Cool but clear, sunny and warmer later. I hope, because yesterday up north was like that and I want more. Spring is here, and it’s too short.
Slept in to 8am yesterday, after going to bed early. Unfortunately, I’m awake at the 5 hour mark out of habit, and had only fitful dozing after that. Still, dozing in bed is not bad…
Got up and did some cleaning and more cleaning, and a bit of auction stuff online. Met three new neighbors while out in the yard and garden. I didn’t want to start any big projects or do anything that could go wrong. And anyway, an early boss once told me “if you have nothing else to do, clean.” Working in a kitchen, that was good advice. I had a later boss, while working as a carpenter in a shop, tell me he never wanted to see me cleaning. ( I was the highest paid guy in the shop.) He wanted me doing tool maintenance or shop improvements, ie ‘extras’ outside my normal work. Either bit of advice is good advice depending on the situation. Yesterday I cleaned.
Another drive home and some catching up online, and I was good to go for the coming week.
I have to do some focusing on basics this week. NEED to get to the store and fill a couple more buckets. I have also been running down my stocks of OTC supplements that I take daily, because there haven’t been any great sales. I really need to build those supplies back up and pretty quickly. I wasn’t paying attention. I don’t have a formal inventory system. And I didn’t look closely for too long a period.
I’ve been neglecting my ebay stuff too. Sold two items over the weekend, and they need to ship. A whole bunch of new items need to list too. And of course, I’ve got to get the next set of bins to my local auctioneers. Getting the BOL together is more sexy fun than listing, or sorting, but it won’t pay the bills.
Normal life stuff happening right now includes- car repairs, dr visits, jury duty summons, and all the normal ‘domestic bliss’ stuff that piles up.
Add the ever increasing likelihood of expanding the conflict with Russia, rumbles of food and diesel shortages here at home, and all the falling skies, and it’s all we can do do keep running in place. Can’t stop for a minute without falling behind.
Keep improving your position. Keep stacking. Don’t lose sight of the goal.
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(and shout out to Harold Combs, who DID unplug, at least so far, and for a while…)
61F and 98%RH, same as when I went to bed. Hope that means we'll be clear and sunny today, like yesterday.
I don't usually have trouble sleeping or staying asleep. Not liking the past couple of days.
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In the latest bit of circus to keep the masses distracted, a has been actor slapped a has been 'comic' for a joke in poor taste about his wife. No indication Chris Rock knew she was sick.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10659373/The-moment-Hollywood-Smith-slapping-Chris-Rock.html
I'd bet that for every "outraged" female and for some large percentage of the men, they really wish they had someone who cared about them enough to slap someone for an insult…
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Possible, but a long way off. Setting aside the outright stupidity of the typical systems integrator personnel who will write the systems to consume and process the target data downstream into something usable, 95% accuracy of the sensor platform means that 1 in 20 of the targets entering an area will "ghost" — simply disappear as far as the sensor is concerned.
The previous previous job set the standard at no more than 0.1%, and that was just to make sure toll revenue billed accurately — not life and death … well, unless you are an Australian counting on that pension check from DC commuters on the Beltway.
Despair is a sin. And my previous previous employer was the industry leader in ORT, where the cars were allowed to change lanes rolling through the toll plaza.
The group at the previous previous just lost a Senior “talent” after 20 months. A Patent farmer from name Valley companies who was also literally a goat rancher outside Waco. He talked a good game, but I imagine that they had to ask him to actually … you know … work. God forbid.
The previous previous job really was a goat rodeo complete with a qualified wrangler!
I don't know what Smith is so pissed at. I've read reviews of his wife's Red Table Talk show. There is nothing unknown about her, including sexual allusions. Rock made a joke. The other POCs probably led with "don't sue, Chris, you'll make us look bad." Smith committed a crime on national TV.
Beau…Beau…
Beau Biden Foundation rakes in millions, spends fraction on kid programs
Six figure salaries for the staff. Scraps for the kids.
In other news, plugs is backing off his get rid of Putin rhetoric. And announces a plan for a premium tax on billionaires. And Putin is a dictator? Congress still makes laws does it not?
I don't know what Smith is so pissed at.
— I bet that within the week, we'll hear that her diagnosis is much more dire, and that knowledge and concern for his wife, triggered his reaction. True or not who would know?
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ALL the 'foundations' are nothing more than money laundering schemes and employment plans for favored others.
