Well, now, two hours later, it turns out that hanging out with you guys was not a great way to fall back to sleep. I’m gonna get up and get my shower, and then maybe I can snooze a bit afterwards. Big day. Oh yeah, I say that, and then my body starts to yawn. I’m not gonna fall for that, but maybe I’ll just lay down for a few more minutes…
Still watching "House of a Thousand Dolls" (I pause a lot for phone calls and chatting here, okay?). There's a continuity error so bad at around the 1 hour 5 minute mark that even I noticed it. Our Hero has gone back to an informant's room only to find it trashed, with the chair on its side on the floor.
Except the very next shot, the chair is upright with the cat leaping off of it and knocking it over in the process.
I love finding those mistakes. They are so easy to make in movies shot with one camera, though the one you noticed is somewhat unusual, like they stitched the scene together out of order. I'm not sure how the director overlooked something like that.
I couldn't get through that article yesterday. I'm pretty gullible myself, but wtf?
I'm old, and old school. I once replied to a personal ad in the Reno paper. I lived almost 200 miles from Reno, what was I thinking? After a couple of letters and a phone call or two, we decided to meet. She was nice. Told me she was tired of dating mechanics because she worked in an auto parts store and that's who she met. I told her I was an equipment operator, but when her car broke down I fixed it for her, which kinda blew my cover. Never heard from her again!
In this story, she did, and was very disappointed. But a phone call two weeks earlier would have also resolved that issue without having to leave her house.
True. Dunno as I would go meet someone I never spoke to for sure.
The spawn wants to tho. Eldest did with California girlfriend, but they had video whatever on discord (? not sure how that all works) so at least talked to her in real time. But youngest has only ever known this person in text.
And said person is constantly making excuses why they cannot meet up, which to me is a red flag, but youngest just accepts all the excuses as legit. And they may be, but idk, seems like a lot of excuses.
Well, pictures are free on WhatsApp and payable on texts. And most of my messages are to do with cats, and currently pumpkins - friends with allotments - so they can intercept all they like.
so I went into the paint store last week, because I decided I was not happy with the coverage on the ceiling that the pro left. And the paint store guy said he hadn’t seen me around for a while and how was I and was I still working and I told them I retired three months ago.
He asked how that was going, and I told him I was busier now than I was when I was working. And he paused and looked at me. That guy does gravitas better than anyone I know, and I frankly don’t know how his kids got away with ANYTHING. He said, I have something I say to all of you retirees who come in here and tell me that same thing. This is on behalf of all of us who are still working (trust me he said that a whole lot more eloquently than I’m giving him credit for): you guys need to figure your stuff out.
And it’s honestly the best retirement advice I’ve ever gotten.
I’m going in there today for a bucket of paint to finish off the garage walls because I can’t wait any longer for the pro to have time to finish the job. And then I have a PT appointment, and I need to swing by the bank, and then my work colleagues have invited me in for a retirement potluck, which I think in part is timed so that I can admire the shiny award that my ex boss was given because she said high store on that kind of thing, and then I need to come out to the house because my friend with the high reach and the wide wingspan wants to do the painting of the walls, and I am so happy to pay him to do it. And then I have an appointment in the evening for a deep tissue massage. And then tomorrow, I’m getting pictures taken to renew both of my passports. I’ve been putting that off because I wanted to get to the point where I don’t have this grim set to my face, but fuck it. If I need it to get across the border, nobody’s gonna care what I look like.
So it’s a little embarrassing to go back and face paint store guy today because I haven’t figured my stuff out yet.
It's really weird to be renting after 40 years of home ownership. I have no projects and if something goes wrong, I call the landlord. I do keep a running list of projects I would do to this place if I ever owned it. The building is for sale now, so we'll see.
Call me naive or uninformed but I am of the impression that renting in Europe is more civil, for the most part, than here on the other side of the Atlantic.
The rules are in the favor of the renter. The lease is for three years, but you can break it any time with a little notice. They, on the other hand, can't kick you out. Well, I suppose they can if you don't pay the rent. Also, if the energy rating on the rental is poor, they can't raise the rent at all. They also can't raise the rent if it would be out of line with similar rentals in the same neighborhood.
