Home » Open thread 10/17/22

Comments

Open thread 10/17/22 — 26 Comments

  1. More bad economic news on Friday, today stock market up over 500 points. I am going to go find a brick wall I can hit my head against.

  2. They never mentioned in the shark video why they cannot survive in captivity or what exactly was the cause of death.
    Or did they?

  3. Disclosure: I’m a Deplorable.
    I read a lot of “news” from both sides. The usual righty sources (midterms will be a landslide, tsunami, shellacking…). I certainly hope so and will do my part.
    The stories from the lefties are different. Most seem resigned to losing some or all of their power, and the more extreme of the ones I read (Slate) are full of articles and letters about how it’s acceptable and even necessary to cut all ties with the half of the country that disagrees politically. Even mom and dad, if they talk about it.
    I also have found myself on email lists from several D sources. Beto thinks he’s within the margin of error. At least one source on the left sees R to D flips. All ask me to “chip in,” of course. So far I have resisted.
    The metaphor used to be “bubbles.”
    I think “silo” is now more accurate, possibly a silo covered in bubble wrap.

  4. More bad economic news on Friday, today stock market up over 500 points.

    They’d already priced in the bad news.

  5. “More than 1 in 5 Democrats disapprove of Biden’s performance as president”

    The above is the headline of a NY Post newspaper article.
    It is incredibly depressing.
    It suggests that about 30% of dems disapprove of joke bidet, which means about
    70% STILL APPROVE of his performance.

    Just goes to show, yet once again, that one’s political ideology is no different than
    an individual’s religious belief; people just believe. Facts mean nothing.
    People’s beliefs are unshakable.

    As I have mentioned several times, the greatest danger facing a representative democracy is the electorate voting for a national suicide.

  6. In defense of the 4/5 democrats, they likely voted for him because he’s not Donald Trump. In Biden’s time in office, he has done a first class job of not being Donald Trump.

  7. Not exactly.

    Many polls of that nature offer five responses: Strongly Approve, Approve, No Opinion/Don’t Know, Disapprove, Strongly Disapprove. Sometimes No Opinion is separated from Ignorant. Point is, some portion of the polled neither approved nor disapproved.

    Also suggests that the Disapprove/Strongly Disapprove camp totals 21%-24%, more likely towards the lower end of that, because at 25% you hit “One in Four” territory.

  8. I lol’d at the why no great whites in aquariums. They should follow up with why no blue whales.

    The kinds of things that now need to be explained to people makes me expect that if there’s ever a breakdown in our technological bubble, that mass death will follow. Most of us have been too removed from reality.

    The older ones can remember when there wasn’t so much shielding, but that doesn’t mean they’ll necessarily cope better either, since the shielding is what negates a lot of age’s disadvantages.

  9. It is always an advantage to be just that kind of porridge, the Goldilocks effect. Not too hot nor too cold (or not too young or too old?). But in the end she has to face the bears.

  10. I think Trump should make Joe Biden corruption a Big Issue in the closing days before the election. I know he’s mentioned it, but he needs to get it out there like “Lock her up!” was. Then the expected red wave will make it likelier that Americans and all the new rookies understand what is really at stake!

    And another thing – not to imply that Joe is the only pol who is “Made in China”, but I can’t see how he and others like him get their talking points. If I were Xi, I sure as hell wouldn’t leave it to Joe’s whims that my investment would be used the right way!

    Who is the conduit? I have my own idea, but I’d like to put the question out there for others before I show my hand.

  11. Boston University has created a new Covid strain that has an 80% kill rate. Evidently tens of trillions of dollars of worldwide economic destrution, 6+ million deaths, the compromising of the education of entire generation of children, unquantifiable damage to the mental health, society wide eristic division, and 2 and a half years of just general overal human misery were insufficient to stop gain-of-function research. Of course they’ll claim it’s all to advance treatments for future outbreaks, not to cause them.