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Again, Biden is the lamb tied to a stake in the yard of an old school Greek family's house in Tarpon Springs on the Saturday before Orthodox Easter. Anything he bleats is meaningless at this point.
Thankfully, even Putin knows this. Does the Orthodox Russian Easter celebration include lamb on the table as well?
Fake.
As for recognition for movies that people actually saw, "Dune" cleaned up in technical awards and "Army of the Dead" was a surprise win in the “Black Panther” Memorial Cinematic Achievement -er- "Fan Favorite" balloting, which everyone expected to go to "Spiderman".
"Army of the Dead" is an okay film, but it sets up something very interesting, spotlighted by the arguably better prequel "Army of Thieves".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ith2WetKXlg
Matthias Schweighöfer knew exactly what kind of film he was making and pulled off a nice directorial debut. Unfortunately, not as many people watched as "Army of the Dead" since “Army of Thieves” is, at heart, a romantic comedy.
Aside from the tabloids, who cares about the Oscars? They needed some publicity stunt to get into the headlines, so they borrowed an idea from Jussie Smollett.
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On the subject of prepping: My wife wants to start keeping a few chickens. Only for the eggs, not for slaughtering – that's a step too far. We probably can't get a permit for a permanent coop, so we'll have to get a mobile one.
Anyone in the hive mind have experience with mobile coops? If it's relevant, my wife is a fan of the "deep litter" method, and we're probably only looking at a few chickens.
Honestly, a man slapping a man instead of punching him is extremely emasculating. To top it off it was done on national TV during Prime Time. I'd press charges simply because F-you for humiliating me in front of millions of people because you can't taking an F'ing joke. That clip is going to "go vital" and haunt Chris Rock for the rest of forever. Award Show MCs roast the celebrities in attendance. That's sort of the deal. Don't like it? Don't attend. It's the price you pay for your A-lister status and 8-figure net worth. Again, don't like it? Quit film acting. I hear Walmart needs night stockers and the local community playhouse would love to have you.
P.S. – If I ever make someone here raging mad and we meet in person, then please do me the courtesy of punching instead of slapping me. I’d do it for you.
In the latest bit of circus to keep the masses distracted, a has been actor slapped a has been 'comic' for a joke in poor taste about his wife. No indication Chris Rock knew she was sick.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10659373/The-moment-Hollywood-Smith-slapping-Chris-Rock.html
I'd bet that for every "outraged" female and for some large percentage of the men, they really wish they had someone who cared about them enough to slap someone for an insult…
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Has been actors don't make 3 or 4 movies a year. And I see most of his movies. I haven't seen King Richard yet and want to see it more now. I thought “Bright” on Netflix was a cool movie. And the movie where his clone is chasing him.
Wait, Bruce Willis is making 3 or 4 movies a year …
Beau has nothing to do with it. The foundation is in his memory.
In the latest bit of circus to keep the masses distracted, a has been actor slapped a has been 'comic' for a joke in poor taste about his wife. No indication Chris Rock knew she was sick.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10659373/The-moment-Hollywood-Smith-slapping-Chris-Rock.html
I'd bet that for every "outraged" female and for some large percentage of the men, they really wish they had someone who cared about them enough to slap someone for an insult…
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I really liked Denzel's advice, "The Devil comes for you at your highest moment': What Denzel Washington told Will Smith as he and Bradley Cooper tried to calm him down during Oscars commercial break after actor hit Chris Rock". True, so very true.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10658575/Will-Smith-comforted-Denzel-Washington-Tyler-Perry-given-hug-Bradley-Cooper.html
Takes a special family to lie, cheat, and steal in the memory of a loved one just to pile up more millions.
Will smith is making 3-4 movies a year? For who?
used to be he was a blockbuster guy. I'm not tied tightly into pop culture, but I am a bit surprised I didn't know that.
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What's this about The United Way?
It was difficult to avoid the coercion at work in the 90s at large employers until they were exposed.
I have been selected to be a beta tester for a new cable modem with voice for xfinity (Comcast). Should get the modem in a couple of weeks once xfinity certifies the product. I can't say beta for whom because of the NDA. What the beta testing involves I have no idea. A modem works, or it doesn't work. I have no access to anything of value in my current modem. I can see some signal levels, change the access password, restart the modem, and that is about it. The provisioning and firmware are under control of the cable company. The new modem will most likely be the same. Regardless, I get to keep the product, am not allowed to sell. I will sell my old modem.
