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Saudi Arabian 'potential terrorist' nabbed at US-Mexico border
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4 17:23 Merrick Ferret [8] 
7 23:14 Zhang Fei [6] 
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19 22:05 Thing From Snowy Mountain [7] 
4 19:34 Lord Garth [8] 
6 16:38 Procopius2k [11] 
8 22:05 Frank G [5] 
1 06:36 Vinegar Spolusing6485 [1] 
7 19:41 Procopius2k [7] 
4 17:52 Woodrow [3] 
12 17:47 Woodrow [2] 
3 16:01 Rob Crawford [4] 
20 20:45 Shusolet Panda3990 [9] 
5 20:26 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [7] 
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Page 6: Politix
2 14:48 Merrick Ferret [3]
1 14:25 Glenmore [3]
5 18:38 Glenmore [2]
13 15:08 M. Murcek [5]
5 10:07 M. Murcek [9]
9 17:59 Barbara [9]
15 17:02 newc [10]
2 10:35 ruprecht [4]
1 07:11 Procopius2k [7]
2 10:21 M. Murcek [9]
2 16:37 Silentbrick [12]
2 18:02 Woodrow [12]
12 18:04 Woodrow [6]
3 19:00 trailing wife [8]
4 20:03 no mo uro [12]
3 11:12 Mullah Richard [11]
-Great Cultural Revolution
Newly-ordained Lutheran pastor hosts DRAG Bible study class for children at woke Chicago church
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Aaron Musser decided to host a children's Bible study class while in drag

  • Musser could be seen in pictures wearing a blonde wig, lipstick and white dress

  • 'I wasn’t sure how the outside world would handle me when they saw me this morning. Joy is difficult to feel,' he wrote
At least he respected his congregation enough to wear a modestly cut dress, however brassy and stereotypically ultra-femme the rest of it. But consulting the congregation beforehand instead of presenting them with a fait accompli would have been more respectful.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Because apparently the ELCA isn't losing members fast enough.
Posted by: Tom || 12/21/2021 11:42 Comments || Top||

#2  I donated a lot over the years. I really don't care whether their imported Syrians and ghey disciples make up the difference.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 11:50 Comments || Top||

#3  When xe was a child cis-heteronormative, xe spake as a child cis-heteronormative, xe thought as a child cis-heteronormative. But when xe became a Pastor of Woke, xe put aside childish cis-heteronormative things
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/21/2021 17:21 Comments || Top||

#4  No longer a church of the Christ. Now a temple of satan. Honestly.
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/21/2021 17:52 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Former Versace model claims he's still in enviable shape at 55 thanks to drinking his own urine daily and applying it to his skin for nearly two decades
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2021 09:38 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  An ancient folk remedy. Not one I’m tempted to take up.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/21/2021 12:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Ah so that's what the Brits mean by taking the piss
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/21/2021 14:46 Comments || Top||

#3  Not Right Said Fred
Posted by: badanov || 12/21/2021 16:10 Comments || Top||

#4  ^
Is that safe to open at work?
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 12/21/2021 16:46 Comments || Top||

#5  Depends if you want everyone humming it for the rest of the shift. Maybe even until the end of the year.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/21/2021 17:13 Comments || Top||

#6  He don't looks that well.
Posted by: Kofi Panda2845 || 12/21/2021 19:28 Comments || Top||

#7  Some people might prefer to die young if they had to drink their own urine every day.
Posted by: Zhang Fei || 12/21/2021 23:14 Comments || Top||


Hero Amazon driver puts herself in front of rampaging pit bull to save customer's daughter, 19, who was on verge of being attacked by bloodthirsty dog
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
The world is full of good people stepping forward.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


#2  Millennial Mom! 'Tis a pity
She couldn't make do with a kitty.
A sphinx sits, dispirited,
By a fitty grand pyramid
Beside the wide Nile. Ain't it pretty?
Posted by: Shusolet Panda3990 || 12/21/2021 2:47 Comments || Top||

#3  And while I'm being a cynical ashbole...

Amazing, and such self-effacement!
Perfection... in paid product placement:
"Please, do not be nervous.
Our bundling of services
FREES YOU... to fill up your basement!"

