I wouldn’t want to pay the power bill.
Holidays are here. Covid vaccine is here, the sun is shining and we just ate at a place where the only masks in sight were on the staff. I’ll take that for a Saturday.
Of course it would be the French.
Sadly, we are a very long ways away from the next one.
Yeah, but there’s nothing to see here.
I like Burgess Owens. It will be interesting to see what he can do.
And lastly, we haven’t heard from Puddles in awhile. Peace out, Glibbies!
Dogs trained to detect people infected with COVID-19 – by sniffing their armpits
It’s what Dogs do,
First!
“Dogs trained to detect people infected with COVID-19 – by sniffing their armpits”
Why not their butts?
Too obvious.
“They then collected sweat samples from 177 people (95 with COVID-19 and 82 without) and then placed the samples inside cones for the dogs to sniff. In trials, the dogs successfully picked out the infected sweat when examining a line-up of mock and negative samples.”
How successfully?
As successfully as they can detect drugs.
So complete failure?
Now be fair. Dogs can certainly sniff out tiny quantities of drugs. They can also read their handler’s body language. It isn’t the dogs’ fault that they produce false alerts.
So they were reacting to the scienticians’ signals?
That’s for the colon cancer.
I follow Husband’s Rule #1 on Christmas shopping: Early on in the marriage, when asked to do Christmas shopping for family, screw it up so badly she never asks you to do it again.
For almost thirty years now I’ve only had to buy presents for Mrs. Animal. She does the rest.
*winks, taps wide of nose*
Enjoy it, it can go away in a flash,
then you make Cookies for your Sister who feels sorry for you,
And Puddles!
YEEEEAAAAAA!
I wouldn’t want to pay the power bill.
I don’t even want to leave the lights on the tree on all the time (the gf does…). Also, if you’re not in a room turn the light and/or fan off (gf has a bad habit of leaving them on…). Electricity is money.
I leave my grow lights on 18 hours a day, LED, but still too much to add Christmas lights, this year,
“The village of Guaca was once at the center of Venezuela’s fish processing industry but is now reduced to penury by the lack of gasoline”
Socialism, not even once.
^This^
I am hoping that at some point in our evolution we will become a species that can learn.
“penury by the lack of gasoline”
From an oil-rich nation???? Hmmm…
Communism sucks. Cuba had a tobacco shortage.
Dogs trained to detect people infected with COVID-19 – by sniffing their armpits
Seems legit.
SCIENCE DENIER!
“Owens, 69, flipped Utah’s 4th Congressional District for Republicans in one of the most competitive 2020 House races.”
Even more surprisingly, they found a black guy in Utah.
I like the look of the Midshipmen cadet overcoats. They look good on the guys and the gals both.
Hunter Biden requested in 2017 that keys be made for his new “office mates,” listing his father,
President-electJoe Biden, Jill Biden and his uncle, Jim Biden, for space he planned to share with an “emissary” for a chairman of a Chinese energy company, according to an email obtained by Fox News.Hunter Biden is a specialist in the energy business. Just ask Burisma. I am sure everything here is beyond reproach.
“I learned it from you, Dad!”
And as for where we are in the current cycle, he told USA TODAY that we’re about 20 million years away from the next predicted mass extinction that’s due to a comet strike or volcanic activity.
So nothing to see here.
Before Venezuela’s economic crisis began in 2014, Guaca and the surrounding villages supplied Latin America with sardines and canned tuna. Today, only eight of the 30 rudimentary sardine warehouses in the area still operate; the nearby tuna canning factories, run by the government, have gone bust.
Coming to America?
“Whether it be Antifa, a terrorist group, whether it be, BLM, a terrorist group, I tell you one thing they have in common with the KKK: They’re cowards and bullies,” Owens said. “They hide their face. They go out every single night. They do it in gangs. Their goal is to destroy things, to intimidate people, to hurt people and to do all the things that are totally against the American way.”
Nicely done.
Because of the KKK reference, I looked to see if the video of the black man dressed as a KKK man to bring attention to black-on-black crime was still up. It is. I wonder for how much longer.
“When I was growing up, 70% believed and committed to family,” Owens said. “We now have close to 80% believe it’s no big deal to have kids and not take care of them.”
Get a load of this racist insinuating that leftism has destroyed the black family and led to all manner of ills among black people as a result.
You know he is going to be called an Uncle Tom and a race traitor, along with having a false conscience.
It’s all they got at this point.
Get back on the plantation and dance for the Democrats!
A question for Spud; how is Idaho right now in the Virus? What I mean is, how hard is it to get a hotel room, go eat in a restaurant, and generally act like a normal person?
The wife needs a bid of space right now, and normally I would just go on a road trip. But, seeing as how everything in Washington and Cali is locked down like a penitentiary, I thought I would head east (I am an hour south of Portland) through Idaho and Utah, swinging back through Reno and visiting my brother. But I wanted to make sure the plan is viable at this time. I am looking at the second week in January.
I’m in the Lewiston area. It’s OK here even if Lewiston itself has passed a mask mandate and Latah county has gone full progtard (it’s where they usually are). The Boise area has gone full lockdown which heavy fines. Kootnie chelate district has lost their mind as well. Cuerdealane (I’ve never been able to spell it) is retarded as well. Never go out the eat there the service has been shit for years and the morellos are massively overpriced.
Kootnie health district. Damn autocowreck.
Motels.
Motels.
I thought you were having a stroke.
I’m eight feet tall 500lb and have really big thumbs.
The city of Boise is like every other big city. There are some restaurants and bars open but Democrats are asshole. Out side the city, the farther you get, the more normal life is. It pretty much depends on business to business.
We are definitely not as bad as the coast.
Ibe been through Portland six or seven times this year. I do most of my work in Washington. I’m about to lose my mind on Oregon and Washington.
Fuckity fuck. My wife and I are going to be in Oregon on business all next week. Portland, Salem, Coos Bay then back to Seattle. Then we’re on vacation till after the new year.