People at church installed new monitors in the foyer. Nice brackets and mounting. Wiring done by an electrician in the church. Problem is, none of them worked. The pastor terminated the cables with BNC connectors. But he did it wrong. So I spent the morning replacing all the connectors on the cables. And all the monitors now work.
I've seen last night's storyline before. It is called "Jersey Girl".
Kevin Smith movies don't have any real violence on camera either.
I'd bet that for every "outraged" female and for some large percentage of the men, they really wish they had someone who cared about them enough to slap someone for an insult…
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"Tiffany Haddish Calls Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock the ‘Most Beautiful Thing I’ve Ever Seen’"
https://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Tiffany-Haddish-Calls-Will-Smith-Slapping-Chris-17033403.php
Yup.
Will smith is making 3-4 movies a year? For who?
used to be he was a blockbuster guy. I'm not tied tightly into pop culture, but I am a bit surprised I didn't know that.
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For anyone with $20 million. Netflix bought his "Bright" movie before it went to theatrical release.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Smith_filmography
The streaming services and the Koof have really changed the movie releases. Many of the movies are being bought by the streaming services now and sent straight to people's living rooms for no extra charge. Amazon paid $200 million for "The Tomorrow War", Netflix paid a huge amount for "Red Notice" and "The Adam Project". Disney paid big bucks for "Free Guy" and all their animation movies. Etc, etc, etc.
I have to do some focusing on basics this week. NEED to get to the store and fill a couple more buckets. I have also been running down my stocks of OTC supplements that I take daily, because there haven’t been any great sales. I really need to build those supplies back up and pretty quickly. I wasn’t paying attention. I don’t have a formal inventory system. And I didn’t look closely for too long a period.
Quantity is much more important than price now. Just get what you want or need and pay the price. Today's price is going to seem cheap in a year. My son is trying to convince me that bread will be $10 a loaf in a year which will keep us from running out of wheat. I am not convinced but things sure seem to be headed that way in a hurry. And nothing seems to be able to stop it unless the Fed jumps interest rates to 10% and that is not going to happen. Jumping the interest rates to 10% would shut down the economy HARD.
"Elon Musk tweets he 'supposedly' has Covid-19 again"
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Musk-Tweets-He-Supposedly-Has-Covid-19-Again-17033258.php
"Musk told the New York Times in September of that year that neither he nor his kids were at risk for Covid and that they wouldn't get vaccinated. He's since changed his tune, telling Time magazine in December that he and his eligible children were vaccinated. He's spoken out against vaccine mandates and voiced support earlier this year for Canadian truckers who protested against virus containment measures."
I am still on the fence about the vaccine booster. My parents are talking about taking the fourth shot now but they are both in remission from stage 4 cancers and in their 80s.
If Comcast arranged the deal, a router and 2.4/5 GHz transceiver combo related to Comcast Xfinity Mobile is probably built into the modem even if it isn't obvious. 5G utilizes unregulated spectrum to provide services.
Hopefully, you see better Internet speed as part of the deal in return for improving their network quality.
Do you have a standalone router between the modem and your home network?
Don't forget the progs in charge… they will institute price controls and there won't be bread at any price, except from .gov approved handout locations. And those will use DNA samples, facial recognition, and digital fingerprinting just to allow you to enter.
The only reason we don't have bread lines and soup kitchens NOW is EBT cards.
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IIRC, Musk, Tattoo Woman, and brood are living out in the Bee Cave area in a big house. That's Marin County Redux with lots of puckered sphincters who still play mask kabuki. Even here in Round Rock, my kids had to get shots last year in order to attend friends' birthday parties.
Don't forget the progs in charge… they will institute price controls and there won't be bread at any price, except from .gov approved handout locations. And those will use DNA samples, facial recognition, and digital fingerprinting just to allow you to enter.
The only reason we don't have bread lines and soup kitchens NOW is EBT cards.
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Plus the church based pantries handing out food in cans and bread are running at full speed. Some is just people looking for freebies but a lot is people down on their luck (bad decisions really suck) and drug addicts / alcoholics who are basically not employable.
You better hope that they powers that be do not institute price controls for food and gasoline. That way lies madness. We tried that back in the early 1970s and things got worse in a hurry.
