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Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man. ~~~~~~~ Thrilling Sunday-on-Monday report, see man: The day was consumed by Mama T-B.'s stuff, man. Background, see man: -- Mama T-B. had to replace old ManyG phone with a ManyG, obsolescence soon man. -- Mama T-B. aysheep about large size of new phones, not as small as old one man. -- Mama T-B. insistent upon keeping Tracfone, Many,000 minutes accrued man. -- Ex-Mrs.-T-B. had visited to help Mama T-B. order Motorola phone, aysheep senior she man. -- Mama T-B. reviewed Motorola tutorial and was overwhelmed, return Motorola man. -- With a Many-day return window, Mama T-B. insisted that we return it now, insistent senior she man. -- New Samsung Tracfone ordered and arrived, oh great man. -- This wasn't even the beginning of the fun, no man. Mama T-B. had asked us to retrieve an Rx on the way over, OK man. We got stuck in the drive-through line behind someone who should have gone inside, man. Rant, see man: Why do people with difficult issues clog the drive-through line for people who have simple pick-ups, huh man? Got to Mama T-B.'s, arrive we and Mini-B. man. It was an hour before noon, point of reference man. Mama T-B. had new Tracfone unboxed and was already aysheep, out-freaked senior she man. Mini-B. did what he could, considerable progress man. However, he couldn't log her on to her e-mail provider, unable wee man man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. came at noon, already planned (for half an hour) man. Ex-she man swapped SIM cards, part of solution man. However, still no e-mail, no man. Mass caucus adjourned to Mama T-B.'s computer, senior she man ex-she man wee man man. Port settings were researched, research settings man. At great length, progress was seemingly made, seeming progress man. By half-of-half after 1 p.m., Mini-B. and we were quite hungry, si man. Mama T-B. offered to spring for 2 meat-lovers' 'zas from downstairs, go to retrieve we man man. Mini-B. and we in much better spirits afterward, ingest Two Guys man. Meanwhile, ex-Mrs.-T-B. continued fixing issues and soothing Mama T-B., aysheep senior she man. By nearly 2 p.m., Mama T-B. sent us to Walmart with old phone + short grocery list, leave we man. We were told sternly to return immediately with Mama T-B.'s credit card, used to buy phone man. Mini-B. was to be off-dropped at our casa by ex-Mrs.-T-B., save detour for we man man. At Many (2+1) p.m., we returned from Walmart, successful we man. Mama T-B.'s credit card was not needed for return, use order number man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. and Mini-B. were still there, still soothing aysheep Mama T-B. man. Everyone managed to extricate themselves after Many (2+2) hours, extrication man. We returned to casa with Mini-B., Sunday plans hosed man. One laundry load in warsher had fortunately not gotten moldy, long delay man. We hastened to complete already-hectic Sunday chores, laundry change beds et al. man. We finally gave up trying to recover the schedule and decided to siesta, necessary man. Siesta surprisingly effective, zzz we man. Din-din was Walmart "beef & bean" burritos, ingest Two Guys man. Mini-B. and we actually got to watch AFV, watch Two Guys man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. arrived toward AFV's end, arrive ex-she man man. Some outdoor football was briefly attempted, si man. Mini-B. complained about his basketball rim's having been bent during hurricane, beef wee man man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. asked for a ladder, hammer, & screwdriver, provide ex-she man we man man. Ex-she man adjusted rim, fix ex-she man rim man. Considerable basketball was played, play we man and wee man and ex-she man man. Mini-B. finally left at nearly Many (2x2x2) p.m., end of Two Guys week man. Miu immediately became needy, Where's Big Bruddah Huh Daddy man. We finished laundry at half-past Many (2x2x2 +1) p.m., late man. We had zero chance of dishing the warsher, first skipped Sunday probably ever man. And then Mama T-B. texted, "I hate this phone, si man!!!!!", rant senior she man man. She also wanted us to order a new screen-protector, man. We must finish all Sunday stuff on Monday, cattywampus week already man. No prayer of any party with the rubias tonight, no man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

Your turn will come, eventually.

Exclusive: Eyewitness Told 300K Venezuelans Crossed Border Wednesday into San Diego A self-employed American who lives in Mexico but works weekdays in San Diego told RedState that a border officer at the San Ysidro border crossing between Tijuana and the San Diego metropolitan area told him that 300,000 Venezuelans passed through to the United States on Wednesday. "He was definitely frustrated because I got up there, I'm like: 'Yeah, busy day,' and he is like: 'Yeah, 300,000 Venezuelans,'" the man said. "It was all happening so quickly," he said. "I kind of came over a little bit of a hill, and so, there's a bunch of people. Then, I talked to the customs agent, and he said that that was just not even the surface of them." Roughly 95 percent of these border crossers were men between the ages of 18 and 60, he said. [...] https://redstate.com/mccabe/2024/08/16/eyewitness-n2178147

