Intermarkets' Privacy Policy
Support


Donate to Ace of Spades HQ!



Recent Entries
Absent Friends
Bandersnatch 2024
GnuBreed 2024
Captain Hate 2023
moon_over_vermont 2023
westminsterdogshow 2023
Ann Wilson(Empire1) 2022
Dave In Texas 2022
Jesse in D.C. 2022
OregonMuse 2022
redc1c4 2021
Tami 2021
Chavez the Hugo 2020
Ibguy 2020
Rickl 2019
Joffen 2014
AoSHQ Writers Group
A site for members of the Horde to post their stories seeking beta readers, editing help, brainstorming, and story ideas. Also to share links to potential publishing outlets, writing help sites, and videos posting tips to get published. Contact OrangeEnt for info:
maildrop62 at proton dot me
Cutting The Cord And Email Security
Moron Meet-Ups






















« Gun Thread: Can You Identify This Mysterious Symbol? [Weasel] | Main | The Morning Report - 3/9/20 »
March 08, 2020

Sunday Overnight Open Thread (3/8/20) My Dog Hamster Ate The ONT Edition

late-night-randomness-20200225-1018.jpg

***


The Quotes of The Day

Quote I

“Price gouging restrictions have gone into effect statewide," Becerra said at a news conference. “These price gouging restrictions make it illegal for businesses to raise the prices of most goods and services by more than 10%. Those goods and services include -- but aren’t limited to -- emergency supplies, medicine and medical supplies, food and drink.” Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D-CA)


Quote II

The young who ski know they will never die. The oldies cling to a fantasized life and think that death will not happen today or tomorrow but sometime in the faraway future. The trouble is that life should be celebrated for its ephemeral beauties, with death recognized as ever present and just around the corner.
Taki


Quote III

"You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do." Olin Miller


Quote IV


They are turning our neighborhoods into military states.

They will claim that this is an isolated incident. It's not.

Then they will say this person has a criminal warrant. Nope, probably an immigration violation that doesn't require this type of violent aggressive treatment. Rep. Rashida Talib (D-State of Palestine)


She really does hate the USA

***

rise-shine-202030306-1021.jpg

(Just in case the opening photo was a rerun)


***


Learn to code? No. The future is delivery profession.

The US is a delivery nation. The rise of e-commerce means more purchases are brought right to people’s doorstep than ever before, both at work and at home.

The increase in online purchasing has led to an explosion in the number of people whose job involves delivery. From January 2018 to January 2020, the number of workers in the “courier and messenger” industry jumped from 690,000 to 850,000, according to recently released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is the fastest rate of growth of employment in any industry over the past two years among the 88 industries with over 500,000 employees as of 2020

***

This is what happens when you have unfettered mass immigration.

he situation in the no-mans-land between Turkey and Greece is becoming increasingly more violent and desperate for the refugees. Reporters on a tour heard gunshots despite the Greek government denying the use of anything except tear gas to stop the refugees.

Daily Beast:

For over an hour, the sound of people trying to direct each other in multiple languages through farms, woodlands, and across riverbanks was punctuated by shots. First it sounded like single rifle blasts, then came bursts of three, and then longer, heavier automatic fire.
However, when Papastathis appeared on Wednesday afternoon to direct us to the new location, he denied absolutely that we had heard what we heard.

“Only tear gas is being fired,” he insisted to a group of a dozen journalists on the tracks.


I believe positive deterrence can work.


***


Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) imposes self-quarantine for Coronavirus.


***


NSFW-Language Adverb. Adjective. Verb. Noun. Yes.

***

Screen-Shot-2020-02-27-at-9.png


***


Did Quid Pro Quo Sleepy Uncle Joe make a deal? Why did Aimless Klobuchar drop out of the race just prior to Super Tuesday or was it Super Thursday?

While campaigning on behalf of former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) had an embarrassing verbal flub when she accidentally told a crowd of Biden supporters that she was joining the ticket as the nominee’s vice president.


According to Amanda Golden of NBC News, Klobuchar had a “bit of a Freudian slip” when the former Democratic presidential candidate said she “couldn’t think of a better way to end my candidacy than join the ticket.”


Not to be outgaffed Sleepy Joe does his best to re-elect Donnie Two-Scoops.

Biden calls himself ‘O’Biden,’ endorses Trump’s reelection in gaffe-riddled speech

The speech was only seven minutes long.


***

And here I thought Christ was the only one to turn water into wine.

What a delicious malfunction.

When residents of a village in Italy recently turned on their faucets, an intoxicating red liquid poured out. A “valve failure” at a nearby winery had converted water lines into wine dispensers.

***


Once again the mantra You only had one job to do fell on deaf ears.

A customer database left unsecured online by Virgin Media contained details linking some customers to pornography and explicit websites.

The researchers who first discovered the database told the BBC that it contained more information than Virgin Media suggested.

Such details could be used by cyber-criminals to extort victims.

Virgin Media told the BBC only a small number of customers had these sensitive details in the database.

The UK telecoms company revealed on Thursday that one of its "marketing databases" containing details of 900,000 people was open to the internet and had been accessed "on at least one occasion" by an unknown user.

