That's a shame. Giant ants, though..."Them!" As a kid, when they showed the movie on television, I was thrilled to hear the ants had tunneled "from LA to Santa Barbara!" My home town.
I worked retail for a lot of years and never pushed extended warranties, even though I would get poor grades at review time. "It's got a warranty for a year, if it doesn't work, just return it, and you are buying a TV for like 300 bucks" I would casually say...
The same, but harder on store credit cards. If we even got enough people to apply, accepted by the bank or not, even the lowliest employee would get a HUNDO or TWO as a bonus. What does that tell you about how much a bank makes off of the average poor credit holder? Seriously, that's just one store out of thousands, every quarter -Walmart_
I'd do the spiel if someone asked, but I never pushed credit card applications. Others always hit the mark, so I don't feel bad, but at least my direct superiors who liked me and I could laugh at my numbers.
Fry’s tried to push an extended warranty on a $30 DVD player. “But what if it stops working?” I’ll buy another one, which will probably be cheaper and have more features?
I’ve just realized that DVD player outlasted Fry’s.
Wait, Fry's is gone? I bought a TV from them 20 years ago. They honored my price match with a $179 credit, and then gave me a second $179 price match credit. How did they mismanage money so badly?!
This is a good point, bj. If they said they'd testify in public, then they're cooperating. And I think they should testify. Dems have---rightfully---cracked on rethugs for refusing to testify, so Bill and Hillary should walk the walk. Why would they refuse, if they have nothing to hide?
It's hard to feel sympathy for Scott Adams after he spent so much time whining about his cancer. Lots of people die from cancer some of whom were much better people in life.
man, the people in the comments of People about the dibert creator sure like to apologise for some racism and call it free speech and speaking his reality - they're all crying about civility and how mean People is - its hilarious
Also the mother jones story was really nicely balanced (not both sidesing, just presenting verifiable fact in a neutral tone)
speech should never be free of consequence - good (i love you) or bad (i hate you) - what you say has meaning and impact and should always be considered before you say it. this is why the right whine about woke - they want to say horrible things but not suffer any consequences
From Vox: "Adolf Hitler’s regime famously advertised its rule with the tagline, “One People, One Realm, One Leader.” Three days after Renee Good’s killing, Trump’s Department of Labor tweeted, “One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American.”
On January 9, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted, “We’ll have our home again,” a lyric from an anthem adopted by the neo-fascist group The Proud Boys and other white nationalist organizations. This was accompanied by a link where one could sign up to join ICE.
Last August, DHS shared an ICE recruitment poster beneath the phrase, “Which way, American man?” — an apparent reference to the white supremacist tract, “Which Way, Western Man?” which argues that “Race consciousness, and discrimination on the basis of race, are absolutely essential to any race’s survival. … That is why the Jews are so fiercely for it for themselves…and fiercely against it for us, because we are their intended victim.”
In October, the US Border Patrol posted a video on its Facebook page of agents loading guns and driving through the desert, as a 13-second clip of Michael Jackson’s song “They Don’t Care About Us” plays — specifically, the lines “Jew me, sue me, everybody do me, kick me, k*ke me.”"
The pace of Trump's Nazi takeover is accelerating at a dizzying speed, in terms of both domestic and foreign policy. Thanks to Republican congresspeople, Congress is failing to do what is currently its ONE job, which is to impeach Trump immediately, convict him in the Senate, and remove him from office before he takes over more countries and unleashes his stormtroopers on the good people in every state that didn't vote his way. The same impeachment/removal action is necessary with regard to J.D. Vance, who is at least as culpable as Trump is. America's democracy will not survive another year--never mind three years--of these fascist mother-*uckers.
I beg to differ. The court of the Orange King lies because they can't help themselves anymore, their very existences are so imbued with mendacity that I doubt they, any of them, are capable of an honest answer to ANYTHING, up to and including "Are you okay? Just nod if you can hear me."
A Night of the Long Knives, literal or metaphoric, would jam their media bubbles with toxic goo. Paybacks at all levels then start happening. In the end MAGA and the Republicans* will be 250 separate sects fighting violently over such things as opening soft boiled eggs from the big end or the small one.
About Denny Carter's inflation article -- to recap, he witnessed people being charged $17.22 for a bagel and an orange juice, $19 for a slice and a water, and was himself charged $18 for two lemonades for his kids.
Gotta point out that this was at the boardwalk at Ocean City. Not because it negates the outrage to say that people were being so outrageously overcharged at a known tourist trap, but because it suggests a clue as to the cause.
Vendors are charging that much because they have to pay through the nose for their concessions.
In other words, rent. That's what's driving prices. Rent. Ya wanna do anything about prices, ya better start getting real Socialist about rents, because the capitalists are buying up everything.
