There are rays of sunshine this week. Governor Nitwit Newsom is rolling back various CoronaPanic™ orders. Restaurants in my county are reopening for sit down dining. The douchebag governor is suddenly about “localism.” He is a terrible governor but an adept politician. The tide has turned, and he is heading for dry land.
There is still no word on when gyms will reopen but we have got to be getting closer. I miss my gym. I miss the challenge of free weights. I miss ogling 20-something hotties. But I digress.
My workouts haven’t been optimal during the lockdown, but I have kept at it. I have even made some noticeable, to me, gains. I realized this is a lot of what has kept me going.
When I say noticeable to me, I mean it. Having been inspired by Saint Goggins, I have done more running the past two months than I have in the past two years. My endurance is vastly improved. I’m doing more sprinting during my runs than I ever have before. I’m running farther than I have at any time since high school. For the first time in my life, I had to order running shorts a size smaller than the ones I have. No one has noticed any of this but me.
Also inspired by Saint Goggins, I have been diligently doing pullups. Anyone who read his book knows the story of his SEAL teammate who was 35 pounds overweight and couldn’t do a single pullup when he started training with Goggins. By the time he exits Goggin’s story he is banging out multiple sets of 10. I’m not there yet but my count keeps increasing and I’ve noticed some muscular and vascular development in my forearms that I never had before. No has noticed this but me.
I have not been perfect with my ab workouts, but I have been persistent. Having lost a meaningful amount of weight, I’m starting to see some of what I have been building under a wall of fat. My wife thinks I look gr—. Sorry. I couldn’t finish that without laughing. She hasn’t noticed. I have plenty of shorts are years old. I had to give away a couple pair because they were just too loose. No one has noticed but me.
It’s small but noticeable stuff like this that has kept me going. What keeps you working out?
This week’s events in Minneapolis have inspired this week’s music links. The question we are all asking of the prosecution. The cop’s parentage (you’re welcome, Rhywun). How long before this song makes a comeback?
Doing multiple sets per day of super Arnold exercises with my dumbbells has been paying off. I wish I had started long ago.
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Is elephant low carb?
I’m sure there’s a lot of carbon in an elephant.
…and a B-I-I-I-I-IG footprint.
Exactly Derpe. It’s a lesson I occasionally need to relearn.
GlibFit.
http://archive.li/hU4zq
That’s more like it
Indeed.
#3 is gorgeous.
#18’s build reminds me of a former competitive swimmer I used to know. She and I had mutual interest in each other, but I was a bit wishy-washy about it. When I finally grew a pair and made a move, she had moved on to other guys.
Most of them. I think 18 was tucking.
Oh Canada!
One and done.
Does My Ass Look Fat in These Jeans?
A little
Sorry to go OT, but about fuckin’ time.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-announces-u-s-to-designate-antifa-as-terrorist-organization-following-violent-protests
Morons. If Trump had any chance of losing in November it is gone now.
Followup from Hotep Jesus
One of Trump’s racist, white-supremacist supporters I see.
Black business owners standing in front of their businesses with AR-15s to protect their businesses from privileged spoiled brat white ‘liberal’ millennials, right after ‘liberal’ mayors and governors tried to destroy their businesses with lock downs,’ is not exactly the scene democrats wanted to see, but it’s what is happening.
I haven’t seen that. Do you have a link?
It was linked here earlier today. Can’t remember who linked it now.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ZoomerClips/status/1266129167776546816
Thnx, Sean, I’m in Sunday lazy mode already…
It’s fucking unreal.
We’re reaping the harvest of government education and universities that teach communism.
That video of the looters attacking a woman defending her store has my blood boiling.
“We’re reaping the harvest of government education and universities that teach communism”
Yes, that and the media. Both of those are the what needs burning to the ground (metaphorically speaking) and starting over from scratch. Both of them are no longer anything other than Marxist institutions acting directly from the little red playbook.
AR’s, AK’s, Glocks, etc. I saw much firearm diversity.
IANAL, but crossing state lines to engage in terrorist activities carries pretty heavy penalties; like life in Terre Haute. The minute one of these trust fund pussies gets nicked and is facing something like that, they’ll start squealing and won’t stop until he’s given up every name. Rise and repeat.
“The minute one of these trust fund pussies gets nicked and is facing something like that, they’ll start squealing and won’t stop until he’s given up every name. Rise and repeat.”
Q wins the daily internet lottery.
Its actually more than that. Any group that would, let’s say, offer to pay bail money for someone who is found out to be Antifa would be considered “offering material support to terrorism” and would then also fall under terrorism protocol. Furthermore, under the precedent set under the Obama administration, any member of Antifa, US citizen or not, could be summarily killed, due process be damned.
Thankee.
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Our local YMCAs have reopened! This past week it was only the fitness room – no pool, no classes, but those apparently will reopen this coming week, with reservations required. I went twice last week. I decided to stick to one piece of equipment each time because we’re supposed to clean whatever we use before and after use. So far, what I really like using is the NuStep recumbent cross-trainer, though I need to learn how to take full advantage of the features, such as adjusting the weight load. I like getting both my arms and legs moving, and at least at the default settings, I can keep going for well over half an hour. (If anyone is familiar with this particular piece of equipment, I’d be grateful for any tips.)
This coming week, I hope to reserve a spot to do some lap swimming after work. I could never swim after work before because the high school swim teams used the pool then. At the moment, I’m frustrated by the fact that you can only submit reservations one day ahead of your desired time, so I have to wait until tomorrow morning to try to get a lap swimming spot for Tuesday late afternoon. BUT it’s moving in the right direction.
Is it fun to stay there?
“BUT it’s moving in the right direction.”
You go girl!
You get to hang out with all the girls?
HI Chafed, Thanks for the new edition. I think you bring up an important point, that the personal improvement; be it physical or mental is really for oneself. If others notice, great! If not, you keep trying. You just don’t wake up one day and say “I’m going to get in shape or learn a new language” and then boom you are strong and fluent in weeks. It takes years of practice and if your honest may never be achieved or noticed.
It is all “Baby Steps”. Except with sailing; which you can succeed at your very first time while tied to the mast.
+1 Odysseus
Oh the canvas can do miracles.
Awwwww pobrecito…
https://www.kmov.com/news/george-floyd-protests-st-louis-man-killed-fedex-truck/article_f8a89482-a259-11ea-84b8-a374c58a7d47.html
Did he cry for Mommy as the semi truck crushed him?
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“With the video you can clearly see the people at the doors are only going up because they were trying to tell him somebody was stuck not to open it and try to beat him up and things like that,” said [an eyewitness].
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Uh huh.
Yeah, call me skeptical. Even if it’s true, the driver had every reason to be in fear of his life.
He probably got a call from Reginald Denny.
I guess he didn’t think they could all get along.