I get a call every year or two from the real estate agent I bought this place through. He asked if I wanted to put the place on the market and I said not this year, and he said, if you do sell, what would you do? Would you buy a condo?
And I thought, take me out and shoot me, please. I couldn’t envision what one does with one’s time when one is not owned by a house.
I still like that place for you that you posted the pictures for a few years ago. All rococo and creams and pale blue.
We bought a house in Germany 30 years ago. We had it in ship shape and paid off about 15 years ago. I still keep waiting for the flood or the roof to blow off, but it's pretty well built. I'll let you know if it isn't...
And if that happens, you build another roof, or take out the sump pump and plug it in. If they have good bones, you fix the things that need fixing, and you keep moving on.
My theory of house is that a house is a system of systems. Each system has to work, and all the systems have to work together, and when they do come out, you don’t give it any thought. And so often, look around and realize that you could improve upon matters, and then you’re in for it.
Maybe it was just last year that you showed us a link. It was in France, and it was palatial. It had that same vibe as the place you lived in with that white marble fireplace, delicate and elegant.
Oh that place with the gorgeous exposed limestone walls in some of the interior and the pool and the pool house and the fancy stove. I really liked that one. It was snapped up pretty quick.
If I leave this place, it will probably be because things have become unbearable here. And if that happens, I think the course of wisdom would be for the equity that I have in this property to set my budget, more or less. So I appreciate what I have now, but I try to love it with an open hand. I expect if I move, the next place will be pretty modest. But if it’s within walking distance to a beach, that would be pretty amazing.
I hope you’re able to get a running start on your projects, and then you hit a sustainable pace once you retire.
I feel driven by the weather right now. It looks like snow over the weekend, and then it’ll be consistently in the belows next week, so it is time to pull the last of the tasks together.
And then I’m going to roll right over into inside deferred maintenance and up doodles. But hopefully by the end of this winter, it’ll be pretty all right.
Pretty alright can be good enough. There’s stuff that has to wait until we retire, cash out the TDA and pay off the house, then we can do the addition and seal the house up right. We’re okay for the winter, but there is much to do.
Retireeitis - my dad used to speak of it. When folk retire, they have a list, and it looks big, and they are go go go go because they are used to working like that. So the first year or two is busier than when you were working, until the list is done. He sounded like it was a good thing tho, cause he was of the mind that keeping active was the only way to be
I was feeling pretty discouraged about the mountain I still have to climb, and then I started to think about what The List looked like this spring. Now THAT was discouraging. And I realized I have actually accomplished a fuckton around here. I think your father would approve.
I am completely stealing his terminology, however.
Dad was a bit of all right. When he finished his list, he started volunteering. Meals on wheels, church stuff (think he was a sexton and then a deacon, cathloic stuff. Maybe a Eucharistic minister too? whatevs, church stuff), and also for the union, helping other retirees navigate all the retirement stuff on the computers.
Thus, he lasted more than a decade more than his contemporaries, who all dropped dead a year or two after retirement. He always claimed they died of boredom. If the cancer hadn't gotten him, he'd probably still be roving about
Picturing him walking the halls of the cancer ward with his butt hanging out of his hospital gown, dragging his IV trolley, asking people if he can get them a cup of tea and some soda crackers.
When she was in the hospital (and she was, a lot, she was a medical nightmare) the other nurses would ask us to ask her to stop nursing while a patient
They called her the general. No slack on her floor XD
Now we will see if there is any regulatory authority left in the Federal government. I highly doubt these ScamCoin™ firms could make it through a full banking audit.
Reserve requirements .. the minimum amount of liquidity...
As of March 2020, the U.S. Federal Reserve reduced the reserve requirement ratio to zero percent. So one barrier against a license to steal was removed
This just aggravates the fuck out of me: No proof, no evidence, no investigation, and no information. The more you tighten your grip, Pammy Jo, the more tools will be created to track your thugs.
𝗨𝗦 𝗔𝗚 𝗣𝗮𝗺 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗢𝗝'𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 — - Meta removed page upon Justice Department request — AG Bondi says page was being used to ‘dox and target’ ICE agents
At this point, sad to say, too many that have decided that their version of Facebook is reality may be too far gone. They are still useful as piggybanks for Zuckerberg.
