This guy started his weekend early.
Is this even a legit wedding?
Dude gets too drunk before his own wedding and finds out pic.twitter.com/8eFwyL0giv
— Crazy Clips (@crazyclipsonly) February 9, 2024
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One of the greater things about the internet is celebrities, politicians and other dimwits famous for being famous is their quote clips, interviews and appearances are archived in the open for everyone rather than being buried in some studio warehouse hidden from public access and view.
Here is an excellent example from 2015-16 of 10 minutes and 26 seconds of familiar faces saying there is no way Donald Trump can be the nominee, much less win the general election.
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OK this is just too cool and something I’ve never heard about, how did I miss this?!
Boeing Model 540 Gas Turbine Outboard Motor.
In mid 1959, Boeing prepared layout designs of several alternative outboard gas turbine engines for marine use, with the U.S. Navy’s needs particularly in mind. In mid 1960, a go-ahead was made to build a demonstrator, making use of some existing test-rig components that had been designed to evaluate improved small-engine technologies. The goal was a 100-shp free turbine outboard engine delivering 1.0 lb/hp/hr sfc, using commercial off-the-shelf components as much as possible. The demonstrator was mounted on a Mercury Model 800 outboard propeller drive unit. The demonstrator was running in a 20-ft boat by the fall of 1961, and a proposal to the Navy was made in March 1962.
The engine featured a monorotor gas generator (centrifugal compressor and radial-inflow turbine) and an axial power turbine. In the demonstrator, a radial turbine was used for the power turbine, and all rotors were hogged out of forgings; but they were to be cast in the production engine. Most of the controls and accessories were off-the-shelf items. A single reverse-flow thumb-type (stickeing out radially) combustor was used. A single-stage offset layshaft gear set provided 5.82:1 reduction. Early in its testing, the engine delivered its output goals.
Boeing expected to easily grow the engine to 150 shp with 0.88 lb/shp/hr sfc at 1,775°F turbine inlet temperature. Production engine weight was estimated to be 180 lb, development engines were expected to weigh 210 lb, and the demonstrator weighed a few pounds more than that.
The Navy wanted a commercially available engine, and Boeing had discussions with a prominent outboard engine manufacturer, which expressed interest. However, Boeing would not commit to marketing a commercial engine, and the Navy did not accept the proposal. The Boeing engineers on the program were extremely disappointed; the demonstrator was shelved in 1962. So ended the Model 540, a beautiful and simple engine that would have revolutionized the boat engine market. Boeing had done its homework, and was envisioning using the 540 basic engine for auxiliary power unit, pumping, generating, etc., but there was no follow-through.Oh and Mornin’ Gang
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From the front page of an Aussie daily newspaper via reporter Miranda Devine:
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3 Super Dave
Here’s some history on the rotary engine and Felix Wankel. The rotary engine was a German/Japanese obsession.
The rotary engine dates back to the late 1800s, powering bicycles and aircraft throughout WWI and the 1920s. Famous examples such as the French Le Rhône and Bentleys BR1 developed north of 100 hp as the rotary engine sought to revolutionize the combustion engine. Despite a varying degree of success, the rotary engine’s complex nature rendered the powerplant obsolete during the 1920s, with manufacturers favoring a simplistic inline piston format.
Although NSU crafted multiple rotary-powered vehicles, the Wankel rotary engine reached perfection under the guidance of a little-known Japanese automaker, Mazda. Under the leadership of chief engineer Kenichi Yamamoto, Mazda licensed the Felix Wankel rotary engine in 1961, quickly getting to work on the powerplants inherent floors. Mazda cured the rotary engines’ “devil claws,” which involved apex seals scratching the inner surface of the engine casing, a colossal innovation that helped the rotary engines flailing durability.
The critics said for years the Japanese were excellent copycats, but were very poor in the area of original innovation and invention. Mazda was the early exception. I think the old criticism is no longer true.
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#2 Texpat
That election night and season was one for the memory banks, I could watch those faces over and over.
Sixty seven degrees and rain is coming down I tell ya.
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This was my exact word-for-word reaction to the news about the Special Counsel report on Biden and classified documents when I heard it on the television.
Either Biden Is An ‘Elderly Man With A Poor Memory,’ Or He Needs To Be Charged. Pick One.
David Harsanyi at The Federalist:
Which leaves us with two questions: If Biden is too old to be charged, isn’t he too old to hold the most powerful position in the world? And if he’s not too old to hold the most powerful position in the world, why is he too old to be charged?
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From OTL –
Only three things that always tell the truth – small children, drunks and leggings.
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#5 Texpat I’ve always been a fan of the Wankel engine and Mazda made great strides in the apex seal problem but with their higher fuel consumption Mazda stopped using the Wankel except for the RX 7. The advantages of the Wankel were power to weight and displacement, the Mazda engines were tiny, about 70 CID I think but made 130 HP. In the 70s’ GM was tinkering with the Wankel engine and had a 4 bank (rotor) Corvette concept car and were also working on a 2 bank for the Vega. I’m not sure but I think the fuel crisis killed off the GM Wankel since the ginseng weren’t as fuel efficient as the old internal combustion engine. As an interesting Side-Bar GM installed 16 gallon fuel tanks in the Vega instead of the standard 10 gallon tank because of teh increased fuel consumption and later Chevy advertised the Vega with a 480 mile range with the 4 cylinder engine. This was during the fuel embargo days.
