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Texpat
Admin
March 11, 2024 9:59 pm

I was furious with Kevin O’Leary, the Shark Tank guy, for coming out full blast trying to save TikTok.

I should have known better. It’s now come out he wants to buy the company, with investors of course, because he doesn’t have that kind of scratch. I think he already has them lined up for the deal.

GJT
GJT
March 11, 2024 8:07 pm

Boeing whistleblower John Barnett found dead days after testifying against company: report

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-found-dead-days-testifying-against-company

H/T Michael Berry

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Shannon
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March 11, 2024 7:49 pm
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Adee
March 11, 2024 7:39 pm

Good late afternoon/ early evening, Hamsters. The first day of DLS does absolutely nothing to increase our daylight time one second. That is the job of our Sun, who rules his planets, and will not add one second to today’s sunlight. I think it was last year around this time that serious talk was about dropping DLS completely, but making… Read more »

Texpat
Admin
March 11, 2024 6:45 pm

It would be fun to read the sale agreements between the owner of Deadspin, GoMedia, and the UK company that bought them with the clause stipulating none of the employees would be rehired.

The most interesting reading would be how the buyer makes the seller remain liable for the lawsuit from the young KC fan.

Super Dave
March 11, 2024 2:12 pm

Well that may have been a mistake. 😀 I went up to Capital tractor to talk to Randy but when I got there I spotted a slightly used (848 hours) RTV X1120, Diesel SXS, complete with a windshield, roof, winch and hydraulic dump bed and I’m in love. So as soon as I can get $ome ca$h out of my… Read more »

GJT
GJT
March 11, 2024 1:47 pm

Just ran across a 1989 bi-weekly pay stub. $10 for medical, $4 for dental.

wagonburner
Editor
March 11, 2024 1:34 pm

12:28 texpat
Dartmouth’s athletes have either unionized or are about to.

Texpat
Admin
March 11, 2024 1:23 pm

If you didn’t see Florida Congressman Brian Mast’s encounter with Code Pink last week, here is the video.

He squeaked by with 53% of the vote in 2016, but won his last race in 2022 with 65%.

mharper42
mharper42
March 11, 2024 1:06 pm

It is gruesome to look at your clocks when you get up on the first Monday after the time change…

GJT
GJT
March 11, 2024 12:32 pm

Want to know how much I’m into this de-hoarding? I’m tossing perfectly good boxes. How ‘bout that!

Texpat
Admin
March 11, 2024 12:28 pm

One more American institution swirling around the drain. This is about UGA Bulldogs and the SEC, but it applies to all college sports across the country. That is an emerging complaint from fans and one more factor that could create big changes in college sports, including revenue sharing in which schools directly pay their athletes, rather than asking fans to… Read more »

Texpat
Admin
March 11, 2024 12:15 pm

The famous old printing presses of the LA Times produced their last edition early this morning. The LAT is moving out of the building they once owned, but now can no longer afford to rent. Printing will be subcontracted to another company. This quote says it all. Their last in-house printed newspaper paper was 22 pages. Press operators gather to… Read more »

Texpat
Admin
March 11, 2024 12:01 pm

The Figure 4 map in my comment below shows a view of an urban/suburban/exurban/semi-rural mass stretching from Tulsa, OKC, northeast Texas, DFW, Waco, Austin, San Antonio to Hill Country counties.

It’s pretty amazing to see it exposed through retired ranch and farmland, but it’s right there. A huge chunk of America is moving to that region.

Texpat
Admin
March 11, 2024 11:35 am

The US Census calls all agricultural operations “farms” regardless of whether they raise crops or are strictly livestock operations like ranches. The increase in productivity is really remarkable, but I think there are some dark data buried in these stats. Conducted every five years, the Census of Agriculture collects data on land use and ownership, producer characteristics, production practices, income… Read more »

Bonecrusher
March 11, 2024 10:52 am

Texpat 10:03, Hollywood has been doing that to White, observant Christian and Jew, heterosexual, conservative men since the 1980s. This group is almost never portrayed in a positive light in advertising, movies, TV shows. . . . . .anything. It would be an interesting list of things that were invented by the evil white man; even more fun would be… Read more »

Texpat
Admin
March 11, 2024 10:03 am

Hollywood, the Whore of Babylon, not only sold out to China for access to their audiences, they have sold their production companies to Chinese financial control. Dune and its upcoming sequel were both financed by Legendary Pictures, which is majority owned by China’s Wanda Group. Legendary also financed the Pacific Rim movies and the latest Godzilla blockbusters.China’s influence on Hollywood is more than just financial.For… Read more »

