Call me Ishmael!
Wait: I’ve been told that stealing great lines from great works that aren’t really related to one’s topic is ill-advised. I repent.
Starting over >>> It’s been a while since our last crossword . . . . maybe for good reason. But since most Glibs are all about the gun prOn, I figure it’s okay to toss this out there, and then we can just go off-thread immediately like we do the rest of the time. Think of it as our standard Glib circle-jerk, only with homework.
The answers to the questions are almost always gun manufacturers and inventors. There is some fringe stuff, but half of you Animal will zip through all of it in three minutes.
And cut me some slack: if I characterized, say, Wilson, as a pistol shop but you know they’ve also built some great full-automatic shotguns, well, I’m talking about the normal stuff or the main stuff.
I also took some liberties with designations so as not to betray some of the names/answers. So if you’re obsessed with calling a trenchgun by some other exact initials, don’t change for me, but that’s what “W97” would mean in my nomenclature.
I figure the best format is PDF; I tried to make it easy to print. SP or someone figured out the link and a place to put it: I don’t know the proper incantations. The solution is on page four.
Any here’s some gun noise to listen to while you whittle on the puzzle.
It was the devious-cruising Rachel, that in her retracing search after her missing children, only found another orphan.
I will not play your crossword but I will admire it from afar.
“If nominated I will not run; if elected I will not serve”
Nice shirt on that young lady. Makes me think of the worst pick up line I’ve ever heard.
Hey baby, are you a school? Because I’d like to shoot some kids in you.
Do not recommend. Guaranteed to offend everyone.
It’s a the rotting carcass of a dead whale draped over a giant forklift, not a young lady. You need to get your eyes checked.
But it looked very much like his last date.
Tall girl.
Someone get the aloe vera, because that was a burn.
Look at the front page.
More like “how much play is there in that trigger”?
Or “mind if I slide that rack? Er I mean, rack the slide?”
I laffed. And then felt a little more dead inside.
It’s crazy. She’s a near dead ringer for a girl from my hometown that I fooled around with a few times who went on to become a successful Arizona based photographer.
What’s even crazier is the shirt looks a helluva a lot like my third favorite t-shirt in my personal collection:
https://image.spreadshirtmedia.com/image-server/v1/products/T210A2PA3176PT17X33Y54D12398352FS11263CxFFFFFF/views/1,width=650,height=650,appearanceId=2.jpg
I’d laugh. Maybe only in the inside, but I’d laugh.
Looks like Barbra may be getting a replacement gift
“On no account will a Commie ever drink water, and not without good reason.”
I can smell that photo from here.
It smells like revolution!
Needs moar highway department.
https://youtu.be/xBgThvB_IDQ
After going back and looking, I now realize why there’s no link the the Reno 911 movie version of that incident.
Good thing we are on lockdown, or there might be an armed revolt. Langford called for inclusion of $600 million for the arts in the bill to help the coronavirus fallout. And they want something for solar panels. And any company that takes government loans…. he wants to force them to take a government official on as a board member.
These people have lost their damn minds.
Armed insurrection sure sounds pretty ruttin’ sweet. Make my day, commie.
Well, being a pissant limey, my day is already made. Also since my internets has now apparently gone dead, I’m not sure this comment will even reach Glibs.
Hang in there, JD. Shitty situation, for sure.
We all died with Net Neutrality anyway. This is just a lost episode of Lost.
That’s Lindelof levels of meta.
“Mr Chairman, I’d like to tack on a rider to that bill – $30 million of taxpayer money to support the perverted arts.”
“we can just go off-thread immediately”
Don chums the water.
http://archive.li/e8vSH
#8 and #34 both remind me of a woman I once knew.
I had an e-mail for her and used that to ask her if she wanted to meet for drinks. She was interested. I proposed a time and place. She never replied again.
LOL I grew up in upstate NY and I had no idea about 227 Across. I think I have to skip this one 🙂
give me a second: half my clues are found wanting
My definition of upstate is anything not south of Hyde Park, so take it that way
when editing, I found I had originally written only upstate, no NY, just thinking in a generic American way I think most people think in, but, then it occurred, there might be some MN or CA notion of upstate I had never heard of
I tend to use everything north of I-84 as a rough guide. Your definition works too.
No, the fault lies not in your clue but in my absolute lack of knowledge of this stuff.
PS. I also have no idea if there are any other “Upstates”. Some non-New Yorkers need to chime in and confirm.
There’s “downstate” in Illinois…
There’s the UP of Michigan.
Lovely place! So unfair that they have to be associated with the rest of That State. ; )
That is Ohio’s fault for winning the Toledo War.
My dad went to tOSU. I did not. I actually spent my 21st birthday at a little brewery in Kalamazoo, several years before they distributed to Ohio. We were there to see a band we knew (The Articles, for those familiar with midwestern ska bands of the 90’s) play that happened to coincide with my 21st. This brewery was one that has become a bit better known in the years since Larry started it up.
Bell’s?
DEG: Yep. Back then it wasn’t as well known. But had more of a following then that upshot from Grand Rapids [Founder’s].
A friend of mine that used to live in the Detroit area, back before Bell’s distributed in New England, used to pay me to bring Oberon back from Pennsylvania whenever I visited PA.
I like Founder’s too. The local Irish pub has Breakfast Stout on tap, and has had it on tap for I don’t know how long. We’ll see if it is still on tap when they reopen. If they reopen.
DEG: Founders has some really good beer. But there are some in the community who have tossed them into the sellout category (they sold a large stake to a Spanish company). The company reps I’ve met at events have always been personable, and by the end of the night tell stories they probably shouldn’t be telling the general public (such as the original meaning of the PC Pils name). Founders Porter is also probably one of the single greatest standard porters available in the area (and I live less then 10 miles from Great Lakes Brewing).
As long as Founder’s produces good beer, I don’t care who owns them.
Founders Porter used to be on tap at a few places in the area. I have not seen it in a long time. Another one that used to be on tap around here was the Imperial Stout. Also not seen in a long time.
DEG: I believe Founders retired the Imperial Stout. I haven’t seen it out and about for a while. I care about the ownership when a brewery goes to the BMC side or is just an asshole about it like Magee from Lagunitas (“How dare companies sell out!” ; “We’re not selling out to Heineken, we’re just aligning our distribution in ways that will help us both!”)
North of 84 is pretty good, but it really is anything north of the Tappan Zee.
PA has a notion of Upstate too.
“Up-country” for both B.C. and Alberta (more B.C., though . . . ).