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I’m not familiar with this movie critic, but when he said his list of 100 greatest movies did not include Marvel, Titanic or Shawshank Redemption, he got my attention.
Brian Viner at the Daily Mail Movie List
I also found Viner’s comment here interesting.
What is striking about it, so much so that I even surprised myself, is that it implies a decline in the quality of cinema. Only two films in my top 25 were made later than 1990, and that’s significant. Without a doubt, the 21st century has yielded some cracking movies. But how many will be cherished in decades to come? There are far more enduring classics from the 1940s, 50s and 60s than from the last 30 years, and that’s not me being an old film snob; it’s just how it is.
One reason is that some of the virtues of film-making, on which Hollywood immortals such as Frank Capra (It’s A Wonderful Life) and Billy Wilder (Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard) built their careers, have been more or less forgotten. Chief among them is the art of concise storytelling.
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This was my exact word-for-word reaction to the news about the Special Counsel report on Biden and classified documents when I heard it on the television.
My exact reaction also.
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I’ll admit that I didn’t know who Mark Racicot is and apparently he was chair of the RNC 2002-2004 BUT he is a lying never Trumper. I know this because he was on PMSNBC with another RINO, Michael Steel talking about how Trump is controlling all things RNC and how many Republicans are worshiping him. This is just all hilarious, Trump Derangement Syndrome is getting worse by the day. 😀
It’s funny how the Lamestream Media has their Token RINO’s to go to, you know, the enlightened ones that think like they do.
FWIW; My wife found this while checking out what all was going on in Bizarro World (any Lamestream Media). She occasionally likes to see what all the Crazies are talking about.
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File this under useless information, but did you know dodgeball is the national sport of Romania ? What a strange country with Count Dracula, vampires and werewolves. There is also a World Dodgeball Federation.
I thought the leftwing feminists running public schools and teacher unions had abolished dodgeball is America.
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From the old Dale County page;
Baptizing at Marley Mill, Sept 1910. Preacher: Crit Matthews. Those being baptized: Minnie Roland, Ora Agerton (Mrs. Jim Logan), Minnie Ezell (my grandma’s sister ), John Will Daniels, Emmer/Emma Sheffield.
Isn’t that a neat picture?
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Morning, gang! Looks like rain today at Chez Harp. I think maybe I’ll crawl back under the covers and log a little more snooze time.
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Finished my prayer beads for the day; today was a “red” day. Now that gardening season is here, I may have to move that activity to the evening. It will take some adjustment, since I’m normally geared up for studying in the evening.
Jehovah’s Witnesses called me this morning. Before, I could just ignore them at the door, but now they invade my privacy via phone. I know they mean well, but at least that phone number is now on my blocklist.
Not gonna bore anybody here with the C&C. I’ll go look, think, and chuckle, but I have to prep a presentation and lesson on the rosary for Wednesday. I also want to go to the 99 cent store and see if they have those gardening stakes that I want to use for my garden this year. I put the rub on the brisket yesterday, so that’s done.
And I’d like to make some progress on the office space upstairs.
But that presentation – if I keep putting it off, I’ll be unprepared to fill my two hours’ time the pro-life group has blocked out for me. I have Fr. Calloway’s excellent book, “Champions of the Rosary”. I read last night the story of “Our Lady of Las Lajas”. I’d read about it before, but Fr. Calloway’s book has a picture of the image from the cave in Columbia. A mother and daughter were escaping from rain inside the cave, when the daughter saw a vision and experienced a miraculous healing. When villagers went to the cave later, there was an image of Mary holding an infant Jesus. In the image, she is giving St. Dominic a rosary, and Jesus is giving a friar’s cord to St. Francis of Assisi. Testing later showed that this was not a surface image, but is actually part of the cave rock. Coring of the rock shows that the colors extend for at least a few feet.
Can’t fake that! Here’s the story.
The story will be part of my presentation.
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Texas writer and author Austin Bay has written a piece on Khomeini and the Khomeinist Doctrine dedicated to the destruction of the West and all the infidel Arab Muslims. The Ayatollah was an equal opportunity hater and first came to power in 1979 hijacking the world stage with the kidnapping of American diplomatic staff in Tehran.
First fact: Iranians are not and have never been Arabs. Their language, dialects, customs and traditions are particular to the heritage of the Persians.
Austin Bay is no war-mad neocon, but he has had enough of it and believes America has too.
Iran is Aryanistan. Land of the Aryans. Check it out. The Iran Aryans despise Semites; Arabs and Jews are Semites. Ishmael, Arab progenitor, was a son of Abraham. That’s one deep reason Donald Trump’s Abraham Accords had traction.
Khomeinist refers to followers of Khomeinism, the violent ideology of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who toppled the Shah in 1979. Khomeini was a bitter old man who liked to write love-laced pleasure-enthused Persian poetry when he wasn’t despising Western civilization.
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Failed artist turning to revolution — that’s a deadly history. Karl Marx was a failed German poet. Marx wanted to be Novalis (a brilliant German Romantic poet and polymath — check him out). Adolf Hitler (a self-proclaimed Aryan Fuhrer) was a failed painter. I’m told Khomeini’s poems are ersatz Omar Khayyam but at times show signs of merit.
finally,
At some point, the Iranian regime itself must suffer a heavy and deadly military blow.
