The Future Is Coming Like A Melting Glacier...

Joe Biden's climate plan. Not as crazy as Bernie's! Still pretty woke though. Biden backs next-gen modular reactors, so there's that small bit of hope.

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[Thomas Collins]

Climate kabuki. Fossil fuels will be key for the foreseeable future. Nuke could help tremendously, except that a boisterous nuke program will probably be stymied by the same people wailing about the need for "clean" energy. Most of the rest is governmental graft.

Perhaps DARPA is conducting research that will ultimately produce alt-energy. Mask or no mask, I'm not holding my breath.

[Thomas Collins]

I'm going to make a wild guess: The next gen reactors will be subservient to AOC led incentives for windmills.

[Marlene]

Good Morning! TK, get well soon!

[Old Lurker]

Is TK the first JOMer with the bug?

[Dave (in MA)]

When they come for my A/C and my internal-combustion engine, I can beat the crap out of them and say "I just wanted some bread" when the defunded police don't show up.

[GUS]

Dave, the answer is yes, but you must use a baseball bat.

[Thomas Collins]

On the NY Times' attempt to get Biden out of the debates with the fact checking proposal: I think the fact checking idea for the debates would work under the right framework. My idea: Trump picks a fact checker, and Biden picks one. After the debate, the fact checkers duke it out for an hour. Probably more entertaining than the debate itself.

My suggestion to Trump for his fact checker: Kayleigh McEnaney.

[GUS]

Biden needs to be on stage in his wheelchair.

[Captain Hate]

Is TK the first JOMer with the bug?

Maybe the first with an adverse reaction to it. Who knows?

[GUS]

There is some fantastic news in NASCAR.

Bubba Wallace (who is a NEGRO) came in 21st last night. He won the participation trophy for highest finishing Negro.

[Old Lurker]

Good point Cap'n!

[Captain Hate]

I missed this from Tuesday, but Ronnie Jackson, former WH physician and Trump supporter, won his primary run off against the usual GOPe stooge. Of course, Trump went in big for Jackson who came really from no where to knock off his more "Republican connected" opponent.

Poll trolls love themselves some liberal polls, but you never hear about how, when there is real voting, the other side is getting simply shelled...you have to look for it.
Posted by: Boswell at July 16, 2020 11:32 AM (32YRo)

The enemedia barely report these when they happen and they seem to be frequent.

[Melinda]

"Face Masks, Face Shields, and N95 Respirators Not Intended

for a Medical Purpose"–

"Face masks, face shields, and N95 respirators are devices when they meet the definition of a device set forth in section 201(h) of the FD&C Act. Under section 201(h) of the FD&C Act, these products are devices when they are intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease."

https://www.fda.gov/media/136449/download

[Melinda]

Live Barr:

https://youtu.be/cwLs2TrmEf4

[This is really good, particularly corporate appeasement, a k a ESG.]

[Captain Hate]

OL,

There is such a lack of useful information on this, surely by design. I live in a DeWine designated DANGER COUNTY and either I've had it with no harmful repercussions or I haven't got it. I'm not losing any sleep over it either way.

[Old Lurker]

Had Fauci been right, shouldn't about half of JOMers be dead by now or something?

TK took one for the team it seems.

[Thomas Collins]

Melinda, is the bottom line that FDA will continue to allow marketing and sale of possibly useless masks for disease prevention if certain disclosure requirements are met? That's my read. Of course, FDA promulgations are more difficult to interpret than trust indentures! :-)

[MissMarple2]

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/08/magazine/the-expanding-empire-of-donald-trump.html

A New York Times reporter followed him around and this is a really fascinating piece, in which you can learn some things like this:

"He says that his concern for nuclear holocaust is not one that popped into his mind during any recent made-of-television movie. He says that it has been troubling him since his uncle, a nuclear physicist, began talking to him about it 15 years ago.

His greatest dream is to personally do something about the problem and, characteristially, Donald Trump thinks he has an answer to nuclear armament: Let him engotiate arms agreements - he who can talk people into selling $100 million properties to him for $13 million. Negotiations is an art, he says and I have a gift for it."