I was looking into going to ID for a couple days but fuck.
I think that Corvallis (benton county), OR is open for “business” right now, but the counties around it are on lockdown. Coos county is also open. I live across the river from Benton cty in Albany, and we are closed. This is so recockulus.
Here is a good way to check on the county level; https://coronavirus.oregon.gov/Pages/living-with-covid-19.aspx#countystatus
Thanx
So, I am guessing Nampa is hit, or miss?
Also, I was born in Pullman, so I have a pretty good idea of crazy east of the cascades.
Nampa should be decent.
Words not often strung together in that order.
Ha. I had grandparents there. I lived in Boise for awhile but don’t remember much.
What’s wrong with Nampa? I stayed in a hotel there for 2 days and other than the rush hour traffic and driving into the sun it seemed fine.
I dunno growing up and visiting the farm in Mederian I was always told to refer to is as Nappy and we arent to like those folks
In truth, not really anything. Just more of a reputation and impressions of being a bit more hard scrabble/working class industrial/railroad town/one long strip mall of a main drag.
My gr-grandmother is buried in Nampa and there’s a great dog park where my pooch has spent many an enjoyable hour.
I think Ralph Smeed’s billboard stood by the exit to Nampa. I miss that.
Isn’t Idaho pretty much the epitome of hardscrabble working class? Isn’t that what is best about it?
Oops. I guess the billboard was by Caldwell.
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Nampa is decent. Majority of people in public wear a mask in the grocery store. With the exception of the occasional mask nazi haranguing employees, you’ll get left alone.
Actually left the house to day to go to a restaurant. The staff wore masks, there was distance seating, but that was it.
Cool, that should work out perfectly. And be quite nice in winter glory for the trip.
Take your girl to see the lights in downtown Caldwell. They’re pretty amazing.
Idaho falls if you get that Far East is pretty cool when it’s frozen.
My family grew up on 9th and Ada…house still there and I love Idaho, but Boise has gone away from what I loved about it there to think about moving back.
*opens floating cooler for another beer as I float down the Boise River*
That clown creeps me out.
That song…..awesome!
It’s a Saturday, and the new abnormal dictates that there will be a Zoom/Happy Hour/discussion of artificial flavors that I’ll kick off at 20:00 Eastern.
I’ll be there.
I’ve already started drinking.
“I’ve already started drinking.”
*looks at clock*
Piker.
#metoo
Too bad I have a work meeting at 8pm and another at 11pm that I hope to hell I can skip.
On a Saturday?
Perils of being an “exempt” employee in IT.
WHew – meeting one down and looks like I can skip meeting two.
Time to pour one.
But I have to be awake in case they fuck something up.
I wonder if should have told them I probably won’t be sober.
Might be there tonight. Depends on the smoker and the ribs
SP and I will miss dropping in tonight. On the bright side, we’ll be eating at our favorite Phx-area restaurant. Yes, eating at an actual restaurant.
Wife is on a binge watch of Law and Order.
Ugh.
Light that torch and run amok in a field full of straw men.
Time for music….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gekHV9DIjHc
Shades of Melanie
The ones with Lenny Briscoe were good. I also liked the spinoff with Vincent D’Onofrio (sp?).
I am convinced SVU has single-handedly created the terror of All Men.
Briscoe/Greene was my favorite pairing.
L&O: Criminal Intent. My favorite iteration. At least through the first four or so seasons.
Law and Order MUST be with Lenny Briscoe and Hang ’em High Mcoy. If Jerry Orbach ain’t in it then you’re wasting your time by watching it. Don’t even insult yourself. I think the acting, writing, production and style of the show is important and was done to very high levels. I think it’s a perfect mix (which always gets crossed) of ‘fast enough so we can actually cover complicated topics in the time we have’ but not the (always) newfound ‘we have to jump-cut every second and constantly have bright flashing lights and change-y shit to keep our viewers watching because no one has any attention span anymore’ —pace. Episodes frequently cross every border imaginably for something to pass merit through my or reality’s system of crime and punishment.
It’s also important to watch in your head on a Mystery Science Theater 3000 level.
Agree about the pace. Newer shows are practically unwatchable these days.
MMMMAAAATTTTLLLOOOCCCKKKK!!!
Let’s not get ridiculous. That’s also unwatchable, if for different reasons.
Very well.
*Gets boxing gloves.*
WHO IN THE WORLD WOULD THINK OF GILLIGAN’S ISLAND WHEN HEARING “STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN”?!?!?!?
Sick fuck.
That was awesome.
Reminds of this classic from Elvis Hitler
Well, one upside to annus horriblis. Cabela’s curbside pickup was smooth and mostly quick. Didn’t have to wander around their crappy layout to figure out where they hid the long handled shoehorn. On the minus side, it’s excessively curved. Did they bother to actually try using it before stamping their name on it?
annus horriblis
My brain has recently decided to translate that as “horrible anus”, despite knowing the correct translation.
Me too. And it also fits.
Geez. I mentioned Melanie so naturally I had to look her up, listen to Brand New Key and went down a rabbit hole.
Joan Baez, Carly Simon, Grace Slick, ….the list goes on. They are all old now. How time flies, how fleeting youth is.
Silicone Sunday provides some Christmas spirit!
https://archive.li/uYtOT
Saturday. Whatever.
*pours another drink*
Don’t know if you saw this when I previously uploaded it, Q. My Christmas present to you.
She’s a cosplayer I follow on the ‘Gram.
*applause*
I like the shirt too.
Jazlyn Skyy is her moniker. She’s on the “correct” side of THICC, IMNSHO. (I’m biased — I dated a young lady in Uni who was built very much like Ms. Skyy, and it was heavenly…)
They should make one for Hanukkah.
Seconded. Like, a combination of “Women of the IDF” and /r/fitgirls, please.
Thirded.
#2 is Ashley Tervort.
#4 is Vicki Li.
#8 is Rhian Sugden.
I like #9.
#13 is Sophie Howard.
#14 is hot.