“Pedo protector” is apparently where the line finally is. Not the policies, not the violence, not the lies. Just someone saying the quiet part out loud on a factory floor and suddenly everyone’s clutching pearls.
"I bet the mayor is about to fix up the bowling alley, and I’ll walk in, and I’ll be twelve again, and all the adults will be so tall, and it will be my party, and everyone—even the kids who don’t like me—will have to sing happy birthday. The previous mayor said that rebuilding the bowling alley wouldn’t make it 1996 again, which, to me, is unacceptable."
Your hungry, hungry hed gif info comes with part 2 of the Antarctica exploration story: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/adelie-penguin-attempts-a-nosh
And your meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/47cf7f83-18e5-4047-a0c6-70199611e40a?utm_source=share
I had a dream that I was bitten by a penguin. What sorcery is this?
Penquin eyes are startling.
So are their mouths. All those spiky bit that let them latch onto a fish and swallow it it.
I love that I can see the texture of the feathers in this clip!
Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!
“Whazzis, can I EAT IT?”
Definitely not the the last thing one would want to see.
The rest of the world has vultures and buzzards, Antarctica has penguins.
Fearsome critters when you think about it. I must have been a shrimp in a previous life!
Looks like that beak could do some serious damage. However, his feathers are sparkling clean!
There's a lesson in there somewhere.
This new 3D Avatar movie is kinda disappointing. Too short. Two Stars.
The 50s mined the Giant Bug Movie genre pretty thoroughly. Giant Penguins were completely overlooked!
That's a shame. Giant ants, though..."Them!" As a kid, when they showed the movie on television, I was thrilled to hear the ants had tunneled "from LA to Santa Barbara!" My home town.
He's not glabrous and blind, so he's not from Beyond the Mountains of Madness.
Video visits with the otolaryngologist are so weird.
"I'd like to talk to you about your extended warranty."
I worked retail for a lot of years and never pushed extended warranties, even though I would get poor grades at review time. "It's got a warranty for a year, if it doesn't work, just return it, and you are buying a TV for like 300 bucks" I would casually say...
The same, but harder on store credit cards. If we even got enough people to apply, accepted by the bank or not, even the lowliest employee would get a HUNDO or TWO as a bonus. What does that tell you about how much a bank makes off of the average poor credit holder? Seriously, that's just one store out of thousands, every quarter -Walmart_
I'd do the spiel if someone asked, but I never pushed credit card applications. Others always hit the mark, so I don't feel bad, but at least my direct superiors who liked me and I could laugh at my numbers.
Fry’s tried to push an extended warranty on a $30 DVD player. “But what if it stops working?” I’ll buy another one, which will probably be cheaper and have more features?
I’ve just realized that DVD player outlasted Fry’s.
Wait, Fry's is gone? I bought a TV from them 20 years ago. They honored my price match with a $179 credit, and then gave me a second $179 price match credit. How did they mismanage money so badly?!
Bad customer service, mismanagement, and then Lockdown.
The warranties scaled by purchase price, up to $120 for three years, I think, but the base cost was 40 or 50 dollars.
Do you have a moment to talk about your relationship with Jesus?
*violent reaction*
"Are you paying too much for your car insurance?"
AIYEE! PENGUIN KAIJU!
When I see penguins I can't help but hear the voice of Don Adams as Tennessee Tuxedo.
Ah, sweet nostalgia.
"Curses. It's only a fisheye lens, not a real fish eye."
Aww..something cute that waddles as opposed to something ugly that also hogs cameras.
And waddles.
Tastes like snozzberry!
Tastes like snozzberry!
>> I’m agnostic on the Clintons refusing to testify to Jamie Comer’s Oversight Committee;
They have said they'd be willing to testify in public. They just don't want to testify in private.
This is a good point, bj. If they said they'd testify in public, then they're cooperating. And I think they should testify. Dems have---rightfully---cracked on rethugs for refusing to testify, so Bill and Hillary should walk the walk. Why would they refuse, if they have nothing to hide?
I was once a fan of Scott Adams. Before his brain fried.
It's hard to feel sympathy for Scott Adams after he spent so much time whining about his cancer. Lots of people die from cancer some of whom were much better people in life.
man, the people in the comments of People about the dibert creator sure like to apologise for some racism and call it free speech and speaking his reality - they're all crying about civility and how mean People is - its hilarious
Also the mother jones story was really nicely balanced (not both sidesing, just presenting verifiable fact in a neutral tone)
It's free speech, but it's not free from consequences.
speech should never be free of consequence - good (i love you) or bad (i hate you) - what you say has meaning and impact and should always be considered before you say it. this is why the right whine about woke - they want to say horrible things but not suffer any consequences
From Vox: "Adolf Hitler’s regime famously advertised its rule with the tagline, “One People, One Realm, One Leader.” Three days after Renee Good’s killing, Trump’s Department of Labor tweeted, “One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American.”