On Friday, it confirmed that the database contained details of about 1,100 customers who had used an online form to ask for a particular website to be blocked or unblocked.

It said it was in the process of contacting customers again about specific data that may have been stolen.


***


Does the threat of "Climate Change" affect travel? Of course it doesn't. Coronavirus is changing the face of business travel.

Is 2020 going to be the year all of Big Tech’s developer conferences got canceled? It’s looking like it might well be. In the wake of the coronavirus, the in-person versions of Facebook’s F8 and Google’s Cloud Next have been canceled and are set to be replaced with virtual events that will be streamed to participants. Google has also canceled Google I/O, and has been less specific about any plans to host an online version.


As I write, Microsoft hasn’t yet canceled its Build event, scheduled for May 19 in Seattle, but this statement appears on the Build website: “In light of the global health concerns due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Microsoft is monitoring public health guidance in relation to in-person events. At this time, global health authorities have not issued guidance to avoid travel to this location.”

Pressure may be ratcheting up on Apple to cancel its WWDC conference, which remains unannounced for 2020 but usually happens in early June in San Jose. The public health department of Santa Clara County (which includes San Jose) issued an updated advisory on Thursday


***


The ONT Musical Interlude


On this day: 2003 - Mark Knopfler
Former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler was injured when the Honda motorbike he was riding was involved in a collision with a Fiat Punto car. The 53-year-old singer and guitarist suffered a broken collar bone and six broken ribs in the accident which happened in London's smart Belgravia district in mid-morning traffic. via thisdayinmusic.com

&&&


On this day March 8, 1968 - Cream
Cream played the first of two nights at at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California. The concert was recorded with some tracks ending up on their 'Wheels Of Fire' double album. via thisdayinmusic.com

The UK certainly produced some great bands over the years.


***

I'll wipe your ass, with ass wipe. Genius Award Winners.

Police have charged two women for an alleged fight over dwindling supplies of toilet paper in a Sydney supermarket.

Police said they were called to a Woolworths store at Chullora about 7am on Saturday after reports a 49-year-old woman had been assaulted.

A video of the incident was shared on social media and showed a small group of women pushing, yelling and fighting over a shopping cart filled with toilet paper.


“We just ask that people don’t panic like this when they go out shopping,” the New South Wales police acting inspector Andrew New said. “There is no need for it. It isn’t the Thunderdome, it isn’t Mad Max, we don’t need to do that.

“Violence of this nature will not be tolerated and anyone involved in this behaviour may be committing an offence and find themselves before the court.


***


Weekly commenter stats for week of 3-8-2020


Top 10 commenters:
1 [775 comments] 'Sponge' [108.79 posts/day]
2 [631 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, trapped in a fish bowl with Terry Gilliam screaming at a hamster to run'
3 [503 comments] 'Rodrigo Borgia'
4 [489 comments] 'Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)'
5 [485 comments] 'Christopher R Taylor'
6 [482 comments] 'Jane D'oh'
7 [451 comments] 'Miklos, expressing approval'
8 [381 comments] 'Oldcat'
9 [380 comments] 'Skip'
10 [364 comments] 'Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [444 names] 'Miklos, expressing approval' [62.33 unique names/day]
2 [78 names] 'freaked'
3 [31 names] 'LeftCoast Dawg '
4 [29 names] 'Duncanthrax'
5 [28 names] 'Sponge'
6 [27 names] 'Meade Lux Lewis'
7 [26 names] 'Mike Hammer, etc., etc.'
8 [26 names] 'Joe Biden'
9 [25 names] 'davidt'
10 [25 names] 'Duncanthrax'

***


Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day - Video Style.


***


Not sure what happened. 25 minutes prior to normal posting time over half of The ONT was gone. Ugh. Sorry that the content is minimal this evening.

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by The Joys of Home.

Home-is.jpg


Notice: Posted with permission by the Ace Media Empire and AceCorp, LLC. The Hamsters hate it.

digg this
posted by Misanthropic Humanitarian at 10:05 PM

| Access Comments




Recent Comments
San Franpsycho: "I saw a video where kids would put traffic cones a ..."

runner: "One of these days.... ..."

runner: "Iceland is still on My List. ..."

NaCly Dog: "Citizen Cake About 200 nuclear weapons. And g ..."

Ian S.: "[I]50 states is just about right. Canada as territ ..."

runner: "ts a bridge to Greenland. Duh. Posted by: Oldcat ..."

Oldcat: "For easy access to UK oil would need to occupy Sco ..."

Ben Had: "SanFranpsycho, would you be comfortable emailing ..."

Mad Max in VA: "Serious question: why is it that when a Democrat P ..."

San Franpsycho: "The scariest subway ride I ever had was after a pa ..."

Ian S.: "If Canada becomes a state, it should be renamed to ..."

Hadrian the Seventh: " Taiwan as the 51st state. They could put their l ..."

Recent Entries
Search


Polls! Polls! Polls!
Frequently Asked Questions
The (Almost) Complete Paul Anka Integrity Kick
Top Top Tens
Greatest Hitjobs

The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
Powered by
Movable Type 2.64