You know what might be fun? Let Trump drop something alleging that in those conversations was something implicating Pelosi or Federal involvement in instigating the riot, and see if the boys at the Secret Service can come up with the records...

That's another amendment that someone should add to the list previously posted. Perhaps TuCa will support an amendment that would allow Putin to run for President.

One of my favorite Toby Keith stories... When Toby was starting out, he played the TLO Circuit. In the music biz, that's Texas-Louisiana-Oklahoma, mostly Oklahoma, NE Texas and NW Louisiana. There are some absolute dives in that part of the world. Remember that scene in The Blues Brothers where they played a bar with chicken wire in front of the stage? Well, there are bars like that on the TLO circuit. Bar fights are not uncommon. Whole bar fights do rarely happen, but they do. Toby had just started to gain a little traction, enough to hire a manager, but he still was playing the circuit. One night, the bar they were playing erupted into a full bar fight. The manager is trying to get the band out of there, so they all head for the door. Toby, being a big guy, led the pack and the manager figured the safest place was behind Toby. Some idiot was dumb enough or drunk enough to sucker punch Toby Keith. The manager said Toby grabbed the guy with one hand and beat him with the other. The guy was screaming he'd had enough, when Toby stopped just long enough to look at the guy and tell him, "I'll let you know when you've had enough". Then he hit him again, put the guy's lights out and dropped him like a sack of potatoes...

@89th said in Projectfarm does non-stick pans: Might have to buy some Granitestone. Does anyone put their pots/pans in the dishwasher? I always hand wash, but I know they’re dishwasher safe. Also I noticed he added a coating of veggie oil to each pan. I know that was in the instructions but I would like to see how the pans perform without any nonstick prep. Everything but the cast iron.

Probably. But the bar has been set.

Speaking of snipers... One if my friends was a Marine sniper in Vietnam. If it was standing still, it was dead. If it was running, he was no better than me. He always shot a .308. When we were checking scopes and knew they were right, he'd shoot cereal boxes for us. Two hundred yards, he'd call his shots...Upper left, lower right, center...And hit them. That's hitting a palm-sized target every time, 200 yards.

We pulled ours off the buses after a couple of years and drove them in, or they walked/cycled to middle school which was right around the corner. The bussing experience was like a daily visit to the lord of the flies, which was rather at odds with the school experience.

@taiwan_girl said in The Saddle: Are the stirrups different for "Western" riders and "English" riders? YEs, they are. The Western stirrup is usually made of leather with a wide footpiece. Some, however, do have metal parts and some with wood. English stirrups are all metal, with a rubber insert which helps keep your boot in place. In practice, I never noticed a real difference for the type of riding I did. However, the Western stirrup can have a closed portion to it, to prevent shrubbery, etc from getting tangled within it. [image: 1707273202615-image.jpeg] [image: 1707273211475-image.jpeg]

Cool name. Reminds me of another collaboration tech tool I used to use called Bluescape.

And maybe the family tree?

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/bill-maher-axed-kanye-west-podcast-interview-antisemitism-1235900170/ Bill Maher revealed that he sat down with Kanye West for a two-hour interview on his “Club Random” podcast, but he will not release the episode due to the disgraced rapper’s bigoted views against Jews. “I thought it was going to be a learning moment.” Maher said on a Feb. 5 episode of “TMZ Investigates” centered on West, titled “Unhinged but Unstoppable.” “We were here for two hours. By the way, we had an amazing, fun time,” Maher added. “He’s a very charming antisemite. And by the way, he’s not the only one in America who feels that way. It’s not like the Jews are universally loved except for Kanye West.” Earlier in the interview, Maher said of West: “The problem, I think, is that he appeals mostly — of course he’s a rock star — to young people. They don’t know much and they surely don’t know much about the Middle East or Jews. So the combination of Kanye out there — I feel like he was helpful for spreading the fertilizer, and I do mean fertilizer, for this idea that Israel and the Jews are the worst people in the world.” TMZ founder Harvey Levin suggested to Maher that “you could say the same thing about Hitler,” in regards to West emboldening other people to voice their antisemitic views. “A lot of people were thinking what he was thinking, but in Kanye’s case, the fact that he’s saying it out loud gives other people permission to say it too, right?” Levin asked. “Yes, exactly,” Maher said. “That’s why I wouldn’t air that episode, because I’m not going to contribute to this.”

@Mik said in Trump's Math Is Faulty: The number you quoted, TG, was heavy weapons. There's more to it than that. Trump's underlying premise of relatively equal financial - or possibly more European - support is correct. Russian tanks are not going to be rolling into New Jersey anytime soon. Maybe this will show more info. https://app.23degrees.io/embed/tAuBi41LxvWwKZex-bar-stacked-horizontal-figure-2_csv_final [image: 1707271312276-img_0587.jpg]

Good.

@LuFins-Dad said in How quickly can Jeremy put out a light beer?: Donald wants his supporters to give Bud Light a break…https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4451760-trump-conservatives-should-give-bud-light-second-chance/ Isn't he teetotal? Then maybe he should mind his own fucking business. Oh sorry, that's what he is doing.

@bachophile said in The possibly very short reign of Charles III: Could be anything. Curse by Morgana or Voldemort.

@Rainman said in S&P Breaks 4,500: It helps a lot. Writer's block? Don't know how to offer anything different or unique in terms of content? ChatGPT works great as a helping (virtual) hand. But, I don't like it at all. Just FYI: For content, there's what the information is, and there's how you present it. It's very important to find some useful novelty for that second part, and if you rely on that tool for that part, all you'll ever get is an average of what it's pulling from. It'll be better than nothing I guess, but don't delude yourself into thinking it's nearly as effective as a good idea. Still need a person for that.

Elon's helping, LOL.

Scheerhorn and Beard resos are now the preferred standard for Bluegrass. Has been that way since the 1990s for a host of reasons.