Thursday Afternoon SPic and SPan Links

by | Oct 15, 2020 | Daily Links | 426 comments

OK, this is going to be yet another bare bones Links post from Yours Truly, because I’m on my way to meet OMWC for lunch. Like in a restaurant, without masks, like real people from the Beforetimes!

But before I go, I just have to tell you about my new favorite cleaning device.

I acquired a…*drum roll* portable steam cleaner! OMG this thing is amazing. Incredible.

Yes, yes, it steams garments to remove wrinkles and refresh the clothing very quickly and easily, but what I purchased it for is household cleaning. And wow, does it ever do that!

The first thing I cleaned, as an initial test, was the outside of the refrigerator. This is a 12 year old appliance, with weird ridges molded into the handle. Nearly impossible to get clean and keep clean. 5 seconds of steam, and the grime stuck down in the tiny recesses was gone!

I am in love!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

 

What?

Oh…you came here for links? Um, ok, coming right up!

 

“Hurray. Our streets are finally safe,” said Fd’A when he heard this.

It just might happen here in Arizona.

And to this Mexican Sharpshooter said, “I was shocked to learn this 10 years ago. Thanks for catching up NBC.”

 

Oops. I gotta run. I hope you all have a chance to do something normal today! Or what laughingly passes for normal here at Glibs. 😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

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426 Comments

  1. Brochettaward

    My psychiatrist has been telling me that I need to step back and learn to appreciate the Firsts of others. That it’s ok to allow others to be First sometimes and that this does not diminish when I am First. But then I read the Firsts of others and I know that my own First would be so much better. These other people with their inferior Firsts are degrading what it means to be First. I am the First of Firsters. I am beginning to suspect that my psychiatrist is just a jealous seconder who is trying to hold me back. She is preventing me from completing my metamorphosis.

    • Chafed

      You should also discuss why you want to be Francis Dolarhyde. And also your homophobia.

      • ElspethFlashman

        +1 creepy soundtrack.

      • Brochettaward

        Dolarhyde wanted to become me.

  2. Rebel Scum

    Federal authorities on Wednesday showed off results of Southern California raids early this month that led to the biggest domestic seizure of methamphetamine in U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration history.

    I take it Hunter Biden escaped.

  3. Count Potato

    “According to the SPLC”

    No.

    • Rebel Scum

      Seconded.

    • Drake

      The leader of The Base, Rinaldo Nazzaro, who was born in the U.S., runs his operation out of his apartment in St. Petersburg, Russia

      Everyone remembers how much the Nazis liked Russians and Mexicans (or maybe he’s just Spanish).

      • leon

        Even the Nazi’s these days don’t stick with Nazi principles. What is the world coming to.

        /s

      • Drake

        Sad really.

    • Tonio

      “According to the SPLC, a confidential source provided the recordings to the organization unsolicited…”

      How very convenient.

    • Suthenboy

      Yeah I caught that too.

      Anything the SPLC says is horseshit. And a guy named Navarro runs it from an apartment in St. Petersburg?

      What a steaming pile.

      • Old Man With Candy

        Sorry, haven’t been around last couple days. When I was last here, everyone was worrying about you and the storm; did you end up getting killed?

      • juris imprudent

        Could be, but the day the Russians decide he is of no further use…

  4. leon

    #CancelSoldiers

    (but please keep the wars) / Establishment.

  5. Drake

    If I want to sign up for The Base, should I do a web search or cut out the middle-man and just call the FBI?

    • leon

      LOL

      “HI is this the FBI? I was wondering if you were recruiting for any of your terrorist plots?”

    • Chafed

      Try their toll-free hotline.

    • Sensei

      Ask to speak to Ace.

    • Cancelled

      All your base are belong to feebs?

    • Chafed

      Thanks for doing Q’s work in his absence.

      • Tonio

        What happened to him, anyway?

      • grrizzly

        His wife got pregnant.

      • Florida Man

        New baby and crazy world.

      • slumbrew

        Baby Q on the way.

      • prolefeed

        A newborn doesn’t leave much time for such frivolities as sleeping, much less doing links.

      • juris imprudent

        That would be a ‘q’, no?

      • Cancelled

        u follows Q, always.

    • slumbrew

      The crazy is strong with #19

      • Chafed

        Jeebus. Definitely on the wrong side of the hot/crazy divide.

      • prolefeed

        Not sure why 19 set off your crazy meter. None of these women even pinged the crazy-dar for me.

        Course, I’ve acquired a battle-hardened crazy-dar from sticking it in an ass-ton of crazy, so medium nuts seems pretty innocuous to me.

      • prolefeed

        Nevermind. Missed the tattoed medical alert.

      • Cancelled

        and facial tats

      • prolefeed

        The facial tats wouldn’t bother me. I concentrated more on what they say and do and how they act.

        Like, entirely hypothetically, throwing a drama fit at one every two to three months to get their fix of that, with two days of crying and temper tantrums, followed by so much make up sex that one might have to switch holes because the other was raw.

        Theoretically, THAT would be nuts. Especially if the crazy not only didn’t stay in bed, but got up and stalked you around fucking up your life.

      • juris imprudent

        so much make up sex

        A pleasure I will apparently never know in this life.

  6. The Late P Brooks

    The sky continues to fall

    As of Thursday morning, the nation is now averaging 52,345 new cases a day, up 16% from the previous week, a trend that concerns health experts as we head into the cooler months.
    “This is a very ominous sign. I think we’re in for a pretty bad fall and winter,” said Dr. Peter Hotez, professor and dean of tropical medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine.

    “This is the time when we could be entering one of the worst periods of our epidemic and one of our worst periods in modern American public health,” he said. “I’m very worried for the nation.”

    And how many of those people are actually sick, you bumbling idiot?

    • Chafed

      That’s not important because SCIENCE!

    • B.P.

      “I think we’re in for a pretty bad fall and winter…”

      What I think the doctor means is, “I think we’re in for a pretty bad 19 days. Or four years, depending upon one variable.”

    • Raven Nation

      Yeah, I’m sitting in a Zoom meeting with the same shit.

      “Cases in our town are about 16% of population.”

      Not discussed: has testing increased? how many positives had any symptoms, how many had mild symptions? how many of those positives were later reversed to negatives? what about vice versa?

      • Mostly Peaceful JaimeRoberto

        I still don’t know anyone directly who has had it. I know of a few second hand, but all in other countries, and none of them died.

      • Mad Scientist

        I know several people who have had it. None of them described it anything worse than a flu that screwed with their sense of taste for a few days.

      • Florida Man

        I had a student the other day that tested positive and was donating blood for convalescent plasma that never felt ill. She got tested because she was at a BBQ where someone had covid. None of the attendants died.

      • The Hyperbole

        Know directly (i.e. drank beer with them) – 4 people who’ve had it, 1 died
        Know of (Business acquaintances, friends of friends) 5 cases 0 deaths, though one guy spent three weeks in the hospital.

      • Tonio

        “But they still were spreading disease to vulnerable people…” /Covid Karen

      • mexican sharpshooter

        Yes, but we don’t know the effects of the virus have been found to be long lasting, to an extent that we do not fully understand. We need to keep me in constant interviews with mainstream media until I can declare this pandemic over, and safe to go out at night again. //Fooochi

      • ElspethFlashman

        I had a client who had it. And didn’t tell me – but spent two hours with me on two different days – but a day or so before he tested positive.

