Too Local News โ€“ Pushing Back on the NH Governor โ€“ Week of Mar. 22nd through 26th, 2021

by | Mar 28, 2021 | Constitution, Executive Branch, Liberty, Politics | 224 comments

I wasn’t expecting some of the news this week.

Earlier parts:

Emergency Order Updates

The Governor had his weekly press conference on March 25th.ย  At the press conference, he announced he would extend the State of Emergencyย  and mask order for 21 days.ย  He also extended his travel restrictions.

The Legislature Displeases His Excellency the Governor of New Hampshire

On March 24th, news outlets started running stories that bills restricting the Governor’s emergency powers are part of the budget.

GraniteGrok also ran an op-ed from Andrew Manuse, chairman of ReopenNH, about the development.

This is interesting.ย  New Hampshire budgets on a two year basis.ย  Odd numbered years, like 2021, are budget years.ย  The budget must be finished by June 30th in odd-numbered years.ย  There are two budget bills, HB 1 and HB 2, to work around the state constitution’s prohibition in article 18-a on spending bills amending laws.ย  At the time of this writing, the publicly available text of the bills does not include anything which rewrites the emergency powers laws.

New Hampshire governors do not have a line item veto for the budget.

I’ve heard both HB 1 and HB 2 must pass in order for the state to have a budget.ย  I’m not sure how they are tied together.ย  I ran a quick search for information on government shutdowns in New Hampshire, and I found nothing.

Week of Mar. 29th through Apr. 2nd

The Legislative Administration Committee will have an executive session, which will include a vote on HCR 2.ย  I’ll write about that and whatever else happens next week.

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224 Comments

  1. Count Potato

    Live free or die!

  2. UnCivilServant

    I eagerly await developments.

    • DEG

      We will see what happens.

      I’m not too worried about the House right now, even though the votes haven’t happened yet. It’s the Senate where we might get shanked.

  3. westernsloper

    On March 24th, news outlets started running stories that bills restricting the Governorโ€™s emergency powers are part of the budget.

    Good!

    • DEG

      Yes. We will see what happens.

  4. The Late P Brooks

    OBEY

  5. blackjack

    Rat fuckers. Our union “negotiated” a fairly large pay cut for us, obstensibly to forgo furloughs. THan, the feds made up the difference anyway, lol. Meanwhile, the city is forcing supermarkets to give a huge pay BUMP to employees. They won’t even pay us what they committed to in our contract and we’ve been working right through this ( minus the three months they sent some of us home for). Fucking union can’t even make them pay us what they “negotiated” for.

    • Ted S.

      I assume you’re forced against your will to be a member of said union?

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Boom! Good Job Ted,

      • blackjack

        Man, I still make 100k a year and live in one of the best parts of town. A deal’s a deal. You can’t create an emergency and then not pay us, because there’s an emergency.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Really? looks like they did,

      • blackjack

        That’s ’cause our union is on their side.

      • juris imprudent

        Only the union leadership – they go to the cocktail parties after all.

      • blackjack

        Tell me. Last year, they tricked a bunch of us into astroturfing Kamala’s appearance at the airport. When I told people that they just used 4 hours of VC to be another purple shirt in her TV slot, they were pissed. Main focus was on trying to destroy Uber. Which failed, thankfully.

      • blackjack

        For reference, 4 hours is about 200.00 for most of us. Imagine being tricked out of 2 bills, and it had nothing to do with helping you or anyone you know.

      • blackjack

        Yes. Allegedly, there’s a mechanism to opt out of paying dues, but in practice it’s near impossible.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        Janus?

        Sorry to be naive.

        B/G/valley area is vast…

      • blackjack

        Janus is a bust. The union says you have to opt out during a certain period ( of about a week) and then says later that it changed the particular week and you missed it again. The local courts are in the bag and give it to them. It takes some serious stick-to-it-ness to get past all of that. Once somebody makes it out, I probably will.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        OK, about as well as I remember putting you on the spot last time.

