Jeez, is it only Tuesday? One kid had a night-terror freakout and wet the bed at 4am, and the other woke up at the commotion and decided to just not go back to sleep. But not, like quietly. So I’ve been up since 4am. I had to deal with a cranky 4-year-old freakout at daycare, and I have a whole pile of shit to do. It feels like 4 days have passed since Monday. Can we just give up and start over again on Wednesday?
Damn, were they handing out free iPhones or something? Trump Kills 56 More Iranians (free headline for the Bee)
Cool, now do Comey and other senior FBI officials.
OMWC, call your office.
Fusion and “super-penetration”, what more could you libertarian geeks want?
Dammit, CNN settled with Sandman, but the amount isn’t public. How much they they pay for their slander?
The fact that they got anything is kind of a huge deal. No way a media corporation is going to 1) demonstrate that they’ll settle and 2) violate their iron-clad echo chamber by admitting they did something wrong like this if they could avoid it.
Ima guess, a round $1mm.
They’d probably spend nearly that much just getting to and through the trial.
Excellent. One down.
How about some good news for a change?
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/07/cnn-settle-covington-catholic-student-nick-sandmann/
“CNN Agrees To Settle With Covington Catholic Student Nick Sandmann”
One can only hope that people will have to lose their job at CNN as a result of this. Not to worry, though, they can learn to code.
Good for them to have pursued it after the original judgment that almost stopped them in their tracks.
CNN probably read the writing on the wall and decided to just settle. Would love to know for how much.
Assholes. The media that is. Who was the reporter – some blonde chick – that interviewed Sandman saying there was something troubling about his stare?
Douche move on her part.
And of course if Sandman hadn’t just stood there he would have been excoriated for that
The Florida flag is triggering af.
How do?
An orgy of senseless violence and death seems the appropriate way to send Soleimani out.
Cool, now do Comey and other senior FBI officials.
They didn’t lie to the FBI, they lied to the people. That’s virtuous and necessary. Lying to the FBI is subverting the government, which is the paramount institution of America. Remember when Abe Lincoln said “people of the government, by the government, for the government”?
I believe that they did conclude that McCabe did lie to the FBI.
https://nypost.com/2020/01/02/andrew-mccabe-said-he-lied-to-fbi-about-wall-street-journal-leak/
“Andrew McCabe said he lied to FBI about Wall Street Journal leak”
Flynn pissed someone off in the intelligence community. That’s why he’s been put through the ringer for “lying” about a conversation that was not material to any investigation and of which the FBI already knew the contents of said investigation.
He was actually going to re-design the intelligence services – so he had to be set up.
They also used his kid to get him to cop to those charges too if I remember correctly.
Yep – Strong-armed him into a bs confession to keep them from destroying his kid for sport with the process.
Those are our noble defenders in the FBI and Justice Department.
Let us also not forget their valiant effort to prosecute Hillary Clinton’s wanton violations of the Espionage Act and Federal Records Act by not even slapping her on the wrist.
Didn’t they lie to Congress?
In public, maybe. Behind closed doors, who knows. It’s hard to keep track of what’s real and what’s kayfabe with these people.
If they’re under oath and lie to Congress, isn’t it technically a crime?
For the little people, sure. The same laws mean different things when the people who matter are involved, though.
The Age of consent debate is the other way.
I believe this merits either a golf clap or a narrowed gaze. I’m not sure which.
That’s the spot I like to occupy. People have feelings about me, but there not sure if they’re good or bad.
*Laughs in James Clapper*
*Chortles in Eric Holder*
To be fair, I did say “technically”.
Jeez, is it only Tuesday? One kid had a night-terror freakout and wet the bed at 4am,
Wait until they start having other nocturnal emissions.
As long as they can do it without waking me up.
If that wakes up Brett he will be the one having the night-terror freak out.
If that wakes up Brett, the kids are getting a little too old to sleep with dad.
It’s like sleeping next to a paint mixer.
Night Terror Freakout would be a good band name. And of course, Nocturnal Emissions would be their first album.
super-penetration
Speaking of pelvic exams…
ABC Peddles Hysterically Wrong Map of Australian Wildfires
But what are some possible accessories and attachments?
We have an underslung gatling dog cannon that fires dogs with chainsaw teeth.
What are you going to do? Release the dogs? Or the bees? Or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you?
Your lack of hyphens in your adjectival phrases leads to ambiguity. But we are talking about a doge-mounted cannon that shoots other doges as projectiles, right?
HI Brett!
Sorry for your troubles, man. I guarantee tomorrow will be superior in all ways.
No shit, really?
“Just one more grant, and we’ll have this thing licked.”
Is that a quote from Divine Brown?
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. This process must follow the fourth law of thermodynamics:
15% of all energy created in japan is absorbed by the mutating of Kaiju
What do you mean? The Sun does it every day.
Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. the heat and light of the sun come from the nuclear reactions of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and helium.
However, after being yelled at by several science teachers in drive-bys, they have updated the song: The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma.
Why does the Sun go on shining?
❤
You and Gustav come up with the best tracks.
Woohoo! Somebody likes my music links!