No subscription or fee required. Its from an article in their magazine in 1984, when they didn't think he was evil or stupid. He also probably saved New York City.

[henry]

Yeah. AGW, just as much science as Kung Flu mask effectiveness, slightly less thancold fusion or perpetual motion.

[Jane]

I have a new Iphone and managed to get it going - but it won't make sound. I have the volume on but get no notifictions of messages and calls. The volume is up. But it's very rude! Any ideas?

[henry]

TC, is ACA medical device tax still going? That’s a lot of back taxes to collect.

[henry]

Jane, is the Bluetooth turned on? The new phone may be linked to the stupid ear pods (or whatever they call them)

[Dave (in MA)]

GUS, it wasn't a question.

[Dave (in MA)]

Jane, if you bang it on the table as hard as you can, does it make any sound then?

[lurkersusie]

Jane, a small mute button on the right side above
the volume buttons

[Jane]

Rocco: Happy coffee:

https://elevacity.com/smartcoffeeshopnow

[Dave (in MA)]

You could try hooking up some wired headphones.
Since the Cupertino Geniuses didn't provide you with one, you'll need to drill your own headphone jack with a 3.5mm drill bit.

[Old Lurker]

If Dave's advice does not work, place it on your driveway and drive over it with your car.

[Thomas Collins]

In late 2019, henry, the moratorium on the MDT morphed into an outright repeal. No more MDT (for now, at least).

[Jane]

You guys are very rude! Very funny but very rude! My type of people!

[Narciso]

Prayers for you tk

Yes silva has chosen to deny the gospela blame them for hitler and attack any defender of the west like wilders for good weather using the apocrypha atarted by hochhuth.

[Captain Hate]

Since the Cupertino Geniuses didn't provide you with one, you'll need to drill your own headphone jack with a 3.5mm drill bit.

I can't tell you how pissed off I am that those dorks did away with that and made you plug the earbuds in the same rectangular jack for recharging.

[Thomas Collins]

What humanity needs: The Viagra Face Mask. Soft and comfortable until one gets within six feet of someone else, at which point the mask stiffens up and provides maximum protection.

Then, when the threat subsides, back to a flaccid mask.

To the engineering/design JOMers: Don't say I didn't give you an idea to make a mint!

[Narciso]

Indeed

https://mobile.twitter.com/mtracey/status/1283575781919125504

[Dave (in MA)]

I ridicule iPhones, but my old Android phone has its own issues, like how it gets so slow sometimes that incoming calls go to voicemail before the Answer control even becomes responsive.

[Rocco]

Ah thanks Jane. I'm on a quest to find that perfect cup of coffee, hence the AeroPress I just ordered. I drink it black and no matter how hard I try, I just can't get rid of that bitter taste brewing at home. I clean often with vinegar and change the charcoal filters but usually when I need a filter, I'm out. But thanks, I was just curious.

[MissMarple2]

Hey. We need people lobbying Congress to get rid of face masks.

We won't even have to pay them. All we have to do is remind certain industries that THEIR sales will plummet if we are still forced to wear them indefinitely: Make-up/cosmetics, plastic surgeons, orthodontists, dance studios, gymnastics teachers, etc.

[Old Lurker]

Dave, when my phone gives be trouble, I just unplug it from the wall.

[Neo]

Philly sports radio WIP is saying right now that The Washington Post is readying a blockbuster expose in Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder, not directly related to the changing of the team's name.

They wouldn't hint at what the rumors are, because the story is being 'vetted by the lawyers' for the usual Post accuracy, but Twitter tweets are saying Snyder is being investigated on sex trafficking allegations.

'He was on Epstein's list,' says a Hip Magazine tweet, which says Jay Gruden, Jaguars' offensive coordinator, was on the same list.

Which makes you wonder if Snyder ultimately was blackmailed into changing the team name (which of course is about to be changed).

[Old Lurker]

TC, your 12:16 is a pretty good description of the body's own immune system.

[Gentlejim]

Dave, the answer is yes, but you must use a baseball bat.

