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1: Inmate Central, Claims of antisemitism on campus get broad media attention, but very few assaults occur with injury. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-24, 13:33:18 (76.144.45.241)
It's a one-sided approach when claims of antisemitism are taken seriously and even amplified, while incidents of anti-Palestinianism are routinely ignored or dismissed. I think it's a prejudice ingrai .......
2: Inmate Central, Wanna upgrade that hobby? You can buy a full sized railroad car! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-23, 09:35:18 (76.144.45.241)
I am not kidding. A lot of old stock passenger railroad cars were produced in the last century, and what's particularly collectable are the cars from mid-20th c. when travel by rail was a near luxury .......
3: Inmate Central, Full interview link now available. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-23, 08:51:30 (76.144.45.241)
Just got posted on Youtube an hour ago. First I've heard of her. .......
4: Inmate Central, Poor Inmate51, fated to live without answers! n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-21, 10:58:00 (76.144.45.241)
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5: Inmate Central, I ditched a gas mower to go with the Ryobi. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-21, 10:28:40 (76.144.45.241)
Too much trouble fussing with gas + exhaust fumes + noise. Going electric is a good choice. One limitation is how much juice you can get out of the battery. Was just enough for me to mow the back and .......
6: Inmate Central, Had me a Ryobi mower from Home Depot. No complaints, performed well. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-21, 09:30:39 (76.144.45.241)
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7: Inmate Central, Got me popping antihistamines daily; Willamette Valley is the pollen-choked capital of the USA! n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-19, 13:21:19 (76.144.45.241)
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8: Inmate Central, Pile on the BS E-Stat! You've got talent for that! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-19, 13:04:48 (76.144.45.241)
Didn't ya know? The average American pays roughly 15% of their income in taxes. And that $11 billion dollars you mention is only 10% of Musk's income for this tax year. So he paid less in taxes, propo .......
9: Inmate Central, Did y'all pay your fair share of taxes this year? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-19, 11:42:17 (76.144.45.241)
Well, these guys did not. It's why you pay more! .......
10: Inmate Central, Maybe was a better plan to avoid barbershops in the 70's... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-17, 13:16:44 (76.144.45.241)
Ghastly hairstyles in those photos, yeech! Could get beat up by local thugs just for looking so prissy. Even Police mugshots look better. Even poodle pom poms look better! Better to go wild and ung .......
11: Inmate Central, Was a true gentleman, exceptionally civil. Helped make these forums better. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-17, 12:12:22 (76.144.45.241)
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12: Inmate Central, Lara Logan? Excellent example of a crackpot conspiracy-theory journalist. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-15, 16:55:52 (76.144.45.241)
Nowadays there is a readership for lunatic journalism. Didn't use to be that way. Crackpots used to get quickly sidelined. Now they get headlined by the wing-nut fringe. .......
13: Inmate Central, There's an acticle in The Spectator all about that. Matches with Steve O's comment. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-15, 13:14:05 (76.144.45.241)
Besides the Spectator article, Pew Research has related detail here: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/02/younger-americans-stand-out-in-their-views-of-the-israel-hamas-war/ There is a w .......
14: Whiner's Woad, The MAGA fellowship... Reporting from a Trump Rally in Pennsylvania. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-15, 08:07:59 (76.144.45.241)
I hope I've selected the correct forum for my post. Because I can't post about Trump in Central. Maybe can post here without getting deleted. We shall see! From Today's NYT. Linked below and free to r .......
15: Inmate Central, Higher cost to own classic cars. Like primo audio gear. Was DIY. Now for people with deep pockets. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-15, 07:40:08 (76.144.45.241)
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16: Inmate Central, And I gonna buy a high-rise in downtown SF! Convert it to housing for the homeless! What else... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-13, 11:54:35 (76.144.45.241)
...ya got going Dark_Dave? A while back you were thinking of buying a restaurant or a bar. That ever happen? And have you made any additions to your fleet of sports cars lately? And those Ukrainian re .......
17: Inmate Central, Robert MacNeil 1931 - 2024. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-12, 15:56:44 (76.144.45.241)
NYT obituary. Linked and free to read. MacNeil was best known as a host of the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. Had a different take on journalism. Preferred to conduct in-depth interviews with experts. Detes .......
18: Inmate Central, But do ya think the Higgs boson interacts with dark matter? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-11, 19:10:20 (76.144.45.241)
Since the Higgs field is responsible for giving mass to most Standard Model particles, it is possible that dark matter particles could also acquire their mass through interactions with Higgs bosons. T .......
19: Inmate Central, He boosted the sales of Hertz rental cars, Treesweet orange juice, RC Cola, and the Chevy Nova. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-11, 12:10:04 (76.144.45.241)
OJ was a prolific television pitchman. No evidence he actually used these products. Was celebrity endorsement pure and simple. Easy money. .......
20: Inmate Central, More like BIH... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-11, 11:07:14 (76.144.45.241)
Sort that acronym! .......
21: Inmate Central, Other good story about Higgs in the Telegraph obituary. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-10, 16:56:53 (76.144.45.241)
The Telegraph obit is reprinted here in the Sydney Morning Herald. Linked below. This obit is much better at explaining the physics. And... Higgs was way ahead of his time: "It took many years before .......
22: Inmate Central, R.I.P. Peter Higgs, physicist, nobel laureate, proposed mechanism that gives mass to fundamental particles. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-10, 11:34:40 (76.144.45.241)
That's Peter Higgs on the right in 2012. Curious fellow. Shunned modern tech. Never owned a TV, never sent an email, and never used a cell phone. Stated he'd never survive in today's universities d .......
23: Inmate Central, We've got the Eurasian Collared-Dove here in Oregon's Willamette Valley (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-09, 01:15:10 (76.144.45.241)
I well remember the sound of mourning doves when I lived in SoCal. Moved to Oregon 5 years ago, and I couldn't figure out why the doves here sounded so different. Finally figured it out! We have an in .......
24: Inmate Central, Nah, they're smart! Got you figured as kind-hearted & willing to surrender that shelf space. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-08, 18:47:10 (76.144.45.241)
Is it just the one dove, or have you seen two? Both male and female look alike, so you might think there is just one. Male doves usually take the day shift on the nest, while females warm the eggs at .......
25: Inmate Central, Hey! Chrissy-boy on the I-Love-Putin team! Thrash out your fascist ideology on some other website. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-07, 13:06:58 (76.144.45.241)
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26: Inmate Central, Too much exposure for Comrade Chris! Must consult with his handlers. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-06, 18:38:33 (76.144.45.241)
Risky business for Chrissy boy... Might end up.... .......
27: Inmate Central, Also possible that Comrade Chris is acting as an agent of the Russian state. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-06, 13:31:25 (76.144.45.241)
You are right about 'belief' being a prime reason for betraying one's country and becoming a spy. American spies in the 1930s and 1940s were primarily motivated by ideological sympathy with communism, .......
28: Inmate Central, We need that rain in California, Nevada, Utah, & Arizona. Please don't...... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-05, 18:49:08 (76.144.45.241)
...use up all the water. Send bunches of it stateside if you can. We yanks need to grow green lawns, service our golf courses, & fill our swimming pools. How else we gonna build cities of paradise in .......
29: Inmate Central, OMG! You gonna send in an insurance claim?! n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-05, 11:13:50 (76.144.45.241)
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30: Inmate Central, Must have the 'last word', Comrade Chris? Even when your words lack any substance? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-05, 10:39:29 (76.144.45.241)
So that's your comeback? That I have a 'toddler's brain'? Hilarious! So we can forget the primary topic of this sub-thread. That you are an advocate of Russian fascism. That you post links to Russian .......
31: Inmate Central, Tell us Comrade Chris, how'd you make it your agenda to spread Russian propaganda? n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-04, 20:23:23 (76.144.45.241)
For lesser offenses it's 5 to 20 years in the slammer for acting as an agent of a foreign power. For major offenses it's life in prison or the death penalty as per the Espionage Act of 1917. You be .......
32: Inmate Central, And how's that working out? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-04, 11:27:39 (76.144.45.241)
Like this? (Image credit: Baltimore Sun) .......
33: Inmate Central, It's a well known fact Putin and his die-hard supporters are fascist scum. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-04, 11:09:06 (76.144.45.241)
Is that you as a child in the photo Chris? .......
34: Inmate Central, Also tell us detail, Comrade Chris, when did you become an evangelist for Russian fascism? n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-04, 08:57:06 (76.144.45.241)
That's you in the photo, right? .......
35: Inmate Central, Regmac mentioned that you were "Putin's lickspittle poodle". Appropriate name? Or objectionable? What say you? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-03, 16:32:16 (76.144.45.241)
That's you in the photo. Right? Woof! .......
36: Inmate Central, C'mon Comrade Chris... Must you post Russian propaganda? Here? Yet again? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-03, 14:19:51 (76.144.45.241)
Wikipedia has a page all about 'Sputnik', the source for your post. Linked. A couple quotes from that Wikipedia page: "Sputnik is frequently described by academics and journalists as a Russian propaga .......
37: Inmate Central, Good clarification, thx! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-03, 01:15:57 (76.144.45.241)
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38: Inmate Central, From today's Wall Street Journal: (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-03, 01:06:42 (76.144.45.241)
"An impressive investigation Sunday on CBS's "60 Minutes" aired evidence tying so-called Havana Syndrome to an elite Russian intelligence unit." Yup, that 60 Minutes video is getting some good reviews .......
39: Inmate Central, Lots of flip-flopping from conservatives on this issue. But how's that connected to a 60 Minutes program? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-02, 18:27:22 (76.144.45.241)
A number of congress critters and right-wing groups have been lobbying against continued funding for Ukraine. But House Speaker Johnson, himself on the right wing, is now pushing to resume such fundin .......
40: Inmate Central, So, you watched the video? Or read other detail of this story? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-02, 10:08:38 (76.144.45.241)
Nowadays people often deliver opinions first, leaving aside any discussion of facts. Short blunt declarations are now the standard for social media. Because simply declaring something makes it all the .......
41: Inmate Central, You made an ad hominem comment, and I replied in kind. This conversation is over. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-02, 09:44:52 (76.144.45.241)
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42: Inmate Central, Every news organization makes mistakes? No excuses!! They must be 100% accurate all the time! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-01, 16:57:23 (76.144.45.241)
Else they are merely 'infotainment'. .......
43: Inmate Central, 'Depends' (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-01, 16:53:32 (76.144.45.241)
Is that you in the photo Comrade Chris? Yes, you do appear to be rather incontinent, if not with actual diapers, surely with your speech. .......
44: Inmate Central, Right! That's 2 misleading stories by 2 reporters at 60 minutes. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-01, 14:42:13 (76.144.45.241)
Gotta rope in Ed Bradley... And there's more! The Politico article below also lists a botched Benghazi report, a fawning Jeff Bezos interview, and a toothless interview with an NSA director. So they'r .......
45: Inmate Central, That report on Audi sudden acceleration was done by Ed Bradley, not Dan Rather. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-01, 13:24:28 (76.144.45.241)
From my quick google search... The main reason for Dan Rather's departure from 60 Minutes was a controversy over a 2004 report he did on President George W. Bush's National Guard service during the Vi .......
46: Inmate Central, In which respects have they ever been less than credible? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-01, 12:52:31 (76.144.45.241)
Not like I'm a die-hard champion of their program, but some of their investigative reporting has been really good. On the air for 54 years. When have they ever botched their reporting or got a story c .......
47: Inmate Central, I've never completely trusted my microwave oven... Gotta be careful with them things! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-01, 11:32:12 (76.144.45.241)
Besides which, I found this article all about these microwave energy weapons, or at least about how they could work. Waaaaay too technical for me. "Pulsed Microwave Energy Transduction of Acoustic Pho .......
48: Inmate Central, Breaking story on Havana Syndrome, the mystery disease affecting US diplomats. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-04-01, 10:35:45 (76.144.45.241)
Linked video report by the 60 Minutes news team. New evidence shows how a Russian military intelligence unit deployed next-generation acoustic weapons against US diplomats. .......
49: Inmate Central, Doomed after Nixon terminated the gold standard. All fiat currencies eventually vaporize to nothing. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-31, 14:29:03 (76.144.45.241)
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50: Inmate Central, Was the reason I specified 'infamous'. SBF rates with OBL and LHO. And maybe GAC. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-29, 13:05:47 (76.144.45.241)
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51: Inmate Central, Famous/infamous people who have been acronymified? LBJ, JFK, FDR, OBL, MLK, 007 and many more... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-29, 12:36:47 (76.144.45.241)
Those listed below are quite famous or infamous. Decoded below if you get stuck. Try guessing your way thru the list. [Good luck with that!] AGB, ALW, BJM, CHE, CKS, DJT, EAP, GAC, GWB, HAK, HRC, HST, .......
52: Inmate Central, Daniel Kahneman obituary; explored warped decision-making, & crooked thinking. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-27, 12:07:46 (76.144.45.241)
NYT article linked and free to read. .......
53: Inmate Central, McDonald's Wendy's & Burger King all have $10 dollar burgers... Which is best? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-26, 12:45:29 (76.144.45.241)
These burgers have been reviewed! In the link. And we have a winner! Wendy's got top marks in this empty-your-wallet burger round-up. .......
54: Inmate Central, Just being Palestinian could be a 'security risk' and barrier for entry into a 'cleansed' Gaza. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-24, 15:43:01 (76.144.45.241)
You really think there's a way to sort good and bad Palestinians? And qualify some for entry into a freshly cleansed Gaza? I just don't see how that can be done. Because the problem, as I see it, is n .......
55: Inmate Central, You can have a tug-of-war with an elephant at the San Diego Zoo. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-22, 14:46:29 (76.144.45.241)
At least I was able to do that some 20 years ago. At the time a boy scout troop was touring the elephant exhibit, so I lined up with a dozen boy scouts and other people on one end of the rope. Maybe 2 .......
56: Inmate Central, And I thought inner city slums were the hazard for gun violence... n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-22, 13:55:37 (76.144.45.241)
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57: Inmate Central, Jared Kushner eyes waterfront property in Gaza. Gonna be a real-estate bonanza! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-22, 13:45:42 (76.144.45.241)
After Palestinians are removed! To the Negev desert... Kushner was a senior foreign policy adviser with the previous presidential administration, and was tasked with preparing a peace plan for the .......
58: Inmate Central, Yup! Verified statistics are vastly more reliable than the anecdotal stuff you post! n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-21, 12:28:32 (76.144.45.241)
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59: Inmate Central, Nope! There is proof that Asians drive more safely, and women are safer drivers than men! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-21, 12:14:04 (76.144.45.241)
And a link below for the facts about worst drivers. .......
60: Inmate Central, RE: Yikes.. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-19, 21:28:16 (76.144.45.241)
Textise removes everything from a web page except for the text. No images, but otherwise you can jump most paywalls with it. .......
61: Films/DVD Asylum, Could you possibly be more obnoxious, Comrade Chris? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-19, 10:05:23 (76.144.45.241)
There's no ambiguity here. You are only in this thread to disrupt other people's posts. .......
62: Films/DVD Asylum, Comrade Chris, you've been called "Putin's lickspittle poodle". Any truth to that? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-18, 19:10:58 (76.144.45.241)
Just today in Central Regmac crafted that appellation for you. But I'm worried his post may get deleted (you know how things go in Central). So probably best to preserve that phrasing now, as it's bot .......
