But today is a day to celebrate pagan rituals. Get your drink on!
Seriously, I’m a news junky and I can barely stand the daily derp. Oh well, let’s muddle through and see what we can find.
The greatest Bond ever has slipped this mortal coil.
There is no Seal Team 6, but they’re still badass.
Sis was getting a little big for her britches.
Happy Halloween!
“I’m about to go sit on my front porch to hand out candy to the beggars children who are allowed to head out. So, link for tonight’s Zoom/Happy Hour/Zardoz watch party. If someone could share it in the next thread, I would appreciate it. I’m planning on kicking it off at 20:00 Eastern.”
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81197592540?pwd=ZTJlS2tYODM1TFBpbmo4czlJWlJDZz09
“According to a criminal complaint, the case was made with help from a confidential source posing as a Mexican cartel member who arranged international money-laundering deals with Hernandez and brought in the two cops to help transport a shipment of “white girls” — code word for packages of cocaine — from Homestead to Aventura.”
So the Feds think you are human trafficking?
Yeah, a shipment of white girls would not escape a closer look, I’d hope.
That’s just straight up stupid.
2 groups of kids so far, fire, beer and candy!
And SRV on the radio..
An off topic link that fits the day:
https://www.insidehook.com/article/arts-entertainment/elvira-staying-home-for-halloween
No formatting since I’m on my phone. Only a half dozen trick or treaters so far.
“Happy Halloween!”
You too!
“Spice Girls of the Hermit Kingdom”
Is that on PornHub?
Spice World had Roger Moore, not Sean Connery.
OK?
When I read that I realized that is what my hermit kingdom is missing. I need me some spice girls.
Sporty is would be enough for me. Five women sounds like way too much drama.
“Oregon voters to decide on decriminalizing heroin, cocaine and LSD”
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/523743-oregon-voters-to-decide-on-decriminalizing-heroin-cocaine-and-lsd
So Portland voters can claim they were on drugs?
Libertarian moment?
I voted no.
Fake legalization to get more tax revenue. Addicts need to go cold turkey not get another hit.
How is it “fake legalization”?
I would have voted yes. For 2 reasons. 1. All drugs should be legal. 2. The gene pool, it needs a good cleanin, I mean it’s seriously overdue.
In Portland it needs SERVPRO.
WTF? Decriminalization is an important step towards legalization. Even if it never gets there, it’s a hell of a lot better than putting people in jail for getting high.
It’s not real decriminalization and it creates more bureaucracy. It’s garbage. Clean decriminalization I’d vote for.
And by addicts, I mean the leftist government that is running out of other people’s money. Those are the ones that need to sober up.
And those Stouts I mentioned are killet!!
Raspberries and chocolate, yummy!
Thanks for the review, but you’re making it difficult to continue delaying my gratification until the lil witching hour.
/looks over at pump thermos with spiked mulled cider
If you wasted that beard and didn’t get a pointy hat and dress as a wizard I will be disappointed.
No real costume this year. Just a bearded asshole sitting on his front porch with no mask.
You are correct, sir! One down, seven left for me.
Dragged over from previous thread:
I am sure someone has announced this already but since I have not been able to keep up lately I have to say how sad I am about this: Sean Connery has died.
I didnt know the guy, never met him, but for some reason it is the end of an era. He was eminently likable for an actor. The guy was an icon and this makes me feel even older than I already felt.
All accounts say he died in his sleep. At least there it that.
Thank God we still have Lou Reed.
Just because
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRSZS9KpYVM
Sean Connery had universal appeal. Women wanted him, men wanted to be him.
He had a brush with death a few years back when a tooth abscess turned to blood poisoning.
He had a good long run. And is probably the last Action hero that is an unapologetic chauvinist.
Last action hero
I thought he was pretty good in “The Man Who Would Be King”. Other than “Zardoz” and his Bond movies, I haven’t seen him in anything else.
How in the hell did he agree to “Zardoz”?
It was a lull in his career (and therefore income stream), IIRC.
Never underestimate a Scotsman’s desire to show off his junk in a monokini.
“Hunt for Red October” is a perennial fave at our house.
Here too.
Baldwin’s best movie too.
His best movie was Team America. “You can’t out act me, boy. Don’t even try.”
Yes, I know.
Very underrated movie.
I thought he was pretty good in “The Man Who Would Be King”. Other than “Zardoz” and his Bond movies, I haven’t seen him in anything else.
Have you not seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? Sean Connery as Harrison Ford’s dad, in a semi-comedic role. It’s great.
Italian LinkedIn is racing about a movie he was in called “In the name of the rose”. Sounds pretty good.
It’s a pretty good movie. Murder mystery set in a medieval monastery.
David Bowie agrees:
https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1321940556575051777
That song is awesome.
That’s actually a good song.
I don’t understand why more testing resulting in more positives drives people insane. I normally feel like a Martian, but this is a whole other level of being out of the loop.
So much this. I feel like humanity’s IQ has taken a collective nosedive in the last six months.
At this point, I can imagine a few string pullers in politics and media sitting around a table smoking illegal cigars and placing bets on whether they can make people believe there’s a new outbreak when really nothing is there.
This ^^^^^^
Like an X-files episode.