Good
They’re fighting the power by looting a FedEx truck. May they all get run over.
+1 Rachel Corrie
St. Pancake
Rode 105 miles with about 4200 feet of climbing yesterday. My legs are a little sore today.
Nice work.
Was that in NoCal. Did you get caught in that T-storm? Really unusual this time of year or any time of year here
Yeah. I had to wait out a thunderstorm for about 30 minutes. It was the kind of downpour you’d see in the tropics. The creeks were raging.
Yeah..wow..that is even more impressive since it was a little dewey out there and the intermittent puddles can make a ride interesting. As for the soreness, I have been using Hemp salve, which seems to be a pretty good topical for minor pain relief. It’s $14 per tin and they give you a $15 coupon. Hope they will make the difference in volume.
Very nice!
Fuck yeah!
A little sore??
Jelly. Between you, Neph, and Mikey, I’mma bout to buy a bike. If we get the place I am applying for right now, I will. Backs up to a bike path.
My wife wants one. I’m refusing to let her ride an unsafe cheap bike. She was looking at Walmart bikes, so I’m interfering. They have a Trek shop near here, so we can actually go and check some out, if they’ve been allowed to open, yet.
I need a heavy-duty big girl bike. $$$ but we have a close bike shop so I’m willing to suck it up.
Better to suck it up and spend the $$$ than to hurt yourself on an unsafe bike. Buying from a local shop is smart also because if anything goes wrong, you can just take it down to get it worked on.
I still have the bike I got as a teenager. It is currently rotting* in my shed. Haven’t ridden it in years.
*Not really rotting but sitting idle all the same.
One of us! One of us!
Skip the big box bikes, and look for a good used one on Craigslist (or the like). I’ve been contemplating putting together an article on getting started with riding. Quick tip: most important thing to get (after the bike and helmet) is a bike pump.
I’ve got a Trek sport 370, pumps, helmet, trainer, the works. It probably needs new tires and a tune up but since I’ve decided to gracefully age into fat fuckedness I could probably be convinced to trade it for a 30 pack of Strohs. delivery not included.
I’ve got a Giant OCR3 and a Specialized Hybrid bike. I’m looking at picking up a touring bike. I have a feeling there’s going to be a glut for sale come fall.
George is in a better place than we are … last night I wish I was where George was
(And drugs fell out of her ass.)
my* ass
I’m going back to bed.
“I’m going back to bed.”
Good gawd, it’s the middle of the day! And that won’t stop the drugs from falling out…
I’m still keeping at it but have not lost much week in the past 2 weeks, 2 lbs. Been drinking beer a little to often, time to get back on the wagon for a spell. I pulled something on the right side of my back right above the hip doing deadlifts, my own fault, wasn’t focused on what I was doing. Nothing serious, didn’t keep me from continuing working out during the week. I did manage to do 70 sit-ups, not all at once but sets of 30 – 20 – 20. A few weeks ago it was struggle to get to 15. A friend gave me a nice set of Olympic weight plates with a weight tree, 250 lbs worth. Free and they look like they have barely been used. I need an Olympic bar in order to use them, these have the 2″ inch holes. All my bars are standard 1″. Anyone have a recommendation on an good Olympic bar. They seem to vary in price with a good one costing over $200 and up. Looked around on my local CL and FB market place, came up with zilch. Right now considering the Rogue Echo Bar, here…. https://www.roguefitness.com/rogue-echo-bar
Progress is progress. When you look at a year long window, it’s astonishing.
Keep on it, dude!
What Tundra said. You’re going in the right direction. Keep it up.
Me and U 2. I gotta stop it soon. Maybe tomorrow, just like I said yesterday…
Horn tooting time. I hit the 100 rep level of daily 1 set bodyweight squats this past week. This was in combination to daily toe touches and alternating days for push ups, rows, and dips. I’m now at the level to restart pull-ups.
My loose plan on the squats and toe touches (now dead lifts) is to add in weight every week. I dropped the reps back to 50 and held a bowling ball, so I guess its a goblet squat. I’ll try to increase by 5 reps a day and increase the weight every time I get back to 100 reps. Going to start taking Sundays off, though.
Nicely done.
https://mobile.twitter.com/HarmlessYardDog/status/1267166448906108929
Rooftop Koreans. ?
Is that a duck call or an e-sig? Either way I had no idea that’s how you lure looter.
OMG, still giggling. …’nature is healing’
Broski needs an AR.
His grandfather killed commies with this rifle, he will commies with this rifle.
Thanks, Chafed!
I hope you get your gym back soon. I agree with you, I really miss that part of my routine.
I’m on day 20 of the 75Hard. I’m really glad I decided to take this on. As I said before, it’s almost more of a habit/brain/attitude reset as much as a physical thing.
Every morning I get up, have a cup of coffee and get a good walk in. Weekdays it’s 4 miles, longer on the weekends. I knocked out 8 this morning and it was glorious. For my other weekday exercise, I’ve been alternating an hour-long stretching routine and yoga. The stretching has completely fixed my IT band. Three weeks ago I could barely walk up the stairs, now I can run. Amazing.
I’ve dropped 13 pounds so far, probably a little faster than necessary, but it’s fun to see the numbers descend. I’m gonna be weak as a damn baby when I get back into the gym, but I don’t give a shit. Break down and build back up seems like a good plan with the fucking lockdown. My diet is totally dialed in – I generally don’t eat until 1:00 or so and am usually done by 7. No snacking.
Regarding getting back into the gym, Rip has some thoughts. He’s crabby and funny as hell. Some good information, too. TL;DL? Don’t be a stupid, egocentric fuckwit. Start light.
Good luck this week, peeps!
I have been doing roughly the same routine for the 9 months. The extra trail mileage is agreeable for the dog and eating once or twice a day works for the weight loss. IMO exercising while in a fasted state really helps drop the pounds. Personally, I don’t think you can lose weight too fast..unless you are sick.
I bet you will surprised once you get back into the gym…you didn’t lose as much if your diet is good. And getting back to pre-panic levels will happen in a couple weeks.
It’s something I hear a lot from people in a kind of excusey type tone. If you want to lose a half pound a week, if that works for you, that’s fine. But if someone else prefers to really tighten down their diet and exercise, and really make a change, some of those people love to go “Well I read (on some clickbait website) that it’s not safe to lose weight too fast”. Yeah, its not safe to not eat at all, and spend 4 hours a day in hard exericse.
An American is like a thousand times more likely to be overweight than to suffer from an eating disorder, but you’ll get people who don’t ever exercise and who have a BMI over 30 talking about how “it’s not safe to skip meals” when you decide a quick workout and a banana is going to be your lunch today. Concern troll type stuff. I dropped 70 pounds between Memorial Day and Labor Day a few summers back, and never once did I feel dizzy or faint or have any kind of issues.