63: Films/DVD Asylum, Exceptional on-the-scene documentation of brutal war. Was on PBS for free. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-18, 13:22:24 (76.144.45.241)
Those film-makers risked their lives on many occasions, and were lucky they escaped with their lives. .......
64: Inmate Central, "Justice Breyer, Off the Bench, Sounds an Alarm Over the Supreme Court's Direction" (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-18, 13:12:52 (76.144.45.241)
In this NYT article, Breyer attempts to explain the decline of trust in the Supreme Court. But not likely that his words will budge anybody's opinion here. Because we geezers have a larger slice of 'c .......
65: Classical Court, Obit from the NYT (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-18, 11:31:35 (76.144.45.241)
Free to read. .......
66: Inmate Central, The observed deviations in the Hubble Constant could be due to... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-16, 13:19:55 (76.144.45.241)
...variations in the distribution and density of matter (space bubbles!). A broad assumption in astronomy is that there is a uniform distribution of matter throughout the universe. And this assumption .......
67: Inmate Central, Quick on the Draw, E-Stat! Correct! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-16, 12:22:07 (76.144.45.241)
Yup! That's Signal Hill in the Long Beach Area. 1927. Known as 'Porcupine Hill', back in the day, due to the many oil wells. There still is lots of oil under Los Angeles, but most of the oil derricks .......
68: Inmate Central, Mystery Photo! Guess the 'where' and 'when'. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-16, 11:54:28 (76.144.45.241)
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69: Inmate Central, Y'all want a thrashing half-naked porcupine feminist spitfire? Eww! Yuck! Ptuii! n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-15, 17:38:56 (76.144.45.241)
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70: Inmate Central, Starship?! We gonna travel to the stars?!! Nearest star is Promima Centauri! 4.25 light years away... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-14, 11:54:46 (76.144.45.241)
With current technology we could speed at 35 thousand miles per hour... And get there in 81,000 years!! I gonna sign up to be the first passenger. Get me there as a fossilized skeleton! Interstellar t .......
71: Films/DVD Asylum, Fits perfectly in the category of French Absurdist Film (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-14, 11:37:58 (76.144.45.241)
Characters in this film, Atilla Marcel, are quirky to the point of absurdity. Each is memorable in a story line about a mute young pianist who doesn't quite know who he is or who is parents were. The .......
72: Inmate Central, And how come we don't send in the US military to Haiti? Gotta restore law & order! Right? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-08, 13:33:50 (76.144.45.241)
Recall the Monroe doctrine: Which means, Haiti is in our sphere of influence! So it has been claimed. Wouldn't be our first visit to Haiti, either. From 1915 to 1934 the US military occupied Haiti to .......
73: Inmate Central, I gonna cross-off Haiti as a holiday destination... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-08, 10:30:55 (76.144.45.241)
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74: Inmate Central, Nixon also upended the Bretton Woods gold standard. No mo' anchor for the dollar! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-07, 13:50:11 (76.144.45.241)
And since then my dollars have been getting stretched real thin. Fiat money is vaporous stuff. Was better when the gold kept the dollar stable, but there's no going back. .......
75: Inmate Central, Tired of pasting up Putin's propaganda, Comrade Chris? New sideline for you? An "I love America" post? n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-06, 14:56:36 (76.144.45.241)
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76: Inmate Central, The Tyranny of America's Supreme Court (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-06, 12:06:47 (76.144.45.241)
Article from today's Financial Times, by Edward Luce. ....................... John Roberts pledged that his role as America's chief justice would be to "call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat" .......
77: Inmate Central, It's entertainment! Don't take it so seriously! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-05, 14:18:49 (76.144.45.241)
The video I posted is from Steve Cutts, a UK based illustrator and animator. He has many other animated cartoons on Youtube, all drawn in the style of comic books and graphic novels. His videos depict .......
78: Inmate Central, Excellent extension of this discussion! There is proof beyond doubt, that... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-05, 10:42:13 (76.144.45.241)
Humans are evil, rotten, no damned good, and wrecking the planet with all speed. 65 million views of this video! .......
79: Inmate Central, Himalayan Blackberry is the most troublesome in the NW (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-04, 16:27:27 (76.144.45.241)
Grows everywhere, spreads easily, and almost impossible to root out or beat back. Its thorns will cut you up with any contact. But does produce tasty berries! Easy pickings on the edges, but then you' .......
80: Inmate Central, Least favorite invasive plants? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-04, 13:15:21 (76.144.45.241)
The tumbleweed! Deserves special mention... You might think tumbleweeds are native residents of the USA, as seen in TV Westerns and film. But they're not. They came here as alien invaders from Russia .......
81: Inmate Central, Stoking material wealth in broad disregard for public welfare? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-03-01, 12:37:08 (76.144.45.241)
I think greed for material acquisitions is a built-in feature of the primate brain. Once watched a video of a large group of chimps. The alpha male got a hold of a huge clump of bananas and he wouldn' .......
82: Inmate Central, Granola-crunching left-coast San Francisco flips toward conservative law-and-order politics. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-29, 14:00:41 (76.144.45.241)
San Francisco currently has two ballot measures which are anything but 'progressive'. Prop E would expand Police Department surveillance capabilities. Proposition F would impose drug testing on certa .......
83: Inmate Central, Nobody here but you Chris: Disrespecting the dead, and then posting ad hominem content. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-29, 12:09:01 (76.144.45.241)
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84: Inmate Central, Here's why! Small rural towns USA got swept up into cataclysmic politics. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-29, 11:57:43 (76.144.45.241)
Maybe true that Krugman is a "snooty, urban, and arrogant elitist". It's not like Krugman has ever lived in rural America, but he talks about it like he's got some kind of grandiose authority. Ptuii! .......
85: Inmate Central, Never traversed the Muir Trail, but camped out in the Sierra Nevada mountains many times. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-27, 14:44:10 (76.144.45.241)
Absolutely gorgeous country. Just pick the right time of year for best weather. And bring your fly fishing rod. Pan fried trout is delicious and will save you weight from having to pack in all your fo .......
86: Inmate Central, The Mystery of White Rural Rage (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-27, 14:39:34 (76.144.45.241)
This the title of an opinion column in today's NYT. Linked. Written by Paul Krugman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 2008. Krugman wonders why rural Americans are so angry. Understands the dec .......
87: Inmate Central, Big Tech will squash anybody advocating for the public interest ... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-27, 10:24:24 (76.144.45.241)
Same old song. Big money almost always wins. Big Tech will throw billions of dollars to lawyers and generate endless public relations campaigns. Effectively brainwashing and bamboozling the public and .......
88: Inmate Central, The idea of prompting good conduct by proclaiming a heaven or hell afterlife... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-23, 14:28:45 (76.144.45.241)
Is mostly a failed concept, I agree. Getting sent to the pearly gates or circles of hell is a brutal sorting of humanity. It's about getting saved or being damned. Not a very charitable or equitable p .......
89: Inmate Central, A person's legacy lives on. Has real agency. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-23, 12:49:46 (76.144.45.241)
Ridiculous to think the show is over after biological death. What nonsense! Just consider a few folks you know well that have joined the choir invisible. In my case my parents passed away more than a .......
90: Inmate Central, Video! Woman smokes while eastern brown slithers between her legs. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-19, 13:19:34 (76.144.45.241)
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91: Inmate Central, A man whose bravery is/was beyond belief. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-16, 11:12:57 (76.144.45.241)
The Putin regime had him poisoned in August 2020 with a Novichok nerve agent. Navalny somehow survived that, getting medical treatment for poisoning in Germany. He could have stayed in the West. But h .......
92: Films/DVD Asylum, 'The Lineup' - Crime thriller in 1958 San Francisco (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-16, 10:50:26 (76.144.45.241)
I watch a lot of older films for the historic settings, especially city-scapes from bygone eras. This film 'The Lineup' gives a fantastically good tour of San Francisco as it was in the Late 50s. Besi .......
93: Inmate Central, They're on the 'endangered species' list. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-10, 20:14:12 (76.144.45.241)
Tasmanian Devil population has declined by nearly 85% since the late 90s. Vehicle strikes are common. But the main problem is Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD). It's a transmissible form of cancer, sp .......
94: Inmate Central, Your tax dollars will be well spent! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-08, 16:23:56 (76.144.45.241)
You have no objection to bailing out zombie banks, right? This time around they invested heavily in commercial real estate. Which has now gone bust. And now it's your patriotic duty as a tax payer .......
95: Inmate Central, Boring business news... Commerical real estate is in deep trouble. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-08, 12:33:16 (76.144.45.241)
NYT article, linked and free to read. Detail: During the pandemic office buildings emptied out, which seemed like a temporary problem. But now that the pandemic is over, tenants have not returned. .......
96: Inmate Central, Corgies! The best breed of dog! n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-06, 11:52:07 (76.144.45.241)
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97: Inmate Central, Today's NYT article (free to read). (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-06, 11:46:27 (76.144.45.241)
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98: Inmate Central, Your link didn't work for me... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-02-02, 11:44:34 (76.144.45.241)
Try this! .......
99: Inmate Central, Nah... Gotta be 3 or 4 times that. I bid 12 million! n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-30, 15:18:27 (76.144.45.241)
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100: Inmate Central, Yup; that's the solution. Well done! n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-30, 11:59:28 (76.144.45.241)
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101: Inmate Central, Okay guys, big hint at the solution. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-30, 09:50:00 (76.144.45.241)
Thought smb here would certainly find the checkmate. But chess just isn't part of American culture like, uhm, football. Which is pretty surprising because the USA currently has the top chess players i .......
102: Inmate Central, Ya gotta list the full sequence of moves leading to checkmate! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-29, 20:53:25 (76.144.45.241)
Else no credit. .......
103: Inmate Central, BFoTD (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-29, 20:23:44 (76.144.45.241)
Brain Food of the Day! White to play and mate in 4 moves. .......
104: Inmate Central, Waaaaaay academic stuff there Vic. You gonna overload me brain. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-29, 20:11:43 (76.144.45.241)
Content not requiring any cerebral activity will get vastly more reads and replies here. Football & classic cars rule this forum, with over 70% of the posts. Another 20% for biking, photography, weath .......
105: Inmate Central, I'll get to that! Meanwhile binging on Breaking Bad (first time I've seen it). n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-29, 15:36:43 (76.144.45.241)
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106: Inmate Central, Many documeted Smash & Grab car break-ins (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-23, 14:02:07 (76.144.45.241)
The San Francisco Standard has a story all about it, dated Feb '23. Car break-ins at Oakland Airport Plaza, where In-N-Out is (and soon to be 'was') located. The place is described as a thieves' pa .......
107: Inmate Central, Russian legacy in Alaska is about slavery. Of indigenous populations. For fur industry profits. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-22, 13:48:36 (76.144.45.241)
Russia colonial control over Alaska was exceptionally brutal to native peoples. Great article about all that linked, but it's a long read. Excerpts: ************ "Official accounts of Russian expan .......
108: Inmate Central, "Our lizard brains are too powerful... No improvement in human nature through all of recorded history" (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-20, 17:23:52 (76.144.45.241)
Well, our current political systems are at least a slight improvement over those of previous centuries. Monarchies and empires are mostly a thing of the past. About half the world's nations are now de .......
109: Inmate Central, Daily life in Kharkiv Ukraine. 24 miles from the Russian border & constantly bombed. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-20, 13:51:32 (76.144.45.241)
So how do Kharkiv's residents cope? A local radio station, 'Radio Nakypilo' helps with that. Translates as 'Radio Boiling Over'. People in Kharkiv want more than just music and news. They need a publi .......
110: Inmate Central, 'Woke' is a politically dense term weaponized for use in culture wars. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-19, 15:25:40 (76.144.45.241)
Poorly defined, tendentious, partisan, heavily overused, and deserves to be forgotten ASAP. By far the worst term of modern culture warfare. .......
111: Inmate Central, Ooops! I gotta go back take a course in remedial math. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-18, 15:48:49 (76.144.45.241)
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112: Inmate Central, Dickies is a major brand of western wear. They used to be bargain priced, but not so much any more. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-18, 15:11:00 (76.144.45.241)
Bought me a denim jacket from them just over a decade ago. Cost something like $50 bucks. Good stuff and still in my wardrobe. Just checked their website. That same denim jacket now? $250 large dolla .......
113: Inmate Central, Your numbers look kind of wrong! Please recalculate! n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-18, 14:59:51 (76.144.45.241)
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114: Inmate Central, That's because you can't read between the lines... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-18, 14:57:02 (76.144.45.241)
The intent of the article is clear. Billionaires may buy up the news industry, but do not understand it and do not have any special capacity for running it as a business. But it's good that you read f .......
115: Inmate Central, LA Times, WashPost, & Time magazine struggle to survive... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-18, 12:57:02 (76.144.45.241)
Article from the NYT; free to read. Several major news publications are operating at a serious loss. LA Times has the worst of it, having already downsized, lost its editor, & now expecting another ro .......
116: Inmate Central, WSJ article link: (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-18, 11:12:49 (76.144.45.241)
Free to read. .......
117: Inmate Central, Precise nuking of troublesome brain tissue. What's wrong with that? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-16, 12:13:33 (76.144.45.241)
Sometimes, good brain tissue might get nuked along with with bad. Ya think? But that's probably the best option with Alzheimer's or hopeless drug addiction. Pink Floyd did superb coverage of this topi .......
118: Inmate Central, Nah... Moldova would be next. Then Caucasian Republics... Baltic Republics, maybe. After that, Alaska!! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-15, 11:36:36 (76.144.45.241)
Pretty cool that you found Julie Davis. She does excellent work recording and translating Russian television. Esp. Russian government propaganda as a weapon of war against Ukraine & the West. Mostly s .......
119: Inmate Central, Asylum Posting Rules, Section 2D states: "No advertising, of either personal or business nature." (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-14, 13:55:51 (76.144.45.241)
Linked. .......
120: Inmate Central, Cut-and-paste spam is all you've got, Regmac? n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-14, 09:10:27 (76.144.45.241)
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121: Inmate Central, Company vision statements are marketing fantasy, not company reality. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-12, 16:16:55 (76.144.45.241)
The National Review compared SpaceX with Boeing in a Sept 2021 article. It's a pretty good read. Linked. The score? SpaceX 1, Boeing 0. .......
122: Inmate Central, Well informed discussion about Boeing? Good luck with that! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-12, 14:55:52 (76.144.45.241)
Did a simple google search. Found a great article about Boeing, published just today. Loads of factual detail, especially about recent company history. Boeing was once a famed company run by engineers .......
123: Inmate Central, Newsworthy & informative! A nice break from football, cars, & celebrity gossip. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-11, 14:05:17 (76.144.45.241)
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124: Inmate Central, A severe frost can kill Eucalyptus, Jacaranda, and Palm trees. Lots of them in San Diego. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-08, 13:35:46 (76.144.45.241)
In December of '98 there was a severe frost in the SF Bay Area with night-time temperatures in the 20s. Lasted for several days. Killed off many trees, esp. Eucalyptus. And that was mostly okay by .......
125: Inmate Central, Texans flooding into New Mexico! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-07, 11:15:45 (76.144.45.241)
Don't complain Ivan303, these are GOOD Texans... They come for the love of the green leafy stuff. The sale of which is illegal in Texas, but fully legal in New Mexico. Lots of border hopping going .......
