Two decades of endless wars where troops were conditioned to suspect anyone not in the same uniform to be a potential threat is going to leave us with some f’d up police and security forces for a while.

I’m sure there was some stand-up comic in the 80's that had a bit about what life would be like if every driver was a pizza delivery guy. We are living in that world now, where every body either has no idea where they are or are so comfortable where they are that they pay no attention.

Kinja mangled. Tried to link to Kenneth Burke’s “Permanence & Change” book.

the inability of the often municipal transport companies to adapt to the permanently changing needs of the people.

As my ol’ Pappy used to say, “Money is a lot like garbage; make a big enough pile of it, and vermin are sure to show up.”

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And during that 20 year “loan” they were collecting large bribes from the official government. Between all the friendly fire attacks and the swift way the government folded, it’s pretty clear that we never had many loyal allies there at any point.

Obligatory:

Whenever I hear about a parent who is going to “teach” their child about money by “lending” them some, I note that there are 7 billion other people in the world that would be willing to teach them real lessons about money, but only a couple (at most) of people who can offer unconditional love. Fake loans with optional…

Himself .  We had the audio cassette and the VHS tape. It’s the one with “Chocolate Cake for Breakfast”, “The Dentist” and “The Same Thing Happens Every Night”

There’s also part of that joke where the mother comes to the hospital: “Did he have on clean underwear?” To which the doctor responds: “Yes, we found it in the glove compartment.”

I guess Carlos Mencia isn’t the only one to steal Cosby’s jokes.

That’s only if you install them in series. Try parallel, dude. It’s like, expeditionally better.

Ships today in a sleightly used My Pillow!

This is the real answer. Tesla is just too cool to hang with the oldsters.  The White House should have made a TikTok to invite Musk to ... make the event all about himself?

Actually, he’s just another Nebraskan who thinks big city cops don’t do enough racial profiling.

Side note: Ever feel that there are more movies about serial killers than there are actual serial killers?  What is it about those impotent losers that producers think makes good storytelling?

Stop pretending that it is still 1979 and that you somehow can hit perfect shifts every goddam time. Automatics have been superior to your dumbass revving at stop lights for several decades now.  Coasting in neutral has always been dangerous, and you’re not saving the fucking planet by doing it.

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It is definitely what engineers were supposed to learn from the wind tunnel, not the freakin’ Ford Probe.