In this case, nothing can be expected of that wussy Zuckerfuck. But in general, there's a lot of this kind of shit going on. Especially with respect to mobile phones and tracking.
Soon, padawan, soon. We need a female spy to cozy up to one of snot nosed DOGE nazis and get all the credentials. Shouldn't be hard ... those little jerks would fall for any flattery from a woman.
Right ... like the ICEBlock app. Which *isn't* available in the app store, but widely available through many, many other channels. I think what surprises me (it doesn't) is that these chucklefucks think they can control the propaganda and resistance à la the 1930s. There isn't a single source of news. There isn't a single source of applications and technology. They can't get this through their thick skulls.
Speaking of Star Wars, Hamill has said that he gets a ton of grief for how whiny he sounds when he says the line about going to Tosche Station to pick up power converters. But he says he had to make it as juvenile as possible to show his growth later.
Someone commented in hash tags "#That's why I like him #That whiny little kid marches into a crime lord's palace and wrecks everything #And saves his father's soul #What have you done lately"
I think Luke was about 19 at that time in the story. He also was living a life he didn't want to continue in the middle of the desert, pretty much nowheresville. I'd be whiny, too.
Shout out for the Max von Sydow "Hannah and her Sisters" reference!
Well, now, two hours later, it turns out that hanging out with you guys was not a great way to fall back to sleep. I’m gonna get up and get my shower, and then maybe I can snooze a bit afterwards. Big day. Oh yeah, I say that, and then my body starts to yawn. I’m not gonna fall for that, but maybe I’ll just lay down for a few more minutes…
Still watching "House of a Thousand Dolls" (I pause a lot for phone calls and chatting here, okay?). There's a continuity error so bad at around the 1 hour 5 minute mark that even I noticed it. Our Hero has gone back to an informant's room only to find it trashed, with the chair on its side on the floor.
Except the very next shot, the chair is upright with the cat leaping off of it and knocking it over in the process.
Oopsie.
Time is a fluid construct.
I love finding those mistakes. They are so easy to make in movies shot with one camera, though the one you noticed is somewhat unusual, like they stitched the scene together out of order. I'm not sure how the director overlooked something like that.
That continuity error is why there were only 993 dolls in the studio's final cut.
For fuck's sake:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/12/chatgpt-ed-into-bed-chatfishing-on-dating-apps
"I'd already been ChatGPT-ed into bed at least once. I didn't want it to happen again."
Maybe, I don't know, fucking call them and actually talk instead of just texting for three weeks before meeting up? Just a thought.
I couldn't get through that article yesterday. I'm pretty gullible myself, but wtf?
I'm old, and old school. I once replied to a personal ad in the Reno paper. I lived almost 200 miles from Reno, what was I thinking? After a couple of letters and a phone call or two, we decided to meet. She was nice. Told me she was tired of dating mechanics because she worked in an auto parts store and that's who she met. I told her I was an equipment operator, but when her car broke down I fixed it for her, which kinda blew my cover. Never heard from her again!
Wrong picture in the article. Should have shown Roxanne and Christian.
texting for three weeks before a meet up is fine. But for sure talk to them during the meet up before hopping into bed
I mean....
In this story, she did, and was very disappointed. But a phone call two weeks earlier would have also resolved that issue without having to leave her house.
True. Dunno as I would go meet someone I never spoke to for sure.
The spawn wants to tho. Eldest did with California girlfriend, but they had video whatever on discord (? not sure how that all works) so at least talked to her in real time. But youngest has only ever known this person in text.
And said person is constantly making excuses why they cannot meet up, which to me is a red flag, but youngest just accepts all the excuses as legit. And they may be, but idk, seems like a lot of excuses.
That's definitely a red flag. Youngest needs to be careful if they want to continue anyway.
You're youngest is very likely to be disappointed, I'm sorry. Just try to avoid "I told you so"s when it happens.
A renewed suggestion: https://signal.org/ Do not use WhatsApp.
𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘀
University team picks up voice calls, texts, and corporate data from orbit with off-the-shelf kit
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/14/unencrypted_satellite_comms/?td=rt-3a
Hey, they did say they were the most transparent administration! We just did not realize they meant "with top secret intel"
All that "top secret intel" stuff seems to be hiding in plain sight. Thanks, Petey. Have another Shirley Temple on Jen.
Well, in the late 50s, we had a party line. I learned at the age of 6 not to say anything over a phone that you wouldn’t say in church.
We had one too.
Why not just use your cell phone to send messages?
Well, pictures are free on WhatsApp and payable on texts. And most of my messages are to do with cats, and currently pumpkins - friends with allotments - so they can intercept all they like.
Oh, I love the picture of the fat Texans who think they are going to invade Chicago. Texas' finest! LOL!
Then a masked goon in civilian clothes
Shudder.
Totally normal, the press? so glad you took a stand for yourselves tho.....
The mechanics were sent to the front in Ukraine.
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘺𝘴𝘬. 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘌𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, "𝘙𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘺𝘴𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 2012."
𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗢 𝗯𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 R̶e̶d̶ ̶O̶c̶t̶o̶b̶e̶r̶ “𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰”
A Russian sub surfaces off of Western Europe. Is it damaged?
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/nato-boss-mocks-russian-navy-which-is-on-the-hunt-for-red-october-the-nearest-mechanic/
so I went into the paint store last week, because I decided I was not happy with the coverage on the ceiling that the pro left. And the paint store guy said he hadn’t seen me around for a while and how was I and was I still working and I told them I retired three months ago.
He asked how that was going, and I told him I was busier now than I was when I was working. And he paused and looked at me. That guy does gravitas better than anyone I know, and I frankly don’t know how his kids got away with ANYTHING. He said, I have something I say to all of you retirees who come in here and tell me that same thing. This is on behalf of all of us who are still working (trust me he said that a whole lot more eloquently than I’m giving him credit for): you guys need to figure your stuff out.
And it’s honestly the best retirement advice I’ve ever gotten.
I’m going in there today for a bucket of paint to finish off the garage walls because I can’t wait any longer for the pro to have time to finish the job. And then I have a PT appointment, and I need to swing by the bank, and then my work colleagues have invited me in for a retirement potluck, which I think in part is timed so that I can admire the shiny award that my ex boss was given because she said high store on that kind of thing, and then I need to come out to the house because my friend with the high reach and the wide wingspan wants to do the painting of the walls, and I am so happy to pay him to do it. And then I have an appointment in the evening for a deep tissue massage. And then tomorrow, I’m getting pictures taken to renew both of my passports. I’ve been putting that off because I wanted to get to the point where I don’t have this grim set to my face, but fuck it. If I need it to get across the border, nobody’s gonna care what I look like.
So it’s a little embarrassing to go back and face paint store guy today because I haven’t figured my stuff out yet.
It's really weird to be renting after 40 years of home ownership. I have no projects and if something goes wrong, I call the landlord. I do keep a running list of projects I would do to this place if I ever owned it. The building is for sale now, so we'll see.
Call me naive or uninformed but I am of the impression that renting in Europe is more civil, for the most part, than here on the other side of the Atlantic.
The rules are in the favor of the renter. The lease is for three years, but you can break it any time with a little notice. They, on the other hand, can't kick you out. Well, I suppose they can if you don't pay the rent. Also, if the energy rating on the rental is poor, they can't raise the rent at all. They also can't raise the rent if it would be out of line with similar rentals in the same neighborhood.
I suspected something similar with minimal foreknowledge.
They didn't raise our rent this year. I don't know why, but I'm not going to remind them about it.
I get a call every year or two from the real estate agent I bought this place through. He asked if I wanted to put the place on the market and I said not this year, and he said, if you do sell, what would you do? Would you buy a condo?
And I thought, take me out and shoot me, please. I couldn’t envision what one does with one’s time when one is not owned by a house.
I still like that place for you that you posted the pictures for a few years ago. All rococo and creams and pale blue.
We bought a house in Germany 30 years ago. We had it in ship shape and paid off about 15 years ago. I still keep waiting for the flood or the roof to blow off, but it's pretty well built. I'll let you know if it isn't...