126: Inmate Central, The only thing that matters is $18,600,000,000 total NFL revenue. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-03, 10:06:50 (76.144.45.241)
Whether the NFL is crooked or corrupt; doesn't matter. That NFL players suffer repeated head injury and dementia later in life; doesn't matter. That colossal NFL sports stadiums are built with your .......
127: Inmate Central, American football is kinda rough on the players, ain't it? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2024-01-01, 19:26:21 (76.144.45.241)
Our heroes in the NFL routinely endure repetitive head impacts. Which can in the long run cause a kind of brain damage. Known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE. Players make millions during .......
128: Inmate Central, Politics of war is such nasty business. Get shouted down, no matter how valid your point of view. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-30, 12:15:46 (76.144.45.241)
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129: Inmate Central, Yup! I was wrong about a lot of things. But not about Hee Haw humor. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-29, 18:22:01 (76.144.45.241)
A child of the Viet Nam war era, I resented Nixon, right wingers, and any establishmentarian politics. Leaned heavily into psychedelia, the counterculture, & the SF Bay Area music scene. Country music .......
130: Films/DVD Asylum, Yup, I am going to discontinue all Amazon services. The company has gone bad... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-28, 17:45:44 (76.144.45.241)
Years ago they were the best one-stop-shopping for just about everything, delivered to your door. Now there are gazillions of other online businesses that provide equivalent services. But my main comp .......
131: Inmate Central, Hee Haw? Had the lamest cornball humor ever to hit the airwaves. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-28, 11:42:54 (76.144.45.241)
Except for Minnie Pearl, who had quality as a comedian. The show was my first exposure to country music, repugnant to me at the time. Took me decades to hear the music as more than a detour through hi .......
132: Inmate Central, That could include the famous RCA dog, 'Nipper'. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-27, 22:32:06 (76.144.45.241)
Glorious detail in the Wikipedia article... .......
133: Inmate Central, Musetap's cats get more views! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-27, 12:37:23 (76.144.45.241)
But that white fluff canine is in close competition. And cute! If Central ever gets a mascot, gonna be those cats or this dog. .......
134: Inmate Central, Goodbye Tommy Smothers! Was 50+ years ago he & brother Dick were headline TV comedy. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-27, 12:28:37 (76.144.45.241)
And they had a lot to say about US politics too. Here's Tom's obituary (linked) along with a Youtube retrospective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCDuX-IayoA .......
135: Inmate Central, The National Decertification Index (NDI) is a Justice Department-funded registry that lists over 30,000... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-24, 12:16:10 (76.144.45.241)
...officer decertifications. Check the link. Hard to spot bad cops when first hired, but they all generate a history of some sort which can be traced. Becomes obvious when some cops go bad. Red flags .......
136: Inmate Central, Your words are wobbly, warped, wayward, wearisome, and wrong, Wojciech. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-24, 11:51:23 (76.144.45.241)
Humanity is basically good! .......
137: Inmate Central, Not all of us are corrupt! Mostly just those who wield power over others. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-24, 10:03:58 (76.144.45.241)
True that power and wealth corrupt. But people who are humble and have no authority generally don't go rotten. There is that biblical saying, "The meek shall inherit the earth". Some force of good bal .......
138: Inmate Central, Yikes! The story is much worse than reported in the NYT. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-23, 12:26:11 (76.144.45.241)
NYT did the 'lite' version of the story. Same story got full depth coverage 3 weeks ago in Mississippi Today (linked). Some details are a bit too gruesome; don't read while eating lunch. .......
139: Inmate Central, There's a rathole of rotten cops in Rankin County Mississippi. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-23, 11:46:45 (76.144.45.241)
Investigative journalism from the New York Times; linked and free to read. Personally speaking, I've never had trouble with cops. Mostly had better quality interactions with police. But rotten cops ar .......
140: Inmate Central, Incomprehensible! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-22, 18:00:47 (76.144.45.241)
Nobody can figure out what you are talking about. .......
141: Inmate Central, Yup! Storm's a comin' yer way.... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-20, 10:26:38 (76.144.45.241)
Forecast for San Diego from wunderground.com .......
142: Inmate Central, Iceland volcano eruption livestream! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-19, 10:35:53 (76.144.45.241)
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143: Inmate Central, Social media platforms have made it effortless for individuals to post copyrighted content ... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-18, 12:43:41 (76.144.45.241)
that does not belong to them. It's almost impossible to police unauthorized usage as this practice is just too widespread. The standard measures are to post a few website rules, and then forget about .......
144: Inmate Central, Our humble moderator could "strike down upon [Regmac] with great vengeance and furious anger..." (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-18, 11:11:29 (76.144.45.241)
But I suspect this infraction of forum rules will fly under the radar. What we need is Samuel Jackson type justice! .......
145: Inmate Central, You regard freebies as deep-state boondoggle. Gonna bankrupt us all. Then why do you... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-17, 12:03:37 (76.144.45.241)
... post here at the asylum? Many of us contribute $$ to make this forum possible. But not you (I just read your AA profile). You say you hate freebies, but here you are taking a free ride. Ain't that .......
146: Inmate Central, Detroit can do what it wants with its money. It's not a fatal step into bankruptcy or a commie future. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-16, 23:49:19 (76.144.45.241)
You got alarm bells ringing because Detroit is giving free charges to EVs? .......
147: Inmate Central, Well, Bill Maher does happen to be Jewish. Might help explain his views on this issue. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-16, 23:44:07 (76.144.45.241)
Overall an entertaining rant, with some good points. .......
148: Inmate Central, Right! Public services are all debt traps. Let's defund city libraries and public transit! Defund schools! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-16, 14:00:42 (76.144.45.241)
Plenty of other wasted tax dollars on police, military, Medicare, Social Security and the US Postal Service. These things are known to be big-time money pits. Yup! Funding public services puts us all .......
149: Inmate Central, Excellent content. Too bad we can't discuss it here. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-14, 19:50:46 (76.144.45.241)
Google search: pbs news hour pastor texas .......
150: Inmate Central, There's also a Youtube video posted 2 days ago... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-14, 12:56:11 (76.144.45.241)
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151: Inmate Central, Expatriate Rooooskies are prime targets for surveillance, except those who have... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-14, 12:49:58 (76.144.45.241)
US citizenship. Victor, no doubt, is a US citizen. But he is probably subjected to surveillance anyways, if only because he communicates with Russians abroad. .......
152: Inmate Central, Just post to one of our Canadians or Australians. Any contact with a foreign national... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-14, 11:47:14 (76.144.45.241)
...will instantly make you a legitimate target of US military surveillance. No way can dialog between two people be cleanly dissected into two unrelated halves. Content from both people must be sorted .......
153: Inmate Central, Not so sure about that spying on Americans bit... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-14, 10:45:15 (76.144.45.241)
CNN covers the story (linked) but states that: "Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, enables the US government to obtain intelligence by collecting communications records of non-A .......
154: Inmate Central, "Asteroid 4 Vesta moving close to the emission nebula NGC 2174/5 in Orion" (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-14, 09:55:05 (76.144.45.241)
Did a Google search with the coordinates you provided + the key word 'asteroid'. Then found this post on Twitter (linked) at the top of the search results. 4 Vesta is one of the largest objects in .......
155: Inmate Central, Price of craft chocolate ranges from $22-$32 per pound. Bulk chocolate goes for $5-$6 per pound. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-13, 12:09:41 (76.144.45.241)
Is the gourmet craft chocolate really 5 times better? Maybe as an occasional luxury item, sure. It's always good to know about the premium quality of any product line, how good it can get. That's espe .......
156: Inmate Central, Whaddaya think it was? Human-made space debris? Asteroid? Distant planet? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-13, 11:14:53 (76.144.45.241)
I left out the UFO / alien-space-ship option. As that's a bit too phantasmagorical. .......
157: Inmate Central, Lawrence Summers was way worse as president of Harvard. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-11, 14:28:22 (76.144.45.241)
He cost the university 1.8 billion dollars, which is how much Harvard's endowment shrunk after Summers was done with it. That was 10% of the total endowment for Harvard, a financial disaster. And that .......
158: Inmate Central, Just don't ever get stuck in heavy traffic while on a scooter. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-11, 12:04:54 (76.144.45.241)
It's all side streets through residential areas for me. I never ride alongside heavy traffic. Ever. Crossing intersections on major thoroughfares is the worst of it, and that's done with great care. O .......
159: Inmate Central, Just bought me an electric scooter. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-11, 11:37:06 (76.144.45.241)
Specific model: Apollo City Dual. Got it because my left hip bone is fractured; I get nagging pain when I sit-ride on my bike. No pain when I stand-ride on the scooter. Details: This scooter is larger .......
160: Inmate Central, "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made." (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-10, 12:58:29 (76.144.45.241)
Great one-liner wisdom from philosopher Kant. .......
161: Inmate Central, But of course! Brain waves percolate best when the body is at rest. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-08, 10:16:46 (76.144.45.241)
. .......
162: Vinyl Asylum, Youtube video of Jack in 1969 (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-06, 19:34:25 (76.144.45.241)
With Jorma playing Mann's Fate. Back in the day his bass playing was forward, leading, had a growl and bite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ0onxQIY_w Jack is at his best on 'Bear Melt' from the liv .......
163: Inmate Central, More luck than skill, say some ballistics experts. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-06, 13:26:48 (76.144.45.241)
But I don't believe that! Was pure skill I say! "Slava Ukraini!" ["Glory to Ukraine!"]. Nevertheless, there are skeptics, as reported in a Wall Street Journal article (linked and free to read). A coup .......
164: Vinyl Asylum, Studio accoustics of 'Surrealistic Pillow': (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-06, 12:11:05 (76.144.45.241)
Lots of detail in the article. .......
165: Inmate Central, Yearly revenue for California from marijuana sales? Over a billion dollars. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-04, 20:28:10 (76.144.45.241)
That includes Excise Tax, Cultivation Tax, and Sales Tax. Source: https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/dataportal/dataset.htm?url=CannabisTaxRevenues The Motley Fool website has statistics for all states here: ht .......
166: Inmate Central, Yes, please tell us more about your expertise on the subject of Covid vaccines. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-04, 19:15:38 (76.144.45.241)
. .......
167: Inmate Central, Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence... !! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-04, 17:44:03 (76.144.45.241)
That was the title of Berenson's book (2019), but it was not well received by the medical and scholarly community. Here are a couple scathing reviews as reported by Wikipedia: "A group of 100 scholars .......
168: Inmate Central, Almost all industry claims that federal and state regulation impairs their economic success. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-04, 15:16:08 (76.144.45.241)
Which is total bunk in my opinion. Public interest is always at stake too, especially with any product that's a drug like tobacco, alcohol, or marijuana. There will always be some adverse social conse .......
169: Inmate Central, Well, I kinda didn't tell the whole truth in my post. I no longer smoke. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-04, 14:05:55 (76.144.45.241)
Had been a regular user until about 10 years ago, when I had a nasty panic attack after bonging some third rate weed. Ever since then I haven't touched the stuff. The good? Often helped me with boring .......
170: Inmate Central, Big Weed today is a whole lot like Big Tobacco in the 1950s (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-04, 11:35:55 (76.144.45.241)
Article from Stat News for your reading pleasure. Was a time waaaay back in the 70s when being a 'stoner' or 'head' was an anti-establishment statement of your identity politics. Not any more. Kind .......
171: Inmate Central, Can't write a full paragraph or two explaining your ideas? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-02, 19:54:46 (76.144.45.241)
I saw Focault speak once at Berkeley in 1983. His English was terrible, and his ideas did not come across well. This concept of 'archeology of knowledge' sounds quite pretentious, much like other phil .......
172: Inmate Central, Raccoons often carry a disease that can be fatal for squirrels. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-02, 19:40:25 (76.144.45.241)
It's a parasite called raccoon roundworm, and it can easily be passed on from raccoons to squirrels. Somewhere between 25 and 85 percent of raccoons are infected, and it is definitely present in the S .......
173: Inmate Central, Western culture or philosophy? Not quite the same things. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-02, 15:46:55 (76.144.45.241)
Agree that Western culture has gone largely global. English language has spread across the globe, the dollar is still king, Hollywood cranks out much of global cinema, and businessmen everywhere wear .......
174: Inmate Central, Didn't want to blab out that ugly word 'phenomenology'... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-02, 12:09:36 (76.144.45.241)
Would have lost my readers on the spot. That thing preceded existentialism, and is just as pretentious. So I lumped them together. I agree that there is a European tradition of intellectual history th .......
175: Inmate Central, My rant... Western philosophy? Mostly abstract & useless pontification! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-02, 10:44:12 (76.144.45.241)
Got my BA degree in that subject and even had a talent for reading that stuff. Never did me any good. Problem is that Western philosophy has no real world applications. What good are arguments for or .......
176: Inmate Central, Found it. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-01, 17:06:49 (76.144.45.241)
More complete 7 minute video, includes couple clips from his Go-Pro. Check 1:35. 1:52, and 2:41. .......
177: Inmate Central, As requested; ice climbing up a glacier wall. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-01, 15:39:00 (76.144.45.241)
'Moulins' occur when meltwater carves a vertical shaft through a glacier. Check the video starting at 3:40 to watch these guys crawl down and up the moulin walls. .......
178: Inmate Central, Cheap Thrill of the Day! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-01, 12:27:49 (76.144.45.241)
Bored? Well then, here is 60 seconds of icy cold thrills to get you through the day. .......
179: Films/DVD Asylum, Review of Korean film, 'Burning'. Available on Amazon Prime. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-12-01, 12:15:01 (76.144.45.241)
If you don't like foreign films with subtitles, duck out now. Burning is a slow paced 2018 film about a triangle of romance that ends with a spectacular and disturbing finish. The lead character is an .......
180: Inmate Central, Putin as leader of a global anti-colonial movement? Nothing could be more absurd! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-11-26, 12:56:27 (76.144.45.241)
Here's how Putin allies himself with the Global South. As if Russia never had colonies and never was an imperial empire. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/vladimir-putins-anti-colonia .......
181: Inmate Central, Portnikov does some English language stuff too... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-11-26, 12:04:34 (76.144.45.241)
Linked below and dated within the last week. With more or less the same content as your linked Youtube video. Putin's game plan is simple. Reclaiming all lost territories of the former Soviet Union, t .......
182: Inmate Central, Slow speed collision into a deer yesterday. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-11-24, 13:58:01 (76.144.45.241)
Was riding my motorized scooter on a local bike path, here in Corvallis Oregon. On my left I see two deer bounding across a weedy field being chased at full throttle by two large dogs. The deer closes .......
183: Inmate Central, So this story is really about privatizing AI for profit, and keeping it out of the public domain? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-11-22, 13:29:57 (76.144.45.241)
And I had Sam Altman pegged as a hero and the board as the the villainous bad guy. Now I have to rethink everything! Maybe the company board was on the right side of this by trying to keep AI in the p .......
184: Inmate Central, Hilarious happenings in the tech industry. Company board tried to terminate top AI researcher Sam Altman... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-11-22, 12:02:38 (76.144.45.241)
But firing their top employee didn't work out so well. The board itself ended up getting terminated. Heh... Company boards generally do have the authority to hire and fire employees as they see fit. I .......
