TBoneTX

I hope that you survive this global warming.

Hopefully you have supplies to carry you through this mess. Avoid taking chances!

Hunter Biden (Li'l Crackpipe) is probably in hog heaven.

Cross-posted from Environmental thread: -------- ~~~~~~~~~~~ Terrified Texans Open Fire On Strange White Stuff Falling From Sky DALLAS, TX — According to reports, terrified Texans have taken up arms to fire on a strange white substance falling from the sky. "I don't understand it and I don't intend to!" said local Dallas resident Billy Carson as he fired a pair of six-shooters into the sky. "You'll never get us alive! We'll fight to the last man! Yee haw!" [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/terrified-texans-open-fire-on-strange-white-stuff-falling-from-sky

Texas typically has civilized low temperatures.

And, with the pro-Hamas marchers, identify every last one of them via J6-type tenacity. If USCs, their security clearances are stripped, or they become permanently ineligible for one. If PRs or students et al., revoke their status, issue permanent bars to re-entry, and deport them. Problem solved.

I still vividly remember how, in Iowa, I'd spend an hour-plus shoveling my parents' driveway, and then the plow would come by and shove everything from the street back on the lower third of the driveway. I concluded then, as a quality decision, that there's no need whatsoever to stay in the Midwest and be cold. Or to see even one more snowflake. These people who own EVs and expect them to function rapidly or optimally are probably having second thoughts.

~~~~~~~~~~~~ After Lackluster Showing, Nikki Haley Orders Bombing Of Iowa DES MOINES, IA — Motivated by a lackluster showing in Monday evening's caucus, presidential candidate Nikki Haley has ordered the bombing of Iowa. Reports coming in from the ground indicate hundreds of eligible voters have lost their lives as a result of attacks on key polling locations throughout the state. Nikki Haley has officially claimed responsibility for the attacks. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/after-lackluster-showing-nikki-haley-bombs-iowa

~~~~~~~~~~~ Terrified Texans Open Fire On Strange White Stuff Falling From Sky DALLAS, TX — According to reports, terrified Texans have taken up arms to fire on a strange white substance falling from the sky. "I don't understand it and I don't intend to!" said local Dallas resident Billy Carson as he fired a pair of six-shooters into the sky. "You'll never get us alive! We'll fight to the last man! Yee haw!" [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/terrified-texans-open-fire-on-strange-white-stuff-falling-from-sky

Biden's Empty Eyes As He Holds Up Apples Is Going to Inspire Memes https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/01/15/bidens-goofy-look-with-apples-is-going-to-inspire-memes-theres-more-creeping-on-girl-too-n2168743

California's AB5 Goes National With the Independent Contractor Rule: Why You Need to Pay Attention [...] the Biden administration is eroding small businesses and snatching away the livelihoods of independent contractors through bureaucratic fiat. The Acting Secretary of Labor, Julie Su, quietly dropped a revised Independent Contractor Rule on January 9, and it's as bad as expected. [...] https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2024/01/15/californias-ab5-goes-national-with-the-independent-contractor-rule-why-you-need-to-pay-attention-n2168737

Antisemitic Activist Gets Cheers in London After He Says, 'We Must Normalize Massacres' [...] A grown human being, not an easily influenced teenager, stood in front of a mass of individuals seething with hatred for Jewish folk and called for the normalization of mass murdering them in cold blood. This was done in public, not behind closed doors. [...] https://pjmedia.com/michaelcantrell/2024/01/15/anti-semitic-activist-gets-cheers-in-london-after-he-says-we-must-normalize-massacres-n4925500

The Biggest Evidence for the Folly of the EV Push May Be Happening Right Now [...] there's a huge flaw in the push for EVs that is playing out right now. It's called winter. [...] https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2024/01/15/the-biggest-evidence-for-the-folly-of-the-ev-push-may-be-happening-right-now-n4925497

Pro-Palestinian Rioters Force Partial Evacuation of White House The "March on Washington for Gaza" on Saturday boiled over into violence at the White House, as thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators stormed the security fence and forced the evacuation of "non-essential employees" from the building. It was not immediately clear whether or not that included Joe Biden, or if he was in the White House at the time. [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/01/13/pro-palestinian-rioters-force-partial-evacuation-of-white-house-n4925465