And if that happens, you build another roof, or take out the sump pump and plug it in. If they have good bones, you fix the things that need fixing, and you keep moving on.
My theory of house is that a house is a system of systems. Each system has to work, and all the systems have to work together, and when they do come out, you don’t give it any thought. And so often, look around and realize that you could improve upon matters, and then you’re in for it.
Was that my Malibu place? I miss that house. I couldn't afford to buy it now. Those little homes are topping $2M now.
Maybe it was just last year that you showed us a link. It was in France, and it was palatial. It had that same vibe as the place you lived in with that white marble fireplace, delicate and elegant.
Oh that place with the gorgeous exposed limestone walls in some of the interior and the pool and the pool house and the fancy stove. I really liked that one. It was snapped up pretty quick.
If I leave this place, it will probably be because things have become unbearable here. And if that happens, I think the course of wisdom would be for the equity that I have in this property to set my budget, more or less. So I appreciate what I have now, but I try to love it with an open hand. I expect if I move, the next place will be pretty modest. But if it’s within walking distance to a beach, that would be pretty amazing.
But fixing up our house is going to be one of our post retirement jobs!
May the many forces be with you.
I hope you’re able to get a running start on your projects, and then you hit a sustainable pace once you retire.
I feel driven by the weather right now. It looks like snow over the weekend, and then it’ll be consistently in the belows next week, so it is time to pull the last of the tasks together.
And then I’m going to roll right over into inside deferred maintenance and up doodles. But hopefully by the end of this winter, it’ll be pretty all right.
Pretty alright can be good enough. There’s stuff that has to wait until we retire, cash out the TDA and pay off the house, then we can do the addition and seal the house up right. We’re okay for the winter, but there is much to do.
My motto this summer became, “done is pretty.” I’ve lived so much of my adult life with unfinished projects that I am at this point allergic.
Retireeitis - my dad used to speak of it. When folk retire, they have a list, and it looks big, and they are go go go go because they are used to working like that. So the first year or two is busier than when you were working, until the list is done. He sounded like it was a good thing tho, cause he was of the mind that keeping active was the only way to be
I was feeling pretty discouraged about the mountain I still have to climb, and then I started to think about what The List looked like this spring. Now THAT was discouraging. And I realized I have actually accomplished a fuckton around here. I think your father would approve.
I am completely stealing his terminology, however.
Dad was a bit of all right. When he finished his list, he started volunteering. Meals on wheels, church stuff (think he was a sexton and then a deacon, cathloic stuff. Maybe a Eucharistic minister too? whatevs, church stuff), and also for the union, helping other retirees navigate all the retirement stuff on the computers.
Thus, he lasted more than a decade more than his contemporaries, who all dropped dead a year or two after retirement. He always claimed they died of boredom. If the cancer hadn't gotten him, he'd probably still be roving about
Picturing him walking the halls of the cancer ward with his butt hanging out of his hospital gown, dragging his IV trolley, asking people if he can get them a cup of tea and some soda crackers.
lol, that was mom XD She was an RN
When she was in the hospital (and she was, a lot, she was a medical nightmare) the other nurses would ask us to ask her to stop nursing while a patient
They called her the general. No slack on her floor XD
“… would ask us to ask her…” and did you look at them and say YOU tell her, I’m not gonna
Woo hoo! ScamCoin™ BANKS!
𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗲'𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗨𝗦 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲, 𝗣𝗮𝘅𝗼𝘀, 𝗥𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗦 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁
https://decrypt.co/344333/stablecoin-issuers-race-bank-charters-stripes-bridge-joins
Now we will see if there is any regulatory authority left in the Federal government. I highly doubt these ScamCoin™ firms could make it through a full banking audit.
Reserve requirements .. the minimum amount of liquidity...
As of March 2020, the U.S. Federal Reserve reduced the reserve requirement ratio to zero percent. So one barrier against a license to steal was removed
Who the fuck ordered that?
the Federal Reserve, "money circulating"... COVID scaring people into using Coffee Can Under The Bed National Trust...
Actually, opportunists saw a shot at removing an industry bugaboo
"𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲, 𝗣𝗮𝘅𝗼𝘀, 𝗥𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲" all seem to be the names of financial institutions that one should trust.