I meant more for trying to preserve muscle. I’ve lost 30 before pretty quickly and had zero negative effects.
Getting back into the swing of things. Back to calorie counting, and getting rides in. Down about 4 pounds, resting heart rate back down in the 50’s, 36 miles on the bike this past week, and 30.3 miles on stationary bikes in spin classes. Today in the spin class, I got a personal best of ranking first in the class. My cadence is still hovering in the 80’s, average power ~170 watts.
Been running this week. Legs feel good and the running has been very fun.
Diet has been good. Low carb/keto EXCEPT, had a little rice on Tuesday, and a little (2 oz) fettuccini on Wednesday. Oh, and a jelly donut with breakfast today.
Need to start some core training. I won’t join a gym. Gotta start sit ups/crunches/push ups and whatever I can do in my living room. Any suggestions?
Here’s a little ditty by a band out of Dayton, OH. It’s Connections and the tune is “Good Cop” https://youtu.be/dHu6h7AGqgE
Awhile back someone recommended an ab pad for doing sit-ups. I got one and highly recommend it, it helped me a lot with sit-ups.
Thanks. Will look into it. Little Pad https://youtu.be/c5gyoIGPnZg
Get a pull up bar. Pull ups and leg raises will do the trick.
Pull up bar is good. Had one in our old place in Cali. Haven’t put one up here in Seattle. That’s probably a good start.
Spider Bags: Cop Dream/Black Eyes https://youtu.be/PySAMpxS10Q
Watching protests live on Fox – so many out-of-towners in Philly…
In these days of lockdowns and travel restrictions, how do so many major cities suddenly fill up with out-of-town rioters?
We’re living in strange times.
https://mobile.twitter.com/AbdulShaqildi/status/1266928261499686913
I grudgingly respect that. As long as the horse was unharmed.
Thread says it’s this guy: https://news.wttw.com/2020/05/21/chicago-portrait-dreadhead-cowboy
So it’s his horse.
*chuckles at the absurdity*
My Facederp acquaintances are claiming that the Proud Boys are stirring things up. It’s not Antifa out there doing exactly what they said they were going to do.
Then they should have no concerns with making arrests.
I’m finally about ready to dump social media for good.
Not sure what took you so long.
Photos of family and friends who live out of state keeps me from severing, but I don’t know if I can make it through a presidential election year.
Turns out that most family and acquaintances who are tech literate enough to do Facebook are also tech literate enough to do Amazon photos or another image sharing service. That’s what we do.
WhatsApp works fine for that.
I just tried it recently and it’s the antidote to intelligent discourse.I won’t go back until we develop a vaccine for stupidity and evil.
Your facederp friends sound like retards. We must have the same friendship circle.
Do yours believe that it was all out-of-staters that got arrested in Minnesota? And that alt-right/white nationalists are prodding the mobs into looting and burning the cities?
I swear, for Ivy League educated people, they’re so fucking stupid it makes me cringe.
I logged off facederp and every time I go back on accident, the login screen reminds me why I left.
“Facederp acquaintances”
I think I see the problem.
Yeah, it’s those racist, white-supremacists headed by a . . . Samoan…?
I don’t usually have much to say on these articles but I like to contribute to the comments so….
Saturday unstacked 3 ricks of wood, rebuilt bases and restocked. Filled holes and ruts in driveway. Trimmed 100 feet or so of muscadine vines.
Today: 6:15 am I started cutting grass. I had all of it cut with a push mower by 9:00am. Cooked breakfast for wife and myself…two eggs in the hole with bacon and toast. Weeded garden and flower beds…finished by 11:00am. Back from the grocery by 12:15.
1:00 pm poured first vodka. That means nothing else will happen today.
Does that count for a glibfit comment?
Perfect Glibfit comment. I’m sipping a Smirnoff and oj, with lime Perrier. Cheers!
Same but with pineapple here….wife got on a pineapple kick recently. I have to admit it is quite tasty.
By my count that makes you a decathlete..I guess the vodka is a metal..silver!
I wish I had that level of motivation at home. Strange thing is I work fine and do my job at work, but I’m lazy as hell at home. Everything gets done and I keep the house clean and orderly. But I do not go the extra mile. For instance, I have neglected to cut the grass this weekend and will be doing tomorrow after work since I’ll still be a “work” mode.
I just heard some talking heads going on about how this is why we need a cashless society: icky germs are on the cash! Debit card is safer. The fact that we can use your financial trail to learn where you go and how much you spend on what is entirely coincidental.
Being exposed to germs is pro evolutionary though. it’s how big civilization conquered the little guy.
Of course.
*leaps into ball pit*
I haven’t carried cash in years. As for my ‘trail’ I am not worried. It is the most boring trail in the world. Grocery store, convenience store, grocery store, etc. I rarely go more than 5 miles from my house.
There is a security issue though. Twice in the past three years someone has spent money on my debit card in CA, which is the opposite coast from me (VA). I’m pretty careful with it so idk how s/he got it. I noticed the second time when the person spent 100 dollars in one day. Both times I got my money back but it is still frustrating.
Something similar happened to me after a trip to Montreal. I guess I used an ATM with a skimmer without realizing it. A couple of days after I got back from Montreal, I saw someone had withdrawn about $2K from my checking account from ATMs in Montreal. My bank took care of it, but it was a pain in the ass.
Well, shit. The most I have had temporarily taken was a couple hundred. Glad it worked out for you in the end.
Ignore the pens/buttons on the credit card readers.
I am not sure what the purpose of that is. I once ran the card for a transaction and then before I signed I checked my card site. *Ding* the transaction popped up. Then I scribbled something unintelligible and hit the OK button. It is theater. As soon as you swipe the card the transaction is done.
IIRC, the reason is for the businesses to have proof in case the transaction is contested. Otherwise, you’ll have some assholes figuring out what the maximum amount of charges they can contest before the credit card company drops them.
I get tired of hearing this. None of the proponents of a cashless society seem to have thought, even in passing, about what happens if the trappings of civilization (power, data networks) get interrupted for even a few days. Cash is King in those circumstances, or you’re stuck with barter.
Didnt the govt just dump 4T on the economy? The king is soon going to be worth less than the paper he is printed on. I am beginning to wonder if the gold nuts are on to something. Granted, you dont make money with gold but it does keep its value without depreciating.
I’ve put some money in Bit Cash as anti inflation hedge.
Not to mention, the credit card processing companies are now negotiating from a position of government backed strength. And there’s the 2-3% processing fee that the businesses now need to pay on all transactions.
The credit card system is a fucking racket. They bleed retailers at every opportunity and straight out refuse to deal with fraud other than to protect their own hides.