Yeah, with the understanding that the one thing they got wrong was thinking there’s only one Smoking Man. They’re all Smoking Mans.
Let’s see if we can give OMWC an aneurysm.
JFC Hirono and Omar? The lowest of the low in a gaggle of halfwits.
They should be on the street giving $5 blowjobs and the people who voted for them should be deported.
SPOILER ALERT!
Where can a fella find a BJ for $5
*asking for a friend*
Kensington
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y98sMdxUojU
Wow!
*cancels my ticket to Philly*
LOLderp
I apologize on behalf of the good people of Hawaii for foisting that unprincipled, racist, sexist, piece of shit on the rest of America. How she got assigned to the Judiciary Committee is a mystery. I am convinced she is a non-sentient life form so feel free to barrage her office with criticisms.
I have largely given up on writing her office since most of her staffers can’t read English. Those that can read English reply in the most infuriating manner.
*shrug* My state gave the world Moobs. I ain’t apologizing for shit.
To whoever the sick bastard is who produced that video – NICE!
I’m glad someone watched it. That was awesome.
I ♥️ Carpenterbrut
The neighborhood is a buzz with people interacting pretty normal. I generally find it annoying, but this year, I find it comforting.
If a kid makes it to my door begging for candy they are getting some cold chicken skin from the stock pot. I hate kids.
I do too. My gf is out front on the lawn handing out candy.
Halloween when she’s not home, I don’t participate. Much like tonight.
Still, I’m happy to see people not be covid scared.
I’ve got a 1000-foot driveway. We never get trick-or-treaters.
I feel inadequate. Thanks, Ted.
I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the amount of kids and parents. Especially avoiding masks and six foot mandates.
The running battle between the girlfriend and I is which box of full sized bars runs out first.
Which box do you prefer?
Are we doing phrasing anymore?
Dark Chocolate KitKats are going to probably not last llthe night (4 left). The girlfriend’s pick of Reese’s Pieces Filled Peanut Butter Cups is still in double digits. At least my couch is comfy.
And the kit kats are gone. We’ve had the first kid go into the backup bucket while there were full sized candy left. Poor life skills start young apparently.
How’s the booze going over?
Me and the girlfriend enjoyed it. I didn’t realize she had taken all of our disposable hot beverage glasses into work, so I had nothing to offer people to take some to go. And none of them had mugs with them…
I grabbed the last Reese’s to bribe my way back into the bed tonight. Trick or Treating is over, and I’ve started up the now traditional Zoom/Happy Hour and tonight, Zardoz watch party (muted and with subtitles).
It appears that Zoom will not allow me to share the video stream. My apologies for not testing it ahead of time.
Worst Zoom ever, cancel my subscription!
I loved Sean Connery in many roles. Red October……..and I am sure others I can’t think of because…….drunk, but the man, as great an actor as he was, was not the best Bond. The current Bond Daniel Craig is the best bond. I think even Roger Moore or Connery said they could act like they could kill someone, but Craig could actually do it…..or something like that. Paraphrasing and I don’t remember where I heard that.
Highlander!
Ya, awesome role.
I have a forever megacrush on Pierce Brosnan and I have only seen Bond films with Craig, but I will endorse your choice.
My sister has a friend who told a story of staying at a hotel that Brosnon stayed at. Apparently she rode the elevator with him and the most pressing question she got from this story from the gaggle of girlfriends she told it to was, “what did he smell like”. I had no idea women thought such things until I heard that story. I mean I smell of cheap tequila and chicken stock at the moment. For the record, sisters friend said Pierce smelled wonderful. Probably not like chicken stock and cheap tequila.
Probably smelled like a manly man.
So whiskey and sex.
This is a reference to the previous post. Octapussy here smell my finger.
The best Bond is the Bond from my favorite Bond movie, Octopussy, so obviously Moore.
Sorry, Sean.
S’ok
?
You forgot sandalwood and expensive cigars.
Woodsmoke, gunpowder, coffee
I became a Pierce Brosnan fan when I found out he is a hen’s tooth. Straight actor who stuck by his wife to the end when she got cancer.
He is a super awesome human being and he has had a tragic life. His daughter died from the same ovarian cancer his wife did.
This
Compare his actions to those of John McCain concerning their wives.
Started a Gueuze today. Brewing again tomorrow.
I don’t know what a Gueuze is but if it has honey in it it’ll be a big hit next year.
Gueuze is a sour ale style from Flanders.
Technically (go ahead, throw in the but…) it also is blended with at least three years of vintages of lambics. But I’m quite certain that kinnath is aware of this, and will correct me in any way I’m wrong. 🙂
Right.
Gueuze is a blend of young and old lambic. Lambic made for the purpose of creating gueuze are sometimes higher ABV that a lambic intended to be drunk young or blended with fruit (and still drunk young).
So last year (Dec 2019), I made one lambic (about 4.5% ABV) that got turned into a really nice Raspberry lambic.
I also produced two “lambics” (about 6% ABV), that are still in carboys. These carboys are labelled Gueuze.
This month, I started two new “lambics” (also about 6% ABV) that I am labelling Gueuze.
Next fall, I will brew to more “lambics”.
