Thanksgiving is later this week. I expect most of you will have a four (or more) day alcohol fueled, food extravaganza. So, the time to discuss your progress is before next weekend.
This week I was in a rush to get ready for court. I had to actually go to into a courthouse to appear before a real, live judge. It’s happened so infrequently since March that I lost track of how much time I need to get ready, drive, park, get into the courtroom, and check in. Realizing I was running late, I grabbed a suit from my closet without really looking to see which it was.
I grabbed this one.
There isn’t anything remarkable about the suit. There was something remarkable about me. I pulled the pants on and they were swimming on me. I just laughed and cinched my belt tighter out of necessity.
I bought the suit about four years ago. I had it tailored then and it fit me perfectly. That was probably near my heaviest. I wasn’t waddling around, but I had a definite case of dad bod. I had set the suit aside months ago because it was too big so it was time to give it to charity. I had also completely forgotten about it.
My workouts have been less than ideal during the pandemic. Putting the suit on and discovering it was at least as big on me as I remembered was a moment of pure joy in a difficult time.
So fellow Glibs, how have you pleasantly surprised yourself? As we prepare to give thanks, what have you done for yourself that makes you grateful?
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This was the week anyone paying attention in California should have become a libertarian. First, we had Gavin Newsom eating dinner, unmasked with a dozen unrelated people at The French Laundry. This is just after that mother***er gave us his retarded rules for Thanksgiving. (That story has been beaten to death here so I’m not linking to it.) I apologize to the retarded for comparing them to Newsom.
Next, we were told not to travel over Thanksgiving. For the greater good or some such thing. But that didn’t stop 10 legislators from flying to Hawaii for a conference.
Then the motherf***er imposes a half baked curfew from 10 PM to 5 AM. This was immediately followed by the sheriffs of California’s largest counties publicly stating they won’t enforce the order.
If this week in California didn’t completely destroy your faith in government then I don’t know what will.
Try not to eat yourself into a coma Glibberati.
For you Chafed, is you didn’t see it earlier
https://twitter.com/PortlandPolice/status/1330029724526026752?s=20
Never change Portland.
Thanks for sharing GL.
They also vandalized various businesses elsewhere, including a theater with prominent “Black Lives Matter” on the marquee. Didn’t earn them a passover and I’m sure it won’t cause any reconsideration either.
Unrelated to these “protests,” major employers have left California due to the terrible business climate. I wonder when some major employer in OR or MN will decamp because this crap makes it too difficult to do business.
Yes, although the day to day petty crime and homeless occupation is probably a bigger driver than the protests. And the unnecessary expense with work from home coupled with a need to cut costs now is probably an even bigger driver.
https://www.kgw.com/article/money/business/future-uncertain-for-downtown-office-space-amid-pandemic-and-protests/283-b23f7119-4bbd-428f-a355-efc1724db7d5
If this week in California didn’t completely destroy your faith in government then I don’t know what will.
Sadly, the True Believers will not lose faith.
Putting the suit on and discovering it was at least as big on me as I remembered was a moment of pure joy in a difficult time.
Good!
I deadlifted with the trap bar last Wednesday. I worked my way up from 55 lbs to a measly 95 lbs. No problems. No pain.
I triggered a little pain during another workout (Tuesday I think?) because I got sloppy with my body position while doing pushups. Ouch. I bounced back quickly.
Friday I tried some seated Arnold Presses under supervision from a trainer. I worked my way up to 45 lb dumbbells. I got sloppy with bracing my core on the last set so we called it before I triggered any pain. Both the trainer and I were surprised I got as many reps in as I did on that last set before my core bracing started breaking down.
Weight is fluctuating.
I made a little progress on my last bits of yard work. I don’t remember if I mentioned that last weekend I planted two trees. They are bare root trees from the Arbor Day Foundation. I also expanded a flower bed a bit last week and a bit more this weekend. I doubt I will finish it before the snow comes, but at least I should be able to get rid of the last of the pile of mulch that I had delivered in the Spring.
Music selection is good.
