It’s been quite a while since I’ve been in a Denny’s, much less in the wee hours of the morning.
It could be very entertaining.
Late Night At Denny’s
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Patterico on the recent illegal alien placement program:
Was I crazy? No . . . as it turns out, I was right:
With the system being overwhelmed, Border Patrol agents are concerned about minors who have admitted to being MS-13 members, a brutal street gang from El Salvador that has been successful in infiltrating American communities. Agents are also concerned about minors who have committed acts like torture and murder in their home countries before heading north to the United States.
“We have six minors in Nogales who have admitted to killing and doing grievous bodily injuries. One admitted to killing as young as eight years old,” an agent tells Townhall anonymously for fear of losing his job for speaking out. “They are being held for placement in the U.S.”
By U.S. legal standards many gang members operating in Central American countries and traveling north are classified as minors due to being under the age of 18. However, many young males are actively engaged in violent cartel and criminal activity, yet are treated as children when processed through the Department of Human Services or Department of Homeland Security systems.Some “Children” Illegally Entering U.S. Are Gang Members, Killers
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I see the Riefensthal wing of the Democrat party has bought into this “bear” meme Obama’s pushing to make himself look tough.
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A little excitement in the barrio this morning. I’m about sick of all the helicopters flying around though. And that’s Little White Oak Bayou, not White Oak Bayou.
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The OC pic looks like Gender Bender night at Denny’s, or wherever that is.
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#7 hamous
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We’re DOOMED!!
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This is neat; Verrückt water slide to open at Schlitterbahn Thursday.
The world’s tallest water slide is finally, finally set to open.
Officials at Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kan., announced Tuesday that Verrückt will open to the public on Thursday.
At 168 feet, 7 inches, Verrückt was certified in April as the tallest water slide in the world by Guinness World Records. Riders, who must be at least 54 inches tall and 14 years old, will have to climb 264 steps to reach the three-person raft.
The ride — its German name means “insane” — was originally set to open on May 23, when Schlitterbahn opened for the season. But the date was delayed three times, most recently from June 29. -
Anyone interested in the video of chopper rescue of that stranded climber? My impression of him is that he had no business being out climbing by himself. My impression of the video itself is how much it brought out my acrophobia, just from looking past the feet of the men sitting at the edge of the open bay door.
http://joeforamerica.com/2014/07/votd-7-9-14/#BRWIrEWEk14Crsfr.99
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Good morning Hamsters. Surprising 72 at 5:30 on the first morning back home from the wilds of Wisconsin. Popup shower yesterday afternoon left .3″, greatly appreciated although we weren’t home yet to see it. Ugly mugly last night.
Tried to bring that box of cool air back with us, but it all leaked out waiting in O’Hare for almost 3 hours for our plane to Houston once we got there from Madison, which was delayed as that plane was late. Subtracting the scheduled time between flights, before that all went to hell, we were only a bit over 90 minutes late if you go by the time we left the gate. However there was a leisurely drive around O’Hare taxiways before we could take off.
The Houston bound plane was late for openers, then announcement came it had a blown fuse that had to be replaced, so the search was on for a replacement and once found it would take 30 minutes to replace and power up again. The poor man at the gate counter did a tremendous job keeping us informed, personally walking down the jetway to the plane for information. Several times. First fuse found but broken by the installer so another was hunted. That was also supposed to take 30 minutes to install once found. Did not reveal where such things were kept, but it was not just around the corner. Second one finally found and installed in less than 30 minutes but everything yet to be checked out.
Plane was full, numerous standbys disappointed, almost including an off-duty United pilot hitching a ride who got the last seat in steerage. Owing to the delay, everybody trying to make connections to Panama and Lima, Peru were out of luck and were put up at the airport hotel for the night. Bummer. Baggage claim was a nightmare as it took maybe 45 minutes for ours and most everyone else’s luggage to be disgorged. So home we came in the peak of rush hour traffic. Woo-hoo, but this trip we had engaged an airport limousine service to and from, and that is the way to go when you’re 50 or so miles from Intergalactic.
Glad to be home and hug the mares. Gotta bail out Mariposa this morning.
Now I can keep up with what’s happening again, though it sure is not wonderful.
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Glad you made it back to Texas, Adee!
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#10 Super Dave
Happy are those who were vaccinated for smallpox as kids. I was about age 5,
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That old coot Thad Cochran wanders into Democrat luncheon event.