Super Dave
March 11, 2024 9:34 am

Well dang, that was quick. My trusty Kubota is ready and Dean will be bringing it later today. I can pay the bill on-line but I need to talk to Randy in service so I think I’ll amble up that way and pay him a visit and pay him also. 😉

Super Dave
March 11, 2024 9:31 am

Even though we live in Bizarro World it is still a little surprising that all the left-wing whack-jobs and the Media, but I repeat myself, are more concerned about Biden calling a Murdering Thug “illegal” than the death of Lakin Riley. But there is power in words and the left is changing the language to fit their narrative. Illegal alien… Read more »

Texpat
Admin
March 11, 2024 9:08 am

A Public Service Announcement Today is the first day of Ramadan. Observant Muslims fast from before sunrise to after sundown. They start getting a little punchy after a week of daylight fasting. Watch out for them driving out on the highways and byways. It could be worse. Things get really dicey when Ramadan falls in July-August-September when the days are… Read more »

Super Dave
March 11, 2024 9:02 am

Sad but true. 🙁 ~SPITS~

Texpat
Admin
March 11, 2024 8:16 am

Has anybody else notice a substantial majority of the pro-Hamas anti-Israel protesters are young women ? This is an excellent example of what I’m talking about. These Democrat morons showed up Ted Cruz’s home in Virginia at 7 AM on Saturday and scream, ring cowbells and make all the neighbors miserable. There are 15 girls out there shouting while one… Read more »

Super Dave
March 11, 2024 7:39 am

I’m liking the new format but I have noticed that links don’t show up until you click on “Read More”. That said; I like the “Reply” function, it keeps down clutter.

Super Dave
March 11, 2024 7:37 am

FWIW; I saw GJT’s garage over yonder and was reminded that the best thing about moving from Texas was getting rid of lost of junk.My garage wasn’t as bad as the picture but almost. I threw away and gave away a lot of stuff. Luckily Pete across the street was a car nut and had recently rebuilt his 80’s Firebird… Read more »

Super Dave
March 11, 2024 7:24 am

WTH time is it? I don’t know but I’ve been up since 5 AM give or take. Much cooler here at 45 degrees and I noticed that the heat didn’t come on overnight, it was 66 in the house this morning. I checked the thermostat and the Heat/Air was off. It seems that Sunday before last my wife turned on… Read more »

GJT
GJT
March 11, 2024 7:21 am

Everyone will remember me telling of dealing with my aunt’s stuff when she suffered a stroke, then passed in 2021. Never married and no kids it was left to us to deal with. Legendary hoarder, her stuff plus over a hundred years of family and extended family history got funneled to her and she dared not throw anything away. It… Read more »

Bonecrusher
March 11, 2024 6:57 am

I do not like DST at all. I do not like changing the effing clocks twice a year. It is a stupid endeavor that yields nothing but bad feelings, increased health issues and more car wrecks. DST has no redeeming qualities. The fact that our R leadership here in the Great State of Texas can’t even get DST killed and… Read more »

Texpat
Admin
March 11, 2024 6:56 am

When I first came up here, a friend of mine’s father had just passed away. The old man had been a widower for 35 years and loved engineering, technology and inventions. There was a half-built robot in the living room. He was quite hoarder with a machine shop in the basement. After his wife died, he turned the three story… Read more »

GJT
GJT
March 11, 2024 6:26 am

Not hoarders, but they stashed cash everywhere, from each other? I don’t think so but you never know. There was $7K in a boot, $200 in an oven mitt, my sister found $1,500 in the closet the other day lol. We will have to check everything before tossing.

GJT
GJT
March 11, 2024 6:23 am

At the same we are beginning the process of dealing with our parents home, going over Sunday with everyone including grandkids to start clearing out what we want, the rest probably, hopefully using an estate sale company. If there is enough there to make it worth their while. Luckily, they weren’t too bad at hoarding, but it is a lifetime… Read more »

GJT
GJT
March 11, 2024 5:54 am

Not much participation from me lately, been busy, busy. I’m embarrassed.to say how long we have had a rented storage building, but a constant overstuffed garage there has been no place to put any of it. Finally we got it emptied out, used my son’s enclosed race trailer filled it up and brought it home, rented a roll off dumpster… Read more »

GJT
GJT
March 11, 2024 5:44 am

Ha! Good one.

First!

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