They literally issued us grades and then said we can’t go out after 10, unless we bring them up. Not while you live under my state, mister!
It sounds like you are making great progress DEG. Keep it up!
Thanks!
Good for you, Chafed. That’s one of the best feelings in the world.
Thanks Mojo.
I thought you would have picked this suit.
One of my hunting buddies showed up to deer camp last year in a bright orange traxedo.
Like this: https://www.costumeworld.sg/the-dutchman-traxedo-tracksuit-and-tuxedo-in-one.html
Hey Nick, I picked up #2 in deer camp on Friday. My friend in Emily is doing the work and gonna make some venison sticks. Cool yesterday, snow today but I didn’t have to get dressed up like Santa, everything cleaned up ’til next year.
Now to get back to the exercise business. I’m at my fighting weight but the top bottom on my jeans is not comfortable.
That made me laugh.
I have not checked where I sit with regards to the fit of my suit jackets. I do know I have to go down about 1-1.5 inches to fit my vest.
I should probably see if my suitcoats fit.
I’ve been on vacation since Veterans’ Day, so I took the opportunity to attend an exercise class at one of our local Ys every weekday. (I’d have gone one Saturday, but my triceps were aching after Friday leaf-raking.) It’s back to work tomorrow, so I won’t have as much time for classes (assuming they’re even still held,) but I think I’ve dodged the Thanksgiving gluttony-fest bullet: my sister & BIL, who usually host Thanksgiving, begged off – not necessarily out of COVIDphobia but because making room to sit & eat would’ve involved undoing my sister’s work-from-home setup. (This also means avoiding the chance of political conflict – they’re NPR progs.) We’re probably going to pick up Arby’s cranberry deep-fried turkey wraps Wednesday night to eat Thursday.
Speaking of how clothing fits, I can fit into my old jeans in my goal size. Thinking of rewarding myself by buying a new pair.
Nice work GT!
OT: Hasidic Jews pull off secret wedding
A Hasidic synagogue in Brooklyn planned the wedding of a chief rabbi’s grandson with such secrecy it was able to host thousands of maskless celebrants without the city catching on.
Despite a surge in COVID-19 cases, guests crammed shoulder-to-shoulder inside the Yetev Lev temple in Williamsburg for the Nov. 8 nuptials — stomping, dancing and singing at the top of their lungs without a mask in sight, videos obtained by The Post show.
Some idiot still took video and ratted them out.
Very nice. They probably voted for Bad Orange Man too.
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According to a 2017 survey, fifty-four percent of Orthodox Jews say they voted for Trump, according to a new survey by the American Jewish Committee, or AJC. That was well above 24 percent of Conservative Jews, 10 percent of Reform Jews, 8 percent of Reconstructionist Jews and 14 percent of respondents who identify themselves as “just Jewish.”
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An Orthodox guy buys a motorcycle. He decided he shouldn’t ride it without getting a barucha, a blessing, from his rabbi. He asks the rabbi and the rabbi says come back in 3 days after I consult the Talmud. Guy comes back and rabbi says ‘sorry, can’t help you, try a conservative rabbi’. So the guy goes to a conservative rabbi, but that one can’t help either and says to try a reform rabbi. The guy goes to the reform rabbi and explains what happened. The reform rabbi listens patiently and then says ‘what’s a barucha?’
That’s way too close to the truth.
Nobody at the Post saw this and thought, “hm.”…?
Oh go fuck yourself. Growing tired of the new writers on their “news” pages.
Good job on the weight loss, Chafed.
Got my weight below 170 for the first time in over a year. Waistline meets standard. Biked about 650 miles in the past 2 weeks. Booze free for 78 days.
♫ I’m dreaming of a drunk xmas….
Celebrated today with fried fish and big pretzel from the mall.
Reactor, online.
Many thanks for the music suggestions.
Thanks Derpe and back atcha. You have really been putting in the work. It’s great to hear it’s paying off.
