A lot of us were hoping they'd just go with Random Penguin.
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A lot of us were hoping they'd just go with Random Penguin.
And If it was your office that gave her the 0230 tip - good on ya.
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Same era, more or less.
Looking thru the other end of the glass: The entirety of Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) is almost exactly the land mass of my state, Oregon. The population of the state of Oregon is about the same as the city of Birmingham in England.
Old joke going back to FDR's term (at least!) Not saying it's not funny, mind you...
(I'm old enough to remember when Diesel passenger cars were one step from illegal in California - you could own one, but you got to pay some hefty additional fees.)
Not necessarily not interested, but #2 Diesel fuel is generally more expensive now than 87 octane gasoline. Diesel is more efficient, but the emissions are nastier. Things like Selective Catalytic Reduction systems help, but they're hard to fit in anything but a large pickup at least.
About a year after the Baja was cancelled, I was getting at least one person a week asking "What is that? Do you like it? Where can I get one?" I'm actually surprised Subaru hasn't given it another try. (The Hyundai Santa Cruz I replaced it with attracts the same sort of attention!)
Some cars come out a little ahead of their time. The first brand-new car I bought (at age 35) was an '05 Subaru Baja Turbo pickup. Subaru had expected to sell 20K-25K of them per year; they ultimately only sold about 40K in 5 years and called it quits. The 2006 model was just to use up parts. (1/2)
My state has actually banned "pretextual" police stops for things like expired tags, burnt-out taillights, tinted windows, etc. (Now, if they're nicking you for something else, those can go on the ticket - but if it's the sole pretext for the stop, it'll get tossed.)
It's not an issue due to the generator itself, just that the battery charger will adjust its draw depending on the available power when plugged in. A higher-amp and/or higher voltage circuit will let it charge faster.
Now that's a surprise - for some reason, all of the previous chocolate sodas that I know of, meaning Canfield's - which is apparently now a Walmart brand - and Cragmont (Safeway's old house brand, which did a chocolate mint version), were always diet.
A coworker loaned me his Volt for a week when my truck was in the shop. The one downside I could see was that you had to have a high-amperage circuit for most effective charging: a standard 120VAC 15A circuit wasn't enough to give it a full charge overnight (≈10 hours.)
Volkswagen owns the old International Harvester "Scout" brand, and is planning to bring out both a truck and a SUV under the name this year, both with a similar design as the Volt's - no engine, just a generator, a battery bank, and drives for all 4 wheels.
Full rundown here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/emer...
And one Judge was able to stop it (for now) after getting a call at 2:30 AM, on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, that some of the kids were already on planes. And as usual, the Assistant US Attorney arguing the case keeps claiming not to know what the US government is doing. Get these creeps out.
My Alaskan friends always said "Cut the crap, Texas, or we'll saw Alaska in half and you can be the third largest state."
See: Mengele, Josef.
I still don't.
Not sure whether you meant the Post or the government - but it applies to either
I was taught in chemistry class/lab "water dissolves water, oil dissolves oil." Seems to be true. (I wear nitrile gloves anyway if I'm dealing with the spicy. Ditto other things like engine maintenance.)
(Portland does have its own gondola system, but it's only a short run between the OHSU hospital and the street, nothing else.)
Yes, and it's useful to remember that the Federal structure as a whole was different then, to put the quotes from various Founders into context.
Disney could probably answer the latter; I have no idea if the aerial tram in Disneyland is still there, but they run one between two of their parks in Florida. But yes, having been on the last Portland MAX streetcar after a Timbers match, it could be stressful.
I'm still waiting for him to tweet DJTJr with "So, how do I taste?"
So long as a President can pardon them, it's a moot point. As we've now seen in real time. The US is not a party to the International Criminal Court - if we were, Putin would have been arrested the second both of his feet were on Alaska's tarmac. They have no jurisdiction here, so what's left?
The expansion of the Brown Shirts continues - but they might want to look up what happened to Ernst Röhm.
So Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R) won that seat by less than 2 points. And now she's Secretary of Labor under Trump, and is now urging him to send Federal and USNG troops into Portland. Still think that our little state doesn't count for anything? Guess again.