Honestly, a man slapping a man instead of punching him is extremely emasculating. To top it off it was done on national TV during Prime Time. I'd press charges simply because F-you for humiliating me in front of millions of people because you can't taking an F'ing joke. That clip is going to "go vital" and haunt Chris Rock for the rest of forever. Award Show MCs roast the celebrities in attendance. That's sort of the deal. Don't like it? Don't attend. It's the price you pay for your A-lister status and 8-figure net worth. Again, don't like it? Quit film acting. I hear Walmart needs night stockers and the local community playhouse would love to have you.
P.S. – If I ever make someone here raging mad and we meet in person, then please do me the courtesy of punching instead of slapping me. I’d do it for you.
I think that Will Smith pulled his slap severely. He is an action hero, he knows how to throw a fake punch. Will Smith is a 6'2" 220 lb man in awesome shape who just played Muhammad Ali in a biopic movie a few years ago. Chris Rock is a 5'9" 150 lb guy. Will Smith at full rage would have broken Chris Rock's jaw and put him on the ground.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_(film)
1. Bright
2. Wild, Wild West
3. I, Robot
4. I Am Legend
A short list of movies ruined by Will Smith's monolithic hip-hop cop acting. I know he can act, but the performance for 2-4 ruined some beloved TV/books for me.
He should have bitch-slapped himself for those.
10%? A 6% 30 year fixed mortgage average, 30 year T-bill at 4% — still historic lows — would shut down the economy hard. Certainly, the housing market.
Wizard of Id: Henry's New Friend
https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2022/03/28
And the dog is in Henry's stomach.
His foul language says other to me. The tabloids are going with the story Smith is so "cucked out" by Jada and the open marriage he can't control himself. The Red Table blog seems to confirm he is uncomfortable about the open marriage.
>> True or not who would know?
Who would care?
Spring is here. Suddenly some of the elms and oaks are showing green. The old red oak in the front yard is starting to bloom. Like, since yesterday.
My shiny refrigerator white truck is about to be a dusty yellow color.
It's interesting to see they stagger it out… ya never know if there's a late freeze coming.
I heard a hummingbird the other day. Not bragging. I hear crickets and cicadas almost all of the time. Annoying but it is what it is. I scrubbed the feeder and made fresh juice. Less than a cup in the feeder. There was a bird early this morning. Two more about noon. Soon enough I'll be filling the bottle everyday.
I need to mow. Rain would be nice for the wildflowers.
Does he now know that he did it wrong? Did you teach him to do it correctly?
I'm not sure "But, Your Honor, I could have hit him harder if I wanted" is much of a defense. lol
Jada is weird. I remember thinking it was kind of cute when the two of them first got together 20+ years ago. However, she's been an odd duck for several years now and their kids are freaking weird too. There's some interviews out there where either she or both of them are way out in left field.
The easiest BNC terminations are using one of the compression connector kits. Cut with the cutting tool, dress the shield, put connector on and put the end in the tool, squeeze, done.
When I started, to get broadcast quality terminations, you needed at least three different tools, and sometimes four.
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"Joe Biden to propose new minimum tax on wealthiest Americans"
https://finance.yahoo.com/m/f9696804-6aaa-3f67-ae3e-427cf1d97337/joe-biden-to-propose-new.html
"Joe Biden will call on Congress to introduce a minimum tax targeting the investment income of the wealthiest Americans as part of a new budget proposal. In a statement released on Saturday, the White House said Biden’s plan would require US households worth more than $100mn to pay a minimum 20 per cent tax on all income, including unrealised income from investments such as stocks and bonds. The White House said the tax would affect only 0.01 per cent of US households, with more than half of the revenue to be raised from those worth more than $1bn."
Ooh, it is a very thinly disguised wealth tax. I predict that it will be DOA (dead on arrival) in Congress.
Nope. I have been specifically told I need my own wireless router. The modem is just a modem with voice. Nothing more.
I get almost 700 down, 24 up. I really don't need any more speed. I currently have a DOCSIS 3.1 modem. The modem is the same brand as the new modem I will be testing. I am not certain what the modem adds at all to the system.
Yes, I do. Three of them. All part of a mesh network from ASUS. One device is connected to the modem and controls the other two nodes, one of them wired, the other via WiFi or whatever is used between the nodes. I have excellent WiFi coverage in the entire house. Not a lot of WiFi points in the area. Mine, plus two others show up in the list. So not a lot of competition for bandwidth.