Er... Mouth of the Amazon, or, "That strong orange yellow god is not a river in Egypt."
Posted by: Shusolet Panda3990 || 12/21/2021 3:09 Comments || Top||

#4  I saw that on The Five last evening.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 12/21/2021 7:45 Comments || Top||

#5 
AMAZON

The Amazon Driver earned should get more recognition than a few free tickets. Amazon HQ needs to get off it cheap A$$ give a reward here.

THE PITS OWNERS
If the Pit Owners are the cause of the dogs behavior then drag them into court. If the owners were unlucky and got a Pit bred for "Gaming" and its a male, have it "clip". Otherwise it needs to be put it down.

Regarding PITS in general.
How they behaved is 99% on how they are treated and raised.

BTW: During the earlier times, Pits were considered to be the best breed for babysitting children. Hence the name Nanny Dog, despite what some claim otherwise. Heck even studies involving Pit Bull behavior revealed that they are the 2nd most tolerant dogs, right after Golden Retrievers.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/21/2021 9:58 Comments || Top||

#6  "Pitty" behavior is a lot like gun violence. As a general rule, nobody has been chewed to death by most breeds of dogs. But "true pittyism has never been tried."

Assh*les...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 10:01 Comments || Top||

#7  My take on pitbulls has never been of the "most of them are great dogs" variety. Instead its been to point out that when a truly horrible ________ (insert most any other dog breed here) goes rogue, nobody loses a limb or their life.
Posted by: Crusader || 12/21/2021 10:23 Comments || Top||

#8  The most horrifying example of the lack of breed predictability is the October 2000 death of a 6-week-old baby, which was killed by her family's Pomeranian dog. I have 2 Pits and my daughter has 1. My 2 are very gentle and love people. Her dog is a service dog who regularly goes to the VA and to various nursing homes.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 12/21/2021 11:08 Comments || Top||

#9  The data vs anecdote problem arises.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 11:20 Comments || Top||

#10 

I look at Pit Bull stories, the same way I look at how the media sells the COVID-19/21 and the VAX.
Click Bait and Hype.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/21/2021 12:46 Comments || Top||

#11  My personal experience is they seem to get "off their chain" a lot more often than other dogs. Smarter than other dogs or owned by dumber people? Or some combination?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 15:24 Comments || Top||

#12  It was wagging it's tail and not jumping. Hum.
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/21/2021 17:47 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Week Long Series of Storms for Calif.
[Weather]... heavy snow and occasional wind gusts over 60 mph could make travel increasing difficult, if not impossible, by later Tuesday [21-21]or Wednesday through the Sierra. Major routes including Interstate 80 over Donner Summit and U.S. 50 could be shut down for a time.
All Sierra Passes will be affected. Storm will be comprised of multiple waves over the next week or so with snow level as low as 1000' or as high as 7500' at times. Some passes will be shut down for more than 72 hours at a time - great for water supply - horrible for travel and goods shipment
Stock up and stay safe and warm if you’re in that area, dear Reader.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Any chance the storms could wash all of the Left Coast out to sea? - It will clean up a heck of a mess if that happens.

Posted by: Shusosing Crugum4087 || 12/21/2021 0:51 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ no, that's the "Big One". Hey what you say, there goes LA, Hey what'cha know, tie up the boat in Idaho.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/21/2021 7:06 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ Ha Since I'm an Idahoan, that would be great! Unfortunately, the geology doesn't support that end game. The San Andreas is a right-lateral Strike slip fault rather than a Dip slip fault. In common parlance that means that L.A. will be right next to San Francisco in 10M years rather than plunging into the sea.
Posted by: Warthog || 12/21/2021 9:39 Comments || Top||

#4  As we move from wildfire season to mudslide season.
Posted by: ed in texas || 12/21/2021 16:13 Comments || Top||

#5  Weathertainment ghouls here in Florida looking for recompense from the truncated hurricane season. They were disappointed again.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 16:18 Comments || Top||

#6  Do you suppose it will clean all of the sidewalks in San Francisco?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 12/21/2021 16:37 Comments || Top||

#7  ...Augean Stables.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/21/2021 19:38 Comments || Top||