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#13 Adee:
Unfortunately your experience is rapidly becoming the norm. There was a time when air travel was a pleasurable experience, but between the TSA jackals and airlines that no longer comprehend even the most basic concepts of “customer service”, those days are gone. Then add in the outdated equipment and standard government issue incompetence of the FAA. . . it’s a wonder that people are willing to fly at all. -
I thought mocha jesus was gonna aks for $2billion?
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then announcement came it had a blown fuse that had to be replaced
Guess its ok to mention it now that you made the flight safely, I’m always a bit concerned what caused the blowed fuse. 😀
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America: Imagine a World Without Her
2016: Obama’s America
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I had a flight from NO shot out from under me last year because…
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And now for something completely different, a more humane method of execution.
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Well did they riot or didn’t they? Now my trust of information presented on the interwebs is greatly shaken.
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Upchuck Todd: Obama Admin ‘Looks Like They’re Struggling To Run The Government’ and it is all the congress fault.
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#26: The real funny thing is the nut-job lefty wacks are gonna get their collective panties in a twist about this before they realize it is humor; sick humor but humor non-the-less.
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#27 Squeek: To call UpChuck Toad a “useful idiot” is darned degrading to idiots everywhere.
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We just finished performing a lockout on some tenants that haven’t been in this unit for more than five weeks. For the first time, we’ve confiscated private property – two television sets. I left the kids their “Hello Kitty” itty bitty TV, but I also took their videos. They have the note to call us to discuss the rent. They were left a note yesterday about the late rent but they never called. Now they face the full brunt of late fees and the possible cutoff of the water, since they never transferred that into their name and we’re still paying for it.
I’m tired of being nice. These people are jacking with our income. We have tenants in Sweeny that are late, but they have a track record of calling us when they have issues and working things out. They had a baby last week that was kept in the hospital for jaundice issues, so it’s understandable that rent may have slipped their minds. He was very apologetic when he called, and I trust that he’ll pay (I need to check the bank account today…). Those people, we can work with. These new tenants don’t have a track record yet to be given any leeway.
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#30 Dominatrix(/cracking whip): So they have lost deposit, property and are locked out of the unit. At best, I guess they should have to pony up an additional 3 months rent/security deposit in order to get back into the unit – right?
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Hospital elevator buttons carry more bacteria than toilet surfaces
At the Hermann professional building in Katy where a couple of our doctors practice, they have hand sanitizer stations at every elevator and every restroom area, and some in between. They’re everywhere! -
There’s no way they can do that if they can’t pay this month’s rent. Legally, if they pony up the cash we have to return their bigwiss TV set and their new one. (We found the box for the new one on the balcony, filled with trash. They could afford a TV but not their rent – not a good sign.) I have a feeling that we’re going to just let them move out so we can re-rent. It needs to be cleaned, but I didn’t see any holes in the walls. Yet.
OH4 just asked if we had a unit available for two friends of hers….
If they move out, they won’t have an eviction on their record, though we will notify National Tenant Network that they left owing money. And yes, they’ll lose their deposit, also. -
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Hospital elevator buttons carry more bacteria than toilet surfaces
That’s what knuckles and elbows are for, I’m guessing. I’m not a big fan of the hand sanitizers. Handsome Son suffered some highly reisistant ear infections due to the overuse of antibiotics.
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bonez
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It ain’t just the lefties, There is a pant load of righties that will see that and believe it too. They will also argue with me that it is true when i point out that it is an Onion piece. The ones that snap to the truth will then explain how we need something like that in place of the current systems and how it should be true. And 95% of them won’t get beyond the first couple seconds to see that it is indeed a parody piece.
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#35: PT Barnum keeps getting proved correct every day.
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I’m not a big fan of sanitizers either, except in medical facilities.
And when I am collecting water samples to be taken to the lab. -
ex-Mayor of Chocolate City gets 10 years in the pokey.
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#38 I was just about to post that, glad I scrolled down first. 😉
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#38: The judge was obviously racist. Ray Nagin: the newest target in prison darts.
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#13 – MsAdee (and Mr.) welcome HOME!
but this trip we had engaged an airport limousine service to and from, and that is the way to go when you’re 50 or so miles from Intergalactic.
Just curious if Yall used (or have used) those blue ‘Super Shuttles’ ? I have used that outfit in the past and the service is excellent from my front door direct to baggage / check in portal
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I bet Squawkster can relate to THIS even if only as an observer – sometimes we may THINK we’re ‘having a bad day’……………..
