me somehow of the last time an actual world speed record was set on a public road: 146mph on 12 July 1924 near Arpajon France by the insane intrepid English racer Ernest A.D. Eldridge in his Fiat Mephistopheles. Eldridge had created this infernal machine by squeezing a World War One surplus aircraft engine into a pre-war Fiat race car chassis. It had essentially stagecoach suspension and ox cart brakes (rear wheels only). Even then, the road was closed for the attempt. Perhaps surprisingly, Eldridge died of natural causes (pneumonia) in 1937. Mephistopheles itself survives to this day in the Fiat Historic Center in Turin.
(My phone does not want to accept links today. It’s easy to find on Google.)
Scoop: US told Kremlin it’s willing to discuss giving Russia a way to verify there aren’t Tomahawk cruise missiles stationed at NATO bases in Romania and Poland—on condition Russia shares similar info on certain bases in Russia, sources tell me, @AlbertoNardelli and Henry Meyer.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) February 1, 2022
Wondering whether I should make a run to the kosher bodega for milk & cheese or just subsist on all the stuff that is already in the fridge & freezer.
It is sunny and 46° right now. Predicting 8” of snow by tomorrow morning.
Narrator: at the end of Othello everyone dies - apart from Iago. https://t.co/8nErB17OAP
— Otto English (@Otto_English) January 31, 2022
Othello my balls #BorisJohnsonOut
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) February 1, 2022
re: #46 The Pie Overlord!
Wait, you mean you haven’t gone and plotted a flight to Cancun to wait this storm out?
Up early for my first chemotherapy today, hopefully it will eradicate any wee cancer bastards left behind from the hysterectomy. See you soon @Beatson_Charity pic.twitter.com/ZRrRNtJdO3
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) February 1, 2022
So far so good - amazing staff @Beatson_Charity and the life saving chemotherapy is pumping through my veins kicking fuck out Bunty the ****y Tumour’s cast off’s
“the cancer bams” like a microcosmic dance off between the Sharks and Jets in my blood system! Hopefully pic.twitter.com/71oWbJI4ca— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) February 1, 2022
A welcome home from the chemo session pic.twitter.com/xslgqq3gOB
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) February 1, 2022
I have a sausage on my head pic.twitter.com/14iZI3L7QP
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) February 1, 2022
re: #45 The Pie Overlord!
Wondering whether I should make a run to the kosher bodega for milk & cheese or just subsist on all the stuff that is already in the fridge & freezer.
It is sunny and 46° right now. Predicting 8” of snow by tomorrow morning.
Most people get bread and milk. Mrs. Fish informs me that before a winter storm hits, she checks our stocks of rice, cheese, and chicken.
re: #46 The Pie Overlord!
Wondering whether I should make a run to the kosher bodega for milk & cheese or just subsist on all the stuff that is already in the fridge & freezer.
It is sunny and 46° right now. Predicting 8” of snow by tomorrow morning.
Go to the store. Then you can enjoy looking at snow through the window while bundled up in whatever you bundle up in.
re: #52 Belafon
Putin’s gotten himself into a corner, and needs an out.
re: #50 Dopamine Fish
Most people get bread and milk. Mrs. Fish informs me that before a winter storm hits, she checks our stocks of rice, cheese, and chicken.
Bread, eggs, bacon, chicken, rice, and tea.
re: #46 The Pie Overlord!
Wondering whether I should make a run to the kosher bodega for milk & cheese or just subsist on all the stuff that is already in the fridge & freezer.
It is sunny and 46° right now. Predicting 8” of snow by tomorrow morning.
65F here at the moment.
We’ve got a half to one inch of rain in tomorrow’s forecast, followed by another 1-2 inches of rain for Thursday.
Then the rain changes over to freezing rain/sleet/snow overnight with up to 1/3 inch of ice accumulation and half-inch of snow by Friday morning.