One option: a “simultaneous strategic bombing strike” (SSBS, first described by StrategyPage.com in 2003). In a short time frame, aircraft, cruise missiles, drones and perhaps ballistic missiles with conventional warheads deliver hundreds of precision weapons, hitting regime nuclear targets, Iranian Al-Quds special forces and Revolutionary Guard command and control facilities, air defense sites, ballistic missile sites and intelligence agency facilities.
U.S. forces can do this if the president gives the order.
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Here is a 2015 Houston Press article about Paul Berlin and the Beatles first visit to Houston.
The Beatles opened their North American Tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco on August 19, 1964, followed by shows in Las Vegas, Seattle, Vancouver and Hollywood. August 26 was the open date. Paul Berlin, the most well-known disc jockey in Houston in those days, had received a call from his contact with The Beatles. He asked if Paul, who was on KNUZ, the rival rock station to KILT, would like to promote a concert by The Beatles on August 26.
Berlin jumped at the opportunity, only to look at his calendar and discover a major conflict. Paul had already booked Sonny and Cher for that date in 1964. He convinced his contact not to bring The Beatles to town and kill his booking. Thus, Houston got Sonny and Cher, while The Beatles twisted and shouted that night at the Red Rocks Amphitheater outside Denver.
Heads Up, Phil, Shannon and Squawk. Drummer Alert
If you scroll down there is an article detailing the violent and tragic life of one of rock & roll’s greatest drummers, Jim Gordon. If you are a liner notes reader on albums like I have always been, then you recognize Gordon’s name because he seemed to be everywhere.
He played with three of Classic Rock’s greatest collectives: Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, Joe Cocker’s Mad Dogs and Englishmen and—most memorably—as one of Eric Clapton’s playing pieces in Derek & the Dominos.
As a journeyman session musician, his skin thumping can be heard on a wide-ranging array of hit singles from “God Only Knows” (Beach Boys), “Everybody’s Talkin’” (Harry Nilsson), “Power to the People” (John Lennon) and “What Is Life?” (George Harrison) to “Summer Breeze” (Seals and Crofts), “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” (Steely Dan) and “Sundown” (Gordon Lightfoot). He also played the actual beat on “The Beat Goes On” from Sonny & Cher.
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THE WEEK IN PICTURES: DEMENTIA JOE EDITION
Seriously, how much longer can Democrats let this charade go on? Well, there’s this to be said for Slow Joe’s obvious dementia: it makes filling out the Week in Pictures an easy chore! Special bonus: Tucker Carlson has everyone upset. Just wait till he interviews Taylor Swift.
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It’s Saturday night and there are 19 comments on the Weekend OC thread that has been up for 17 hours.
Nine of them are mine.
We used to run 150 to 200 per weekend.
Maybe nobody cares about commenting here anymore and I’m fine with that. However, comments make up 85% of this blog and if everybody has better things to do, I totally understand.
Hmmm.
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Sorry, been busy with this rosary presentation.
Trying to prune the info down to fit into the time frame while not leaving out important stuff is challenging. There’s so much history. I certainly don’t want to leave out the Battle of Lepanto, fer sure.
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It’s Saturday night and there are 19 comments on the Weekend OC thread that has been up for 17 hours.
Nine of them are mine.
We used to run 150 to 200 per weekend.
The Jersey boss man aka Stan is telling you slackers to get off the schnide or else.
so hop to it hosers.
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Wife decided since it’s rainy it was clean out the closet day, still not done as I’m slow when I don’t really care for the task at hand. Plus I’m just getting my Taylor Swift going.
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The blog has renewed for another year.
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Squawk, thanks again for all you do. I’m sure we don’t know the half of it.
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MSNBC in PANIC, Tries To CUT FEED When Latino Voter Says ‘VOTE TRUMP! Close the BORDER!’ LIVE On-Air
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I;m watching Black Sunday on Pluto. Dang good movie. Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern and Marthe Keller stars in it.
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Thanks to Squawk, Texpat, Shannon and Tedtam for all the effort they have put into keeping hamous.net “on the air” — and fluffy with the expected features — since we lost Hammy.
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I’m doing Black Sunday, too.
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Tedtam
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SPOILER ALERT:
Dallas Cowboys 17 Pittsburgh Steelers 21
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Tedtam a 6:59 pm
I was a guest at a class reunion a month ago (not mine).
One of my old friends was in attendance, traveling from Virginia. His wife works for….uh….a certain government agency.
Without elaborating, he said as bad as you may imagine things to be, they are exponentially worse than that.
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RE: Tedtam @ 6:59 PM
This is not a criticism of Tedtam. There is no way she could know about this.
I am sure a number of things said by Sheriff Jones of Butler County in Ohio are true and he totally believes every little thing the FBI told him over there in Quantico, VA.
However, one thing I can guarantee you is his assertion the only thing that saved Israel were the local police on October 7th is wall-eyed crazy bullsh*t.
If FBI officials said this they were lying in as big a way as they ever have.
Trust me on this. I know what I’m talking about and this is not a lie that needs to be amplified.
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Why didn’t they just shoot holes in the blimp?
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Texpat
The Sheriff’s statement that local police saved the Israeli government was indeed wrong.