Philadelphians have a notion of upstate, anyone north of ABE doesn’t. If you use the term upstate in thr Scranton area people assume you’re talking about Binghamton or some other part of the southern tier in New York.
“…there might be some MN…notion of upstate I had never heard of”
degens from upcountry
The other thing is some states have the national dibs on town names. There may be several towns with these names, but I think of the one:
New Haven CT
Peoria IL
Elmira, NY
Union City NJ
Athens, GA
Clear exceptions: there is no definitive Jackson, Auburn, or Troy.
I think the people in Greece might have an argument with you over who has the definitive Athens.
national dibs
Greece is a nation….
(Now I’m just ruffling you, I know what you mean)
You guys can have Troylet. I don’t care if it’s right across the bridge, come and take it away.
Athens, OH would probably argue that Georgia gets a claim on the name. Really, I think Georgia just likes the names of our fine Ohio cities too much I mean, really Cleveland, GA? Did Moses Cleaveland make his way down there too?
Aythens probably would do well to keep quiet on the subject.
OT: Watching Dr. Strangelove, a perfect move.
Name a perfect movie!
Groundhog Day
You’re not wrong.
Ghostbusters
It really does not hold up well, I’m afraid, CJ. It was good in its era and context, but does not seem nearly as funny as I remembered it when I catch it on cable reruns.
This is just wrong.
Seriously. Ghostbusters is a perfect comedy.
This review of the Ghostbusters reboot explains exactly why the original is so good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHUV8QLpEAc
I didn’t even realize it was supposed to be a comedy for years.
There’s a surprise.
Somebody’s got a little too much love for Bill Murray.
Peak Murray is the knees.
I thought he was amazing in “Steve Zissou” – which is pretty damn good itself.
Stripes is also a perfect comedy.
“Too much love” for Bill Murray? I don’t understand?
Slapshot
?
I’m listening to the fucking song!
The Best Years of Our Lives
+1
That is my #2 choice. #1 is An Autumn Afternoon.
And I’ll put in a pitch for one that I just watched and it instantly goes into my Top 10 of all time: JoJo Rabbit is an amazing piece of art.
That one’s on my wish list.
It’s good, but, nowhere near as funny as What We Do In The Shadows (if we’re going off of Waititi movies). His new, embolden wokeness kinda hung on JoJo, for me.
There are lots of them. In the bucket with Strangelove, I’d put a rare callout – They Live. Roddy Piper in all his B movie glory.
Princess Bride.
Terms of Endearment
Rocky
Full Metal Jacket
Ex Machina.
I cannot stress this enough. Ex Machina is freaking sci-fi poetry.
Babe
In the same bucket with Babe, The Iron Giant. “That’ll do pig” and “Superman”, perfect denouement.
Bringing up Baby
Maltese Falcon
The first 15 minutes of UP!
Roxanne
Again, I can’t stress it enough. IF you are too young to have seen Roxanne, it is a must see. It holds up. “Oh, I’ve been a lot braver since then.” Perfect.
Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy.
There’s Something About Mary
Wow… I really have a lot of movies on my “top ten movies of all time” list.
Common core math – you were ahead of your time.
Objection on Full Metal Jacket. The first half of the movie is perfect, the Vietnam section is less so.
Executive Decision
Grosse Point Blanke.
Excellent.
In fact, mining that seem…
Better Off Dead
Say Anything
Breakfast Club
16 Candles
Stand By Me
All of Me.
Love Steve Martin.
Perfect
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
Loving the old Steve Martin movie love. We skipped The Jerk, which is perfect.
The first time I saw The Jerk, it felt like I spent 5 days laughing. The next time, it felt like 3 days. Then there was a break for a few years, and then I watched it again and that felt like I watched it for 8 days…
+1 Pizza in a Cup
? but tonight you belong to me ?
PS. Is Grandma still farting?
Typical, run-of-the-mill bastard!
Midnight Run with Grodin and de Niro has been mentioned befoe. I love that one.
“Midnight Run with Grodin and de Niro has been mentioned before.”
I don’t know about perfect but I can catch Goodfellas at any point in the flick and watch it without losing focus. As well as remember every line before it’s spoken.
That has to count for something, I guess.
Young Frankenstein
Yes! I break in every new TV with a marathon of Young Frankenstein, Army of Darkness, and Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy.
Dude, what is Hunt for Red October?
Hoosiers?
North by Northwest
Miracle on 34th Street
Two movies I can watch over and over, though the latter only at Xmastime.
NxNW I have easily watched over 50 times, if not twice that, including seeing it with the San Francisco Symphony playing the soundtrack live.
YAAASSS
That’s one of my rewatchers. Along with Ronin, Dirty Dozen, The Delta Force, and the Outrage trilogy.
Ten
Buddy and I saw that when it was in theaters. Both in our early 20s and after laughing our asses off we both went “is that what being 40 is going be like”?
Some of my favorites that I haven’t seen mentioned otherwise:
Ed and His Dead Mother
Army of Darkness
Ginger Snaps
Bubba Ho-Tep
Kick Ass
… and I was bored this weekend and shelled out the $20 to rent The Hunt early and really enjoyed it. If they truly didn’t make any changes to the film, just the marketing after everyone freaked out, I’m impressed.
Are “we” seriously not gonna mention Die Hard.
Best fucking comedy of the ’80s.
I’m gonna just go the SF route and put euphamisms for penis and vagina in all of the slots.
Heh. slots. I said, “slots”. Heh.
sorry: maybe too much gun stuff
but there was a lot of gun stuff this year that resonated with me, so I figured half the guys would be into it
Why am I so paranoid about having mice? I haven’t had mice in my house since the landlord next door walked away from the property and the grass grew so long the city cut it. (causing the mice to try to flee into my house where I exterminated them) But every so often I’ll hear something like sleet on window glass and mistake it for the pitter-patter of tiny mouse feet and go on the verge of a freakout, ready to launch another extermination campaign. But it causes a great deal of anxiety as I sit there trying to figure out if the noise is what I fear it to be, or something innocent.
Are you sure it’s mice?
It’s not mice. It was a paper bag uncrumpling. I was able to relocate the source of the noise and verify.
Damn you Cuomo.
Sounds like a great muse for a story.
Someone needs a kitty.
^^^THIS!!! I highly recommend getting a black cat. Black cats are awesome.
It would be cruel to subject a cat to my negligence.
A couple weeks ago I saw the scurry of a mouse downstairs. We never, ever have mice. Anyway I put out a sticky trap and a peanut butter baited mouse trap. Within minutes I saw the critter hit the sticky trap and it worked perfectly. I watched and laughed as he got more and more stuck. Finally he collapsed and I cheered. Suffer, you little bastard!