        Thus I was potentially exposed. So my boss said “get a test!” which I did, which was negative.

        Three days later I went home early with a cold (it was really only a cold but it came on very fast).

        My coworkers insisted I get another test – just in case. Which was also negative.

        Short story long I still hate the client who made me get two tests.
        Theeee end.

      • Tonio

        Also probably not discussed — how mortality and hospitalizations as a percentage of positive tests keep going down. They hate that.

      • juris imprudent

        THAT ISN’T THE NARRATIVE!!!

  7. Certified Public Asshat

    I may occasionally watch a car detailing channel on youtube….and yeah, when he breaks out the steamer on especially filthy interiors it is very satisfying.

    I myself have not yet purchased one, but maybe I will now with the SP approval.

    • Count Potato

      It looks like she bought one of the more expensive ones.

    • ElspethFlashman

      my thing would be to buy something to clean grout : I hate grout, and it gets so discolored.

      • Bobarian LMD

        An air hammer with chisel.

      • Mojeaux the Malevolent

        I’m eyeballing that gadget like it’s a cherry ganache tort.

  8. Overt

    I would love, love love to be a fly on the wall at Twitter right now. Put aside the outrageous nonsense, this has gotten away from them, and the leadership at the company has got to be freaking out.

    I just have this image of the company- where there are all these lefty moderators are working from home. They aren’t high level people- essentially on the same level as a call center rep. But they wield all this control and they are now sitting isolated in their apartment in San Francisco. All they do is spend all day reading their HuffPo or whatever liberal rag, telling them that this is all lies. And so these kids do what bubble-living, childish, self important kids with too much power should do- they pull out the ban hammer.

    It is clear that the coddling of this atmosphere and the trial balloons of moderating Trump got out of control, and now Dorsey is looking at being dragged in front of the Senate for “Election Interference”.

    It is clear that they are scared- they banned the Trump Campaign for only 2 hours- clearly backtracking. My bet is that there is a vast pile on going on in the internal slack/mail lists where the employees are demanding more MOAR bans, outraged by these “filthy lies”. I imagine that many feel like they are at the tipping point, where their meaningless lives suddenly affect the nation at large. But above them are the executives who agree but have a fiduciary responsibility to the company. At some point, lawsuits are going to start, and the Federal Government are going to start talking about “interference with official government communication” when talking about the banning of the Press Sec.

    I’m not saying these are all valid complaints (I am not sure about the legal remedies, but this is obviously a PR nightmare). I am just saying I would love to see the drama that is happening inside the company.

    • Drake

      What you are describing is the difference between a publisher and an internet chat site. While they own a lot of Congress, I don’t think they wanted to expose themselves that far over the line.

      • Overt

        A platform has content created by non-employees/contractors. That is all that is required. And Section 230 allows them to moderate “objectionable” (to them) content to their heart’s content. If Glibs wants to moderate and ban me and others in service of a specific viewpoint, they are still a platform when it comes to comments- the featured posts might be a bit different.

        But Twitter is still acting incredibly stupid here. This is a perfect example of company execs letting non-essential stuff get in the way of their fiduciary duty. In the past it has been corporate jets, junkets and hookers, but today it is indulging in leftist nonsense that alienates 50% of your potential customer base. And sadly it will also likely result in the company being raped by some new law that will give Democrats the ability to dictate what is “acceptable speech” in social media 5 years from now.

    • prolefeed

      Their pony, they can ride it however they want, is my take on it. If they want to turn Twitter into even more of a lefty echo chamber, join the club with CNN etc.

    • Sensei

      But above them are the executives who agree but have a fiduciary responsibility to the company.

      Get back to me when any of the non-executive members of the BOD of Enron incur personal liability or jail time.

    • Mostly Peaceful JaimeRoberto

      I’m guessing that the handful of people who don’t want the bans have to preface all there statements with “I don’t want the bad orange man to win either, but…”

    • Tonio

      now Dorsey is looking at being dragged in front of the Senate for “Election Interference”

      I hope they’re shitting themselves over this.

    • commodious spittoon

      I bet some of them are just as partisan as their idiot zoomer mods, but have more than a gnat’s grasp of history and psychology and realize that they’ve made it a much bigger story than it would have been otherwise…

    • Agent Cooper

      Jack hired a bunch of know-nothings and gave them power. Dumbass.

  9. The Late P Brooks

    This morning, in the (dead tree) Indianapolis Star, there was an article in which some doctor was quoted as saying more people, with milder symptoms, are being sent to the hospital for plague treatment. I suspected as much.

    • Tonio

      This tells me that there is now plenty available hospital bed space. So we are past the ‘Rona crisis and folks who delayed elective surgery (ie, joint replacement) or treatments for non-COVID disease have started going to the hospitals again.

      • Chafed

        I’m pretty sure that started months ago in most places.

  10. Mad Scientist

    5 seconds of steam, and the grime stuck down in the tiny recesses was gone!

    If it’ll clean grim out of tiny recesses, then it’s perfect for OMWC’s junk.

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      Dude….

      • mexican sharpshooter

        Its true. He uses my pool for nude sunbathing…constantly.

      • Spudalicious

        Did you at least draw the line when he started sunning his taint?

      • Mad Scientist

        And be faced with taint rickets!?

      • Spudalicious

        That’s the way Mexi will do ya.

      • Bobarian LMD

        Better than taint crickets.

      • mexican sharpshooter

        He was not happy about the hose.

      • Old Man With Candy

        You’re still pissed about the HazMat I left in your hot tub.

      • mexican sharpshooter

        BECAUSE I DONT HAVE A HOT TUB

    • Cancelled

      Steaming is for vegetables not mushrooms.

    • The Gunslinger

      Got me. I thought it was real.

      • Bill (Door) Baggins (a Skellington)

        It might be, just give it a couple of hours. The Bee has been on a roll lately with parody becoming reality.

      • juris imprudent

        I made that comment in response to a friend – their genius is that they are 15 minutes ahead of the rest of the world, but still in the same reality.

    • DrOtto

      In other NBA related news, does anybody else think NBA commissioner Adam Silver looks like Bat Boy or is it just me?

      • Bill (Door) Baggins (a Skellington)
  11. Count Potato

    “Hope Hicks makes glamorous return to duty after recovering from COVID: Trump aide refuses a mask as she boards Air Force One for two day southern campaign swing and the President’s so happy he’s dancing!”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8844689/Hope-Hicks-Donald-Trump-COVID-diagnosis-NOT-wearing-mask.html

    If there is another debate, Trump should dance onto the podium, pull a spin move and tell Biden, “You’ve been served!” Then moonwalk to the lectern.

    • Lackadaisical

      If he does, I will backtrack on what I’ve said here and vote for him.

    • Lackadaisical

      I finally was able to find the video of him dancing… to YMCA.

      When he said he ‘loves the gays’ I didn’t realize he meant it literally. Now to figure out how SF bugs the oval office…

  12. Certified Public Asshat

    New Deadspin might be worse than old Deadspin:

    BREAKING: Adam Schefter is a vacuous turd who embodies white male privilege

    I know, I know, he was just joking, right? Okay, it was a bad joke, but he didn’t mean anything by it.

    At what point, though, do we start holding people accountable for bad jokes that actively ignore harm to others in the name of scoring some Twitter likes? When do the white men who cover largely Black leagues have to walk a mile in the players’ shoes?