I did not even realize, nor care, that the Oscars were on TV last night until I heard of the Will Smith bruh-ha-ha. I really don't care what those people do while self-gratifying themselves in politically and racial corrected stupidity.
Yes. I told him I won’t preach if he won’t touch cables.
No. For the most part I would hope he would keep his hands out of the internals. In the process of connecting the cables to the router he used his fingers. In the process he made another connection fail. There is a special tool for connecting the BNC connectors to the router. There is very little space for fingers in the crowded connectors and cables.
That is what is used exclusively on the new cables. Old cables are crimped, they work, but are not being created anymore. The part the pastor missed was getting the connector firmly pushed onto the cable. He merely stuck in the cable until it stopped and compressed. He did not properly seat the cable. It does take some effort to fully force the compression connector on the cable.
His foul language says other to me. The tabloids are going with the story Smith is so "cucked out" by Jada and the open marriage he can't control himself. The Red Table blog seems to confirm he is uncomfortable about the open marriage.
I wonder if Chris Rock is now going to produce a "How not to get your Ass Kicked by Will Smith" video now ?
Chris Rock's "How not to get your ass kicked by the police!" video should be annual mandatory viewing by all school children from 6th grade to 12th grade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0mtxXEGE8
Pelosi will never vote for the tax as she has more than 100mn in investments. Garnered through corruption, backend deals, kickbacks, and other questionable methods to increase her wealth.
Congress is done for this session except for "essential" spending bills.
The midterms will already be a shellacking.
LOL. While plugs does the Sgt. Schultz, Disney doubles down to the woke crowd:
For the children: Disney says they ‘remain committed’ to getting the ”Don’t Say Gay” bill repealed
I guess Disney thinks they write the laws in Florida. And plugs. Geez. "I didn't say any of that." How can the Dumbocrats support this maroon.
>> That clip is going to "go vital" and haunt Chris Rock for the rest of forever.
The memes are filling up Twitter already…
Ok I exaggerated the depth of the ice ruts. I took out a ruler from morbid curiosity.
The deepest is only 20”.
the others are 8” – 14”.
-laughing-
The 2” lift kit for a Mini looks pretty cool and reports say it’s helpful. My Mini handles pretty well in poor winter conditions. It’s AWD and a stick. That helps along with appropriate tires.
Had an unexpected day off for Sewards Day. Saw “Lost City”. I laughed my way through. Not great art but highly entertaining. I think I liked it as much as I did because I adored Indiana Jones (loathed Jewel of the Nile) and have a weak spot for cheesy romance novels in very small doses. Yeah, some of it made me roll my eyes wildly however it was unabashedly honest about what it was and I can appreciate it. Lots of silly. Certain amount of suspension of disbelief. As you’d expect an overwhelmingly female audience HOWEVER I did hear men laughing boisterously. Not a recommendation to see it, I found it a lot of fun. Definitely a ‘chick flick’. Not my usual thing.
>> What's this about The United Way?
It was difficult to avoid the coercion at work in the 90s at large employers until they were exposed.
I remember those times. Boss had a mandatory staff meeting to explain how the UW was doing such good things and really needed everyone's support…but of course it's not in any way mandatory. The inevitable list of the holdouts that eventually worked its way to the C-suites floor was never mentioned, but it didn't take much smarts to read between the lines. I wasn't an officer yet so I only gave a token amount to avoid the list.
>> That clip is going to "go vital" and haunt Chris Rock for the rest of forever.
The memes are filling up Twitter already…
Why did Will Smith use an open hand on Chris Rock ?
Because paper beats rock.
Stolen from facecrack.
The 2” lift kit for a Mini looks pretty cool and reports say it’s helpful. My Mini handles pretty well in poor winter conditions. It’s AWD and a stick. That helps along with appropriate tires.
I have a 4 inch lift kit on my 2019 F-150 4×4. Helps keep me from dragging most things but the axles in the mud and ruts. I also have skid plates on my engine, transmission, and gas tank. It is a pain to change the oil in my truck since they have to remove the engine skid plate.
I did nail my dual note horn while driving across a ditch. Now it is a single note horn.
"GEH to work with Swedish firm on SMR deployment"
https://www.ans.org/news/article-3786/geh-to-work-with-swedish-firm-on-smr-deployment/
"Wilmington, N.C.–based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kärnfull Next—a new company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Swedish firm Kärnfull Future AB—to collaborate on the deployment of GEH’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor in Sweden."