So sometime in 2020, I will be blending 30+ gallons of 1, 2, and 3 year old lambics into a Gueuze.
I cheat and tell people I am brewing a Gueuze, because if I say lambic they will expect they are being turned into fruity beverages.
Also, I was at a brew pub in St Louis that also had a cooler full of exotic beers from around the world.
I had a Gueuze that was a blend of 1, 2, 3, and 4 year old lambics. Then it went back into barrels for a couple more years.
I was amazing.
Unfortunately, I had enough exotic beers that night that I don’t remember the names of any of them.
The UK just went into a 4 week lockdown. Boris says “no alternative” unless they want to be like the Swedes.
Boris turned out to be a big disappointment with this shit. I thought he had some balls.
Rumor has it that the virus can shrivel up a guy quicker than a castration band.
Fixed for wider applicability.
Pikers. Belgium is doing six weeks.
Sounds like the first link.
Feels like the first link,
Feels like the very first link
Like the Swedes???
That would be horrible. Who would want their public health policy to be based on rationality?
Notice now the media went from ‘they’re all gonna die!’ to complete silence when that didn’t happen?
Boris is a fucking pussy. The only set of ballz in limeyville is on Nigel Farage.
Had to bring both cats inside early. One’s pure black and the other might as well be in the dark (dark brown/black tortie). Already had little assholes try to snatch Chunky off the front porch. Mr. Mojeaux had to run them off and barely got Chunky inside.
People actually try to take black cats? I thought that was an old wives tale.
Yes they do and no it isn’t. Shelters won’t adopt out black cats in the fall.
That’s just weird.
People are still superstitious about black cats. The shelter I adopted our cats from told us outright that people want to kill them.
People steal cats?
Usually just the Chinese, I’m told.
Your avatar goes better with that comment without the question mark at the end.
Also, great weather in the area this year! Much better than the frozen tundra we had last year.
Your euphemisms are strong this evening, neighbor… Happy Halloween!
I wouldn’t try to jerk you all around with premature and inadequate euphemisms.
Happy Halloween to you too, neighbor!
I wouldn’t try to jerk you all around with premature and inadequate euphemisms.
I’ll be in my bunk.
One of many reasons our black cat never goes outside.
Ours could not be contained so we broke down and opened the cat door in the daytime. They are not allowed out after sunset.
As long as no one tries to snatch the other one and make bland cookies out of her(him?).
Her. Long-hair tortie with a docked tail. So cute. Snickerdoodle. (No, we didn’t do the docking.)
Chunky Monkey is the plain black cat, but his personality is anything but plain.
They’re littermates (although we think they have different fathers) and total sweethearts.
Happy Halloween everyone! Getting ready to take the kids out. House lights synced to creepy ambiance, looks fantastic in the dark. Leaving the candy out on the front porch so I don’t have to pretend like I care about the neighbors kids costumes.
Has anyone listened to Biden speaking the past few days? The guy has went from sounding like he’s constantly slightly slurring his speech, to sounding like a cartoon caricature of a drunken retard. It’s like he’s trying to yell, but it just comes out as heavily slurred barely understandable non-sense. Dude is fucking gone. I don’t see how they are keeping up this charade that this guy can be president, it’s absurd.
Even his buddy O was hatefully yelling at a crowd, while campaigning for gropey.
It’s a dramatic difference from Trump.
Did you see this?
https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1322461799535448064
I dont think it qualifies as a charade
There’s about 20 people there.
Holy shit.
Maybe he’s bilingual. English and authentic frontier gibberish.
Because when I talk to anyone who watches CNN/MSNBC they claim they’ve never heard it.
https://twitter.com/PearlsFromMyrna/status/1322673979744800768
HA!
There’s mean, and then there’s that.
Egg the fuck out of that house.
Are you kidding me? That witch will turn those children into toads and stew their bones for porridge, she will!
Shove her in the oven and roast her up. Long pig is on the menu tonight.
*Starts cooking the fava beans*
*Chills the nice Chianti*
Threw the grill from my weber over the firepit…gonna grill that way today. Carne Asada and hotdogs for the little shits before they go out and terrorize
before they go out and terrorize
I picture OBE’s kids like some of us when we were kids. We used to dress in camo and tie a coon skin cap to the end of a fishing line on a pole. (needed heavy test for this) we would then hide in the bushes and cast it into the street and reel it in in front of cars. Very interesting lesson in human nature to the number of people trying to run it over vs the ones trying to miss it. We got chased a few times when the rednecks figured out we were fucking with them but that just made it more fun.
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-wisconsin-yakima-michigan-washington-4157bf2123c13d72e3efca35ade8f7b2
Why the everliving fuck is the state AG of Washington concerning himself with the mail delivery in Michigan? Why wouldn’t they be delivered by now? Forget woodchippers, maybe it’s time to go to oak trees and hemp.
i hope he counts my vote for his opponent.
I didn’t bother with trick-or-treat candies this year. We had single digits visitors the last two years, so I just put these out by the front door and will drink whisky and watch moar football.
Ha! You are evil if that is real.
I ran out of candy one year and resorted to dropping cans of refried beans in their bags. It was heavy and they didn’t see it at first, so they thought they scored big time.