      • trshmnstr the terrible

        In a just world, all of them, judges included, would be brought up on RICO charges

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        and I do remember your saying last time that opting out was impractical.

    • DEG

      Sorry.

    • westernsloper

      Do you and your buddies know where these “union” bosses live?

      • blackjack

        Turnabout would prolly be fair play.

    • blackjack

      The feds made up the difference…to the city. We got screwed.

    • Chafed

      I’m not saying you didn’t get screwed but the bullshit hero pay for supermarkets has screwed the workers in marginal markets. As I recall Ralph’s said they are permanently closing three markets because the pay increase makes them all unprofitable.

      • blackjack

        Yeah, I just point it out because both things happened the same week. They weaseled out of paying us per our contract Monday and by Wednesday they were forcing the supermarkets to give a huge pay increase. Way back on that same Monday, Long Beach CA lost about three supermarkets because of the same hare-brained scheme. Didn’t stop the ‘tards that run L.A.

  6. Ted S.

    Has anybody put together a kit gun?

    Dad had the local news on TV at dinner, and Senator Moobs was asserting, without evidence, that such guns (which he erroneously called “ghost guns”) were easier to put together than Legos.

    The TV news, of course, accepted this bullshit rather credulously.

    • UnCivilServant

      I looked into it, but decided against it because it seemed a bit complicated and a mistake would easily ruin the whole thing.

    • westernsloper

      Not answering that fed.

    • DEG

      I have a 80% lower and a build kit for an AR-15. A few friends of mine and I are getting together in June for a build party. I’ll know then, but from what I understand if you have the tools it is not that hard.

      • LCDR_Fish

        Tried building my lower last month (milled with a buddy last year). Issues with the trigger. I’ll take it apart and try from scratch.

        May look into a printer once I get my yard squared away – and a shed with some space. Might even buy one before I have space just for keeping on hand.

    • Sean

      Supposedly, fairly easy. I never bothered previously cuz a factory assembled unit was cheaper than the kits.

      I know someone who assembled one. He’s had issues with reliability.

    • blackjack

      I have a milling machine and a lathe. Unfortunately, I live in enemy territory. My buddy ( who also has a milling machine) did a few. He got paid in lowers and the jig. Never figured out if he finished his kit.

    • Ted S.

      Oh, Moobs also said he wanted the individual components banned since they can’t be traced. Good luck banning screws and tubes.

      • dbleagle

        It’s probably apples to mangoes but I put together a .54 caliber plains rifle. It was fairly simple, but it did have a serial number stamped onto the barrel assembly.

    • EvilSheldon

      It depends on what you’re talking about.

      Assembling a working AR lower from a stripped lower and parts is fairly easy. Easier than building a Lego kit? No. Moobs is a fucktard, but we already knew that.

      Completing an 80% lower requires a vertical mill and some machining know-how. It’s not hard, but it’s precision work. Your typical whitebread suburbanite who takes his car to the shop to get the oil changed, isn’t going to have much success with an 80% lower.

    • Stillhunter

      I donโ€™t know any LEGO sets that require tools.

      Polymer Glock clones are the easiest, requiring some filing and drilling at minimum. There are 80 percent receivers for other pistols too but I donโ€™t know much about them aside from being more complicated.

      Aluminum AR lowers can be done without a milling machine, though obviously itโ€™s a better option. Many people use a wood router with an end mill bit. Thatโ€™s the next one I plan to try. Some do it with just a drill and filing, but OMG tedious.

      TL;DR:

      • Stillhunter

        Grrr. TL;DR: Itโ€™s if you have some skill and some decent, relatively inexpensive tools, but not lego easy.

      • blackjack

        Wood routers run much higher speeds than milling machines. You might remove the metal, but your finish is gonna suck and you’ll kill the endmill in the process. Plus, you have very little control of a router, which is fine on soft wood but not so much on hard steel.

    • robodruid

      Ya know, I do enjoy these a lot.
      But i have to wonder why the ladies don’t do the same?