I think the Sheriff set out to say that during the attacks, the government forces didn’t show up for a long time. Only the trained locals were able to save lives and respond immediately.
There is nothing inaccurate about that assertion. I watched it with my own eyes. Up to 24 hours later – right here on this blog – I was still screaming Where The Hell is the IDF?
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The entire gist of the Ohio Sheriff’s news conference was to inform his constituents that our federal government cannot be depended on when the SHTF. We’re on our own and this sheriff is taking steps to reach out to the private sector for help with technology and to Texas A&M to train local volunteers.
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With the exception of the 1964 election, Butler County, Ohio has been Republican Red since 1952.
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The entire tony robbins collection summed up in 4 minutes and 12 seconds.
minus walking on hot coals.you can do eeettt!
right squawka Bruddah?
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Maybe we can recruit 7 of these to assist Jersey Boss man Stan’s comment count soaring upward.
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66 degrees here this morning but we are expecting some rain late today and tonight. It looks like most of the rain today will be north of us but we’ll have a better shot in the morning before daylight. Oh and the beach water temp is 60 degrees. 😉 Last week was just about perfect with sunny skies and temps in the high 60’s mid 70’s every day.
Mornin’ Gang
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Back when they made “Automobiles”
Oh and the wheels are aftermarket but since they’re real nice I’ll let that slide.
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Shannon
RE: Israeli Kibbutzim
The kibbutzim each have their own security plan. It consists of member volunteers who are supposed to train in firearms and tactical defense. Some of the kibbutz locations are very serious about it and others not so much. The plans have the fatal flaw of storing weapons in a central locked location meaning time is lost as unarmed people from all over the kibbutz have to run or ride to retrieve their guns. A kibbutz can be 100 acres to over a 1,000. The kibbutz that survived was the kibbutz that had early warning or actual sentinels on duty.
These security volunteers constitute a militia and have no police duties or responsibilities. These places are out in the country and in southern Israel near Gaza, there were only a couple of IDF outposts. They were hit first and murdered in total.
There are no county sheriff type departments in that region. Israel’s Mossad is its intelligence force concerned with national security and international threats. Shin Beit is focused on internal terror threats. The Israel Police is charged with local crime, traffic enforcement, etc and are backed up by a civilian volunteer patrol that has limited police powers.
There is no Bill of Rights in Israel, police pay is low and the social status of cops is bottom rung there so they don’t attract the best and brightest. I personally know people who have had bad experiences with local police in Israel so when I heard the FBI was telling American sheriffs Israeli Police saved the kibbutzim I had to respond. Either the Ohio sheriff was confused about terminology or somebody at the FBI was lying, which is entirely possible.
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#35 SD: The evolution of cars over the decades has really been dramatic. The shape and size, not to mention features, horsepower, and efficiency have expanded in cars more than any other consumer product of which I am aware.
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Texas Republicans censure House Speaker Dade Phelan
Just a slap on the wrist, and it’s CYA for house members who voted for impeachment, but at least Drunk Dave loses campaign funds.
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About Israel and Who Is to Blame
Once the Palestinians convinced Israelis the best thing they could do for peace was to enlarge the work permit program to allow Palestinians to cross into Israel daily for jobs that paid as much 4 or 5 times what they could make in Gaza, Israelis slowly began to let their guard down.
Gazan’s were coming over and working each day and there was little to no trouble. It was only those few bad apples who were flinging crude missiles and mortars across the border.
Maybe this was a step toward peace. Meanwhile, workers from Gaza were drawing intricate maps and taking notes about everything in southern Israel, especially regarding the kibbutz layouts and residences.
Netanyahu, the IDF and Shin Beit have all been loudly blamed for leaving Israel vulnerable to the October 7 attack. I maintain any country serious about their people’s safety would do the following concerning a neighboring territory containing 2.2 million inhabitants who are committed to murdering every Jew in Israel.
1. Prohibit kibbutzim or moshavim (farms) within walking distance of that border.
2. Make it mandatory to have real, serious safe rooms everywhere in living quarters. When Israelis have talked about safe, well, I’m sorry but they are sad jokes. There is nothing safe about them. Imagine calling your walk-in closet with a hollow core door a “safe room.” A number of stories from October 7th mentioned latches and locks that didn’t work and doors made of a single sheet of plywood.
3. Make it mandatory all kibbutzim and moshavim residents over the age of 14 have formal weapon training with handguns, rifles and shotguns. Include regular practice and tactical defense training.
4. Every single living quarter must be armed.
5. All kibbutzim and moshavim must have 24/7 armed human sentinels and alarm systems to alert all residents of threats.
6. Prohibit any large events and gatherings within a wide zone along the Gaza border.
7. Re-evaluate and redesign the entire IDF defense and intel system along every inch of Gaza’s border. Despite Israel’s vaunted high tech security equipment, satellites, armed robots and surveillance apparatus Hamas blew giant holes in it and there was no serious IDF response because they were all already dead. Put more soldiers on the ground. The kibbutz residents who survived were most likely saved by a man or woman with a gun.
All of the above should have been done many years ago.
In the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Prime Minister Golda Meir took the blame and resigned for allowing Israel to become too comfortable and complacent after their huge success in the 1967 Six-Day War. She was right, but there were a lot people in Israel to blame for those circumstances who slipped out of being held responsible. Golda quit because that’s what good leaders do – take the blame and let the country move forward.