Fear in Chicago: Businesses Board Up, Dems Told to Use Aliases As Pro-Hamas Protests Expected at DNC The Democratic National Convention is coming to the Windy City starting Monday, and if you're a Chicagoan, that might not be welcome news—unless you're a fan of violent protests of course. The pro-Hamas crowd is expected to descend on the convention in force, and demonstrations are all but assured. Some of those planning to attend the event are nervous, and law enforcement has warned them to be careful: [...] https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/08/17/fear-in-chicago-businesses-board-up-delegates-told-to-use-aliases-as-pro-hamas-protests-expected-at-dnc-n2178227

'Gimmicks' and Price 'Gauging': WaPo Editorial Board Blasts Kamanomics Of course Kamanomics is an incoherent mess. Kamala Harris simply did a Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V on Bidenomics, which consists of nothing butincoherence and gimmicks. All Joe Biden and now Harris have in their repertoire to deal with the inflation they created through gimmicks are even more demand-side gimmicks, free cash rather than the bread and circuses of old. Anyone with a few working brain cells can figure that out. That's what makes yesterday's blast from the Washington Post's editorial board so surprising: [...] https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024/08/17/gimmicks-and-giggles-wapo-editorial-board-blasts-kamanomics-n3793283

Kommie Harris, indeed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kamala Harris can't even fathom basic economics Kamala Harris claims she has a plan to solve the crisis she helped cause: inflation. Under former President Trump, the inflation rate averaged 1.9%. It skyrocketed to 9.1% in 18 months under Joe Biden and Harris, fueled by a $5 trillion spending binge paid for by debt and printing money. The centerpiece of the Harris plan is the imposition of federal price controls on "greedy corporations" she says are "price gouging" consumers. Landlords would be prohibited from raising rents more than 5% a year. Even the Washington Post has trashed the plan, advising Kamala that "when your opponent calls you a 'communist,' maybe don’t propose price controls." [...] https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/opinion/kamala-harris-cant-even-fathom-basic-economics/

And switch his hair-gel.

Scintillating Saturday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Saturday-on-Sunday report, see man: Our only day to sleep in, interrupted by next-door lawn service we man. Rant, man: Every casa's lawn services should show up at noon on the same day, man. Mini-B. lazed in his bed while we grumpily arose, laze wee man and we man. To not waste a shower, we mowed the front lawn, mow we man. While off-cooling under the ceiling fan, we saw the preseason football game come on, see we man. We called to Mini-B. to come watch it, call wee man we man man. It was noon, and we asked what Mini-B. wanted for breakfast/lunch, ask wee man we man man. Mini-B. said, "When watching football, we should have popcorn, si man," si man. We were reminded of the Two Guys Mantra/Anthem, see man: "We're Two Guys, si man! "We eat what we want when we want, si man! "We fart wherever we want whenever we want, si man! "We leave the toilet seat up, si man! "And, in our casa, no girl can tell us what to do -- not even Mommy, no man!" We applied Line 2 to our reasoning and made popcorn for breakfast/lunch, One of Two Guys we man. Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This made Many (2x2x2 +2+2+1) bowls for the week, respectable quota man. We showered/shaved at halftime, good choice man. At half-past 2, we and Mini-B. left the casa to pick one of Mini-B.'s local amigos, 2 wee men man. We finished watching football and retired for a siesta, zzz we man. At almost Many (2+2+2) p.m., we returned amigo, return extra wee man Two Guys man. We could have prepared din-din per menu, would have ingested every planned din-din in order man. However, we wanted Popeye's, crave we man. We and Mini-B. went straight from amigo's casa to Popeye's, si man. The drive-through and window personnel were blinkin' idiots, hose our orders man. Our drinks and one order were wrong, at the casa upon discovery we man. However, both were bought WUOC, financially savvy we man. We probably hosed our weight and diet, hesitant to weigh ourself tonight we man. Mini-B. declined offers of backyard football and another movie night, video-gaming wee man man. We researched CD rates online for hours, addictive activity man. Got Mini-B. embedded very late, surely tired on Sunday wee man man. Visit to Mama T-B. on Sunday, mandatory man. Mama T-B. got a new phone and is aysheep about it, champion-worrier senior she man man. Mini-B. will know how to activate it, proficient wee man man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

It seems crucial for everyone to read our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ================= A DOG'S GUIDE TO WALKING HUMANS Humans need exercise. If they don't get it, they become chubby. It's up to you to save them. Allow your human to tether himself to you. This keeps him from wandering off or running away. Your human will probably need breaks. Be considerate -- stop and sniff often. Bark frequently. Humans have short attention spans. When you go to the bathroom, walk away. If you have trained your human correctly, he will pick it up. Periodically drag your human as fast as you can. This is called interval training. Do not allow your human to shorten the walk. He is being lazy. Sit in protest if you must. Once back home, allow your human to remove his tether, then lick his face many times. This is positive reinforcement for a job well done.