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Wonder why there was a camera right behind that rig? Is that normal? I was going to say, any tip-over where you can walk away, it’s still a fair-to-middling day. But although I could see some shapes popping out of the high side of the cab, I had no idea if any of them was the driver.
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Brother Katfish
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MCurios42
Wonder why there was a camera right behind that rig? Is that normal?
A lot of escorts are doing that now to cover their arses. You’d be surprised how many pill boxes would try to drive around the escort and by the oversize load. They cause the accident and then want to sue the britches off everyone. If I was still on the road I would have a camera too.
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#43: How is the rear carriage steered/controlled? It looked like it just swayed a bit at the wrong time, that and the driver was not centered enough in the road.
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I would think wide load escorts routinely have dash cams on board.
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I’m thinking that load should have had a steerable rear, and didn’t.
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Bonez
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That rear end is secured to the load with chains and binders. The wheels function like the rear differential on your car/truck rear end allowing the tires to rotate at different speeds when cornering. Looks to me that the driver did not properly secure his load allowing that beam to move on the rear carriage. -
without any steering/control, the back end could wag like the tail on a dog with any gust of wind, right? That beam, although heavy as all gitout, still has quite a bit of sail area.
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#45 Shannon
Talk about the end of history.
Surely, and hopefully, that will result in an alternate repository for deletions, the same way Michelle Malkin’s Twitchy means you can never kill a regrettable tweet by deleting it.
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Bonez
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If the load is properly centered and secure on the rear dolly that load does not move anymore than a regular trailer. Now if it gets hit broadside with crosswinds yeah it is gonna move. Under normal conditions it works just fine. -
#51: I just looked again and the load was “secured” until the rear axle package hit and was stopped by the concrete k-beam, then the truck and beam inertia just pulled it away. I would like to see how that could be secured from separation in that instance.
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Indian Island? That name is offensive to Indians all over the world. Just like the names of helicopters. -
until the rear axle package hit and was stopped by the concrete k-beam,
Heh Me thinks there is not enough securing in the world to stop that disaster.
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More on military industrial complex racism.
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#41 Katfish
We used Colony Limousine Services based in Sugar Land on the recommendation of a friend who has used them for 9-10 years. This was our first time to use such a service, and it convinced us it’s the way we go to the airports from now on. -
Saw a billboard indicating Dr. Ben Carson has an Aggieland speaking engagement in late August.
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Hmmm….maybe I’ll take a trip up to visit Lovely and Aggie Beau ’round then. Maybe they can get tickets for me.
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Heh Me thinks there is not enough securing in the world to stop that disaster.
Dead on the money Bro Squawk – even with the slow speed coming out of that turn (in fairness that driver seemed (IMHO) to be proceeding quite safely ‘speed-wise’) – that’s a LOT of mass and inertia even at 20mph or less………..I’d wager one could even have that beam WELDED to the dolly and it could not withstand the unmovable object of that first ‘Jersey barrier'<<<<<<< that is also being held in place by ALL the barrier sections after it……again only my 'view' but if Y'all notice the tractor is heavily favoring the left lane stripe which at least implies (to me) that the driver 'knew' he'd have to "walk that dolly back in line" after such a sharp turn……………
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We encountered a new designation on our boarding passes going to Madison,
TSA Pre, which is short for TSA pre-screening participant. This means you go through the TSA Pre line instead of the cattle call lines and do not have to put your liquids in a quart bag or take your shoes and jackets off or go through the x-ray sees all machine, just the metal detector.
At first we thought this was a creation of United, but in the small print we were directed to the United website for a description of what it is. Totally random creation of the TSA, which we at first thought was an outgrowth of dropping the shoes off, liquids in the quart bag, jackets removed dispensation for folks over 70 or so. Nope. Sister-in-law 10 years my junior has periodically had her boarding pass so marked, and sometimes her friend traveling with her likewise has it, and other times one might have it and the other not.
Spouse didn’t have it coming back but did going. Apparently some TSA folks at that location will allow the companion/spouse traveling with the one who has the dispensation come through the line but do all the monkey business of the regular line, just get through faster. TSA admits it is totally random. This is not to be confused with the trusted traveler program you have to apply for, complete with background checks. -
Everything the TSA does inspires pride and confidence, don’t we all agree?
