Saturday Open Thread - 9/28/24: Odds and Ends

Submitted by on the cusp on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 8:14am

Lots of craziness around the world right now, wouldn't y'all agree?

Still, we have good music, good friends, art, literature, and landscapes to keep us appreciating our lives. While I didn't mention good family specifically, I have few blood related family members, so in my mind, my friends are my version of "family".

I suggest we keep in constant touch with our families, keep each of them informed, prepared, and give them some sense of security when our economy goes down the commode with a quick flush.

So, this lawyer friend called me early Friday morning to gossip. She was to evict a squatter. She had been appointed by a court to get a home sold to have the proceeds divided among heirs.

The squatter showed up to represent himself. He was a double amputee. Sympathetic, shaping up to be a touchy case that should have been routine.

She requested he present his case first. She countered with documents, facts, statutes. The squatter said, "Looks like I don't have a legal leg to stand on."

After staring a hole in the carpet, she said, "Judge, I was ordered to do this and failure to do so is contempt of court, and I could be jailed. What would my little girls do without their Mommie?

She won, the squatter was given 3 days to leave before the cops came to "help" him.

Maybe we should get pickier about extending sympathy.

What's new and exciting in your world? We all want to know.

Let 'er rip!

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Submitted by Pluto's Republic on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 8:24am
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What affects do you suppose this insanity will have on American lives?

Be sure to plan accordingly.

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Submitted by on the cusp on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 9:03am

@Pluto's Republic I am headed to the grocery store to shop for various meals we will have during our stay at the beach condo. When I return, I will watch the video and learn something, make a comment.
Thanks for sharing, chica!

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Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 9:17am
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@Pluto's Republic -- when US military might is exhausted.

As for their current plans, the neocons' past plans relied upon the use of fully-operational production facilities which didn't exist and which don't exist now.

But hey, let's not build an alternative party here in the US, because Trump Derangement Syndrome or something.

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Submitted by on the cusp on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 9:57am

@Cassiodorus platform of any party that looked promising. I like Stein, really like her vp, but I am no fan of some of their policies.
We need rank choice voting, no party affiliation, and the reason we can't have anything other than the current system is money. AOC has made it to the $19 million mark in such a short time. Being a barista is excellent training for getting elected and getting rich without making a gd difference in any meaningful way.

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Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 11:12am
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@on the cusp We can either:

a) wait until the current system approves ranked-choice voting (it's actually not my first choice: STAR voting would be better), or

b) start that alternative party now.

In my forthcoming book I will be proposing the Looking for a Way Out party. That would be its actual name.

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Submitted by on the cusp on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 12:43pm

@Cassiodorus getting published.
At this time Harris never got a vote. Neither did Jill.
Elections are like watching a game show.
Thanks for the comment, friend.

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Submitted by QMS on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 8:41am
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Have your friendly local seamstress
sew together a well padded skull cap
(with an optional layer of foil) and get
some seriously filtered stun glasses
then just lay-in a good stash of drugs
and alcohol. May not help much, but
won't feel too much either Wink

Thanks for the OT and enjoy your escape!

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Submitted by on the cusp on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 9:11am

@QMS I am a seamstress. I just needed the right idea to get my machine out of the closet, and you gave it to me, dear friend!Headlines this morning say the IDF killed Nasrullah, the leader of Hezbollah.
Now what, I'm thinking....
Have a great weekend, and smooth sailing!

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 9:26am
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@on the cusp @on the cusp
Hezbollah says they missed. I'm putting my money on Hezbollah.

Edit. Seems I spoke to soon.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4904897-israel-hezbollah-beirut-strik...

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Submitted by on the cusp on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 9:46am

@Socialprogressive I need to check out Moon of Alabama and see if Ritter has anything to say about this.
We do not have a full Army, Navy, or air force. Recruitment is down. Stockpiles are low. Manufacturing is almost non-existent. Our planes don't fly, our missiles are old tech, ships are old and unreliable. Russia and China and Iran have all modernized their military. We go around like it is the 40s.
We will be lucky is our hegemony ends by and through a Wall Street crash. We may go hungry for a time, but will be alive, and will not have a conquering military within our shores. I would rather come out as a poor American than a permanent pow in my own home.

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Submitted by dystopian on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 11:09am
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@on the cusp Hi OtC,

Jonathan Cook tweeted about it:

https://x.com/Jonathan_K_Cook/status/1840005616435077334?s=19

Have a great one at the beach! Wiggle yer toes in the sand for me! Wink

happy trails all!

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Submitted by on the cusp on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 2:14pm

@dystopian all we can do, given the beach is under double red flag warning.
Still, feet splashing and adding to the sea shell collection can and will take place! The normally blue water is brown until it is was off shore, but if the winds will calm and the sun reaches the right place, it might turn blue again.
My government is proud of the murders accomplished by our mighty bunker busters dropped by our mighty ally yesterday. There are no conventional warfare engagements in effect for us, just the "bad guys" we call terrorists.
The shit show will come home, methinks.
Go spot a bird, friend!

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 12:19pm
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you can, dunno if that can really be fun. Also enjoy the beach + vacation.

Nuthin' much going on here, but it's cool enough to work outside, so off I go.

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by on the cusp on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 1:04pm

@enhydra lutris a fun shopping trip. They had some really great prepared meats in the deli. We have at least 8 lunches and dinners planned and stocked. I asked an employee if the store name was Rouse's pronounced like house. Yes, correct. I said I was from Texas where we pronounce everything wrong. I told her is she gets to Mahair, Texas, it is spelled MEXIA.
She said that was good to know.
The beach is under a red flag, but that hasn't stopped parents from letting their toddlers wade in neck deep. Good damn grief.
I hope you have a fun weekend planned, dear friend.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 2:03pm
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@on the cusp

I hope you have a fun weekend planned, dear friend.

Play one game of contract rummy with wife, prune apricot, prune grapes, work on new bird feeder, pack for October trip, work on one or more OTs.

be well an have a good one

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