Turned out it wasn’t a mouse but a little shrew. We never, ever have mice, the record still holds. No idea where he came in, maybe he was in between the storm door and inside door and ran in when I opened the door.
I love it when a plan comes together
I feel your pain UCS. We’ve gotten them a couple times. Always feels like being violated. Had a pest service for a while and now have gone the DIY route.
https://tinyurl.com/s2f858s
https://tinyurl.com/uoo3x3a
Bet George got real popular for a while.
Let’s get back to the nonsense that really matters:
Only ‘Cum Shoes’ Can Encapsulate the Circle Jerk of Luxury Footwear
It looks like Winston’s Mom’s headboard.
Anyone buying such shoes should be ineligible for federal Chinavirus checks. As should anyone who bought and wears those pre-ripped jeans. I’ll just “OK, Boomer” myself even though I don’t qualify..
Not just you. Am turning into Mr. Hand myself in my old age.
I have some pre-ripped jeans. Never wanted any, and, never intended to get them. However, they are one of, if not the, most comfortable pair I have.
I’m going to try it out. In pen.
There are six I don’t have…. let me think a little while longer before I go get the answers.
hints are an option
I many not have written very good clues. I tried to get out of my head, but I didn’t have an editor.
on the ones you got, how obtuse would you score my clues?
Most of the historical ones were easy for me, but then again I read a lot about firearms history.
There were a couple I had think about, like 227 and 148 across.
Overall, I liked this.
good!
148 is far and away the least fair of the group, but that’s what I toted when I was a teen
157 and 109 have me stumped. I got the rest. Time to check the answers.
Oh fuck I feel stupid for missing those two.
Well, 109, you probably should.
okay; I’m feeling pretty good about it, then
109?
You know, the Typewriter Company.
that was the brand in middle America: we didn’t have any of the elite guns
Dad shots LH due to a childhood accident. The light weight of the Nylon66 really helped him enjoy shooting.
I always thought the thing was more than a little Star Wars. I’m addicted to walnut.
I hang my head in shame.
We’re going to need a bigger boat.
Yo, R C Dean.
I’ve got a kydex iwb holster for your 938.
https://www.desantisholster.com/pegasus-kydex/slim-tuk/
Hit up TPTB for my email if you’re interested.
I’ve got my leather upgrade already and have no need for it.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/gKl3nk6ESIyTgYXI-5kcHQ.pDFdHsj2-ECXZx7vEE0HCK
No charge/good karma for a fellow Glib.
Man these women sure get peeved when turned down for sex.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/coronavirus-cougher-971235
Classy
Made it about 2/3 of the way through before I exhausted my gun knowledge. There were a handful more that I had heard of, and a few that were completely unknown to me.
Great fun, Don!
you’re kind
I try to match the hatch, but I’m never quite sure what is normal, what is hobby-elite, and then accidentally-memorized-the-Speer-manual level of interest. I had a very strange childhood, and the ride hasn’t really steadied up much. Hopefully a couple of those answers will start you down a World Book worm hole to cool knowledge.
It’s a Perfect Time to Play Video Games. And You Shouldn’t Feel Bad About It.
My God SuderWoman is right.
There’s a distinct lack of sugar in your post.
I actually feel a lot better after moving out of the office and going and vegging out playing on the Switch for a couple hours today. It also helps that the flow of work texts/e-mails has started to slow, and I see things calming down (for a given value of calm) soon.
@UCS
My gf started reading Shadowboy this weekend, as of today she says she’s hooked.
I’m glad she’s enjoying it. Any idea how far in she got?
The real question is how far in you got him.
“You know babe, I know the author.”
Looking at the bookmark, I’m gonna say 10%.
I suppose that’s a good time frame to hook the reader.
There was a definite moment of happiness when I explained there’s more in the series.
That usually forebodes annoyance when the books run out.
Which explains Terry Brooks?
You’ll know you have arrived when you get denounced for not being busy writing a sequel every time you post anywhere.
I’ve been in a slump in terms of output.
I finally got 470 words on a page, but they’re an independant story in the Tarnished Sterling universe. In a bit I was going to ask the commentariat what they think of it as an opening.
I know it’s been asked before, but which is the best entrance into the series?
But every so often I’ll hear something like sleet on window glass and mistake it for the pitter-patter of tiny mouse feet
Nibble, nibble, like a mouse
Who’s that nibbling on my house?
How did we make it this far without debating 45 vs 90 degree gas ports on aks?
You people disappoint me.
OT: Took a peek upstairs to see how the flooring refinish was coming along.
This was hiding under nasty beige carpet. I’ll never understand why people cover up real hardwood floors with carpet.
I’m with you. SMDH
Ooo. Nice floors.
No, I don’t get why people carpet over hardwood.
Rugs for temperature reasons, maybe, but carpet?
I wanted wall-to-wall for my cats but otherwise I totally agree.
Yeah, our house had carpets everywhere and underneath were hardwood floors. Paid about $3k to have them all re-finished.
Good lord! They should be shot.
/sigh
So far, all of my tests have indicated softwood under the carpets (hence the plans to go with bamboo). But if the carpet was torn up and hardwood was underneath, I would be overjoyed. Then I could use that money to get rid of the giant mirrored wall in the living room (currently mostly blocked by shelving, but the previous owners even put a mirrored outlet cover on it).
Crisis going to waste; never let.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/new-totalitarian-pandemic-power-grab-idea-permanently-close-some-city-streets-to-cars/
Mass transit also helps the transmission of viruses and therefore should be banned. Private means of conveyance only.
The solipsism of the assholes is unbelievable. “I live in the hip city and don’t need a car, therefore no one else does either”.
People like this are going to be in for a real surprise when the actual huge change from all this will be that companies will realize it’s much easier and less expensive to have the majority of their employees work from home and do meetings on Zoom, etc — and that home can be anywhere in the world. They will then start cutting way down on their overpriced downtown office space. And suddenly instead of leaving his tiny apartment in the expensive district that he could easily get to his office without a car from before, he’s going to be stuck inside the dark little 300-square foot spot the entire day for work, then sleep there at night, and start wishing he could have a spacious home like everyone else in the Zoom meeting has behind their faces. Then it will eventually be a move to somewhere where he can have a house, yard, family and needs a car. And he’ll curse the removal of car access from the places he wants to go.
And they realize it’s a lot cheaper to hire people in flyover country then on the coasts (cost of living alone).
It’s even cheaper to hire people in Chennai.