Posted by: GUS | July 16, 2020 at 11:22 AM

Is that bat sans pine tar past the 17” mark? The Brett explosion from the dugout is one of my favorite insane sports moments along with the Lee Elias diatribe: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uiVVbYK9HXw
He uses what Spock referred to in Star Trek 4 as “colorful language”.

Jane,
The mute button is on the other right side of the iPhone (See left side). Also check “sounds and haptics” in settings for each function

[Old Lurker]

Speaking of telephones...

Here is what I want to but for my landline.

A telephone that:

Does not ring at all unless the caller is hard programmed into my directory. (White Listed)

Sends all other calls to voicemail, knowing most junk calls will hang up.

[Dave (in MA)]

The Washington Youngskins.

[Extraneus]

That's how I set up my Android. Do Not Disturb unless you're in my favorites.

[Captain Hate]

OL,

Ditch your landline. In my cell I've got every number of people I want to hear from. If an unrecognized number pops up I trash it immediately; same with people I'm not in the mood to talk with. If it's someone important they'll leave a message. I felt liberated from pests.

Btw what was the service others were recommending? The thrill is gone with Straight Talk.

[Another Bob]

“ those dorks did away with that”

They do make an adapter if you have a favorite set of ‘phones.

I think they think everyone is Bluetooth anymore.

[henry]

Why wait #twoweeks to start? This entire mask thing has gone plaid.

@CNBC

Target will require shoppers to wear face masks starting Aug. 1. cnb.cx/30ftE9I

[Gentlejim]

Captain,
Mel suggested Consumer Cellular.

[Captain Hate]

Bingo. Thanks Gentlejim.

[henry]

It isn’t as if Target is going to get a “back to school” sales boom this August. The clowns running the school districts aren’t allowing anyone back to school this fall.

[Gentlejim]

My idiot Mayor has closed our beaches just ahead of what is to be the hottest weekend of the summer. We’re looking at close to 100 degrees. He cites the influx of guests from IL and lack of social distancing as reasons. The beach closures will exacerbate the problem of already crowded beaches in the town where I work. My idiot county is bludgeoning us with mandatory masks starting tomorrow.

IHTFPWTHOABS
I Hate These Fucking People With The Heat Of A Billion Suns

[Manuel Transmission]

This just came in over the transom and is not verified. Maybe someone here can validate.

The Japanese professor of physiology or medicine, Professor Dr Tasuku Honjo, caused a sensation today in the media by saying that the corona virus is not natural. if it is natural, it will not have affected the whole world like that. Because, depending on the nature, the temperature is different in different countries. if it were natural, it would only have affected countries with the same temperature as China. instead, it spreads to a country like Switzerland, the same way it spreads to desert areas. whereas if it were natural, it would have spread in cold places, but would have died in hot places. I have done 40 years of research on animals and viruses. It is not natural. It is manufactured and the virus is completely artificial. I have been working for 4 years in the Wuhan laboratory in China. I know all the staff of this laboratory well. I called them all after the Corona accident. but, all of their phones have been dead for 3 months. It is now understood that all of these laboratory technicians are dead. Based on all of my knowledge and research to date, I can say this with 100% confidence that Corona is not natural. It did not come from bats. China made it. if what I say today turns out to be false now or even after I die, the government can withdraw my Nobel Prize. but China is lying and this truth will one day be revealed to all. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasuku_Honjo

[MissMarple2]

henry,

Until I see evidence (as in actual statistics) of effectiveness, I am not wearing one.

Target doesn't bother me anyway, as I have them on my boycott list due to their political leanings.

ALSO: if I decide that they have proven effective, I am NOT buying one made in China.

[Rocco]

If another stimulus package is passed, the teachers will undoubtedly demand and probably get a big chunk of it. Our side should demand that for every dollar the teachers get, a dollar goes toward the construction of charter schools.

Teachers, holding your child hostage again!

[Gentlejim]

Captain,
You’re welcome.

I forgot to add that our idiot Governor has extended our phase 4.5 thru 7/31.

Critical thinking is extinct it seems.

[Extraneus]

No new indoor activities in NYC in phase 4, Cuomo says

Museums, indoor cultural venues, malls and indoor dining will remain closed when New York City is cleared to enter Phase 4, which could begin as soon as Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday. The state will make a final decision on whether the city will enter the fourth and final phase of reopening by 4 p.m. Friday, but either way no new indoor activities will open as part of the phase, Cuomo said.