We use Discover. I pay it off 100% every month. In the 25 years we have used it we have had fraud problems 3X and each time Discover took care of it right away. We also get great reward points and usually use them for the Christmas presents. We have bought a Bose radio, Dyson vacuums 3x, countless cool Xmas gifts…etc.
Hell, we even bought a car with the card just to have the reward points. We paid the card off the same day because I insisted we save the money for the car before purchase instead of financing the car. Bought the car with the card, went home and paid it off.
I have to say I am very satisfied with their service and recommend it if you have the discipline to pay the card off every month.
I’m speaking of my experience as someone who takes credit cards for payment. Not as a payer.
I mostly use a card but always have cash on hand just in case and would like to always have the option.
Observation: Idk if every business is doing this and if any of you guys have noticed but a lot of places here are putting plastic over the card readers at the checkouts. Are the readers going to get the carona? I don’t see the point unless they are changing the cover constantly or if it makes it easier to disinfect without damaging the machine, but even then…
You mean wipe it? Like with a cloth?
Nice to see Modern Urban Life is cowering in place until an angry mob burns it down.
Is the US already well on its way to be a Latin American country? Potential communist coups or right-wing authoritarianism to stop that?
Left-wing authoritarianism, like in Hong Kong.
Domestic terrorists must be defeated!
“It’s small but noticeable stuff like this that has kept me going. What keeps you working out?”
The stress release and it increases my confidence.
Also, I don’t want to be a big fat fattie pants from Fattown fatting my way about.
You sound fat.
I just leered at my bod in the mirror for too long pre and post shower.
The chest and arms still look pretty good, but that’s where it ends.
The next woman I trick into sex is going to be very disappointed by my jiggly center and disappeared ass.
Fuck Trump and Fuck Capitalism!
It’s not a beer belly; it’s a fuel tank for a sex machine.
When you have a valuable tool yo build a big shed over it.
el oh el
These euphemisms.
I’m stealing that. Thank you.
Hank Hill syndrome?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1DGmQUCTNA
Pics?
You sick freak.
What? I thought that was the standard response when someone talked about their body.
Some class A shitlording from the female contingent.
I’ve learned from the best.
I can’t wait to post about this on my incel subreddit.
*looks at self in mirror*
Dad-bod coming along nicely.
Joe Biden hardest hit.
Watching the live rioting and looting going on in Philadelphia.Rio
Stunning and sad. Where the fuck are the cops?
Preventing Sunday Mass?
The reason you can’t become a cop if your IQ is too high is because, like soldiers, they just do as they are told. They take too much flak for that. They deserve some but not all they get. The ones pulling the strings are governors, mayors, city councils, and police juries. Those are the people that set the policies. The cops are just the automatons that carry them out.
Ahem! The Army prefers soldiers who can think and improvise. The ones who can tend to fight better.
From the NCO creed: I will exercise initiative by taking appropriate action in the absence of orders.
The Army prefers soldiers who can think and improvise.
Police are not the military and vice versa.
And something you will appreciate: My understanding is that the US want independent thinking and acting commanders who can adapt to field situations to make decisions to further the cause of winning a given engagement. As an example of not having this philosophy the German army had armored units that could have responded to the d-day invasion and possibly thwarted it. They did not respond because of a very strict top-down command structure that did not allow for such independent thought and action. (feel free to correct me, but I read or saw this somewhere once.)
from the Imperial War Museum site
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-german-response-to-d-day
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Defeat of the Allies would hinge on the nine panzer divisions and one panzergrenadier division in theatre, with a total of over 1,400 tanks and self-propelled guns. They were held in an armoured reserve called Panzer Group West, commanded by General Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg. For administrative purposes they came under OB West, but von Rundstedt had no direct control over them. These divisions represented the real striking force in the German order of battle, but authority over their deployment and use had become a major bone of contention.
Von Schweppenburg was keen to keep the armour well back, hidden north of Paris, until the Allies were committed, and then launch a mass counterattack. In contrast, Rommel feared that Allied air superiority would expose the panzers to devastating fighter-bomber attacks, preventing their movement. He wanted every tank as near to the coast as possible, where in his view the battle would be won or lost. He hoped too that the morale of the infantry manning the beach defences would be strengthened by the presence of elite formations beside them.
It fell to Hitler to decide on the matter, and typically he chose an unworkable solution. Rommel was given operational control of just three panzer divisions, only one of which – 21st Panzer – was located within striking distance of the Normandy coast. The other two – 2nd and 116th Panzer – were held north of the Seine. Three more divisions – 2nd SS, 9th and 11th – were assigned to Army Group G in the South of France. The remaining four divisions – 1st SS, 12th SS, 17th SS Panzergrenadier and Panzer Lehr – stayed with Panzer Group West. But these would now come under the direct operational control of Wehrmacht Supreme Headquarters (OKW). They could not be moved without Hitler’s express permission.
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Hitler often overruled the orders of his commanders and acted against their advice.
I will say that theres merit in the argument that allowing the Allies ashore and then striking deep with a well prepared attack in an attempt to overrun the Allied lines and capture or kill a huge field force.
Honestly, if you surged the panzers to the Cotentin, you’re giving all those wonderful battleships and cruisers a big huge target. You’re going to deal with tactical air either way, but moving your tanks in range of 7 battleships and 5 heavy cruisers, plus another hundred or so tin cans able to come up in fire support.
Where the fuck are the cops?
Threatening to kill legal gun owners, sleeping on the job, you know, the usual.
Cops can’t be everywhere in these kinds of situations. Wolf needs to call out NG. But what is amazing about the coverage of the looting of a drugstore and the adjacent “Islamic Items” store is that the white supremacist looters have managed to somehow recruit 100% people of color. Or maybe its just widespread use of blackface?
The conspiracy theory that white alt-right instigators are going around prodding the violence and looting is incredibly racist on its face. According to my white liberal friends, blacks have no agency.
I’ve spent 2 months dealing with Wolf’s and the tranny’s lockdown preaching, and yet not one fucking thing to say about social distancing and masks and and gatherings during the riots. They threaten to fine me for not wearing a mask but allow this shit to go on.
The cops are protecting us white people in Center City. I am not joking. The entire rectangular area is blocked off and full of cops.
Saw a few minute of looting/rioting in a couple cities. The anchors were going out of their way to hand-waive the obvious problem, looting and rioting. And I think I heard that they closed a highway in Mini-soda? As in the cops were shutting it down because
violent mobsprotesters were marching down it? That’s a fucking good use of your tax dollars…Completely off topic, I just learned my niece is moving across the country in a month. She and her boyfriend got jobs lined up in southern CA (between LA and San Diego). Hell of a time to be planning a cross country move.
You know what they say about out of staters who move to California…
The average IQ of both places goes up.
:rimshot:
Moving to the OC… I hope they enjoy traffic and the 40% increase cost of living…but the weather is nice!