I did that with sardines. For some reason I had 12 or so cans in the pantry.
You people are weird.
Asshole neighbors have been through about five dogs so far. They just get dogs, toss them ini the yard and forget about them. The dogs end up at my house so I am pissed at them. This evening the reason showed up at my door – four of the cutest little blonde girls you have ever seen, none of them more than four feet tall. They have bitten off more than they can chew.
I broke down. I am weak.
“I usually give out hard candy but for you lot, chocolate”
I gave each one a handful of Hershey mini bars.
Silicone Saturday is TERRRRRIFYING!
https://archive.li/Xo4qr
Many “Oh my”‘s
That’s one huge fly
Bloatfly.
I really don’t want to see that YouTube parasite extraction video.
I find it odd that both Turner Classic Movies and one of our local PBS stations are showing Dr. Strangelove tonight. Has that become a Halloween movie the same way Die Hard has become a Christmas movie?
Die Hard was always a Christmas movie.
Fight me.
Die Hard Pitch Meeting:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=IHh2kvjcC6U
Some of the best pop culture crack out there.
^ this man is correct
Dr. Strangelove is the best movie ever made and is always appropriate.
+1 Big Board
-1 essence
No trick or treaters at Chez Sensei. First time in over 20 years here.
We were not going to throw a table outside with candy like some houses here, but had the lights on and decorations up. Anybody that was brave enough to ring the doorbell would have been welcome.
I was even willing to suck it up and wear a mask at the door. Really sad.
When the girlfriend was sitting out with me, when she first came out she was carrying a mask. I said no masks. You want the full sized candy bars I’m handing out, you come up with your plaguebearers and grab candy.
Very few masks out there in our neighborhood, per my gf. I couldn’t see anything from my recliner.I
Though, apparently, attendance was down a bit.
To be fair, I’m in NJ and in a county with high relative infection rates.
I’m well outside most of the US in per capita cases so I’m willing to throw folks here a small bone.
the county I’m in had a large increase in cases. No high increase in hospitalizations, and I figure I’m more likely to catch it from the kids running around then they are to catch it from me.
My feeling is I’m doing this for the kids to have fun, not pitch a scene with their parents.
Time and place, so to speak.
Same here. I usually sit in the house and answer the door. This year, I was sitting on the porch, in plain sight with no mask. With boxes of full sized candy bars sitting next to me. I figured it would be very clear that I wasn’t going to start wearing a mask, and it’s really easy to not walk up to my front steps to get candy.
Makes perfect sense.
Good eeevening Spud.
As long as the pagan rituals involve kicking blockhead coworkers in the taint, I’m on board.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1322687292637650952
Fucking enthusiasm.
Doesn’t everybody have enthusiasm for fucking?
No doubt.
Unless it’s enough already and you just want to get some sleep.
https://mobile.twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1322685060714254343
Amazing.
Trump 2020.
Google top stories, all copied, verbatim:
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Trump 2020
Trump 2020
Trump 2020
Dude, we get it.
I had a funny trick or treater that I photoed. I’d like to share it with out getting doxxed.
Run Away!
Link fail
I figured. Sorry. Requires a password, I guess.
Am I getting gone a bit too much?
Cuz I’m not sure, with some of the negative Nancy’s round these parts.
Huh. That was meant for Scruffy above this.
I figured. I’m politicked out.
I want to start setting fire to campaign signs for fun.
*Hands Scruffy an M-80*
Extra cudos if it is an “Elect the Adults” or “We Believe In Science” tard sign.
yard, but tard also works
Watcha wanna talk about?
I’ll change topics. I’ve got a lil bit left before it’s bedtime.
Honestly, I’m fading. Benadryl is kicking in.
Go nuts man
Heh, I got maybe 20 minutes of lucidity left.
*raises vodka drink*
Piker. I wonat to start setting fire to politicians pour encourager les autres. And for fun.
I want it so much I can’t type want.
I’m looking forward to drunk-watching the results on Tuesday but yeah, I’m ready for it to be over.
Well, if you all would stop paying attention, you wouldn’t be tired of it.
Results Tuesday? Your liver won’t last to a decision if you start Tuesday.
It’s sad because it’s true.
The next 6 weeks are either going to be the funniest time in my life, or the worst time in my life. Possibly both.
Are you in the Cleveland area?
New Zealand went from gun bans to concentration camps in less than a year.
I’m sorry, I misspelled “concentration camps”, should be “re-education centers”.
I’m sorry, I misspelled “re-education centers”, should be “quarantine hotels”.
Oi doan’t loik the sownd of theez ‘ere boncentration bamps.
I’m sure we’ll catch up.
And no legal weed for the peasants to ease their pain.
WOODCHIPPER HUNGRY!
FEED ME!
But they did approved euthanasia.
My Alma mater is in overtime and is fucking it up.
And they lost. There goes the undefeated season.
This is why it’s better to be a Kansas fan. The game is usually lost by quarter-time, half-time at the latest. Same result, much less time expended.
Try and try as I might I can’t get through Gurren Lagann.
