Errr, Wednesday afternoon links

by | Jan 15, 2020 | Daily Links | 372 comments

Boobs

 

Link.

 

Link.

 

Link.

 

Link.

 

Music.

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Spudalicious

Spudalicious

Survey says I’m a Paleolibertarian bitches. That means I eat “L”ibertarians for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Soave tastes a little fruity. Wait a minute, that doesn’t sound quite right…

372 Comments

  1. Yusef drives a Kia

    Boobs!

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Its always Boobs! I told ya Q!!!!!!
      First

      • Fourscore

        Misspelled Glibs, Yusef

  2. Q Continuum

    Link brand links.

    • leon

      The Link store was out of name brand.

      • Rhywun

        Oh yeah? Well, the jerk store was out of you!

    • Spudalicious

      Think of the food packaging in Repo Man.

  3. Enough About Palin

    Go Meatloaf. Go!

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Was Joe Perry playing guitar?

    • gbob

      I just got a copy of Bat Out Of Hell on vinyl in the mail today. Obviously fate is rearing it’s head.

      • Count Potato

        You haven’t checked your mail in 42 years?

      • The Last American Hero

        Please solve the mystery of what he won’t do.

      • Spudalicious

        Srsly? You don’t know? Everybody knows that.

    • MikeS

      Don’t let your meat loaf.

  4. Not Adahn

    Woo hoo!

    Nobody likes dropping meatloaf.

  5. The Late P Brooks

    Somebody took his eye off the potato.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      at least it wasn’t the Sparrow….

    • Spudalicious

      I think TPTB are all day drinking.

      • Tres Cool

        Tres Cool on January 15, 2020 at 3:20 pm

        You know they were having a ‘european’ house guest.
        They all bombed, playing Caligula, and lost track of the hour.

      • Jarflax

        They are raping and murdering a newlywed couple?

    • Tonio

      Spud is to be commended for stepping in and doing yeoman work.

    • Fourscore

      Hope they don’t turnip something else

  6. Ted S.

    To “Errr….” is human.

    • Florida Man

      And Divine is a tranny?

  7. "Tulsi Gabbard Apologist"

    Who pays to see Meatloaf in the 21st Century?

    • "Tulsi Gabbard Apologist"

      Also, Cheap Trick, good Midwestern boys from Rockford, IL. Nice pick

    • Certified Public Asshat

      Those who will do anything for love.

      • Tonio

        Those who can see Paradise by the dashboard light.

      • Juvenile Bluster

        But they won’t do that.

    • The Other Kevin

      Someone with leftover Ticketmaster credits.

    • gbob

      I saw him in ’88. His career was over. Spent the evening hitting up his daughter who was acting as manager for him. Struck out. Too bad. I was hoping for a little paradise by the dashboard light lights. No matter. He put on a really great show, despite only having half the band he really needed.

      Today? Probably not. Still, hell of an act.

      • Bobarian LMD

        There was a period of time where he’d totally blown out his voice and had to give up performing.

  8. Not Adahn

    While in September 2019, Mattel announced the debut of the first-ever gender-neutral Barbie doll.

    Haven’t they always been gender-neutral?

    Also, kids dolls are anatomically correct in Russia? This is a thing?

    • Tonio

      Barbie always had boobs, and Ken was mildly cut like you’d expect of a gym-body twink.

      • Not Adahn

        You are of course correct. They were asexual, but genderconforming in their presentation.

    • Tonio

      Of course someone figured this out.

  9. The Late P Brooks

    Pine beetle infestations in nearby forests were the cause of concern when the fireworks were discontinued. These infestations can kill trees, which increases their flammability risk and, in turn, poses a potential wildfire hazard. Fireworks increased the risk that a fire would ignite.

    Wot, no kkklimate change?!

    Some studies suggest that climate change is causing some types of pine beetles to reproduce more rapidly and influencing their growth and development to make them more lethal.

    Phew. I was a little concerned.

    • leon

      It is the zeitgeist of our time. It is the go to explanation for pretty much all of Natural History these days.

    • creech

      Wait,I thought climate change was wiping out animal life?

    • Jarflax

      There is a lot of lodgepole pine up there and my understanding is it requires fire to reproduce. rump is solving global warming by reforesting with fire. WITH FIRE! He is the most metal President!

      • jesse.in.mb

        I think part of the issue was that having suppressed fires for so long and the extra dead trees associated with the bark-beetle infestation there was more kindling and the fires weren’t just burning through quickly and relatively coolly, they were sustained and hotter which didn’t just allow the release but destroys the seed and harms the parent tree.

      • Jarflax

        Isn’t that a problem that can only be solved by biting the bullet and doing large burns? It isn’t going to get better over time.

      • Stillhunter

        Not necessarily. The federal government in the form of the forest service put out long term contracts for purchasing large tracts of timber sales to drastically thin out the trees. Long story short, it sort of worked…

      • Fourscore

        In any event the area will regenerate quickly with lots of browse for some kind of critters. Other tree species may take over but nature-vacuum.

      • Stillhunter

        It really depends. Most of the area would regenerate to something, but there would likely be many areas where the already nutrient poor soil is so cooked that it won’t support much for decades. Certainly nature won’t mind, but it would likely affect water quality and cause other problems we humans don’t much care for.

      • Stillhunter

        Correct. Add in that the black hills is dominated by pine forest, so not much to stop a fire if it gets going, and you have the potential for serious problems.

      • Francisco d'Anconia

        Ponderosa Pine

    • LemonGrenade

      I can’t believe how good my husband’s timing is. We just booked a week camping at Rushmore over the 4th of July last week! I’m very excited.

      • Francisco d'Anconia

        Good timing? Trump is actively attempting to burn the Black Hills down around you. STAY HOME!

  10. grrizzly

    The doll in Novosibirsk is likely to break the law.

    • Not Adahn

      Do Russian baby dolls have genitalia? Is it so little girls can learn to wipe front to back at an early age?

      • grrizzly

        I don’t think so.

  11. Gender Traitor

    So of course the }}chick{{ is the only one who notices that the post says “Tuesday” on Wednesday.

    • Not Adahn

      …I thought it was implying that the links were even later than we thought they were.

    • "Tulsi Gabbard Apologist"

      Just noticed. Yup, those are definitely “Tuesday” boobies. We need the “Wednesday” boobies.

      • Gender Traitor

        Can’tNot willing to help you there. : )

    • Spudalicious

      sksksksk

      and I oop

    • Tonio

      Trying to be the new Nikki, dear?

      • Caput Lupinum

        While the title is largely symbolic, it does come with a very nice tiara that’ll fetch a tidy sum at a pawnshop.

      • Gustave Lytton

        But you also have to keep your sidewalk shoveled.