Team Of MIT Physicists Says They Are Close To Figuring Out If This Is One Paper Plate Or Two BOSTON, MA — A team of MIT's top physicists recently studied a paper plate and determined they are close to knowing if it is one plate or two stuck together. The research team had been working diligently to answer the age-old question that had plagued humanity since the introduction of paper plates and announced it was now close to a breakthrough. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/team-of-mit-physicists-says-they-are-close-to-figuring-out-if-this-is-one-paper-plate-or-two

Sounds like a lot of fun's in store. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Democrats vs. the Enraged Left [...] The Coalition to March on the DNC boasts 150 groups, including Black Lives Matter and Students for Justice in Palestine. It is already coordinating buses of protesters into Chicago. It's asking for donations for "medical kits" and other supplies to "ensure that the March on DNC coalition" can "withstand the repression" of the Chicago police. Among other groups coming are outfits like Samidoun and Behind Enemy Lines, which agitate for "direct action" that goes well beyond marching. A recent Behind Enemy Lines post reads: "Now that the butchers of Gaza are coming to Chicago, it's time to take this political battle into high gear," which involves "getting in the streets to actually shut down Genocide Joe and Killer Kamala." One protest is planned for outside the Israeli consulate, and its poster reads: "Make It Great, like '68!"—a reference to the violence outside that year's Democratic convention in Chicago. [...] https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-vs-the-enraged-left-minouche-shafik-resignation-dnc-confrontation-582ee19a?st=dff9mgvcdcmbhav

The Weird, Creepy, Surreal -- And Dangerous -- 2024 Campaign The already-long 2024 presidential campaign has become the strangest in modern history. Here are 10 unanswered questions that illustrate how and why we've entered this bizarro world: [...] https://pjmedia.com/victor-davis-hanson/2024/08/16/the-weird-creepy-surreal-and-dangerous-2024-campaign-n4931690

Campus Protests Are Back and the Spillover Will Affect the Democratic Convention Summer is nearly over, and that means back to school for both big and little kids. For smaller kids, that means a trip to Walmart or Target or wherever you get overpriced children's fashions and school supplies. For big kids, that means laying in supplies to survive the coming protests. What are all the kids wearing to the "Free Palestine" riots? Hopefully, the returning students were able to save up enough bail money from their summer jobs (if that's even a thing anymore). [...] https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/08/16/campus-protests-are-back-and-the-spillover-will-affect-the-democratic-convention-n4931694

Retired Minnesota Cop Makes Shocking Charge Against Tim Walz [...] Fox News reported Thursday that retired Minnesota State Patrol Lt. John Nagel knows the real Tim Walz behind the propaganda smoke and mirrors: "He is not a moderate, he has never been a moderate and here in Minnesota he has been anti-police, he has raised taxes, he is nowhere near being a moderate." Even worse, "he’s anti-police, defund the police, when you have police families, and we have an officer killed in the line of duty, when that family looks at the governor and says we don't want you at the funeral. That should tell you a great deal of how law enforcement in general feels about Walz." [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/08/16/retired-minnesota-cop-makes-shocking-charge-against-tim-walz-n4931705

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man: ES doings as reported, q.v. man. Lunch was BK WUOC, ingest financially savvy we man. All errands accomplished, successful we man. Mini-siesta accomplished, briefly zzz we man. Din-din was Costco angusburgers + root beer, ingest Two Guys man. Backyard football was played briefly thereafter, Mini-B. out of shape man. Movie night was more Everybody Hates Chris episodes, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This makes Many (2x2x2 +2) for the week, acceptable double-digit quota attained man. We have not even looked for Saturday ESs/GSs, exhausted we man. Very few were proximal, wait till next weekend we man. No party with the rubias tonight, out-wiped we man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

Insulting a superior primate! Reported!!!

We'll learn eventually. Regardless of reason, such a tragedy.

The MISSING link -- you!

Why is this not surprising?

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Start stomping grapes at a winery?

Friday ES report, see man: We attended one of the 2 itineraried ESs, see reasoning below man. We got started at noon, delayed by phone calls man. First ES fruitful, see the take man: -- U.S./Europe power-convertor, Many-language translation tablet, pocket-sized magnifier = $Many ($2x2x2 +2), deal if all work man Total = $Many ($2x2x2 +2) GPS toward rather far-away #2 ES took us by favorite small thrift shop, stop we man. It was part of errands anyway for donation, generous we man. Went into store to look for Mini-B. clothes, none to buy man. On whiteboard was "End Tables, Many% off," half% + half-of-half% off man. We saw a marble-top table for $Many00, discount off that man. We got it as follows with tax, see man: -- marble-top end table = $Many ($[2 Manyzen] +2+1), steal man Total = $Many ($[2 Manyzen] +2+1) We considered The Take to have been acceptable, no need to hit #2 ES man. Furthermore, we had more errands and wanted time to siesta, priorities man. (Completed other errands in time for decent siesta, zzz we man.) We were pleased with The Take, acceptable man.

Most of whom need to be replaced after varying durations, si and whee and then man.