Then 4F Friday morning.
gaaaaaaaaaah
Has anyone here known this movie existed?
Human Highway is a 1982 American comedy film starring and co-directed by Neil Young under his pseudonym Bernard Shakey. Dean Stockwell co-directed the film and acted along with Russ Tamblyn, Dennis Hopper, and the band Devo.
Youtube Video
Here’s a music clip from it.
re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth
toilet paper and liquor…
I don’t let my stock of either of those get low enough that a winter storm would threaten it.
re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth
65F here at the moment.
We’ve got a half to one inch of rain in tomorrow’s forecast, followed by another 1-2 inches of rain for Thursday.
Then the rain changes over to freezing rain/sleet/snow overnight with up to 1/3 inch of ice accumulation and half-inch of snow by Friday morning.
Then 4F Friday morning.gaaaaaaaaaah
Reminds me of Pittsburgh. The constant freeze-thaw cycle combined with lots of moisture ensured that the roads were rubble by early spring every year.
The trolly tracks on the city streets didn’t help because they let water into the roadbase much more quickly. Plus, trying to stop one’s car suddenly while driving partially on icy steel rails always made things more interesting.
The cobblestone roads seemed to survive the winters much more intact. Not that it felt any different driving on them than it did driving on the previously paved rubble.
re: #253 Dangerman
Take a screenshot of mine
Ill share
Actually, I will make an NFT for you with a CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY that cannot be faked, for 50 Bitcoin.
We will get to see Beth Hart at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside outside Philly February 26. To enter the theatre you must show proof of being fully vaxxed and wear a mask.
I doubt we would have gone if that wasn’t the case. TWO YEARS it took to do this as the 2 previous shows were cancelled.
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Do the British delete biscuits from their browsers?
re: #62 nines09
We will get to see Beth Hart at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside outside Philly February 26. To enter the theatre you must show proof of being fully vaxxed and wear a mask.
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I’ve been to two events - a concert and a musical - where proof of vax + mask was required. I brought two masks - one which fit a little looser and didn’t pull on the ears so much and one that was snug for moving through the crowd before/after. It helps if there are empty seats behind you to feel comfortable. Small venues I always take the back row.
Dad Joke incoming:
I can’t believe someone broke in and stole all my fruit!
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Right wing Twitter currently having a massive fake freakout about this. I’ve seen right wingers make similar points MANY times, but with racist intentions. She didn’t think this through before saying it, but good on Whoopi for the real apology. https://t.co/Jbpdkt7XT0
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 1, 2022
re: #56 gocart mozart
We went to see that in the theater a couple of years ago. It was quite a trip.
re: #64 darthstar
This is assigned seating. Ushers and seat numbers. Nice place. Great acoustics. I need this.
re: #26 ckkatz
Wondering about the math here. (Note that I do not have a Spotify subscription.)
I want so bad to get rid of Spotify in favor of TIDAL, but stupid Tesla doesn’t have a shuffle function for TIDAL. Yes. You all read that right.
Lloyd explained that he and his friend were returning home from hunting when they saw a deer on a hill, police say.According to police, Lloyd said he stopped his truck at the bottom of his neighbor’s driveway, got out of the vehicle and shot two or three times.
Lloyd then drove home and began looking over his neighbor’s property to find the deer, but instead saw a dog in an orange hunting vest and his neighbor laying on the ground, investigators say.
Police say Lloyd told them that he always tries to be safe and was worried he had shot his neighbor.
C’mon. People will say anything.
Hunter charged for shooting neighbor in head while trying to shoot deer with handgun: Cops (WJAC)
re: #69 GlutenFreeJesus
I want so bad to get rid of Spotify in favor of TIDAL, but stupid Tesla doesn’t have a shuffle function for TIDAL. Yes. You all read that right.
All streaming options work in my Prius, because the car audio includes a Bluetooth receiver. I expect that the same can be done in a Tesla.