Cool.
>> That is what is used exclusively on the new cables. Old cables are crimped, they work, but are not being created anymore. The part the pastor missed was getting the connector firmly pushed onto the cable. He merely stuck in the cable until it stopped and compressed. He did not properly seat the cable. It does take some effort to fully force the compression connector on the cable.
@Ray, do you have one of these? Especially helpful when working with quad shield.
If you haven't seen "Army of Thieves" (see my link earlier today), make it a priority. Unfortunately, it will not get you out of the house.
Matthias Schweighofer usually makes German chick flicks, but German chick flicks are … different.
I was wrong about "Army of Thieves" being Schweighofer's directorial debut, but most of his films do not make it across the Atlantic. The only other one of his I've seen is "Rubbeldiekatz", a German "Tootsie" remake.
Now *that* was interesting.
UPDATE: Doh! I saw Schweighofer in “Valkyrie” with Tom Cruise.
"Farmers On The Brink"
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/farmers-brink
"“Hundreds of millions of tonnes of wheat, corn, soybean, rice and other grains as sorghum, sunflower seeds, rapeseed/canola, barley, oats, etc., are dried in grain dryers. In the main agricultural countries, drying comprises the reduction of moisture from about 17-30% w/w to values between 8 and 15% w/w, depending on the grain. The final moisture content for drying must be adequate for storage.”"
So we are running out of diesel in the world. And fertilizer. And now the USA has only 35 days of propane in storage. What the heck are we doing with our energy supplies ?
So 80% of our grain dryers in the USA rely upon propane. Sounds like we need more natural gas pipelines. Of course, Biden and the crew probably want electric dryers.
I just rewatched Wayne’s World for the first time in like 15+ years. Why? Why not? 🙂
Perhaps Adventures in Babysitting is next.
Nope. And for the few cables I do make the stripper and compression tool are good enough. I push the connectors on the cables with my hands without much issue. If I was doing dozens a day, it would be a good tool. As it is I may do a dozen a year. Today I did 11 without any issues and that will be all for quite some time.
On Saturday Uncle Joe said “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power”
On Sunday came the WH walk-back “The president’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia, or regime change”
Also on Sunday Sen. Rob Portman said ”that Biden’s speech was “very strong, despite the ad-lib at the end, and the gaffe at the end.”
Joe, please, don't say stuff that isn't on the teleprompter or they'll take away your ice cream again.
On Monday Uncle Joe said "I’m not walking anything back"
All this ends ugly, doesn't it…
Meanwhile, the Kamel was last seen wandering the halls of the Warsaw airport trying to find which gate AF2 was at.
Electricity is "free" to most people Their electric bill is on auto-pay and they never balance their checking accounts.
@chad, I loved re-watching Adventures in Babysitting with the kids.
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That Jonard Tool company has some neat and very specialized tools. The can wrenches with their security bits might be super useful to a partisan in any upcoming sportiness… security by obscurity … isn't. Even in the physical world.
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"Will Smith APOLOGIZES to Chris Rock for 'inexcusable' Oscars assault after joke about wife Jada's hair and says he is 'embarrassed' – as Academy debates whether to strip 'disgraced' star of Best Actor award"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10661817/Will-Smith-APOLOGIZES-Chris-Rock-inexcusable-assault-Oscars.html
Dinner tonight was 4 pork chops vac sealed and frozen 3 years ago, and a couple extra from 2 1/2 years ago. Canned corn, baked beans, and applesauce served as accompaniments. Dessert was some of my birthday cake from the fridge. Bread was naan bread from the freezer, at least a year old.
All of it was delicious.
Expiration dates are guides, not laws of nature.
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$100mn to pay a minimum 20 per cent tax on all income
Not practical. How do you tax "unrealized gains"? This would be more of a full-employment act for lawyers and accountants.
It would make a lot more sense to actually have a wealth tax. It doesn't even have to be much – a top bracket of 1% would be fine. The main point, imho, isn't to tax the billionaires, it's to prevent multigenerational wealth from accumulating. Things like the Kennedy dynasty, for example.
The trick, of course, is to ensure that a wealth tax also reaches into "foundations" and other schemes that the super-rich use to hide their wealth. Take the Clintons, for example: their personal wealth is a tiny fraction of the money and resources that they actually control. Most of it is hidden in the Clinton Foundation, and probably other vehicles as well.