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Nothingland » Which way.... » Yesterday 3:08 pm

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You would never survive in Catholic school.
 

Nothingland » Which way.... » Yesterday 9:28 am

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I would expect a left handed person would spin clockwise.  Unless she went to Catholic school.  And then the nuns demanded she spin counter clockwise.  Because that is what right handed people must do.
 

Nothingland » Which way.... » 11/05/2025 1:00 pm

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You mean they are actually first having a reason to deport people?  Almost 800 in Guantanamo because someone said they were evil.  All but something like 35 out of 800 were innocent.

Brownian motion.  I must be making a bomb.
 

Nothingland » Which way.... » 11/05/2025 9:49 am

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In these days of intolerance and Federal storm troopers, can I be deported for doing it wrong?
 

Nothingland » Which way.... » 11/04/2025 11:09 am

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I use Brownian motion.
 

Home Base » RIP, Famous person » 10/26/2025 5:59 pm

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I remember her doing TV when TVs were brand new.

Another one from those years (still alive) is Doc Severinsen (Tonight Show).  Some people do not die.

Where is Dennis the Menace?  He snuck out when we were not looking.
 

Current Events » He wants to make peace? » 10/20/2025 4:02 pm

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What Trump believes after every multi-hour conversation with Putin. Including the last one. Leaving Trump again praising Putin. Most have no idea how much espionage and sabotage has been ongoing, by Putin, in Europe.

From The Economist is a map of attacks only in the past few years.  Including communication cables, many simultaneous drone incursions, and even 30 mobile phone towers sabotaged in one part of Sweden.

Putin appears to be preparing for a possible invasion of Latvia.  He is not making Hitler's mistakes.  He is doing what Netanyahu is also doing.  Slowly subverted, undermining, and seeking weaknesses of his next conquest.

Where known Russian attacks occurred:

 

Current Events » Tragedies at Sea » 10/19/2025 1:23 pm

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Nobody in North America was called to rescue 700 refugees.  No North American rescue organizations were dispatched.  No North American investigators have jurisdiction.

Does not matter who was on the Titan.  It was an American operation (out of Pittsburgh as a recall).  Numerous North American search and rescue organizations were called.  The investigation came under jurisdiction of the US Coast Guard. So it justifies massive domestic attention.

We also do not care that almost 2 million Palestinians are being ethnic cleansed.  Same reasoning.  Or the massacres in Sudan.  But some people are at risk in the Red Sea.  Plenty of attention since it involves American and numerous American allies from both Europe and Asia.

Perspective.

What makes Titan even more intereting.  It demonstrates why failures happen when a business school attitude replaces honest and responsible thinking.

Current Events » Tragedies at Sea » 10/17/2025 10:38 am

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Two obvious point made; and ignored.  First is how much must be done to know something.  And why that Oceangate summary, posted in so many less responsible new sources, does not include what must exist to be informative.  The reasons why.  You ignored that requirement.

Second.  Noted is why nobody cares about those refugees.  They are not in the domain of what Americans expect from their responsible "powers that be".   America has no jurisdiction.   Who does the analysis of that sinking boat?  Nobody.  Therefore what happened does not matter.  No useful facts are provided.

Apparently you completely missed both points. 

Reporting of that incident was minimal ..

It is suppose to be.  They do not have an NTSB. Worse, many news sources are now so pathetic (ie social media)  as to not even bother reporting on what was significant in an Oceangate incident.  Why then should anyone even mention a boatload of refugees?  We do not even report what is relevant for Oceangate.

You completely missed the point.

And a third point. We are now less and less concerned with victims when they are not right wing extremist supporters.  We are slowly returning to a 'blame the victim' mentality.  Due to an attitude of our leaders (ie even blame Ukraine for their predicament).  Furthermore, people, in increasing numbers, cannot read (learn) anything longer than a tweet.  What demonstrated this trend?  Saddam's WMDs.  That clearly did not exist if one read facts.  Many could not bother to first learn facts.

Why then would anyone care about 700 refugees in a sinking boat?  You completely missed the point - what has and is changing.
 

Politics » Welcome to Stalag 36, Formally the United Kingdom. » 10/16/2025 6:50 pm

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Just another example of why we should always ask to be transferred to Stalag 13.

Current Events » Tragedies at Sea » 10/16/2025 6:46 pm

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What was the name of the boat?
What is the Pakistani connection?

That was not under the jurisdiction of the NTSB.  Which Trump is downsizing so that more tax cuts can be given to the rich.  Including the NTSB vice chair Alvin Brown in May 2025.
Since threats to human life automatically mean victims are guilty.

Same reasoning justified the deaths of 100 plus victims of the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire near Cincinnati.
 

The KY governor's report blamed over 100 dead people for not getting out fast enough. Did not blame the construction company management who created that fire.  Another example of how extremists rationalize.

More examples of why details must always be provided - the reasons why.

 

Current Events » Tragedies at Sea » 10/16/2025 6:31 pm

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The preliminary NTSB report was damning.  So blantantly accusatory what one need not read the final report.

Unfortunately what most read is only the conclusion one is suppose to believe.  Most reports do not include how damning those numbers really were.  For example, the front viewer port was only rated for (if I remember) 600 psi.  It was holding back 3000 psi.

Boeing recommended (if a remember) seven layers of carbon fiber.  Every Director of Engineering was constantly in direct confrontation with the owner / developer.   So Oceangate went through something like more than five chief engineers.

This Titan was listed as dive 81.  They forget to mention most all dives were in other Titans - not this one.  They just keep adding the same number to makethis one look like it was fully tested.