Gemini: 7 of Swords – Design, attempt, wish, hope, confidence, quarreling, a plan that may fail, annoyance
Don’t miss the last eight weeks of this engagement, folks: making an ass out of myself is a never-ending job, and Rudy’s cranking out pure gold for me – DJT45
Virgo: King of Coins reversed – inertia, idleness, repose of that kind, stagnation, placidity, discouragement, carelessness
I still can’t believe I went to jail for that guy . . . and in the end: what for? – Michael Cohen
GlibFit.
https://archive.li/qHd1U
#1 – We open with a RealDoll.
#2 – Nice
#6 – I think her waist and ribcage are photoshopped.
#8 – Google Image search on archive images works again. Google says she is Kayli Ann Phillips.
#9 – Google Image search says this is Carol Saraiva.
I like #18. And #27 too.
Pretty good gallery.
For an old guy it’s like being in a candy store with no money.
#7.
Concur on #18 & #27. I’d like to see some more of #30
#7 has a nice build, but I’d like to see a little more of her face.
I should have included #30. Nice athletic build.
And… I should have put Google Image search to work on #30.
Hier led me hier.
That subreddit is something.
r/fitgirls is a good subreddit.
DEG you are amazing at identifying these women. How do you do it?
Google Image Search does most of the heavy lifting.
“Heavy lifting.” I see what you did there.
These women all have too little body fat for my taste – if you can see six pack abs on a women, she could use a bit of padding IMO. Though, the muscle and pretty faces on #8 and #9 makes them pretty damn sexy.
Those are GlibFit women. You may be happier on Ass Wednesday. Or any Count Potato post.
Aquarius: 10 of Coins reversed – Chance, fatality, loss, robbery, games of hazard, gift, dowry, pension
Well, I just call ’em like I see ’em – Christopher Krebs
Capricorn: 4 of Swords – Vigilance, retreat, solitude, hermit’s repose, exile, tomb
Wha me? I’m just over here wishing I were smoothly transitioning to another four years of Trumpsucking, but I guess I’ll settle for having a wine named for me . . . I’ll just strut and pose and then quietly see my badass self out – Mike Pompeo
Hi Chafed! Thanks and greetings from NOCal. I guess you are feeling better and the ‘Rona didn’t do you in. Glad you could swim in your hefty suit…
Weather here has yielded spectacular color in some trees. One fabulous hike this weekend..big mile and big elevation. Increased mileage for dog by 10%.
I had a weird up and down week. My weight really had a dramatic swing this week: 6 pounds in 4 days. I stayed on my plan and really knocked down/eliminated carbs during the week, which made a huge difference. This morning I was at my pre-Covid weight.
G-fit update: Sleep as first priority with the goal of 9 hrs/nite…YEP. Food priority, highest quality proteins (no refined carbs), less than 12 feeds/wk within 5hr feed window/day…12 FEEDS/Carbs 2 pieces of fruit this week. Limit alcohol consumption to weekends YES. Exercise daily with hiking, stretching and whatever bands/weights/calisthenics’ to burn 2600 cals/day before bed: MISSED 3 DAYS—TOO MUCH WORK. Continue using as many Wim Hoff/meditative techniques that are beneficial to my perceived resilience including breathing exercises, fasting and cold adaptions. EVERY DAY.
IN SUM: I really need to watch the carbs and EtOH. Missing a couple of workouts did not seem to matter.
Read the article about theoretically growing your own meat (it’s not cannibalism !!). Boy, was that full of stupid. Cell culture is really hard and super expensive…Anyway, the first meal of the day comes from your liver (it’s not cannibalism!!) and if you fast and don’t die..your meal must come from somewhere (it’s not cannibalism !!).
¡Que tengas una gran acción de gracias! Sáltate una comida…tómatelo con calma con los carbohidratos.
Aries: Strength reversed – Despotism, abuse of power, weakness, discord, disgrace
Ever since I was sent home to wait out the virus, I really miss getting it up the ass at Federal. OT: anyone know where Rudy gets that sweat, sweat hair dye? – Paul Manafort
It will take the government personally fucking over the person in denial so hard that they couldn’t possibly mistake what happens for being reasonable or due to good intentions. Like, permanently shutting down your business for a social media post. Stealing your 401K. Throwing you in prison, not just house arrest aka lockdown, for something trivial.