#8  #6 Do you suppose it will clean all of the sidewalks in San Francisco?
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom


Refrain from eating seafood from the bay/immediate ocean
Posted by: Frank G || 12/21/2021 22:05 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Kidnapped Missionaries Made Daring Escape in Haiti
[YouTube]


Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 12/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A bit surprised there is no talking Donkey named Dominic in the story.
Posted by: Airandee || 12/21/2021 6:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Our church supported a missionary in Haiti. He was working on agricultural development. Failed to pay off the gangs. He's back, recovering from traumatic brain injury. Never be right. We're helping. His wife, from Haiti, has a job and the son is in a Christian school where we know a couple of staff. Duck Haiti. Also auto-correct.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey || 12/21/2021 8:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Charity begins at home does not have to mean under your own roof. Someone on your street probably needs some kind of help, even if it isn't financial.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 9:01 Comments || Top||

#4  Pretty sure I'd never really be accepted. No Toto, "It ain't Kansas." Yet another example of cultural non-compatibility.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/21/2021 9:21 Comments || Top||

#5  ^We are rayciss for disturbing their primitive culture. We are also rayciss for not paying Guatemalans half a million dollars for coming here illegally.

Got that?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 9:45 Comments || Top||

#6  Soon to be a made for TV movie. Ripped from today's gripping headlines! Oh, wait, they're Christian missionaries. Forget it Jake, it's Tinseltown.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/21/2021 16:38 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
New Russian stealth warship suffers £225million of damage after catching fire during construction
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2021 09:29 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Russia hired Seaman Apprentice Ryan Sawyer Mays?
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/21/2021 12:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Great opportunity for a false flag for Putin
Posted by: Tiny Darling of the Weak4705 || 12/21/2021 16:39 Comments || Top||

#3  Yes Hunter, vodka is flammable.
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/21/2021 17:43 Comments || Top||

#4  Remember The Maine Minsk!
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/21/2021 17:45 Comments || Top||


Putin drops first hint at potential war in Ukraine as he warns of taking 'military measures' against the West and his propagandist says Russia is prepared to turn 'everyone to radioactive ash'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2021 09:27 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  We can't be concerned with this, don't they know we have a covid outbreak going on?
Posted by: Chris || 12/21/2021 12:52 Comments || Top||

#2  It's amazing how far the democrats will go to protect their Ukrainian bribes.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 12/21/2021 13:08 Comments || Top||

#3  It's amazing how far the democrats will go to protect their Ukrainian bribes.

It's like it's WW2 and every five minutes someone comes along and accuses Phillipe Petain of being a warmonger against Germany.

I get it, I get it, that's your Gleichschaltung and you're sticking with it.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 12/21/2021 14:32 Comments || Top||

#4  What's our vital national interest in Ukraine?

Not History-Channel tales from 1940, or Fulda Gap scenarios from 1979, but an **actual threat to our freedom and prosperity** today / in 2022.

A real and present existential danger, the prevention of which justifies sacrificing your or son's life.

Anyone?
Hunter? Brandon?
Bueller?
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/21/2021 14:39 Comments || Top||

#5  What's our vital national interest in Ukraine?

What's Putin's? What makes it so important to him that he's willing to risk a world war?
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 12/21/2021 14:59 Comments || Top||

#6  Nuland's and Vindman's genitals get chronically itchy when we don't meddle there. Ukraine, that is...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 15:02 Comments || Top||

#7  He wants NATO to pull back -- just as the Warsaw Pact did (dissolved entirely, in fact) -- after 1990. He's proposing a demilitarized and neutral space in the borderlands next to Russia.

This is what Baker, Bush pere and Gorbachev discussed in the negotiations surrounding German reunification: a totally sensible idea that Clinton and his people foolishly rejected in their delusions of a "unipolar" US order. Now we're suffering the effects of that hubris, with a devastated military and a demoralized and broken populace.