#34 is Jessica Nigri.
*Almost* finished shopping, with a few stocking stuffers here and there to pick up left to go. As a result of having too much clutter of my own already, and having relatives well enough off if they want something, they’ve probably already bought it, I normally go with sending a Godiva gift basket to each branch of the family and call it done. I’ll buy toys/gifts for my kids, but everyone else likes chocolate, and then I don’t have to think.
In general, I’m big on consumables. Last couple years this has included some custom made simple syrups, beer, wine, snacks, etc.
Outside of cash, those are always my favorite gifts to receive. Had I been more in the spirit this year, I might have made pies or something, but I’m having trouble getting into the spirit of things. Hoping snow doesn’t prevent my escape from Virginia, because I’m sure I’ll start to feel better once I’m the fuck out of here.
I’ve got a pen and some special paper, makes gift giving easy for kids/grand kids.. Mrs F needs nothing but I feel so guilty that it’s tough for me to figure out what to get for her. Amazon is my friend so I don’t have to have to shop in a store, with real people.
I tell everyone not to get me anything but seems like candy/coffee always show up. People are nice and generous, once you get away from the government aspect.
Everybody but mom got gift cards this year in the extended family. Nobody told me what they wanted, and I’m not gonna play a guessing game.
That may be the most perfect example of point missing I have seen all week.
My parents called up my kids and said “I will not be goving cash or gift cards this year. If you don’t tell me what you want by December 10, you get nothing.”
The boys had some thoughtful ideas for themselves:
Teen 1 (who has a girlfriend) focused on shirts, body wash and guitar strings.
Teen 2 focused on long board wheels, books and I believe shirts also.
From us parents they are getting PJ bottoms and I think 50 bucks broken into quarters and dollars.
That last bit is my wife’s twisted sense of holiday spirit.
Shirts, body wash and guitar strings rule my life, yo!
lol. Mom was one of the few who didn’t just get Godiva because she sent me a link to exactly what she wanted me to buy and said it would make her happy. With that sort of guarantee, sure!
We usually do gift cards, $50 to $100 bucks. I dont want to pay for other peoples dust collectors.
Exactly. I know chocolate will be eaten, but suspect plenty of other items I’ve sent over the years are hiding in a closet somewhere.
My MIL gave me a sweet set of Frank Lloyd Wright “Tree of Life” double-old-fashion glasses. My sister in law gave me some Japanese whisky.
They’re pretty great in-laws
Jealous. My mother is law is almost the only reason my husband and I ever fight.
My late MIL didn’t speak English, made my life easier. Actually she was a sweet lady and in spite of the language barrier did her best and kept the peace.
Having relatives that respect polite limits, and are capable of taking a polite ‘no’ is a blessing, I hear. I have to make special arrangements and plot advance strategy with my husband to prevent his mother from causing trouble during visits. And I’m the nice daughter in law! The other one finally just cut her off entirely and refuses to visit or let her visit.
Nice! I love FLW’s style.
https://imgur.com/a/r0TNgqa
They’re pretty sweet.
Oh my, those are beautiful.
I feel like I should wear a tie in order to have a cocktail in them
Gorgeous.
Those are awesome. One problem: they’re so nice I couldn’t bring myself to actually sully the glass with booze (or my lips, for that matter…).
Oh shit, I thought you meant eyeglasses. They are indeed lovely.
#metoo. I had to see the picture to figure out what we’re talking about. And I’ve even visited a whole bunch of FLW’s buildings–had a membership for a year. Inexcusable.
Terrific glasses.
I’ve only visited a house he designed in Buffalo. Just amazing.
Rhywun, that pattern is from the ‘Tree of Life’ stained glass window in that Buffalo house:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/38836/darwin-d-martin-house-tree-of-life-window
Yeap, that’s the one. Didn’t know/remember it was specific to that house.
One of my architecture classes took a field trip there. Before I dropped out of architecture, but I still have a great love for it.
Haven’t followed up in ages, but at the time the house’s future was precarious to say the least. And Buffalo being poor as fuck, it wasn’t likely that someone private would swoop in and restore it, so it was sort of under the tender mercies of the university. But yeah, it’s not just the architecture that’s amazing but all the uniquely designed furniture and windows and such inside.
I bought a pair (different design) from one of FLW homes about ten years ago. One unfortunately shattered and they dont seem to make that pattern for the gift shops anymore. So i have a pretty, but orphan glass.
We went mainly with group gifts for the kids this year. A nice fish tank for Hanukah and a Nintendo Switch for Christmas. The 7 and 6 have started expressing a serious interest in my games so I think they’re ready. Got Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, and Super Mario. It’ll be a blast for them. I remember getting an NES and then an SNES at about around the same age and fondly remember playing Mario 3 and Super Mario World with Dad. The 6 year old has been asking for a shotgun to go hunting, but she’s not quite there yet. Still makes me proud, and I’ll take her to our range soon (but not with the 12 gauge).
Besides the kids, we only exchange gifts with a handful of close friends and family. It’s so few that we try to tailor one. The wife and I don’t exchange gifts but try to get something we would enjoy that we wouldn’t ordinarily buy. I got her an AeroGarden. Nothing for me this year… I think last year was another 9 mm.
My kids turned into gaming zombies over the years; no moderation. This year, I’ve tried very hard to avoid any gifts that require electricity. Hubby and I don’t exchange gifts either, although we’ll normally splurge on something we both want (RV equipment, etc) around this time of year. We only bother with family but that still ends up as gifts being sent to at least six different addresses.
So who was looking for investment opportunities?
The downside… it’s Cleveland Whiskey, and I have not been impressed with their offerings at the price they’re charging.
Let’s see, who turned you on to Puddles? Who could it be, who could it be…?
Simon Cowell?