185: Inmate Central, That's a highly venomous snake... How'd you get it back into the water? n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-11-22, 11:38:23 (76.144.45.241)
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186: Inmate Central, I had the option of taking Finasteride. I bailed. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-11-21, 19:01:16 (76.144.45.241)
Used also for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia, not just for hair growth. So I did my research. Finasteride changes your hormones in ways you might not like at all. Besides promoting hair growth, .......
187: Inmate Central, 'Bullet' with Steve McQueen had the best shots of SF city landscapes. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-11-21, 17:18:22 (76.144.45.241)
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188: Inmate Central, No worries about that... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-11-19, 14:36:22 (76.144.45.241)
Sydney resident JDK would have to walk about 800 miles due north to see any crocs. .......
189: Inmate Central, 'Hostile Architecture'. Gotta put spikes on them benches! Happening now in a city near you! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-11-15, 11:28:43 (76.144.45.241)
It's public space design for the purpose of social control. .......
190: Inmate Central, Do you have many homeless people in your town/city? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-11-13, 17:16:27 (76.144.45.241)
I read an article in today's New York Times about the homeless in Anchorage Alaska. Linked! Probably one of the worst places to be homeless. 49 of their homeless have already died this season. Most .......
191: Inmate Central, GM? $93 billion in debt due within 12 months & not enough revenue to cover that. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-11-10, 12:50:24 (76.144.45.241)
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192: Inmate Central, Who is this journalist, Douglas Murray? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-11-10, 11:50:38 (76.144.45.241)
Wikipedia has an article about him, linked. Summary: Murray is a British author and political commentator. His views tend towards far-right political ideology, though he considers himself mainstream. .......
193: Inmate Central, WSJ has good coverage of the refugee camp bombing. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-31, 11:11:24 (76.144.45.241)
Free to read; no paywall. .......
194: Inmate Central, Feathers? Fleece lined shirts, pants & woolens for me. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-31, 09:00:37 (76.144.45.241)
But it's not nearly so cold here in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The inconvenience here is overcast skies and non-stop rain for months. Streets stay deserted until those rare moments of glorious s .......
195: Inmate Central, Found it, thx. Some of his commentary is available in English. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-30, 21:04:08 (76.144.45.241)
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196: Inmate Central, Netanyahu actively supported Hamas! In his own words: (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-29, 17:08:34 (76.144.45.241)
Netanyahu at a Likud meeting in March 2019: "Those who want to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state should support the strengthening of Hamas and the transfer of money to Hamas..." ::: TOPI .......
197: Inmate Central, Right. But Netanyahu built his career on subverting a two-state solution. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-29, 12:35:12 (76.144.45.241)
Freedman covers all that. Here's Freedman's conclusion if you don't have patience: "Netanyahu is unlikely to be on the scene for much longer. After all this Israel's Western and Arab partners are not .......
198: Inmate Central, Essay about the war in Gaza. Extra-primo-good! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-29, 12:19:02 (76.144.45.241)
From Lawrence Freedman. Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London. Covers the historic context of this war. Argues that Israel has employed a strategy of 'deterrence' against Palestin .......
199: Inmate Central, Your looking at the wrong thing! Consider Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Tojo, Mugabe, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-28, 13:51:11 (76.144.45.241)
And so many others! All men. Or did you not notice? .......
200: Inmate Central, Men always wear black suits. Stilted culture that's beyond boring! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-28, 12:57:32 (76.144.45.241)
Photo is of Israeli govt 2022. It's only the women that wear color and show signs of life. Women make for better world leaders, btw. It's always the men who fuck things up and start wars. ::: TOPIC .......
201: Inmate Central, Yup! SVR could probably sell the story for a Hollywood movie production! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-27, 13:59:38 (76.144.45.241)
Too early to know how the full story plays out. Now that the double is in place and functioning as Putin, there's plenty more drama to come. It's great political theater. The fate of a major global em .......
202: Inmate Central, Putin's corpse has been placed in a deep freezer next to frozen vegetables and frozen meats. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-27, 12:48:44 (76.144.45.241)
For those who have not been following the story, Vladimir Putin died just yesterday, or so claims an obscure Russian language blog. Though regarded as a bogus news source by almost all experts, this b .......
203: Inmate Central, You get your wish! The Mirror is a UK tabloid now covering the 'Dead Putin' story. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-26, 16:51:07 (76.144.45.241)
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204: Inmate Central, Well, Putin allegedly died at 10:42 Moscow time. That was less than 2 hours ago. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-26, 14:34:49 (76.144.45.241)
Give the Tabloids until tomorrow to paste up blockbuster headlines. .......
205: Inmate Central, I dunno, but it's damned good literary fiction if not true. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-26, 14:17:37 (76.144.45.241)
The idea of a double continuing to act in the place of a dead President is a great plot line. As for the idea that Western intelligence agencies and journalists would surely have reliable information .......
206: Inmate Central, The latest news from SVR.... PUTIN IS DEAD!! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-26, 13:04:33 (76.144.45.241)
Google translation: Attention! There is currently an attempted coup in Russia! Russian President Vladimir Putin died this evening at his residence in Valdai. At 20.42 Moscow time, doctors stopped resu .......
207: Inmate Central, Not necessarily! Maybe they gonna keep the double as the new real President! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-25, 18:44:06 (76.144.45.241)
Much smoother politics that way. No fuss finding a new leader, no elections, no need to revise anything. Why put the country thru unnecessary trauma? If our double does his job well, he could sail int .......
208: Inmate Central, Telegram blogs are just about as good or better than any other 'news' source in Russia. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-25, 17:54:36 (76.144.45.241)
Putin has already shut down the most important independent news outlets. That includes Ekho Moskvy, TV Rain, Meduza, & Novaia Gazeta. Where else are Russians going to turn for their news? To Telegram, .......
209: Inmate Central, Okay, say more! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-25, 14:30:19 (76.144.45.241)
I've only read what naysayers have to say about General SVR. But you've been following this guy's channel for a long time. Many interesting rumors, for sure. But what's he ever gotten right? Which of .......
210: Inmate Central, You stand by Israelis or Palestinians? "Pick a Side. Pick a Side. Pick a Side. Now!" (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-25, 12:41:27 (76.144.45.241)
New York Times video about strong opinions, weak minds, and the damaging power of social media. .......
211: Inmate Central, That source is a treasure trove! Of sensational tabloid headlines. There be aliens on Earth too! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-25, 11:00:36 (76.144.45.241)
We can hope that it's all true. That the Putin regime is fast crumbling. But now experts in academia and Russian studies say it's rot. Unsubstantiated rumor, bogus speculation, fake news, and highly i .......
212: Inmate Central, That damn car rolled 3 times, left my mom in the hospital. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-24, 13:27:11 (76.144.45.241)
Early sixties road accident. Split open my mom's arm; required lots of stitches. I'm not a fan of the Corvair. .......
213: Inmate Central, Maybe it's just a bogus rumor? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-23, 19:39:57 (76.144.45.241)
As argued... .......
214: Inmate Central, Putin suffers cardiac arrest? Mainstream newspapers are now running the story. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-23, 18:18:05 (76.144.45.241)
Sky News in Australia gives more detail: .......
215: Inmate Central, Hey ghost! Maybe stick to bad car repair porn! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-23, 14:59:03 (76.144.45.241)
Because you ain't doing so well with world history. Still waiting for your reply to my post on the subject empires and war. .......
216: Inmate Central, Let's see whose claims about empire and war withstand scrutiny: (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-23, 13:36:42 (76.144.45.241)
My claim: That the chaos of disintegrating empires leads to war. Your claim: That empires generally remain standing and prosperous, and it's only war that brings them down. Let's look deeper! The Otto .......
217: Inmate Central, What happens when global empires collapse? Most likely, war. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-22, 13:23:27 (76.144.45.241)
Me thinks deterioratng global empires are the problem. WW1 had the Austro-Hungarian empire, Ottoman empire, and Russian empire collapse. These were unstable global regions anyway that were on the verg .......
218: Inmate Central, The Epoch Times does occasionally have quality content! But lots of bogus content too. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-21, 16:40:42 (76.144.45.241)
I used to read that rag when I lived in the SF Bay Area. Was always a freebee item in the news stands. Wikipedia's quick take: Published by the Falun Gong, a Chinese anti-communist organization. Stron .......
219: Inmate Central, Rural Russia much worse! Mostly outhouses and backyard cesspools. No proper sewage systems. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-21, 14:08:07 (76.144.45.241)
I dunno, Vic. I'd rather live in that ratty apt than be stuck in the remote Russian countryside. At least urban areas have sewage, electrical, heating, and fresh water connections. .......
220: Inmate Central, China fumbles foreign policy. 'Belt & Road Initiative' put client nations into heavy debt. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-21, 13:30:14 (76.144.45.241)
NYT article linked. No paywall & free to read. Summary: Was China's main foreign policy tool for the last decade. One trillion dollars spent on loans to 'developing' nations. Gonna help them build roa .......
221: Inmate Central, He's deleted his profile too. Looks like a permanent vacation. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-20, 13:09:39 (76.144.45.241)
Heh... .......
222: Inmate Central, Central's deputy sheriff is AWOL. No sightings since Sept '22. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-20, 12:10:45 (76.144.45.241)
What ever happened to Viridian? Gone into oblivion? Was deputy sheriff here in Central for several weeks in late 2022. Had a shoot-to-kill style of moderation when any post got political. Anybody hear .......
223: Inmate Central, And so many more! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-18, 19:26:54 (76.144.45.241)
Towel-Head, Diaper-Head, Sand Nigger, Sand Kisser, Sand Rat, Sand Monkey, Dune Coon, Cairo Coon, Camel Jockey, Camel Fucker, Goat Roper, Carpet Pilot, Rug Rider, Roach Rancher, Bomb-Builder, Terrorist .......
224: Inmate Central, Scarce, but present. They come here to oggle butterfly hair clips. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-18, 13:17:56 (76.144.45.241)
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225: Inmate Central, Can welding damage your eyes? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-17, 16:03:15 (76.144.45.241)
Yup! Here's an article all about that, and about best safety practices. .......
226: Inmate Central, 500+ killed in bombing of Gaza Hospital. WSJ & NYT coverage (no paywalls). (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-17, 12:33:06 (76.144.45.241)
WSJ article: https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-attacks-200-targets-in-gaza-ahead-of-biden-visit-cd6889d6?st=sjf2mrwa8vc10ev&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink NYT: https://www.ny .......
227: Inmate Central, $300 clams for that? Got mine for $10 bucks at a second hand store... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-16, 18:54:38 (76.144.45.241)
Just kidding. Good job! .......
228: Inmate Central, Guardian newspaper political cartoonist sacked over a caricature of Netanyahu. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-16, 12:33:06 (76.144.45.241)
Is this caricature of Netanyahu really a clear instance of antisemitism? Or is this an instance of political correctness being enforced by the publisher? I dunno, you tell me. The cartoonist, Steve .......
229: Inmate Central, Nazis killed millions. Hamas has at most killed ~ 2 thousand. The scale of atrocity matters. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-16, 11:55:07 (76.144.45.241)
I dunno, Vic. The atrocities committed by Hamas, while horrific, just don't seem to justify bombing Palestinian cities to rubble. Civilian infrastructure should largely be off limits. Except, of cours .......
230: Inmate Central, Agree! Hamas should get scorched to cinders. But..... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-16, 11:09:25 (76.144.45.241)
What about ordinary Palestinians who have nothing to do with Hamas? Are those blockbuster bombs smart enough to distinguish terrorists from innocent bystanders? While I'm sure Israel is not doing i .......
231: Inmate Central, Confirmed: Russia has been rationing ammunition and has a much lower rate of fire. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-15, 20:00:18 (76.144.45.241)
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232: Inmate Central, Not true, Rod. It is perfectly legal in California to let your cat roam freely outside. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-15, 19:18:33 (76.144.45.241)
Your link does not state the law clearly and is in fact misleading. Here is a link to the actual written laws of California regarding cats: https://www.animallaw.info/statute/ca-cats-consolidated-cat- .......
233: Inmate Central, Best read of the day! That generation is almost totally gone. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-15, 16:45:36 (76.144.45.241)
My step father was from that generation. Flew aircraft in the Pacific Theater during WW2. Had amazing stories, like this one: Was flying gold to be delivered to Chiang Kai-shek in China, and had to fl .......
234: Inmate Central, Locking cats within a house just don't seem right to me... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-15, 13:56:14 (76.144.45.241)
I just can't see depriving a cat of activity in the natural world, and restricting it to indoor flooring, furniture, and cat trees. Many people do it, I know. And their cats seem to be okay. But cats .......
235: Inmate Central, Intergalactic news of the day: Rare FBOT spotted, 100 times brighter than a supernova. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-15, 13:10:24 (76.144.45.241)
Article linked below from Sky & Telescope website. Summary: FBOT is astrolingo for 'luminous fast blue optical transients'. First discovered in 2018, astronomers are still trying to figure out what ca .......
236: Inmate Central, Coyotes once ate my cat. So I'm rootin' for them crows... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-15, 12:50:53 (76.144.45.241)
"[T]hey had that poor (rather small) coyote moving. Hope it found safe haven." So you are a coyote sympathizer? They'd eat your cats too, given the opportunity... .......
237: Inmate Central, Trust nothing you read on the internet, right? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-14, 12:32:37 (76.144.45.241)
A whole lot of people feel that way. Getting reliable information from global conflict zones, like from Israel, Ukraine, & Taiwan, seems next to impossible. Even common sense things like science and m .......
238: Inmate Central, Referendum results! Aborigines won't get a voice in the Australian parliament. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-14, 12:00:08 (76.144.45.241)
NYT article. Summary: Failed referendum to give indigenous Australians representation in parliament. Voted down with a 70% no vote. Indigenous peoples are roughly 4% of the population. And they've end .......
239: Inmate Central, If you want facts, read from the ISW website. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-14, 11:13:52 (76.144.45.241)
That'd be the Institute for the Study of War. Detailed coverage of Putin's war against Ukraine, with full text, summaries, maps, & footnotes. Bulleted summary for Oct 13 posted above. Numbers of de .......
240: Inmate Central, Learned me smt new today. Them red things are leaves, not flowers! n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-13, 18:08:47 (76.144.45.241)
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241: Inmate Central, Today's political cartoon from the Times of London (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-12, 17:41:27 (76.144.45.241)
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242: Inmate Central, What about 85 year old "parents"? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-11, 17:45:36 (76.144.45.241)
What comes around goes around. Get brutish with your kids while they're still teens, then good luck finding someone to take care of you in late old age. Heh... .......
243: Inmate Central, Traffic during festival can be stuck for miles, esp. crossing the mountains via hwy 92. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-10, 19:12:22 (76.144.45.241)
. .......
244: Inmate Central, Found an image of that tunnel. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-10, 17:14:40 (76.144.45.241)
But never saw that tunnel myself. I do remember San Francisco before BART. The streets were torn up for years. Fortunately BART was never built out into western districts. Mostly because there was .......
245: Inmate Central, Avoided the pumpkin festival? What else in Half Moon Bay was worth your time? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-10, 16:32:32 (76.144.45.241)
Beach going? Bar hopping? Touring local vegetable farms? Big-wave surfing at Mavericks? .......