    And, my God, when will sports media stop being a haven for mediocre white men to make hay off the suffering of others?

    • Certified Public Asshat

      AVERT YOUR EYES NOW AT THE OFFENSIVE TWEET:

      Three weeks from today is a hugely significant day, with potential ramifications for years to come.The NFL trade deadline.— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 13, 2020

      • Count Potato

        What does that have to due with white?

      • Certified Public Asshat

        Duh

        This is a poor attempt at humor during a good year, and a “fuck you” to every non-white person who has been and continues to be deeply affected by the actions and policies of Donald Trump in 2020.

      • Count Potato

        Well, I hope they did some stretches first not to throw out their back.

      • Count Potato

        um, do

        I think the English in my brain isn’t working today.

      • Bobarian LMD

        Russian to english is hard, comrade.

      • Nephilium

        You know, all of the players of the NFL are white since they got rid of Kaepernick.

      • Suthenboy

        Dude, full blown bigotry has made an amazing comeback.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        Julie DiCaro is an obese hag that embodies white female inanity.

    • mrfamous

      Surprisingly she’s getting dunked on pretty hard on Twitter. To take offense at _that_ is truly next level deranged.

  13. prolefeed

    The Southern Poverty Law Center, or SPLC, which monitors hate groups

    Hate groups like little churches that are not too fond of Teh Gayz (note how they don’t take on the LDS Church, which has rampant homophobia), and black separatists who invoke their First Amendment right to not assemble or associate with white people (seriously, this is by far their largest category of “hate groups”).

  14. The Late P Brooks

    I imagine that many feel like they are at the tipping point, where their meaningless lives suddenly affect the nation at large.

    MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN LIKE EVER!!!

    RHEEEEEEEEE!

  15. The Late P Brooks

    If it’ll clean grim out of tiny recesses

    If this nation has ever needed a grim remover, that time is now.

  16. Rebel Scum

    *perplexed Tucker Carlson face*

    NEW — the @JoeBiden campaign responds to the @nypost story and @Twitter fallout on @cheddar:

    “Twitter’s response to the actual article itself makes clear that these purported allegations are false and are not true.” @JTOBrown

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      There’s already a company named Oracle.

    • Count Potato

      I’m sure most people are assuming the opposite. Although no one should do either.

      • Drake

        I assume the opposite – if there was a decent chance these were false, they would just step back and let the Post got down in flames.

      • Fatty Bolger

        Yep. There’s also the little problem about the FBI probably having a copy.

      • Ted S.

        It is just a little problem since we know the FBI isn’t actually going to do anything….

      • db

        “accidentally deleted, shot, set on fire, and dropped into the Cracks of Doom”

      • Bobarian LMD

        “And steam cleaned to remove the grim.”

      • Mostly Peaceful JaimeRoberto

        I’m guessing there’s a mix of truth and BS in the story.

      • Mad Scientist

        Since journalists generally don’t have a clue about their subject matter, this is always the case.

      • DrOtto

        Seriously, who gets sleepy after smoking crack?

    • leon

      “What is your response those allegations about you?”

      “Well look, those guys over there act like its not true, so clearly it must not be true!”

  17. SUPREME OVERLORD trshmnstr

    Just made my first acquisition from gunbroker. The price I got makes me a bit nervous. Which is more likely on that platform, a legit buy it now price a few hundred below “market” or a scam?

    • Sean

      What did ya get?

      Prices have been wonky lately, as long as it was a reputable vendor, you should be fine.

      • SUPREME OVERLORD trshmnstr

        Twas a scam. Gunbroker was on it in about 20 minutes flat.

        I probably should’ve investigated more prior to clicking the button, but I figured I could just refuse to pay if it got too fishy.

      • Animal

        What was the seller’s feedback rating? That’s often a giveaway.

      • Sean

        Don’t let that sour you. I’ve gotten some great deals through GB.

      • EvilSheldon

        Yeah, these days I’d be very cautious of anything on GunBroker. I say that as someone with a ten-year history on that site, more or less a positive one.

    • Drake

      I never had a problem with them.

    • Raven Nation

      I’ve made two “Buy It Now” purchases but the prices were right around the low bid price. Both delivered as ordered. But, I think in both cases they were from dealers using the platform rather than individuals.

    • Animal

      I’ve had good luck on Gunbroker, both buying and selling. Sometimes you run into a real steal on penny/no reserve auctions; I got a really sweet Model 12 Black Diamond trap gun for under a grand, which is a farking great deal. Most sellers will give you an inspection/return time, normally from three to seven days.

      Can you provide any details?

      Hrm. There may be a Glibs article in this. “Online Gun Auction Tips and Tricks,” or some such.

      • SUPREME OVERLORD trshmnstr

        The details are as follows. I’ve been in the market for an M1A, and a Walnut Scout Squad M1A is ideal. Market for that configuration is around $1800.

        This one was listed initially at $1100 (not unreasonable start point for auctions on this one), but the buy it now was $1150 was quite cheap.

        I didn’t dig too deep before clicking “Buy it now”, but I noticed that the seller was a “verified user” and that they had an A+ rating, but a very low (single digit) review count.

        Basically, my risk analysis said its either a private seller who is trying to get rid of this quickly or its a scam. Either way, I knew that payment wasn’t going to be due up front and that I could just bail on the sale if I didnt like the situation.

        After I posted my original comment here, I saw a review from a very similar user name and immediately tried to get in contact with gunbroker. Before I could send the email off to them, I received one from them telling me not to transfer any money.

        Easy peasy, NBD, live to buy another day.

      • Animal

        Well, good that you didn’t get caught. Glad to see Gunbroker is Johnny-on-the-spot with this stuff.

    • Suthenboy

      I had a NIB Winchester ’94 Big Bore in .375 Win that I got through them for $450.

      A new one now is 3X that price. They dont make the 375Win anymore, they chamber them in 38-55 which is a nearly identical.

    • Sensei

      ‘After some distance from this episode, we believe in his ability to continue to contribute to C-SPAN,’ the network said.

      So do we want to take bets on how long the unpaid vacation lasts? My bet in January.

    • Fatty Bolger

      I’m sure we’re all completely shocked by the news that he was lying about being hacked.

  18. Plisade

    Sorry to go OT, but… I’ll be staying in Saugatuck, MI 10/24-10/26. Not sure how much free time I’ll have but if any area Glibs wanna share pint, lemme know.

    • Drake

      They want him dead.

      • Fatty Bolger

        But, I thought whistleblowers reporting potential crimes were sacrosanct?

      • pan fried wylie

        Potential crimes? Crack addition is protected by the ADA.

      • pan fried wylie

        IOW, HIPAA violation etc

      • mexican sharpshooter

        Indeed, so sacrosanct, they want him dead.

  19. The Late P Brooks

    I don’t necessarily want him to die, but at this point I really really want to see Biden get the Wu Flu, just to compare his resilience to Trump’s.

    • Certified Public Asshat

      He’s double masking now, nothing is getting through.

      • juris imprudent

        Nothing has gotten through to him in a generation.

      • Sean

        Except dirty money. Old Joe always gets his cut.

      • Lackadaisical

        Including air?

        What? one can hope.

    • Nephilium

      You don’t want to know that his death bed wish is that no one get to take over as president until a black woman wins?

      • Cancelled

        His death bed wish is that his youngest granddaughter bring her hair a little closer for one final sniff.