There is always one.
This will make your feet burn!
May as well set the controls for the heart of it…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RbXIMZmVv8
I remember the sun.
You mean chavtastic journalism?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10687633/israeli-footballer-19-who-had-fling-with-brit-teen-hopes-shes-learned-her-lesson-after-gang-rape-claim/
Of course, they include his name and face, but not hers.
We’re ten years away. Ten years, I tells ya.
Well, then we’ll have plenty of carbon-free energy before the world ends.
We could easily reduce our carbon footprint if the watermelons weren’t so pissy about existing forms of nuclear energy.
It’s almost as if they really didn’t care about real world solutions and just want to create the utopia that exists in their head.
It’s as if they don’t really care about carbon at all but just hate themselves, and humanity at large.
It’s OK I hate them too.
The anti-nuclear thing would be less annoying if they didn’t also discount all other forms of pollution in their quest to slay the carbon dioxide windmill. What’s that, solar panels don’t magic themselves into existence with locally grown organic non-GMO unicorn farts? Say it ain’t so. Next you’ll tell me lithium batteries aren’t manna from heaven delivered by Greta Thunberg’s angelic grace.
And electricity doesn’t just come out of holes in the wall.
Of course not!
There are wires involved.
When I was a little lad in middle school, they showed us a video about the coming solar-car utopia. I asked my crusty old engineer dad about it. “Kid, we’ve been 10 years away from solar power longer than you’ve been alive.”
Lies! Coal IS Solar power – frozen into solid state ages ago.
Definitely a believe it when I see it type of thing. Even if I saw it I would be saying they’re actually using zero point energy.
Khamenei Says Iran Must Directly Attack U.S. Interests
https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-leader-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-reportedly-says-iran-must-directly-retaliate-for-soleimani-killing
I think Khamenei just sent a message to Iran’s proxies not to do anything dumb. And since we’d retaliate against a direct attack I don’t think Iran wants to go do any retaliations right now either.
Since the Iranians have long memories I’m not sure that anything won’t eventually happen, just not right away. I think the Iranians are just assessing their options. One of which could be waiting to see the results of the election/impeachment thinking another president would be easier to deal with.
They’re also cowards in the sense they will try to take down a plane of innocents or something non-military.
Here, the U.S. targeted a military figure and nobody else.
In a perfect world, the Iranian keep it restricted to this realm.
But they likely won’t.
They know he shouldn’t have gotten caught in Iraq. They know they started this by attacking the embassy. But they’re shameless and lots of people will run interference for them.
You have to hope that the moderates – quote-unquote – are pointing out that storming an embassy is waaay over the line, and what the fuck did they expect Trump to do?
The problem is they could be encouraged by the Democrats and the media running interference for them.
Schmuck Schumer
“Make no mistake, on the question of witnesses and documents, Republicans may run but they can’t hide. There will be votes at the beginning on whether to call the four witnesses we’ve proposed and subpoena the documents we’ve identified,” Schumer said in a floor speech. “If every Republican senator votes for a rigged trial that hides the truth, the American people will see that the Republican Senate is part of a large and awful cover-up.”
the American people
stopped giving a shit about any of this about 5 minutes after it started.
Republicans may run but they can’t hide.
It isn’t the Republicans stopping the articles from reaching the Senate.
One neighbor yesterday was not aware of the bombing on Iraq of an Iranian, as of yesterday. She’s a voter though and a good Republican voter. Typical fly over country.
Whatever you do Chuckie, please don’t try to run after them without a sports-bra.
Mansierre.
There will be votes at the beginning on whether to call the four witnesses we’ve proposed and subpoena the documents we’ve identified
Will there? I mean, I don’t know what process Cocaine Mitch will be using, but if its like the one for Clinton, there will be a motion to dismiss (and arguments). You wouldn’t get to the calling witnesses part until that is done. And I wonder if this will just be dismissed. Comes down to the usual DemSymp Repubs, I guess.
What if there’s a tie vote on dismissal. Wouldn’t that mean Pence breaks the tie?
How badly does pence want to be president?
Takes 67 votes to remove.
Disregard. Answered the wrong question.
Pope: Evangelism? No! Slapping old ladies? Yes!
http://news.trust.org/item/20200101122319-yg61l
???
This is just astonishing. This is from like BabyLifeAndLiteralTransubstantiationNewsService. This is from Reuters.
I mean that this isn’t from some fringe conservative Catholic parody site, but it reads like it.
To appreciate the irony, first this Pope would have to have some self-awareness.
That was all removed to make room for MOAR WOKE
Humans are fallible. Who knew?
The real Pope would never hit a woman. He’d hit on a woman, however.
It’s how his Holiness rolls.
Yeah, sure, if the woman dressed up like a 12 year old alter boy.
Don’t kink-shame the Pontiff of the Prairie, pal.
Well, if you altered a boy you might get a “woman”….
That’s probably up Jimbo’s alley.
Transparency and accountability?
Pope: Nah
Conceding to the Chinese communists as they double down on persecuting faithful Catholics and other religions?