  12. er, the Monterey Bay Aquarium has exhibited great white sharks. I remember seeing one there years ago.
    “When did Monterey Bay Aquarium have a great white shark?
    In 1984, Monterey Bay Aquarium’s first attempt to display a great white shark lasted 11 days, ending when the shark died because it did not eat. Through a later program named Project White Shark, six white sharks were exhibited between 2004 and 2011 in the Open Sea community exhibit, which was constructed in the 1990s.”

  13. “Buttigieg Says Democrats Are Having A Hard Time Campaigning Because They’ve Been Too Successful”—

    He did not quite say that, but the quotations of what he did say are another piece of evidence that he’s a hollow man.

  14. Horrid Slanders | Kari That Lake
    (apologies to Lennon & McCartney)

    Once there was a way to get Deplored Ones
    Once there was a way to make them groan
    Speak pretty Nazi dont be shy
    For we must circumvent their lies

    Horrid slanders fuel their lies
    Bile awaits your each reply
    Speak pretty Nazi, do not shy
    And we will circumvent their lies

    Once there was a Lake to rebut hoaxsters
    Once there was a Lake to make them foam
    Speak, little Kari, do not shy
    For they must answer for their lies

    Boy, you’re gonna harry that Lake
    Harry that Lake a long time
    Boy, we’re gonna carry that Lake
    Carry that Lake cross the goal line

    You never give them their premise
    You just rebut insinuations
    And in the middle of an explication
    They break DOWN

    Boy, were gonna carry that Lake
    Carry that Lake a long time
    Boy, were gonna Kari that Lake
    Kari that Lake cross the goal line

    Oh yeah, all right
    Are we gonna deflate their schemes .. tonight

    Faux news, Faux news, Faux news, Faux news, Faux news, Faux news

    And in the end
    The news you fake
    Is equal to the votes
    She will take

    https://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-karaoke/horrid-slanders-carry-that-lake-t23251.html

  15. From the “November ‘SURPRISE’ ” Desk:
    Well, heh, I guess this means Pennsylvania is “Biden”‘s forever and ever…(or at least “Until Further Notice”!)
    “Pennsylvania election agency declines GOP lawmakers request to clarify on mail-in ballots;
    “Department of State has issued guidance for boards of elections to include undated ballots in their total vote counts.”—
    https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/request-pennsylvania-republicans-mail-ballots-declined
    [Emphasis mine; Barry M.]

    But of course!
    (IOW, if you don’t agree to give the Democratic party a HUGE advantage in the elections, then you are…AN ENEMY OF DEMOCRACY!!…well, it makes sense to me…)

  16. Oh that Emperor of I Scream, “he”‘s a crafty one “he” is….
    “Biden Admin To Announce Another 15 Million Barrel SPR Release Before Midterms”—
    https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/biden-admin-could-announce-whopping-15-million-barrel-spr-release-midterms

    File under: We all scream….

    + Bonus, “Biden” style!!!
    “OPEC Members Line Up To Back Oil Production Cut After US Claims Against Saudi Arabia”—
    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/opec-members-line-back-oil-production-cut-after-us-claims-against-saudi-arabia
    Opening graf:
    “OPEC+ member states lined up on Oct. 16 to endorse a steep production cut agreed upon this month following accusations from top Biden administration officials against the Saudi government….”

  17. And it looks like another question is coming up for Press Sec. Jean-Pierre
    (which she will duly ignore, misrepresent, bait and switch on, lie about or otherwise refuse to answer…all very earnestly):
    “Pentagon Equity Chief Praises Book Calling 9/11 First Responders ‘Menaces’ As She Pushes For ‘Revolution’”—
    https://blazingcatfur.ca/2022/10/18/pentagon-equity-chief-praises-book-calling-9-11-first-responders-menaces-as-she-pushes-for-revolution/

  18. I think I saw the great white at the MBA a long time ago. The video claims that the featured one was in one of the more vertical tanks.

    My favorite tank and display is the Open Sea tank on the 2nd floor. It is large and more horizontal so that the big guys have room to move. And the lighting is nice because it makes you feel like you are down underwater with them. They usually have a big hammerhead.

    https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/visit/aquarium-maps

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

HTML tags allowed in your comment: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>