      • Bobarian LMD

        This is the difference between his reported wish and his actual wish.

    • pan fried wylie

      RIP Joe Biden, Nov 1, 2020

  20. Surly Knott

    Hey Slumbre and other VB fans -x there’s an effort going to ‘Save The Venture Bros.’ Quite possibly futile, but nearly effortless. TW: change.org
    Save The Venture Bros.

    • Fatty Bolger

      Well that sucks. Why was it cancelled? I thought it was popular and sold a lot of DVD’s and stuff.

    • Nephilium

      There’s some talk that Adult Swim may be willing to pony up for a movie to wrap it all up. Since it really got cancelled for missing more deadlines than Douglas Adams, not sure if the writers will be able to pull it off.

    • slumbrew

      I get the impression that Doc Hammer would just as soon do other stuff. If you can only manage 2.5 years between seasons… and that’s just the writing that takes so long, the animation is done in the slave pits of Korea, AFAIK.

    • Chafed

      It’s Slate. I’m not clicking.

    • Suthenboy

      Everything that comes from the left these days is lunacy.

  21. Rebel Scum

    Needs moar murder-drones and unenforceable agreements.

    Obama said, “Well, a couple of things. One, and I think this is most important, is when people ask me what surprised me most about the presidency, you know, what I always tell them is: I understood but didn’t fully appreciate the degree to which we kind of underwrite the international order. And in the sense that even our enemies can expect us to behave like adults on the international stage. You know, if there’s a crisis somewhere, people don’t call Moscow or Beijing. They call us and say, ‘What are we going to do to help?’ If there is ethnic cleansing, if there is a conflict, if there is a natural disaster. And the reason that we can serve in that role, even if we’re not perfect, is that we have the infrastructure. We have experienced diplomats. We have institutional traditions that allow us to show leadership on the international stage — whether it’s in the Paris Peace Accords, whether it’s on the Iran Deal, you name it.”

    He continued, “The thing that over the last four years, it’s not as if Trump has been all that active internationally. I mean, the truth is he doesn’t have the patience and the focus to really substantially change a lot of US foreign policy. What he’s done is he’s systematically tried to decimate our entire foreign policy infrastructure. And the thing I know about Joe is that he respects people who know history and have expertise, and he’s going to pay attention to somebody who has worked in Africa to find out, like, ‘how should I deal with a particular crisis there’ as opposed to calling it a bunch of I won’t say the word countries, right? He has a respect and understanding for what American leadership can do.”

    • Animal

      Now get to the point where he said “Joe Biden never saw anything he couldn’t fuck up.”

      • Suthenboy

        I would say that applies to Obumbles as well. I still cant help but chuckle thinking about his going around giving pep talks to various companies only to have them tank within months. That guy has the kiss of death.

    • pan fried wylie

      And the reason that we can serve in that role, is that no one wants to step on our dick before the dick wagging even starts.

    • Mostly Peaceful JaimeRoberto

      It’s true that lots of people expect us to intervene in those situations. That doesn’t mean we should.

    • Fatty Bolger

      we kind of underwrite the international order

      Indeed, that kind of is the key. And what does the word “underwrite” mean?

      • Florida Man

        It means Americans pay the bills so politicians can jet set around the world.

    • slumbrew

      it’s not as if Trump has been all that active internationally

      Let us not mention the Abraham Accords. Or talks with North Korea (even if fruitless).

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        This

      • Pope Jimbo

        The thing about the talks with North Korea is that they were fruitless for them as well. One of the things that made my wife switch from being antii- to pro-Trump was the fact that he didn’t end up sending Kim tons of rice money and fuel.

        He also let the South Koreans do a lot more of their own diplomacy.

        Again, he did the opposite of what all the right people at the State Dept think is the correct way to do things. Sure, nothing got solved, but they didn’t get worse either.

    • Charlie Suet

      “The thing that over the last four years, it’s not as if Trump has been all that active internationally. I mean, the truth is he doesn’t have the patience and the focus to really substantially change a lot of US foreign policy. What he’s done is he’s systematically tried to decimate our entire foreign policy infrastructure.“

      I.e.

      “All Trump’s ostensible foreign policy successes are actually due to me because he doesn’t do anything. But in not doing anything he’s also done loads of bad stuff which I will not expand on in any meaningful way”

    • juris imprudent

      the degree to which we kind of underwrite the international order

      Well, one thing that tells me is that I knew more about our foreign policy in 2009 then you did. That ain’t a good look for you. Second, this is the one thing in foreign policy Trump is actually following your lead on – getting away from The Blob as you and your inner circle called it. Except Trump’s actually doing it better than you did, because he’s basically closed up the fucking candy store. Oh, you want something from us? What do you have to offer for our blood and treasure?

  22. pan fried wylie

    Reliable PRO NO TOUCH 100

    *OMWC Approved*

    • pan fried wylie

      I mean, in so far as it works well at its intended purposes, he gains his seal of approval. he doesn’t appreciate it.

      • pan fried wylie

        *it gains

  23. Count Potato

    “.@NYGovCuomo
    is sending around plainclothes agents to photograph the inside of synagogues to make sure that no one is praying.

    Are we back to 1930’s Nazi Germany?”

    https://twitter.com/ReaganBattalion/status/1316805402995101696

    I have no idea if that’s real.

    • Sensei

      I would think they’d know the guy in plainclothes wasn’t a member. At least if they sent a uniformed guy he could keep his hat on.

      • juris imprudent

        NYPD could always borrow from LA’s finest.

    • The Hyperbole

      Not that it makes it any better, but they probably are sending people out to enforce “social distancing” the praying bit is irrelevant, but narratives need fed. Like when some non maskers refuses to put on a mask and refuses to leave a store and then fights with a cop and “they” claim “Mother arrested for not wearing a mask!”

      • Florida Man

        I think the mask are a waste of time, but the store can set whatever policy they want. I feel bad that some stores are being forced to set policy by the local goons.

      • leon

        Life is more exciting when you throw a narrative into it. This is why people love the narrative. Whichever one it is.

      • Florida Man

        I really need to know the race and religion of the participants so I can form my opinion on who is the good/bad guy.

      • commodious spittoon

        Who are you, who is so wise in the ways of science?

  24. Gustave Lytton

    My company just issued a no meetings on Election Day edict. ?‍♂️

    • ElspethFlashman

      Good thing, or bad thing? Or just stupid thing ?

      • Gustave Lytton

        Stupid thing. Particularly as I’m located in a state that’s been 100% vote by mail for 20+ years.

        There’s also a flex time policy including using vacation time. But absolutely no company paid time. If it screws with ordinary worker bees’ work life, no problem. But if the company has to write a check for their posturing, fuck no.

    • Fatty Bolger

      Every day should be election day!

      • dbleagle

        I smell an opportunity here. Since PA is letting ballots be mailed up to three days after election day and tabulating the results the results could take weeks- it is really “election month” instead of a day. In order to not upset the election you should propose that no meetings should take place until after the Electoral College results are read in Congress.

      • The Hyperbole

        Since PA is letting ballots be mailed up to three days after election day

        Actually mailed after or just received after?

      • dbleagle

        Postmarked up to three days after election day. Those dastardly GOP voting suppression bastards have taken it to court.

      • The Hyperbole

        Have a link? everything I find says they have to be postmarked by Nov. 3rd

    • grrizzly

      Has the company already designated a safe space for employees on the day after Election Day if the unthinkable happens again?