Moving forward plans! It is all based on both creating a solid routine also and becoming a better person. If college is the party stage between school and the real world, then ESL teaching in Asia is the same, but between college and the real world. It’s been fantastic and I love it. But it’s time to turn it up a notch and make myself better. Serious efforts:
1. Get a job in Korea. Draft contract came in just last night. It seems like a good school; we had a great talk about the goals and atmosphere they want to built and it’s legit. The only downside is it’s not in city where Lady and my current community is. I am talking to my number one choice of school Sunday night. That’s the one I really, really want. It’s been given to me but I don’t have the signed contract yet. However, with this other schools’ in hand it’s difficult place my excitement on hold. But will do.
2. I’m sick of your Korean being good enough to just get by. Learn that shit to some level above that. It doesn’t have to be near fluent. Not at all. But it will help you in the outdoor world and and work–>for this contract sure, but more importantly it may give rise to future opportunities.
3. Straighten and tough the fuck up and stop being such an alcoholic druggy. Always drinking drinking, and now with the epilepsy/seizure meds, both through warning and personal experience, I know that drinking AT ALL with those two chems together fucking sucks. So stop. I’m in like an AA thing now. Haven’t had a drink in 35 days. Haven’t thought about it. Good step! have been getting high that entire time, though. I’ve absolutely replaced it. That is much better for me than booze, but the psych mindset is still there. But this is just one step. I have plans for reducing use. BUT! I have to get drug tested to legally be allowed to legally work for whatever future school I work for. So there is a distinct, direct, clear, vital, ABSOLUTE reason that I will have to simply stop smoking. I’ve done that before and no worries.
I hope this isn’t a huge wall. I know it will be. Also: I am super high right now…and am really interested in this new strain I just got. It’s different. In a good way. I think I know what’s going on but I’ll play some more. Hrm. Onwards. Upwards. Always.
God dammit. College is the party stage between HIGH SCHOOL and the real world. ESL teaching is the party stage between college and the real world. And now I’ll stop going over and just pretend no other errors exist.
Kick ass, good sir!
Reality is for people who can’t handle drugs.
Congrats on 35 days, and the job prospects!
I was just thinking about you this morning Evan. I haven’t kept up as I usually do and haven’t seen you on lately. I was wondering how you are doing.
Becoming a better person is a never ending job. Never give up brother.
Go you!
I thought about your plans to go back to Korea when I read this article.
Sounds similar to the inbound quarantine for Thailand.
The tone of that article seems to indicate that being imprisoned is so excellent and awesome; you can lose weight! You can learn a new language! Opportunities for self-improvement are everywhere!
Fucking pathetic 1984 horseshit.
Good!
Thanks all!
I think most of that sounded worse than it actually is. So much improvement has been had and the Incident is long past me as far as rehab goes. The rehab now is getting back to my own place and getting all of my agency back!
The goals and were set and that needed to be accomplished have been and I’ve been doing well with them. This is just the next step: getting back to my life and work and fun. I tried that earlier this year and that was a complete disaster. But the things that held me back then have been addressed. I will absolutely melt in happiness when it comes, and even now little daily victories (whatever they are) add a huge boost to the day.
After that will be longer long-term plan, but getting foundation over there. Plenty of time and places to jump to and from.
@grrizzly: Holy shit, but I do not believe that. Many grains of salt, at best. However, Korea is very serious about covid and their rules. I highly doubt people were ‘locked it’ in any meaningful way. The people I know, including Lady, couldn’t leave the building/hotel. I think the pool was open in some capacity as she was able to swim. Maybe that was on the roof, I don’t remember.
Honestly: I’ll just exercise in the room, read, jerk off, take notes on the curriculum and….actually have privacy for the first time in a long while. Always focusing on the positive has been something I’ve done for a long time and it absolutely helps.
Reality bites
https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2020/12/insurers-balk-at-covering-portland-businesses-brokers-say-downtown-upheaval-has-made-carriers-wary.html
Paywalled, but reader view works. Insurance companies are balking at funding the ongoing looting and damage. Step one would be to hang their commie DA from the nearest lamppost and organize armed defense against the other criminals, but cognitive dissonance is a hell of a drug so many or most business owners will continue on as they were.
“commie DA”
The catch and release is ridiculous.
What is ridiculous are the DAs and Mayors who facilitate this violence are still breathing.
Problems invite solutions.
That too.
I find what’s going on in Cascadia to be bananas and I live in NYC.
You’ve got the ‘we pretend to work, they pretend to pay’ functional disfunction. We’ve got the commune true believers.
Pretty much.
The newest pols are just as commie but they seem to have the street smarts to know they can’t get away with utopia.
Yet.
Watching Drive to Survive with my little girl.
She picked the show.
I may have never been this proud of her. Engineering school FTW.
Shopping done, presents wrapped and mailed.
The mail has been ridiculously slow.
Far more efficient than I. And I was so proud of myself to almost be done already, when I’ve been known to put it off until the 22nd.
I ordered a book for my dad. Other then that, I haven’t done any real Christmas shopping. No idea what the nephews want, I may just pick up some board games for them and some cash. Sister and BIL asked for equipment to build themselves a kegerator, figure a gift certificate to an online shop will work better then me picking some of the equipment for them.
Neph’s nephews
I’m Baking, if your in range, great, otherwise bummer,
/no one visits Michigan
I’ve visited Michigan.
Hooked up with a lovely grad student lass on one of my visits to Michigan.
UP?
LP.
I would like to visit the UP.
Fuck Michigan!
*Sips vodka and reflects on a thing I used to say to Almanian…*
Perhaps not in the winter, but I enjoy the UP so much I’ve been there two years running over the summers.
I saw a Yooper bumper sticker on the back of a pickup today!
The only sticker my husband has ever considered worthy of his truck says “Lake Superior – Unsalted and Shark-free”
“Absolutely U.K. gardening culture has racism baked into its DNA.
It’s so integral that when you point out it’s existence, people assume you are against gardening, not racism.
Epitomised, for example, by the fetishisation (and wild misuse) of words like ‘heritage’ and ‘native’.”
https://twitter.com/Botanygeek/status/1337692740268777473
OFFS
Pure demoralization.