Pope: You know it, fam
At the risk of reigniting our previous, ahem, discussion on the Church, I’m willing to concede that the Church kowtowing to China is worse than some of the other things I listed the other day.
I wasn’t too upset with your points, I just disagreed with some of them. Overall, I share the same criticisms, I just don’t think that indirectly supporting Franco was really anything beyond a logical stance. But, I also believe that Franco would not have ever happened if the Republicans had not gone around shooting people with wrong thoughts and then burning churches and raping nuns.
The Spanish Civil War is a nasty piece of business that gets less attention outside of Spain than it probably should. I need to read up on it more. You may be right about what enabled Franco to take power, but he was still pretty evil himself. Not Hitler-evil by a long shot, but he was a fascist and murderer in his own right.
When I studied the SCW, I came away hating pretty much everyone. But I hated Franco less than the alternative, which was a Stalinist puppet state in western Europe.
Sure, but I would argue that his arrival was more a response to wanton violence than say Pinochet coming to power, which was more prefaced on “what if”. In the case of Franco, half of the country actively wanted a coup to topple the barbarous Republicans and their Soviet allies (which is the part of the story that’s often ignored by history as it’s easier to frame the conflict as “good” versus “evil”, which is rarely the case).
Even George Orwell left the Spanish Civil War disenchanted with the Republicans’ cause.
So King Juan Carlos was Franco’s right-hand man there at the last and Franco turned the keys to the kingdom over to him, either instructing him to or expecting that he would go immediately back to a monarchy.
I just don’t get that.
Juan Carlos was Franco’s designated successor. Juan Carlos instead decided to liberalize after Franco’s death. At one point, a couple years into Juan Carlos’ rule and amidst his liberalizing reforms, a group of military commanders tried to stage a coup in the legislature and Juan Carlos urged the country to rise-up in opposition. This action by Juan Carlos won him deep respect in Spain that to an extent still exists (even though he had a rocky last few years).
Juan Carlos choose the Washington route. He could have easily remained in power, but choose to be revered for posterity, rather than ruling in this life.
I mis-remembered my history, then, because your explanation did spark that knowledge. Thank you.
I have a crush on Spain and Juan Carlos always seemed to me to be a good man. I was sad when he abdicated but his son seems to be a good sort also.
Spain has a real tumultuous history from Napoleon’s Iberian campaign all the way through to the 1970’s. They went through a series of absolute monarchies, liberal monarchies, dictatorships by military strong men, republics, and even a few juntas here and there.
“I have a crush on Spain and Juan Carlos always seemed to me to be a good man.”
I suppose he was OK for a Bourbon
Franco was certainly an authoritarian asshole. He ranks up there on the evil Head of State scale. I mean he is below:
1. Stalin
1a. Hitler
3. Roosevelt
4. Tojo
5. Mussolini
6. Quisling
7. Petain
and a few others, but he wasn’t a good guy
Yeah, I don’t mean he was a “good guy” (few heads of state rarely are). I only mean that his rise to power was fueled by a barbarous regime that engaged in a campaign of terror against its political opponents. He was a natural backlash. To be fair, most (but not all) fascist dictators were a natural backlash to socialist violence.
That doesn’t mean that the backlash is somehow good or somehow better than the alternative (in some cases, yes, but in other obviously not). It’s just logical and inevitable.
Hmm, I guess I should have gone with the full list then, since you took me as challenging you. I am not willing to say Pinochet and Franco were good men, because they did evil things. But they both did evil things that I think were necessary, and they both kept their evil largely limited to what was necessary. I was trying to make the point that while no Head of State can be both a good person and effective, there are degrees of evil and by that measure I’d say Franco was not anywhere near the monster level.
I want to emphasize, though (and I know you’re not implying this, but I want to make it clear), that I am not defending the righteousness of any dictator, specifically Franco. I’m only saying that the Republicans were equally as vile, if not more so in some instances.
“Taylor Swift will receive the 2020 Vanguard Award at GLAAD Media Awards for her ongoing work with the LGBTQ community”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7861709/Taylor-Swift-receive-2020-Vanguard-Award-GLAAD-Media-Awards-LGBTQ-community-work.html
Lesbian sex tape or shut up.
Or?
Incentives, Ted.
OK, and.
And would be even better.
Careful, she was friends with Lena Dunham at one point.
This is why you git woke, people.
Lying to government officials should never be a crime. Even sworn documents, that’s a civil matter
You could say that again.
Lying under oath in a criminal case, as a witness, not as the defendant, should be the only criminal lie.
If a defendant chooses to testify, they are just another witness. The 5A allows you to stay silent, not to lie.
The State should not be able to tack on perjury if you deny the charges; the punishment for lying in your defense is that as soon as the prosecution shows up your lies you are going to be convicted.
Fair point.
OMWC, call your office.-
Do the test, you are a rapist.
Don’t do the test and miss something, you’re negligent.
Whadda ya gonna do?
I have Steve Smith on one shoulder and ZARDOZ on the other…
*Shudder*
STEVE PUT HAND ON BOTH SHOULDER.
Florida woman flings poo.
She looks about 28 in Florida years.
Rented an AirBnb that flooded?