      • Florida Man

        I’m afraid if Trump wins, I may literally die from laughter.

      • juris imprudent

        Or drown in proggie tears.

    • Mostly Peaceful JaimeRoberto

      My company gave us the day off.

    • Mad Scientist

      My company just gave every US employee election day off with pay.

      • Lackadaisical

        That is mad.

      • juris imprudent

        Who knew Gazprom was so generous?

    • mexican sharpshooter

      It could be worse. Mexico bans the sale and consumption of alcohol on election day.

      I don’t know how they enforce the latter but they refused to sell me beer one time over that.

      • westernsloper

        Who did you vote for?

  25. Nephilium

    Fuck am I tired of getting stuck on conference calls where there’s no part I’m responsible for, and dealing with a bunch of other people’s kids, dogs, television shows, movies, and music in the background because they don’t mute their headsets.

    • pan fried wylie

      First off, seriously, if you’re not speaking…cmon. But, kids/dogs, you can’t mute those, so when you are speaking, or coming in and out of the convo and slacking on your mute, alright, there’s gonna be some barking.

      BUT THE FUCKING TV IN THE BACKGROUND?! MUTE THAT SHIT.

      Hell, if you’re the meeting host/presenter, It’d be nice if you mute your computer too, so we don’t all have to listen to your Outlook and IM dings all meeting long.

      • Nephilium

        People weren’t t talking. They were waiting for files to transfer. FFS, we got echos a couple of times.

      • Mad Scientist

        Webex has this amazing technology to get rid of background noise now. I saw a demo the other day with a guy talking in his kitchen while his son loudly stacked dishes in the cabinet. As soon as he pressed the button for the noise cancellation you can see the kid is still putting dishes in the cabinet, but you can only hear the speaker’s voice. And when he stops speaking, you still don’t hear the dish noises. It’s impressive.

      • Deplorableme

        They need to put in that in noise-cancelling headphones. I wish NC headphone cancel ALL outside noises.

      • pan fried wylie

        I think the headphones would need a good fraction of a GFLOP of processing to perform the signal modification. Lot more power/heat than the audio/BT is currently expending on your headmounted device.

    • Rhywun

      I work with a bunch of aspie developer types. No kids in the background.

      OK, my boss has a loud one but otherwise this isn’t much of a problem.

  26. The Late P Brooks

    That darn Trump

    The president also significantly misrepresented a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study, claiming that it showed “85 percent of the people wearing the mask” catch the virus.

    In actuality, the study found that adults with confirmed COVID-19 cases were about twice as likely than those who tested negative to have reported dining at a restaurant before falling ill. Trump appeared to be referencing a point from the study that said that about 85 percent of COVID-19 patients surveyed reported either often or always wearing a face mask in the two weeks before they fell ill. Approximately the same percentage, 89 percent, of those who didn’t have the coronavirus also reported wearing masks frequently.

    Huh.

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t that indicate masks make no difference?

    • prolefeed

      They’re trying (poorly) to make a utilitarian analysis of a moral issue – namely your right not to be put under house arrest and your business being shut down despite not having committed any crime.

    • Bill (Door) Baggins (a Skellington)

      “Let’s prove the BadOrangeMan wrong by stating exactly what he said and proving it as fact, then obfuscating it with some other numbers that the numbskull readers will eat up.” /the Hill

    • juris imprudent

      doesn’t that indicate masks make no difference

      They make all the difference – we must be able to identify wrong-thinkers and know who mindlessly conforms to the latest virtue in fashion. Take the mask away and how exactly do we do that? Actually talk to people? What kind of monster are you?

  27. Yusef drives a Kia

    Neph, I bough a growler today, what are the rules? do I clean it up myelf? or do they do it befoe hand?

    • pan fried wylie

      You’re the one drinking out of it, right? So, moldy as you can stand?

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        No help, Neph will answer, thanks for playing!

    • Nephilium

      In general, you are responsible for the cleaning of your growler. Most places will just give it a quick rinse.

      Rinse with hot water after every use. Keep the cap near it. If you cap it, make sure it’s dry or just lightly cap it.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Thank you!

      • NoDakMat

        And don’t use soap. Soap will leave behind surfactants that will diminish the head on the next batch of beer that goes in.

    • mexican sharpshooter

      You can take it out of the paper bag, nobody is fooled by it anymore.

    • Rebel Scum

      Ha!

      • dbleagle

        LOL, that is golden. I see a meme storm brewing on the horizon.

  28. Rhywun

    Of the four, only Arizona’s initiative would directly tackle racial justice and invest in communities harmed by drug enforcement laws.

    When you’re done patting yourself on the back, perhaps you’ll spare a moment to cheer for personal $#@%@ freedom while you’re at it.

    *reads the rest*

    Guess not.

    • Brochettaward

      Why do you hate minorities so much?

    • mexican sharpshooter

      Yes…but not local schools. I know that because theres a freaking sign on every damn street corner telling me the hypothetical excise taxes on hypothetical pot sales will not fund schools.

      Almost makes me want to vote for it twice.

      • pan fried wylie

        I think you got got.

  29. mikey

    Wife just got out of a two-day stay in the hospital (heart attack, but everything is fine). I was surprised they didn’t test her for the ‘vid – she’s a full member of the vulnerable class. They said they didn’t test anyone that came in through the ER. Masks everywhere and no visitors, but no testing. They did insist on a flu shot.

    Our county now has five whole cases (whatever that means) this is one over Bullock’s magic number of four, so masks are requred. That’s five people that are, presumably quarenteened at home in a county of about 6000 crowded into 1,200 square miles. SCIENCE! Compliance looks like around 50% and diminishing as folks see others ingnoring. Talked with the guy at the hardware store (employees mostly masked) and he didn’t mention my maskless face.

    • KOVIDKristen

      Sorry about the heart attack – I bet you both were scared!

      • Count Potato

        +1

    • Pope Jimbo

      Your wife had a heart attack?

      Hope you learned your lesson about helping out around the house without being asked.

      • SUPREME OVERLORD trshmnstr

        ??

        In seriousness, sorry to hear that Mikey. I’m glad everything ended up okay.

      • Mad Scientist

        Right? If she had been doing more work, her heart would be in better shape, and this whole mess could have been avoided. Mikey is going to have to stick to drinking beer and flipping channels if he cares about her well being.

      • pan fried wylie

        +1 concession

      • pan fried wylie

        “Last time I try folding the laundry. She saw the sheets and hit the floor.”

      • commodious spittoon

        If sheets were meant to be folded they’d be square.

      • pan fried wylie

        I have some of the most meticulous laundry. Anyone into textile porn? UCS, I know you are.

    • pan fried wylie

      They said they didn’t test anyone that came in through the ER. … Our county now has five whole cases …

      “Ok, Mrs. Mikey, have you been in contact with Bob, Jim, Alice, Jenny, or Dorris? Jenny Smith. No? Enjoy the ER!”

    • mexican sharpshooter

      Tests are supposedly in short supply, so if there are no symptoms they have no real need to test.

      • mexican sharpshooter

        Best wishes for a full recovery BTW.

      • Suthenboy

        How far are we into this now? Tests and meds still in short supply?

        I wonder how that happened.

      • pan fried wylie

        Just wait till patients are in short supply.

      • Gustave Lytton

        Production and supplier issues are increasing. It’s not a raw capacity problem like it was at the start.