But the opening has always rocked. It just popped up on my random jpop playlist.
https://youtu.be/MqU_osek9Z0
Gurren Lagann
Early episodes: Oh it’s a wacky buddy adventure
Middle episodes: Well, scratch the ‘buddy’, this is a little wierd
[ premature submission it’s okay it happens to lots of guys ]
Last episodes: The writers are on LSD and lead-based paint.
OTH, I really liked Kill La Kill.
Liked Gurren more than Kill La Kill. Their feature flick Promare (now out on Blu) is a bit more consistent – I think since they had to limit their time. A little nutty in the last 15 min but solid.
https://archive.li/jM0nt/ef78840f33e65b78379c716f3c13edb3d1642fda.webp
Who needs teeth, Jasmine?
If Michelle Obama were married to Trump instead of Melania, would the press still gush over her beauty, style, and “toned arms”?
No
Surely you jest.
Don’t call me Shirly.
I suspect they’d be calling her “the Klingon.”
The totally not real black female Kingon.
No.
A black woman married to a “Republican” (insofar as Trump can be considered a Republican) white man would be fair game.
Happy Halloween, folks! Out of a desperate hope for a sense of normalcy, I bought something like four full bags of Halloween candy for any trick or treaters brave enough to go out. I think I saw all of six groups of kids, total? But holy shit they had already halfway filled standard pillowcases with candy. I apparently was not the only one hoping to see trick or treaters this year. The brave made out like bandits.
You did better than we did.
This was definitely the lightest year for trick or treaters, yet. Sad to see so much fear.
Wait. Isn’t fear the point of Halloween?
Usually not agoraphobia or anthropophobia
This. I’m used to being worried that if I don’t hand out candy, no matter how late in their teens the trick or treaters are, I risk pranks on the house. I’m not used to everyone being afraid to go outside.
No one ever stops by my house, even on normal years.
Nevermind the fact that I keep the light off and don’t decorate…
I didn’t decorate at all this year, but we had all the lights on, and were sitting around the kerosene heater inside the open garage to hand out candy, so were clearly ready to do business. But I have kids of my own, so feel compelled to participate, for at least as long as mine are out begging for treats.
Maybe if you weren’t so scary,…
The fuckwit major “cancelled” trick or treating here in SF this year. Our kids have been learning a lot about disobeying silly edicts this year. They already call it a “masquerade” when they have to put on a mask to go into a store. So we took them out trick or treating and even though there were way less houses doing it, they managed to get full buckets by only hitting about 10-12 places. A few people had set up tubes from their windows so they could just put candy into it when kids called out. They loved that.
One of my building-neighbors set up a list where you could say you’ll leave candy in front of your door for kids to pick up. Yeah, that sounds like fun. ?
Amazon missed a bet. they should have set up a wishlist function where kids register to receive candy and their neighbors kick in their ‘treat budget’ by buying candy online and Amazon pools the budgets by neighborhoods and ships bags of candy to the kids. “Contactless Trick or Treating”
The merchants in my town came close. Pooled their resources/ad budget and gave out bags to small children yesterday.
I’m glad that there were some people willing to disobey such a silly edict. Like the mayor could ‘cancel’ Halloween. And glad your kids managed to score a lot of candy!
My god, some of the hauls I got when I was old enough to go out on my own were epic. I’d go out three or four times.
Cheers! We even got a few trick or treateads ourselves as my wife has a bunch of decorations up on our porch and she and the kids did some cool pumpkins this year.
https://imgur.com/gallery/FrGGC6H
Nice work on the pumpkins!
Nobody yet. 🙁
We are very rural and haven’t had a ToT’er for probably 20 years.
Our previous house was rural/suburban and, again, we hadn’t had a visitor for several years.
One Hallowe’en my buddy and I were successfully downing beers when there came a knock at the door. “Trick or treat” said a kid about 6 years old in front of his daddy. I had no candy. We ran around the house for several minutes trying to find something to give him. Finally I gave him a banana. Probably scarred him for life.
Between cutting the lights out and the severed hobo heads I display on my picket fence every Halloween it’s been about twenty years myself.
I finished watching “Barbarians” on Netflix. Meh, it was okay. Good effort on costumes and weapons. The writing was mediocre and awkward. I wonder if somebody there read some of Harry Sidebottom’s books but they were too cheap to buy his stories? He has well written characters and enough material for 7 seasons already written.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/46043-warrior-of-rome
Baron von Richthofen, buried four times and he wasn’t even a vampire:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=icnG7ozhTLU
Ein, zwei, drei, feer!
It’ll be interesting to see if any trick-or-treaters show up. I am ready with full size dark chocolate Kit Kats. I will be enjoying a French 75 or two out by the mailbox. If any parents get stupid I have my extendable fruit (mango) picker so the sheep can stay 20 feet away and feel the shame of having their kids take candy at the end of a hunter orange pole.
Looks like a clear night so I’ll be taking a gander at Jupiter, Saturn and Mars later.
I am so jealous. You have a great life out there. My friends are still planning to go to Maui in November. Crossing their fingers.
There are not many places better for weathering the panicdemic. But the economy is in the toilet because the half wit Guv keeps trying to outdo NY, CA, MI etc in stupidity,
Still we have had zero BLM bullshit, so that is nice.
