Ball Diamond Ball

Open your blue books and write the non verbal language conveyed here.

You have 48 seconds.

A story passed on  from an excavator over coffee next to the backhoe.

“Two guys I know were planning some easy pickings for thefts at a show coming up at the convention center in Portland.”

I nodded and took another hit of the hot black Dunkin Donuts nectar.

“An older family member told them it might be a bad idea.”

I am always glad to hear responsible adults still exist.

“Turns out it is the annual gun and knife show.”

I laugh out loud.

Had a great phone call!  Thanks for those who keep the flame burning as BDB collapses in a gout of cinders.

Here is one of several promised links, and this will likely be the most enjoyable.  No wait, that didn’t sound right at all.

More to follow.  posting this from work, since I’m listening to it anyway.  but that’s about all the de minimus use I should squeak out of the session.  See you soon!  More links…

Here is another that I mentioned. One of my favorite thoughtful kooks is Rob Ager.   His film analyses are always interesting.  He’s brilliant, but he’s a nut. Here is some enjoyable nuttiness.

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Once again, the new Nazis pick on normal citizens. Lock `em up!

Antifa Website Posts Directions for Sabotaging ATMs After Anarchists ‘Wreck’ Nearly 20 in Portland

It’s that time of the week again, when we connect for another town hall meeting in the Village of the Darned.  We will try to start off @ 730PM unless BDB posts an earlier time.

Jam a topic in the comments below and let people read up if you like.

If the software tells you that you’re the only caller, don’t you believe it!  Press on with the access code and you’ll probably find us in there!

US: 515-604-9908

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Select International Local Dial-in Numbers

Japan +81 3-5050-5104
Switzerland +41 43 550 70 62
United Kingdom +44 330 998 1256

If you need a different number (calling from Uzbekistan, say), let us know in the BDB Chat.

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At one point in my varied professional journey, I found myself in a little known training session in northern New Jersey on the operation of persuasion. Joining me were an odd collection of clearly Washington DC apparatchiks all of who claimed to be from agencies they seemed to know little about, along with private sector consultants, senior sales executives, a television evangelist, a hedge fund manager and two mercenaries from a top drawer outfit.

The instructor was a man of small stature who proved to be the most dangerous person I have ever met.  He captured the oxygen in any room he entered and doled out just enough so you would pay attention to his every word and movement.

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Starting after the 2010 mid-terms, there was a growing, angry group of people on the Right that began to abandon conventional conservatism because they perceived that the big personalities of the Right didn’t actually want to accomplish Right-Wing results; they just wanted to sell books, cruises, and do fundraisers. In other words, Conservatism, Inc. This group of people grew larger and larger, eventually rejecting “establishment Republicans”, and forming the core of voters that elected Donald Trump to the White House. Since Trump’s nomination (and victory) those people have seen a steady stream of examples that their suspicions were correct: it was all just a bunch of hucksters that wanted your money, and when the chips were down, they’re not really that conservative at all. National Review’s Against Trump … Continue reading →