GFY James Wong
This is the first time I have ever heard of racist flowers.
Mr Wang just can’t catch a break, can he?
Why am I losing all my PornHub subscribers?
You changed your pubic hair color.
Shaved is not a color.
From pixelated to what, exactly?
too many/too few tentacles ?
“Gov. Andrew Cuomo throwing virtual birthday party to raise campaign cash
Pretty steep for a Zoom call.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is looking to fatten his campaign coffers with an online birthday shindig that will cost supporters up to $10,000 to — virtually — rub shoulders with him and a few of his favorite celebs.”
https://nypost.com/2020/12/12/cuomo-throwing-virtual-birthday-party-to-raise-campaign-cash/
Graft ain’t cheap.
Oh, that’s why.
“I would like to officially reach out to @AOC on behalf of the @ProjectLincoln in defense of democracy. We disagree on many issues and that is ok in our view. Btw, we don’t look down on waitresses. We admire them. We are all the types of guys who always tip at 50% or more.
I have an idea. Let’s approach each other and our points of view with good faith. We say the following with respect and seriousness Ma’am. Our hand is open and we need to work together or we are going to lose America. The fight will last for many years.
Here is the unexpected part. A democratic-socialist and former waitress who knows what it is to actually work combined with @ProjectLincoln and many others is going to hold the line together. We will not yield and we will never break. We are the side opposed to autocracy.
We are the left and right flanks of a broad coalition. Should we buckle, they will win. We must not. We are together. We pledge to listen. We pledge to learn. We pledge to be open to your ideas and we pledge to compromise. We have no such offer for the other side.
There are only two ways to win a fight. You can win through submission or exhaustion. Submission=Berlin 45. Exhsustion=Saigon 75 . We have no open hand for the nationalists, white nationalists, fascist proud boys, militia groups, conspiracy theorists ect. Our proposition is
We win- you lose. There is no accommodation. It is zero sum. Our coalition is fragile but it must hold. @AOC perhaps you look at us and see something that is not so. We do not know each other and perhaps we should. Maybe even it is the case that the future of the country
Depends on us. Know this, since know one asked, we all admire your coviction, Integrity and guts. We say the following with respect. Maybe it is the case that we are stronger together. I wish you a merry Christmas and all of your supporters a happy holiday season. We admire
Your conviction. You are a living example of democracy and the importance of faith and belief in the system. We are one election away from losing this country to Autocrats. We stand with you against that. We hope you will stand with us also. God bless America.”
https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES/status/1337624776534319104
I can’t even.
Suure you can. The United States has something like 26 million street lights. That means we have enough for every politician all at the same time.
Steve Schmidt, a fuck up and loser taken seriously despite his track record.
Perfect example of The Lincoln Project. Ran by a guy whose claim to fame is getting his candidate to give a concession speech. Numerous times.
Loser and parasite.
As Trotskyites the Lincoln Project people and the various other neocon sacks of fetid shit should get along with AOC just swimmingly.
Puke.
*snort
https://twitter.com/sudo_alpha/status/1337902920784867332
Nice.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ty16dd41I"Step out of the car please sir.
I’m not saying it’s comedic gold but how can you think about anything else
Gave it shot. Less than satisfying results.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eo_nhRrWEAkrEci?format=jpg&name=large
Wut?
Is that what’s on your PornHub?
Well no one else is going to masturbate to her after all.
“The cops have been harder on business owners than on business looters”
https://twitter.com/michaelmalice/status/1337862657802702858
QFT
November 1990, the girlfriend and I packed up my crappy little car and road tripped to Tallahassee to see if the new Head Ball Coach could defeat the ‘Noles (he couldn’t). Tickets to the Florida-FSU game couldn’t be had, so we found a bar that wasn’t too particular about checking ID. After the game, we picked up a bottle of Grand Marnier to drown our sorrows.
Flash forward three decades: the girlfriend has been my wife for twenty-six and a half years. She’s not a teenage undergrad, but is on the faculty at the med school (and won a national award in graduate medical education earlier this year). We no longer drive crappy little cars. But we still close out the Gators’ end of the regular season with a bottle of GranMa.
(Raises glass) Cheers, and Go Gators!
Cheers! Congratulations on 26 years.
The story made me smile.
Congratulations!
+1
Nice. I might make a Grand Sidecar later in empathy.
Congratulations! If she hasn’t kicked you to the curb in the last thirty years, you must be doing something right!
She jokes that she hasn’t yet figured out a way to make my demise look like an accident.
At this point, I reckon that she’s just waiting me out.
Cheers, and happy anniversary!
I have a little bit of a chubby.
https://twitter.com/Chesschick01/status/1337774581197758468
The dude has balls, I’ll give him that.
I thought he shot himself in the balls.
Their GoFundMe.
It’s been up since May.
Boom.
Gov Fuckface banned indoor dining here as of midnight.
I had lunch today. At a restaurant. Indoors.
Fuck Wolf. Fuck his family. Fuck his corrupt administration.
I had lunch today. At a restaurant. Indoors.
I have been reconsidering my decision to not come down to PA just to eat at The Proper.
We can take you to our range first.
Pew pew pew.
We’re gonna be away the week of Xmas though.
Tempting.
I just bid on 1,000 rounds of South African surplus .303 British. I saw some at an auction a few years ago and got outbid. I like it better than Greek HXP.
I think Cuomo did too but I don’t know when it takes effect.
I believe Monday for NYC; I don’t know about the rest of the state.
And of course the shithead says the only way out of the problem is for FedGov to subsidize his putting all these people out of work.
They absolutely will by the end of January.
Maybe they should join his $10,000 Zoom chat.
My Xmas shopping is in disarray this year. I’m just not into it. I’m enlisting help from my gf to get it back in gear.
Plus, I’m going to cave and give gift cards to those who requested them. Usually, I abhor such a thoughtless gift. Fuck 2020.
Other than Dad, who’s getting wine, I’ve finished my Christmas shopping and sent everything out today.