Tomorrow if the wind returns I’ll go for a sail after eating bfast and watching the early NFL game.
I would love to go sailing
Aren’t they all early games? 😉
My college roommate was a Punahou alum and I remember he used to always talk about how he missed watching football at breakfast every Sunday.
https://archive.li/4GERJ/1205a343d90205f733cf1a708a06ea2ad52f0091.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.li/aWCVT/160d4103d990866a1c2b9b018ea7fd771e0d16f4.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.li/v6Ad7/40fa505187693e1b0f593c52b05adbe786495efa.jpg
NSFW.
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NSFW.
Good Lord. More details on what was on Hunter’s laptop.
“In an astonishing lapse, Hunter Biden chose to protect his MacBook Pro computer – crammed with what an IT expert last night described as a ‘national security nightmare’ and ‘classic blackmail material’ – with a single, simple password: Hunter02.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8901193/National-security-nightmare-Hunter-Bidens-laptop.html
My God, that’s the password on my luggage!
+1 Podesta
That is a terrible password. He didn’t include a special character!
relevant comic
https://xkcd.com/936/
He should have wiped it clean with, like, a cloth.
“Laptop also showed he spent $21,000 on one ‘live cam’ porn website.”
We have to make this guy secretary of the treasury.
Halloween Fun Bat Facts
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Bats have a long history of inclusion in the arts. The Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes is believed to have been the first to allude to bats coming from hell in 414 BC, leading to the popular expression “bat out of hell”.
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Huh, I thought it was Meat Loaf.
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In China, bats are also considered good luck or bringers of happiness, as the Chinese word Fu is a homophone for both “bat” and “happiness”.
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There’s no way this could ever change!
Bats are terrifying.
That’s not a bat, it’s Fauci.
In Bali and Thailand I would watch the fruit bats in the early evening. With a 2-3 foot wingspan they were impressive.
Asa kid we used to throw rocks and gravel up and watch the bats turn to grab them thinking that it was insects. As they got closer they would turn away because the travel was wrong. After a few minutes they learned it wasn’t food and then they ignored us.
Wow, ESPN got even more annoying. On their CFB scores page, there’s an autostart vid in the right-hand corner. If you click on the pause button, it opens the vid in a new window.
Has anyone heard from Baked Penguin? I miss him on zoom.
Not for awhile. I’m a little worried. Judi sat in on a Zoom last summer and remarked that “Your friend is sad.”
Neighborhood was surprisingly busy tonight. Not as much as last year but more than I was expecting. We just leave the candy out while we take the kids. We always expect someone to come along and take the whole bowl, but it never happens.
We had one, which we didn’t expect since the neighborhood does a group parking lot thing.
Now I feel bad 🙁
Nobody! What to do now with all this chocolate and beer?
“Kids, we’ll have to eat this cake by ourselves. Your Uncle Joey didn’t make parole again.”
Just popped in to say how much I loathe the time change. Standard/daylight, don’t care. Just leave it the hell alone.
I am a serious, hard-core insomniac and I will be suffering the time change for the next week.
Word.
Yes, I don’t need the government interrupting my sleep habits.
Fuck You, Ben Franklin!
Oh that’s tonight isn’t it.
suggested music: Entry of the Gladiators
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/internet-baby-boomers-misinformation-social-media_n_5f998039c5b6a4a2dc813d3d
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It has become a familiar story: The older relative, the intensifying Fox News habit, the alarming Facebook posts, the inevitable detachment from reality. Losing a parent to the conservative cyber-swamp is such a common experience among millennials that it has produced an entire sub-genre of documentaries, books and online support groups.
What it has not produced, however, is a satisfying answer to a simple question: What is the internet doing to our parents’ brains?
So far, research indicates that older Americans are a major vector of misinformation.
“Older adults consume more misinformation and are more likely to share misinformation,” said Briony Swire-Thompson, a senior research scientist at Northeastern University who specializes in social media networks. During the 2016 election, users over 65 shared more fake news than any other age group and seven times more than users between 18 and 29. In 2020, Trump has dedicated almost half of his reelection campaign budget to Facebook ads — many of which include blatant misinformation — to users over 65 years old.
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Yes, Dr Gambolputty, I mean Swire-Thompson. Tell us more.
I forgot how bad huffpo is. There’s supposed to be a rare Halloween blue moon tonight. Alas, the sky is cloudy. I will go for a walk a hope for a glimpse.
FluffPo is still a thing?
The arrogance and inward-looking are breathtaking.
Proof that I am the most libertarian Glib of all
satire ideas
Biden Retires From Politics to Open World’s First Sniffing Zoo
Political Science Professor Smarter Than Billionaire Who Got Elected President on His First Try
pick your favorite or tell me your own
The second one is excellent.