Not all of OC is CDM/Newport Beach/Laguna Beach. There may not be a shock as far as cost of living. Don’t forget Stanton, Midway City, and Stabba Ana are in OC too.
Yep. How’s the calf? I hope it is fully recovered…remember to stretch that out afterward.
The jobs they got are closer to Irvine and Limestone Canyon Regional Park then the coast. They’re also moving from the Tremont neighborhood (fairly pricey hipster neighborhood in Cleveland). It is looking like I’ll need to plan a trip out there sometime next year.
If they’re moving from Fremont, they’ll probably be happy in Costa Mesa/Newport Beach. Bars, clubs, hipster restaurants, all the good stuff. Affordable enough.
Irvine is quite nice. January is pretty good weather if the Santa Ana winds are not blowing.
OC was Red until recently, from what I gather.
Two very different police stories.
Alvvays “Party Police” https://youtu.be/LaW-5eGt1jg
And Black Flags police story https://youtu.be/UwHHC2sBTcA
According to Andy Ngo this is basically a Communist insurrection. Erm…
He’s right. They marched through Beverly Hills chanting “Eat the rich!” They are trying to enact the early phases of a Marxist revolution.
How likely are they to succeed? No time to be complacent…
Between the stupidity of their ideas and the stupidity of their methods, near none. We are going to continue our slow march to serfdom.
Andy is right. In their deluded minds that is exactly what they are doing. It is going to fail miserably and they will be crushed, especially now that BadOrangeMan is getting them declared a terrorist organization.
I would hope so…
Not if the ACLU has anything to do with it. They issued a statement against Trump’s statement within a couple of hours.
His political knowledge matches his knowledge about construction equipment
He lives in Portland. Shop class for guys there is how to keep the chopsticks from falling out of your manbun. Anything manly is outlawed.
Maybe now, but I had a kick ass summer one year there in shop class. Leatherworking and woodworking. Make a kickass boomerang by accident (screwed up the angle and length measurements and it actually turned out better).
Of course, that was closer to the CT boundary.
Biden speaks on Floyd’s death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYqEo1ehYII
featuring numerous malapropisms!
[head desk]
Joe Biden sang a different tune in 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFXDhw20gdo
How interesting there are so few views on that video.
Biden’s getting hammered in his video about Floyd. Go read the comments while they’re still up.
You expect me to listen to Biden for six and a half minutes? I appreciate you going into the breach for us but can you just give it to us in a nutshell?
I tried but 30 seconds in I started wondering what that sound was….then I realized it was me, snoring.
Blah blah blah racism, vote for me
I ain’t black, so I guess I can’t vote for him.
fun fact: blah blah blah in Arabic is kezzah kezzah kezzah. Kezzah is garbled from kazalik (such as that)
“…such as the Iraq…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
This Twitter thread warms my white, Gen X heart
“Be better.” “Karen.”
The world should burn!
They deserve a social media shaming and/or a beating for not being sufficiently outraged. God does Twitter bring out the worst in people.
My white brothers and sisters just wanted to hangout with each other.
White Sister https://youtu.be/4dU6fqM9Y4s
White Riot
the implication being that these white people aren’t outraged, and should be better by going out and being violent?
Restaurants in my county are reopening for sit down dining.
Indoor or outdoor? Outdoor dining is allowed in the Live Free or Die state but don’t dare eat indoors. The Clown Prince is graciously and magnanimously deigning to think about allowing indoor dining and might have an announcement in a few weeks.
There is still no word on when gyms will reopen but we have got to be getting closer. I miss my gym. I miss the challenge of free weights. I miss ogling 20-something hotties. But I digress.
Gyms can reopen here in the Live Free or Die state but only for personal training and small group classes. I also miss the gym, lifting, and ogling hot woman of a variety of ages.
My workouts haven’t been optimal during the lockdown, but I have kept at it. I have even made some noticeable, to me, gains. I realized this is a lot of what has kept me going.
Good on your gains.
I’ve been doing what I can. I think my disc herniation is improving. I think I am losing weight despite drinking more and eating more restaurant food in an attempt to help some local places survive. I think that not grazing at the office snack bar and I’m a little more careful about how much I eat during the day have been the reason I’ve lost weight.
I started doing kettlebell swings with baby weight kettlebells again. If I keep my form good, no pain. If I get sloppy, ow. I did not run this past my physical therapist, in fact I haven’t talked to her in a while. I plan to call her tomorrow.
My doc recommended, a while ago, that I take Aleve regularly to help with the pain so I can do more stuff. She said to discontinue it before I go back for more shots. Well, since I noticed the pain going down, I stopped taking it. I also haven’t called up about more cortisone shots. I have some pain in the morning when I get up out of bed, but as I move around the pain almost always goes away. That’s been constant since I stopped taking Aleve.
The Judas Priest song is good.
Oh… something else. My upper body conditioning has gone to shit. I removed some lilacs yesterday. I had to get a stump out of the ground. Trying to cut the roots with the digging bar winded me in no time. The largest root I couldn’t cut with the digging bar. I had about a foot and a half to two feet of stump. I used that as a level to work the stump around to break the last root.
#SpudBar
Tanker Bar
I use a Sawzall with a pruning blade…
Congrats on the book, MJ.
Thanks, and thanks for the RT!
Seconded.
Thanks!
I’m glad your back is getting better DEG. Kudos to you in your excellent taste in music.
Thanks!
For those who are interested, the Bikes and Beers virtual ride has been extended through the summer. I dropped the $30 to keep it going for me, especially now that the weather has finally turned nice enough to ride again.
The medal is mildly entertaining to me (it’s a bottle opener and a coaster as well).
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-envisioned-american-carnage-now-he-s-got-it-n1220361
Yes, it’s all Trump’s fault. It’s definitely not the fault of the the people out there saying that if you oppose property damage by rioters and looters, you’re a racist.
Weren’t the left screeching about racism when he shut down international travel? Now he is slow to react?
Seriously, who do these dimwits think they are convincing? Aside from preaching to the choir they are wasting their breath.
“Back then, it was hyperbole at best.”
What does hyperbole have to say for himself. It turns out he’s Trump’s greatest asset.
he’s Trump’s greatest asset
I’m the illiterate and racist redneck electorate?
Before he took office Peter Suderman at TOS was claiming that Trump would have vigilante gangs in the streets killing people. Various other hacks there made similar but not quite that crazy claims. I knew we were in for a hell of a ride at that point and basically wrote TOS off.
With the non-stop unsubstantiated, wild claims…none of which are true…I cant see how anyone would pay attention to his critics except for entertainment purposes.
Well now it’s happening because all those rioters are Trump’s personal white supremacists imported from Russia.
Russians. They make great villians.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/susan-rice-suggests-russians-behind-violent-george-floyd-demonstrations
AYFKM?
