Every time I see the Links name, I think of this.
General Flynn is finding out what fragging means.
Don’t let your drones drown. Or something. Playa Manhattan hardest hit.
One nice thing about Trump Derangement Syndrome- we now know how to outsource proofreading.
And just in case you’re looking for grant fodder, here’s something new to shit your pants about.
And not news, but I just love Chef John. So here’s a plug and it’s even apropos for today.
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Reposting in a live thread. OMWC, I write web code for a day job. Will do the comment highlighting for free. Email me.
Testes, testes ,2. This is a reply to me.
Also, EM Drive physics reported to explain galactic rotation without dark matter.
Dark matter is one of those things that people with way more education than me in the subject believe to be real, but pisses me off. I hope it fails to be true.
Chef John is no Keef Cooks.
Alyssa Milano vigorously massages her crotchal region when thinking of dreamy Canadian super-hunk Justin Trudeau.
Related: is Justin Trudeau related to this man? WE MUST FIND OUT.
From my second link above: “…Trudeau’s Global Information Network, touted as an international club that charges membership fees in exchange for success ‘secrets.’ ”
HAHAHA, seems legit.
I’m with you, Brett. Dark Matter (and Dark Energy) are bullshit. They boil down to, “We can’t explain this, so we invented something undetectable to explain it.” Sounds like religion to me.
India bans all disposable plastic. Environmentalists celebrate it as a win.
“I’m with you, Brett. Dark Matter (and Dark Energy) are bullshit. They boil down to, “We can’t explain this, so we invented something undetectable to explain it.” Sounds like religion to me.”
Tachyon particles FTW.
…National Green Tribunal (NGT)…
*barf*
So, disposable plastic is the last and biggest challenge facing India, I guess?
VT has a bill in the works to ban all plastic bags. It will probably change to tax them.
The AWD 4 rotor RX-7 build is getting close.
Re HM at 3:30 PM:
Queef Cooks sounds rather disgusting.
right, there’s a tiny turbo on that rx-7 too. I forgot, because it’s hiding so well.
@Ted S.
Says you.
A turbo? Oh, you mean an apex seal ejector.
MS, is that thing gonna survive its first run?
MS yeah, I can see the constant rebuild now.
those go anyway though, right? I thought that was the weak point in the wankel.
Thanks for the hat tip.
My drone is in the shop.
Sure, it will. The hard part is making a fueling map that’s effective. You only get one detonation in a rotary and it’s junk. Throw in the variable of forced induction and it’s going to be a real challenge. But if they keep the boost down, they can make stupid power with 4 rotors.
Doomco: +1 Michael P. Bellesario
I thought that was the weak point in the wankel.
I had a 13B many years ago and never had any problems. I sure heard about how bad they were, but it was never my experience.
I have a few thousand miles of racing on my last rebuilt 13b, and it spends all it’s time above 5000 RPM. They’re plenty reliable if you can keep the apex seals lubricated and carbonization to a minimum. The problem with turbos and rotaries is how easy it is to cause detonation, and then you’re done.
Is that who I look like?
I used to have a bright red RX-7 convertible. Killed me that I had to get rid of it when my kid was born. That said, everyone I worked with told me it was a girls’ car.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/14/snyder-proposes-cut-private-homeschooled-students/97909718/
Oh, no I need to remember html on the fly.
Anyway, Public schools crying out paying those damn homeschool kids when their own students scores blow.
That said, everyone I worked with told me it was a girls’ car.
As they climbed into their fucking Camrys.
I loved my RX-7.
People say that about convertibles for some reason. Miatas are delightful track cars, and they’re known as girl cars too. Audi TT, VW Rabbit convertible, VW bug convertible, Mitsubishi Eclipse. I don’t get it.