Of course, it’s only my sisters and their families, and everybody is getting movie night in the form of DVDs.
I recently got a hand me down PS4.
I am thoroughly enthralled by Fallout 4. Yeah, yeah, I’m 5 years behind. Don’t care.
I’m around 15 years behind. Xbox 360.
Go, screaming through the Valley as another joins the chase,
In the valley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWBNfbEJo84
And then have Cookies…
Cold is Hot, just extremes,
I like Pie,
I choose Belters, Innies are Asshoe!
Treats are Tasty, I prefer Women,
A Hawk, the moon, the August breeze has the air in constant motion,
Hey Q, I’m watching MLS Cup. Two great gols from Columbus so far. Rooting for them over Seattle, I guess.
Well done, Columbus. Richly deserved.
9 day hours, never above 30, twilight at noon, odd,
Welcome to the northern latitudes.
and bored people are nosey, stupid fucks, to the point of a gun, My property is mine old fuck, Back Off!
/yes, some issues with locals, but it’s my house, Fuck Off!
Frozen waves and Crystal trees, and Alex Lifeson, go figure,
What a glorious day. Sorry Navy, guess your service still needs to work on not running aground in limited visibility. Seems be happening too frequently lately.
I bought some Powerball and mega millions tickets today. I was told it was a good time to buy.
*side eyes gf*
Can’t lose if you don’t play!
Brawndo, it ‘s what plant crave….
So it’s all Not Adahn’s fault.
Tool, so much Tool,
A Matter of Life and Death is on right now. I could watch this again and again. Which I do.
I wish Powell and Pressburger had done more films together.
I’d rather watch Stairway to Heaven. 😉
You magnificent bastard!
Pretty sure the ‘vid’s got me. I have congestion and can’t smell or taste anything. I want somebody to write my mother.
I tested negative on Wednesday, but the parts guy was positive. They sent all three parts guys home and made me start recording my temps twice a day, but still work. It doesn’t look like I’ll be going back on Tuesday. Imma have to have my MD get me a quick test. Next one at work is a week from next Wednesday.
Wife and I got varying degrees of COVID symptoms so we got tested (PCR because my job won’t accept a negative result from the rapid test). Her test was negative, mine was positive. Taste is almost completely gone, which kind of sucks, and the only thing I smell is a faint memory of cigarettes (I haven’t been a regular smoker in years). Overall, I’ve had colds and seasonal allergies much worse than this.
It’s really strange to eat food which you know to be chicken and it has no flavor of chicken at all. Might as well be fish. Very strange.
Until you lose your hair, you ain’t got the ‘vid,
\ask my Sister, I have more hair than she does after her bout with the ‘Vid
Your sister is Alyssa Milano?
No, that would be gross,
No; his sister is Sinead O’Connor.
Hello muddah!
I hope you are OK.
i’m fine, just being alone sucks, so I bake…
I’ll be fine, I think. Thanks.
Also has a lack of taste
My local Disc golf course, yesterday,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mswczZT7hWWnpa2r6
Today,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/udx76HQuDzrhGYyLA
I’m off to work, kids. Leave a light on for me.
I’ll just play myself off stage….overnight is alight!
It’s a toss up between that one and “Walk All Over You” for the greatest AC/DC song.
In case someone has doubts.
NO! Whole lotta Rosie is best, Tres would agree,
44/32/66 you can say she got it all!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAOwDZoWXRI
42/39/66
Jailbreak would like a word.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8xScxmekQk
Jail break,I wish I could fly…..
In re Zoom discussion on liking lots of different things: https://youtu.be/QdoTdG_VNV4
Bad Christmas music, by me,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQpqL3gWZIY
And I’m gonna be hiiigh, as a kite by then,
I miss the Earth so much, I miss my wife,
it’s lonely out in space,
I havent spoken a word to a human today,
I’m just about convinced that I either already had the rona, or I’m naturally immune to it. Sat next to a couple at a wedding in September, they didn’t know they had it, the entire table got it except for me and my wife. My mom got it recently was showing symptoms when we were at her house. Never got it. I wonder if it has something to do with having 2 daycare aged kids who have bombarded us with colds over the last 5 years.
Was it ‘Rona? or just the Flu?
Maybe you’re Type O, like me.
I can’t believe I didn’t pick it up after 14 days in a hospital.
O+, so is my mom and she got it. But symptoms were minor.
I’m O-.
But I swear I remember reading that Type O’s are significantly underrepresented.
Hey, we’re blood brothers.
The Best song you all know but forgot, Closing time,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGytDsqkQY8&list=RD-oqAU5VxFWs&index=5
Watching Home Alone right now. Gawd, that movie has not aged well. It was never my favorite Christmas movie, but you can mark me down as not being a fan.
Never seen it. ?♂️
It has always had zero appeal to me.
Ugh, yeah my kids still like it, but it was a ‘sort of funny, once’ for me. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, however, is a funny always.
It’s three years since I’ve had sex. I’d say my God, but there is no god here.
Had sex, how does one have sex, is it conntainable, is it something one possesses, how is it kept
I wish I knew
I figure men in their 30s regularly never had sex, not with women, anyway, and went off to war
Lost my Sexy partner, now it’s like meh, kind of sad, I’m a Sexy guy,
I remember, it’s still sad to me.
Still a better story than Twilight
The more you scratch, the more it itches.
I say I don’t care anymore, and the truth is, I don’t care anymore
I guess I wouldn’t have to say I don’t care anymore if I didn’t, in fact, care anymore.
^this, If it stuck it my face, otherwise, meh
There are topical medications for that.
There’s a sweet spot between caring and not caring how much you get laid that will cause women to flock to you. Care too much and you come off as desperate, not care at all and you become nihilistic. I think you’re a little too far on the not caring side of the spectrum. There are a bazillion dating apps out there and cultural forces have convinced many people that sexual pleasure and orgasm is the summum bonum of human existence. Bottom line: if you put your mind to it, and you’re not picky, and all you care about it sex, you can fuck a girl with a moderate amount of effort. That’s all of course predicated on cultivating an attitude in the sweet spot of caring vs. not caring.