  12. JaimeRoberto Delecto

    Those are some hot links.

  13. "Tulsi Gabbard Apologist"

    The most important skill to have in the investment world is a willingness to accept group think and to not question said group think.

    https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/quant-legend-seeks-15b-new-fund-dedicated-fighting-climate-change

    “Quant Legend Seeks $1.5 Billion For New Fund Dedicated To Fighting Climate Change”

    FTA:

    Seemingly crafted to cash in on the ESG craze, Vogel’s Voloridge Sustainability Fund “will focus on companies affected by events such as floods, fires and natural disasters; firms that invest in efficient technologies; and electric-car makers and their suppliers,” according to anonymous sources cited by Bloomberg.

    Here’s a rundown of the fund’s business plan:

    About 30% of the Voloridge fund’s risk will be attributed to the three climate-related strategies, with the remainder made up of Voloridge Investment Management’s medium-term equity strategy – but include ESG rules and rankings. That strategy holds the average trade for about 45 days.

    The new fund will also be market neutral – bets on rising shares will be matched by wagers on falling stocks – and invest in companies that are more efficiently spending money on sustainability and ways to address environmental issues, while wagering against those that aren’t. It will short industries usually excluded from ethical investing, such as firearms, tobacco and casinos, but won’t take long positions on them.

    The new fund started trading this month using only internal capital. Vogel’s firm is coming off a hot year after its $2 billion Voloridge Fund gained 37% in 2019, while its $1 billion Voloridge Trading Aggressive Fund, which is closed to outside investors, gained about 31%. The firm manages about $3.1 billion.

    Vogel has reportedly spent years closely studying data pertaining to climate change, and is also extremely passionate about the issue: He also runs a nonprofit focused on studying the effects of climate change.

    According to Bloomberg, Vogel’s biggest challenge will be selling the fund to Wall Street: Just 23% of hedge fund managers surveyed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. said they believed ESG principles will help them outperform.

    But cagey investors might spot another problem: Vogel’s 70-man firm is based in Jupiter, Fla., which is situated along the state’s Atlantic coast.

    If one believes Greta Thunberg & Co., that city will be underwater in a decade or two.

    For somebody who’s trying to sell a fund based on the idea of capitalizing on climate change, he sure doesn’t seem too worried about it’s impact.”

    • "Tulsi Gabbard Apologist"

      Also, quantitative analysis is voodoo science (damn, does it feel good to write that).

    • Ted S.

      Nope, I’m happy with my low-fee Vanguard funds.

      • Ted S.

        (Just wish I had more money to invest.)

      • "Tulsi Gabbard Apologist"

        John Bogle was a great man.

      • AlmightyJB

        We have Fidelity through work. I was thinking about opening a Roth IRA with Vanguard though.

      • "Tulsi Gabbard Apologist"

        “The Roth IRA- for those who are hoping, against their better judgement, that the government won’t tax that shit twice”

      • RAHeinlein

        Vanguard options are quite limited if you are using them as your investment firm.

      • Florida Man

        Small cap index, mid cap index, S&P 500 index, international index, bonds. What else do you need?

      • "Tulsi Gabbard Apologist"

        “GOLD!”

        – Peter Schiff

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        + Dann Florek

      • RAHeinlein

        Personally, I use/like a lot more options. To each his own.

      • Florida Man

        I’m the kind of guy that eats Cheerios for breakfast everyday, so it’s one less decision to make.

      • RAHeinlein

        We’re heavy into “fat” FIRE, so spend a lot of time on investments/strategy.

      • SUPREME OVERLORD trshmnstr

        Index funds and buy and hold are difficult to beat investments and strategies. The Bogleheads converted me.

      • grrizzly

        Lately many brokerages abolished their fees for stocks/ETFs. You can buy Vanguard funds with any of them.

      • Annoyed Nomad

        I have my IRAs in Vanguard, but Fidelity has some great options available that you should check out. Then you can see your work contributions and Roth IRA all on one screen.

      • AlmightyJB

        Thanks!

    • Rufus the Monocled

      Know why they’re not worried? Just like Obama buying a house on Martha’s Vineyard and Di Caprio staying on his yacht….because they don’t believe their own bull shit. But bull shit they must to look good while virtue signalling. And they expect US to pay for it all.

      Fuck that. And I hope people use their noggins for once and see the shell shill game at play here.

    • Suthenboy

      I know a con when I see one…and a money suck.

    • Rhywun

      Let the lobbying for more green shit begin!

  14. The Late P Brooks

    Holy cow, i think he’s gonna make it!

  15. The Late P Brooks

    Brushing aside what he said were dubious environmental concerns that had previously prevented fireworks at the South Dakota landmark, Trump said he’d secured this year’s show easily.
    “What can burn? It’s stone. Nobody knew why,” Trump said of the concerns over the environment.

    What a scamp.

    • The Other Kevin

      He never got his parade with tanks, so why not?

  16. kinnath

    Somehow, by wife already knows about the “Paducah Fabric Store”.

    I get this feeling that I am being set up.

    • Q Continuum

      Bitch set me up.

    • Gustave Lytton

      Yeah, I was going to mention that’s in town too. Don’t worry, it’s not that big.

    • Gojira

      Paducah Kentucky? I grew up there (moved to Texas in 97). Hit up Dry Ground Brewery if you have time – they’re good.

      • kinnath

        My wife and I are heading to Nashville for the National Homebrew Convention. I was looking for things to see/do along the way.

        Someone mentioned the National Quilt Museum.

        So now, it appears were are spending two nights in Paducah (it is along the way from Iowa).

      • Gojira

        Cool, so you’re already pre-disposed to try out beers. I go back once a year at either Thanksgiving or Christmas to visit family, and usually end up spending an afternoon at Dry Ground. A few years ago the poor schmucks didn’t even realize what they had – they were legitimately as good as, if not better, than quite a number of larger/more established micro-breweries around here (Dallas), but didn’t know it. When I asked their distribution range, one of them pointed to another and told me that it was as far as that dude’s van could drive.

        For Thanksgiving last year they had a fantastic chocolate milkshake stout that they served with Nutter Butters to dip in. I’m normally wary of kitchy small-batches like that, but it was out of sight.

        *edit* You should write an article about the convention when you get back.

      • kinnath

        Imagine going to any home improvement show/convention. There will be a showroom with lots of people trying to sell you their scientific gadgets for making beer — many of them serving you beer from their booth.

        Thursday (club night) and Friday (pro nigh) are basically beer festivals with dozens and dozens booths serving beer.

        There will be class sessions about making beer. And most people do pub crawls in between.

        That is NHC.

      • Jarflax

        So large crowds of inebriated enthusiasts? Not my cup of tea, but I hope you have a great time.