No argument here. My coworkers include a Costa Rican and over half a dozen people in the Philippines. I’m fairly certain part of the reason I got the job was that I already lived in the midwest, so there was no need to move me across the country to go to the office. My job can be done by someone on the other side of the world as easily as by someone here.
If anything I hope it convinces more people that living in crowded cities is a bad idea.
LOLWUT?
I don’t know if I count as conservative. And it’s less a cringe than a diatribe that rhymes with Tuck Gorge Push. But I have to say I fear bi-partisanship more than most things.
My problem with working 3rd shift isn’t anything to do with staying up; it’s about falling asleep and how my body will go totally insomniac. I’ve got a few days off, so of course I’ve been up 26 hrs and had 12 beers in the last 3hrs, and I still don’t feel no ways tired.
Melatonin, bro.
Popped them like candy last time I worked 3rd. that didn’t help either.
‘Chew some Valerian Root and get more exercise’
Doxxylamine succinate 25mg?
Clonazepam.
Serious
Progressive activists are proposing a “green stimulus” plan that would aim to boost the economy through the implementation of environmental reforms in various sectors.
The advocates and academics behind the plan outlined their at least $2 trillion proposal that aims to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels and create “green jobs” in an open letter to Congress posted Sunday.
The proposal includes certain elements of the Green New Deal, a broad policy framework that seeks to mobilize the U.S. economy to fight climate change.
It comes amid projections that the U.S. has fallen into a recession and that unemployment may increase dramatically as businesses shutter during the coronavirus pandemic.
It also comes as senators are in tense negotiations over a stimulus package. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) criticized Democrats on Monday over their demands for the stimulus, describing their proposals as a political “wish list” that he said includes tax deductions for solar and wind energy, measures for organized labor and emissions standards for airlines.
The activist proposal aims to make changes to areas including housing, transportation, manufacturing, energy and farming.
After we burn it all down, we can rebuild the world as a shining paradise.
“After we burn it all down, we can rebuild the world as a shining paradise.”
TBF, they’ve been pretty upfront about that being the goal for a while.
What not 100 trillion? Pussies.
Unreal.
Hyperion – you spoke too soon about MD being a libertarian paradise! Hogan just gave the non-essential business announcement.
The market affects are soon to make my essential job nonessential. People are canceling our work due to fears over strangers entering their homes during Apocalypse 2020. I very well be out of work by next week.
Unless they were paying you a Living Wage, you had no right to have a job in the first place!
What kills me is that several of the guys are bitching about having to work during these ever so dire times.
They think that they should be being paid to sit at home by their employer and get a check from the federal government.
Guys, you are being given the means to support your families without disruption and are doing so in an environment that rarely has more than four people in it with ample room to do your jobs without coming into close contact with each other. Shut the fuck up.
The liquor store I hit up today for the restock had signs hung all over through it with large “X”‘s on them. With the caption “Stand this far away to prevent the spread!”. Half the people who go into this liquor store are walking through on muscle memory and aren’t stopping for anything (and there’s nothing wrong with that).
A couple days ago I was at the post office to mail a package. There were signs asking people to keep six feet between each other.
No one did.
If I hear “the new normal” one more time I’m going to lose it.
For me it is “flatten the curve”. Ok I get it you freaking watch the news. You are not a goddamn epidemiologist or a statistician and even they don’t actually know what the freaking curve looks like, because there isn’t enough data yet and half of what there is was likely made up by communists. Stop explaining the theory to me. I understood it the first time I saw it and do not need another internet expert or talking head to explain it to me for the millionth time.
Er,..not in MD, just saying in general.
“Hyperion – you spoke too soon about MD being a libertarian paradise! Hogan”
It was sort of a joke. I see the fat face fuck finally came out of his diabetic coma.
Aperol, Brut Rose Cava, splash of Sprite zero, orange slice. Decent.
I asked a Yooper d’other day what my change was dare fer dat ninety-nine cent piece of beef jerky was, and that was his answer.
37 the clue is simply incorrect. Screw the ATF definition.
Good for him… I guess?
https://www.insidehook.com/feature/health-and-fitness/nick-butter-ran-196-marathons-in-22-months-heres-what-he-learned
That’s pretty much doing nothing but running for two years or more.
How did he finance that?
Sponsorships? Either personal or through a company? Left Hand Brewing sponsors the MS Bike rides, I’ve heard the CFO does the full 150 miles (over two days) for all of them (and met him on the ride I did).
That Butter is a stupid name for assholes?
I think I’ve seen clips from that series….
If I may go off topic, since I don’t do crosswords. This has been the best article I’ve read about the great virus panic so far. Maybe because it exactly confirms my bias and what I have thought in regards to climate change hysteria being a precursor to our present hysteria. It’s worth a read.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/03/17/the-luxury-of-apocalypticism/
I figure it’s okay to toss this out there, and then we can just
like we do the rest of the time
a full hour!? you are the very model of restraint, sir
I did very much appreciate the AK and whale graphics though. Thanks Don.
You have to give it to Dems, they are ruthlessly efficient and they never lose their focus. They know that the Pachyderms are weak and they know they’ll get cover from the media so they’re going ALL IN on retarded Lefty spending causes. They remind me of an enforcer on a hockey or soccer team; you’d love to have him on your side and absolutely hate to play against him.
Well it’s no doubt quite confidence boosting knowing the the media and historians will always cover your ass no matter how bad you fuckup. It’s like being in a made man in the mob or a member of a biker gang. You’re never in the wrong.
And Washington joins closing down all non-essential businesses, without defining what that is.
Anyone who isn’t a pimp or coke dealer?
Non-government workers?
That’s why they need to nationalize all industries. So all comrades will be essential.
Thanks, Don. Problem is, unless every answer is “12 Gauge”, I’m in trouble.
Soon we will all be a hobo with a shotgun
RIP Rutger Hauer.
King of the Road
https://youtu.be/WrhAC0dFis0
Roger Miller – comedian. Damn I want that host’s jacket!
https://youtu.be/O3fuOVNNL14
Wife and I watched ‘Unknown’ tonight. Pretty good really.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401152/
https://tinyurl.com/wpbfoh2
Here ya go Q.
https://youtu.be/sAXh61Rhltk
Not even a Purr?
Sourpuss
I figured out exactly thirteen of the crossword clues, then handed it off to Mr. GT. This – and all the other gun articles – may be what finally drags his butt off Facebook and gets him over here.
But then you’ll find out how much smarter and funnier he is than I am, and I’ll has a sad. : (
NewWife is quite keen but would probably only cypher out four or so.
Well…..better than Face off ButtBook, amirite?