      Have a great evening, see ya tomorrow morning.

    • blackjack

      I love a big legged woman in a short, short mini skirt.

      • Tundra

        *jams*

      • Count Potato

        That song is all studio. Live it completely falls apart.

      • blackjack

        Back when we were still pretending to be a free country, that’s the kind of bar I would go to every weekend. Thanks.

  7. nw

    “to work around the state constitutionโ€™s prohibition”

    This right here is the problem. Too many people think that’s ok.

    • DEG

      That ship sailed.

    • The Bearded Hobbit

      to work around the state constitutionโ€™s prohibition

      And that, ladies and gentlemen, is Exhibit A of the destruction of our Republic. Not only do they not care, they actively do not care. Your rights are roadblock to their “perfect society”. And at this point in time, they are winning.

      • DEG

        Note in this instance it is the people trying to put a stop to the governor’s trampling on people’s rights.

      • DEG

        Another thing to note: In NH, the legislature is the policy making body. Usually much of the second budget bill (HB 2) is the Legislature telling the Executive how to spend the money because they can’t do that in the actual bill with the spending (HB 1).

  8. Count Potato

    This is some thread:

    “15 years ago, I co-led a team trying to give 100% free Internet access to all of San Francisco starting with the poorest neighborhoods first. The network would be anonymous, with no ads, no cookies, etc. Approximately a $20-25 million gift. The result? We were chased out of town.”

    https://twitter.com/sacca/status/1375962440303661057

    • blackjack

      Poor people are really good at developing workarounds. That’s pretty much most of what they do. Money eases things so much, the rich forget how to make things work.

    • rhywun

      โ€œStop lecturing me about the digital divide, because I donโ€™t give a fuck. Now get the hell out of my office.โ€

      LOL. I doubt his kind exists in the SF city government any more.

    • Akira

      no cookies

      WOW! What an incredible development! It’s not like there’s something in the web browser settings that you can change to just magically turn cookies off.

      • blackjack

        And that’s the way that assertion crumbles.

  9. westernsloper

    The best tortilla chips are freshly fried. I now have to scoop some shredded chicken and beans and rice with some of those. YOU PEOPLE have a great night.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Enjoy your Mexican food, we have to suffer through My Mexican food here, the best in the county,
      /A low bar indeed,

      • juris imprudent

        We ate out at a Mexican restaurant on our weekend escape. Very strange – the taco and chile relleno were good, but in a first (and I mean, first of my entire life) – the beans and rice were terrible. How do you f’up refried beans and rice???

      • rhywun

        By being refried beans and rice?

        *blech*

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        truly a New Yawker, I guess,
        stick to Pizza, we got this…

      • blackjack

        It’s actually really good when somebody’s Mexican mom makes it. NYC restaurants? I understand your reticence. Even the commercial stuff is not bad around here. Imma have some tonight with chicken enchiladas.

      • rhywun

        I’ve had it at “authentic” Mexican restaurants. We do have them, you know. I like Mexican food – except I don’t like beans in general.

        And turning them into something with the texture and appearance of food that has been run back and forth through a digestive tract a couple times doesn’t help.

      • blackjack

        I’ve been to “authentic” Mexican restaurants back east. I stick with my position, personal preferences notwithstanding.

      • The Bearded Hobbit

        I’ve been spoiled by New Mexican food for so long that I don’t even consider “mexican food” outside of the four corners states edible.

        We were waiting for clearance to go to Canada in the small Montana town of Eureka. Enchiladas and burritos were on the menu but we figured that Montana was far away for any decent Mexican fare. After our order I read the back of the menu where it was pointed out that the wife of the owner was from Chama, NM. We missed out on having a great home-style meal in the Great White North!

      • juris imprudent

        Think of a jar of Chef Boy R Dee and overcooked pasta and someone serving that as authentic Italian.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        egg noodles and ketchup!

        Veracruz in Brooklyn wasn’t bad 20 years ago. Had nopales there.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      And I have to grow my own Cilantro!