I notice the cops are real reluctant to cuff her and stuff her in one of their cars – or even come within 10 feet of her. One way to prevent police violence.
Many moons ago, we showed up at a mental health crisis center to pick up a 5150 and transport him to an inpatient facility. As we approached the door, there was a cop looking at the backseat of his patrol car with a bemused look on his face. I asked him “what’s up?. Without looking up he just said, “Jesus just shit in my back seat”.
Lying to government officials should never be a crime. Even sworn documents, that’s a civil matter.
And government officials lying to you should be illegal.
Or at least a matter you can take them to civil court over, if you have any damages, yes.
Lol
How did you squirrel a comment separated by 2 other comments?
Lazy, weed-smokin’ squirrels?
Has anyone notice that landline phone service sucks now? It seems mine breaks at least once a year, if not more. I don’t remember it ever not working in the past.
Bring back Ma Bell.
Oh yeah, waiting until 5:00 PM or 11:00 PM when long-distance rates went down.
Just punch in your MCI #!
She’s got the ill communication
We finally got rid of ours because it kept going out every time it rained hard. The only reason we kept it is because Dad worked for New York Telephone for 30 years and got a free landline (well, he had to pay the taxes on it which kept going up) as part of his retirement package.
Weather seems to have some effect. One time was because, according to the tech, some vandal ripped the lines out of a box.
Copper theft is common by the meth heads. Unsurprising they can’t distinguish between fiber optic and copper when stealing cable either.
Not everyone can be Heisenberg.
Dial up too slow to see all the photos of that cow you love?
Haven’t had it for years. I still have a “landline” but it’s actually over the internet, and only costs $15 a month. Handy for having a permanent “official” number I can hand out, but don’t have to actually answer. Doesn’t even ring unless I’ve put your number in the unblocked list. Messages show up in my email and mobile phone app.
I don’t think true landlines even exist anymore. There may be a copper wire to your house, but it’s probably getting terminated and turned into VoIP somewhere. All those dedicated copper lines are not cost effective today, even with the sometimes ridiculous prices they charge for it. As for VoIP itself, people seem to treat it as a second-class citizen on the Internet despite all of the “net neutrality” claims (even before Ajit Pai).
Pretty much this.
The regulatory and maintenance environment around POTS service rendered it unprofitable many years ago.
The still existing providers would love to exit the market altogether.
Incorrect. It’s a cash cow and continues to be. It’s just an ever shrinking cash cow. Generally, traditional telecom (voice and TDM data) is about twice as profitable as broadband and Ethernet/IP on a percentage basis.
I have a hard time believing the costs of maintaining the lines (and I’m including the pension obligations and healthcare of the union labor) don’t exceed the revenue for most of the US.
But I’ve been wrong once before.
In my slice of the world, healthcare costs have converged to where they’re the same for union or non-union workforces. Pensions vary, depending on how much they’ve been funded previously.
A bit hard to strictly break down as the same workforces used to support legacy services are also mostly used to support current technologies, but he real advantage in profitability that legacy services have is that the capital costs aren’t there. Current IP/Ethernet services faces ongoing capital replacement cycles against falling pricing.
POTS used to be “five nines” reliable. So something must have changed.
Government fixed it.
Figures.
Depends on your provider. Still a lot (millions) on conventional telephone switches.
As for VoIP itself, people seem to treat it as a second-class citizen on the Internet despite all of the “net neutrality” claims (even before Ajit Pai).
We put a ton of effort into detecting and prioritizing it in the enterprise WAN space. ISPs should have the same tech available to them. Whether they use it or not is a different story.
Just got rid of ours.
I was tired of the spam calls so in a fit of temper, I had my phone number of 20 years changed. That didn’t help and I mourned my phone number.
Then we not only got spam calls, we got collection calls for the person who had the new number last.
I had been wanting to get rid of it for a while, but we do occasionally need to fax something. (Don’t blame us! It’s our health insurance company!) (Also, the last prize Mr. Mojeaux won required a faxed affidavit.) I finally convinced him to use the web fax I have with my business phone number service.
Saved us a whopping $10/month, but it’s gone now and the stupid spam calls have too.
You phone bill was only $10?
Part of our cable/internet package.
Our cell plan is with AT&T.
Oh, I don’t mean cable modem phone, I mean regular ass phone like your parents had.
I haven’t had a landline since the mid-aughts. And during much of that time I had a phone provided by work.
I am required to have a landline for my toilets to work.
How so?
Only POTS I know of is for elevator emergency phones. Apparently there’s some law that requires these still be old copper lines. I would assume it has something to do with the phone still working during a power outage but idk.
I occasionally have to order these or troubleshoot when they break, and from what I recall, they are very expensive. My theory is telecoms are trying to price anyone out of keeping / ordering POTS lines, but since we’re required to have them in elevators, it’s a pain.
Not real socialism.
Today, he finished the job.
Washington Post:
“Today, they dismantled the rule of law, assassinating the republic, with the complicity of a group of traitor lawmakers,” Guaidó told reporters outside the parliamentary building.
How Maduro accomplished the takeover was positively Hitlerian.