I left you a Dayton radio reference in the “perfect movie” thread. Didja catch it?
Nah bae….sprinkle me
Back in the ’90s, I believe, Kerrigan & Christopher on WTUE used to do “Stoner Trivia.” It was like Jeopardy, as in answering in the form of a question, but you had to start with “Dude, what is…” and if you didn’t know the actual answer/question, then “Dude, what is Hunt for Red October?” was ALWAYS counted as a correct answer.
Getting our new washing machine deliver today. And for some reason the mother and father in law are coming over. “Why?”, I ask. “To help clean”, the wife says. So I get through about an hour of cleaning out the laundry room when the wife comes in and yells at me. “Don’t do that! What are they going to do when they come over?” “Now they don’t have to come over was my thought”, but I’m not so stupid I’d say it out loud. Bizarre.
Please tell me she yelled “to crean!”
Can I get opinions on whether this works as the start of a story?
I’d finish reading it. Hate jump cuts, though.
It’s supposed to be a sign that he’s new to making internet videos at this point.
Fair enough. You’ve set up basically everything that has to happen in the rest of the story. We just need to find out why he became so notorious, right?
That, and find out how he makes a living, and get to the bottom of the zombie outbreak in NPA
BTW, starting with “There was no snazzy into to the video” probably isn’t the best way.
“into” s/b “intro”?
Also, the comma should be a semicolon.
” The sides of his head had been shaved, and the remainder of the hair swept back. ”
I immediately thought of Sling Blade, whether or not that was intentional.
I’d keep reading.
All right, I’ll try to finish the story.
https://www.aier.org/article/incarceration-monetization-and-nationalization-cant-preserve-our-health-or-wealth/
I’m not so sure though. All sorts of countries are doing the same authoritarian things so it’s not like Trump is unusually authoritarian in his response. And Democratic state governors and leftist media outlets aren’t calling for calm.
SHUT THE FUCK UP, TRULIBMPTARD!
The past 4 years have traumatized some people so much that they can only view the world through the lens of Pro-Trump/Anti-Trump. Every single event, regardless of temporal or geographic location, is viewed through that funhouse mirror of monomanic pareidolia.
So I am watchng The Boys and I have to warn you, it has the least HM friendly scene ever filmed.
Duly noted.
That scene is hilariously awful.
Mass hysteria, isn’t it? Right now the “No, YOuR a MOron!” debate over the failed stimulus bill is in full swing on my FB feed. I just scroll by as I look for stuff that I need to know for my jobs.
Personally I think it says a lot more about modern politics of the whole world rather than Trump per se. And another example of a false dawn of the “open society” just like in 1914, 1991 or 2001.
Someone here typed it out the other day- our Deep State has friends with the Deep State in other countries, and they get together on Deep State twitter and DarkWeb™ to talk about their DeepState® stuff.
I’m not seeing that as too far-fetched. There’s tons of dead people in Italy- but they have a mad-old population, and shitty medical infrastructure. Of course they have bodies in the streets. But every other non-Italy country wants to compare themselves to….Italy. For some reason.
Huh, I thought modern communications, supranational institutions, foreign trade and foreign travel was supposed to turn all of the foreigners into libertarians not turn us into non-libertarians?
Seriously dude, that’s getting old. To an outside observer, the way you can comment at times implies that the person you’re responding to holds or held the position you’re criticizing. When in fact you’re mocking talking points from the editorial and writing staff of a website most of us decided to abandon over three years ago.
We get it, Gillespie and Welch aren’t true Scotsman.
I really do repeat myself, don’t I?
I really do repeat myself, don’t I?
Sorry, man.
I’m a little bitchy this evening.
TH, allow me to say that that was a truly fine summation.
Add Spain, as soon as the idiots in the media wake up to what’s happening there. While continue to ignore Iran.
I’m starting to wonder if it’s the whole world that has changed so much between 2010 and 2020. That’s unsettling.
How dare you oppose progress! It was supposed to a one way ratchet of Hayekian spontaneous order!
I’m late, but my Sunburned Face and Racoon Eyes Testify, What a Great day! Sunshine, met some Golf Tourists who were very cool, and Casey Showed up and crushed them all. Locals!
Kingman tomorrow, I love this game! and the people who play it, looking at you Tonio!
SMALL CANS!
Ive been loaded since at least noon.
NJ Gov Murphy on tv telling people not to go get tested unless they are showing symptoms. After testing, they go home, self quarantine and wait for results. And then…. Why not, if you are showing symptoms, just stay the hell home in self quarantine and not go get a test? If you find yourself sick enough to go to the hospital, then it ain’t going to matter if it’s Chinavirus or something else. Meanwhile all sorts of health care resources are being used (wasted?) in testing that might be better used to prepare hospitals for the apocalypse. But what the hell, Murphy also asked for $100 billion in Federal taxpayer dollars (screw you Iowa and Oklahoma) because, I guess, NJ has found their geese have no more golden eggs to lay.
And it ends, not with a bang, but a whimper…..
“Stimulus Talks “Are Stalled Out” After House Democrats Unveil $2.5 Trillion Counterproposal”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democrats-holding-covid-19-bill-hostage-over-unrelated-demands
Meh, what’s 2.5 thousand billion between friends?
Hopefully it will be stalled forever but I of expecting the Republican surrender. Not a Hill to die on, of course.
I could see them reaching a bipartisan compromise of more corporate money for the Reps and bigger payouts to individuals for the Dems along with some nice student loan forgiveness for good measure. Whatever passes Trump’s desk, there’s no way in hell he”ll veto it.
We’ll all get a check! And a tanked economy! And more regs! What could go wrong?
^^^ this guy
They’re ripping the guts out of the couch of the country, while keeping the slip-cover intact.
But they’ll send us the change they find between the cushions,
“look under your chair! You get $600!”
Dammit. Forgot the gin at the liquor store today.
That’s a Party Fail! go pass out until you realize what you Did!
I still have a half bottle. Just for stocking up.
Half a bottle? Go to the box and feel shame!
Off the top of my head, I’ve got four different half bottles of gin: Aviation, Tanqueray, Tanqueray Malacca, and Josephine.
Which is your favorite?
I prefer the grapefruit/citrus gins over the herbal. I’m not a fan of anise at all (which the Aviation gin does have in it). I prefer the Tanqueray lines to the Bombay ones. With the various expressions (10, Rangpur, Malacca) over the standard bottle. As I generally use gin in mixed drinks, I won’t jump up the shelf like I will for a good single malt.
Mine is Damrak.
I do have 2.5 bottles of genever.