Golden Corral trending on twitter:
40 person brawl at Golden Corral when buffet started running short on steak (and maybe someone got a rare before the other guy his well done) and someone cut in line.
Thank you for reporting on this and - Ugh, if only we could have been smart and maybe put them back. https://t.co/ieztBMSHAM
— Aaron of the “Better Cyber Ninjas” 💉💉💉 #boost (@BakingSteele) February 1, 2022
re: #43 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He
foundfelt himself persecuted for being an atheist.
From last thread. Should know better than to say anything but this phrasing bugs me.
Not denying Anymouse suffered traumatic issues in his life due to malpracticing Christians. But he wasn’t ‘persecuted’ at LGF — he just wasn’t agreed with, and he wouldn’t respect others’ opinions after many requests. He posted interesting things when he wasn’t harping his grievances; it’s a lot quieter around here at nights; but I can’t say I miss the repeat performances of the Broadwater melodrama.
I appreciate the mostly civil and reasonably tolerant cranky people around here, it’s sad to see people go. Still one of the rare sane corners of the internet (thank you, Charles and the hamsters).
re: #70 Punish Domestic Terrorists
C’mon. People will say anything.
Hunter charged for shooting neighbor in head while trying to shoot deer with handgun: Cops (WJAC)
I’m no master hunter….but shouldn’t it be sort of a given that you be REALLY FUCKING CERTAIN of what you’re about to shoot BEFORE you pull the trigger?
re: #75 CleverToad
There are cranky people here?
re: #40 ckkatz
I haven’t driven on the Autobahn, but have heard a lot of Ausfarht jokes…
The discussion brought to mind all the Cannonball Run stories:
The record was broken a few times during covid lockdowns.
re: #76 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m no master hunter….but shouldn’t it be sort of a given that you be REALLY FUCKING CERTAIN of what you’re about to shoot BEFORE you pull the trigger?
Generally considered rule #1 of shooting, behind rule #0 (“The gun is ALWAYS loaded”).
re: #73 BlueSpotinAL
Golden Corral trending on twitter:
40 person brawl at Golden Corral when buffet started running short on steak (and maybe someone got a rare before the other guy his well done) and someone cut in line.
Sounds like a high steaks battle.
…I’ll show myself out now.
re: #73 BlueSpotinAL
It’s bad enough you’re in a Golden Corral.
Then the floor show rolls out….
re: #63 Belafon
Do the British delete biscuits from their browsers?
They leave it to their I-Tea departments.
re: #14 sagehen
I thought the autobahn had no speed limits. Was I misinformed?
yeah, and then the government official has to sniffily poo-poo about “the car must be in control, and clearly that didn’t happen.” Really? Did the dude make it to his destination with everybody still in one piece? At 250 mph, anyone that can do that is a professional, maintaining control.
gun stuff behind the tags.
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re: #82 Decatur Deb
A-1 comment.
*BLERG!* I prefer Brown Sauce myself if I am going to deploy a steak sauce.
re: #76 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m no master hunter….but shouldn’t it be sort of a given that you be REALLY FUCKING CERTAIN of what you’re about to shoot BEFORE you pull the trigger?
Yes, and you also don’t “hunt” by parking at the bottom of a neighbor’s driveway and shooting at the property. This guy should be locked up for being too stupid to be on the streets.
re: #79 Dopamine Fish
Generally considered rule #1 of shooting, behind rule #0 (“The gun is ALWAYS loaded”).
1. ALWAYS KEEP YOUR FIREARM POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION.
2. TREAT ALL FIREARMS AS IF THEY WERE LOADED.
3. KEEP YOUR TRIGGER FINGER OUTSIDE THE GUARD AND OFF OF THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO FIRE.
4. BE CERTAIN OF YOUR TARGET, YOUR LINE OF FIRE, AND WHAT LIES BEYOND YOUR TARGET.
I like this version because of the wording of 4.
re: #21 Charles Johnson
One of the wildest experiences I ever had was driving on the Autobahn in a rented Mercedes, going more than 120mph - and having other cars pass me like I was standing still.