VDH absolutely barbecues everyone! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lawfare Against Trump Is Running Out of Gas We should dispense with the tired narrative that four conscientious state and federal prosecutors—independently and without contact with the Biden White House or the radical Democrats in Congress—all came to the same disinterested conclusions that Donald Trump should be indicted for various crimes and put on trial during the campaign season of 2024. [...] https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/15/lawfare-against-trump-is-running-out-of-gas/

Thrilling Monday report, see man: As predicted, subfreezing temps and spotty cold rain, yuck man. Mini-B.'s birthday caucus at the entertainment place was at noon, si man. We arrived slightly before ex-Mrs.-T-B., Mini-B., and 2 Mini-B. amigos, full ex-Mrs.-T-B.-mobile man. Another amigo showed up via his own parents, full amigo complement man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. paid for the registrations and special socks, as expected man. Ex-she man made us pay for the 'zas and drinks, unexpected man. The Many (2+1) 'roni 'zas cost $Many -- si man, $Many -- rip-off man. The drinks cost $Many -- si man, $Many -- rip-off man. The place was colder than Hades, draft from outside man. Lunch was several 'za slices, ingest we man. Mini-B. and amigos had fun, active wee men man. Much of one 'za was left over, eye we for din-din man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. made us leave it to feed Mini-B. + amigos at her casa later, man. We returned to casa and took a nice siesta*, zzz we man. *truncated by panicked calls from Mama T-B. about the weather, we know man Ex-Mrs.-T-B. was to let us know when to come over to let us give Mini-B. his presents, si man. We never heard, no man. At Many p.m., we inquired, inquire we man of ex-she man man. "We're ready for bed, si man, so tomorrow, si man," responded ex-she man to we man man. Din-din was 2 "everything" bagels and onecan of corn**, ingest we man. **bought at a previous ES, financially savvy we man We are preparing for our trip, presuming that weather permits man. Mini-B.'s skool called off for Tuesday, weather sucks man. Massive party with the rubias imminent, get it all in beforehand man. Mini-B.'s birthday is Wednesday, actually man. He will be precisely Many years old, a Manyager now man. Where did our chubby little baby go since seemingly just yesterday, huh man?

Snow is just "fat water," si C ma'am. If you ever see yellow snow, be sure to eat it, si C ma'am. It contains special nutrients, see C ma'am. We grew up in the Midwest, si C ma'am. If we never see another snowflake, we won't care, si and no C ma'am! P-Math transgression precised, see and C ma'am!

Yee-HAAAAA! [Note to T-B.'s self: Jokes worked again... jokes worked again... ]

I think she's a herself.

There is no higher life form than the Central Chimpanzee, no man.

So warm here. How heartwarming.

Nor I, E.; nor I.

So much winning. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Iowa caucuses results: Trump wins in a landslide as Haley and DeSantis scrap for second As widely expected, former President Donald Trump cruised to an easy victory in Monday's chilly Iowa caucuses, the opening salvo of the 2024 GOP nominating contest. The rout further cements Trump's status as the most likely candidate to face off against President Biden, a Democrat, in November's general election. The Associated Press called Iowa for Trump at 8:32 p.m. EST — just half an hour after the caucuses began. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/iowa-caucus-results-trump-wins-landslide-as-haley-and-desantis-scrap-for-second-014022121.html

Amazing. Love messages resurrected like this. Most of those who'd welcomed you to the forum are themselves inactive. I'd bet a small amount of cash that one of them, still active, will reflexively reply with a "welcome to VJ" post.

I no longer have access to the pay-to-read JAMA articles and can't see the detailed data or the discussion about the individual factors. In general, the "teetotaler vs. drunkard" findings may be similar to what's been referenced in lay news reports of all kinds of medical studies: light drinking -- one or two drinks/day -- is "healthier" than either abstinence or overindulging. Specifically, the finding that both "complete abstinence" and "abuse" are factors indicates that extremes in alcohol-consumption behavior are associated with an increased risk. The significance of CRP among blood markers suggests that inflammation may influence the development of young-onset dementia. The authors have identified modifiable risk factors that could be targeted in dementia-prevention initiatives; however, the abstract of their paper gives no information on the interactions or combined effects of these factors. I'd hesitate to draw conclusions about individual or combined contributing factors until more detailed analysis and research are performed. At best, it seems to be a "hey, it can't hurt to work on lessening the impact of as many of these as possible" type of recommendation.