They’ll mistake it even when they’re on the precipice of a ditch, bound, gagged, with a gun to their heads.
If this week in California didn’t completely destroy your faith in government then I don’t know what will.
My California FB friends are all singing We Shall Overcome and still giving Hosannas to the Gavinbecile. Jim Jones could only dream of that kind of devotion.
On the weightier end of matters, I’m holding right around 200 which is about 5-7 more than I’d like, but not enough to really push me.
Thar’s your problem.
Oh I’m well aware. They are people I know in real life, and as real humans they tend to be fairly decent. The combination of politics and social media is pretty nasty though.
Sadly, you and prolefeed are right. I’ll also wager all these people haven’t lost any pay since the casedemic started.
I deadlifted three carboys today.
Did you deadlift any pool boys?
Lifted dead pool boys.
More clown theater.
Because each of the ever-shifting Zones of Color comes with walls which are impenetrable by the inhabitants and their infected exhalations.
This is so fucking stupid I can’t believe people are taking it seriously.
And yet Cuomo is getting an Emmy.
Shows how little Emmies are worth.
You’re preaching to the choir.
I’ve got a friend who hosted a quiz bowl show on his local PBS station, and I think he actually got a local Emmy one year.
Speaking of international emmys…
https://babylonbee.com/news/lord-denethor-receives-emmy-for-excellent-leadership-of-gondor
I made the Central Michigan Olive Burger today and it was salty and delicious. https://youtu.be/448QblQxsGY
I was just telling my dad about that video as we watched the Browns, next week we’re doing a regional burger fest.
I like smashedburgers but they’re a hell of a mess to clean up.
Courts can usually see through transparent ploys (pleadings).
I am increasingly underwhelmed by Team Trump’s legal tactics. Georgia just certified their results. I now believe this is all bluster and whatever evidence they have isn’t nearly enough to swing even one state.
It’s the Rudy Giuliani playbook from when he was a prosecutor.
Make big bold claims at a big press conference concerning charges he plans on filing against some easily demonized person.
Then a few weeks later quietly issue a press release stating there is no evidence to support the charges.
I think it was “Three Felonies A Day” that talked about the Giuliani playbook.
That could be. I can’t figure out Sidney Powell’s willingness to participate in this. She has a reputation as a serious lawyer. She claims to have explosive evidence. But she hasn’t produced any. I wonder if she got suckered in and is looking for the exit.
Yeah, I’ve been thinking the same thing. She has some really good stuff out there describing abuses within the federal DOJ.
She doesn’t need to convince us. She needs to exhaust state remedies and then present it all to the SC. Whether she has the goods or not, we’ll know when she gets to that point. We have a teaser. It won’t surprise me if she comes through, there’s that much hokey-doke going on, but Imma give her her shot when the time comes.
She needs to exhaust state remedies and then present it all to the SC.
You don’t make it to the SC if you don’t have evidence. They won’t grant cert.
Relevant
And then Roberts won’t even have to think about cutting the baby in half.
Yeah, I shoulda been a little more clear – the SC doesn’t consider evidentiary issues; those all get resolved at much lower level.
And the Trump Campaign just disavowed her, they are now saying that she’s not actually working for them.
Maybe they will flatter us by telling us who is representing him/them. He is burning a lot of good will with this nonsense.
saw that. I don’t get it. who is paying her and for what?
Up until this last press release Trump, Rudy and that Jenna? girl all repeatedly included her as part of the team so (insert shruggy punctuation thing)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That’s the one, thanks Slum.
WTF?
Nice going, Chafed!
And thanks for all GlibFit Glibs for helping encourage each other (including yours truly) on the long journey to improving health.
I put on a few pounds since last week but it’s mostly water, from the looks of my legs and feet. Need to watch my sodium…
I purged my closet of stuff that was way too big. I’m keeping a few things that are a little roomy as I work my way down.