I am playing AC Origins, decent game, a bit woke but not over the top, and I am sure there were ethnic tensions in Ptolemaic Egypt so not jarring. But I recently started trying out spears because I was having trouble with a couple of enemies using swords. I have a new video game pet peeve. I am not even kind of a purist when it comes to depictions of sword fighting. By all means give me animated massive slashes and spin moves, in real life they would get you slaughtered but in a game they make the combat flowing and enjoyable, BUT for the love of all that is holy, why would you animate spear combat, not halberds mind you, straight lance pointed spears, by having the character grab them two handed by the very butt end, like you might a two handed sword, and swing the 8 foot long wooden pole around like a bat? It’s a pure thrusting weapon, it has a point, it does not have a blade, and it’s basically an inch diameter wooden rod. It doesn’t damn well chop. and if you used it in a sweeping parry with the middle of the shaft it would shatter. And far more importantly it looks awkward and stupid.
I have Odyssey. I think they came out around the same time?
Anyway, when the Valhalla one comes out, I will not be buying it if it has level scaling. That ruined Odyssey and have no interest in playing any game that has it, ever again.
My favorite AC game is Black Flag.
Agreed on those points. I enjoy Odyssey, but the level scaling got me too
Looks like they made an update with an option to reduce the scaling
Hmmm, didn’t see that option on Steam…oh well..off to kill everyone. Damn loyalty.
And when the Romans with their stabbing centric tactics show up, things will go bad very quickly for your swinging spear folks.
Hell, the conquest of Egypt that founded the Ptolemaic dynasty was by phalanx tactics.
You should join us on the glib zoom
That sounds historic, however. Like the Manchus of the Qing Dynasty, the Ptolemaics were constantly having to put down popular revolts intended to put a native Egyptian back on the throne.
In fairness, the Ptolomy dynasty was an absolute shit show. While there was a decent contingent of Egyptians that probably wanted to get those Macedonian/Greek interloper off of the throne for being filthy foreigners, many probably wanted leaders that weren’t completely useless. If any Ptolomy before Cleopatra Philopater displayed anything approaching competence at state craft and concern for the Egyptian people most of the rebellions would have probably been averted.
I will give one point to Ubisoft in that I missed a call on the plot of Origins.
When one character showed up, I immediately went “that person is lying, has already betrayed us and will eventually literally backstab us.” Then I reached the end credits, and I was still waiting for their inevitable betrayal.
I have no intention of buying Valhalla, and I own literally every other entry in the series and have finished all but one of them at least once. The company lost my trust with their storytelling, and the gameplay has been mediocre for too long.
Sounds like they’re trying to utilize Chinese Wuxia martial arts in Egypt. I’d call them out for cultural appropriation.
They named a typhoon after you.
@ Gustave Lytton – I just caught up and saw that Raclette over the beef video. I WANT!!!!!!!!!!!
Are you a… raclette addict?
Drools
Does anyone have Baked Penguin’s email?
SP does. I hope he’s doing alright.
^^ Agreed
IIRC, he’s vanished a few times before, hopefully he’s just burnt-out on all the election build-up crap.
I don’t know how anyone normal wouldn’t be burnt out about it. If I get my super tin foil hat on I’d say it’s was all over hyped on purpose to get people to just accept whatever outcome there is.
Government acting like the cable company. Nevada DMV has opened special office hours for new residents that are walk-in hours. Residents you ask? 3-4 month waiting list since everyone else is appointment only.
Same thing up here when you need to go to urgent care. “Native” folks get a social worker and are thrust to the front of line while you bleed out, unattended.
Howdy Festus. My kids are pissed and rightly so.
Understandably so. Howdy, Friend!
Good morning everyone!
Beautiful sunrise turning the hoarfrost red, excellent coffee, potatoes frying in the cast iron… it’s enough to make you thin the world is a wonderful place.
Pity about the horoscope for this week.
Mornin!
We had keto brownie cups, with Rebel keto ice cream, and whipped cream.
Yummy.
I got a glimpse of the moon when I got up. It was big and bright, as they said it would be.
My clocks seem to be off.
Check the thermostat.
I guess the DST change means the links won’t drop for another hour for those of us who live where such rules are not part of our lives. OK, that means I can come back after my youngest gets his story time.
They come at 8AM ET every day. What’s so different about today?
Starting today 8AM ET is one hour later than the rest of the world outside most of CONUS.
I’m sorry you’re in a shitty time zone.
Blah blah blah vote for JOE
It takes little effort to look at Trump’s record and assume that he will not be reelected. In addition to his dismal record or COVID-19 and the economy, he has supercharged racial hatred in this country by blowing far too many dog whistles and racial bullhorns to even count.
But sadly, Trump’s many failings and disgraceful behavior might not be enough to evict him from the White House. He continues to have a strong appeal to his base — witnesses the many people who continue turning out at his super-spreader rallies, endangering their lives and the lives of their loved ones and others they come in contact with.
The American people have been left to fend for themselves, with no leadership from Donald Trump and his White House. This should disgust all American voters and slingshot them to the polls. Millions of Americans are over Trump’s mismanagement and it’s time to let him know.
If you haven’t voted yet, I urge you to do so. Vote for Joe Biden — not because he is perfect, but because he is the most equipped to lead our nation during this turbulent time.
Yes, yes, of course. Incompetence and malice, all in the same noxious racist brew. It’s like Beelzebub himself sits in the Oval Office. Cast him out, for the sake of your immortal soul, America!
I find it mildly surprising to see this at FOX, but it’s good to see them bringing in people from outside their prevailing consensus view. I cannot i, imagine the Atlantic (or Rolling Stone) publishing something unabashedly pro-Trump.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1322779970423410689
They scared. They should be.