If you’re looking for the love of your life… that’s a much more difficult task.
Yeah, it’s a lot easier if you’re looking for the love of someone else’s life.
All my wank fantasies these days are other mens’ wives
It’s astonishing how bad other people’s relationships are
I’m no catch, I’m just a catcher
already did that, kids and all, be happy, I was,
https://archive.li/RnQ2b/2491080e8130e354df2b336a826c72ee2cfb01c0.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.li/HHaRA/dab07c39c645fee2b2cfa95efb8c94f218fbd22b.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.li/0LN8q/73a2e0cbce15c19c1fa4c1fee693835fd79159f4.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.li/5Y7bT/2608422d6614f261f6649f844b6714eeddf77e6b.jpg
NSFW.
and your a Married guy? My Wife would kick my ass for posting girlie pics,
Mrs. Q doesn’t seem to mind.
You do you,
Some women are okay with that sort of thing.
One of the consolations from there being almost no libertarian women is one’s wife or gf is statistically unlikely to be perusing glibertarians.
Looks like Carrie Underwood.
It’s a day early but I pronounce the first three GlibFit.
God damn it. 2020 got Charley Pride.
Emotional satiety.
I texted my ex and she texted back
look, I didn’t mean to consummate my complaints, I just meant to complain
I’m not ready to be amorous, My god, who is? Some playboy? I’m not ready for these lies.
There’s no bating o be as bated as I am.
Christ, she texted back.OH GOD listen I don’t actually want to fuck, I don’t think I’m capable of fucking.
I’m going to listen to Floy and dwell in misey.
I’ve alwayss been mad etc
/remembers drunk texts with an old ex
Commodious, I hope you’re doing well. If you need someone to reach out to, feel free. My handle at Google’s mail.
Dammit.
86. His clock was probably up no matter what.
Japanese conductor, Chinese chorus, German composer and orchestra, American (of color) and British soloists
This is the kind of diversity I appreciate.
Street brawling in DC and Olympia. Some point someone isn’t going to be ok with getting their head smacked.
This is color revolution shit and I want no part of it. I’ll hide in my hole and let the dipshits kill each other.
Ahem, revolutions of color.
I’m in complete agreement. As much as it would warm the animal part of my brain by commies getting thumped, no good will come of it. Just further circling the drain.
Any links for DC? My daughter goes back in about 2 weeks. I’d like to know what is going on.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/trump-supporters-maga-rally-protest-dc-saturday/2506267/
Probably the same advice as travel in a foreign country, avoid demonstrations and protests rather than seeking them out for entertainment.
Thanks GL. She isn’t the type to seek this stuff out. Still, it’s good to know what is going on.
Cyndi Lauper was hot,IMO,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQY7BusJNU&list=RDGMEMQ1dJ7wXfLlqCjwV0xfSNbAVMAZKcl4-tcuo&index=3
So was Prince,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7vRSu_wsNc&list=RDGMEMQ1dJ7wXfLlqCjwV0xfSNbAVMAZKcl4-tcuo&index=4
Sometimes I think i should just go be with Wendy, but I don’t know……
I like it here, but just staying alive is taking a toll, not sure anymore…
Back from a good sail. We saw about a dozen whales (apparently they passed they Kung Flu test) about 100 meters away. Later when we were anchored I had a big old sea turtle to say “hi” while I was working under the boat. On the way back in we passed a group of manta rays. Good wind, good friends, good black rum. It was a good day. Bonus it tomorrow is an unsanctioned “pirate” race. Fuck the guv! We are sailing.
God I hope for a Sail boat for the Big lake here, enjoy the Races!
So turtle soup and rack of whale for dinner?
Oh, she wants kids too. I want kids with her and she’s keen on it too. Help me, help me, I don’t want kids I’m not ready for kids, I’m going to kill myself and I’m convinced that’s the right thing to do.
She does, you don’t, move on, nothing good will come from it…
When I masturbate, she’s all I think about.
BUt no, no kids. Christ, who am I kidding.
I fantasize about having children, but that’s reason enough not to have them.
I don’t sleep at night, that’s all kinds of reason not to follow one’s dreams.
Never mind everything’s fine, it’s all alcoholic delerium, nobody cares and nobody minds.
Bruh, you got a lot of people right here who do care and do mind.
And you’re somewhat correct – alcohol does cloud the mind and make you see things different than they are. Sleep it off and reconsider things in the morning.
And I’m not going to tell you that all your problems will be solved by reading some books, but… I struggled with life purpose issues and suicidal thoughts for years, and Stoic philosophy and meditation was a big help.
I suggest you cut yourself off, listen to some music and sleep it off. Things will seem better in the morning. Then you can decide if you want to marry and have kids with your ex.
I’m listening to the lady from the dark side of the moon, and she’s very compelling.
Who am I kidding, I’m just happy for attention.
I woke up on Monday morning ready to kill myself. Not just ready, eager. Here I am, the Saturday after, confusing myself with thoughts of children and a happy relationship. Stop joking, I am still the same sack of shit I was last week.
I am thrilled to be thought of as a marriagble husband, or a father, don’t get me wrong, it tittilates me. but I realize I am a total sack of shit. If you people saw how feckless I am at work, you’d undrestand. You’d agree I’m ready for the chop.
Stop with the crap, you’ll be a fine Dad, you sack of Shit,
I feel offended somehow, I had a 32 year marriage that ended in her untimely death, and your worried about kids?
I cried a this.
Fuck that noise man. I don’t know if you’re serious or not, but you should call a friend or family member. All the cliches: permanent solution to a temporary problem, think of your family, blah blah blah. At the end of the day it’s just a stupid thing to do. You’ll end up dead eventually anyway, might as well stick around to see if there is a pleasant surprise in store around the corner.
In all seriousness: if you’re feeling this way a lot, you might want to consider laying off the booze for a while and visiting the doctor. Life can get better.