246: Inmate Central, Near Taraval Street? Ain't run-down no' mo'. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-10, 14:46:41 (76.144.45.241)
That's one of my favorite neighborhoods of SF. Richmond district and areas neighboring the Presidio are similar. Dense with fog! My only residence in SF was in the Haight, no shortage of fog there .......
247: Inmate Central, World record has been 'squashed'. At pumpkin weigh-off festival in Half Moon Bay. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-10, 13:12:00 (76.144.45.241)
Youtube video linked. I dunno what the thing is with pumpkins. While other vegetables struggle to weigh over 100 pounds, the biggest pumpkins regularly weigh in at over 2000 pounds. The nearest compet .......
248: Inmate Central, What could you possibly know about bickering, quarreling, squawking, pettifogging & other disagreeable rant? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-09, 14:17:44 (76.144.45.241)
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249: Inmate Central, Have you tried knitting? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-09, 12:37:53 (76.144.45.241)
I think that'd be best place to invest your colossal brain power. Your turn... .......
250: Inmate Central, Hey Mike! Saw your post, now deleted. That was my best chance for an argument today! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-09, 12:25:04 (76.144.45.241)
Damn. Can't get a break. Ya know I've tried blabbing my politics in a busy beer hall, like you suggest. But all those guys wanna do is swill suds and watch sports videos. No chance to verbally 'stomp, .......
251: Inmate Central, Can't get a good argument in this forum. Anybody else having better luck? n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-09, 11:41:41 (76.144.45.241)
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252: Inmate Central, Get a load of Dr. Irwin Goldstein. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-09, 00:14:42 (76.144.45.241)
He's the medical 'expert' who said 3+ hours per week on a bike can lead to ED. His most famous quote (1997) is, "There are only two kinds of male cyclists -- those who are impotent and those who will .......
253: Inmate Central, Here's the medical research: (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-08, 21:16:07 (76.144.45.241)
Good content in 2 NYT's articles, free to read: https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/04/health/nutrition/serious-riders-your-bicycle-seat-may-affect-your-love-life.html?unlocked_article_code=3iM3PlwG-Yogs7 .......
254: Inmate Central, Cycling more than 3 hours per week can be dangerous... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-08, 12:24:02 (76.144.45.241)
Can damage your man parts, according to medical research. Be kind to your perineum... (we all know what that is, right?) Use a soft saddle with lots of padding. .......
255: Inmate Central, We all love clickbait, bogus news, and targeted disinformation, right? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-07, 19:17:36 (76.144.45.241)
Woj is the man that can deliver!! .......
256: Inmate Central, Merkava is an Israeli tank & Russia does not have them. No missile/drone barrage of Crimea either since Sept. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-07, 17:49:51 (76.144.45.241)
Stop posting misinformation, please! .......
257: Inmate Central, Anther look at that tree branch... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-06, 16:16:29 (76.144.45.241)
Sizable thing. Only now do I see it looks hollow, where it broke off. Maybe the inside got eaten out by fungus? I know that happens to native oaks in the SF Bay area that get too much moisure. I've .......
258: Inmate Central, Greetings from above! Had a tree branch fall on... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-06, 15:48:35 (76.144.45.241)
... my table while sitting at an open air coffee house with a friend. My table only got small branches and leaves. The nearby bike rack was crushed by a large branch, wrecking a couple bikes and th .......
259: Inmate Central, Black humor, not a serious suggestion. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-05, 13:57:15 (76.144.45.241)
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260: Inmate Central, Defanged would be the more appropriate move. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-05, 13:08:42 (76.144.45.241)
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261: Inmate Central, This year's Nobel Prize winner in medicine was shunned by her colleagues, was demoted, and nearly fired from her job. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-05, 12:53:40 (76.144.45.241)
Katalin Kariko barely survived at the University of Pennsylvania. Was treated as a second-class researcher for thirty odd years, but now she is suddenly the University's hero! Apart from basking in th .......
262: Inmate Central, Commander has already been removed from the White House. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-05, 11:33:40 (76.144.45.241)
Which means... Guilty as charged! .......
263: Inmate Central, Russia withdraws Black Sea Fleet vessels from main base in Crimea (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-05, 11:32:07 (76.144.45.241)
Wall Street Journal article linked below, free to read. Summary: Most of Russia's Black Sea fleet is abandoning the Sevastopol port in Crimea. It's relocating to the safety of Novorossiysk, a port 200 .......
264: Inmate Central, The most soulful Ukrainian songs? That'd be from village choral groups. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-04, 11:30:24 (76.144.45.241)
Not even staged performances. The best stuff is what Ukrainian village women sing when working & socializing. Mostly done by grannies now due to the growing ubiquity of modern culture. Best without an .......
265: Inmate Central, More detail about the Sphere's audio technology (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-03, 12:12:30 (76.144.45.241)
I don't know whether you were able to read that Las Vegas Journal-Review article I linked due to the paywall. I turn off Java script to read it. Anyway, I think that article had elements of promotiona .......
266: Inmate Central, The sound at Las Vegas Cirque de Soleil shows? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-03, 11:26:22 (76.144.45.241)
For me it was like getting hammered with my home audio rig at its loudest volume. They played 90 minutes of Beatles music, and it was a sonic assault. Not a relaxed listening experience. Blast them .......
267: Inmate Central, Was checking out your posts earlier today... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-02, 15:41:25 (76.144.45.241)
Upon the recommendation of E-stat. Particularly these two: https://db.audioasylum.com/mhtml/m.html?forum=general&n=664227&highlight=stadium+tomservo&r=& https://db.audioasylum.com/mhtml/m.html?forum=h .......
268: Inmate Central, What? Massive arrays of speakers playing loud in a stadium setting ain't better? n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-02, 13:03:10 (76.144.45.241)
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269: Inmate Central, Audio system of the Sphere is also impressive... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-02, 09:57:27 (76.144.45.241)
1,586 loudspeaker modules, 167,000 speaker drivers, amplifiers and processing channels and a total weight of 395,120 pounds. .......
270: Inmate Central, Las Vegas Sphere - the ultimate entertainment venue? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-02, 08:51:55 (76.144.45.241)
After 4 years of construction, the Las Vegas Sphere is finally open for live performance and shows. The current attraction is the U2 band, which has 'residency' through December playing 25 shows. C .......
271: Inmate Central, Got me a new hero! Nope, not a sports figure, movie star, gazillionaire, or populist politician. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-10-01, 12:54:28 (76.144.45.241)
Fresh from from the New York Times is a story about Wall Street's most hated regulator. Rohit Chopra. Chairs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Has oversight over the financial services industr .......
272: Inmate Central, Kangaroo slavery is WRONG! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-28, 15:01:32 (76.144.45.241)
The image manipulation in this photo is also WAY WRONG. Kangaroos have front legs, clearly missing in the photo. .......
273: Inmate Central, The terrible weight of bad conscience! He cried all the way to the bank... n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-22, 11:20:18 (76.144.45.241)
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274: Inmate Central, Comparing Murdoch to Hearst has been done many times. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-22, 10:40:07 (76.144.45.241)
Many contrasting takes on that in the link below. My personal opinion? Hearst's media empire considerably overshadows that of Murdoch. Well argued here: https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/nort .......
275: Inmate Central, You want blunt opinion about Murdoch? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-22, 09:56:26 (76.144.45.241)
In today's NYT (and it's free to read!): .......
276: Inmate Central, WSJ article on Rupert Murdoch (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-21, 13:21:10 (76.144.45.241)
Murdoch is retiring at 92 years of age. The article details Murdoch's career as a media mogul. My take? Brilliant business man! But also changed global media in some ways that have been deleterious. R .......
277: Inmate Central, Just watched 'Naked City'. Dectective story with with great street scenes of NYC in the 40s. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-20, 20:00:50 (76.144.45.241)
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278: Inmate Central, We already know about your taste in women... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-20, 15:25:08 (76.144.45.241)
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279: Inmate Central, I like 'em clothed too! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-20, 14:10:18 (76.144.45.241)
Red Madras Headdress (Le Madras Rouge), 1907, Henri Matisse .......
280: Inmate Central, Newsweek article with plenty of detail. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-19, 14:27:42 (76.144.45.241)
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281: Inmate Central, Wow! Speak up more often! Your ideas are much better than your links! n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-18, 13:32:13 (76.144.45.241)
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282: Inmate Central, There's a much better watch that matches your posting style! Check it out! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-18, 13:26:00 (76.144.45.241)
Perfect for you! .......
283: Inmate Central, I have yet to read a coherent opinion from you on any subject. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-18, 13:06:00 (76.144.45.241)
In this instance, what is your opinion about Russia's war against Ukraine? .......
284: Inmate Central, Copy and paste is all you've got? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-18, 12:45:28 (76.144.45.241)
No independent thinking post after post. Always somebody else's content, not your own. .......
285: Inmate Central, Russell Brand? Hipster, comedian, pseudo-intellectual with half-baked opinions, and... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-17, 12:56:08 (76.144.45.241)
Most currently there are allegations that he has raped, sexual assaulted, and emotional abused several woman. Full detail in the linked NYT article: .......
286: Inmate Central, Pet Alligators Invade Western Pennsylvania ! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-17, 12:03:21 (76.144.45.241)
I post this as an advanced warning to ghost-of-olddude. No stream wading or skinny dipping! BTW, perfectly legal to keep alligators as pets in Pennsylvania. And when they get too big for your aquarium .......
287: Inmate Central, Well, you might be right this time, Victor! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-17, 11:50:50 (76.144.45.241)
Yup, there appears to be an overload of hyperbole about hypersonic weapons. Especially regarding the Russian 'Kinzhal'. The link below debunks these claims. Namely: 1) Russian hypersonics are already .......
288: Inmate Central, Help is on the way! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-16, 21:19:58 (76.144.45.241)
Try searching google images. There's an option to upload a photo. I did that on the 4th image on the top row. Result: smb named Samantha Fox. Will probably work for the other babes as well. Google awa .......
289: Inmate Central, Today's military tech review: Hypersonic Missiles (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-16, 11:40:18 (76.144.45.241)
Russia and China are aggressively developing this technology, but the US military has repeatedly failed in its efforts to develop a hypersonic missile. Linked article details how the USA has been losi .......
290: Inmate Central, Would 'NaziChris' be offensive to you? Your use of 'Nazilensky' is similarly offensive. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-15, 14:42:38 (76.144.45.241)
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291: Inmate Central, British are banning an American breed of dog, the American XL Bully. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-15, 10:47:43 (76.144.45.241)
It's only a nanny state that'd ban a breed of dog. Wimp nation, the Brits. Would never happen in freedom loving America. People should be able to own any breed of dog that they choose, right? Any .......
292: Inmate Central, Texas is also one of the worst states for child welfare. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-10, 20:25:01 (76.144.45.241)
Foster care kids in Texas are thrown into a system with insufficient funding, inadequate facilities, overburdened case workers, and risk of serious harm. Instead of proper placement in family homes, m .......
293: Inmate Central, A third reason: Brutal and inhumane tactics against Mexican immigrants. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-10, 14:38:45 (76.144.45.241)
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294: Inmate Central, Another reason: Education in Texas is underfunded and heavily politicized. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-10, 14:09:40 (76.144.45.241)
So many problems with the public school system in Texas. Low pay for teachers Poor retention of teachers Under-funding of schools Poor test performance by students High proportion of economically disa .......
295: Inmate Central, One reason: Health care in Texas is problematic and heavily politicized. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-10, 12:10:25 (76.144.45.241)
Texas has the highest number of medically uninsured residents of all US states. Marginal Medicaid services. The working poor cannot afford the high cost of obtaining healthcare in Texas. .......
296: Inmate Central, How to declutter your life! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-07, 16:02:07 (76.144.45.241)
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297: Inmate Central, Crazed people do some seriously weird (and stupid!) stuff... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-07, 13:57:58 (76.144.45.241)
My favorite story is of Larry Walters, a truck driver from Los Angeles, who flew to an altitude of 16,000 feet in a lawn chair attached to helium weather balloons. Gets kinda cold up there, and oxy .......
298: Inmate Central, Had a hillside home in Laguna Beach. Spectacular view! But had a few issues... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-06, 13:36:12 (76.144.45.241)
1) One major downside of my home was the canyon below, filled with thick chaparral. In October 1993 Santa Ana winds blew in from inland deserts and caused a major firestorm. Surrounding brushlands bur .......
299: Inmate Central, Home on a cliff. Would you live in it? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-06, 11:18:37 (76.144.45.241)
Not me! I don't like the gondola lift access. Long term safety issues. .......
300: Inmate Central, You were blabbing out a 'conspiracy theory', that had nothing to do with 'science'. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-05, 13:58:08 (76.144.45.241)
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301: Inmate Central, Paywall demolished by vacuous. Article now free to read: (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-05, 09:24:00 (76.144.45.241)
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302: Inmate Central, Got my Social Security checks rolling in. Guess that makes me a geezer. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-04, 13:35:31 (76.144.45.241)
69 years of age. But body and mind are decades younger. At least it feels that way. .......
303: Inmate Central, Got us a lovely bike & pedestrian path through thru the woods. Lotsa wildlife along its stretch... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-04, 12:15:16 (76.144.45.241)
It's a wonderful refuge from the noise and chaos of city streets. That is, except when ebikers come blasting their way thru the straights and bends of this narrow paved pathway. They come at you with .......
304: Inmate Central, Price of admission is also extreme. $575 tickets + $150 vehicle fee. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-03, 12:16:40 (76.144.45.241)
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305: Inmate Central, Rain storm and mud strands thousands at Burning Man festival: (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-09-03, 11:13:31 (76.144.45.241)
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306: Inmate Central, The photo is of a bull, not a dog. Your eyesight is failing! n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-31, 11:43:04 (76.144.45.241)
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307: Inmate Central, Already read it! Development-driven policies have wrecked the Southwest. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-29, 20:48:49 (76.144.45.241)
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308: Inmate Central, Drone swarms are the new military tactic. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-29, 19:33:44 (76.144.45.241)
With Sevastopol as the latest target. Russians say, no damage! But I'd like to know the truth about just how effective these drone swarms have been. 1) Are these things piloted by remote human operato .......
309: Inmate Central, Water wealth in the USA no more! Aquifer depletion already extensive. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-29, 12:31:54 (76.144.45.241)
New York Times investigation with text, pics, and videos detailing our overexploitation of aquifers and the resulting ecological damage. A few quotes from the article: "[R]eveals how America's life-gi .......
310: Inmate Central, Found a great collection of police booking photos! Sinatra, Nolte, Pacino, Escobar, Capone, Gotti, Stalin, & many more! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-27, 09:33:56 (76.144.45.241)
Movie stars, thugs, and politicians... All photographed at their worst moments! I love it when they smirk! .......
311: Inmate Central, France spending 200 million euros to dump excess wine. State welfare capitalism to protect growers. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-25, 12:00:13 (76.144.45.241)
And it's not just France, the European Community has backed this destruction of wine. So they can artificially pump up prices and rescue those poor and suffering grape growers. 50 thousand euros is .......
312: Inmate Central, Dinner plates and sea shells? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-24, 22:33:35 (76.144.45.241)
Had to google it to find out it's an engineering text. About the kind of plates and shells that go into aircraft, ships, submarines, cars, buildings, bridges, damns, storage tanks, and a bunch of othe .......