Any intelligent US president would seize the opportunity and try to meet Putin halfway with our own counter-offer --beginning with disentangling the US from that miserable tarbaby called Ukraine.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/21/2021 15:09 Comments || Top||

#8  The mere fact Putin, or any Russian head of state, would want it puts it in play as a piece on the board. What do they give us in return? Promise to behave? No, it doesn't work that way.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 15:12 Comments || Top||

#9  The upside to us is that we keep Russia from falling into China's orbit. The game here is about CHINA. Not Ukraine or Ossetia or Kaliningrad or Whatdafukystan.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/21/2021 15:15 Comments || Top||

#10  What would we promise in return? Hands off Cuba. Opps, that's called embargo and all leftists hate it. Stop meddling in Latin America? Comon, Santa Clause ain't bringing that...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 15:17 Comments || Top||

#11  1) Removal of all US military advisers, special forces et al from Ukraine
2) An end to US military assistance to Ukraine.
3) the same thing that Bush pere insisted on 30 years ago in his speech to the Ukrainian parliament: no NATO membership for Ukraine
4) Ukraine becomes a demilitarized, neutral, peaceful country a la Austria after 1947. The Russian-speaking eastern regions of Ukraine get limited autonomy to be agreed on through negotiations.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/21/2021 15:25 Comments || Top||

#12  In 1962 Kennedy removed our missiles from Turkey. We can easily agree to stop meddling with javelins and advisers on the ground in Ukraine.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/21/2021 15:26 Comments || Top||

#13  The way games are played, what was offered earlier but not deliverd is no longer even a starting point for negotiations.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 15:27 Comments || Top||

#14  Could we toss public execution of the members of the Ukraine cabal at DoS, NSA and CIA into the mix?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 15:29 Comments || Top||

#15  Sorry, meant NSC. NSA just opens other gentlemen's mail.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 15:30 Comments || Top||

#16  All the Ukrainians have to do is to not fire o Russian troops on the border.
Posted by: badanov || 12/21/2021 16:04 Comments || Top||

#17  Jeez - you sabotage one lousy corvette in a shipyard …
Posted by: Tiny Darling of the Weak4705 || 12/21/2021 16:42 Comments || Top||

#18  Do we have an interest? Yes. Keep Putter in check but that is not the real issue, to me. China will invade Taiwan at the same time.
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/21/2021 17:51 Comments || Top||

#19  I'm afraid Russia already fell into China's orbit twenty years ago when they worked to turn Venezuela into a CHINESE satellite.

All the Putinistas keep asking what's the US interest. The US has an interest in not selling OUT people to its enemies. But that's not what The Machine's about, I guess.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 12/21/2021 22:05 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
Japan executes three death row inmates, a first under PM Kishida
[JPost] Japan executed three people who were on death row on Tuesday, marking the first time the death penalty was carried out under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government, Kyodo news agency reported.
It was the first time for the government to carry out the death penalty since December 26, 2019, Kyodo added.
Posted by: Frank G || 12/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  about the death penalty in Japan it is:
Posted by: Vinegar Spolusing6485 || 12/21/2021 6:36 Comments || Top||


Candidates loyal to China’s Communist Party win a landslide victory in Hong Kong’s legislative elections


Posted by: trailing wife || 12/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Candidates loyal to China’s Communist Party win a landslide victory in Hong Kong’s legislative Dems win landslide victories in elections after pro-democracy activists were imprisoned and authorities FBI received the power to exclude those deemed inappropriate for office.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 12/21/2021 1:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Guess where Dominion gets its machines made?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/21/2021 7:29 Comments || Top||

#3 
Anyone surprised
Given CCP controlled EVERY aspect of the election monitoring and how they voted.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/21/2021 9:18 Comments || Top||

#4  ...our Donk are envious, not that they haven't tried (again and again).
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/21/2021 9:21 Comments || Top||

#5  Wow, What A shock!
Posted by: Sonny Black || 12/21/2021 11:53 Comments || Top||

#6  Dominion or another shade?
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/21/2021 17:48 Comments || Top||

#7  ..their chips are all made in China
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/21/2021 19:41 Comments || Top||


Economy
U.S. sets 55-mile-a-gallon fuel-efficiency standard for 2026 models
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2021 08:31 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Yeah ! Uh-huh ... Righ BS.
Mopeds here we come, some get 100+ mpg.