      • Gojira

        Some combination of what you described and Wasteland Weekend is what I want my own personal afterlife to be like for eternity.

      • Bobarian LMD

        There are some really good BBQ places in Paducah. But even better is Owensboro.

      • Gojira

        Don’t think I’ve ever tried anyplace there. Recommendations?

      • Gustave Lytton

        We ate lunch at Just Like Mama’s in Metropolis, and liked it a lot.

  17. JaimeRoberto Delecto

    Is that Trevor Lawrence in the picture?

  18. The Other Kevin

    He fell off that stage like a bat into hell.

  19. The Late P Brooks

    According to Bloomberg, Vogel’s biggest challenge will be selling the fund to Wall Street: Just 23% of hedge fund managers surveyed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. said they believed ESG principles will help them outperform.

    I’m surprised they found that many. They should go back and ask those guys if they would put their own money in that stuff, and not just clients’.

    • Suthenboy

      Any company in that will only ‘make’ money when they receive subsidies for their green bullshit and as soon as that runs dry they will tank. The people setting up the fund are likely connected or already in charge of subsidies and will likely make money. The useful idiots putting their money in….not so much.

  20. Rebel Scum

    What is ‘federalism’?

    A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the enforcement of President Trump’s executive order that would allow state and local officials to opt out of accepting refugees — the latest judicial hurdle for the administration’s immigration policies.

    U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte agreed to issue the preliminary injunction, which had been requested by three faith-based national resettlement agencies: HIAS Inc., Church World Service Inc., and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service.

    Trump issued the executive order in September saying that the federal government would only resettle refugees if states and local governments had consented to do so — giving states a de facto veto over whether they would resettle refugees. The government is expected to appeal the injunction order.

    “State and local governments are best positioned to know the resources and capacities they may or may not have available to devote to sustainable resettlement, which maximizes the likelihood refugees placed in the area will become self-sufficient and free from long-term dependence on public assistance,” the order said.

    • Gustave Lytton

      It’s an upside down world. Anything not mandatory, is prohibited.

  21. DEG

    I approve of the front page picture and the lead picture. This clueless straight guy doesn’t want those that like looking at men to feel left out.

    “Have you considered that it could simply be a manufacturing defect? Or they accidentally put a female head on a male body?”

    I think that is more likely.

    “What can burn? It’s stone. Nobody knew why,” Trump said of the concerns over the environment.

    The trees nearby? But on the other hand, yes to fireworks.

    Lurking deep inside some tumours are “factories” full of immune cells that help the body fight a rearguard action against cancer and are key to helping some patients recover, new research shows.

    I like this.

    I like Cheap Trick.

    • jesse.in.mb

      Those are some fellows of size. I think you might be targeting the Warty demo more than the “people who find men attractive” demo though.

      • grrizzly

        Is that a fox?

      • jesse.in.mb

        The context link has the full size version of it, which I imagine would be easier to figure out.

      • Florida Man

        Is that Star Fox?

      • jesse.in.mb

        You’d have to ask HM. Context.

      • DEG

        “Clueless” is the operative word.

      • Jarflax

        I think with those guys it only matters what THEY find attractive, dudes who toss around 1/3 ton rocks for recreation can use linebackers as spinners.

  22. Gojira

    As some of tou may recall, the wife and I were right there when Meatloaf had a great fall – I think I mentioned it in the annual article I write about our adventures at Texas Frightmare every year.

    I don’t really have anywhere else to go with that story. I was there, he fell, had to be taken for medical evaluation, his panel was cancelled. He did seem to have a consistently decent autograph line before that.

    • "Tulsi Gabbard Apologist"

      How hard did the ground shake when he fell?

      • "Tulsi Gabbard Apologist"

        Gojira’s wife: *outstretches arms* Oh my God- is that an earthquake? Why is the ground shaking?

        Gojira: *holds onto wife* Don’t worry honey, I got you

        *lights swing perilously above*

        Random Concert Goer: Oh my God, there’s a beached whale here! Somebody get a marine biologist, fast!

      • Gojira

        I don’t remember if I *actually* felt the ground shake, or if my brain is inserting that memory because I imagine that’s what would happen.

  23. Rebel Scum

    At least she has a nice rack.

    President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has named Kimberly Guilfoyle as the new national finance chair of the Trump Victory Finance Committee, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

    Guilfoyle, the campaign confirmed to Breitbart News ahead of a public release of the move, will lead a nationwide volunteer and grassroots fundraising program targeted at recruiting and activating bundlers across the country to help the president’s reelection push.

    “The stakes have never been higher in a presidential election, which is why it’s my honor to serve as national chair for the Trump Victory Finance Committee,” Guilfoyle said. “The president’s record of success is drawing unprecedented support from across the country, and these crucial financial resources will ensure he’s in a strong position to win in November.”

    Colluding with Russia was one thing. Now Drumpf is colluding with Faux News.

  24. Certified Public Asshat

    The onion can sometimes still do it:

    Sanders Campaign Doubles Down With New Ad Warning Americans They’ll Never Be Able To Hear A Female President Over The Sound Of Her Vacuum pic.twitter.com/bRzf1cEQco— The Onion (@TheOnion) January 14, 2020

  25. The Late P Brooks

    A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the enforcement of President Trump’s executive order that would allow state and local officials to opt out of accepting refugees — the latest judicial hurdle for the administration’s immigration policies.

    U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte agreed to issue the preliminary injunction, which had been requested by three faith-based national resettlement agencies: HIAS Inc., Church World Service Inc., and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service.

    “Faith-based” groups can now compel government action?

    WTF SRSLY?

    • Ted S.

      And why do they have standing?

      • Stinky Wizzleteats

        Because shut up and bend over.

      • WTF

        Because FYTW?

      • Rhywun

        Because racist.

      • JaimeRoberto Delecto

        Lost revenue.

      • Bobarian LMD

        Orange Man Bad?

    • "Tulsi Gabbard Apologist"

      I may be wrong, but I think the federal government has used these groups to resettle refugees since before the “faith based initiative” stuff. Their standing would likely be that this order would detrimentally impact their work.

  26. Florida Man

    So I woke up to water under the floor board in the master bath, so went to shut off the main water supply only to have the valve break. So I shut water off from the street supply and pulled the valve, took it to Home Depot and got a 1 inch replacement. Got home and discovered it’s 1 and 1/4. Had to shower at the gym. Luckily it’s super busy and I’ll probably have to work late. yay.

    • The Other Kevin

      Sorry to hear that. Did you at least think of the Benny Hill theme song while this was happening?

      • Florida Man

        I thought about burning the house down. Does that count?

      • Ted S.

        Or, you could have tried this.