313: Inmate Central, Youtube video of that scene; great stuff! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-23, 12:02:39 (76.144.45.241)
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314: Inmate Central, Right, overhead power lines regularly cause wildfires. Underground lines don't have that problem. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-16, 16:10:32 (76.144.45.241)
The obvious solution is to bury power lines, especially in fire-prone areas. So why ain't it done? Mostly because underground lines are more costly to build and maintain. And utility companies are alw .......
315: General Asylum, +2 ... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-13, 17:36:52 (76.144.45.241)
Dave's stuff exists mostly in a virtual world, as best I can figure. He's also got a fleet of sports cars, a vast country estate, a multimillionaire wife, a university professorship, and so much more! .......
316: Inmate Central, Meanwhile, sizzling heat in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-13, 10:15:04 (76.144.45.241)
Forecast to break records. 106 today and 110 tomorrow where I am in Corvallis. Roughly same temperatures in Eugene & Salem. Even 10 years ago air conditioners were a rarity in the Pacific Northwest. N .......
317: Inmate Central, Loooooong article, but a good one. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-07, 16:36:17 (76.144.45.241)
Only half way through... Here in the West our govts think there's gonna be a fix for the war in Ukraine. Because we have sent unending piles of military gear to Ukraine, provided massive financial sup .......
318: Inmate Central, Yup, honeybee populations are in serious decline. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-07, 08:24:40 (76.144.45.241)
There is an ongoing widespread collapse of honeybee colonies in the USA. Elsewhere too. Couple articles about all that: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/struggling-beekeepers-stabilize-u-s-honeybe .......
319: Inmate Central, Theft of entire nuclear reactors? The small ones are tranportable by truck. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-02, 10:25:13 (76.144.45.241)
After a web search I could not find any evidence of any Russian nuclear reactors stolen or gone missing. Russia does use small nuclear reactors for it's most remote military outposts in the Arctic. .......
320: Inmate Central, Was/is a click-bait subject heading. Done to promote science! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-02, 09:33:50 (67.161.104.145)
And much better than ranting out political BS. .......
321: Inmate Central, Smuggling of radioactive materials? More than a dozen incidents, mostly within the former Soviet Union. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-02, 09:22:30 (67.161.104.145)
As described in the link. .......
322: Inmate Central, RE: Breaking News! The nation watches as... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-01, 18:30:22 (76.144.45.241)
Yup. Voyager relies on heat from Plutonium. Not nuclear fission. Loses a few watts of power every year. Designed to last for decades, not centuries. Nowadays should be easy work for NASA to build port .......
323: Inmate Central, Breaking News! The nation watches as... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-01, 15:32:50 (76.144.45.241)
.. contact with the Voyager 2 probe 12 billion miles from Earth has been severed. Oops. Lost in space! That is until October, when Voyager's antenna will reset. Batteries in the thing are only good fo .......
324: Inmate Central, No need for nobel prize winners... He gonna 'splain that stuff to us common folk... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-08-01, 08:58:33 (76.144.45.241)
Meanwhile, Geoff gonna sell us some snake oil! Lubricate our stereo gear for that 'smooth' sound! .......
325: Inmate Central, Occasionally they're not furtive at all. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-31, 21:05:53 (76.144.45.241)
Waaaaay back in the 70's I saw a bobcat walking middle of a dirt road in Santa Cruz California. This cat was not trying to conceal its presence at all. I stood stone still some dozen yards away while .......
326: Inmate Central, Article in today's NYT about Phoenix weather. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-31, 11:36:59 (76.144.45.241)
Mostly about social services in Phoenix struggling to cope with heat-related illness. Free to read. .......
327: Inmate Central, He's got plenty of neurons! Right-wingnut neurons. Blasted into everything he posts. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-31, 10:25:37 (76.144.45.241)
Inmate51 is a driven man! Must. Insert. Politics. Into. Every. Thread. .......
328: Inmate Central, Nah... Them things don't work. Here's how to do it right: (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-30, 12:37:30 (67.161.104.110)
Snakes love tall grass, so just keep the grass short! You might also try cultivating a large flock of Kookaburras. They just love to eat snakes. .......
329: Inmate Central, Elon Musk now has supreme control over satellite communications on planet Earth. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-29, 09:52:58 (67.161.106.85)
Musk has thousands of satellites orbiting the Earth right now, vastly more than any nation or even all nations combined. These satellites: 1) Are positioned for blanket coverage over any area of th .......
330: Inmate Central, Did smt similar when I had Covid (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-29, 07:51:20 (76.144.45.241)
I had the first round of Covid, the one that killed so many. Horrible stuff wheezing with every breath, but it was also intensely boring. Wide awake in bed with nothing to do for hours. So I started m .......
331: Inmate Central, Some quality of content can be found on Amazon Prime Video & Netflix. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-28, 13:42:19 (67.161.104.52)
I dunno about other streaming services. What do you recommend? .......
332: Inmate Central, Longest time you've lived without a television set? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-28, 13:32:54 (67.161.104.52)
For me? 1971-2017. That's 46 years! Finally got a TV to stream movies. .......
333: Inmate Central, It's no BS! The Russians actually have a doomsday machine. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-25, 15:41:06 (76.144.45.241)
They call it 'Dead-Hand' ('Mertvaia-Ruka' in Russian). Became operational in the mid-1980s. Mostly but not totally automated. Does requite 'some' human input. Read all about it in Wired: ::: TOPIC: .......
334: Inmate Central, I trusted an AI robot to track current weather... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-25, 14:21:25 (76.144.45.241)
I use Perplexity (www.perplexity.com), which is usually pretty good with questions and answers. I should have double-checked the results churned out by this AI machine. Gave me year old data! Thx for .......
335: Inmate Central, That's why I moved to the Pacific Northwest! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-25, 06:54:19 (76.144.45.241)
Tolerable temps here in Oregon. In the low 80s. Not much cool weather anywhere else in the USA. .......
336: Inmate Central, Prigozhin's empire is vast, and probably beyond Putin's reach. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-25, 06:45:02 (76.144.45.241)
That's the claim in the linked Wall Street Journal article. Linked and free to read. Watching ongoing chaos within the Kremlin is heartwarming! .......
337: Inmate Central, Angelo Mozilo dead at 84. 'Rest in Peace' not fitting. 'Burn in Hell' more appropriate. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-23, 08:40:23 (76.144.45.241)
Angelo Mozillo is one of the people most responsible for precipitating the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis. His company, Countrywide, was the lead champion of bad mortgages. Everybody gets a home mortgage, .......
338: Inmate Central, So you really like Barbie? Cleanly shaved is best? And in uniform too? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-22, 18:33:53 (76.144.45.241)
Klaus! A pinup for your wall. .......
339: Inmate Central, Who murdered Stanford University founder, Jane Stanford? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-21, 19:32:01 (76.144.45.241)
This is an unsolved murder. Was done with strychnine poisoning in Hawaii in 1905. Stanford U president David Starr Jordan is strongly suspected of being the murderer. Full story in Stanford Magazine, .......
340: Inmate Central, California good thru the 1970s. Then real estate speculation, boomtown tech industry, & frying pan climate... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-21, 18:04:00 (76.144.45.241)
There are a lot of reasons why California has lost its luster. Housing expenses probably at the top of the list. But still good place if you are rolling in dough. .......
341: Inmate Central, Agree! Musk has wrecked twitter. I'm trying to salvage smt of value from the wreckage. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-21, 17:08:11 (76.144.45.241)
There are new rules on Twitter limiting the number of posts you can read or have visible. That's 600 posts per day, unless you buy a blue checkmark ($8 bucks/mo) and then you get 6,000. Lately I've be .......
342: Inmate Central, Chinook Salmon, the best eating for size and taste, all fished out. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-21, 11:20:42 (76.144.45.241)
NYT article free to read. No more Chinook Salmon (also known as King Salmon) gonna be on your dinner plate. Unless it's farmed... Chinook population has crashed. Health of the species is under threat. .......
343: Inmate Central, One important difference between Russia and the West? Levels of brutality... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-21, 09:45:07 (76.144.45.241)
Twitter commentary by Anton Shekhovtsov; academic expert on extremist politics within Russia. .......
344: Inmate Central, Physical strength is a vanishing thing for us geezers... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-17, 16:36:52 (76.144.45.241)
Must be mental strength that's our strong suit. .......
345: Inmate Central, Have Americans become weak and flabby? How do you rate? Take the test! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-17, 10:02:28 (76.144.45.241)
Pushups! I could do dozens while in high school. 50 years on and I'm having trouble. Can do just under 20. And can't keep my chest to the ground. Ptuii! Pushups are for kids! Not old geezers like us. .......
346: Inmate Central, Cheer up, Ivan, good chance of rain in the Santa Fe area this coming week. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-15, 21:08:51 (76.144.45.241)
As forecast by wunderground.com .......
347: Inmate Central, Synopsis? Here ya go... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-15, 17:36:29 (76.144.45.241)
The main topic was about Prigozhin. Prigozhin started his empire by running catering services for Putin and his cronies. Then grew big by providing security services across Russia, which was immensel .......
348: Inmate Central, No cluster munitions! Next question please... n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-08, 07:50:06 (76.144.45.241)
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349: Inmate Central, Check out Acme products! They got lotsa good stuff... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-06, 08:29:38 (76.144.45.241)
So says Wile E. Coyote. .......
350: Inmate Central, Why complain about the weather, when you can't do anything about it? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-06, 08:13:44 (76.144.45.241)
We gonna find a way to dial back global warming, ya think? .......
351: Inmate Central, People are at their worst behind the wheel of a car! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-05, 08:51:22 (76.144.45.241)
Most every verbal argument I've had with anybody in the last few years has been with someone behind the wheel of a car. Put the same people face-to-face outside of car traffic and most people will hav .......
352: Inmate Central, Sorry to be the messenger of bad news, but there's no chance for a Star-Trek future. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-02, 18:24:19 (76.144.45.241)
We're probably stuck within our solar system, with only a slim chance of ever achieving interstellar travel. Even with a space ship speeding at half a million miles per hour, travel time to the neares .......
353: Inmate Central, My quick take on particle physics and the fate of the universe. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-07-02, 11:25:38 (76.144.45.241)
Big time science projects, like that Large Hadron Collider on the Franco-Swiss border, have done lots to advance our understanding of the cosmos. Cost plenty to build it too, about 9 billion dollars. .......
354: Inmate Central, You don't mind the fruit fly eggs and maggots found in ketchup? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-29, 10:22:51 (76.144.45.241)
Safe to consume says the FDA. Same story with canned corn & peanut butter. Detail: "Canned corn? It's allowed to have two insect eggs per 100 grams. Peanut butter? 50 insect fragments per 100 grams. A .......
355: Inmate Central, You might want to check out the book: Carmageddon, by Daniel Knowles. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-29, 09:44:31 (76.144.45.241)
Summary of the book by the AI website Perplexity. Perplexity will answer almost any question with good accuracy: https://www.perplexity.ai "Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About I .......
356: Inmate Central, Just how gullible is the American electorate? Clinically braindead yet? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-29, 09:21:16 (76.144.45.241)
Brainwashing of the public at large seems to have gone into the high spin cycle in the last decade or two. I think that's because social media has displaced traditional journalism (newspapers & TV). O .......
357: Inmate Central, Yup. Moscow Times has confirmed the arrest of Surovikin. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-28, 12:53:51 (76.144.45.241)
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358: Inmate Central, Moscow is scary even for natives. Esp. for Russian military officers who collaborated with Prigozhin. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-28, 08:35:33 (76.144.45.241)
A New York Times article (free to read) reports collusion of Russian military general Surovikin with Prigozhin's plans of rebellion. Other Russian military officers are implicated as well. Prigozhin's .......
359: Inmate Central, Being a firehose spewing Russian propaganda, as you are Chris, what's the latest word from RT (Russia Today)? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-26, 12:58:08 (76.144.45.241)
Will the agreement that Lukashenko brokered hold? Will Prigozhin have a comfortable retirement in Belarus? What other news does RT have about Prigozhin? .......
360: Inmate Central, No chance Prigozhin will ever go voluntarily to Belarus. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-26, 12:16:58 (76.144.45.241)
The really good question is, where could he go? What country would welcome him? Maybe some military regime in Africa will take him in? Where he can help keep some brutal dictator in power? Prigozhin's .......
361: Inmate Central, It's but a middle chapter in the post-WW2 disintegration of the Russian/Soviet empire. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-26, 11:39:27 (76.144.45.241)
Baltic states already jumped ship years ago. Ukraine now clearly outside of Moscow's grasp. Central Asian states gradually breaking loose. Similar happenings in the Caucasian republics. It's like the .......
362: Inmate Central, Historian Timothy Snyder does an excellent recap as well. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-26, 10:54:37 (76.144.45.241)
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363: Inmate Central, The 24/7 'news' rehash of the Prigozhin mutiny is getting tiresome. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-26, 09:50:46 (76.144.45.241)
Yes it's good to get any new detail about Prigozhin's coup/mutiny. At least that's refreshing. But the main story of Prigozhin's mutiny has been told thousands of times on every media channel, website .......
364: Inmate Central, Troubled relationships with siblings? Been there, & trying to make the best of it. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-25, 17:34:55 (76.144.45.241)
But my sibling issues are different. My siblings are respectful enough of other family. Generally they do attend memorial services & family reunions. But they've got other issues... Got one brother wi .......
365: Inmate Central, Mr. Foy is a reputable journalist for the Financial Times. Not a propaganda spewing internet troll, like you. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-24, 14:25:32 (76.144.45.241)
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366: Inmate Central, Lightyears smarter than you. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-24, 14:22:28 (76.144.45.241)
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367: Inmate Central, Putin & his bootlicking supporters (including you!) are the real fascists/nazis. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-24, 12:17:42 (76.144.45.241)
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368: Inmate Central, Hey, Comrade Chris! When you gonna tell us more about Putin being just like our own FDR! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-24, 12:04:52 (76.144.45.241)
The exact words of Comrade Chris! ---> "Putin the modern equivalent of FDR." .......
369: Inmate Central, Right! Prigozhin gonna graciously relinquish control of Southern Russia. Be good friends with Putin again! n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-24, 11:52:33 (76.144.45.241)
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370: Inmate Central, "First rule of being a dictator: don't let anyone else have an army." (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-24, 09:15:58 (76.144.45.241)
A quote from Julia Ioffe's ongoing Twitter commentary. .......
371: Inmate Central, What were Putin's security services doing for months while Prigozhin organized this rebellion? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-24, 08:23:45 (76.144.45.241)
Colossal domestic intelligence failure. .......
372: Inmate Central, They had a location on the Northside of campus too, now gone. Excellent grilled hotdogs! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-19, 18:05:38 (76.144.45.241)
Top dog was a great place for a cheap meal! A bit more upscale was Larry Blakes on Telegraph Avenue, 2 blocks from campus with good food and beer/spirits. Was there for decades, now gone. The Mediterr .......
373: Inmate Central, From the guy that posts Russian propaganda & calls Ukrainians 'Ukronazis'. You have zero credibility here. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-17, 12:57:33 (76.144.45.241)
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374: Inmate Central, It's the 'shit' you post that's not believable. Denigrating remarks & bogus claims are all you've got. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-17, 11:23:40 (76.144.45.241)
You don't post links to substantiate your claims. And lately you've been stalking Victor. Why not let the guy post without trying to shut him down at every opportunity? In many of your posts you bash .......