The replacement of Guaidó amounted to a bait and switch. On Sunday, he began the day anticipating his reelection as head of the National Assembly, viewed internationally as the last democratic institution in the authoritarian South American state. Guaidó’s claim as the nation’s true president — recognized by nearly 60 countries, including the United States — has been based on his status as the assembly’s chief.
But security forces loyal to Maduro formed a cordon around the assembly building in central Caracas, blocking opposition lawmakers — who control the chamber — from entering. Lawmakers who back Maduro — including several allegedly involved in a government plot to buy votes — were allowed to pass. At one point, Guaidó sought to scale the spiked wrought-iron fence surrounding the assembly, trying to force his way in and shredding the jacket of his business suit.
The language is a bit hyperbolic, but that is a pretty accurate comparison to Hitler, for once.
Of course it’s real socialism. Venezuela is a success. It’s just that the media is lying to you, and Guiado is an American puppet.
Just ask this guy who I fought with on Twitter last week.
That guy seems unwell. His point suffers from a pretty severe blind spot and I’m frightened by the fact that a supposed adult doesn’t even see the hole in his own argument.
I split the baby- Guiado is an American puppet who does not command popular support, but Maduro is a murderous dictator who also does not command popular support.
Wait a second. A Jets fan?!?!
“NEW VIDEO: Remember the trans woman who freaked out in GameStop over being misgendered?
There are recent child predator allegations and some are concerned for the safety of Tiffany’s 4th grade son, who Tiffany claims is ALSO TRANS. ?”
https://twitter.com/MsBlaireWhite/status/1214607653579550720
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21xqLKWKMrQ
OFFS!
ITS MAAM!!!
Doctor: Sir, I have some bad news…
Patient: Excuse me? It’s “maam”. I identify as a woman
Doctor: Oh, I’m sorry. Maam, I have some bad news- you have testicular cancer
Well that makes the treatment a lot less troublesome.
Patient: No I don’t.
Doctor: My turn. Excuse me?
Patient: Did you not hear me? I’m a woman. So I can’t have testica…testima…whatever you call it cancer.
Doctor:
I do not believe transgenderism is inherently a mental illness, but there are a lot of mentally ill people taking advantage of the attention and social currency being transgender currently has.
They may also be unwilling to plumb the depths of what’s really wrong with them and using trans as a less-painful issue.
See Jonathan Yaniv aka Jessica.
I’m almost sure that guy has some form of mental illness.
And his mother is some piece of work herself. Something is weird there.
Actual gender dysphoria is likely a very small subset of claimed transgender individuals.
I think a gender identity disorder is a mental illness by definition. If a person strongly believes that his or her mind doesn’t correspond to the sex they were born–it’s a mental health issue.
It’s funny how the children of the trans end up being disproportionately trans. Either it runs in families or mom and/or pop are pressuring their kids (which is what my money’s on).
Either it runs in families
It would be amusing? odd? if something that is a rejection of biology actually has a biological component.
It could be a variant of body dysmorphic disorder and a lot of mental illnesses have an inherited component.
I asked someone recently how they would feel if their child wanted to cut off an arm because they identified as an amputee? Are you also going to let an eating disorder go untreated? How is this different?
They had no answer (but I’ll be damned if I can remember who I was talking to). I hope I made them think a little harder.
Woman identifies as blind, pours drain cleaner in her eyes:
https://dailycaller.com/2015/10/01/north-carolina-woman-identifies-as-blind-pours-drain-cleaner-in-her-eyes/
It’s the same kind of thing with better PR (for most cases at least).
I think the attention whores have full control of that train now. LGB might want to think about distancing itself from T.
https://qz.com/988823/new-research-shows-theres-a-good-reason-why-some-people-want-to-cut-off-their-healthy-arms-and-legs/
I do not see a “good reason” in that article.
Here’s the thing: People have lots of things wrong with them that are burdensome and can’t be fixed. They deal.
Get an EMG and find out if you have a pinched nerve. If not, deal.
The better treatment would be therapy and medication, not lopping off their limbs and not pretending it’s A-OK and humoring them because they have a disorder.
It does have a biological component, but there is no evidence it’s hereditary.
It’s pressuring the kids.
I would bet on a little from column A and a lot from column B.
It’s genetic mutations caused by New Coke that are manifesting now.
Everybody knows New Coke was a feint so people wouldn’t notice that corn syrup replaced sugar in “classic” Coke when they reintroduced it.
An interesting story on Khomeini’s funeral:
https://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2009/03/khomeini-funeral-body-crowd
Iranians aren’t exactly known for their funerary composure it seems.
I’m in the market for a beverage refrigerator. Does anyone have a brand/model they can recommend? I would like dual zone for wine & beer. Thanks.
Its January. Just set it outside on the deck in a snow pile until its the temp you want lol.
Newer goddamn fridges don’t work right at temps lower than 50. So now I get to heat my goddamn garage of I want proper performance. My appliance guy tells me it’s because of the new refrigerant. You know, the more environmentally friendly one.
You need a proper fridge in your garage. One that keeps you beer cold, and secure.
That’s neat. Just put your most used tools in the little drawers and the rest in a chest.