Future names of Sarah Palin descendants.
sn00rk!
Hammy's awake and ready for action. Don't wake The Crew please.
The Crew woke me up.
Sounds like a legal firm.
I hear that 𝗖𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 has been absconding with the trust funds.
They sound like bars in a Star Wars sequel.
I was thinking along those lines myself. You beat me to it.
This just aggravates the fuck out of me: No proof, no evidence, no investigation, and no information. The more you tighten your grip, Pammy Jo, the more tools will be created to track your thugs.
𝗨𝗦 𝗔𝗚 𝗣𝗮𝗺 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗢𝗝'𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 — - Meta removed page upon Justice Department request — AG Bondi says page was being used to ‘dox and target’ ICE agents
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/facebook-takes-down-page-that-justice-department-says-was-used-harass-ice-agents-2025-10-14/
It’s not good enough to identify and track ICE agents. You need to cross reference against outstanding wants and warrants too.
It's all coming out and it will be worse than we can imagine. This is the tip of the iceberg.
At this point, sad to say, too many that have decided that their version of Facebook is reality may be too far gone. They are still useful as piggybanks for Zuckerberg.
In this case, nothing can be expected of that wussy Zuckerfuck. But in general, there's a lot of this kind of shit going on. Especially with respect to mobile phones and tracking.
But simply reminding websites of their terms of service was tyranny when Biden's admin did it.
whar the free speech warriors at?
Biden was a tyrantfor even asking!
I'm just waiting for someone to hijack dhs.gov and turn it into an ICE spotter.
Yes. Where is Anonymous-version II
Soon, padawan, soon. We need a female spy to cozy up to one of snot nosed DOGE nazis and get all the credentials. Shouldn't be hard ... those little jerks would fall for any flattery from a woman.
It's good that I can post about the positive effects of fuming nitric enemas but not anything that crosses the regime.
Just like the founders intended!
Can she say Streisand Effect? Looks like Pammy wants to play Whack-a-Mole for a while. That page will merely be relocating.
Right ... like the ICEBlock app. Which *isn't* available in the app store, but widely available through many, many other channels. I think what surprises me (it doesn't) is that these chucklefucks think they can control the propaganda and resistance à la the 1930s. There isn't a single source of news. There isn't a single source of applications and technology. They can't get this through their thick skulls.
Most of the people that need to know. Know. The rest need to be told.
It's from Threads, but the screengrabs of the comments in response to the posted news story are just *chef's kiss*and need to be shared.
https://www.threads.com/@_stillwerise/post/DPrbbgCD2ik
Ouch. https://kevinandkell.com/
Man, I haven't read K&K in forever. I should go read the last couple of years' worth of strips or something.
R.L. is a PAB stand-in? Wow. I never had the impression he was that kind of person.
And he is running with M.I.C.E. also too.
His stint in prison changed him, along with his marriage to Monique.
Yeah. Saw that earlier.
Speaking of Star Wars, Hamill has said that he gets a ton of grief for how whiny he sounds when he says the line about going to Tosche Station to pick up power converters. But he says he had to make it as juvenile as possible to show his growth later.
Someone commented in hash tags "#That's why I like him #That whiny little kid marches into a crime lord's palace and wrecks everything #And saves his father's soul #What have you done lately"
Hamill did go to Tosche Station and bought power converters
https://preview.redd.it/t9qxe3paxz761.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=3dc2ef1286d66b765003718b8c5624342e8365b4
I fucking love Hamill.
Woo! Power converters!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpUkokRx3-k
Someone posted the tweet that came from as a comment to the post that had that anecdote.
I think Luke was about 19 at that time in the story. He also was living a life he didn't want to continue in the middle of the desert, pretty much nowheresville. I'd be whiny, too.
Thought the twins were like 17 at the start of new hope?
I consulted with someone more enthusiastic about the saga than me.
https://www.yodasdatapad.com/ages.html
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Good morning to you, Diane.
Morning, Diane!
The Kristi Noem video faulting Democrats for the federal government shutdown is not being played at Bradley International Airport (Hartford CT).
YAY!
It's not being played in Charlotte, either -- but I notice they didn't mention RDU. :-/