375: Inmate Central, 'Brain Dead Leadership' sounds about right. Also check the linked WSJ article. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-16, 09:36:10 (76.144.45.241)
Ukrainian drones are overwhelming the Russian defensive line of trenches. Russian soldiers have nowhere to hide from these drones. And if Russian soldiers try to retreat to safe ground, they are targe .......
376: Inmate Central, Free rent too! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-16, 09:06:24 (76.144.45.241)
In your dreams... Even cats and dogs need to pay rent nowadays. .......
377: Inmate Central, Gov. Pritzker's dig at Trump prolly offended a few people here. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-14, 12:22:27 (76.144.45.241)
That's prolly what Ivan was on about. The Pritzker speech struck a nerve here for other reasons too. Mainly because of his use of the word 'idiot'. It's become a frequent term of abuse nowadays. But I .......
378: Inmate Central, 'How to Spot an Idiot'. Speech by Gov. Pritzker of Illinois. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-13, 07:13:03 (76.144.45.241)
I mostly do not like public speeches. Because most speakers bloviate on well worn themes. Boring stuff that puts me to sleep. But this speech is exceptional! .......
379: Inmate Central, Peanut gallery status is okay! Being a traitor to one's country is not. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-10, 08:25:18 (76.144.45.241)
Where do you fit in, Comrade Chris? Why do you so relentlessly regurgitate Russian propaganda in this forum? Do you have any shreds of patriotism left for the USA at all? Or have your allegiances shi .......
380: Inmate Central, Posting material from RT (Russia Today) again, Comrade Chris? n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-09, 18:28:14 (76.144.45.241)
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381: Inmate Central, No link. No substantiation. You posting disinformation again, Wojciech? n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-09, 18:25:58 (76.144.45.241)
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382: Inmate Central, Other war news: WSJ documentary about the Wagner Group. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-09, 08:12:39 (76.144.45.241)
The WSJ video documentary is 40 minutes in length, & details the international reach of the Wagner Group in the Middle East, in Africa & in Ukraine. They're also in Venezuela. Thoroughly researched an .......
383: Inmate Central, Rare and beautiful refuge for the senile. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-08, 09:38:07 (76.144.45.241)
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384: Inmate Central, Ever hear of 'War Plan Red'? Planned military take-over of Canada by the USA! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-07, 12:48:13 (76.144.45.241)
Would have been an easy conquest too! But never happened. Full detail in the link. .......
385: Inmate Central, Nah... Canada just needs to rake out undergrowth from their forests. Any pay... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-07, 10:02:30 (76.144.45.241)
compensation to US residents. For their pollution in our air space, for related health care of US residents, for time off work, and for whatever other stuff. Ain't it great how we can blame other peop .......
386: Inmate Central, Smashed amp? Been there done that! Packaged by morons! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-07, 09:12:48 (76.144.45.241)
Once had a larger amp 'mailed' to me. Audio Research VT130. 70 pounds. Wasn't UPS FEDEX or USPS that packaged it. Seller did the packaging. Amp arrived in a box totally smashed and torn. Every tube br .......
387: Inmate Central, Just legalize drugs. Done in many countries and with good results. Would kill off the cartels PDQ. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-04, 12:39:38 (76.144.45.241)
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388: Inmate Central, Correct! Best Bay Area radio stations besides KPFA? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-04, 12:30:28 (76.144.45.241)
KFJC from Foothill College and KCSM were my favorites. Never cared for KDFC classical music; they cut up large works and play slices (I hate that!). .......
389: Inmate Central, Wasn't he an Anglo Buddhist monk who blabbed a lot on Berkeley's KPFK radio? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-04, 10:34:23 (76.144.45.241)
Wrote a lot of discardable books too, right? .......
390: Inmate Central, Do ya think that "Cloward-Piven" stuff is a left-wing plot to destroy America? n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-04, 10:27:22 (76.144.45.241)
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391: Inmate Central, Anybody planting vegetable gardens? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-04, 10:04:18 (76.144.45.241)
Just detailed my garden in a post down the page. Linked. Anybody else have a veggie garden? Whatcha got planted? .......
392: Inmate Central, Digging the weeds is a workout! Gardening gonna keep me fit! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-04, 09:52:41 (76.144.45.241)
Cold wet and windy during winter in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Didn't do anything with my plot in the local community garden. 20 by 40 feet (haven't learned how to do the *meter* thing yet), and .......
393: Inmate Central, Kinda like how the Brits imported opium into China mid 19th c.? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-03, 12:56:16 (76.144.45.241)
I wonder whether the Chinese govt could shut down the fentanyl trade if they wanted. Or maybe the chemical constituents of fentanyl are deliberately concocted in secret Chinese govt labs? All the more .......
394: Inmate Central, Should the USA bomb Mexico? There's talk about doing exactly that among... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-03, 10:06:45 (76.144.45.241)
several prominent US politicians, including Lindsey Graham and Donald Trump. How else are we gonna stop the drug trafficking of fentanyl into the USA, where 71,000 died from the drug in 2021? There .......
395: Inmate Central, How accurate are you at sorting fact from opinion? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-02, 10:45:26 (76.144.45.241)
The linked online test (2018) was constructed by the Pew Research Center. Has 10 questions. It tests whether you can reliably distinguish fact from opinion. The average US adult got just over half rig .......
396: Inmate Central, "The Biden administration undermines its cause with strategically witless statements." (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-01, 21:24:18 (76.144.45.241)
Linked article from military historian Eliot Cohen. Good stuff! .......
397: Inmate Central, Can it be used to neutralize berzerko inmates? n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-01, 14:53:37 (76.144.45.241)
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398: Inmate Central, Yup! Honeybee swarm. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-01, 10:34:43 (76.144.45.241)
100 more pages of honeybee swarms in the link! How come them honeybees cooperate so well, while we humans fight and bicker all the time? .......
399: Inmate Central, What the thing in this photo? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-01, 10:10:57 (76.144.45.241)
Hah! This one is not easy. .......
400: Inmate Central, +1 (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-06-01, 09:59:21 (76.144.45.241)
Well said! .......
401: Inmate Central, Why you so anti-American, Wojciech? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-31, 19:03:32 (76.144.45.241)
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402: Inmate Central, Intel stock has plunged from $47 (2018) to $26 (now). Not dead yet! Just comatose. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-30, 10:28:53 (76.144.45.241)
Heh... .......
403: Inmate Central, Nope! Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak has denied any role in the drone attack on Moscow. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-30, 10:16:55 (76.144.45.241)
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404: Inmate Central, Intel, once the dominant player in the computer chip industry, now circles 'round the drain. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-30, 09:57:55 (76.144.45.241)
What's gone wrong at Intel? Mostly it's that they have not been able to keep up with fierce competition from other chip manufacturers, both domestic and international. Detail in the linked Wall Street .......
405: Inmate Central, Girkin? He's the guy responsible for shooting down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, killing 298 civilians. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-29, 21:34:27 (76.144.45.241)
Sorry, Vic, I can't stomach Girkin. The guy is repulsive to me. I just can't watch & listen to the opinions of a mass murderer. .......
406: Inmate Central, Yessiree! Chinese-made glue gun shoes are the best! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-29, 09:33:25 (76.144.45.241)
Sewn leather? What companies still do that? And why the blazes would I want a durable shoe that lasts for years? I'd rather get 6 months out of my favorite glue gun shoe! .......
407: Inmate Central, Carl Sagan gonna help you pronounce the 'b' sound ... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-29, 09:15:49 (76.144.45.241)
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408: Inmate Central, "You'll need to document Joe's total...." (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-27, 15:07:43 (76.144.45.241)
That's been attempted many times by many historians. Here's a good single source for that: .......
409: Inmate Central, Meanwhile, there is a good PBS News Hour piece about Prigozhin. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-27, 10:13:19 (76.144.45.241)
Pretty accurate in my opinion. But you've got better depth. Whaddaya think? .......
410: Inmate Central, Stalin killed a lot more than 6-9 million. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-27, 08:52:29 (76.144.45.241)
The numbers are still in question, but the more reliable estimates are around 20 million. That's what historian Robert Conquest conveyed to me in a personal conversation. Full detail about Mr. Conques .......
411: Inmate Central, Outstanding article on fascism within Russia. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-26, 11:15:22 (76.144.45.241)
Quite scholarly and with excellent documentation. .......
412: Inmate Central, That's like sayin' you are proud to be an airhead, birdbrain, know-nothing, or simpleton. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-25, 17:36:02 (76.144.45.241)
That's how 'vatnik' would translate into English. But that doesn't quite get it. The word also suggests low level mentality of a stooge, dupe, or sucker. You can wrap yourself around the word 'vatnik' .......
413: Inmate Central, Ever hear about them 'vatniks'? New vocabulary of the day! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-25, 10:44:38 (76.144.45.241)
'Vatnik' is not a new word. For decades the word just meant a cheap mass-produced quilted cotton jacket worn by Russian soldiers. But since Russia invaded Ukraine, the word has been widely used by Ukr .......
414: Inmate Central, Well, now it's yesterday's rose. Heh... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-17, 08:01:22 (76.144.45.241)
And still beautiful! .......
415: Inmate Central, How to manage recovery? Jump start it & push what you can do? Or go slow and steady? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-17, 07:48:41 (76.144.45.241)
My body has been seriously wrecked a bunch of times. And I'm in the slow and steady camp when it comes to recovery. My morale just kinda crumbles when I push too hard & am not instantly better. So I s .......
416: Inmate Central, Fishing for bikes in Amsterdam canals... Video! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-16, 10:44:11 (76.144.45.241)
Some 20,000 bikes get pulled out of Amsterdam's canals each year, as documented in the linked video. Does the wind topple bikes into the canals? Or is it rowdies after a night out drinking having a li .......
417: Inmate Central, "Oh wonder working horse, build me a castle by morning!" (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-15, 22:54:37 (76.144.45.241)
That's a quote from a Solzhenitsyn novel (V Pervom Kruge). Okay, so I listened to Solovey's talk and took notes. But I'm gonna leave a summary of the Prigozhin stuff up to you. Okay? I'll do the rest. .......
418: Inmate Central, San Diego is squat on the ocean shore with moderate temps. It's inland from there that's the furnace. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-15, 18:03:31 (76.144.45.241)
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419: Inmate Central, Scorching 90+ degrees last weekend here in the Willamette Valley. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-15, 18:00:39 (76.144.45.241)
New fangled thing has recently appeared here in the Pacific Northwest. Air conditioners! In years past opening windows was usually sufficient for cooling homes. Not any more. Temperatures hit 110 here .......
420: Inmate Central, In-depth interview with general Zaluzhny, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-13, 08:28:23 (76.144.45.241)
Tryin' to keep the Ukraine war news in one thread... Subtitled in English. Skip the first 3 minutes, which are just Ukr television ads. The interview lasts for almost a full hour. Quick summary quote .......
421: Inmate Central, Here's more detail + videos: (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-13, 07:47:17 (76.144.45.241)
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422: Inmate Central, Today's moment of art appreciation... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-12, 17:55:55 (76.144.45.241)
Cleo! Wot a beauty! The lizard/snake is a nice touch too... Sculpture of Alfonso Balzico, 1874, at Museum of Modern Art in Rome. .......
423: Inmate Central, How to create a flash mob. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-12, 09:39:12 (76.144.45.241)
1 angry & demented man airing grievance in mainstream media is all you need! .......
424: Inmate Central, Victor, check out Greg Yudin's thread on Twitter (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-10, 09:39:10 (76.144.45.241)
Grigory Borisovich Yudin is a Russian political scientist and sociologist, an expert in public opinion, and a professor of political philosophy at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences. Re .......
425: Inmate Central, Corporate culture often lack basic social amenities. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-09, 08:55:47 (76.144.45.241)
Sometimes simple things, like occasionally having lunch together, fosters better congeniality. Even a water cooler at the end of a hallway helps people connect. But one guy alone trying to fix a cold .......
426: Inmate Central, Which is why mental health evaluations should be prerequisite for any gun ownership. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-09, 07:50:43 (76.144.45.241)
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427: Inmate Central, Spectacular stuff, and a wise choice that you have that flower potted. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-08, 10:54:13 (76.144.45.241)
Otherwise your home colony of ground squirrels would have surely consumed that beauty. Them squirrels still giving you any trouble? .......
428: Inmate Central, If you can't discuss the New Yorker article, then stay out of this thread. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-07, 11:42:30 (76.144.45.241)
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429: Inmate Central, New Yorker article on Putin's regime (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-07, 10:18:19 (76.144.45.241)
I got a courtesy read & maybe you can too. Dark assessment of Russia's future. That Putinism will probably outlive Putin. That it's militant nationalism that holds the regime intact. That Russia's eli .......
430: Inmate Central, New York Times has a recent article about them hypersonic thingies. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-06, 12:07:08 (76.144.45.241)
With lots of detail. Linked and free to read. .......
431: Inmate Central, Don't discount delerium from pneumonia. With visuals boosted by drugs. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-06, 08:58:50 (76.144.45.241)
Had me a case of severe pneumonia once. Sent me into phantasmagoric dreamland. Slept for days and was incoherent for large stretches of that time. Get well! .......
432: Inmate Central, Agree! Victor's link was mostly a political diatribe. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-05, 09:08:13 (76.144.45.241)
Most everything that's posted here gets a deep soak in politics. There's not a whole lot of academic quality discussion going on. The author of Vic's article has written extensively about Latin Americ .......
433: Inmate Central, How Cuba got health care right is beyond my comprehension. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-04, 15:24:07 (76.144.45.241)
Communist governments usually cause human wreckage. Rarely if ever effectively promote human welfare. But there is one lone exception, and that's health care in Cuba. It's the only exception I know ab .......
434: Inmate Central, Don't strain your remaining cerebral neurons! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-04, 13:07:25 (76.144.45.241)
The topic is health care in Cuba. You could have read the links. Instead you rant about Glen Beck. Go expend your neurons in some other thread. .......
435: Inmate Central, Amazing that a communist Cuba did something really well... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-04, 10:54:28 (76.144.45.241)
Couple good articles about this: Cuban health care system, "a model for many countries". https://theconversation.com/is-the-cuban-healthcare-system-really-as-great-as-people-claim-69526 "Consistent in .......
436: Inmate Central, Tom, you been slurping up Epoch Times propaganda! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-04, 08:18:43 (76.144.45.241)
That video is produced by NTD, which is a subsidiary of Epoch Times. Here is what Wikipedia says about NTD: "It is under the Epoch Media Group, a consortium which also includes the newspaper The Epoch .......
437: Inmate Central, Public health threat, targeted at kids, poorly regulated industry, black market thriving, and more! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-05-03, 19:58:20 (76.144.45.241)
The BBC article explains reasons for the ban. .......
438: Inmate Central, Haiti, Yemen, Venezuela already ripped to shreds... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-30, 16:18:39 (76.144.45.241)
Feel free to pile on any other countries where life is dangerous, short, & impoverished. My take? Seems like the USA has retired as the world's cop. Less inclination to do the boots-on-the-ground mil .......
439: Inmate Central, Sure looked like deliberate assault. Whadaya think is an appropriate criminal penalty? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-17, 23:04:52 (76.138.130.55)
My take? Several years in the slammer, minimum. And permanent loss of her driver's license. Never drive a car again. .......