That woman has no relationship with the truth.
We live in a pseudo meritocratic system where people are handed out titles by each regime, and then treated like legitimate authorities for the rest of their lives.
She is simply lying. Again.
Tell me Pence isn’t Robert Shaw in From Russia With Love.
I’m reminded of, “they told me if I voted for Barry Goldwater we’d go to war, and they were right!”
It all started when one of Trump’s goons ripped that poor woman’s arm off and beat her with it a during one of Trump’s white supremacist campaign rallies.
More than 100,000 Americans have lost their lives
This bothers me quite a bit. It is estimated that over 100,000 people have died from or with any of COVID-19, flu, or pneumonia since the beginning of the year. Depending on methodology, the number of actually reported excess deaths over the same period is anywhere from about 4,000 to about 53,000, and the number of estimated excess deaths is anywhere from about 57,000 to just under 100,000. The “over 100,000” is the CDC’s headline number but that’s really just the biggest of all the possible numbers they can come up with.
Some explanation for the discrepancies:
Between reported and estimated: Deaths are not always reported quickly (if ever). The exact distribution was not easily found on the CDC’s website, but based on their numbers, the prediction model has the following points
– 75% of deaths are reported within 2 weeks
– 86.25% of deaths are reported within 3 weeks
– 91.25% of deaths are reported within 4 weeks
– 94.33% of deaths are reported within 5 weeks
– 96% of deaths are reported within 7 weeks
– 97% of deaths are reported within 9 weeks
– 98% of deaths are reported within 11 weeks
– 99% of deaths are reported within 19 weeks
Between lower and upper excess death counts: The CDC bases its expected number of deaths on past years, presumably adjusted for the population of the state/country being studied, and provides numbers in terms of both the “average” number of expected deaths (midpoint? mean? median? doesn’t say) and the upper bound of a 95% confidence interval. The former yields higher numbers of excess deaths, the latter lower.
NBC is retarded.
and little evidence of understanding its cause.
He expressed condolence and announced a federal investigation into the matter? To me, that is more than sufficient, even simply a pr exercise. But you are retarded or dishonest.
the president met protests against state violence with calls for more of it.
There we go again with that word. “Protests”.
After days of confusion, Cuomo says dentists in NY can reopen statewide
I’d rather have a shot of whiskey and let my husband yank out a tooth with pliers rather than dance that tune
OT: I read that a better measure of physical shape is not weight, but ratio of waist versus height. It takes into consideration visceral fat, which is super not healthy. It is also a better/easier measure than BMI. The tricky part is measuring your waist, which should be done at your bellybutton level. Generally any ratio of less than 0.52 is good.
I’m about 0.47
Yay for me
That’s good. At my plumpest, I was 0.54 but I was on a seefood diet. I Atkin’d to a 0.50-.52. I carnivored to 0.45 (no alcohol). I am at 0.46 meat, fruit and ethanol. I’ll take the extra hundredth for mental health reason.
[hangs head in shame]
Although in my case, a ratio of 0.57 meets the standard.
No exercise last except the walking at work and well, work. My right wrist is swollen from holding a nail gun too much. Arthritis sucks balls. This weekend I worked on mental health and got plenty of the vitamin D and relaxation. I had to chuck the pizza float for the pool and acquired a new pineapple float. It works well and I can drink beer on it nicely.
My right wrist is swollen from holding a nail gun too much
Oooh, yeah.
I got that euphemism, I am still trying to figure out the one using ‘floats’.
Pandemic #2
LONDON (Reuters) – Hundreds of people protested in London and Berlin on Sunday in solidarity with demonstrations in the United States over the death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white policeman knelt on his neck in Minneapolis.
The protesters knelt in central London’s Trafalgar Square, chanting “No justice, no peace”, and then marched past the Houses of Parliament and finished up outside the U.S. Embassy.
The Metropolitan police said they had made five arrests outside the U.S. Embassy, three for violations of the coronavirus lockdown guidelines and two for assault on police.
Outrage addicts are outraged.
Hell, even the English dont care what the English think so why should we?
Totally spontaneous, I’m sure.
I guess mental retardation is contagious and we are suffering a worldwide pandemic.
I’m working out with bricks and doing sprints.
There are riots in Tokyo?
Guess that doesn’t work if you know where I am.
How about this then?
https://i.imgflip.com/43id77.jpg
You might want to sit down….I have some bad news.
Things didnt work out all that well for her.
Was expecting this!
I was expecting the Spanish Inquisition.
I hope My Woman is ok.
Sort of
https://youtu.be/1Op1kSWOCCs
I have taken your advice to heart, and have been stretching. It’s what has helped. The calf is good now. Thank you thank you. I’m stretching alot and making sure To get up from my work about every 45 minutes and stretch.
^^^ Supposed to be a reply to IRBE above. Thanks for the reminder to stretch.
Animal Races https://youtu.be/9KoX444NnI4
The world is fucked when people are rioting in Iowa.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Police arrested more than two dozen people after using tear gas to break up a protest and stop vandalism near the Polk County Courthouse in downtown Des Moines.
Live video from WOI-TV showed a small group of people spraying paint on the courthouse and breaking at least one window on the building’s first floor. Police arrived about 9:40 p.m. and shot tear gas about 10 minutes later, causing what appeared to be about 250 protesters to scatter.
Key word – arrested.
The police in DSM did a good job; only used tear gas after telling people four times to disperse.
what I felt last nigh with the unrest in SLC
Mississippi
https://www.foxnews.com/us/mississippi-drop-charges-white-ex-officer-black-mans-death-self-defense
It is unconscionable that @StarWars
has not yet tweeted the words #BlackLivesMatter
.
The #StarWars trilogies show how a democracy becomes a police state with stormtroopers, how fascism oppresses opponents, and how fascism stans rise again after its defeat.
Step up, Lucasfilm.
DO IT
Understandable that Das Boot is keeping a low profile.
Deeper
^Link tease.
You keep using that word…
If they do it in a Jar Jar Binks patois I’ll actually go see the next film.
Not to mention Harry Potter needs to show solidarity too
Despite all we’ve seen over the last year or so, Biden is up 10% in the polls over The Donald.
So is Biden really going to win this thing?!?
Possibly. How much confidence do you still have in your fellow Americans?
Stop looking at the polls.
Don’t sweat it, it’s too early.
No, he isn’t. According to RCP avg, he’s up by about 5%.
Let’s consider, it was at about this same point in the 2016 election that Hillary was up by 20% and made the comment ‘Why am I not up by 50 points?’.
I’m not even going to go into the other points about this, but…
In the betting odds right now, Trump is up by around 10 pts. And these are people who are betting their own money on who will win. If you want to take extremely biased polling, with oversampling of democrats, and Trump voters who would rather lie to the media (which is what Trump voters consider pollsters to be), over people risking their own money, go ahead.