Israel finds itself in a similar place today. Bibi will be gone and take most of the blame whether its fair or not. It’s too easy to dump the blame on a leader in order to avoid taking responsibility.
The truth is the entire country is due for sober introspection about how they let so many of their fellow Israelis be raped, tortured, murdered and kidnapped by barbarians living right next door.
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Shannon – praying that the storm I’ve been watching on ABC13 is leaving you alone
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I’m ok too BSue. 😛
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I’m good, BSue.
But there are reports of 3 tornadoes on the ground from Navasota to Huntsville. Tornado watches and warnings throughout this stretch of Texas.
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Here in Glorious Copperfield we have only gotten enough rain to make the street wet.
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Cut n Shoot could be involved soon. But seems to be just south of the line.
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#45 Shannon/GJT – I’ve been watching, as well, on Channel 13… Thus far, not even a drop of rain – and I can’t tell whether the noise I hear is thunder or a train. And I didn’t mean to ignore you, GJT – it’s just they started out talking about Brenham. You are closer to Hempsted?
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Just yankin your chain BSue. Hempstead is about 20 miles or so west of us.
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46 Shannon
You may have forgotten, but do you remember our Uncle Jolly bought a Sunbeam Rapier when we were kids ? This was back in the 1960s and it didn’t have any AC. I don’t think he kept it long because it didn’t have much power and it was totally impractical for a man with a wife and 3 kids. He liked those quirky cars.
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Shannon
Our uncle also owned a Simca sedan.
Even our father thought that one was weird.
He also owned a Triumph TR4 sports car that I really liked. I remember though it was always in the shop.
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Bones;
The evolution of cars over the decades has really been dramatic.
You’ll not get an argument from me but I just wish that all the cars didn’t look exactly alike. The advancement in metals for the engine, engineering and computer control engine management is what makes modern cars faster, more powerful and even more fuel efficient than ever. FWIW; I love an old carburetor and it can be made to perform with the best of them but they can’t compare to computerize FI. You’ll think I’m crazy but I didn’t have a big problem with computer controlled carburetors of the 80’s, once I figured them out. The GM systems worked good and were very reliable. BUT would I like to go back to that? HELL no! Also the throttle body FI units that GM had were great and If I were building a modern Hot Rod I’d use an Edelbrock Throttle Body on it. I’ve mentioned this before but I’ve rebuilt about a 100 Q Jets and 3 that were computer controlled and those units were easy to set up IF you had a digital multi-meter. I’ll never forget adjusting the throttle positioning sensor (rheostat) on the 83 Buick Station Wagon and thinking dayaam, I’m adjusting a carburetor with a DVM! 😀
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Shannon I love the Sunbeam Talbot and Texpat your Triumph TR 4 links back to the Simca. 😉
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But there are reports of 3 tornadoes on the ground from Navasota to Huntsville. Tornado watches and warnings throughout this stretch of Texas.
Dayaam! Any damage reports?
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52 Super Dave
Triumph TR4 link is fixed now.
OK, I fixed it a second time and it’s finally right.
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We’re going from a balmy sunny skies and 50° weather this weekend to 29° and 4 inches of snow on Tuesday morning.
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I always liked the TR 4 because it was sort of a bridge between the old school British roadsters and the newer sports cars. Also I love the British Racing Green on theses cars. 😉
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I always liked the tiny Datsun 2000 sports Car from the late 60’s and I spotted one at B13 NASA/JSC in the fall of 2016. Cute little car.
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56 Super Dave
I do remember my uncle being frustrated because he couldn’t get the Triumph to stop leaking oil on his driveway.
That was my introduction to the British leaky seals & gaskets curse.
I believe the only vehicle the Brits ever made that didn’t leak oil were the Rolls-Royce automobile engines. Our father had a pharmacist who worked for him for years whose real passion in life was race cars. During WWII, Buddy was stationed by the Army in London and worked as a mechanic in the command officers motor pool. He said he overhauled General Eisenhower’s Rolls once.
He said the surprise for him was taking the heads off the engine and finding no gaskets. The tolerances were so tight on a Rolls-Royce engine gaskets weren’t needed…at least back then.
Buddy told me before they put the heads back on the block, they spread a film of oil and then laid a string of sewing thread around the surfaces and then set the heads and torqued them down. Amazing.
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I’m sure Shannon must be watching the drunken brawl that is the Phoenix Open. It’s reported they suspended all alcohol sales because of all the problems out there.
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Texpat;
Rolls-Royce engine gaskets weren’t needed…at least back then.
Believe it or not, out in the tractor shed, I have a 76 Deutz Diesel 30-06 tractor that doesn’t have a gasket on it anywhere! And it’s air cooled!?!? I have no idea how they make a diesel that is air cooled since those engines expand and contract much more than a water cooled engine. It’s a 2 cylinder and does have 8 O Rings on the 4 push-rod tubes but no gaskets. The dealer told my dad that in the US they use gaskets to cover up their mistakes but in Germany they build the engines with such tight tolerances that they don’t need gaskets. Oh and I didn’t know that about the Rolls engines but it doesn’t surprise me, thanks for the info.