But a SAFE to ride in and low speed impact resistant car... Hell we'll be wearing positive pressure NBC suits and respirators before then and being allotted 1 day a month to leave the house based on Street/Apt. numbers.
Posted by: nn2n1 || 12/21/2021 12:41 Comments || Top||

#2  The last time they tried that the sales of "light trucks" skyrocketed and the "SUV Craze" was born. Idiots.
Posted by: magpie || 12/21/2021 12:53 Comments || Top||

#3  If Ford/GM… had any business sense they would double the output of 2024 & 2025 models and make very few 2026 models
Posted by: Airandee || 12/21/2021 15:54 Comments || Top||

#4  it is a fleetwide standard so if your company made two cars, one all electric and one with 27.5 mpg, you would be in compliance
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/21/2021 19:34 Comments || Top||


Elon Musk says he will pay more than $11BILLION in taxes this year - after Elizabeth Warren called him 'the world's richest freeloader' in bitter war of words
The world is full of good people stepping forward.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I think he means he will pay > $11B in 2022 for the tax liability for calendar 2021.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/21/2021 9:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Must not have a very good tax accountant...
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/21/2021 14:21 Comments || Top||

#3  Or there just aren't big enough tax shelters.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 12/21/2021 16:01 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
OXFORD STUDY 1 in 100 Vaccinated Individuals Were Admitted to Hospital or Died with Arrhythmia During Study Period
[Nature Medicine]
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/21/2021 17:27 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I get PACs if I don't take enough salt.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2021 18:48 Comments || Top||

#2  That's a 'tad' bit higher rate than the virus.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/21/2021 19:36 Comments || Top||

#3  Of the 38,615,491 vaccinated individuals included in our study, 385,508 (1.0%) were admitted to hospital with or died from cardiac arrhythmia at any time in the study period (either before or after vaccination).

The deaths were about 7k or the 385k. A substantial number of these were people who tested positive for Covid.

The study period was 28 days post vaccine.

There doesn't seem to be a control group.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/21/2021 19:44 Comments || Top||


FDA approves GlaxoSmithKline shot that PREVENTS HIV infection if injected every two months
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Booster?
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2021 09:42 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Almost all HIV infections can be prevented a lot more easily, safely and cheaply than that - just don't get 'injections...'
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/21/2021 14:20 Comments || Top||

#2  I bet this costs over $10,000 a dose
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 12/21/2021 16:39 Comments || Top||

#3  Bet it costs more after The Community forces business to provide it within their health coverage plan.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/21/2021 16:43 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ not if subsidized per Brandon & Buttguggles' BrokeBack Better legislation
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/21/2021 17:23 Comments || Top||


Swedish company showcases microchip that can download COVID-19 passport status
[FoxBusinessNews] The firm has showcased an implant capable of storing a COVID passport that can then be read by many devices.

A microchip technology introduced in recent years by the Stockholm-based startup, Epicenter, is being presented as a means to store one's COVID-19 vaccine passport under the skin, according to a video from the South China Post that went viral Friday.

The firm has showcased an implant capable of storing a COVID passport that can then be read by any device using the near-field communication (NFC) protocol, according to the video.

The video featured Hannes Sjöblad, founder of the Swedish Association of Biohackers, advisor, and speaker on Human Augmentation, and ambassador for Sweden at the Singularity Universe.

Sjöblad demonstrated how Epicenter's rice-sized microchip, has been adapted as a COVID-19 passport, which is implanted under the skin either in the arm on between the thumb and forefinger.

Three Square Market, a Wisconsin-based technology company, became the first company in the U.S. to offer its employees similar free microchip implants in August 2017. The chip gives employees access to locked rooms and the ability to pay for food and drinks in the break room.

"Eventually, this technology will become standardized allowing you to use this as your passport, public transit, all purchasing opportunities, etc.," said Todd Westby, a 32M CEO at the time.

The technology the company uses is called RFID or (Radio-Frequency Identification), which uses electromagnetic fields to identify electronically-stored information. The chips also use near-field communications (NFC), the same type of technology that is used in most contactless credit cards and mobile payments.