Had a Gen 1 Miata that was a flat out blast to drive. Have long toyed with the idea of running a car in the Spec Miata series.
those filthy homeschoolers.
textdang, i thought (code) would work. anyway, private, it’s (a href=”website”)text(/a)
“I’m with you, Brett. Dark Matter (and Dark Energy) are bullshit. They boil down to, “We can’t explain this, so we invented something undetectable to explain it.” Sounds like religion to me.”
It ain’t the first time they have done that ether.
Almost as good are the anthropologists that find a 1M to molar and announce ‘ oldest human ever! His name was George, married to Judy, 6 ft tall, worked as a wheelwright, three kids and liked to fish on Sunday.’
Agreed. Always seemed like a cop-out to me. My feels indicate there shouldn’t be some messy fudge factor to explain something that hasn’t been explained under current theory.
Also; the EM Drive is cool as hell. I so badly want it to open up a whole new field of research.
Afternoon folks.
This thread feels very jumbled btw.
The furious pouting as homeschoolers clean “elite” educators’ clocks will be deafening as school choice ramps up. The butthurt editorials in Texas by administrators of huge failing districts are already announcing the end of the world.
The legislators in MI are talking $40-80 cost per student. If it were for something the illiberals wanted, cost wouldn’t be a factor. Anyone objecting to the cost would meet with outrage and cries that you put money above children. Their money, of course, and that’s the real issue. They want money, and browbeating the public into giving them lots more money isn’t working as well as it used to.
Voters want results. Top Men don’t want to talk about results, they want more money.
Damn. Blockquote fail. We’ll figure it out.
In case you had any doubt that Bill Kristol is an establishment scumbag of the highest order, behold this tweet:
Obviously strongly prefer normal democratic and constitutional politics. But if it comes to it, prefer the deep state to the Trump state.
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/368415.php
Yes, he prefers an army of unaccountable, weaponized, lefty bureaucrats to the elected President of the United States. And, is too stupid to realize that, as ever, what comes after the “But . . .” completely negates what comes before. Because Trump IS normal democratic and constitutional politics. The Deep State is the negation of normal democratic and constitutional politics.
From the school funding link:
“Rep. Kristy Pagan, D-Canton, called Snyder’s proposed funding cap a “step in the right direction” that would prioritize full-time students and the educators who teach them.
“While the proposal could reduce funding for some public schools that run large shared-time programs, Pagan said she does not think it is a sound approach to balancing local district budgets.
““I think the best way to fund our schools is to increase the foundation allowance and make sure all our schools are fully funded, not by adding these part-time non-public school students,” she said. “I think it’s the wrong answer.””
OK, I’ll just add One link of my own
“NEW HAVEN >> Yale University’s Calhoun College will be renamed to honor Grace Murray Hopper, a Yale alumna who was a “trailblazing computer scientist, brilliant mathematician and teacher, and dedicated public servant,” Yale President Peter Salovey announced Saturday….
“[Salovey] pointed out that [Hopper] coined the phrase “bug” to refer to software glitches….
“[Salovey] said a prime reason for deciding to rename Calhoun was because his strong stand in promoting slavery are “at odds with the values of this university.” His views “hardened over his life,” Salovey said Saturday, and at the end of his life Calhoun went so far as to repudiate the Declaration of Independence’s promise of liberty for all.
“”Unlike other namesakes on our campus, he distinguished himself not in spite of these views but because of them,” Salovey’s announcement said….
“…the statue of Calhoun as one of eight “worthies” on the side of Harkness Tower will remain.”
Rep. Kristy Pagan, D-Canton, called Snyder’s proposed funding cap a “step in the right direction” that would
prioritize full-timescrew all students and put ill-gotten gains into the pockets of the teachers’ unions to the fawning applause of the educators who can’t be bothered to teach them.An Arizona bill reining in Civil Asset Forfeiture passed its first House committee vote 9-0 today, with zero abstentions. The bill is backed by a bipartisan alliance including NFIB, the ACLU, the Tenth Amendment Center and many more. The bill requires that money seized by the practice of Civil Asset Forfeiture only be used for certain enumerated purposes. Additionally, law enforcement must file reports as to the value and nature of the property seized; on what basis said property was seized; and whether said property was returned in whole or in part.