One and a half bottles of Blue Coat, three quarters of a bottle of Hendricks, one bottle of Boardroom from the local distillery, half a bottle of Etsu; hopefully that’ll last me until PA opens the liquor stores again.
That’s why you write out a list before going out…
I swear I did!
But did you look at the list when you were in the store?
I’ll write a nice list and leave it home………
I did, but it’s a shared notes between my devices and apparently the addition didn’t propagate to my phone.
Bad Gustave! buy more for your penance!
Maybe after the lockdown is over.
No margaritas for you.
Bella loves Mayo!
/ Best foods or course….
Feed her Hellman’s you troglodyte!
No it’s Carl’s JR. rather than Hardees
Correct, but we Have Taco Bell and Del Taco,……..
Hungry Jack’s rather than Burger King….
Hmm, new to me..
I only know of it from watching too much Aussie sports TV. Guess that’s over with now.
Hungry Jack’s in Oz too
See my above comment. I think it only exists in Oz. I never would have made the connection except I saw one of their commercials during a footy match and the logo is exactly like BK’s except for the wording.
Huh….the plate really does come back for Hungry Jacks
In case you
rubesplebsfellow glibs don’t recall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiuHO6QGFa8Hardee’s and Hellman’s > Carl’s Jr. and Best Foods
Same=Same, what’s in a word?
That’ what they want you to think..
I thought Ellmabs was Best, complete with blue bow and all.
“Hellmans, East of the Mississippi”
On the the package, why I know…..
Duke’s works too
You expect me to go to a page 4?
Where is Ted S? Please explain use of then versus than.
First you measure item A, then you measure item B, then You announce that A is larger than B.
Why do you light the Ted Signal? Bored? Mononucleosis?
“Than” is used to compare two things, such as “he is taller than her”, or “OOP is dumber than sitting bare assed on a cactus”.
“Then” is used to establish a temporal relation. “Pants first, then shoes”, or “In 1986 the then governor McStupid was a general blight upon the human race”.
Comparative versus linear, or, or then in Binary
If (weather === “nice”){
Yusef.playDiscGolf = true;
Bella.WagTail = true;
TallCans = “up”;
} else {
FuckOff.Slaver(“tulpa”);
}
‘Sup Yusef!
Quarantine really getting to you, eh?
Come visit Quarantine Free Arizona, we have so many newcomers since the shutdown, I have as pot for your RV,
A Spot
I just got back from a long family trip around Arizona. Visited numerous locales spreading my coronavirus hither and yon.
Gah! A spider the size if a dime just started walking across my tablet screen, bold as you please. I crushed the little bastard with my palm but that sent a little jolt of alertness up my spine.
ewww, spider screen!
OTOH, we now have to watch were we put our Disc bags, the Fire Ants are out…………….
I have arachnophobia. I mean, I’m a grown ass man and will pick one up or even crawl through a crawlspace full of them if suitably attired, but only because I’m a grown ass man- they give me the willie’s and I will scream like a little girl if one surprises me.
The morning news here has this guy Sal who’s been doing the traffic for years, he does voice-over as they show live shots and interactive maps.
When they get to the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza view, the fixed aerial camera recently has had a spider web over half the lens, usually with a spider moving around on it.
Since it’s so close to the lens it looks ginormous and like it could take down some of the passing trucks.
The traffic guy likes the spider though, and has named it, and often asks its opinion about today’s backup.
I guess it must be too far up a pole for someone to swipe a broom at it. I’d just as soon they did, I don’t need to see an eight-foot spider terrorizing commuters with my morning coffee.
I kinda like the idea. Through the lens, not real life.
We had a gecko inside one of the camera plastic ‘bubbles’, here at work a few months ago. Cute little bugger must’ve been warmed up by the trapped air inside.
It’s not Boris the Spider, but her was ours for a while.
https://i.imgur.com/vNF3wM3.jpg
NSFW.
http://archive.li/JX6HX/73bbfa6823ae061950519d9d6b3c677b3bc2323c.jpg
NSFW.
http://archive.li/GxoBw/0fb01c58ab3392828c1b8ccd6138d826ab916c1a.jpg
NSFW.
Well, a little bit of sanity, a small glimmer of reason in an ocean of idiocy: after his order to close all nonessential businesses caused massive lines and hording, Denver mayor Michael Hancock has added recreational marijuana and liquor stores to the list of essential businesses allowed to stay open, so long as they practice “extreme precautions” by only allowing so many people inside at once.
my local aquarium store sent out a message that it’s staying open because it considers itself essential.
ok then.
I encountered that at the pet store yesterday. Locked door. No more than 3 customers at a time (it fits maybe 6 and I’ve never seen it that packed in ten years anyway).
My local strip club is now adding a rule that no more than two ladies at a time can be in your lap. pure fascism.
Collin’s “first” S.O.B., huh? I’ll, uh…contact you for location info.
Ok I made that up.
Yeah, I was just having fun with the concept, and your larf.
Shit even Vegas doesnt get liquor stores…one of our biggest stores shuttered Sunday to bow to the benevolent masters in Carson City
Oh man that’s gotta suck. It’s like they’re trying to see how far they can push us before we rebel. I think they have until Monday, when the Trumpster will decide whether to loosen suggested actions. Of course, it’s just suggested, but CYA and “here, hold my beer”, but if the feds say loosen it up a little, and governors and mayors keep clamping down, people are gonna get restless.
15 days from those federal recommendations is Monday, 5/30.
What I don’t understand is this damn-near absolute need to have the highest offices all order people. If the Pres says it’s OK to loosen, states can still make their own choices about what measures to use.
Yeah, they’ll need to be held accountable, but people are actually clamoring (with real clams!) to be ordered around, and yet, get upset when they think the ‘orders’ aren’t stringent enough. If you know so much better than the pols, then do what you think is best.
/I know, I know–it’s about making others do what you want.
Denver just ordered the closure of any “non essential” businesses. But the metro area includes half a dozen major cities and several smaller ones- in a bizarre jigsaw of strange and arbitrary borders.
So, Denver merchants are gonna bitch to the state about loosing business to Lakewood and Aurora. And instead of encouraging Denver to lighten up, Gov Polis is gonna issue a statewide cower-in-place, for fairness. I hope not; he’s been fairly balanced so far.
We got the old washing machine out of it’s space in the wash room. Glad father in law was there to find the half opened XX size condom pack that had fallen under there years ago.
Condoms? One advantage of monogamy with my partner of 15 years is that I don’t need them.
Did you just give up? It wasn’t in that annoying foil shit, was it?