My weight loss, if plotted against time, is not a monotonic function. However, the overall trend is down.
No “diet” of any sort that comes to an end when a goal is reached. More of a lifestyle change. Takes longer but isn’t a total deprivation from which I will suddenly snap and Hoover up all food in sight.
Best side effect: less pain in the joints!
Gonna not sweat it over Thanksgiving. I’m not in a race. I’ll resume better habits afterward.
Thanks HS. Good work on your weight loss and improving health.
However, the overall trend is down.
Good.
I had to pull out a suit for a wake and funeral a couple weeks ago – even my best fitting suit needs to be taken in, which is nice.
My grey suit may be so large that I’m not even sure it can be made to fit well. Which is also nice, but given how expensive it was and how little use I’ve gotten from it, a bit annoying at the same time.
At my MIL’s this week, so I’ll have to watch it – way too easy for this to turn into a carb fest. I was even thinking I should skip the booze at least until Thursday, but we’re going out for French tonight, so probably not.
At my MIL’s this week, so I’ll have to watch it – way too easy for this to turn into a carb fest.
At least then your suits will fit. :-p
True, a silver lining.
I just went to one, but it was for a mechanic. About 25 people wore uniforms, mostly the fire dept. where he transferred from. I wore black jeans and a nice shirt. Very strange with all the masks and skipping seats and stuff.
Rule of Law, how does it work?
https://nationalfile.com/virginia-portsmouth-police-chief-fired-after-charging-state-senator-naacp-for-destroying-monuments/
If you are a law-maker the rules don’t apply to you?
What was the NAACP’s official position on that?
“she isn’t really black because police”
I meant on Lucas’ actions regarding the toppling of the statue(s). Did they distance themselves from direct action?
Ha!
No
Discovery in that lawsuit should be interesting.
Nice suit… I have two, myself.
^^^ A man with good taste. ^^^
https://www.reddit.com/r/ShittyTechnicals
OMG, I’m in love. Better than Bring a Trailer.
I’m in a fairly unstable period of flux, or whatever. I’m just not going to GAF about my diet until I’m grounded again. I’m on the road a lot, and when I’m not, I’m not in a position to settle into any kind of routine, so just eating whatever, whenever, and not being too puritanical in any effort at impulse control to avoid eating junk.
Same. I’m stress eating.
I’m on the road a lot
Oi, that all but killed the fit version of me. I was about 175-80 and took a job that put me on the road, out of routine and constantly eating out. I would never do that again.
Been there done that. FWIW, you may be a bit happier if you find exercises you can do in a hotel room. Maybe bring a jump rope and jump by the pool or in the parking lot. It isn’t perfect but it’s of some help.
Those elastic bands are better than nothing
Weight has been steady this week, while not ideal, I can roll with it. No new lows, or new highs.
I’ve already written off the next two weeks, as there’s at least one week of cooking, and one of left overs.
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I forgot to share my favorite quote from the nerd bible:
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.”
-Gandalf
That’s some deep stuff for a book with elves and magic swords.
Welp, back to the bike. And later, I will continue reading the complete works of Shakespeare. I almost finished King Henry VI yesterday. Have about 50 hours of reading to go.
Also on my list: Grey’s Anatomy (1859 version), The Count of Monte Cristo, The Iliad and Odyssey,and a Lewis Carroll anthology. About 250 hours of reading total.
Not sure what will come after that. Suggestions?
Hogfather.
Terry Pratchett.
I re-read it every year for the holidays.
People can’t believe in the big lies until they start believing in the small lies.
A couple of years back I read (or re-read?) “Winnie-the-Pooh” and “The Wind in the Willows.” Found both really enjoyable.
Have you heard of Halldor Laxness? I read Paradise Reclaimed some time back and enjoyed it. Also, V.S. Naipaul, The Enigma of Arrival.
The Enigma of Arrival
What ever you do don’t read Either Gravity’s Rainbow or Moby Dick, horrible, horrible books.