Westby said at the time that these microchips have already become very popular in many European countries and that the companies intended to be ahead of the curve in bringing it to the U.S. Now they could become COVID passports.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Social Credit, comin' at ya
E.g.

- Biometrics and Insurance Risk Rating: Have you done your 10k steps today? (Y=$1 off Amazon purchase; N= higher risk rating, higher premiums)

- Telematics + Apple-Snooping for Security Risk Analysis: Which destinations do you visit frequently, how often, what duration, which day parts? Whom do you meet with? What do you discuss?

etc. The possibilities are endless.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/21/2021 0:06 Comments || Top||

#2  My dogs are chipped...
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2021 1:08 Comments || Top||

#3  So...how easy is it to clone one of these chips?
Posted by: CrazyFool || 12/21/2021 1:18 Comments || Top||

#4  "Pfizer is about to buy Arena Pharmaceuticals for $6.7 billion. Arena is a biopharmaceutical company focused in part on cardiovascular and inflammatory medicines to a global patient cohort."
Posted by: Whons and Tenille1463 || 12/21/2021 4:03 Comments || Top||

#5  The chip "readers" will be very soft targets.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 8:12 Comments || Top||

#6  Revelation 13:17

And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17 so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark— the name of the beast or the number of its name. Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.…
Posted by: Warthog || 12/21/2021 9:57 Comments || Top||



#9  Warthog - next time, please include a link to the relevant video, okay?
Posted by: Raj || 12/21/2021 10:58 Comments || Top||

#10  ^ Total incoherence now. The vaccination failed-- so let's repeat it, and 'vaccinate' some more. We need 'boosters' every year - but those are failing, too.

So let's amp up the frequency to every few months.

Which will in turn fail, so the frequency will be increased, and increased and increased until the injections need to happen morning noon and night.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/21/2021 11:08 Comments || Top||

#11  The acceptance of the microchip speaks to what the Swedish are, lemmings.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 12/21/2021 11:19 Comments || Top||

#12  If there's a dumb idea the Swedes haven't tried first, it's because the muzz beat them to it. No wonder they love importing so many sand crawlers...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 11:22 Comments || Top||

#13  My dogs are chipped...

As are our munks.
Posted by: SteveS || 12/21/2021 11:28 Comments || Top||

#14  ^ that was a chip shot, Steave
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/21/2021 14:52 Comments || Top||

#15  Scandis have been trying to chip their people for about a decade now. The first try was shopping fashion, today it is covid chic.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/21/2021 15:24 Comments || Top||

#16  Same psychology that wants tattoos up the neck and across the face.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 15:26 Comments || Top||

#17  Actually I'm sort of cool with 'chipping' the illegals before they are released. Not that the chips have to do anything but just the idea planted in their mind that they might would be entertaining. Let them know that it too 'migrates' around the body, so trying to dig it out won't work.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/21/2021 16:43 Comments || Top||

#18  Please, let us showcase a Mossberg side by side.
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/21/2021 17:59 Comments || Top||

#19  I believe the technique is to feed them a meal then tell them it include a small microchip which will attach to the inside of their digestive tract so they can be identified and tracked for the rest of their lives.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 12/21/2021 19:37 Comments || Top||

#20  "Blood. Smart blood." Or should that be a comma?
Posted by: Shusolet Panda3990 || 12/21/2021 20:45 Comments || Top||


200+ MPH 2022 Cadillac CT5 V Blackwing
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 12/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What about 1:1, face-to-face?
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2021 1:12 Comments || Top||

#2  I dared to get up to 100mp briefly once and thought I was going to have a heart attack...
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 12/21/2021 1:20 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ Mrs. Warthog did that during the test drive of our E55 AMG back in the day. True story...how fast these modern muscle cars get to that number is incredible and a bit scary.
Posted by: Warthog || 12/21/2021 10:00 Comments || Top||

#4  Mom gets scared in my fast car...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2021 10:04 Comments || Top||

#5  Warthog,

When I young fireman I took my mom for a spin in my new Firebird expecting the same reaction as in the above videos at M. Murcek's link above. But when I let her get behind the wheel she drove down to fire station and she started doing tire burning donuts in front of my co-workers...
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 12/21/2021 20:26 Comments || Top||



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