You don’t suppose some people are just dead weight? I’m not holding it against you to pas judgement, but some of us are obviously dead weight,
And if it’s even a question, who are we kidding about having children.
Mind you, I don’t have anything.I have nothing to offer. I round off what I have and it comes to nothing. I am ready for death, and death is done with my already.
Take Q’s advice and stop drinking for the night. Your judgment is cloudy. We all have something to offer. It may not be obvious to you but I guarantee other people know.
I’m sorry to hear you’re in that bad of a place. I really would really prefer not to lose anyone else this year. I’m not joking, I’m not mocking, I’m being serious.
If you are at all doubting that you want children, don’t.
Here: https://youtu.be/b26mI-LwxoU
The sax before us and them… that’s all I need for making kids.
You make me smile.
Good morning CS, I hope this morning finds you in a better mode of thoughts.
You are not dead weight. You matter and deserve to be happy. Get out there and get some.
My Wife’s Favorite song I sang,
Smooth,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Whgn_iE5uc&list=RDGMEMQ1dJ7wXfLlqCjwV0xfSNbAVMAZKcl4-tcuo&index=15
commodious spittoon, here’s your fate,
Welcome,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBvAxSx0nAM&list=RDGMEMQ1dJ7wXfLlqCjwV0xfSNbAVMAZKcl4-tcuo&index=18
For better or worse, My Kids were the best thing to ever happen to me, my Boy is a good Man, my daughter is a good Woman, I have 4.5 Grandkids, all pretty and smart, I can die knowing I did good for the World, or live my life in peace, worth every second,
Thanks a lot…………….
Commodious: As a fellow ABQ boi I feel a kinship to you. I can’t possibly tell you if getting back with your ex is the right thing to do or not, but I can tell you that you’re not a sack of shit or a bad person. Every now and again, you’ll get in these really dark moods on here and even if you think no one gives a shit, people on here do. It may be cheesy but people’s actions are like ripples in a pond. Alcohol is a depressant and it might not hurt to lay off for a while; everyone goes through tough times, especially now with the world being so generally shitty. But there are so many good things in the world too and you never know what great thing might jump out and surprise you.
Go to sleep.
I didn’t achieve anything and I should not breed, that’s all I want to say.
Maybe it seems super promising if you’ve done something, I did nothing. I am nothing. My life is nonsensical.
I don’t have the wherewithal to be an engineer. I am _nothing_
live vicariously through your kids, make them better than you, It didn’t work for me, but it does work,
I don’t understand the gripe. I fucked up, I shouldn’t have children,etc.
I love all of you and I regret wasting your time.
Look, I get that there’s a certain affinity for posters here, but let’s be honest, some people are wastrels, are we not alloowed to say that>
I’m a worthless piece of shit right now, how are you?
Shut the fuck up, you’re esssential with a capital E. You’re a goodun.
CS- you are by no means wasting anyone’s time here. Everyone fucks up. I’ve wasted many an opportunity and advantage. Some days it’s just putting one foot in front of the other. You are not alone, either in spirit or feeling that way.
^this
You are something. If you need someone to talk to, we’re still up here on the Zoom. I’ve probably got at least another hour I’ll be up as well, I don’t have a football game to watch tomorrow.
Good luck with that,
Sorry, but Glib Zoom sucks, can’t get a word in edgewise, I tried, I won’t be back,
You, sir, are the chorus lady of Dark Side of the Moon
+ 1 Pain meter,
anything I say would piss both of you Kids off, Good luck with your Parenthood, you will need it,
If I rock out too much, my glasses fly off, oops!
Best comment: Payback for all the in kind contributions.
Biden transition team adds Google and Facebook employees
This is how it works now. Prepare to watch the Section 230 reforms be twisted into something that destroys all channels of communication, all platforms, except those approved, edited, curated, censored, manipulated, surveilled by some alphabet soup agency. Facebook, Google, Twitter all already form a quasi-state owned monopoly given the revolving door policy and the “regulate me harder, daddy, to erect those barriers to entry for any potential competitors” corporate philosophy.
Populist resistance and rebellion is vital. Hold the line. Tread back.
I am just a worthless liar,
I am just an embicile,
I will only complicate you,
Trust in me and fall as well,
Jesus wont’t you Fucking whistle,
something left to fall behind,
Why, can’t we sleep forever?
I am just an empty liar
trust me, trust me,
Better Dance in the Rain,
instead of waiting for the Sun,
You have the right, to Shut up!
A tale begins…
one fine day
Dark fucking times in the Gliberverse. Sorry for the pain, Friends. I wish I could do something to help. Know that I think of this island of misfit toys constantly when I’m not here and that there are hundreds just like me that care about you. You may feel alone in the physical sense but we are always here for you. Be well!
Hey Bob! Re-text me if you want to. Seems I’m blocked. I just updated Windows and everything is running screwy. If you don’t want to talk, that’s fine too.
Sux for me extra because CS is in my US home of record and I would be making plans to meet up with him if the over-reaction to this virus wasn’t making that a non-starter.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KVYup3Qwh8Q
?
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/four-stabbed-during-unrest-after-pro-trump-rally-in-downtown-dc/2506763/
Burn DC down. It’s a shithole.
https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2020/12/amazon-driver-dumped-packages-in-woods-claimed-he-was-tossing-feces-police.html
CWAA.
https://mobile.twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1337830135215558656
Shutting down for that? I hope there is a hell and Nip rings suffers for all eternity.
What’s the deal with “Add birthday to your Google account now to help Google comply with the law”? Hell to the no!
Make up a birthday.
6/9/69
6/9/77 because you get eight more.
January 1, 1900 seems to be a popular date.
If you can be genderfluid, you can be agefluid.
Good morning, all. It’s just as easy to ignore the request. I don’t use Google for my e-mail. I only use Chrome to browse on my phone because that’s what was set up when I got it.
Gonna go out shopping at the outlets today. Almost like a normal person, except the fucking face mask….
*grumbles incoherently*