Schrader voted with the Republicans most of the time. And we D's in his district voted him out in the primary in favor of Jamie, by double digits. The DNC didn't consider that, nor did they consider that _every seat matters _. They wouldn't fund her just because she'd primaried a D incumbent. (2/)
Until you get your heads out of your butts about primarying useless Democrats, and start supporting the primary winner - you're not fit for purpose. In 2022, Jamie McLeod-Skinner booted Pfizer millionaire and pretend veterinarian/rancher Kurt Schrader - who always ran as a Democrat. (1/)
That's my impression, yes. Basically Newsom's Mini-Me.
Great, Mr Obama. Maybe tell the DNC to get their heads out of...the sand..., and quit refusing to back candidates who win a primary over an incumbent Democrat. The Democrats lost a Congressional seat in Oregon from this two years ago. (1/2)
(I will admit I'm not holding my breath.)
He apparently has higher political aspirations and thinks this IS qualifying. Hopefully Colorado will prove him wrong.
If you're not on board with Hair Fuehrer's personal Mengele, you gotta go.
And (as usual) they're supposed to be rooting out "Fraud, Waste, and Abuse", right? Got all three right there.
So just as expensive or more as the real Alcatraz in its day (which TFG wants to bring back as well at whatever cost?) The math before the original closed said it would be cheaper to put each inmate up at the Waldorf-Astoria.
The chaos at CDC was the only piece on NPR's Morning Edition today that dealt with the Badministration - everything else was either the Katrina anniversary, the Minnesota church mass shooting, or fluff.
Quacks, however, are extremely good at it.
Counting the minutes until a traditional news source asks him what the fuck that means, and what his particular medical expertise on the subject is. Doing it on my phone so I don't have to waste my time, just wait for the signal.
She's not an MD, but she's a PhD with a career in infectious disease identification and control. She appears to be, at face value, one of the most qualified appointees by this administration. As to why she took the job, we can only speculate. Maybe - like Cassidy - she believed RFKJr at his word.
And ordered it on white bread, with a side of raisins for his potato salad.
Probably about the same as a bunch of firefighter cadets seeing film of an actual childbirth. (From my own experience.)
100% Jeff. One right-wing hack after another. (I mean, bringing on half the staff of The National Review wasn't enough, so now for every liberal writer that's quit, you have to hire another right-wing idiot?)
It is completely embarrassing that we the taxpayers are paying these people to do stupid crap like this.
Disobeys the actual law and she just calls it "aggressive". This woman is not fit for purpose as a journalist, and as I've said her connections to TFG are blatant enough conflicts of interest to recuse her from reporting on him. Well done The NYT.
My brother-in-law had one with a removable faceplate you could just pocket. No controls, not worth it. (I will note that this was after two stolen radios.)
That there are several replies to her skeet that appear to be AI-generated. Nothing else implied.
Ponnaru is an editor at the National Review. "Center" doesn't apply.
A buddy of Will Lewis', no doubt.
Having had a roommate in the service with a somewhat shady past - which included both car and home burglary - ripping off the door was not on the list of tactics.
No.
Indignant AI says what?
Thank you. Thought there was something not quite right there.
Anyone else notice that Vocal Fry Girl says he's an "honorary" ICE agent? So, like not sworn or badged? (I'll be fair - he's probably getting through the course faster than the "real" ICE agents, unless there's someone waving a pizza on a stick 19 feet ahead of them.)
And for Murdochs going all in to help out a Maxwell...well, guess you had to be there at the time.
The linked article unfortunately doesn't have those details. Is there another?
Yeah, I know, not quite the same situation.
It appears to be a small Hispanic guy laying out the letters - with an armed and masked "cop" watching him.
And having a state university's legal department behind you when you tell the vendor "We can and will sue you for $25K per every day the ship is tied to the pier while we're waiting, OR you can cough up the correct off-the-shelf part #. Your choice." is definitely handy
I believe the various negotiations involved 2 atomic bombs and 1 7.65mm bullet.
Believe me, I understand. I have rebuilt a couple of chairs for family/friends
Thor's stuff was high-quality enough that they weren't selling very many replacement parts - and tried to write the supply down as a "market forces" loss. That didn't fly. (Ironic that they were building stuff that didn't break down very often, but got dinged for keeping spares just in case.)