So it's permanent, then. Here's JimmyK after he reads that.

(Click to open.)

[clarice]

https://nypost.com/2020/07/16/protesters-got-shipment-of-bats-before-brooklyn-bridge-brawl-video/

[henry]

Milwaukee just passed mandatory masks. Should make the DNC extra spicy next month.

[Dave (in MA)]

Covid bats?

[Narciso]

Can they explain this:

https://mobile.twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1283495859980828673

[Dave (in MA)]

Someone needs to photoshop an ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK 2020 with a 70-ish Kurt Russell in front of a nursing home.

[Narciso]

The woodem kind

[MissMarple2]

clarice,

Things have gotten so weird I had to go watch the entire video to make sure if those bats were mammalian or wooden!

[henry]

Narciso, how many of the 11,000 were illegales?

[MissMarple2]

If this is a biological attack, it seems to me that California COULD have higher numbers with contaminated mask purchases, infections purposely spread by Chinese students at universities, volunteer carriers by Antifa members, etc.

Also, the numbers of infected people coming illegally across the border seems high.

[Old Lurker]

I think all teachers and all professors should be paid each Friday based on the number of actual students they actually taught face to face in actual classrooms and lecture halls that week.

No tickee, no washee.

[rse]

So the faulty numbers caused by increased testing because the media no longer regards allergy issues as distinct from covid so people panic. Plus mixing antibodies with current cases in the covid positive numbers. Plus repeated stories of people who were NEVER tested being told they were positive are all being used to shut down in person learning so that these metro school districts have to go virtual and use the competency-based templates their personnel have been travelling the nation and world hyping what they are piloting that is cutting edge becomes mandatory.

Does anyone else feel like life in the US in 2020 was scripted by a virtual reality gaming developer?

[Narciso]

Indeed back to the eloi bunkers

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

IMO 2020 demonstrates pretty plainly how the chimps and orangutans take over the world.
If a bug is widespread and you don't have a vaccine or cure, it's gonna do what it's gonna do. You can spread it out or get it over with but you can't eradicate it.
That most of humanity, including those dumbshits in charge, cannot recognize that and is cowering in their homes and demanding more meaningless rules to make them feel safe has brought me to the conclusion that collectively we are by the barest margin not sitting in trees eating bananas and flinging feces and we seem to be closing the gap downward at a pretty goof clip.
Bring back Devo because the theory of devolution seems to have considerable merit.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Freedom of choice is what you've got.
Freedom from choice is what you want.

[Narciso]

Well this isnt working out

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1283820677951258624

[Narciso]

Thats not quite right:

https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/16/charlamagne-tha-god-claims-nick-cannon-fired-because-jews-have-the-power/#.XxCGYJ3gAXw.twitter

[Narciso]

The dolphins will tell us when to panic.

[rse]

Well. Well, Well.

https://www.frameworksinstitute.org/toolkit/changing-the-narrative-on-public-education/ just out.

Welcome to Changing the Narrative on Public Education, a communications toolkit designed to help advocates talk more effectively about the current needs and future possibilities of public education. In collaboration with the Partnership for the Future of Learning and the Shared Story Project, FrameWorks offers evidence-based strategies for communicating an affirmative vision for the future of education that centers race, equity, and meaningful learning.

The Quickstart guide below offers a brief overview of framing recommendations that will assist advocates in disrupting the current narratives around public education and its future. Or if you’re new to framing, check out the Core Story of Education research for a deeper dive on what it takes to change the longstanding dominant narrative about public education.

[Narciso]

Its like the spike back in the skull.

[Narciso]

Kafka takes a bow

https://www.redstate.com/shipwreckedcrew/2020/07/15/the-drafting-of-the-indictment-against-roger-stone-shows-the-duplicity-of-muellers-special-counsel-prosecutors/amp/

[Narciso]

Sadly so:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Doc_0/status/1283744413034913797

[Momto2]

rse - did you see my post on the previous page about Fulton County schools?