Dude, you shouldn’t brag, those were Asian XX condoms. Tell us the truth.
Better than XS, am I right?
XG–Xtra Gaijin
That picture of the whale on the forklift is possibly the saddest picture I have ever seen.
Oh, don’t blubber.
Take your complaint to the Whaling Wall.
Oil get right on that.
Survival Russia to the rescue
Not enough “awesome”. He is slacking.
w/e
I’ve seen your work. You prefer “beefy”.
He’s surrounded by snow… Dude, just grab some handfuls of that.
Cool crossword there Don. Fun but too easy for me. I didn’t even have to fill it in.
Now I have to get in a suit and head out for a meeting. Maybe I’ll have some work to do soon. Wish me luck!
No report from Animal, but I’m sure he feels the same way. The good news is that you made heads and tails out of my clues.
With any product, the question is audience, and I bumbled my way to some sort of success. It was always doomed with reasonable people who didn’t grow up reading the Speer manual, but I was very pleased with Trashy’s report: he got 2/3 of the way through it. Isn’t that about right: most of it was reasonable, and then the rest would motivate people in the hobby to learn a little bit more?
At least the OT was solid; I just hate that we’re burning down society to give the Glibs something to talk about.
00:00 in Ohio
I hope you have your papers ready to travel, Gospodin
I got my papers for my part-time job this morning. I started online classes today. There was 30 min of us in a video conference waiting for the professor to figure out how to turn on her audio followed by 20 min spent trying to turn off the echo.
Risk of drugs falling out of my ass…
The headline doesn’t fit the actual story.
https://news.trust.org/item/20200323225613-cmq3v
Headline says man dies after taking chloroquine…however the news story identifies it not as the anti-malaria drug but rather chloroquine-phosphate, shit you put in aquariums.
They even link it to Trump. Evil fucks all around.
Damn, that truly is a shitty attempt to stomp on OrangeManBad. I wouldn’t be surprised if their reporters are looking for evidence that Trump personally sent them the chemicals.
Fuuuuuck–worse than even that article: https://www.theblaze.com/news/media-pounces-after-couple-takes-chloroquine
Chloroquine phosphate is also used as an anti-malaria drug and there were studies suggesting it could work.
I have a shit ton of it because I use it to treat sick fish. But I doubt it’s for people in this form.
The thing is, the shit’s not Tylenol, even at the right dosages there is potential for serious side effects and drug interactions.
Right. I would also have no idea how much to take.
Also I have a feeling it’s nasty. Because fish won’t even touch food that’s been given a tiny dose until they are voracious. And most fish are not picky usually.
Isn’t the Chloroquine “potential” based on a drug combo/cocktail, and not just the cp?
In any event, they took the wrong thing, and, with no medical guidance, like it was some kind of vitamin supplement.
Wiki says no, for what it’s worth. It’s already used as an antiviral and the Chinese experimented with it during SARS, which is why someone got the idea to try it. Hydroxychloroquine, which is what I took when I went to malarial parts of S.E. Asia, has less side effects and I guess works better with Azithromycin for this.
This is what i was thinking of. Got my terminology/understanding all f’d up.
To follow up on HM, I read something by a specialist saying CP has poorly understood antiviral effects. The Zpac is also administered to address the pneumonia that results from the infection. This avoids respiratory distress.
I’m not a doctor and don’t play one on TV so hopefully I didn’t garble it.
“they consumed only one teaspoon each of the fish tank additive”
Jesus! Considering that it’s intended to be diluted in water, God knows how much the dosage was.
It’s a shame the cure isn’t nitroglycerin.
@cc_fla the entire point of marriage is if one of you suggests ingesting fish tank cleaner the other says no
No, chloroquine phosphate is an anti-malarial drug. He just overdosed.
Still isn’t supposed to be self medicating with that stuff. Also, I’d imagine there are other chemicals added to the fish tank stuff. Seems like a big reach to link Trump to this overdose.
Oh, no–all’s fair in politics and COVID-19
Do NOT go looking at the responses to that tweet.
Did anyone believe that politics would be put aside and we’d all work for the common good? I didn’t. Fully expected this shitshow.
Well, of course. He didn’t say what the woman thinks he said.
He said what she thought he said. And she’s an idiot for that. The media claiming that’s what he said is plain evil.
Ugh. He didn’t say*
This reveals the utter cluelessness of most reporters. Suppose Trump did say to get some of that fish tank chemical to fix you right up. The first question should be how much. Every medicine has a dosage. The couple and the reporter are fools.
I agree, to a very short extent, that the head executive of the country should lead well.
Having said that, these reporters sure do love being told what to do, and that top-down style. They cannot conceive of people taking care of themselves and making decisions on their own.
In fact, I would bet they pretzel themselves over this couple ‘handling things on their own’, but still blaming the Trump WH.
The can conceive of people making decisions on their own. That’s why they’re against it.
Thanks HM…i was more speaking to the article and the way it was written.
Next you’ll tell me too much Tylenol can be a problem. Pffffft.
I remember watching a documentary on the BBC where they showed an old British “chemist” one of those big bottles of acetaminophen, the kind you can get at any CVS, and he just shook his head sadly and said “That’s a big bottle of death.” Like he honestly believed that Americans were dying in the streets from liver failure.
+1 dry-land drowning from drinking too much water.
+2 mice dying from aspartame over-doses
+3 cancer from everything in California
+4 [insert whatever here in ungodly amounts) typically means death
It’s amazing they let us take anything OTC. Someone should do something.
That story gets more retarded by minute.
https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1242239576938295299
And here is what a legitimate headline for that would look like.
https://twitter.com/pamster2009/status/1242246716725719041/photo/1
i like two Cellos, but the Trooper?
oh yes,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVH1Y15omgE
Gudbuy T’Jane https://youtu.be/CFAd-zpqWiU
Hello T’Jane https://youtu.be/n-JKydozBn4
Tomorrow I’m going into work, partly to see who is complying.
Should be interesting…
At the risk of being hated–I think you should arrive with this playing on the radio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4pg6Jh94Lo
I assumed it would be Flight of the Valkries.
I would second that.
How about Flight of the Bumblebees
You should consider yourself essential.
…I saw you talking to a squirrel
Kissing its lips
Why not mine?
https://youtu.be/VQ-Vy7TvGSA
Let’s hear it for the younger generation!
LOLWUT
He died as he lived…?
The feel good story of the day.
Well, for the rest of society. Machavellia, I’m not so sure…
?
/yeah, I laughed at my own supply
A couple from Teen Creeps https://youtu.be/9ag4QM6SFZQ
https://youtu.be/mUuXl65vRwQ
I think they’re from Belgium or something. Good band.