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The Next Global Superpower Isn’t Who You Think | Ian Bremmer | TED
These technology titans are not just men worth 50 or 100 billion dollars or more.They are increasingly the most powerful people on the planet with influence over our futures.And we need to know, are they going to act accountably as they release new and powerful artificial intelligence? What are they going to do with this unprecedented amount of data that they are collecting on us and our environment?
And the one that I think should concern us all right now the most:
Will they persist with these advertising models driving so much revenues that are turning citizens into products and driving hate and misinformation and ripping apart our society?When I was a student back in 1989, and the Wall fell, the United States was the principal exporter of democracy in the world. Not always successfully.
Today, the United States has become the principal exporter of tools that destroy democracy.
The technology leaders who create and control these tools, are they OK with that? Or are they going to do something about it? We need to know.It is funny that a lot of the current events y’all talk about I have know about for sometimes weeks/months. There is much food for thought in this talk. The WEF Kraut said that soon very soon he believes elections will become a quaint ghost of our past. AI is possibly one reason why. I lean more to 1 man stepping up to the plate ruling the whole world. -
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My #60 I’ll add the the Deutz Tractor doesn’t have glow plugs but will start on the first spin even if it’s 20 degrees outside. My cousin’s John Deere needs ether to start if it gets below freezing. 😉
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I headed out into what looked like imminent cloud-burst, but I HAD TO go get a few things from the nearby Food Town. Billy Cat saw me backing out of the garage and ran to the back door… Totally confused when I didn’t stop, and didn’t give him any chow. He’d been fed already this morning, but didn’t like the cat food that I had put in his bowl.
I was back home in 10 minutes, but no sign of Billy…
Also hasn’t rained at Chez Harp…
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Texpat
Gates closed, alcohol sales suspended amid chaos at WM Phoenix Open | Rogers Report
I wanna see full contact golf. Whoohoo
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Texpat
I don’t remember Uncle Jolly’s cars.But I remember Andy had a Sunbeam Alpine, mid-60’s vintage.
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We all know him and we all have a love hate relationship with him.
WHO IS HIM?
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Texpat
Aunt Carolyn confirms they had a brand new 1965 Sunbeam Alpine (British Green) shipped to Hawaii when he was flying out of there for the U.S. Navy.
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69 Shannon
I don’t remember that at all. I guess I never saw it.
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Windy and getting more so here. Must be heralding the front that this morning blessed us with a light sprinkling of tiny raindrops and nothing more. More acorns are tumbling down and some pecans also.
The squirrels are well fed and lively as they can be. Also amusing to watch, especially to see Purrscilla pressing her nose against the window to look at them playing– and out of reach.
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61 Squawk
I don’t know about you, but I have been terrified by two things for many years.
First, the increasing ability of rogue labs around the world to produce deadly biohazard weapons.
Second, the advent and application of artificial intelligence by evil, dishonest people. The horrible possibilities are endless.
Bremmer is a very smart guy, but I disagree with his apparent embrace of the climate change dogma.
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Texpat
Heh.
Carolyn shared a long-told private family joke.
She told her mother that they bought a Sunbeam and MJ told her that she had had good luck with both of her Sunbeam appliances.
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71 Shannon
I do remember that. I always wanted to buy Mom a ’57 T-bird, but they got so expensive.
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Texpat
Yeah his climate change crap is just that.
Second, the advent and application of artificial intelligence by evil, dishonest people.
Man if I posted the papers, stories and vidiots I have seen read and heard it would send you into the thumb sucking fetal position hugging your woobie. The speed with which technology is moving is simply astouidinging. The moves for transhumanism combined with AI is off the chart unimaginable.
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Only the British would name a car manufacturer Sunbeam. I mean, really…
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68 Squawk
I know who he is, but I cannot for the life of me pull up his name.
Jim ?
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Wow – I wonder how Joel will play this one off? “Active Shooter at Lakewood Church???”
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Now they’ve added “the Bomb Squad” just arrived on scene… and now a robotic dog has entered the building
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#68 Squawk: Izzat Bob42?
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We had one of these while I was in high school. It would go 136mph and not one bit faster. Down I-10 circa 1977.
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WHO IS HIM?
I know his name and handle, do I say it out loud? Hint he’s lost about 200 Lbs. 😉
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One day about 12 years ago, I was with a friend in the business district of Englewood, NJ and we decided to have lunch at this hole-in-wall Lebanese cafe. It only had about 8 or 10 small tables and the place was empty at 2 in the afternoon. The place also had a small counter with stools so we sat down there. Right after we ordered lunch, a husky black gentleman came in and took the stool next to me. He turned, stuck out his hand and said, “Hi, my name is George. How are you doing ?” I introduced myself and we had some small talk about Lebanese food and that was it. I never let on I recognized him.
George Benson on the time he met Jimi Hendrix, how Peter Frampton changed the course of his career and what Paul McCartney made of his Beatles tribute
One of the all-time jazz guitar greats on upsetting guitar companies, receiving praise from Frank Sinatra, and what it was really like working with Miles Davis
Jimi Hendrix was playing guitar for the famous soul group, The Isley Brothers, when Benson met him at the Appolo Theater in Harlem. Hendrix had a reputation among musicians already, but this was right before he issued his first album and became world famous.
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I love an old carburetor and it can be made to perform with the best of them but they can’t compare to computerize FI.
What about full-on FADEC?
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Yum. Those look very try-worthy.