      • Suthenboy

        There is no excuse for that.

      • Ted S.

        Which is probably why positive rates are going back up, allowing governors to reinstitute lockdowns.

      • invisible finger

        Testing people who aren’t sick would lower the positivity numbers so they won’t be done.

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      I’m glad she’s ok.

      Hopefully, that’s the correct answer.

    • Semi-Spartan Dad

      Damn, sorry mikey and glad to hear she’s okay.

      • Sean

        +1

  30. Pope Jimbo

    Yay! Our One Man Gang of a Governor Ruler has really got our state humming along. Unemployment fell to just 6% this month!

    And Walz didn’t need Trump to do it. Nope. In fact he did it the old fashioned Obama approved way. People just gave up looking for work. (I’m still not sure why they aren’t counted as part of that metric).

    The state’s unemployment rate dropped more than a full percentage point last month, which should be good news in an economic crisis.

    But an ominous development was behind the plunge: more than 56,000 Minnesotans stopped looking for work.

    “This is not an encouraging sign,” said Steve Grove, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, which released the data Thursday. “It means there are folks who are for whatever reason getting discouraged about their job search.”

    The state had seen only a 10,000-person decline in the labor force from February to August until last month’s drop of 56,299 people.

    Minnesota’s labor force participation rate, or the percentage of the working-age population that is either employed or is looking for work, fell by more than a percentage point to 68.4% last month, the lowest it has been since 1978.

    “for whatever reason”…. Complete mystery.

    • Suthenboy

      Poverty has always been a powerful tool for the tyrants.

  31. Tulip

    SP how does the steamer work on bathroom tile and grout? Not that I should be buying anything as I just got a little freezer and a new raised garden bed. My project this weekend is to assemble, dig down and fill with garden soil to have it ready for spring. I’ll cover it to prevent weeds.

    • pan fried wylie

      Winter does most of my weeding the next 6months.

      • Tulip

        I wish

      • pan fried wylie

        Fucking Global Warming, ammirite.

      • dbleagle

        There is a pause in the gardening season? Odd that. I just end up changing crops throughout the year. But the fall watermelons are looking good. I’ll plant the lettuce, broccoli, and potatoes in a few weeks.

    • SP

      We don’t have any bathroom tile or grout, but someone told me it works FABULOUSLY on hard water build-up on shower doors and such.

      I do plan on trying it on my kitchen tile floor, and I’ll let you know how that goes!

    • Suthenboy

      What if the average American had spine? Good question Judge.

    • The Hyperbole

      I thought Nap got cancelled a week or so back.

    • Nephilium

      The building just got listed for $2.7 million. Here’s hoping some buys it at that price.

      • The Hyperbole

        Was that the cafeteria style place?

      • Nephilium

        It was. Right there in Tremont.

  32. grrizzly

    Today the New York Post has an article about Hunter’s Chinese money.

    Another email — sent by Biden as part of an Aug. 2, 2017, chain — involved a deal he struck with the since-vanished chairman of CEFC, Ye Jianming, for half-ownership of a holding company that was expected to provide Biden with more than $10 million a year.

    Ye, who had ties to the Chinese military and intelligence service, hasn’t been seen since being taken into custody by Chinese authorities in early 2018, and CEFC went bankrupt earlier this year, according to reports.

    Biden wrote that Ye had sweetened the terms of an earlier, three-year consulting contract with CEFC that was to pay him $10 million annually “for introductions alone.”

    “The chairman changed that deal after we me[t] in MIAMI TO A MUCH MORE LASTING AND LUCRATIVE ARRANGEMENT to create a holding company 50% percent [sic] owned by ME and 50% owned by him,” Biden wrote.

    • Suthenboy

      I would be totally shocked if the NYP offices were raided by the FBI.

      • pan fried wylie

        In completely unprecedented turn of events NYP offices destroyed when two 747s slam into the building.

        FBI has already arrested the terrorists responsible, but they were misplaced before being identified, with, like, a cloth, or a demagnetizer, or aliens, I dunno, fuck you, that’s why.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        Supposedly, the FBI has had the original laptop for months.

  33. commodious spittoon

    I’ll never understand people who answer their phones while sitting on the toilet in a public restroom.

    • pan fried wylie

      They already have the phone out to jackoff to pornhub, easy enough to pause if you get a call, why not?

    • pistoffnick

      I like to flush twice, just so the caller on the other end knows the setting.

  34. wdalasio

    Hi Everyone,

    I really feel like a jerk not having dropped by for so long (the second time, dammit!).

    In my defense, I’ve been slammed with a lot of things going on. The girlfriend and I eloped down to Savannah (we got married on the twenty-first night of September). We did a vacation there and the Charleston area. And while we were down there we bought a house in Moncks Corner, SC. We’re closing on 11/13 and moving on 11/25. So, a lot of the time I’d spent annoying you all was spent either working, investigating real estate, making moving arrangements, preparing to get married, etc.

    I hope everyone is doing well.

    • KOVIDKristen

      Congrats on it all!

      • wdalasio

        Thank you!!

    • Mostly Peaceful JaimeRoberto

      At least you will always remember.

      • wdalasio

        Ba duda, ba duda, ba duda, badu

    • Sean

      Congrats and good luck!

      • wdalasio

        Thank you!

        I’m past the point of terror and getting excited. Foe a lot less than I’d pay for a one bedroom in NYC, I’m getting this!

      • wdalasio

        Sorry, didn’t mean for all the bold. Just the first word.

      • straffinrun

        Holy shit. Noice. The Emperor could address the country from that balcony.

      • But Enough About My Wild Culinary Fantasies

        You jest, but when the spousal unit and I were in Montenegro last fall, the King’s official residence (now a national museum) was actually smaller than that and didn’t have any external balconies of note. I could totally rule a small Adriatic nation with an iron fist from one of those balconies.

      • SP

        Thanks for posting your address for everyone. Is that so we can send wedding gifts, or so we can all come down and crash your housewarming party?

        Congratulations!

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        creamy your housewarming party

        Kinky

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        I should have known better.

      • straffinrun

        We know what happened. Revisionist historians…SMDH.

      • wdalasio

        Once we’re settled in I’d love to host a Glib meet-up. Enough land that people can camp, if there’s enough interest. Otherwise, enough bedrooms to host a nice party. I posted the address already for friends and family on DerpBook. If I’m going to be doxxed, it’s already done.

      • But Enough About My Wild Culinary Fantasies

        Cool. Unfortunately, my stupid Federal Government says I’d have to quarantine for two weeks upon my return to Canada.
        Asshoes.

      • wdalasio

        Ugh! Is there a way to fuck them sideways?

      • But Enough About My Wild Culinary Fantasies

        That’s the government’s job.

      • dbleagle

        Make sure to announce moving in to your neighbors by firing a shotgun several times from the second floor porch. It is Joe Biden recommended.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        Great street name.

      • wdalasio

        Yeah, I love it, too! Going from NYC UES to that for me is natural. But, I know that’s not natural.

      • Old Man With Candy

        We’d be tempted to make that trip if you do.

        Nice to see you around again!

      • Sean

        That’s fantastic.

      • wdalasio

        Thank you. The wife and I wanted our “forever” home. I’m thinking this is it.

      • grrizzly

        Looks amazing. Maybe I should cancel our refinancing, sell the place and move South. Congratulations about the rest!