      • Hank

        The best weed in the whole South Farthing!

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Why not Pipeweed, And Cilantro! Soapweed Rules!

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Fuck you, Hater,
        /JK on the hate

    • blackjack

      Closest I can get.

      • BakedPenguin

        (Joe Biden) C’mon, man! (/Joe Biden)

    • rhywun

      So. Fucking. Tiresome.

    • blackjack

      I’m glad the cat is OK, but, it pretty much always was. It just didn’t want to come down. My wife does the same dance about twice a week. Pretends she’s saving a cat. I keep telling her that the cats are saving her. Cats can literally jump from maybe 25 feet up and land on their legs and saunter off like nothing happened. That cat was relaxing up there.

      • Hank

        You’re killing my buzz, man.

      • rhywun

        Yeah, I don’t know where this trope came from that cats trap themselves in trees. Cartoons?

        They’re perfectly fine up there. I know nature plays some cruel tricks but giving cats the ability to easily climb a tree but have no way to get down is not one of them.

      • blackjack

        Cat’s probably laughing it up with cat buddies, “yeah, I took the elevator down, lol!”

      • trshmnstr the terrible

        As somebody here once said long, long ago… when was the last time you saw a cat skeleton in a tree?

      • Gender Traitor

        Might have been me? Heard that when I was describing how my sister shattered her elbow and chipped a bone in her ankle trying to “rescue” one of her cats from the rafters of the garage. Pull your truck back into the garage and let the cat jump down onto the roof. That’s how it got up there in the first place!

      • rhywun

        Heh exactly.

      • Not an Economist

        My dad usually let the cats come down by themselves no matter how much they complained. The one time he did was when this one cat climbed a 32 foot ladder onto the roof of a house with slate tiles. Cat was scared because her claws couldn’t dig into the slate so she was slipping a lot. She still move enough it was hard for him to reach her when he climbed the ladder to get her.

    • Hank

      Well, another charming and endearing myth busted, thanks, guys, you’re the best!

      • blackjack

        If it’s any consolation, that myth had at least nine lives.

  10. The Late P Brooks

    Has anybody put together a kit gun?

    I have assembled 1911s from readily available commercial parts. I have not yet built an 80% frame.

    My guess is a if Schumer built a gun, the safest place to be would be standing in front of the target.

  11. DEG

    Biden administration working on vaccine credentials

    The Biden administration and private companies are working to develop a standard way of handling credentials โ€” often referred to as โ€œvaccine passportsโ€ โ€” that would allow Americans to prove they have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus as businesses try to reopen.
    The effort has gained momentum amid President Bidenโ€™s pledge that the nation will start to regain normalcy this summer and with a growing number of companies โ€” from cruise lines to sports teams โ€” saying they will require proof of vaccination before opening their doors again.
    The administrationโ€™s initiative has been driven largely by arms of the Department of Health and Human Services, including an office devoted to health information technology, said five officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the effort. The White House this month took on a bigger role coordinating government agencies involved in the work, led by coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients, with a goal of announcing updates in coming days, said one official.

    • TARDis

      Mark of the Beast, baby! Pure fucking evil.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        dude, my thoughts exactly, I’m serial, et tu?

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        My shop follows the main shops rules, from California, it makes no sense but what can you do. They are adamant about the vaccine, i fear it is the Mark, and won’t take it, lock me up, or Cattleize me, no way, no how,

      • blackjack

        Imma get mine down at Macarthur park, where all good IDs come from.

      • cavalier973

        Preparation for it, certainly. The technology is here.

        The mark is mandated by the false prophet, as a sign that the recipient worships the Antichrist. This occurs after the Antichrist enters the rebuilt Jewish temple and declares himself to be god.

        Prior to the implementation, an angel flies across the sky, warning everyone not to take the mark.

        So, until there is a rebuilt Jewish temple, and chatty angels flitting through the air, the real mark of the beast can’t happen, according to the Book of Revelation.

      • blackjack

        So, trust in the plan?