This is not an opinion. ITS A FACT.
https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/1242192715871326209
Yeah shits gonna get ugly in the states. Trump, right or wrong wants to have an end-goal lined up and all the statist want it to go on forever until either the boot is square on your neck or you are so destitute that you crawl to them seeking redemption under their glorious guidance.
Both teams want to fill it with crap that I don’t want. Team Red wants mercantilist crap. Team Blue wants identity crap.
Found in the responses: https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1242149214190284801
Stick to Your Guns https://youtu.be/OPQIA8okuyI
Millenarianism is really popular, as it has been for some time. Unfortunately, we get to sit through this present iteration. I’m not a fan, I never have been.
20 year old Kittah, in my lap, Goin to Kingman for Mountain Golf, Enjoy, Mein Froinds!
Mein Froinds!!
Not Fair https://youtu.be/oMA72NQ4GN4
Not Today https://youtu.be/AL962NVzOYQ
Just saw that AOC is claiming the 2T$ stimulus isn’t enough. The answer is always Moar.
Bitch, give ’em your own money!
Don’t tell me she doesn’t have some sugar daddies out there.
First!
Four cereal, Strafe, how’s life?
Fine. You?
Dems Worried Stimulus Bill Would Stimulate Economy
Narrator: And drugs fell out of her ass…
Ha!
Here: Try to have a bit of fun and relaxation (yes, there are a couple of kittehs).
Oh, and my life’s fine, too, Denver, not that you asked… ::sniff::
?
Nsfw https://youtu.be/AL962NVzOYQ
Very nsfw https://youtu.be/DS7bVA3VWR8
Oops. I biffed a link. Nsfw https://youtu.be/UQSqac0liiQ
And a similar concept https://youtu.be/LpA7I8SpkxQ
Truly deviants. And a nice throwback to old time rick n roll. And Canadians.
This is getting weirder and weirder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXhlG4h5faQ
Never have I ever been so excited to have my new patient arrive to the floor. I chose the wrong time to eat lunch. Several people were in the workroom discussing the evils of trump and corona, which is different than the hysterical corona is gonna kill us all I had to suffer through this past weekend.
I was grinding my teeth over the regurgitated talking points.
I did have to call out the corona lives for 3 days on surfaces lie.
Glad my lunch was interrupted and now the workroom is empty.
And, to stop amphetamines, too.
We might not know yet
Funny thing about viruses: the dumber and simpler and less “alive” they are, the more durable they come.
The Hidden Bigotry of Crosswords
The popular puzzles are largely written and edited by older white men, who dictate what makes it into the grid—and what is kept out.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/03/fight-to-make-crosswords-more-inclusive/608212/
This site needs more inclusive authors for crosswords. I am again disappointed.
Well, considering that only insane, misguided rubes are OK with guns, I’d say the site does serve an out-group.
Well, this is waaaay out of line.
The fucking wind is starting to piss me off. Stop already. Although maybe it disperses the evil virus.
Only if it’s the hot wind from a blow dryer
https://vm.tiktok.com/s9o1aW/
Finally: A cure I can get on board with!
I always knew if someone could find the cure it would be FloridaMan
Huh….I always thought of him as more California Man.
Ha. Nicely done
Thank you–I have my moments, I guess. I have no idea why ‘hair dryer’ makes my mind go directly to that.
I’m feeling rather surly this morning.
Do I have the China virus?
No, you have The American Disease.
I am not overweight.
*cross references symptoms*
Then you probably have New York Disease. The next sign will be support for corruption.
Note to DonET: Mr. GT finished almost all the rest of the puzzle last night. He got one incorrect – put in something other than “Beretta” (it fit, but wasn’t what you were after,) and couldn’t solve two near the bottom.
This morning, he’s off to the geezer hour at the grocery. With my credit card. Please keep my credit score in your thoughts and prayers.
I I need an editor: probably could have made some of the clues more reasonable.
Sorry Don, I didn’t see your email until you’d sent the second saying you were good. Of course I’d have been the most useless editor for this puzzle, my lack of gun knowledge is boundless. But if you do another I’ll gladly give it the once over and if you want I can run it through the software I use and make an online version.
Looks like virus danger is over, Congress will have a ton of money to throw at it, Wall Street happy, banks, airlines, Joe down the street, everyone gets a piece of the pie. Gonna be crowded on the East side.
The cure was there all the time, just needed more spending. Looks like restrictions will be coming off so the mail man can bring that big check. Won’t be long before everyone will have a trillion dollar coin but it’ll be easy to carry.
::glances at local & national headlines:: Ummmm…are you sure that wasn’t a dream?
How are we going to be able to spend that money with restrictions? TX governor already talking about people going back to work, Trump hinting that destroying the country to save it may be a false dilemma. Italy/China saying the worst is over.
People (us) already tired of looking in the mirror to find someone we know.
I sure hope we’re over the hump. It’s just hard for me to be optimistic on Day One of full-bore Stay At Home/”shelter in place” here in Ohio.
But Comrade. We have many pleasant opportunities for entertainment here in Ohio. There is the liquor store (assuming you haven’t reached your quota for the month yet), the various types of clouds that will blow overhead, and the many wondrous parks which you may or may not be allowed to walk through.
Trudeau is gonna waggle his baby dick tomorrow just as good news comes out of the States. Bank on it.
https://www.wfmz.com/news/new-mexico-man-says-he-unknowingly-stole-tvs-while-drunk/article_a49e43b9-a12e-5e55-94bb-57f085c196f5.html
Sure, why not?
*wakes up hung over in front of a pile of TVs*
Oh man, not again.
I finally joined twatter with a burner email acct so I could follow the people I wanted to and put them all in a feed. However, after adding a bunch of libertarian/mildy conservative accounts. Nothing that I thought was particularly controversial, Twitter demands I give it my phone number before I can even read any more tweets. I have no intention of posting anything. It’s the burner acct that did, right? Or is it my ad-blocker and anti-tracking stuff? Ugh.
I would be tempted to do a test with following only mainstream/lefty accounts.
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2020/03/21/doctor-who-big-finish-teases-lost-tom-baker-cybermen-story-adapt/
*two thumbs up*
I hate to be a party-pooper but I’m going to poop out an entire party in saying that perhaps that’s still not enough to save it. But then, I never was a Dr. Who fan, really.
Barry Sternlict on CNBC: 40,000 people die each day in car wrecks
Simple mistake, but I don’t think Sworkin corrected him.
That’s the kind of population control they could only dream of.