$419?
I got lucky and my house came with a fridge that’s older than I am. Never throwing that thing out.
Brand please?
Yes. My neighbor has an 80’s era POS that runs perfectly in a cold garage.
#me too
The icemaker on ours (Samsung, I think) sucks STEVE SMITH balls.
When we replace it, I will seriously consider getting one without an icemaker. I make most of our own ice in my special clear ice gizmo, anyway.
I have a whirlpool gold for normal fridge which is great. I’m asking about a beverage fridge for the bar I’m having built.
We have a U-Line in a built-in. Single zone, but has been good for us. 4-5 years old. We got a great deal on it from Best Buy.
Sweet! Thanks.
One of those new AI refrigerators with the cameras makes “RC Dean” big fancy Ice balls.
*looks outside*
Umm…what do I do if it’s sunny and warm in January?
Set down the LSD.
Give thanks, sacrifice a virgin, open a beer…
But…I need refrigerator for beer…catch 22
How much snow does Florida get?
I saw it snow once in Jacksonville in the 80’s.
A lot, apparently.
At least enough for a long weekend.
Went on a January cruise a few years ago. Landed in Ft. Lauderdale. That night, it was 38 and snowy/rainy.
During the cruise it never got about 65.
Magic Chef makes a real cheap one that I’ve had for over 4 years. Two zones and fits lots of beer.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Magic-Chef-44-Bottle-Dual-Zone-Wine-Cooler-in-Stainless-Steel-HMWC44DZ/305026426
Thanks!
No problemo
Get a normal bar fridge. Seriously. It’s what we’ve done, and it works, and it’s (relatively) cheap. Want dual-zone? Get two bar fridges. SERIOUSLY. The others will wildly hose you financially for what you’re looking for.
Any particular brand
Howdy! Since you asked last night on the post I missed,
Wendy is in good spirits, still in pain, but what do you expect?
She speaks pretty normally and is regaining the use of her left arm already,a good sign.
Thanks for all you support and Blessings Fellow Glibs, Huzzah!
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!!!
Thanks for the update. Hope she gets better soon.
Really glad to hear it. Keep it rolling!
Great news. Best wishes for a speedy recovery for her. Or at least continued steady progress.
Woo hooooo!!!!
*puts brass knuckles back in drawer*
Glad to hear it. They give you any shit, let me know.
Will do, Chief!
Good news. Best wishes to the both of you.
Exellent
Glad to hear it!
Huzzah!
Witness the healing power of the Tall Cans! Great news.
HEY YUFUS!
Hey everybody….
Suweetah!
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Good for you man… hope your road gets easier.
Siskel and Ebert, two thumbs up!
⬅. See avatar.
O, frabjous day!
Awesome. I know you can’t see me but I’m doing a superb version of a happy dance in celebration.
Hope things just get better from here.
Michael Malice back on Joe Rogan’s show:
https://youtu.be/83ysf_GO2aw
This is his third time on Rogan, I think. Should be a good listen. Thanks for the heads up.
Your welcome.
*yore
“No. I have never fucked a koala bear.”
“But there was this wallaby one time…”
https://www.cato.org/news-releases/2020/1/7/cato-calls-congress-investigate-possible-fbi-surveillance-domestic-policy?&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=addtoany&fbclid=IwAR25pjPXk_IWtLyvLFZPSrhUGT4BT-nTBXYVy__rj08M7PbEo337aBEU38k
“Cato Calls on Congress to Investigate Possible FBI Surveillance of Domestic Policy Groups”
Apparently through a FOIA Cato has discovered that the FBI has been monitoring them.
Considering that for the past three years there was no libertarian outlet that has been more defensive in support of the FBI and the super duper important Russia investigation than people like Julian Sanchez at Cato so this just made me laugh. Maybe they were just monitoring it so they know who are friendly media outlets in the future. Well deserved.
*hides badge*
There are no FBI agents monitoring this site.
I want to believe!*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ9UfjyzOv8
*actually I just want to get into Scully’s pants
I think the actor who played Skinner wanted to as well. He did marry Scully’s stand in.
The things I learn here…
*actually I just want to get into Scully’s pants
Oh, baby. #metoo
Well except for a couple of beloved commentators and Tulpa.
I just want to say, I’m totally not an FBI agent. I swear.
That’s what they get for disagreeing with Niskanen.
Too soon to go off topic? Meh.
In case anybody was wondering what its like to be mexican sharpshooter, pretty much all day today.
YOU FOOL
So, I don’t get it, you’re actually Japanese and you spend all day fighting other Japanese men? I got to sit down to process this
Yeah, there’s some stuff to unpack.
I can see how that can be confusing.
Is this better?
*moves mexican sharpshooter from more or less stable Glibs list to the longer one.
When did Adam Ant start doing meth?
Don’t judge. It’s getting more difficult to stand and deliver!
classic
You were destroyed and vanquished into a black hole?
Holy crap! I completely missed this.
https://home.sparklight.com/news/read/article/mlivecom-family_friends_react_to_grisly_details_in_kevin_ba-tca
Looks like CNN is going to settle with Sandmann:
https://www.fox19.com/2020/01/07/cnn-settles-lawsuit-with-nick-sandmann/
Is Sandmann getting the drugs that fall out of their ass?