      • AlmightyJB

        Haven’t we all.

      • The Other Kevin

        With your luck the water from the leak would put it out.

      • Florida Man

        Hearty chuckle*

        Yup.

      • Fourscore

        Turn the water heater off if you have the mains turned off, as a precaution

      • Florida Man

        I didn’t know that. Thanks.

    • DEG

      Sorry.

      • Florida Man

        Thanks. Plumber is coming Friday. Hopefully he is gentle with me.

      • peachy rex

        There’s an inch and a quarter joke in there somewhere…

      • Florida Man

        *takes microphone from stand*

        And what’s with 23 mm valve nuts?

      • peachy rex

        If your valve nuts are 23mm, consult a doctor immediately.

      • The Last American Hero

        Nobody needs 23mm of valve nuts.

    • Tundra

      I think I’ve replace most of the valves in this house. Good valves are cheap, in the big picture, but fucking builders put in garbage.

      Why aren’t ball valves standard everywhere?

      • Florida Man

        I’m assuming it’s Trump’s fault.

      • Lackadaisical

        At least they bothered to put valves in. *mutters *

      • Tundra

        Ah yes, the missing shut-offs for the shower and bath.

        That’s handy for replacing fixtures, eh?

      • Lackadaisical

        The whole upstairs (2 full baths) and parts of the basement with no valve separating them.

        Now I add a valve whenever I shut off the main, which luckily hasn’t happened since I replaced the garden house bib last year. thank God for pex and shark bites.

      • Tundra

        Word.

        Valves need to be everywhere.

      • cyto

        I ran into a similar problem about a decade ago.

        All of the valves outside are gate valves. Two of the hose valves were leaking, so I grabbed replacements. But when I went to sweat the joints, I learned that the main valve was also crappy and had a tiny amount of water coming through when closed.

        Why is this important, you ask? Well, I’m trying to get the pipe up to temp, and water keeps running down the line. Just a tiny bit, but enough to make me worried that I’m never going to get it up to temp. It took an inordinate amount of time to get that joint done – and all that torch work scorched my wall.

        All thanks to cheap gate valves that don’t close right.

  27. LJW

    Virginia Governor Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Pro-Gun Rally

    “We have received credible intelligence from our law enforcement agencies that there are groups with malicious plans for the rally that is planned for Monday,” Northam said during a press conference Wednesday afternoon.

    Let’s see that evidence. Unless ANTIFA was planning on showing up, then I might believe him.

    • "Tulsi Gabbard Apologist"

      Same trick VA played with the Charlottesville madness. They declared a state of emergency to stop Nazis from protesting. Led to someone getting killed. Civil libertarians all of a sudden silent

      • Winston

        Civil Libertarians instead called for mass ostracism and censorship of the unwoke.

      • Bobarian LMD

        Neither civil, nor libertarian.

      • LJW

        It’s a shitty attempt to paint all guns rights activists as violent racist.

      • "Tulsi Gabbard Apologist"

        We know it’s going to work, right?

      • Bobarian LMD

        He’ll get by with a little help from the press.

    • Chipwooder

      Northam is one of the most repugnant pieces of shit in American politics today, which really says something. Lucky for us Virginians, he’s not even the most vile elected official in the state – that would be Mark Herring.

      • Tonio

        Po-TAY-to, Po-TAH-to.

    • Tonio

      Northam is a giant pussy.

    • Ted S.

      It wouldn’t surprise me that the cops or other Commonwealth-affiliated groups have malicious plans for the rally.

      • Rebel Scum

        Supposedly VCDL has been buddy-buddy in coordinating with the City/State police. So idk whats going to happen but I wouldn’t be surprised if Profa showed up and caused a Charlottesville type situation. Either way I will not be in Richmond that day.

    • Winston

      Fears Charlottesville style violence? More like welcomes it so he can get all the Betlwayarians to call for gun bans,

      • Stinky Wizzleteats

        Yep, get people so worked up that there is violence and then crack down.

    • Grumbletarian

      Fearing potential violence, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is declaring a state of emergency and is banning firearms and other weapons on the Capitol grounds in Richmond ahead of a gun rights demonstration planned for next week.

      I’m sure bike locks and cups of cement are still allowed.

    • Tonio

      Scare people and suppress turnout by those fearing Antifa violence and police inaction.

    • Gadfly

      So is the governor planning on breaking out the fire hoses or not?

      • Tonio

        He doesn’t have many, but Mayor Stoney does.

    • Social Justice is Neither

      At this point I assume the group with malicious plans is antifa and the gun grabber is using their threats to tar the pro 2A groups deliberately.

  28. gbob

    I was going to bitch ab out the late lynx, but the pictures make up for it. All is forgiven.

  29. Winston

    https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2020

    So can someone explain to me how Grandpa Gulag is a libertarian?

    Also they claim this applies to all countries while claiming that only in the US is Sanders leftist and supporting “unfettered market forces” and opposing state healthcare is mainstream.

    Not to mention the whole four-quadrant is based on American politics of the 1960s and 1970s so not universally applicable.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      I guess they don’t have access to a dictionary. Sanders is about as libertarian as I am a communist.

    • Jarflax

      The Bernie Bros I know actually have some libertarian impulses, they just have broken minds from our educational system. The thought process seems to be:

      1. Liberty is good
      2. Government & big businesses are frequently in bed together to the detriment of smaller businesses and individuals
      3. This crony capitalism must be stopped.
      4. brain breaks down
      5. Giving Government more power over businesses will somehow accomplish #3

      This is why all the libertarian glee at college kids talking about freedom leaves me cold. They talk about freedom, then they turn to big Government as the source of freedom. That is like someone deciding they want to eat healthy and then doing their grocery shopping at the candy store because the candy is plant based.

      • peachy rex

        Oreos are vegan!

      • Lackadaisical

        Correct. My best friend is exactly like this. He was a Bernie bro in 2016, I tried convincing him to vote for gay Jay, but I doing think it worked, given gj’s fucking around.

  30. Rebel Scum

    Deranged cat lady pushes Russian conspiracy theory.

    Sources told CNN that the speaker “mused that sometimes she wonders whether McConnell has Russian connections” during a closed-door meeting with the Democratic caucus.

    Pelosi criticized McConnell for “acting like a rogue Senate leader” and raised concerns about the Russian hacking of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma.

    Over the weekend, Pelosi also said McConnell is an “accomplice” to Russian election interference.

    McConnell has faced accusations that he is in league with Russian interests before, including from MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough, who labeled the senator “Moscow Mitch.” In July 2019, McConnell called such claims “modern-day McCarthyism,” adding that they are “toxic and damaging because of the way [they warp] our entire public discourse.”