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I’ve relocated to the wilds of central Texas. Now to see if I can figure out how to make a living. Hot and dry. Heard a family story:
Daughter goes to Pappy and says “Pappy, I’m going to marry Joe Bob across the ridge.” Pappy tells Daughter, you can’t marry Joe Bob because he is your half-brother, but don’t tell Mama. Later, Daughter tells Pappy that she is going to marry Bruce who lives down the draw a ways. Pappy tells Daughter, you can’t marry Bruce because he is also your half-brother, but don’t tell Mama. Daughter, having had enough, goes to Mama to spill the beans on Pappy. Mama tells Daughter, “you just go ahead and marry which ever one of them you want, ’cause you ain’t related to Pappy in no way. Some families are complex. -
#65 mharper42
You should have seen the collage of TSA folks at O’Hare. The staff here in Houston and in Madison were, ummm, more cohesive. But then it was Chicago, or rather Des Plaines technically, but Cook County through and through. Can we uncross our eyes now?
Had not seen much news other than local stuff in Madison and Door County, so sitting in O’Hare waiting yesterday gave me a view of what had been going on via CNN (airports have to be the source of most of its trapped audience). Saw the Israelis were fighting back and wanted to cheer. Go Bibi Go. Saw the flood of Children’s Crusaders had not abated but was being covered up by the Obamabots lest the disgusting conditions under which they are being detained be divulged and the protests by Americans over their presence getting some serious muscle. Go protesters. And lastly, NJ Senator Menendez apparently is losing/has lost his marbles over some zany Cuban spy plot to get him. Figured the latter was the good Senator being the spear catcher du jour to deflect attention from the preceding two debacles for the Administration. -
Hey there , El Gordo.
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#66 El Gordo, hey we’ve been wondering why you haven’t been around lately.
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There’s a discussion going on at Hammock Forums right now that rivals some we’ve had here on the couch.
Not to get into too many boring details, but this link was provided. -
Yeah, but do bears poop in the woods?
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Language Warning
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#77 Shannon: The very idea is abhorrent to the ‘stablish types. They prefer the French method, surrender at the first opportunity so they don’t have to get thier shoes dirty.
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Re: The truck losing his load video
There might not be any load securing method that would sustain that collision but as Squawk alluded to, the rear axle carrier was not secured to the load properly to begin with. You see it shifted and was “dog tracking” badly after the turn which created the whole chain of events that followed. Error- operator. -
Costly error as well since I’m sure the prissy engineers refused to use that beam.
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They had a testiclectomy at birth.
Now someone is going to say, “no, no it has nothing to do with their testicles. They are simply Dems in sheep’s clothing.”
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But, it’s bent. -
I was homebound most of today working through the vacation laundry after bailing Mariposa out of boarding at the vet’s cattery section. She’s always my little white shadow for a day or two on coming home and warms up to spouse more as well. Compared to the kinfolk’s 90-lb Labrador’s glad to see you happy dance, hers is more vocal and softly leaning. The mares were glad to see us but more reserved.
Also have been wading through the Fort Bend paper to see what happened while we were gone, hoping that nobody volunteered or suggested any empty buildings to house some of the Children’s Crusade. Doubt it would take much to grow a protest movement on that. The Chron we gave to the horse/house sitter whose greatest interest in that was ads and coupons. -
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Thanks for that. Just before dinner. I can at least sleep well, knowing the answer to the question.
This Couch is full of knowledge of all kinds. Just don’t go gettin’ a big head or nuthin’. -
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But, it’s bent.It’ll be fine, they gotta screed the concrete anyway.
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EG
I’ve relocated to the wilds of central Texas.
Define “wilds”. Out in the country? Hope you’re not too close to Austin.
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Tedtam
Thanks for that. Just before dinner. I can at least sleep well, knowing the answer to the question.
This Couch is full of knowledge of all kinds. Just don’t go gettin’ a big head or nuthin’.You will note that I did choose a vidiot that says we can finally put that question to rest. Always glad to be of service.
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I see the Cowardly Lion tRicked us Perry once again wants to talk to the evil one, OCloven Hoof about securing the border.
To take a tour down there and see first hand what’s going on.
Not for nothing but just how stupid is tRicked us Perry anyway?
He really thinks the certifiably insane(IMHO) OCloven Hoof gives a sheet about securing the border when this is exactly what OCloven wanted in the first place.
Ok Mr. genius tRicked Us P., here’s a question for you.
How do you spell cat?
C…A….. Keep trying. You may just get it yet tRicky.
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