Maybe he will but I doubt the associated NDA will allow him to talk about it.
Still Looking for players for a new Web Diplomacy Game
Jarflax and Robc, we should probable abandon the 3D game and join the one below, apparently Mike S and Neph are chicken after taking a beating last time and It doesn’t look like we’ll get four more players in that one. Of course it’s only been a day so If you want to see if we get more action that’s cools as well, for those who have never played there are no restrictions to the below game and I for one promise not to back stab any new player until at least the fourth round.
GlibDip 4 : The Simple One
Code – No Biffer
I joined. Now what?
We wait for two more players, then then game will randomly assign countries to the players and then we start making alliances and back stabbing each other in an attempt to rule the world. It’s kinda like risk but without dice, or cards, or areas other than Europe…actually it not like risk at all.
I feel like we should make an alliance now and stab whoever walks in the door next in the chest.
I like the cut of your jib.
*skulks in the shadows, quietly unsheathes knife*
Not chicken, just may have some work travel coming up, for which I generally taper down the active online games I’ve got running.
Sure, I understand. *coffchickencoff*
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Beat me to it.
#
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Did we just make that happen?
We did!
But I’m still a Birchwood Casey guy…
FP-10
Dude
I switched to Ballistol. If it’s good enough for Hickok45, it’s good enough for me.
Actually, I use a bunch of different stuff, but I love the smell of B-C oil.
Sublime!
Plus, they are a Minne company and I used to work for them…
S
“Florida woman arrested for threatening to get McDonald’s sauce by any ‘means necessary’ ”
https://nypost.com/2020/01/07/florida-woman-arrested-for-threatening-to-get-mcdonalds-sauce-by-any-means-necessary/
I’d give her some sauce.
Another drunk chick.
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/british-passenger-jailed-drunken-mile-high-club
She’s got sauce.
She’s got a butthole on her chin.
OFFS.
Dipping sauce is $0.25? I don’t think that’s right. I don’t ever pay for it here.
https://twitter.com/shoe0nhead/status/1214076074797260800
His husband must be very brave.
Eek!
That’s a good read.
The secret is to always be angry.
Stop reading my diary.
Palmetto has something new.
They are gonna sell the shit out of that one.
Bravo.
Bit of a gamble with the Sic Semper Tyranus.
Lol. Nice
“In a room filled with self-absorbed narcissists, one brave, slightly less self-absorbed narcissist had the balls to speak truth to power—and his name is Ricky Gervais.”
https://quillette.com/2020/01/06/ricky-gervais-man-of-the-people/
https://twitter.com/BridgetPhetasy/status/1214275562614558720
From the article:
“those warm nuts have a way of seducing you into believing anyone cares about your shitty takes”
Umm…
Iran is firing ballistic missiles at US bases in Iraq.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/missile-attacks-target-us-forces-in-iraq-senior-military-source-says-iran-suspected
Here we go.
Cool, let the games begin,
I think Mr. T will play to win, as in, victory conditions, a quaint term, but still useful
Oh goodie.
There goes another 20 years.
I will lose no sleep if that whole country gets flattened.
We’ll be paying to rebuild it and police it.
Oh….That’s right, I can start drinking again today!
*Pours a glass of rye*
You know there are a whole lot of Iranians that have no say in what their government is doing, just like here.
I guess Bolton got what he wanted after all. As did McCain.
The mullahs are dumber than I thought. Not even pretending these are fired by “independent” proxies.
If Trump is a 5D chess player, he summons Congress and asks for a declaration of war. Make it their problem, either way they vote.
“Well, Congress has tied my hands. Best thing, really, is to get out of Iraq. Can’t leave the troops there so the Iranians can use them for target practice. Reminds me of when Congress abandoned South Vietnam. Still, under our Constitution, its their call.”
or
“You heard ’em, boys. Weapons free. Let’s see if we can’t take out their entire air force and “navy” in 48 hours. Keep your mitts off civilian infrastructure, though. For now.”
I think putting their navy at the bottom of the ocean isn’t a bad idea. That includes all the small fast boats.
But that’s where I keep some of my gun collection!
Guess what? You’re gun collection is going to grow with Iranian made weapons.
But Those aren’t any good!
Operation Preying Mantis II?
Operation Fire and Fury
Exactly. Reagan only sank half. Trump will sink more than that.
This.
The mullahs are freaking out. I promise you.
There is no way they want this fight.
That’s the problem with proxies, they can be kind of hard to control.
It’s not proxies, these are coming from Iran.
I guess I should RTFA.
Stupid move.
Nah, they needed to take credit to save face.
Too much inbreeding.
I think it’s going to be #2 and in 12 hours.
Weirdly enough…they are shooting at *Iraqi* bases. After the domestic Iraqi protests the last two months….this isn’t necessarily going to win them a lot of friends.
Probably not much of a concern when the Iraqi government is divided and a portion is Iranian puppets who don’t give a shit about national territorial integrity. And another chuck are straight up opportunists and grifters that blow with the wind.