440: Inmate Central, Resource allocation in politics should not violate public ethical standards. Who would argue against that? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-16, 15:21:03 (76.138.130.55)
Politicians use earmarks to: 1) Funnel money to their pet projects, whether that's cost effective use of public money or not. 2) Earmarks are used to directly reward campaign contributors. 3) Earmark .......
441: Inmate Central, Schrödinger's Cat? Both alive and dead at the same time. That's how you kill 1/2 a person. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-16, 12:29:13 (76.138.130.55)
Kill 1/2 of any living creature with quantum physics! BTW, you are a quantum physicist, right? I've read that some of the devices you sell to audiophiles rely heavily on quantum physics. You can expla .......
442: Inmate Central, Breaking the law and being held accountable is unfair? Because others do it and don't get caught? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-16, 11:08:51 (76.138.130.55)
True enough that many politicians within the US government bend or break the law and are not held accountable. Russell's guest is really clear on that point. The argument in short is: Many politicians .......
443: Inmate Central, Cow Eyeball Tacos are equally yummy! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-14, 18:01:21 (76.138.130.55)
Mexican delicacy! .......
444: Inmate Central, Bet you eat snakes, rats, and possum too! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-14, 14:43:18 (76.138.130.55)
Just kidding! But you do remind me of the guy in the linked video... .......
445: Inmate Central, Goats! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-14, 11:23:57 (76.138.130.55)
A New York Times article for your reading pleasure. Free to read; no paywall. While Americans fight over guns, abortion, crime and immigration, the French have their panties in a twist about goats. .......
446: Inmate Central, Even an ordinary cell phone can crush the strongest human chess player. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-13, 13:35:09 (76.138.130.55)
The strongest human chess players are no competition at all for computers. Proof of that is in the rating system of chess players used by FIDE (Federation Internationale des Echecs). The best humans r .......
447: Inmate Central, World Chess Championship (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-13, 11:25:57 (76.138.130.55)
Slurpy good stuff for those who like brainy sport! The World Chess Championship is underway! In game 4 of the match, Russian Nepomniachtchi just got crushed by the Chinese player Ding. Lively game wit .......
448: Inmate Central, Yes! Most excellent commentary. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-11, 19:44:13 (76.138.130.55)
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449: Inmate Central, Ouch! I trust you healed well. And understand why you don't bike city streets. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-10, 12:46:24 (76.138.130.55)
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450: Inmate Central, Alligators like people too! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-10, 09:33:42 (76.138.130.55)
From the linked article: "Other states where alligator attacks have occurred and humans have been eaten include Louisiana, Texas, and South Carolina. Some of these cases include: A 71 year old man in .......
451: Inmate Central, You ever been hit by a car? Would love to hear other stories of car/bicycle mishaps/accidents. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-10, 09:13:10 (76.138.130.55)
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452: Inmate Central, I've been hit 3 times by cars while biking... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-10, 08:46:47 (76.138.130.55)
All low speed impacts without injury. Detail: #1 Crossing an intersection in front of a Whole Foods Market. Walking my bike across the street. Woman rounds the street corner at low speed, doesn't stop .......
453: Inmate Central, Clarification about that... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-09, 19:11:37 (76.138.130.55)
There is both a Washington Street (near Clay) and a Washington Boulevard (inside the Presidio). As shown in the attached map. The accident definitely happened inside the Presidio on Washington Boul .......
454: Inmate Central, Champion bicyclist killed by car in San Francisco. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-09, 12:09:59 (76.138.130.55)
Cities have been way overbuilt for cars, with scant attention for the needs of bicyclists. It's hazard just sharing the road with cars. Best solution? Bike paths separated from and not sharing roadway .......
455: Inmate Central, Beavers ARE international. There are two species of beavers, Eurasian and North American. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-08, 11:17:51 (76.138.130.55)
Plenty of beavers live far from Canadian shores, mostly in Russia, Poland, Scandinavia, and the Baltic States. That'd be the Eurasian beaver. You are almost correct that most, perhaps the majority, .......
456: Inmate Central, Colma Hill Cemetery (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-06, 21:08:14 (76.138.130.55)
Ever been there? It's a great place to walk off all those ice cream calories. Colma has a fascinating history! Just over 100 years ago San Francisco used to have a lot of cemeteries, but that all chan .......
457: Inmate Central, I stretch the truth a lot! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-06, 19:45:19 (76.138.130.55)
Mostly because it's fun. But you are right; I don't know of a single example of Thomas taking a bribe. Or being pocketed by lobbyists. Supreme Court justices have to be very careful about remaining im .......
458: Inmate Central, Anita Hill, Angela Wright, and Moira Smith also had issues with Clarence Thomas. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-06, 18:33:56 (76.138.130.55)
They raised concerns about Thomas's character and fitness for the office of Supreme Court Justice. Each of them had been harassed or groped by Thomas. But that was before Me-Too, and these women were .......
459: Inmate Central, And it's of no concern that Thomas's wife Ginni is a right-wing activist? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-06, 15:11:10 (76.138.130.55)
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460: Inmate Central, As requested! Here's how old cronies like Crow and Thomas do favors for each other.... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-06, 13:43:10 (76.138.130.55)
Long time ago Thomas's mother worked at a seafood cannery. At a location just outside Savannah, Georgia. It's where Thomas was born. Thomas runs into a Mr. Varn. His granddaddy used to run the cannery .......
461: Inmate Central, Thomas has failed to recuse himself from cases involving individuals or organizations... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-06, 11:43:09 (76.138.130.55)
...that have given him gifts. This creates the appearance of a conflict of interest. The Judicial Disqualification Statute requires judges to recuse themselves from cases in which their impartiality m .......
462: Inmate Central, Cheap date for Putin! Some Russians are easily bought off... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-06, 10:57:15 (76.138.130.55)
Chaika's got more wealth than disclosed. His sons are reputed to be quite wealthy thanks to daddy's connections. Navalny did a Russian language video investigation of Chaika on Youtube (linked). There .......
463: Inmate Central, Here's how to bribe and pocket a federal judge! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-06, 10:42:09 (76.138.130.55)
Clarence Thomas in the spotlight! .......
464: Inmate Central, Yes, but Putin's cronies remain fabulously wealthy. Here's a short list of his loyal oligarchs: (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-06, 10:08:44 (76.138.130.55)
As found in the link. Wealth is spread among many, but all power is invested in one single man. .......
465: Inmate Central, Probably not consequential. For that you'd have to level the whole building. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-05, 12:51:44 (76.138.130.55)
Keeping the Ukrainian war stuff in one thread, linked is an interview with Stephen Kotkin. Published in the New Yorker magazine, details how the war in Ukraine can end. I like this guy Kotkin. Princet .......
466: Inmate Central, Article for Scarpia - Oxford U. depicted as an academic hell-hole! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-05, 11:09:17 (76.138.130.55)
Hoping you don't have to jump a paywall. Found it on twitter here: https://twitter.com/IsabellaMWeber/status/1642883771824218113 Links to an article in the Economist (below). .......
467: Inmate Central, That's been upstaged by National Carrot Day (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-04, 19:09:56 (76.138.130.55)
April 4th is National Carrot Day! This vegetable is celebrated globally, but California has special distinction as 85% of carrots in the USA are produced in that state. The remarkable qualities of .......
468: Inmate Central, Boring day! No news. Yawn... Zzzzzzzzz...... n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-04, 15:48:09 (76.138.130.55)
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469: Inmate Central, The old USSR would be preferable to Putin's genocidal empire. Right?. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-03, 12:44:35 (76.138.130.55)
Heh... At least the old Soviet Union was relatively stable. Cold War era wasn't so bad! Better than the current war, with mind-numbing propaganda, and the death of thousands of innocent citizens. Not .......
470: Inmate Central, New cracks in Putin's empire... Confiscation of passports. Fears his elites will defect to the West. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-03, 10:52:10 (76.138.130.55)
Full story in the link. Every day seems to bring another story about Putin's crumbling empire. .......
471: Inmate Central, Was it the FSB or them Ukrainians that offered the 'gift' sculpture? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-02, 11:23:41 (76.138.130.55)
Tatarsky opposed Putin's conduct of the war, thought it wasn't sufficiently aggressive, claimed the Russian military withdrawal from Kherson was cowardly. Could be that Putin or Putin's cronies didn't .......
472: Inmate Central, Dangerous life for Russian propagandists. Boom! They get blown up. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-02, 10:44:07 (76.138.130.55)
Vladen Tatarsky was a well-known Russian military blogger & propagandist. Had half a million followers on the the social media platform Telegram. Met his end today in a St. Petersburg cafe. Detail in .......
473: Inmate Central, Limestone! It's the only reason the UC Santa Cruz campus even exists. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-01, 13:51:52 (76.138.130.55)
There are vast deposits of high quality sedimentary limestone rock all around the UCSC campus. You can still see abandoned limestone kilns on campus, and tour limestone caves in the area. 150+ years a .......
474: Inmate Central, The first principle of a 'whiner' is non-stop squawking just to be heard. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-01, 12:55:02 (76.138.130.55)
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475: Inmate Central, Nixon never spent a day behind bars for his Watergate felonies. Anybody else? Mandatory time in the slammer. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-01, 10:22:38 (76.138.130.55)
That's what they call 'executive privilege'. .......
476: Inmate Central, Distracts your mind, and can help with pain. The downside? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-04-01, 10:09:30 (76.138.130.55)
Sloth! Weed works great when you want to kick back (food, sex, music). But mental acuity is diminished when attending to demanding tasks. Easy to make mistakes while stoned. I could never study or rea .......
477: Inmate Central, Got education, culture, family & good values? Ptuii!! Gimme money! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-31, 20:29:07 (76.138.130.55)
Just kidding! I've lived in a middle class bubble all my life and have never endured any serious hardship. So who am I to speak about poverty or social inequality? Well.... Uhm.... It's mostly outside .......
478: Inmate Central, For every rags to riches story, there are countless untold tales of hardship and poverty. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-31, 16:18:08 (76.138.130.55)
Ever check out Horatio Alger novels? Classic Americana! Impoverished young men overcome insurmountable obstacles to obtain wealth and respectability! It's the myth about success being within everyone' .......
479: Inmate Central, What was that famous George Orwell line from Animal Farm? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-31, 13:46:09 (76.138.130.55)
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." .......
480: Inmate Central, Good catch! No way is Hong Kong still a democracy. Is an autocracy since 2021. Website needs an update! n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-31, 12:47:10 (76.138.130.55)
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481: Inmate Central, Makes perfect sense! 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. is comprehensible to everybody! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-31, 12:20:03 (76.138.130.55)
What's the anti-logarithmic thing you are talking about? And why would it be better? .......
482: Inmate Central, True that, but we rank really well in Freedom of the Press! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-31, 11:35:36 (76.138.130.55)
But still behind Scandinavia, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Iceland, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greenland, and a few other obnoxious do-gooder countries. At least we've got the best milita .......
483: Inmate Central, The CowboyStateDaily has salacious detail about this guy's (gal's?) exploits! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-31, 11:16:45 (76.138.130.55)
"One sorority member walked down the hall to take a shower, wearing only a towel," the document says. "She felt an unsettling presence, turned, and saw Mr. Smith watching her silently." "Mr. Smith ha .......
484: Inmate Central, FIrst principle of any democracy: The Rule of Law! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-31, 11:00:43 (76.138.130.55)
Handy map, with more complete detail in the link. But what's the deal with Scandinavian countries being more observant of the rule of law than the USA? Count Canada, Australia, New Zealand, & Germa .......
485: Inmate Central, Putin has ruined their privileged lives. Sob! But no concern expressed for Ukraine or Ukrainians. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-30, 13:20:20 (76.138.130.55)
These guys only care about their wealth and privileges. Akhmatov's yacht has been seized! He can't get a credit card! Can't spend his money anywhere! Such pain! These guys may not like Putin, but they .......
486: Inmate Central, A good English language summary: (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-30, 01:16:08 (76.138.130.55)
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487: Inmate Central, Found it. Listening to it now... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-29, 20:39:27 (76.138.130.55)
What link are you using? Mine's got commentary from Ukrainian journalist Dmitri Gordon. .......
488: Inmate Central, Astronomical news! 5 planets align in night sky this week. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-29, 11:21:42 (76.138.130.55)
"You get to see pretty much the whole solar system in one night." View Venus, Jupiter. and Mars with the naked eye if your skies are clear. To see Uranus and Mars you'll need a telescope. ::: TOPIC:: .......
489: Inmate Central, Comrade Chris, please do me a favor and... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-28, 13:19:43 (76.138.130.55)
Don't reply to my posts. Except for very rare occasions, I never converse with you, and only do so to put you in proper place. You are a fascist sympathizer, pure and simple. You support Putin's murde .......
490: Inmate Central, WSJ article: "Russia's Economy is Starting to Come Undone" (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-28, 11:00:30 (76.138.130.55)
No paywall and free to read. Excerpts: "Russia is running out of cash." "State revenue shortfalls suggest an intensifying dilemma over how to reconcile ballooning military expenditures with the subsid .......
491: Inmate Central, Outstanding! Perceptive! Brilliant! Your cerebral neurons are still intact! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-27, 09:03:56 (76.138.130.55)
The image is from the dancing potato scene in Chaplin's film Gold Rush. .......
492: Inmate Central, Flipping smb off isn't so bad. I've done worse! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-26, 16:40:37 (76.138.130.55)
Once at a stop light, a van full of party animals didn't want to stop. Didn't see me on the crosswalk, and would have hit me on my bike. So... WHAM WHAM WHAM! With my fist on the side of their van. Wo .......
493: Inmate Central, There's one kangaroo-like critter that chows down on the stuff. That'd be the Red-Legged Pademelon. (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-26, 13:01:32 (76.138.130.55)
Native Australian species don't have much trouble with it. But it is highly toxic to invasive species (like humans!). .......
494: Inmate Central, What's Gympie Gympie? One of the world's most venomous plants! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-26, 10:34:20 (76.138.130.55)
"Like being burnt with hot acid and electrocuted at the same time..." "Stung, got mad, and died within two hours." "Strapped to a hospital bed for three weeks..." "An officer shooting himself afte .......
495: Inmate Central, Knee-jerk political issues make for great satire... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-25, 13:40:16 (76.138.130.55)
How about this? Florida school principal forced to resign, after kids shown image of Michelangelo's Statue of David. Parents complained that it was pornographic. .......
496: Inmate Central, Link to Babylon Bee's official website? (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-25, 10:27:07 (76.138.130.55)
Below. It's a right-wing version of The Onion. .......
497: Inmate Central, Perfect opportunity to get hooked on opiods! Ask your Doc today! (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-25, 10:18:03 (76.138.130.55)
Or wimp out with aspirin & ibuprophen... .......
498: General Asylum, Politicians writing their own books? No way! All that glory rant is written by ghost writers. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-24, 12:31:58 (76.138.130.55)
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499: Inmate Central, Huge AI milestone indeed! But could be a hazardous technology... (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-24, 10:52:40 (76.138.130.55)
That video has 17 million views within 3 days. Definitely a show & tell achievement of computer science, but look down the road a stretch... Within a few decades the full potential of AI will have bee .......
500: Inmate Central, Kinda undercuts any narrative about Zuckerberg's entrepreneurial 'genius'. n/t (0.00)
Posted by vacuous on 2023-03-21, 12:55:12 (76.138.130.55)
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