Tried reading Gravity’s Rainbow several times, never made it more than a few pages in. Even reading the synopsis made zero sense.
Moby Dick would never survive as-is with a modern editor. Whole chapters would be cut (e.g., The Whiteness of the Whale).
I enjoyed Moby Duck but found it not verbose enough for my taste.
Have you tried an encyclopedia?
I read that as a kid.
Then again, I also read Moby Dick as a kid.
You’re probably joking but I was so bored in Fifth Grade that I read the entire World Book Encyclopedia. Might have skipped an article or two but did the whole thing from A-Z.
There’s a small and weak joke there. But if I have to explain it, that kills it deader then Kennedy.
I learned in Catholic school that the Religion teacher couldn’t really yell at you if you were reading the Bible during class. So I read the whole damn thing. No real literary value, but it allows me to have a wide range of arguments with those who reference the bible as a word of God.
There was a funny mention of Gravity’s Rainbow in the movie Knives Out:
I laughed when he said “Neither have I. Nobody has.” My wife asked, “Is that true?” I said “Pretty much. Some people say they have, but they’re usually lying.”
I never read it.
I never even heard of it before today.
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Angle of Repose is a better title in that category.
Wait a minute, I have read that.
Are you the guy who also claimed to have read Ulysses?
Try Burton’s translation of 1001 Nights.
I’ve had an article in mind to write for the Glibs about it.
The more I think about it, Nights would be perfect for a guy like you. Lots of literary allusion and plenty of foreign words that phrases that sent me scrambling for a translation. Should be long enough to suit you, also. Took me about a year of on-again, off-again to read it each time, and I’ve read it three times.
That reminds me of From Dawn to Decadence by Jacques Barzun; I don’t think I read more than 3 or 4 pages that I didn’t have to stop and research who or what he was alluding to. Even with that annoyance, it was a great read.
The True Believer by Hoffer and The Culture of Narcissism by Lasch. Unless you were looking for light reading suggestions.
Unlike most people I read the Odyssey for the first time when I was older, and in fact when I was freshly divorced and living across the country from my young son. Quite a different perspective from a HS or college reading assignment.
What do you like and what of the Western canon haven’t you read?
I like non-fiction. Moby Dick had whales and sharks so A+ from me. I’ve read most of the classics in whole or in part.
1001 Nights looks like a winner. I’ve tried reading some of the monster Russian novels, but never got much out of them.
My favorite books are the autobios Hunter and Escape From Laos.
Have you read Jeff Sharra? I liked most of his books the WWI one is probably my favorite.
Roy Jenkins’ Churchill
William Hague’s William Pitt the Younger
Once An Eagle
Allan R Millet’s Korea trilogy and TR Fehrenbach’s This Kind of War
I bought Once An Eagle.
“Beautifully written. …A masterpiece. …. Myrer’s descriptions of firefights are by far the best I have read.” (George S. Patton – MG, U.S. Army)
Damn…
family business
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George Smith Patton IV was a major general in the United States Army and the son of World War II General George S. Patton Jr. He served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
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Young Patton IV was CG of 2nd Armored Div at Fort Hood in the middle 70s. Used to see him around. We were not close friends.
I was going to take my kid to the skatepark for my glibfit, but he went out cruising. If he gets back soon enough, I’ll be skating a pool. strengthens my legs quite a bit. Just gotta be careful not to crash too seriously. Last time, I was hitting about 1 foot of vertical in the big pool. I really need to invest in knee/elbow pads and a wrist brace. I’m down around 135 lbs. About 5 pounds lower than usual. I’m sure Ill get back to 140 after T/G weekend.
In his car, gay cruising, or Smokey Robinson cruising?
He’s eight. He went riding his skateboard around the neighborhood.
Just had a client get booted out of contact manufacturing fill finish facility for the next 2 months for the Pfizer Covid vaccine. Client is livid because they need it to re-up their clinical supply and material is about to expire. Suppose to start work formulation tomorrow… Man, those DARPA/BARDA doods have some real pull…
After you take the vaccine, it is back to “Normalcy”; which sounds like the pre-sequel to Idiocracy.