  31. Rebel Scum

    Progressives Call On African Americans To Quit Their Jobs To Avoid Being Used As A Trump Statistic

    “If you really cared about the cause, you’d quit and become homeless so we could tell everyone how bad Trump’s economy is for black people,” communist activist Pau Jamm told his only black friend in a Portland coffee shop Wednesday. “You guys are really killing us here with how much you’re working.”

    Some committed progressives are even firing black people in order to show just how bad the economy is for minorities. Austin woman Britney Baila sat down one of her employees, black man Henry Porter, to let him know that he was being fired for his own good. “Listen, you’re doing great — you’ve been a valued part of this organization for several years now. But you’re just not helping the narrative that Trump is harming minority workers.”

    • AlmightyJB

      Perfect

    • jesse.in.mb

      We need bee quote marks or something.

      ? beemojis?

      • AlmightyJB

        Good idea!

    • Tonio

      I’m really surprised that intersectionalists haven’t tried to shut them down for heresy.

      • Not Adahn

        Other than CNN and Snopes, you mean?

    • Ted S.

      Only for other people’s tracking cookies, or theirs as well?

  32. gbob

    So, it’s probably too local, but lemme tell you why I love the Bills Mafia. Some loudmouth jackass named Jerry Coleman from the radio in Baltimore started ragging on Bills fans. Talk about how our city sucks, etc. It was pointed out on Twitter that he had a pinned tweet about his mom having Alzheimers, and a link to a charity. Bills fans, instead of just shitting on the guy, instead decided that we would donate money to the charity instead. It looks like drunken Bills fans donated over 7k to the charity.

    Here’s some audio when he started to take notice today.

    It’s about being a dick in the nicest way possible. That’s my fucking city.

    • Florida Man

      Wait. Some guy in BALTIMORE is talking crap about another city? I’m sorry. I’m letting that sink in.

      • Lackadaisical

        Yeah, I was having the same reaction. Probably about 20 years ago he would have been right, but it’s actually starting to get liveable here.

      • The Last American Hero

        The success of the chicken wing industry really made a huge impact.

    • Rhywun

      drunken Bills fans

      Get out.

      Heh, sometimes I miss Buffalo. Imagine if the state government wasn’t trying to destroy it?

      • Lackadaisical

        Have you visited lately?

        It is vastly changed.

      • Rhywun

        Nope. Not since I packed my bags on North Street and headed to California ~25 years ago.

    • Gadfly

      It’s about being a dick in the nicest way possible.

      So, libertarian role models?

    • Gojira

      They were already my 3rd favorite NFL team solely for this.

      Once Mahomes is retired they’ll move up to 2nd.

      • gbob

        Slander! We don’t throw dildos. It’a not our fault that Brady drops his mouthpiece on the field and we get blamed for it.

    • Pecan Sandy

      As a long time listener of Coleman on 105.7 here in Baltimore I must say that he is an absolute local treasure. He got shit from bills fans on Twitter about the upcoming game (which sucked) and took it out on all of them in a very general manner along with the city of buffalo. He stated it was all in good fun until one of them brought his mom into it when he stated that his mother was dying from autism, prompting him to post the charity link, which many bills fans donated to. He talked about it today and was very gracious and thankful for the donations.

  33. The Late P Brooks

    Their standing would likely be that this order would detrimentally impact their work.

    Boo fucking hoo.

    • Florida Man

      Those things are so stupid. Every time they list best state to live in I always ask where the migration patterns are. RankIng Minnesota #1 because of bike trails is just retarded.

      • Tundra

        Jealousy doesn’t become you, dude.

      • Florida Man

        I’m sorry, I couldn’t hear you over the sound of picking up another representative.

      • Lackadaisical

        Why would you brag about getting an extra criminal?

    • Gadfly

      Guess what the US has more of than those supposedly ranked higher than it?

      • B.P.

        It’s gotta be Hitler this time.

    • LJW

      This may be anecdotal. My in-laws have housed foreign college student athletes for several years. Kids from France, Brazil, Serbia, the UK and Poland. They’ve all had one thing in common, after graduating they desperately want to stay in the United States.

      • Heroic Mulatto

        It also suffers from a self-selection bias.

      • RAHeinlein

        “It’s funny how many people from Illinois are on this flight to Chicago.”

    • whiz

      They should compare with individual states — I’m sure the bad ones are mostly very blue, or at least the bad areas in them are blue.

    • Juvenile Bluster

      Behind Australia? When taking into account cost of living? Yeah whatever.

    • B.P.

      “‘Nearly half the world – and it’s nearly universal in wealth countries – has the opportunity for foad leave for dads. ”

      Fuck off and die leave? I think we have that here in the U.S.

      • Rhywun

        Of course left unsaid is that’s mandatory even for entry-level jobs.

        What’s the unemployment rate in all those countries?

      • Gustave Lytton

        Before or after juking the stats?

      • Naptown Bill

        I’m currently on a month of newborn leave. It’s a perk of my job and one they advertise heavily. I also make a hell of a lot less than other people at other places with my job title. Incentives, options, different compensation packages attracting different people with different interests…I’m not seeing the problem here in the U.S.

      • leon

        You shouldn’t be free to choose a compensation package of your liking!!!

    • leon

      “: Gun violence, sky-high cost of living ”

      Did they only sample Chicago?

    • grrizzly

      It gets nearly full marks (scored out of 10) for categories like entrepreneurship and cultural influence.

      But when it comes to the factors that shape day-to-day living, the US falls short.

      For matters of ‘citizenship,’ the US gets just a 5.4, comprised of sub-categories like gender equality, distribution of political power and its dismal marks for human rights (4.5), caring about the environment (0.9) and trustworthiness (1.6).

      If I could find a highway in New England that had anything more interesting on both sides than forest then it would be more fun to drive around. But 0.9 points for the environment, come on…

      • Juvenile Bluster

        Basically, that seems to be “The people there engage in wrongthink”

      • Rhywun

        The US doesn’t cut it when it comes to leftist shibboleths. How dreadful.

    • Suthenboy

      “Gun Violence”

      Gun violence is not about guns, it is about culture. What no one seems willing to say is that nearly ALL of the gun violence in the US is concentrated not just in urban areas but certain neighborhoods in urban areas. Those urban areas also happen to be mostly minority, either black or immigrants from countries with violent honor cultures. Go into rural areas filled with deplorables….you know, gun nuts….and you find gun violence to be almost non-existent. Yet those deplorables are the primary target of the gun control crowd not because the grabbers want an end to violence but because those same deplorables are the least likely people in the world to bend the knee.

      Interesting map: https://www.thetrace.org/features/gun-violence-interactive-shootings-map/?place=Richmond-Virginia

      Same pattern everywhere in the country. Certain neighborhoods of urban areas, barely a smattering outside of that.