“The American people have been left to fend for themselves, with no leadership from Donald Trump”
I’m pretty sure he’s as much of a leader as another president, it’s just that you are an opponent to him so don’t recognize him as such. I’ve said it before but a big blindspot for some comentators is thinking that Obama was universally loved. The guy screwed over millions of Americans.
As for the “stirring up racial hatred” I hear it but never any examples. Was it when he told black people they need to shut up and raise a fist for a racist Marxist movement?
“fend for themselves”
Yes, yes, I need and I want a Dear Leader who will guide me and hold my hand thru this fearful world.
Andy they wonder why they’re resented.
Yeah, when he tried leading the TEAM BLUE governors shot him down.
If you read between the lines he’s not talking about Trump, he’s talking about Trump voters.
*wanders around home resetting clocks*
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https://www.wfmz.com/news/uk-thief-who-sold-stolen-penguins-on-facebook-sent-to-prison/article_a4dc813b-1e24-571f-9534-801853961109.html
I did not know you could buy black market penguins.
They scared. They should be.
Just because thousands of drooling redneck retards show up at President Cartoon Villain’s superduperspreader rallies(!!!1!11), that doesn’t mean anybody will actually vote for him. That would be nuts.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/10/30/Netherlands-researchers-3D-print-the-worlds-smallest-boat/5361604079496/
Neat.
BULLIES!
The episode was an ugly closing note to the 2020 presidential campaign, which in Texas has seen record-breaking early vote totals that already exceed the number of total votes cast there in the 2016 election.
The Biden campaign bus was traveling Friday from San Antonio to Austin as part of a push to urge Biden supporters to cast their ballots on the state’s last day of early voting.
According to a source familiar with the incident, the vehicles were a “Trump Train group.” These groups are known in parts of the state and organize events that involve their cars with flags and Trump paraphernalia and drive around to show support for President Donald Trump. The group began yelling profanities and obscenities and then blockaded the entire Biden entourage.
At one point they slowed the tour bus to roughly 20 mph on Interstate 35, the campaign official said. The vehicles slowed down to try to stop the bus in the middle of the highway. The source said there were nearly 100 vehicles around the campaign bus. Biden staffers were rattled by the event, the source said, though no one was hurt.
The people in those trucks were trying to force the bus to stop so they could steal everybody’s lunch money.
It is a dark and perilous time in America.
Maybe I lack perspective but Trump certainly had caused a snap in the GOP base. Could you imagine it being a thing to do this against Kerry?
But maybe it only persists because it is particularly easy to do with the smaller covid crowd sizes at Biden events.
Trump certainly had caused a snap in the GOP base
Or it could be blowback from the Dems telling half the country that they are considered enemies of the state and will soon be dealt with accordingly.
They’re all irredeemable racist, misogynist, homophobic, transphobic, hoplophilic, retarded rednecks.
The Democrats have been vilifying then for decades now. Why would they give the Democratic candidate any respect?
Who knew that rednecks were so sensitive.
It’s a reap what you sow moment. All the riots, public harassment of conservatives, LE, wrong thinkers, etc. This is a them getting a taste of their own medicine. (Maybe) a smidge more civil.
Maybe now the GOP believes them when they say it.
I was going to say something smartass, buy Damn! Thats a small boat,
Morning All! Very blustery today
They now need to 3d print a bunch of tiny guns.
I’ll take a half-scale Henry rifle which, if made in exact half-scale, would shoot a 22 WRF round.
The Biden campaign, out of what was described as an abundance of caution, ended up canceling an event scheduled for later that day in Austin, the aide said.
“Rather than engage in productive conversation about the drastically different visions that Joe Biden and Donald Trump have for our country, Trump supporters in Texas today instead decided to put our staff, surrogates, supporters, and others in harm’s way,” Biden campaign Texas communications director Tariq Thowfeek told CNN.
*staggers toward fainting couch*
“productive conversation”
Like how he never answers any questions about Ukraine or Hunter?
Texas is an interesting choice for the final days of campaigning. I guess Biden considers all of the swing states Clinton lost to be a lock and Texas to be in play.
I don’t think it will be this election, but it does seem like Texas will go Dem in the not too distant future.
I could see some risk calculation. It’s good risk High reward to Campaign there.
But I still think the Dems are delusional about it flipping this year. I get it because I can see the GOP also becoming fixated if all of the sudden NY or CA looked like it could be in play.
(Maybe) a smidge more civil.
There was no mention of tires being “shot out”, or people beating on the sides of the bus with baseball bats or axes, or breaking the windows. I’m sure we would have heard about the Molotov cocktails, had there been any.
‘Bad Boys 4 Life.’ Cops lived Miami lifestyle, secretly protected cocaine load, feds say
Hey, you listen to me, and listen to me good. Cops are good people, and they really care. And they all deserve to go home to their families at night dammit. So if they kill many of you plebes because they “feared for their safety”, so be it.
They’re a better class of people, and that’s why it’s illegally enshrined by law that killing them is a worse crime than killing someone else.
So you can piss right off with your “Doh!” BS.