      • But Enough About My Wild Culinary Fantasies

        It’s only 4,109km (about 2,553 miles) from my front door. (5 days’ drive. 7 if we take some detours and go visit folks like Moje near KC.) Pffffft. Totally do-able. (The spousal unit’s looking over my shoulder and saying “Can we bring our dog!?!”).

      • wdalasio

        It’s got invisible fessing. So, of course you can bring your puppies!

      • one true athena

        wow. I’m jealous. It looks beautiful!

      • Gustave Lytton

        Very nice. Total shift lord estate.

    • Count Potato

      Congratulations!

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      Stop pretending you care. You abandoned us for that hussy.

      • wdalasio

        Of course I did. That doesn’t mean I don’t care.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        *turns away, faces camera*

        Just stop it. GO!

      • But Enough About My Wild Culinary Fantasies

        You abandoned us for that hussy.

        You mean you wouldn’t?

        WHAT KIND OF SHITLORD ARE YOU, ANYWAYS???

    • straffinrun

      Newlyweds should be doing things other than echo chambering. Congratulations.

    • Cancelled

      Congratulations!

      • wdalasio

        Thank you!

    • Semi-Spartan Dad

      Congratulations!

      • wdalasio

        Thank you!

    • westernsloper

      You got married? Idiot.

      • Cancelled

        Why does that make him an idiot? There are two paths to becoming a bitter lonely broke old man. You can stay single and discover that single at 50 is less fun than single at 25 when it is too late. Or you can get married and have her clean out your wallet and leave you. Same destination, two paths.

      • The Hyperbole

        Single at fifty has been exactly the same as single at twenty-five, except I have more money so I can afford a higher class of hookers.

      • westernsloper

        I was kidding you pedant. I know lots of people (snicker) that are happily married.

      • Cancelled

        So was I. Obviously! We all know that there is a third path to becoming a bitter broke lonely old man; you can get married and stay married! And that there is an alternative. You can die young.

      • Mojeaux the Malevolent

        have her clean out your wallet and leave you

        Indulging one’s midlife crises complete with trophy side pieces will do that to a man.

      • Aloysious

        Preach it, brother Cancelled.

    • Sean

      Uh…

    • Fourscore

      Where? I only saw Diane?

  35. Semi-Spartan Dad

    Question: Refrigerator wasn’t cooling properly because of ice buildup. I did two cycles of forced defrost (20 min each) and now the compressor won’t kick back on. It’s out of forced defrost mode and has power… the compressor just won’t turn back on. Any idea what to do?

    • Ted S.

      Did you check the thermostat?

      Did you unplug the compressor and plug it back in?

      • SUPREME OVERLORD trshmnstr

        The thermostat may actually be the culprit here. If it’s still iced up, it may be preventing the compressor from kicking on.

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      Grab your wallet and bend over

    • Brochettaward

      Remove the beer/all alcohol from the fridge. Consume it before it gets warm.

      Buy a new refrigerator over the weekend.

      • But Enough About My Wild Culinary Fantasies

        See, now, this kind of advice is how you “First,” d00d.

    • Mad Scientist

      That makes me wonder if the cooling problem was just ice build up.

    • Mostly Peaceful JaimeRoberto

      Is the mouse plugged in?

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      You can check to see if the compressor is getting power. If it is, then it’s toast.

      If it isn’t getting power, then it may be a control board, the thermostat, or a relay.

    • Count Potato

      How old is it? I would unplug it and let it sit to reset any logic.

    • one true athena

      I mean it sounds like a joke, but if you have a not-old appliance unplugging it for a minute to reboot it, might actually work.

      I learned this when the tech came to troubleshoot my speaker system.

      “It’s speakers, why the hell does it need rebooting?”

      “Because everything has computers in it now, even “dumb” systems like the speaker”

      “That’s … great.”

    • KSuellington

      Could be the compressor starter or run capacitor (or both).

      • Count Potato

        True.

    • Semi-Spartan Dad

      You guys are a riot.

      CP and One True Athena win first. Took a 2 minute unplug and then and additional 10 minutes before the compressor kicked back on. Seems to be working nice, hopefully, and a bunch of water dumped out of the fridge.

      Scruffy takes second for best joke.

      • Semi-Spartan Dad

        and a thank you to all for the advice and troubleshooting help.

      • Fourscore

        Once upon a time I had a similar problem but had a spare refrig. I took the old one out to the garage, tipped it over. Absolutely could not believe all the dust compacted into the cooling fins and stuff on the bottom. Vacuumed it out, been running for another 10 years or more in the garage. Who knew that those things gather dirt/lint?

        Appliances, especially refrigs/freezers seem to last forever, with a minimum of care.

  36. straffinrun

    A senile president with a son trying to fend off a crack addiction and a dirty cop as Veep. The case for Biden is strong.

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      I’m feelin’ it.

    • The Gunslinger

      Don’t forget all the heavyweights ready to be a part of a Biden administration. AOC, Bernie, Warren, Beto, Whitmer…

      • straffinrun

        Good stuff all around. It’s Friends with even more unlikeable characters.

      • But Enough About My Wild Culinary Fantasies

        “Your job’s a joke, you’re broke,
        your love life’s DOA…”

      • straffinrun

        Beau and his widow were on a break!

        /Hunter as Ross

      • Sean

        Don’t leave out crackhead Hunter.

    • westernsloper

      Already voted twice!

  37. Sean

    https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2020/10/company-says-it-will-bury-1-million-in-each-of-10-states-including-pa-how-to-get-a-map.html

    “Blackbeard Treasure Hunt said it will bury $1 million in cash in Pennsylvania, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas.

    A limited number of maps will be sold and they are available for purchase now.

    “With The Blackbeard Treasure hunt, our goal is to get people excited about getting outside, either by themselves or with friends and family, in order to have the adventure of a lifetime,” said Justin Cohen, managing director of The Blackbeard Treasure. “And in the process of having the time of your life, you may just unearth a fortune.””

    • Brochettaward

      Digging holes is notoriously difficult in Florida. Very inefficient way to hide things.

      • dbleagle

        Several of those states are not very exciting outdoors. When I think outdoor adventure locations Fl, Il, or Oh don’t come to mind unless you are talking turkey or whitetail hunting.

    • Pine_Tree

      Hmm. I worked the Fenn treasure pretty hard, and have done several trips for The Secret and A Treasure’s Trove. The “you have to pay $50 to play” is a little bit out of the spirit of armchair treasure hunts. If it were lower, in the tradition of book-based-ones, it’d be OK. These traditionally are done not as money-makers, but as items of passion.

  38. Scruffy Nerfherder

    Scruffy Stone Update:

    Going in tomorrow to have it extracted. On the plus side, they’re going to use frikkin’ laser beams to blow it up.

    On the minus side, the access route to the stone is a mite personal and uncomfortable.

    • AlexinCT

      Lasers? Do you mean they will use sonics? Lasers will make a freaking hole in your side going in…

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        I mean lasers. Cystoscope with frikkin’ lasers up the urethra, thru the bladder, into the ureter (to grandmother’s house we go….)

      • Fourscore

        Good luck on all the bits and pieces exiting, small enough not to be a concern, I hope. Hopefully the hangover won’t be long lasting and recovery will be short.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        Thanks

    • Rhywun

      I hope they knock you out for it.

      I was terrified of some recent poking around in the other end, until they told me I’d be lights-out for the whole thing.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        Oh yeah, there’s definitely drugs involved.