      • Suthenboy

        Gun control isn’t about guns. It is about control.

      • RAHeinlein

        Nice link – thanks.

      • Gustave Lytton

        Ditto.

      • Fourscore

        Interesting map. Take out the 4 biggest metro areas in MN and the map is nearly blank

      • Stinky Wizzleteats

        Huh, stay out of the cities.

    • Sean

      Good. We’re a shitty place to seek sanctuary. Get the illegals the fuck out of here then. Send them somewhere more “safe” – for the children.

    • Lackadaisical

      Which is why all those counties have far higher birth rates, oh wait. ..

  34. Rebel Scum

    Pointless virtue signal is pointless

    The Equal Rights Amendment is one step closer to ratification in Virginia after a house committee voted 13-9 to move the amendment to a full floor vote Monday morning.

    A Senate committee already advanced a similar resolution. The resolutions are now before the full House and Senate, and final passage could come as soon as this week.

    ERA advocates say the measure will enshrine equality for women in the Constitution, offering stronger protections in sex discrimination cases. Opponents warn it will erode commonsense protections for women, such as workplace accommodations during pregnancies.

    Once the measure advances fully through both chambers, Virginia would become the decisive 38th state to approve it, surpassing the three-quarters of states needed to add an amendment to the Constitution.

    But even if it’s ratified, court battles are expected over a long-passed 1982 deadline set by Congress, as well as other legal issues.

    It should be a very short court battle.

    • Jarflax

      It should be a very short court battle.

      Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha

      3 years and a circuit split minimum.

    • Winston

      Apparently the argument is that the preamble mentions the deadline, not the text, even though no one at the time thought that was a real change or how the preamble is the only place that mentions that State Legislatures are the ones to ratify which advocates won’t ignore. Or how Congress can extend the deadline, let alone retroactively.

      • leon

        Or That five states revoked ratification.

      • Winston

        A bunch of defeated Confederate states tried that so…RACIST!

    • leon

      They want it both ways. Five
      States have revoked ratification and so they have to argue that A deadlines don’t matter and B states can’t revoke ratification before an amendment is ratified.

      • Winston

        You forgot: The Preamble stating how the Amendment is to be ratified still matters but the deadline in the preamble doesn’t matter.

      • Winston

        Note how both the deadline and the requirement of ratification by state legislatures is in the same sentence.

        https://www.heritage.org/the-constitution/report/the-1972-equal-rights-amendment-can-no-longer-be-ratified-because-it-no

        “Resolved…that the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid…when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission by the Congress.”

      • Rebel Scum

        In this case the “preamble” states a legal qualifer. And I had previously hear that some states revoked ratification. Checkmate*.

        *Except we have multiple recent examples of text of law being meaningless because feelz.

    • Trigger Hippie

      All adult women shall also be issued a DOOMCOCK no less than twice the length and girth of the national average.

      • Lackadaisical

        It’s only fair.

  35. Juvenile Bluster

    “No future President should entertain the idea that Article II means he can do whatever he wants” – Speaker Pelosi, upon signing the articles of impeachment.

    1. He? Sexist.
    2. If only she meant it, because of course it will be ignored when Team Blue is back in office with a pen and a phone.

    • Raven Nation

      Not sexist. A woman president would listen to the people, form a consensus, and do what’s right for the American people.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        The correct interpretation

    • Naptown Bill

      It’s as if Obama didn’t act just that way for eight years straight.

    • Spudalicious

      And of course as a politician, she ignores context. His comment was in regards to firing Comey.

    • leon

      I figured this was how she was announcing she’s supporting Bernie.

      • Suthenboy

        Every time Bernie enters my mind from not until the moldy old commie dies I will hear “What are going to do with all the liberals? – Oh, they get the wall first.”

        All of the liberals and berniebros are going to roll their eyes up in their heads and pretend that was never said.

        “You can take them (useful idiots) by force to Siberia and show them the gulags and they still wont believe it. They will only believe it when the military boot is crushing their balls. Not before. ” – Yuri Bezmenov, former Soviet chief propagandist for SE Asia

  36. Suthenboy

    BTW, that map I linked to above

    http://www.thetrace.org

    Search Louisiana, it is a particularly enlightening example of what I was talking about.

    • Raven Nation

      Hey Suthen, we were generally in your neck of the woods last week…four days in NOLA.

      • Suthenboy

        “four days in NOLA.”

        I am sorry

      • Raven Nation

        Good food, good music.

        We were happy.

    • Fourscore

      Yep, pretty quiet except for the metro areas

    • robc

      14 shootings since 2014, 6 dead, 9 wounded in a city of 80k. I think I am safe.

      • robc

        That is in a larger metro area (my city os not the metro core).

    • Rhywun

      Hm. The one homicide shown in my neighborhood actually happened miles away.

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      The shootings in our area are unsurprisingly primarily in the ghettos.

      • Naptown Bill

        In my town, last year there were something like five shootings near me. Four were at the intersection of Madison and President, right in front of a public housing complex. The fifth was a block away and was related to a high school beef; a kid got shot walking around with some friends by another kid driving past. Both lived in that same public housing.

  37. Naptown Bill

    My wife put on the world’s worst beauty pageant, AKA the Democratic presidential debates, for about twenty minutes. Wow. None of these clowns can come even close to beating Trump. It was hilarious listening to these people try to finagle some kind of advantage out of Iran and the USMCA.

    • Juvenile Bluster

      My wife refuses to watch those things, and she can’t stand Trump (she cried the night of the election). She was rolling her eyes at a news report about it this morning though. I told her that between the debate and the Bernie and Warren supporters fighting that my estimate of Trump winning 40 states was too low. She gave me a look and then said that I’m probably right.

      • Suthenboy

        Has she explained what she doesn’t like about Trump? I have yet to get a rational or honest explanation out of any Trump hater

      • robc

        He destroyed the USFL.

      • Spudalicious

        It was destroyed before they played their first game. Kind of like his casinos in Atlantic City.

      • Spudalicious

        We’ve discussed this before, but I wasn’t a Trumpian. I thought he was going to be Peter King in the Oval Office. To my surprise, in most areas, he’s kicking ass. There’s never been a President I agreed with 100%, but Trump is up there. I would still like to shove his iphone up his ass.

      • Winston

        Seems the Deep State and MSM hatred of him and his genuine dislike of the regulatory state has lead to some libertarianish impulses showing.

      • Winston

        According to the political compass I posted above Trump is an extreme-right authoritarian. I’m not sure how that jives with his dislike of the regulatory state which is something that right-wing authoritarians love.

      • Rhywun

        According to the political compass I posted above Trump is an extreme-right authoritarian

        Saw that and rolled my eyes.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        I Speak Fluent Jive,
        Or do you mean Jibe?