Gonna stuff some poblanos later in the week.
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Kevin Hart channeling Jimmy Johnson (complete with bulletproof hair) is…
interesting.
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I think Super Dave being the Super mentalist that he is prolly knows who “him” is. But till he lets the words split his lips I cannot confirm yes or no.
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Not bob42. no wife’s panties on his head.
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68 Squawk
James Carville
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Texpat
Carville? “SNICKER”. Close but no.
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68 SQK
We all know him and we all have a love hate relationship with him.
We do?
Just remember, you’re dealing with a sympathetic, well-meaning, near-elderly crowd here with poor memories.
So, don’t ask me who he is. 🙂
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I used to work with his wife – if that helps, at all LOL
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My first guess was Carville but try as I might, I just couldn’t believe that he looks like that.
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And I just couldn’t see Carville in a shirt like that.
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Very nice Flyover.
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WHO IS HIM?
sarge after losing weight on nutri-system?
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Air Force Thunderbirds. Their home base is 20 minutes from the stadium.
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Found a cartoon for MHarper to enjoy:
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99. 🙂
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Now back to the gilligans island marathon on catchy tv.
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I didn’t leave church until 2:00. On second Sundays, Catholic Daughters host coffee after mass. I usually stay to help our regent clean up, and it’s usually just the two of us, so it takes a while.
Came home and made two rosaries to replace the two I gave away this morning. So my purse is reloaded.
After that, I had to make the cole slaw for dinner tonight and do some other dinner prep. Then, just as I was settling in at the computer, Hubby reminded me that I needed to order some stuff for his car. It’s 5:30, the Stupor Bowl is starting, Handsome Son is here…and I haven’t cracked a Latin book yet. That was my goal today. Maybe I can get some done before we start cutting the meat.
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Should take everyone out of their misery or roll out my Prevogen franchise? I am merciful.
Big Jolly David Jennings.
/Hamous would have known from jump street.
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I just wish that all the cars didn’t look exactly alike
Perzackly why I have a tennis ball on my antenna. Fortunately, I have a car with one of those.
Even when it’s worn out and gray, that little round thing has saved me endless lost moments searching for my car.
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McCaffrey.
Perhaps the best all-purpose back I ever saw. Ask me again in five years.
Baby-faced, badass white boy.
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I actually did think of Big Jolly. But, again, my brain just couldn’t make that him.
Wow.
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/snicker
It has a long, old fashioned antenna?
I didn’t know they had those anymore.
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It’s not a long one, but it’s long enough to hold the tennis ball.
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I’ve sat across a supper table from him. I just cannot see it.
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Shannon
When I saw that picture I had to vet it. I mean “Dude where did ya go?”
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I walked in to his wife’s office one day, and he had stopped by for some reason… She started to introduce us, and he said “oh, we’ve met!!!” I was dumbfounded
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#106 Shannon – if you are looking for her car, the antenna looks more like a joystick on the rear of the roof… I almost missed it the day we met at in a parking lot… LOL… but it is long enough to hold a tennis ball
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61 yard punt?
Good grief.
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Only Tedtam could figure out how to attach a tennis ball to a little modern, plastic, roof-mounted antenna.
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So far the commercials
S U C K
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Man… I don’t know if I’m gonna be able to hold out til halftime for drippy beef… that stuff smells SOOOO good – and is soooo easy… put a crockpot liner in your crockpot, throw in a thawed beef roast, dump 3 TBS of Italian seasoning on the meat, 1/2 of a 20 oz jar of pepperoncini peppers w/ half the juice, a can of beef broth… and let it cook til you can shred it with 2 forks… I think this must be one of the aromas in Heaven
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I expect better from Christopher Walken.
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I think Super Dave being the Super mentalist that he is prolly knows who “him” is. But till he lets the words split his lips I cannot confirm yes or no.
Yup, but I didn’t get back in time. But can you believe that he’s lost so much weight? That might be enough to not know for sure who he was.
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So far the commercials are really good.
Make that bank Christopher.
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Thanks a lot, BSue.
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Why is grabbing the Jersey a horse collar?
Im calling BS.
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Let the record show that I am officially backing off my earlier thights of a high scoring game. 🙂
It’s already one of the better Super Bowl games that I have seen.
Crazy.
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Sister came over for supper and I fixed Roast Beast, smashed taters, butter beans, mixed vegis with cheese, candid sweet taters, gravy and rolls. Sister brought over some deviled eggs, put them in the fridge and we smooth forgot them until we were done eating but they’ll be good tomorrow. My plate. I hurt myself. 😉
Did somebody say something about a ball game? 😀
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Oh and the next time I’m at any HEB I’ll try the Texas Torpedo Stuffed Jalapenos. I say “any” because I often stop at HEB when I find one in the Texas town I happen to be in at the time.
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#114 bsue I cooked my roast somewhat like that. It was tiny though @ 3 Lbs.
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I was raking leaves in the front yard, and reached a good quitting place when the wind turned cold. The next 3 nights are predicted to get down into the 40s in my neck of the woods.
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Well.
That was a helluva trick play, eh?
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Okay. I just wanna say that I think those Alabama people eat an unusual amount of deviled eggs.
So, I’m taking a poll.
Please answer by the end of the Super Bowl.
Do you think those Alabama people eat an unusually high number of deviled eggs?