The bill has faced opposition from Republican county attorneys Bill Montgomery and Sheila Polk of Maricopa and Yavapai Counties. Notably, the legislative delegation from Bill Montgomery’s home district of Legislative District 12 is unanimous in support of the bill. Freshman representative, Travis Grantham was among those who voted for the bill in committee. Representative Eddie Farnsworth and Senator Warren Petersen are sponsors of HB2477, with Farnsworth being the prime sponsor. All are Republicans.
You can see follow the status of HR2477 at the link below.
https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69488
The cops will figure out a way around it somehow.
That bill is DOA. It’s the same folks who made Arpaio into Sheriff For Life.
I don’t follow. The bill passed unanimously in committee. Sheriff Joe lost his reelection bid to Paul Penzone. If even the very conservative Republicans of Gilbert and Queen Creek (LD12) are voting against Civil Asset Forfeiture, then I have trouble seeing the bill not passing.
Yo, DoomCo, you should just get a Subaru SVX and shoehorn a turbo or two into that. 😛
I like that the forfeiture bill has dogs, guns and tactical gear all on a single line item.
FWIW, I keyed that smiley face as colon, minus, semicolon and got an actual emoticon thingy.
Bring back muh ass-key.
It’s the Radley Balko Trifecta.
muh ass-key
Is that what the kids are calling it these days? ;p
I should ask my subi buddy to start looking. If I didn’t live in the US, or had the cash to import, the subaru levorg is flippin nice.
Did I just see some highlighting!?
You mean bold and Eye-talic?
[b]bold[/b] [i]Eye-talic[/i]
Wait a second? How are you people doing highlighting? The first time I tried HTML and that didn’t work, then the second time you can see what I tried.
There’s another board I’m a member of that only has GUI-based markup, and it’s obnoxious, especially because you don’t get the markup buttons on smartphone.
em and strong, I think.
Ah, I was using b and i.
AWESOME!!!!!
Get off my lawn, Trashy.
Oh, that’s nice. Well done, people!
So this is where all you reprobates went to. No comment threading?
What the hell are you complaining about? 🙂
Thanks, SP
Thanks, SP
Cosigned! Great work SP!
Oh, Chesty, you are so pwned.
Thanks, SP, you’re da bomb. [uptwinkles]
Threading coming soon, I suspect!
Indeed.
Nice work.
No comment threading?
Hey! We just got comment highlighting, and that was like 10 minutes ago!
Dammit, there was supposed to be a meme attached to that post… HTML tagging fail on my part
Attaching it old school
Attempt 2 at inserting an image.
Third time’s the charm
Final attempt before I go cry into the chocolate pie my wife made for me.
Stop! Stop! You’re killing me!
Chocolate pie? Is that a cutting edge sexual term?
I’m always the last to know.
Think “squat cobbler”.
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Threading AND highlighting. Be still my ❤️
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Haven’t had one of those since I moved. Family friend always brought one to thanksgiving.
well, that was a poor button selection. Reply to your far-(alt)-right thread.
Yay, evidence of civilization!
I am hoping this board picks up and we don’t wind up with a smattering of comments here and on That Other Site. I’m getting tired of browsing through threads that are 1/3 dajjal. Fucker’s been on a rampage lately.
Banhammer is ready when it or its other socks appear. Mrs. OMWC is without mercy.
So that’s why you’re sleeping on the couch?
I just muted dajjal on fascr. If you’re using Chrome, reasonable should allow you to do the same thing.
Unfortunately most of my time on Reason is spent at work, where I have to either use IE or my handheld browser.
Thank you!
So I go play 36 holes of golf, come home and cook steaks and check in to find that threaded comments are back. Fucking sweet!
woo!
And highlighted new comments too? It’s a Valentines Day Miracle! Thank you, Mrs OMWC.