      • Spudalicious

        And it came as a complete surprise to me.

      • Juvenile Bluster

        If Trump didn’t have Twitter his approval rating would be 10 points higher.

        I don’t think he’s as libertarian-ish as some of you all do. He’s your standard politician, basically. He’s better than our last few leaders but that doesn’t say much. I’ll vote for him against most anyone the Dems put up though, because they’re genuinely frightening to me.

      • Naptown Bill

        He’s a 90s Democrat.

      • Juvenile Bluster

        The entire mainstream Republican Party are 90s Democrats nowadays.

      • Winston

        I thought 90s Democrats were the libertarian moment?

        Also Republicans being Old School Democrats is nothing new. That is their whole MO since Eisenhower.

      • Winston

        I know, tallest midget and all.

      • Sean

        Disagree about his Twitter use. Yes, some of it gets cringey, but it drives his enemies into rages and fits of stupidity.

      • Juvenile Bluster

        Mostly afraid he’s going to get us into a major war (she didn’t exactly like it when I told her that Hillary was more likely than Trump to do that).

        She doesn’t like any of the Dem candidates though, save Yang and Mayor Pete. She’ll vote for Biden if she has to. She won’t vote, as far as she’s told me, for Bernie/Warren/Bloomberg.

      • Naptown Bill

        Mine hates him because he was a big Obama foe, he’s boorish, and she swears he’s a big ol’ racist rape monster. He’s an obnoxious, rich white guy who isn’t sorry for it. I think that’s the main gripe.

      • Winston

        he’s boorish

        yep, he represents the subhuman white working class vermin that our rich white urban elites hate so much.

        He’s an obnoxious, rich white guy who isn’t sorry for it

        Correct answer is that he doesn’t pretend to be sorry for being a rich white man since the SJWs are perfectly fine with their money and fancy houses.

      • Suthenboy

        Except the first, none of that has anything whatsoever to do with being president

      • Naptown Bill

        Well, if it did it would be one thing, but LBJ was a notorious boor and nevertheless seemed to keep it together enough to not ignite WW3, and Trump seems better than he was. Obama was pretty racist, and I’ll bet we’ve had more than a few other racist presidents–FDR leaps immediately to mind–but, again, if it doesn’t affect performance on the job I don’t care. Frankly, the word is thrown around so much that it means nothing to me anymore. As for accusations of rape, I’m still waiting on actual proof. So far, all I see is a bunch of screaming lunatics who hate the man and have already shown they’re willing to level false accusations against their political foes.

        It’s because he’s a type, and people of a particular ideological or political bent hate the type the same way some people hate Pajama Boy. Leonardo DiCaprio owns a goddamn cruise ship of a yacht and only dates women under 25, but he goes on about climate change so he’s ok. Donald Trump, on the other hand, is, ironically, the very stereotype of the rich, cruel, Republican WASP, and because he hasn’t banned straws from the White House or apologized for the Enlightenment he’s a racist misogynist anti-Semite Russian spy.

    • Sean

      The phrase you’re looking for is “curb stomp.”

      As in, Trump will curb stomp anyone the DNC runs against him.

  38. Winston

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism

    Populism refers to a range of political stances that emphasize the idea of “the people” and often juxtapose this group against “the elite”. The term developed in the 19th century and has been applied to various politicians, parties, and movements since that time, although has rarely been chosen as a self-description. Within political science and other social sciences, several different definitions of populism have been employed, with some scholars proposing that the term be rejected altogether.

    A common framework for interpreting populism is known as the ideational approach: this defines populism as an ideology which presents “the people” as a morally good force and contrasts them against “the elite”, who are portrayed as corrupt and self-serving. Populists differ in how “the people” are defined, but it can be based along class, ethnic, or national lines. Populists typically present “the elite” as comprising the political, economic, cultural, and media establishment, depicted as a homogeneous entity and accused of placing their own interests, and often the interests of other groups—such as large corporations, foreign countries, or immigrants—above the interests of “the people”. Populist parties and social movements are often led by charismatic or dominant figures who present themselves as the “voice of the people”.

    So what exactly is populism then? “Us vs. Them” and attacking the “corrupt serving elite” have been the bedrock of politics for millennia. Classical Liberalism was all about attacking the Catholic (or Crypto-Catholic) Other and the corrupt Church and Aristocracy.

    • Winston

      So you have to be a Mexican then?

    • jesse.in.mb

      KristenInVA
      ‏@KrisInRVA
      Replying to @LibertyHangout

      It seems “Liberty hangout” has no effing idea what “libertarian” means which is pretty on brand.

      Is a pretty great response.

      • Rhywun

        wut

      • Suthenboy

        Leftists trying to discredit libertarians. I don’t know why they bother, libertarians are doing a fine job all on their own. See TOS.

      • Count Potato

        I’m pretty sure they are socons, not leftists.

    • Sean

      What about eating ass?

    • JD is Unemployed

      Excuse my ignorance, not following the twits, and not being familiar with Liberty Hangouts, but, good grief, is “libertarian” now defined by self-identified “SJWs” on the Twitter with rhetorical garbage like “words have meanings”?

      Unless one actively suggests, when prompted, that something is “beautiful, stunning, and brave”, then it means they are an intolerant shitlord? I remember Chef’s brilliant speech about tolerance from ’90s South Park. Good grief we’re a long way from that now.

      • Winston

        is “libertarian” now defined by self-identified “SJWs”

        Yes? Need those cocktail party invites.

        Good grief we’re a long way from that now.

        Turns out society is still perfectly fine with ostracizing people with improper beliefs but what is now improper has changed. Tolerance! Pluralism! Social Liberalism!

      • JD is Unemployed

        It’s a mad mad world.

    • Spudalicious

      That was friggin’ awesome.

      • Tundra

        That was Pope Jimbo!

    • Not Adahn

      Mongorian?

      And I’m assuming that was a honking rock of salt?

  39. Tundra

    I will absolutely surrender to the awesomeness of your pic and song selection.

    Well done, Spud.

    • Spudalicious

      Links took me about 10 minutes.

      I wore out my cassette of Live At Budokan.

      • Tundra

        I’ve listened to that song now four times in a row.

      • Tundra

        Five.

    • Juvenile Bluster

      Risky click of the day.

    • Sean

      That pussy got topped.

    • JD is Unemployed

      That’s a brave chipmunk.

      • Not Adahn

        Not a chipmunk. I think it was a sugar glider.

  40. Juvenile Bluster

    I like to listen to old-time radio dramas. I have hundreds of hours of them on my phone that I listen to in the car. Mostly police dramas like Dragnet.