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RE: #68
Put a hat on this guy and the same shirt and glasses.
Check out the facial lines, the ears, the mouth and the ears. They could be brothers.
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127 Texpat
/rolling on the floor laughing out loud.
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I think these are the absolute worst commercials I’ve ever seen.
Just horrible.
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Do you think those Alabama people eat an unusually high number of deviled eggs?
Yes,…. 😀
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I came up with The Name, due to having him in Facebook. So I’ve been aware of the weight loss, but the gaudy shirt doesn’t seem to fit.
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The Bobby Kennedy Jr ad was inspired. Very cool and creative. I was impressed.
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So is David Jennings going to start making commercials for Ozempic ?
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#132 Texpat, I just saw that, very creative, retro for sure. It could have been made in 1965.
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When was the last time you saw it get a little chippy at the Super Bowl?
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Texpat
I think these are the absolute worst commercials I’ve ever seen
Just horrible.
Ain’t it the truth. I liked the Kennedy ad. Yes very creative and did exactly what it was supposed to do. First thing I thought of was his brothers and I was not old enough to vote. However i have read enough about their politics to have a handle on their character.
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Bring on the Chippy Super Bowel .
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Tedtam
February 11, 2024 at 5:36 pm
Hey, I feed possums out back, but not in the house. Billy Cat doesn’t mind eating on the patio at night when raccoons and possums are eating their food — dry dog food — but he doesn’t share his wet or dry cat food with them. Of course, I have to be out there guarding Billy and his bowls for that to work.
The 6 cats who live in the house don’t go out, and they don’t share.
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Texpat wins the internet for the night with #127. Tooooo funny
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MHarper
the Super Bowl had a commercial just for you.
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JJ Watt had a good comment.
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The Etsy ad was pretty funny. Maybe they’ll get better in the second half.
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Just once can we have a half time show that features C&W.
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Alicia Keyes is looking great. She lived down the road in Englewood like George Benson. Alicia bought Eddie Murphy’s old house and lived there for years.
I never did cross paths with her and she never walked into a restaurant where I was, unfortunately.
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Well there is 15 minutes of my life I will never get back.
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145 Squawk
What in heaven’s name was that horror show ?
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Hey, I feed possums out back, but not in the house.
Hey, you have no idea how glad I am to hear that.
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Texpat
I did not know. Good Lord help us.
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#143 Squawk -How quickly we forget…
Sorry Garth – I guess you were country when country wasn’t cool…or the national anthem doesn’t count…
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WHOOHOO. PLUTO TV did a commercial featuring couch potatoes. they needed a family big enough to play and look like couch potatoes.
IT IS THE BOX FAMBLY CLAN.
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Alright Doc. Whatcha doing?
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There is hope for this country.
They had a streaker at the Super Bowl.
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150
Let the record show that Squawk changed his mind about Super Bowl commercials.
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The 4th quarter is when the refs will make a call here and a call there to pull it out for the Taylor swifty chiefs.
but I’ll still call it Ditka 17-14 against all odds.
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Ditka.
pppfffftttt
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Handsome and I laughed at the commercial with the players flying. He got the bird references: Seahawks, Ravens, etc. Even the “rookie” reference.
The other commercials have run from “meh” to “bleh”.
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Hey Texpat
Microsoft AI for the cell phone as an app.
Flirtin with disaster
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156 Squawk
Did you get the not so subtle how to cheat on your exam suggestion in the ad ?
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Ditka.
pppfffftttt
guess uncklo never saw any of those Da Bears skits with Chris Farley and Bill Swerski on snl in da bears 80s heyday.
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Hey Brother Phil
I’m kicken with Molly while watching the Super Bowel. Could not find a Tom Jones version for ya.
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Tie ball game in the 9th inning.
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I’m hoping they’re done with the “don’t hate, be like Jesus” ads.
There’s a difference between not hating and condoning immoral behavior. I don’t like feeling like I’m being emotionally manipulated. The reaction from me is usually the reverse of the attempt.
Like the messages “If you love Jesus/cops/kittens you’ll share this post!” Nope. Never. You may even get a response that’ll show just how I feel about your emotional blackmail.
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Texpat #157
yeah I did. And to think when I was in high school they denied us the use of a calculator.
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But But Tedtam
“If you love Jesus/cops/kittens you’ll share this post!”
Ummmm technically you just did. Just sayin
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/eye roll
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Oh cmon i was kiddin
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Game tied.
I guess the kickers are used to the pressure.
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EXTRA INNINGS
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Here’s one for you squawka Bruddah.
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Surely it’s fixed.
Dr phil and El Gordo told me so.
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I said earlier if KC let SF run the ball like they did in the first quarter, SF would win this game.
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I know now that whomever wins or loses, it’s fixed.
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Surely it’s fixed.
Dr phil and El Gordo told me so.
fixed like a neutered pet.
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Dayaam! Kinda’ wish I’d watched the whole dang thang! I got sucked into the OT.
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Yummmmm Raquel
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Well the only thing left is for KelC’s proposal to Taylor.
Yup set up for the big question.
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Very nice overtime win.
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A hulk hogan macho man savage wrestling match was less rigged than the wokester bowl.
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Like I said, SQK and Doc Phil
no matter who wins you two will be absolutely sure that everything is rigged
Y’all and ElGordo
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