Two dives before this one, at about 300 feet from the surface, a large shattering of the hull occured.  So loud that recovery boats on the surge all heard it.  The owner insisted this was normal.

That Titan had a major hull failure that was something more than four feet long.  So the owner had the inside patched with fiberglass.  That failure was only noticed because the pilot, on his own, decided to inspect what nobody was suppose to look at.  Evertually they replace that Titan with a new 'last' one.  Then just kept adding dive numbers from previous craft to its last dive: 81.

In another incident, the CO2 absorber, designed by the owner from plastic tupperware from Walmart, was failing.  A few hundred feet down, the pilot demanded they return to the surface.  The owner refused to grant permission.  So the chief engineer stepped in and ordered it to the surface.  All employees listened to the chief engineer.  He did not last much longer.

Boeing was an early consultant on this design.  They withdrew because the owner intentionally refused to listen to their recommendations.  Stated they could not be responsible for a design that they could not recommend.

Home Base » RIP, Famous person » 10/12/2025 2:35 pm

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Obviously targeted is the emotional using a righteous attitude and profanity.   Wild speculation and emotional contempt explains one incapable of recognizing (enjoying) satirical humor.

 Extremists cannot recognize satire.  Then use profanity to demean others.  Maybe read only what is written?  Or first ask for clarification? Then stop posting profanity like a wacko extremist or an over indulged child.

Shame.  Once you were a moderate.  Amazing how nasty things have become in the past 20 years.  Even satire justifies insults.
 

Home Base » Excitement 2025 » 10/10/2025 9:44 am

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Quite unusual for a tropical storm (Karen) to form at the latitude of northern Maine.  

Home Base » RIP, Famous person » 10/09/2025 1:05 pm

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[reference in poor taste edited by mods] Now that I use language that you understand, then maybe you might finally read what was written.

It was a joke.  Obviously not about any thread.  About the current state of The Cellar.  It seems people (not any person) must die to cause posts.  I should not have to explain it.

Let us know when you finally read only what is written.  Not what silly emotions order you to believe.  The first indication that you are the problem.  Hateful emotions justify your reaction.  Learn what humor is.

Your post is so disingenuous as to deserve such replies that I never post.  Now act as an adult.

Only the hateful emotional cannot understand humor.

Or you can also notice the first sentence comes directly from Saturday Night Live.   Others understand humor.  You do not.



 

Home Base » RIP, Famous person » 10/08/2025 10:02 am

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Somebody must die before people will post here?

Nothingland » How to Fuck Up Rock Bands » 10/02/2025 9:11 am

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Suspend their 1st Amendment rights.  When they cannot publish music that Trump approves of.  That is their greatest threat.  First Cobert and Kimmel.  Rocker that do not preach approved incantations are next.

Home Base » Excitement 2025 » 10/02/2025 9:06 am

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It how we bnring back sanity.  How many people died from Katrina.  Because the threat was well documented.  Nobody listened.  Even George Jr refused to let nearby military unit provide assistance.

Had New Orleans suffered smaller hurricances, then sanity would have existed.

Places like Fort Myers did not suffer a lesser storm.   Even a near zero hurricane called Sandy forced the entire NYC region to start implmenting protection - even to subways.

And then the point.  This has been the most boring hurrican seaons in over a decade.  One must go back to the sixties to see threats this minimal.

For excitement, one must watch Project 2025.

Home Base » Excitement 2025 » 9/29/2025 6:11 pm

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Imelda was so pathetic as  to pass directly over the Bahamas.  Three cruise ships (from Celebrity, Disney, and MSC) remained in Nassau today.  All three left as schedules to follow the tropical  storm out  of  town.

Another storm, so boring, that it should not be even reported in network news.  

Current Events » Viewing the Long Term » 9/28/2025 12:25 pm

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Amazing how so many are silent.  Just like a majority of Germans in 1933.  Even The Economist reports on its front cover what should have everyone upset and posting.


Or since The Cellar does not always do images properly:
The Picture
 

Home Base » Excitement 2025 » 9/27/2025 5:56 pm

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Imelda (current called number 9) will apparently stay in the Gulf stream.  Where it is warm enough to become a hurricane.on Tuesday off Jacksonville.   And then head out to sea.  Another promising storm falls short. 

Current Events » Viewing the Long Term » 9/27/2025 5:14 pm

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Netanyahu gave a speech before the UN.  And most all countries walked out.  So which ones?  Something strange. Obvious are which countries had empty seats.  All seats are assigned by country name.  And yet not one information source can list those countries.  Even the British press noted that they would not or could not provide those names.

And so the search is reversed.  What countries remains?  That also is not provided by any source.

Of course any new report must always provide such details.  As the listed countries.  Or the number who  walked out or remained.  Even those numbers are not available.  Indeed strange or suspect.
 

Home Base » Excitement 2025 » 9/25/2025 7:45 pm

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Gabrielle is going back home to Africa

Humberto is following a same 'does not bother anyone' tracks by previous tropical storms.  But this time, Imelda is in its wake.  So Imelda is being pushed into SE Atlantic states.  Maybe in three days.  Good surfing.  And totally irrelevant to the many who have learned from previous storms. Now that colder water has pushed as far south as the N / S Carolina border.

 

Current Events » Another Crash » 9/24/2025 4:22 pm

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Artemis was launched in 2022.  Another Boeing screw up.  So defective that it only launched again this week.  It took longer to make this one rocket work than it took the entire space program to put a man on the moon.  But then MBAs took over Boeing in 2001.  Everything there is now that screwed up.
 

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