Biden playing the contemporary version of Taft? That’s not right.
Shit, Harding, not Taft.
Another covid victim claimed:
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/roadside-america-closes-after-85-years-in-business/article_d4df6b22-2cc2-11eb-a453-5748f3fac08c.html
I thought they had closed years ago. I recently found out that they hadn’t, but closed due to Lil Rona Panic.
Now they’re gone.
Fuck.
I remember going there when I was a kid.
They’ve been a local news story the last 3-4 years – about the pending closure.
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Enjoy a detailed look at how the Revolution is progressing in Seattle.
Similar movements are afoot in cities around the country, of course, from the police cuts to the (attempts at) closing jails, but in Seattle it seems that utopia is actually within grasp. I wonder what comes next?
I don’t know why conservatives head for the fainting couch when someone suggests the world would still turn if there were no municipal police. The NYPD wasn’t a thing until 1845. Shouldn’t they be advocating to return to America as the Founders understood it? As young Master Rittenhouse demonstrated so ably a few months ago, everything
Copsucker MonthlyCity Journal shits its pants in speculation about is a non-issue with strong 2nd Amendment protections and a culture of self-responsibility.Man, ain’t that the truth. I’m in the middle of reading the current CJ (a publication I enjoy for the most part). I’m reading an article on the Defund the Police movement in Seattle. And the whole thing is just jarring. On the one hand there is the ridiculousness of establishing therapeutic city missions. But then there is the whole “any reform is the end of the world” motif that runs through the article.
Aaand, I just realized I’m referring to the same article that Rhywun linked to.
Heh.
I’m down with reforms. And their copsucking troubles me too.
This movement in Seattle is on a different level. Does anyone think that Antifa has any respect for the 2nd Amendment?!
About the same respect as Commies have for ongoing fair and free elections?
I didn’t realize they had a print magazine. I might have to subscribe. I’ve usually found the ones Rhywun links to be interesting even if I didn’t agree with them. Been a long time since I’ve had print magazines.
Agreed. My bugbear is prison abolition. Reformative incarceration has been an abject failure that, IMO, does more harm than good. I think it’s high time it was done away with. The whole system does need to be torn down and rebuilt, but I don’t really care for the solutions posited by those currently barbering for reform.
I’ve been a free speech fan for many years. That was my bright line.
I’m mildly entertained that the girlfriend (BA in history) didn’t know who Robert Peel was.
I liked Gravity’s Rainbow.
I laughed when he said “Neither have I. Nobody has.” My wife asked, “Is that true?” I said “Pretty much. Some people say they have, but they’re usually lying.”>em>
I have read it several times. Not lately, though.
Derp-
Have you read Grant’s and Sherman’s memoirs? Well worth it.
Reading Custer’s My Life on the Plains, I couldn’t help but marvel that he lived long enough to even get to the Little Big Horn.
Just finished my Glibfit workout for the day. Strapped on the tools of ignorance to catch for my daughters pitching practice. Not much of a workout but it gets me moving a little bit anyway.
WTF?
Mass rapid-testing for COVID-19 — especially of those people showing no signs of infection — could bring an end to the pandemic within six weeks, claims a new study by researchers at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and the University of Colorado Boulder.
Published November 20 in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, the study suggests that rapid tests, although less reliable, could allow public health authorities to rely on more targeted interventions, rather than economy-wide lockdowns, if deployed on a massive scale.
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According to the study, based on mathematical modeling, rapid-testing three-quarters of a city’s population every three days slashed the number of those ultimately infected by 88%, “sufficient to drive the epidemic toward extinction within six weeks.”
“These rapid tests are contagiousness tests,” Michael Mina, a professor of epidemiology at Harvard and coauthor of the study, said in a news release. “They are extremely effective in detecting COVID-19 when people are contagious.”
If you kill everyone who tests positive, it might work.
Kill em all. Let God sort them out.