If I’m not careful, I can easily get up to 85 on the interstate in my Mazda 3. I know 120 is more by a good fraction, but I”m guessing in an excellent car with excellent tires, 120 probably is manageable. The trick would be knowing how not to die if something goes awry. I seem to recall an anecdote from Ken Purdy’s Book of Automobiles about Stirling Moss having the brake pedal literally come up through the floorboard while he was in a Formula race. He was going into the wall and somehow had the chops to maneuver the car in such a way that he went in back-end first, so that the impact would push him against the back of the seat, rather than crushing him into the steering wheel. Those guys who race at that level are insanely good. Also the anecdote about any of them being able to tell if the air pressure in any tire is off by a pound or so.
re: #71 Punish Domestic Terrorists
All streaming options work in my Prius, because the car audio includes a Bluetooth receiver. I expect that the same can be done in a Tesla.
Yup. I hate using Bluetooth that way though. I’m weird that way.
re: #66 Charles Johnson
Here is a reasonable and well-thought-out essay addressing why many people (including Whoopie Goldberg) have such a hard time figuring out how to “classify” Jews:
Are Jews a race? A religion? An ethnicity? It’s complicated. My latest is about the all-too-common confusion behind Whoopi Goldberg’s Holocaust comments: https://t.co/9roSif0TIq pic.twitter.com/aRtJkOjvnp
— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) February 1, 2022
re: #80 Eclectic Cyborg
Sounds like a high steaks battle.
…I’ll show myself out now.
Obviously, some people had a bone to pick……
re: #76 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m no master hunter….but shouldn’t it be sort of a given that you be REALLY FUCKING CERTAIN of what you’re about to shoot BEFORE you pull the trigger?
In my hunter training course I took when I was 11 to get my license (and I am 60 now) that was beaten into your head many times during the course. Know what you are shooting at, know what is behind what you are shooting at, know where everyone else in your hunting party are.
re: #94 The Pie Overlord!
Here is a reasonable and well-thought-out essay addressing why many people (including Whoopie Goldberg) have such a hard time figuring out how to “classify” Jews:
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Thank you for posting that.
re: #43 Dangerman
ok i was a 19 yo amateur back in ‘76
clocked at 86 on the pennsylvania turnpike
i was really closer to 95 but slammed the brakes probably a second before the side of the road radar gun nailed us.
1976. nationwide 55 mph, so 30+ over the limit was a big deal
trooper would not trust me to mail in the payment.
patted me down, put me in his car and drove me to ‘the court’it was a corrugated prefab building off the first exit we came to
i had no idea what i’m in for
there’s a small sign that said ‘clerk’ or something
so maybe it was legit and i could quiet the deliverance music in my head.girl behind the desk said $15 fine.
then he drove me back to the car and said ‘take it easier’ or some such nonsense
that was before states discovered the joys of the moving violation. Now, it would be a 15 dollar fine, but you’d also discover the county was tacking 30 on to it, and then the state wanted 2000. And they’d want it NOW, which you would know because after you were found guilty through the bench trial, they would shuffle you over to a cashier’s window and tell you credit cards were fine, but there was a 35 dollar convenience fee. Ask me how I know.
re: #87 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Yes, and you also don’t “hunt” by parking at the bottom of a neighbor’s driveway and shooting at the property. This guy should be locked up for being too stupid to be on the streets.
Yup, shooting within a certain distance of an occupied building or a public roadway, and shooting across a public roadway are all, or used to be, illegal in Pa. (And Virginia, btw.) To say nothing of shooting at a person.
That said, I had a group of friends in the 1970’s in Pa, who were out bird hunting. They started to hear a shotgun fire, followed by bird shot falling around. They all started to yell at whomever was doing it to stop.
When that didn’t work and they continued to get shot at, they started shooting back. Apparently, that did work.