On January 9, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted, “We’ll have our home again,” a lyric from an anthem adopted by the neo-fascist group The Proud Boys and other white nationalist organizations. This was accompanied by a link where one could sign up to join ICE.
Last August, DHS shared an ICE recruitment poster beneath the phrase, “Which way, American man?” — an apparent reference to the white supremacist tract, “Which Way, Western Man?” which argues that “Race consciousness, and discrimination on the basis of race, are absolutely essential to any race’s survival. … That is why the Jews are so fiercely for it for themselves…and fiercely against it for us, because we are their intended victim.”
In October, the US Border Patrol posted a video on its Facebook page of agents loading guns and driving through the desert, as a 13-second clip of Michael Jackson’s song “They Don’t Care About Us” plays — specifically, the lines “Jew me, sue me, everybody do me, kick me, k*ke me.”"
https://www.vox.com/politics/475199/ice-shooting-renee-good-trump-white-nationalist-memes-dhs-dol
When people are doing Nazi shit, it is in fact okay to call them Nazis.
The pace of Trump's Nazi takeover is accelerating at a dizzying speed, in terms of both domestic and foreign policy. Thanks to Republican congresspeople, Congress is failing to do what is currently its ONE job, which is to impeach Trump immediately, convict him in the Senate, and remove him from office before he takes over more countries and unleashes his stormtroopers on the good people in every state that didn't vote his way. The same impeachment/removal action is necessary with regard to J.D. Vance, who is at least as culpable as Trump is. America's democracy will not survive another year--never mind three years--of these fascist mother-*uckers.
Claudette Colvin's was the best Drunk History segment ever! RIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tov2tLSFq5k
And I'm still amazed that it's People magazine calling these dickweeds out, when the MSM is still both-sides-ing everything.
I beg to differ. The court of the Orange King lies because they can't help themselves anymore, their very existences are so imbued with mendacity that I doubt they, any of them, are capable of an honest answer to ANYTHING, up to and including "Are you okay? Just nod if you can hear me."
I'm guessing and hoping that the endless lies inspire a suffocating cloud of paranoia among the Nazis. What do you trust? Whom do you trust?
Once the public backstabbing begins (my money is on Homan doing in Noem) it will be brief, bloody, and glorious to watch.
A Night of the Long Knives, literal or metaphoric, would jam their media bubbles with toxic goo. Paybacks at all levels then start happening. In the end MAGA and the Republicans* will be 250 separate sects fighting violently over such things as opening soft boiled eggs from the big end or the small one.
*Does that sound like a disco tribute band?
Hopefully.
I would pay to watch it.
some would argue that you are already paying
Good point.
I welcome any opportunity to post "Friends with a Penguin" featuring Billy Porter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=derxRN-ZkMI
That McSweeney's "voted for the mayor" piece was outstanding.
About Denny Carter's inflation article -- to recap, he witnessed people being charged $17.22 for a bagel and an orange juice, $19 for a slice and a water, and was himself charged $18 for two lemonades for his kids.
Gotta point out that this was at the boardwalk at Ocean City. Not because it negates the outrage to say that people were being so outrageously overcharged at a known tourist trap, but because it suggests a clue as to the cause.
Vendors are charging that much because they have to pay through the nose for their concessions.
In other words, rent. That's what's driving prices. Rent. Ya wanna do anything about prices, ya better start getting real Socialist about rents, because the capitalists are buying up everything.
The Clintons' letter to Comer:
"Americans are better at finding the truth than you are at burying it."
Well said.
Freeze tRump! Melt ICE! Department of War no more!
Freeze tRump! Melt ICE! Department of War no more!
Freeze tRump! Melt ICE! Department of War no more!
Claudette Colvin you're an inspiration and now a literal angel. 🥰
“Pedo protector” is apparently where the line finally is. Not the policies, not the violence, not the lies. Just someone saying the quiet part out loud on a factory floor and suddenly everyone’s clutching pearls.
The mayor of Minneapolis dropping an F-bomb at a news conference is the REAL violence!
His response was great. "Both sides? I dropped an F-Bomb, they shot a woman in the face" ... slightly paraphrased because memory not great.
"I bet the mayor is about to fix up the bowling alley, and I’ll walk in, and I’ll be twelve again, and all the adults will be so tall, and it will be my party, and everyone—even the kids who don’t like me—will have to sing happy birthday. The previous mayor said that rebuilding the bowling alley wouldn’t make it 1996 again, which, to me, is unacceptable."
The quintessence of MAGA.