It’s a sad commentary on the Republic that following the Constitution as written is considered Sun Tzu-level strategy.
It’s like you’ve never watched Jerry Springer…
The really sad part is it is easier to summon Congress now than in the day of the founders. Hell, do a tele conference vote if you need to act immediately.
I’m so worried about Iran, I made some muffins – Apple walnut (low carb.)
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/rBFEbiwjRSaFfOPYt8kwbA.zczcXiLrIp9hrD5okDpRiB
Iran stole 3.
Pffft. As if. I guard my muffins like my steaks…
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/gBuZcIrPSnKZxsHrhcP10Q.QjX5j-GWR2DijS3ZLjvUnd
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No muffins for u.
Nice gun.
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I still want a P99c AS
I like this one but more than I want to pay for it. Other things on my list.
https://www.vanceoutdoors.com/products2.cfm/ID/213635/2830418/walther-q5-match-steel-frame-pro-9mm-pistol
“Parking Meters Across NYC Not Accepting Credit Cards, Were Never Programmed To Work In 2020”
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/01/02/parking-meters-nyc-credit-cards/
Ricky Gervais, Man of the People
I won’t excerpt, as it’s the shortest article I’ve ever read at Quillette. Good, though!
I read some of the hoi-polloi were spotted at In-and-Out afterwards. Sorry, Joaquin.
“and those warm nuts have a way of seducing you”
The local farmers market has a nut place that fresh roasts their nuts on site. It’s true – “happiness is warm nuts”. If you are lucky, you’ll get there when a fresh out of the roaster batch hits the pan.
NBC just broke in with a news report…. MORE ATTACKS ON US BASES!!!!! (OK, actually it was that the Iranian government said that those rockets were theirs. But nice way to spin the lede there, Lester.
So, here’s what they said. They are the greatest and toughest and they have struck mightily against the United States because of their killing of Sulaiman. If the US does any more attacks, they will retaliate swiftly and with great might.
I heard them loud and clear.
“We’ve had enough… Here’s your olive branch. We lobbed a couple of rockets in the general direction of a base. We are declaring victory. ”
I hope the White House is smart enough to hear them. They are suing for peace with that ineffectual strike. They just offered everyone a way out. Trump can now act magnanimous and begin talks behind the scenes for ending all of the Iranian problems. The Mullahs can pound their chests before their people. Win-win.
Oh, except for Schumer, Pelosi, Schiff et al. Those guys are in a pickle. Because if Trump is smart enough to take this opportunity, now they’ll be forced to switch sides again and call him a puss for not attacking Iran. That should be interesting to watch.
That is never an if that is worth betting on.
I actually sent the White House an email on the topic because my faith in them is so low. And I know that it isn’t even likely to be read, let alone have anyone pass it up to the president. But they are so goofy that I thought it was worth getting on the mailing list to make the attempt.
If Salami lays one finger on the Sizzler, I’m going to go all Rambo 3 on the population of Iran myself.
Asshole.
And if he lays a finger on an In ‘N Out, or a Five Guys, I’ll be at your side.
You’d think a guy named after a cold cut of meat would have more respect for our traditions.
Italian. We appropriated someone else’s culture.
SHUT THE FUCK UP, LIBTARD!
Ahem,
Stai zitto, Libtard!
*haughty sniff*
*dismissive handwave*
If Iran hears that Trump is after him, are they going to hide the Salami?
Ouch
Krusty Krab.
I’ll admit that i don’t know much about ballistic missiles and their ranges, but it feels like sort of a waste to fire them all next door.
A rock leaving a catapult is a ballistic missile. It’s the IC in ICBM that makes it impressive, without that all you have is another stinking BM.
I think they mean “it leaves the atmosphere” in the world of munitions.
But yeah, I had exactly the same reaction. Bullets are ballistic. Mortars are ballistic. Slingshots are ballistic.
It is used to distinguish between guided and unguided. A ballistic munition is aimed when it is fired and follows a ballistic path. It doe not necessarily, or even often leave the atmosphere. Scuds were ballistic missiles, I suspect what are being launched at us are only mildly advanced over scuds.
Sounds like they were prepared for them given no casualties. I’m curious how long it takes for the missile to go from A to B.
SCUD and Iranian domestic variants are Short Range Ballistic Missiles – see also MRBM, IRBM, ICBM. (And CRBM or Close Range Ballistic Missiles – aka battlefield rockets)
Missiles away.
Well, that’s it. Who would have thought the Iranians would misjudge so badly?
Uh, have they hit anything?
No US casualties reported – it’d be real nice to nop this in the bud right now and emerge the bigger man. If damage is minimal, Trump can blow them off and look like a winner. Just needs to take the W and pass it to Congress for the big decision.
I think that’s the Iranians clip everyone’s playing of Iranian missiles being launched – no actual impact footage (and very misleading title)
Guessing a handful of rockets. Sort of like throwing a handful of rocks at someone across the street.
“A little to the left Ahmed and a little up. That looks good. Death the Satan!”
Wars ain’t gonna start themselves without a media nudge.