There is no fucking way Biden is even close to even, let alone ahead, no way. But that doesn’t fit the leftist media and their pollster’s narrative.
Which poll had Hillary up by 20 percentage points?
All of them. Wikipedia? LOL! They rewrite that thing on a daily basis. Were you sleeping or what?
You don’t want to believe it, so you just make shit up? Try the Real Clear Politics average. OK, Hillary vs. unknown Republican was leading by 20 points in July 2015, but only very briefly in March 2016 was she ahead by 10. By the end of May, it was down to 5 or 6.
I have confidence that more people will legitimately cast enough votes for Trump to win the states he needs.
However, the brazenness of the lefties of speaking lies and stopping at nothing to win. I don’t know that I will ever believe an election again.
RCP Average is 5.4% up. It has polls ranging from +11 to +1 in Bidens favor. So… Maybe? It’s not over till the Investigation clears the elected president of Russian Collusion.
Do you really think anyone feels more comfortable expressing their support for Trump this time around?
The liberals have made it clear that anyone who disagrees with them deserves to burn in Hell.
The national polls were off by around 8% last time. It has to be far more now, especially for the reason you just stated. If a pollster calls you and asks you who you will vote for and it’s not a democrat? LOL, sure everyone wants their house burned down by antifa thugs.
Sadly, many people would be “canceled” if they spoke of voting for Trump; just not worth the risk to job.
Polls are usually designed to make the Democrats feel inspired and confident.
Nah, it’ll be Hillary.
It will be Biden/Warren. There will not be any other outcome, ya’ll can stop speculating now.
Heaven forbid, that would mean President Warren before the midterms.
As planned.
-most polls are based on calling landline numbers even though many people either no longer have them or ignore calls from numbers they don’t recognize
-people lie to pollsters
-pollsters often have a bias
-most polls have fewer than 1,000 respondents
-media companies will ignore poll results they don’t like
In the immortal words of Batman, wise politicians trust the voters, not the polls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKjhaSlr0Jg
yes
yes
dunno
yes
yes
The nationwide popular vote polls also have a fundamental methodological error when applied to the election: the President-elect is chosen by the electoral college, not the national popular vote. The NPV polls close to the election were pretty accurate when they predicted Hillary Clinton would win the NPV, which she did. What she did not win was the EC. Predictions that modeled the EC instead of NPV had the election as a toss-up.
According to the polls Hillary Clinton has a 97% chance of winning.
Yep, right up until the day of election. I also remember her being up in Ohio and losing the state by 8%. But it got a LOT tighter closer to the election. She was up by double digits earlier on in the polls. That’s when she made her infamous ‘why am I not up by 50 pts?’ statement. I guess the hot sauce fell out of her purse right before drugs fell out of her ass.
No, Hilldawg still has a 99 percent chance of winning.
Unacceptable. Dude, turning in your homework a week late is “unacceptable”. This is something else.
Yeah, that is an enormous understatement.
Contrast that with the crowd in HK passing emergency vehicles through seamlessly.
food for thought – it is very hard to get off the ground without using your hands – try it. It’s even harder if your hands are behind your back.
here’s a guy who shows how to get up without putting his hands on the ground, but he does move his arms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_dJQO18dAI
long story short – there is no reason to kneel on a cuffed guy on the ground. He’s not going anywhere.
Christo, who wrapped the Reichstag, dies aged 84
No mention if he was killed by one of his giant umbrellas.
Great. Now we can have that navel gazing “Is it art or not?” discussion again.
My navel is art.
You could build an observatory – a navel observatory, if you will…
and fuzzy
Lost 15 pounds since March, and for the first week ever I hit my goal of walking more than 7 miles each day. Disc golf, which I discovered through articles here, has been great for hitting my goals.
Plus weed. So nice to be walking outdoors with a little one hitter on you
Mississippi Burning
https://www.foxnews.com/us/mississippi-drop-charges-white-ex-officer-black-mans-death-self-defense
Good fuckin’ movie.
Punching up
Look. He wasn’t willing to give from his own to make sure there was an equitable distribution of his belongings.
Social Justice Warriors
Best response – “Insurance will cover it.”
It was a pretty good one. Channeling Mrs Kohn.
And now watching the looting of a Philly Target.
Finally they are paying a living wage.
Amazing how fragile civilization actually is.
Particularly when everybody thinks they deserve something,
Thomas Sowell said that civilization is the thin crust over the volcano.
Perhaps we should switch to deep dish?
Civilization is still here. The barbarism was always there too. They reside in men. The question is and always was who will have the upper hand.
who will have the upper hand.
Three rifles; a shotgun; and six pistols.
Open carry is starting to look like a better option that concealed carry.
I’m surprised the Philly cops are ceding ground and vehicles so easily
In New York John Law would have shown up en masse and started swinging at anyone who moved.
Philly is a disaster zone. And it will be Trump’s fault who instigated the looting with his alt-right/white nationalist saboteurs.
Philly cops identify with criminals.
Smile, you’re on candid camera.
Idiots.
I doubt more than 1% of the arrested people will be prosecuted.
How else are you going to get a grant for a bunch of cool new Tactical vehicles if you don’t let your cop cars get destroyed in a riot? Come’on start thinking like a cop.
That’s infuriating.
In good news, as I’ve seen all of my vacations get cancelled and I have a large amount of PTO days to burn for work, it means I can plan to do this in the summer/fall (when PA opens up). They’ve lowered the prices, but everything is based on double occupancy. As the girlfriend’s not interested, it’s looking like I’ll still need to book rooms myself.
I fail to see how that is good news to me.
There’s still discussions around the house of a Tokyo trip this fall as well.
I’m not sure if that counts as good news for you either.
Peaceful protestors
Wonder when people who are hand waving away the violence against innocent people are going to say, “OK, now we’ve gone too far”. My guess is when they’ve gotten exactly all the political wins they desire. Not that they’re gonna ever get to that point.
Yeah they have no problem with violence. So really it will never be “too far” until they have what they want
And they never have enough
They’ll get enough when their heads are being smashed into the pavement or they get a cap in their fucking ass, which cannot come soon enough.
Very few people though. It’s mostly against property. You know, the things that people have busted their asses their whole lives to get.
When it happens to them, or someone close to them.
Maybe when they get the cognitive dissonance whooped out of them.
Lots of African-American white supremecists looting Ford City Mall.
El Oh El.
https://twitter.com/danielc4liberty/status/1267128266843922432
Members of 82nd Airborne Division in North Carolina on standby to deploy to Minnesota
The sex worker economy in Minnesota is about to get a boost!
Look, there are some midget girls and Guatemalans in that group of soldiers. I’m sure they can’t go up against antifa pussies.
