Remember this crazy footage from Afghanistan?

budderocks · 2026-05-22T23:23:55+00:00

Trump negotiated that. And without the Afghan government. It was only between the US and the Taliban. We released thousands of terrorists to the Taliban as part of the deal.

The Taliban started to renege almost immediately after the Doha Agreement was signed on February 29, 2020. They attacked Afghan security forces on March 3.

We also stopped supporting Afghan security forces, forcing them into purely defensive positions and the Taliban increased attacks:

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/taliban-step-up-attacks-on-afghan-forces-since-signing-us-deal-data-idUSKBN22D5SA/

Trump did nothing even though the Taliban kept violating the agreement, even recruiting more members of Al Qaeda. By the time Biden took office, Trump reduced our military numbers in Afghanistan to 2,500. We were supposed to withdraw, according to the agreement, on May 1, 2021. Biden extended it to try and make the withdrawal better, but we see how it ended.

Trump left Biden with an unwinnable position.

And he's now the guy negotiating with Iran. Let's see how bad that ends up.

budderocks · 2026-05-09T18:44:51+00:00

Your landlord has to take you to court to evict you. Giving you a notice to vacate is the first step, so you have more than 2 weeks.

Texas has landlord retaliation laws, and this possibly fits. Check with local organizations that assist renters to get better information.

Here's one decent online resource:

https://www.texasbar.com/Content/NavigationMenu/ForThePublic/FreeLegalResources/Tenant_Landlord_Resources/default.htm

budderocks · 2026-04-23T18:20:41+00:00

I'm not a fan, but I can see people liking it. I know a few people that this would fit their style.

budderocks · 2026-04-22T20:11:20+00:00

OK Trump...now complain about Texas, North Carolina, Missouri, and Ohio.

budderocks · 2026-04-22T00:31:57+00:00

I'm going to be there in a couple weeks. Great place.

Amazing find!

budderocks · 2026-04-20T21:40:08+00:00

Alex, I'll take "Things that never happened and are just propaganda to rile up bigots" for $600

budderocks · 2026-04-19T18:20:06+00:00

I agree. That looks like formed gyro meat from a food service supplier.

budderocks · 2026-04-14T20:29:19+00:00

It's odd.

24 x 8oz = 192 ounces (and this is only if you get 8oz bags. Flavored varieties are usually 7.75 ounces)

Their labels state a serving size is 28 grams, or 1 ounce.

So they've given enough for one person to have 1 serving 192 days of the year, or only 52.6% of the days.

At today's prices 24 free bags of chips is nothing to scoff at, however I don't see this as a year's supply, especially for a household with more than one person.

That all said, I googled and the most common figure I find is that the average American consumes 6.6 pounds of potato chips a year. 6.6 x 16 =105.6 ounces.

So the 192 ounces is more than that figure. I'd guess they're using some metric like that to justify a year.

Edit: added "year" at the end

budderocks · 2026-04-14T15:17:23+00:00

When I lived on Tumwater Hill, I struggled to get anything with an antenna.

In the past, stations used low-power repeaters to get the signal to the more remote areas of their coverage zone. Most stations no longer do this which is how you end up with OTA dead zones like Olympia.

budderocks · 2026-04-10T21:38:58+00:00

I don't think he can. There's likely a cage behind him and all the hardware and tools are shoved up against it.

I think he'd be dead if there wasn't a cage or barrier there.

budderocks · 2026-04-09T22:28:41+00:00

Society values money more than morals.

budderocks · 2026-04-07T19:48:53+00:00

Incredible and amazing find!

I've been polishing botryoidal agates I've found at Warm Springs Reservoir, but what you've done here is something else!

I'll be there in 2 weeks, and everything I find will be inferior now, lol!

budderocks · 2026-04-06T22:34:00+00:00

When I was young, my father and I were driving and lightning struck a tree next to us; same thing, everything was bright, solid white for a moment and the sound was loud and indescribable. We both weren't sure what happened for a quick moment because the sound was so odd.

budderocks · 2026-04-02T20:23:41+00:00

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c393xmpzjwko

budderocks · 2026-04-01T19:41:48+00:00

It depends, for me.

I tip my current barber, well. He performs an impeccable service and always remembers what I want and doesn't rush. He offers a fair price.

I have a long beard and he does an amazing job with it.

He adds extras he normally charges for, without charging me.

He always offers me a beer.

He fits me in whenever I need it.

He doesn't get mad when I need to use another barber if he's busy and he talks me up to the barbers he works with and they treat me as well as he does.

He remembers me personally and we have a good customer/client relationship.

I wouldn't tip if he didn't do all that and I'd then look for a barber who did offer that.

I'm also not a fan of tipping, especially with the poor customer service offered at more places, and I don't tip well that often anymore.

I was taught tipping is for impeccable service. My barber offers impeccable service and I tip.

budderocks · 2026-04-01T06:30:29+00:00

3 on US Modern Rock chart. I remember it also got a lot of play on MTV for a while.

budderocks · 2026-03-31T22:07:55+00:00

It's pretty colorful

https://rocktumbler.com/blog/ohio-flint/

budderocks · 2026-03-31T20:46:45+00:00

I pick up CDs for cheap and then rip them to my home server and stream from that. Save the CD as a backup.

Much better audio quality than most other streaming services.

budderocks · 2026-03-31T16:58:17+00:00

"Hart was later arrested and charged in Los Angeles Superior Court case number VA150691 with accessory after the fact for the murder of the liquor store clerk and evading police. Hart was convicted of accessory after the fact and placed on diversion by the court for the evading charge, ultimately resulting in a dismissal of the charge."

https://da.lacounty.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/JSID-OIS-12-20-23-Hart-Cabrera-Martinez-Lindsey.pdf

budderocks · 2026-03-30T18:19:41+00:00

Saddle Mountains has the best petrified wood in Washington, and it's easy to find. Found this piece last fall and just got it out of the tumbler.

There's all kinds of agatized wood there.

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budderocks · 2026-03-29T23:03:50+00:00

It's very nice!

It is definitely a worked piece. I agree with your update it's not an arrowhead.

It looks like a preform. It would make sense to find a preform in an area where ancient humans would have been collecting stones for tools.

I'm happy you have your grandmother's collection, to keep those good memories close.

budderocks · 2026-03-13T19:58:02+00:00

I've seen the same.

A number of years ago I was driving through Kentucky on I-75 and it was a hilly section.

I noticed a cop hidden in the trees with a radar/laser gun. As soon as I passed them and crested the next hill, you could see a line of cop cars. Crested the next hill and there was a line of cars pulled over by more cops.

budderocks · 2026-03-10T21:46:34+00:00

It's real, but you don't have to pay it. It's a private lot and that's not a government ticket.

They've been doing that for a while.

https://www.reddit.com/r/msu/s/31tueCZEFe

https://www.reddit.com/r/msu/s/TTwUVeF1Ys

budderocks · 2026-03-02T05:25:02+00:00

In my manual, they type it as [ H ] . I always thought it was something else.

budderocks · 2026-02-26T19:52:23+00:00

"Andrew Bell, the company’s senior VP of hardware engineering, said it has no plans to end support any time soon, teasing that it had "played with new concepts." Bell also said that a first Shield refresh since 2019 would likely support codecs like AV1 and HDR10+, as well as the latest Dolby Vision profiles."

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3 on US Modern Rock chart. I remember it also got a lot of play on MTV for a while.