    An ad that comes up once in a while comes from the early 50s. It’s an anti-racism ad. The announcer talks about how none of us would knowingly betray our country, but we do so if we’re tolerant of, or don’t fight back against prejudice. It mentions some common prejudices (“Christian against Jew, white neighbor against colored neighbor, and native born against foreign born”). Why? Because that’s what the communists want. “They’d like to see us divided. If our enemies could divide all the small groups that make up this country, then we would be weak. And could easily be overcome”. Ends with an excoriation to work against prejudice and “accept or reject people on their individual worth”.

    Something of an interesting parallel to how the left is trying to divide people on those exact lines nowadays. And how accepting or rejecting people on their individual worth is now bad.

    • Winston

      Democrats encouraging racial tension to defeat Republicans and create a one-party state? Never happened before.

    • Rhywun

      Dayum, that’s awesome. And absolutely correct.

      I used to love “CBS Radio Mystery Theater” when I was a kid. I should look into that.

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      Sounds interesting, where do you download those from?

      • Tundra

        +1

      • Gustave Lytton

        Not JB, but Radio Classics on SXM. Pretty sure I heard that commercial too.

      • Stinky Wizzleteats

        Gracias

      • Juvenile Bluster

        Been years, but I think this is the place I downloaded from. Old Time Radio Library

    • The Hyperbole

      The thing I notice about old-timey radio is that when they pinned a murder on a guy or gal they pretty much just assumed s/he was going to the chair. Justice was quick and unforgiving. Also Marshal Dillon was a Capital ‘A’ Asshole.

      • Florida Man

        Yeah! Give me Andy Griffith as my sherif.

      • Not Adahn

        When I got involved with IDPA, they used a magazine loaded with one round that they’d chamber before loading a full magazine. This 1-round holding mag was called a “Barney.” I kicked myself at how long it took me to figure that out.

      • Florida Man

        We could use more cops with only 1 bullet.

      • Juvenile Bluster

        This reminds me of another thing from a radio drama. I think I’ve mentioned it before.

        So there was this show that lasted 2 years called “Tales of the Texas Rangers”. It was a Dragnet-like (“Names, dates and places have been changed for obvious reasons. The events themselves are a matter of record.”) show about a Texas Ranger named Jace Pearson, played by Joel McCrae, who was a pretty big movie star at the time.

        At the end of one episode he tells an anecdote about a Ranger who would carry his revolver with only 5 bullets, with the hammer resting on the empty cartridge. He says that the Ranger said that would protect the gun from being accidentally fired, for instance.

        When asked if having only 5 bullets might harm his position, he said “If you can’t hit your target with 5 shells, the 6th one won’t matter”. I think of that when I hear about modern police spraying bullets everywhere (and hitting everything but their target).

      • Spudalicious

        “Also Marshal Dillon was a Capital ‘A’ Asshole.”

        SHUT YOUR DIRTY WHORE MOUTH!!!

      • Juvenile Bluster

        Agreed. Marshall Dillon was the man.

      • The Hyperbole

        If by ‘the man’ you mean an authoritative dickhead who bent the law he claimed to uphold whenever it didn’t quite jive with is personal feelings than yes Marshall Dillon was ‘the man’. I’ll take Britt Ponset or Paladin, not lawmen but they held themselves to a higher ethical standard than that douche bag Marshall, Oh and Chester is a sniveling cunte.

      • egould310

        Yeah.

    • Suthenboy

      It isn’t parallel, it is the exact same. That is exactly what identity politics is about and the goal hasn’t changed one bit. It is a deliberate, calculated attack on civil society.

    • whiz

      Hey JB, you’re probably gone by now, but I listen to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio (website and 6-day-a-week podcast). If you haven’t seen it, you might be interested.

  41. Gustave Lytton

    Just saw the 2020 rock and roll hall of fame winners. What an absolute joke.

    • Tundra

      Lynk?

    • Spudalicious

      No Boston or Foreigner?

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      It’s in Cleveland FFS, what do expect, a Lou Reed, Lemmy and Neil reunion?

    • The Hyperbole

      Until the Kinks are init will continue to be a joke.

      • MikeS

        It doesn’t matter if the Kinks ever get in. It has been a joke almost since it’s inception, and will continue to be one until it changes it’s name to the Pop Music Hall of Fame.

      • MikeS

        Also, the Kinks were inducted 30 years ago.

      • The Hyperbole

        Oh well, I guess it’s all good then, rock on! Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

    • MikeS

      Un. Fucking. Believable.

      Congratulations to the newest Inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In the Performer Category:

      Depeche Mode
      The Doobie Brothers
      Whitney Houston
      Nine Inch Nails
      The Notorious B.I.G.
      T. Rex

      • Tundra

        No
        Maybe
        God, no
        No
        No
        Yes

      • MikeS

        No
        Maybe
        God, no
        No
        No Are you fucking kidding me right now?
        Yes

      • AlmightyJB

        No
        Yes
        No
        Ask me again in 10 years
        No
        Yes

      • MikeS

        Actually, I want to change my vote on NIN to “Wait and See”

      • Rhywun

        C’mon. Depeche Mode fuckin’ rocks.

      • Tundra

        I love them, but they are not R&R.

        Halls of fame are fucking retarded, regardless.

      • Rhywun

        Agreed. I like that it attracts visitors to Cleveland, though. They need all the help they can get.

      • AlmightyJB

        It’s still a fun way to spend 3 hours.

      • Tundra

        I have to visit a vendor there soon. I’ll definitely go.

      • AlmightyJB

        That could be a Ramones song.

      • Gustave Lytton

        Biggie didn’t die for this shit.

      • AlmightyJB

        Nope, he died for no reason at all.

      • RAHeinlein

        Good God, and I thought Janet Jackson was a low.

      • Naptown Bill

        I like all of those acts, but none of them are what I’d consider rock except T. Rex, maybe The Doobie Brothers.

      • MikeS

        Here’s some nominees who were less worthy than Biggy for inclusion into the R&R HOF:

        Pat Benatar
        Judas Priest
        Kraftwerk
        MC5
        Motörhead
        Todd Rundgren
        Soundgarden
        Thin Lizzy

      • The Hyperbole

        Would but no
        no
        god no
        yes
        no
        no
        call me in five years
        yes

      • Count Potato

        They have an awfully broad definition of “Rock & Roll”.

    • RAHeinlein

      I’ll take 80’s prom themes for $600, Tundra.

      • Tundra

        Just between you and me, RA!

      • Tundra

        It pains me to admit this, but you are really good at this.

        Bastard.

      • RAHeinlein

        That takes me back – Baybayayaya

  42. commodious spittoon

    WADDA FUCKEN WEEK

    At least it’s finally over.

    In two more days.