And I had another friend whose rural teenage cousin was shot and killed by presumed deer hunters one fall. I do not think they ever found the killers in that case.
re: #99 ckkatz
Yup, shooting within a certain distance of an occupied building or a public roadway, and shooting across a public roadway are all, or used to be, illegal in Pa. (And Virginia, btw.) To say nothing of shooting at a person.
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Yep, no gun fired within 100 yards of a roadway or building. And definitely not TOWARDS any roadway or building.
re: #88 William Lewis
1. ALWAYS KEEP YOUR FIREARM POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION.
2. TREAT ALL FIREARMS AS IF THEY WERE LOADED.
3. KEEP YOUR TRIGGER FINGER OUTSIDE THE GUARD AND OFF OF THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO FIRE.
4. BE CERTAIN OF YOUR TARGET, YOUR LINE OF FIRE, AND WHAT LIES BEYOND YOUR TARGET.I like this version because of the wording of 4.
Yep. I can tell the weather is changing because the bullet scar in (all the way through) my leg is starting to tingle. Even if you survive, somebody’s moment of stupidity can stay with you all your life.
Court TV is covering the TN Waffle House shootings from 2018. They were interviewing one of the forensics officers. The shooter had a Kimber carry pistol that failed to go into battery. The slide wouldn’t return to the proper position when a new round was loaded. The lawyer questioning her asked if this was as intended by the manufacturer. I scoffed a bit after she said “No.” and said to myself “Oh, absolutely it is.”. Some of you know what I’m talking about.
re: #103 GlutenFreeJesus
Court TV is covering the Waffle House shootings from 2018. They were interviewing one of the forensics officers. The shooter had a Kimber carry pistol that failed to go into battery. The slide wouldn’t return to the proper position when a new round was loaded. The lawyer questioning her asked if this was as intended by the manufacturer. I scoffed a bit after she said “No.” and said to myself “Oh, absolutely.”. Some of you know what I’m talking about.
I actually had that problem with my Kimber M1911 about 20 years ago.
In my case, some genius had changed the extractor style on that model from the tried and true 100 year old design. And the old round would not fully extract. Which meant that the new round would not load and the pistol was “jammed”.
I ended up corresponding with Kimber and they traded my Kimber for one with the good extractor. The new one did work predictably.
re: #94 The Pie Overlord!
Here is a reasonable and well-thought-out essay addressing why many people (including Whoopie Goldberg) have such a hard time figuring out how to “classify” Jews:
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I followed links from that essay to other Deep Shtetl postings, and came across this amazing quote from a novelist Yair interviewed:
newsletters.theatlantic.com
This question was brought home to me by my children. In our school curriculum, I think they do ancient civilizations in sixth grade. And each of my kids at some point during that year came back to me and said, “I’m super confused, because in social studies, we’re learning about all these great civilizations. We’re learning about ancient Egypt and ancient Persia and ancient Babylonia and ancient Greece and ancient Rome. And we’re learning about how these amazing civilizations built the world. But then at home, for each of those civilizations, we have a holiday about how they tried to kill us. So are these great civilizations, or are they not?”
That contrast is exactly the point. Judaism is a counterculture. Uncoolness is Judaism’s brand. We’ve never been cool, starting with being the world’s only monotheism with the bossy and unsexy invisible God. We were never cool, and it has persisted. Judaism has always been a countercultural movement.
But that recognition flips the whole idea of social studies in the humanities upside down. Because it turns out that there’s this other story, one that is actually more important and more relevant to where we are now in the modern world, and it’s still around. And I think that’s actually a story that everybody, not just Jewish students, would benefit from knowing.
If rather than “Here’s the Jews, we killed them and that’s bad,” we were taught more about “Here’s this civilization that developed as a counterpart to these other civilizations, and that often exposes their flaws,” that would really change the way that we think about Jews in a non-Jewish society.
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