      • cavalier973

        WWG1WGAUYGFRCYNGFR

    • The Bearded Hobbit

      The mark of the Beast?

      I’m not a hard-core Christian but I see the parallels.

      • rhywun

        ?

        I was just thinking of other things that are punk in 2021, like not getting a tattoo or piercing, or naming your kid “Joe” or “Jane”.

      • The Bearded Hobbit

        I knew what that was without clicking!

      • Plinker762

        I think we all did.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        It certainly is in Beijing

      • Chafed

        Linking that is doing doG’s work.

    • rhywun

      No.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        ???

    • Tejicano

      Maybe a year ago I was thinking that I couldn’t wait for the vaccine and some kind of paperwork to prove I had a and would be allowed to live a normal life again. But if they’re going to try to make it mandatory just Eff that. I’ll get by over here without it. If I am back to the US I’ll have some random, official looking piece of paper in Japanese which I will brandish, pretending it’s a Japanese vaccine proof passport.

      • BakedPenguin

        You could have fun with that, especially if you know a little Photoshop. Put an official seal on top, have the text say “Tejicano likes Sapporo beer”, “Tejicano never got a vaccine” and “he wants you to lick his asshole”. If you could get it the Japanese equivalent of notarized, that’d be the cherry on the cake.

      • Gustave Lytton

        All he has to do is stamp it with his own hanko and 99.9% of the people would never know the difference.

      • grrizzly

        A friend of mine lived for a decade in S. Korea. Then he moved to Austria. The Austrian officials gave him all sorts of troubles because his various Korean documents had personal seals instead of signatures.

    • Not an Economist

      But requiring IDs to vote is impossible.

      • rhywun

        If you care about Grandma, you’ll do what it takes to comply.

  12. Sean

    OMG.the BBCA Top Gear episode with Trump is great. How is it I never heard about that shit for four years?

  13. Shpip

    In one-hit-wonder history, Phil Seymour is a footnote that few know about. As a twenty-something yoot, he teamed up with fellow Tulsan Dwight Twilley and found immediate success with “I’m on Fire,” which reached #16 in 1975. Later, he worked as a session drummer and guitarist, and sang backup on Tom Petty’s first album.

    Seymour later gave a solo career a try, and his debut single Precious to Me reached its chart apex at #22 on this date in 1981.

    A few years later, he was touring with a new band when he noticed lumps in his neck. He died of lymphoma in 1993 at the age of 41.

    • rhywun

      ๐Ÿ™

      I like the song.

  14. Tres Cool

    I’m off to work, kids. Keep the shiny side up.

    • commodious spittoon

      I don’t know what that means, Mr.

      And you’re not my supervisor.

      • blackjack

        Motorcycle speak for “try not to crash”

        He ain’t my supervisor either, btw.

      • The Bearded Hobbit

        AKA “Rubber side down”

      • blackjack

        Come back, baby!

      • commodious spittoon

        IS THIS THE SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SOUNDTRACK

      • blackjack

        Just J Geils trying to modernize for the ’80s.

        The OG stuff!

      • Chipping Pioneer
  15. The Bearded Hobbit

    I love that “too local” lead to the establishment of Glibertarians. I check back with Reason occasionally and continue to be disappointed with their “libertarian” viewpoint.

    This place continues to be a desert island in a world of lunacy.

    Thank you, one and all.

    • Chipping Pioneer

      Agreed! Nowadays, I don’t even know what my meatspace friends think of the issues of the day, and I don’t really want to know.

      In this place, we can agree on most things, and disagree on some things in good faith, have a few laughs, and ogle Q’s links. I really appreciate all of you and what you bring to this space.

      A classmate of mine from university introduced me to TOS. I don’t think he made it over here. Sad!

      • The Bearded Hobbit

        I have abandoned most of my meastspace friends. I’ve got one buddy, former co-worker, whom I look forward to visiting. One meatspace buddy you reprobates. My life in a nutshell.