      • commodious spittoon

        Fun Hunter Biden drugs or boring doctor administered drugs?

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        Boring, can’t remember what happened drugs.

      • Rhywun

        They’re boring, but you’ll be *really* grateful for them anyway.

      • Cancelled

        I doubt very much that any form of surgery would be ‘fun’ on meth.

    • But Enough About My Wild Culinary Fantasies

      I didn’t think you could get a frikkin’ laser beam in an, uh . . . orifice so small. Hmmmm . . .

    • R C Dean

      “Dude, you can fit an industrial laser in that thing. Let’s do this!”

  39. Brochettaward

    The 8:00 post is late.

    • The Gunslinger

      You’re first to notice. Congrats!?

      • Brochettaward

        I’m always First. Make sure you capitalize it.

      • juris imprudent

        Bro is Firstrated.

    • But Enough About My Wild Culinary Fantasies

      “No First for you!!!”

  40. Sean

    I have NBC’s town hall a chance. I’ve already turned it off. Blech.

    Tucker deserves my viewing more.

    • Sean

      *gave

    • Brochettaward

      The first 12 minutes are grilling Trump on Covid. Trying to catch him in some lie about when he tested positive, then moving on to getting him to admit he was wrong about masks, and then just general how awful America has supposedly been at handling it.

      • Sean

        Yeah, I’m not watching that bullshit. I’m not surprised though.

      • Brochettaward

        They went to white supremacy to trying to get him to condemn QAnon.

        It’s literally painful to watch. 17 minutes in.

      • Brochettaward

        Then went to Trump supposedly supporting a conspiracy about Bin Laden’s killing to whether he’ll accept a peaceful transfer of power.

        The DNC themselves could not have written a more hostile series of questions.

      • Sean

        They don’t have to slobber on Trump for me to watch, just be somewhat fair. The very opening had me hoping…but her tone changed fast. Fuck that lady. Fuck NBC.

    • Rhywun

      You know you want to flip over to ABC.

      • Rhywun

        ?

      • Tres Cool

        Only if ‘Battle of the Network Stars’ is on.

        ….picture Gabe Kaplan jell-o wrasslin’ with Abe Vigoda

  41. Brochettaward

    One thing that is galling is Trump citing the 2 million that were supposed to die from covid based on those bullshit models. I get why he does that and….

    Fuck it, NBC is now moving on to claiming that Trump failed to denounce White Supremacy. And there were people on the left who were actually *mad* that NBC agreed to host this opposite Biden’s town hall.

    • Sean

      Trump said earlier today he knew it was a setup going in. He went anyway.

      • Brochettaward

        First question comes from a black woman. And it’s about Bob Woodward’s covid story.

        I don’t know if a president has ever faced a more hostile attack from the media. Which is saying something.

      • Ted S.

        There are average Americans who remember Woodward’s covid nonsense?

      • Stinky Wizzleteats

        No there aren’t but townhall pretend neutral plants do.

    • Drake

      Why sit down with this shrieking harpy? Meanwhile Stephanopolous is sucking off old Joe.

      • Drake

        Hilarious they gave Joe a lunch break after 15 minutes.

      • Stinky Wizzleteats

        What the fuck is going on with Joe’s eyelids? He looks like The Joker.

      • commodious spittoon

        And The Joker is a popular character. QED.

    • westernsloper

      One thing that is galling is Trump citing the 2 million that were supposed to die from covid based on those bullshit models.

      Yes, that one infuriates me. Rather than say, “these fucking asshats pulled these fucking numbers out of their asses and caused a worldwide recession, and WTF? These are the same asshats that do the global warming models! Seriously, we need to stop listening to them!”

      • Count Potato

        That’s harder to sell than “I saved 1,800,000 people.”

  42. Sean

    Other things that pissed me off today – Fox is bringing back Kennedy’s show (yay!), but they’re putting on the same time as Tucker. ?

    • Drake

      Yay / Boo

    • But Enough About My Wild Culinary Fantasies

      That’s just dumb. Have they forgotten how to pump up their ratings?

      • Rhywun

        I didn’t know she was still on 7 months ago. ?‍♂️

        But I liked it when I did catch it, so I’ll check it out.

      • commodious spittoon

        They let Gutfeld co-host that awful panel show when he had a great panel show already. I mean, sure, Red Eye was on at… whenever it was on (I watched it on Youtube the next day), but it was a hell of a lot funnier than The Five.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        3 a.m. Eastern?

        I’ve rather missed the bespectacled interrupting cow.

    • The Hyperbole

      Tucker hates libertarian’s, Why would you support someone who hates you?

      • Drake

        I’m not a true Scotsman?

      • Sean

        I don’t think that’s fair to Tucker. He doesn’t hate me.

      • The Hyperbole

        Give him a chance, has he ever met you?

  43. Sean

    At what point can we all agree that Covid was a fucking hoax against the world?

    We need to get everything reopened.

  44. one true athena

    Does anyone have (or can link) a good banana bread recipe? We don’t usually have overripe bananas, but the hubs couldn’t eat them for awhile and now I have two I need to mash up.

    • juris imprudent

      This is all I know about banana bread.

      • one true athena

        Thanks, Mo! I forgot about your recipe collection. <3

    • Toxteth O'Grady

      How about a banana milkshake?

      Thanks for the warning about Hello Kitty wine. I wasn’t going to, not at $20. Maybe for lulz if it showed up at Grocery Outlet for four bucks.

      • Count Potato

        I once gave someone a Hello Kitty vibrator, and she told me it totally worked as advertised.

    • Count Potato

      I have a couple, one vegan, one regular, but I’d have to look them up.

  45. SUPREME OVERLORD trshmnstr

    After gunbroker saved me from paying a scam artist a grand, I shopped around a bit, couldn’t find anything in stock except at bud’s. They had 5 of the M1A scouts in walnut. Price wasn’t amazing, but they’re the first ones I’ve seen in stock outside of gunbroker in 3 months, so I made an appointment with my local boat rental company for next week.

  46. Gender Traitor

    I have the Trump Town Hall on with the sound off. Have they let even one guy ask a question?

    • commodious spittoon

      Does he stage whisper to his strangely stuffed jacket pocket, like maybe there’s a hat tucked in it?

    • Brochettaward

      Outside Trump I don’t think there’s another man present.

  47. juris imprudent

    Hope you had a nice lunch SP. We had an actual out-in-a-restaurant dinner last night, Thai food, at a place we hadn’t been to in far too long. We decided we would make that a monthly night out.

  48. Michael

    Glibs isn’t allowing me to post links. My guess is that I must be on probation due to prolonged absence.

  49. SP

    I just went and gave the 1900 post The Look. It should be up now. If it knows what’s good for it!

  50. DEG

    Like in a restaurant, without masks, like real people from the Beforetimes!

    Beautiful!

    I want the Beforetimes back.

    Unfortunately, the Clown Prince does not

    There will be no hockey in New Hampshire for two weeks while the state investigates several outbreaks of COVID-19 linked to the sport.

    Gov. Chris Sununu said the two-week pause on all activities on the ice in indoor facilities is necessary because of more than 150 cases of COVID-19 in the state associated with ice hockey.

    State epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan said 117 cases were connected to eight outbreaks. Another 41 were not connected with specific outbreaks, but they were associated with ice hockey.

    • Gdragon

      It was probably bullshit hazing and initiations that actually caused it 😉