And the STD Clinics too.
“The soldiers have been told to not bring their weapons with them on this potential mission. ”
So what is their purpose?
Bike lock fodder?
Serious question. When Twitter no longer has Section 230 protection, will they be party to flash mob prosecutions?
Roberts will just invent another penaltax, problem solved.
Roberts has evolved. He no longer needs a tax to justify what he wants. See Religious ruling.
Jeebus, that guy is some piece of work. How long are we stuck with him?
Until RBG is dead and Trump is still president. Then he won’t matter.
I guess that might cut his nuts. I would like to see him gone.
He’s the Nick Gillespie of Chief Justices, that’s for sure.
Exercise? I’ve done that before. Used to go jogging. Or perhaps it is “yogging”. The ‘j’ is silent? I don’t know. But anyway…
yuck, sounds like work……
Sometimes this Robby guy makes a good point.
Protesting Police Violence Is Critical. But Why Are the Social Distance Shamers Suddenly So Quiet?
What happened to staying at home to keep grandparents safe no matter what?
Agh! You got me to give TOS a click.
Well Robby, it’s like this: They support anything that tears at the fabric of our society.
It stopped being “protesting police violence” about two nights ago.
Exactly. I’d bet more than half the people smashing property don’t even know who George Floyd is/was.
Hello! I just woke up from a nap, woke at 5, played a tournament, then hung out at a bar til Noon? Barely awake, Let’s party!
OT and totally rhetorical:
Who are you?
If someone asked you, “Who are you? Who are you really? What is your identity?” could you answer it without having to stop and think about it?
Me, no, I can’t answer the question, or at least, not with any depth and it was disheartening.
But a while back I wondered, is that a bad thing?
“I don’t know who I am.”
“But is that a bad thing?”
I am a Man, and an HVAC guy, and a good Husband and friend, and I will completely destroy you if you fuck with me and mine, hows that?
I am not sure how to respond to that because I dont understand it. I know exactly who I am and always have.
I thought about how to put it in a nutshell for a minute.
Then it hit me, I am the guy that always brings the shopping cart back.
I am no saint, that’s for certain, but I do bring the cart back and I have kept my word to my wife for 25 years and will keep it another 25 if I can manage to hang around this shitty world long enough.
That is beautiful. Thank you.
Sure, but say there is a stray shopping cart that some asshole left in the parking lot, do you return that one as well?
Sometimes yes. Not always, but sometimes. As a matter of fact I did this morning. The very small market where I shop was short handed and busy. There arent usually carts in the lot but there were two near my car. I hitched mine to them and brought all three back.
The employees there have always been extra nice and helpful. They all know me, I know all of them. They have even special ordered things for me when I merely asked if they had it in stock and they did not have it.
So yeah, I dont mind saving them a minute or two and some sweat.
As for not being a. saint…The reason they were busy is because church had just let out. The reason I was there at that time is because you cant buy liquor on Sunday before noon. So….there is that.
You ran out of liquor?
I am an idiot Ted. For some reason I always seem to run out on Saturday night. I dont know why I cant remember to buy extra on Friday. It seems like every Sunday morning I am puttering around the house and yard to kill time until noon.
You are what you’ve done. I don’t care what you call yourself.
I slung my 590M on my shoulder and went to the park yesterday, no one freaked, and many wanted to check out my Bazooka, I live in the best timeline…..
Who are you
https://youtu.be/15MDPR5s2Ao
We’ll get drunk, we’ll get stoned, we’ll get high, we’ll get drunk
We’ll get drunk, we’ll get stoned, we’ll get high, we’ll get drunk
And I know it doesn’t matter to you
I said who are you
To be acting the way that you do
To be saying all the things that you do
Depends on context. If some rando, “I am a person.”
You should really watch Babylon 5. A big theme through the series is the questions: Who are you? What do you want?
Me? I’m a geek, an uncle, a cog in a machine (hell, it pays the bills), a punk, a homebrewer, a drunk, and a member of many other subcultures. But using those as definitions is just pushing the answer onto someone else’s definition.
Yes, “What do you want?” always follows hard on the heels of “Who are you?”
Re Babylon 5: Will do.
I’ve not seen the whole series, but what I saw of it I liked. I’ll second Nephilium’s recommendation.
There are different races that ask those two questions.
If you need the series (I don’t think it’s available on any subscription streaming service currently), let me know. I’ve got it.
I might take you up on that, actually.
Not a problem at all. You’ve got my e-mail, let me know.
Me too, if that’s OK? And I have your email.
They ask it because they want an answer that conforms to their philosophy. The correct response was given in the show “Fuck off”
Exactly the right answer.
I am an individual.
I am not a member of your collectives.
Fuck off.
I am that guy too.
I don’t have to know who I am, its far more important that you know who I am.
“Why are you asking? Get your own identity.”
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/woman-george-floyd-protest-threw-22114356
would?
I’m sure she’s going to get plenty of ‘would’ spending a few decades in prison. Are you planning on becoming a prison guard?
That’s a cute pic but isn’t that diaper girl?
She is a looker alright but she tried to burn 4 human beings alive. I will take a pass on this one.
Would lock her up and throw away the key.
Catskill, NY. So they drove 50 miles into the city to play.
PS. the charges were reduced to something like “vehicle damage” after the Feds took over the case.
That is why this shit will keep on happening.
Make an example out of her.
LOL. Making one example out of a thousand is meaningless. Even the stupidest people know the odds are in their favor.
Where is Rust Cohl when you need him?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz3PhWFhA3I
Mother is Amy Shader who owns a day care center in Catskill. Wonder what dad does.
Colinford Mattis went to Princeton. Rahman is a human rights lawyer.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/nyregion/nyc-protests-lawyer-molotov-cocktail.html
News from Airstrip One.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sex-your-house-person-another-22117105
I’m just happy there’s a nation in the world that’s stupider than we are.
Fuck
not allowed
White knuckle sobriety never lasts too long.
No words. The whole world has gone mad.
I rucked today for the first time in months. Got through 4 miles with 30 pounds in the ruck. Good time. Lots of people out and about.
Looks like more convenient pallets of bricks are showing up in riot zones:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/its-setup-mysteriously-staged-bricks-appear-throughout-major-protest-cities
The fuck’s going on?
A communist insurrection?
J.R. Smith Beats The Hell Out of Alleged Car Vandalizer … During L.A. Protests
He must’ve thought it was white boy day.
For your own sake do not read the comments.
I thought if you valued property over black lives, you were part of the problem.
We are seeing ideologies being distilled down to their purest essence.
I’ll take just one or the other.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1267227396341669889
Another routine week end in Chicago. 10 murdered on Fri and Sat. Some how those lives don’t seem to matter, at least not enough to start protesting.