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/fulton-county/fulton-county-schools-restart-100-virtually-august-17/QNAWJOKDCNGWRJOJXFTKOAJCCM/

I predict this will result in loud protests from other counties demanding that they follow suit!

[Jane]

Whoever told me about the button above volume, thank you! I’d be in a nursing home without you guys!

Could someone please bring me a salad?

[Momto2]

Speaking of Target:

Target put out a mirror so you can try on different masks before choosing the one you want..... Think about it for a minute.

[Jane]

LOL Mom!

[Narciso]

Yes that cant go pearshaped in any way.

[Narciso]

Bring back the obelisk.

[rse]

I expected that mom when aps made its decision since there is a desire that the donut hole and the surrounding donut use the same model and practices.

Then that expands to the entire 10 county area. The link above turns out to tie to this group https://www.frameworksinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sharedstory-messagingstrategies.pdf

All coming together unfortunately. One of my readers from portland, but not the one in marlene's state, says the shift there is astonishing.

[lyle]

Sorry I’m late but hang in there, TK. We’re all pulling for you.

[Old Lurker]

This headline:

"3 churches sue Newsom after California bans singing in places of worship because of coronavirus
They claim a double standard because of Newsom's support of protests"

If the left hates God so much and all deplorables who go to church, and if Fauci were right that Covid kills on sight, then shouldn't the left encourage more church, bigger the better?

[Melinda]

Odd overlap:

BLM Organizer Charged On Six Counts Of Child Sex Abuse, Possession Of Images Of Underage Girls

https://thenationalpulse.com/news/blm-organizer-charged-on-six-counts-of-child-sex-abuse-possession-of-images-of-underage-girls/

[Melinda]

Boom?

Neal Houston, Ph.D. 🇺🇲 ⭐⭐⭐
@DrNealHouston
BREAKING: US Supreme Court sides with Florida and blocks hundreds of thousands of people with felony convictions from participating in upcoming elections.

Sotomayor, Ginsburg and Kagan dissent.
supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf…

[lyle]

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Screen-Shot-2020-07-15-at-8.13.06-AM.png

Wretchard.

[Melinda]

Link, sorry:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19a1071_lkgn.pdf

[jimmyk]

Museums, indoor cultural venues, malls and indoor dining will remain closed when New York City is cleared to enter Phase 4

In other words, NYC is not actually entering Phase 4. Cuomo and DeBlasio will do everything they can to keep a recovery from getting a full head of steam before Novemeber. And they'll come begging to Trump for a bailout from the fiscal mess they've created.

[Melinda]

Further link:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/relatingtoorders/19

[Melinda]

I'm sure Mazie has Noooo idea who this is, nor Tulsi, but I denounce myself:

l E T 17
@Inevitable_ET
Big arrests in Hawaii. YUGE

🇺🇸GloryB🇺🇸 @kailuatwin
Federal authorities indict alleged organized crime boss who ‘wreaked havoc’ on Oahu. THIS IS HUGE!!! hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/07/15/fbi…

https://twitter.com/Inevitable_ET/status/1283834104727785473

[lyle]

This is interesting:

https://www.city-journal.org/biden-stakeholder-fallacy

[jimmyk]

Re that SWC Redstate piece at 2:17, tl;dr. Are SWC and Sundance the same person? The style is awfully similar. I'm sure it's great stuff, but sticking my toe into it I see lots of speculation and theorizing, and no concise statement of what the hell his point is in the first several paragraphs. He must think his readership is as obsessive and with as much time on its hands as he has.

[Neo]

New York Driver Captures Water Spewing Inside the Lincoln Tunnel
https://news.yahoo.com/york-driver-captures-hudson-river-205856340.html

[Captain Hate]

I think SWC is an attorney and Sundance isn't.

[jimmyk]

lyle, that stakeholder capitalism BS is just an extension of the Rawlsian social contract, the effect of which would be to shrink the size of the pie and encourage everyone to fight over what's left (and of course to give more power to pols), rather than benefit everyone with more pie.

[Old Lurker]

Good one, Lyle.

We used to know all that.

[hrtshpdbox]

Get well soon, TK.