The case was _Thor Power Tool Company v. Commissioner_. It's ironic these days to the point of hilarity: Thor made and stocked common replacement parts for all its tools. They capitalized the parts as part of their overall worth. (1/2)
The short version: there was a Supreme Court decision in 1979 (dealing with a case that started in 1964) that shelf stock is a taxable asset even if it's not selling. There are exceptions for things like what you describe, where the stock is "substandard" - ie used or "new old stock".
The overly tight suit and collar are probably throttling the O2 to his brain.
I will say that there are a VERY few PE outfits - mainly European - that aren't just asset-strippers, but actually want to build up what they buy (either as making a direct profit for themselves, or making the asset attractive to potential buyers they can sell it on to.)
Unfortunately, there are tax reasons for not having the parts warehoused all over. I've worked as a marine engineer for two decades, and have run into this repeatedly. (And it's only gotten worse as 75% of the machinery I work with is made overseas. Not to mention the new tariffs.)
Yup. Your taxpayer dollars at work.
If Cracker Barrel is what defines your heritage - your heritage ain't worth shit.
Oops, should have voted then.
Then fucking vote for better, instead of shoving your head up your kilt and sulking off. Sorry we couldn't offer you a unicorn, but you had a choice.
Unfortunately, Portland's cops would probably be all in on this. Don't forget, their entire Rapid Response Team - what we used to call the Riot Squad - resigned from that duty when ONE member was disciplined for beating an unarmed (Black) man protesting on his own property.
The rainbow has apparently been restored, and will continue to be so long as the chalk and paint last.
I'll knock back, in either case.
What Der Füehrer and Herr Göering say is not to be contradicted.
Unfortunately, I don't think that happens except in movies. (Though of course we're now living in one, of the disaster genre, approaching Irwin Allen proportions.)
Once again, we were warned that this was exactly the plan, MONTHS before the election. Miller said it out loud on Bannon's show. But apparently Gaza and a Black woman's "crazy" laugh were more important. Should have shown up.
The same.
"Showers". "Kapo". "Stephen Miller" (but I repeat myself.)
As opposed to poor Will Lewis over at the Washington Post, who has to come up with his best ten for Jeff to pick from and then order the writers to use.
Might get a wider audience if WaPo didn't require registration even for "gift" articles. But Jeff wants data on all his "customers".
We've come such a long way from Holleruth cards...
That was a later case, involving the wife of the serial killer the "Yorkshire Ripper". The EYE was dinged for £600,000, later reduced to £60,000; all the excess they received from their appeal was donated to a fund supporting the survivors of the Ripper's victims.
So the Monolith from _2001: A Space Odyssey_, except you get stupider when you touch it?
Army soldiers with their hands in their pockets. What is this world coming to? /S
As usual, wonder what TFG's main problem with her is? Can't qwhite make it out...
The UK's _Financial Times_ are similarly soft-pedaling it, though not quite as badly: on.ft.com/4lCITBi
There's also this one from PRIVATE EYE magazine:
Senators Collins and Murkowski "very concerned".
And in general, their answer to any threat of a lawsuit is "We refer you to our response in _Arkell v Pressdram_." (The official name of the Eye's company is Pressdram Ltd, bought by the late Peter Cook.)
PRIVATE EYE is (and has always been) a combo of great investigative reporting and snark. (Aside from the above, when they lost a libel case from the _Daily Mirror_ publisher Robert Maxwell, the then-publisher wrote "I have now written a fat cheque to a fat Czech.")
Not that anyone might do that.
Certainly, but that would show up as well if someone checked and found that the plates were registered to a 1999 VW Beetle rather than an unmarked black SUV.
The plate is clearly visible in the photo: I don't know if New York uses distinctive plates or numbers for public vehicles (mine does), but I suspect someone out there can find out who it's registered to...
"He has no chin, and his VP has several. This does not give me confidence." - LCDR Susan Ivanova, _Babylon 5_.
Wow, NPR finally says "f*** it" and goes all in. "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose..."