      • The Bearded Hobbit

        and you reprobates. Can’t even bitch correctly

  16. Chipping Pioneer

    Is it just me, or is the front page not displaying the most recent post?

    *eyes SP’s rusty can lid collection *

    Not complaining!

    • blackjack

      The site has slowed to the point that I have plenty of time to click the X and not have it totally refresh, yet still post my reply. Big timesaver. It does prevent me from posting a new comment though. I have to click actual refresh to get that. I used to have to time it perfectly.

    • Sensei

      Worked OK here.

    • slumbrew

      Yep, SP mentioned that the host had an issue with their caching infrastructure – it should work itself out over time.

  17. Sensei

    So tonight I’m chatting with my friend in Japan who is essentially technically illiterate. I’m explaining to her that many of us here in the US watch Netflix on our regular TVs with either a built in “smart TV” or with an attached device like a Roku, Apple TV or an Android TV device.

    A combination of my less than stellar technical Japanese and her lack of knowledge leaves me stymied until I decide to quickly show her an example. I present to you the Japanese version of “Chromecast with Google TV”.

    Hearing the voice over say “”Chromecast with Google TV” multiple times with a Japanese accent just cracks me up!

    ๆ–ฐใ—ใ„ Chromecast with Google TV ใฎใ”็ดนไป‹

    • Gustave Lytton

      Maybe your Japanese friend isn’t quite as technically illiterate as she’s letting on, Officer NHK.

      • Sensei

        No, she pays the TV tax! The problem with having technical conversations with my friend even when I know the correct Japanese English terms she doesn’t know them!

        OTH, one of my other Japanese friends who actually uses PCs for a living and I have had rather long conversations about using Excel in Japanese. That conversation would likely have sounded hysterical to an English speaker as many of the terms are directly from English, but use Japanese pronunciation. That’s the kind of stuff I can’t learn in my classroom or from TV or reading fiction.

    • Sensei

      I should have known not to click on that.

      My condolences to you.

    • blackjack

      Yeah, fuck. At least we ain’t that bad, mostly, down here. Fuck!

    • Gustave Lytton

      And then there’s dipshits like this

      Keto Rocks Dude
      @ketorocksdude
      ยท
      1h
      Please stop going into areas where you will get attacked… it just fuels them and gives them time in the press… it is like a campfire… dont add fuel and just let them burn out!

      Some areas? Like the freaking state capitol? How dare they go there.

      • Gustave Lytton

        Also not to worry, the state legislature is adding the number of places where concealed carry licenses no longer apply and include surrounding areas. In another month, that guy would be facing more charges.

    • zwak

      Yep. A half-hour north of me.

      Fuck our governor is useless.

      • Gustave Lytton

        One of Gov Kunt’s troopers doing the dirty work for antifa, too. So much for professionalism. But not a big surprise after she forced out the last superintendent to install her diversity hire, like she has throughout state agencies. Absolute poison but no surprise seeing as she is yet another out of state carpetbagging politician. Just like Tina Kotex. There needs to be a rule that non natives cannot hold any elective office.

  18. Yusef drives a Kia

    I found my cat, sleeping under the sink, freaked me out, i just got her,

      • Sensei

        That’s a big gal.

      • Tulip

        Guest, my cat has multiple beds, but he chooses to sleep in a plastic box on top of pens and a plastic bag. Late lamented cat used to sleep in the sink. They go where they want.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        I dont let cats hang out on my my PC station, but She’s moveable, and a a sweetheart,

    • Gender Traitor

      Well, unless you try out all the potential sleeping spots, you won’t know which one is the best, now will you?

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Collect them all!

      • rhywun

        Both of mine liked to hide under the stove before they got too fat to do so.

      • Chafed

        So sweet. They probably liked the warmth.

      • rhywun

        It was more they were terrified of me. Within a day of coming to live with me they had found the one spot in a tiny studio apartment where I couldn’t reach them. They put up with me eventually but in the beginning they were making me pull my hair out with worry. IIRC they both hid under there for about three full days.

      • Chafed

        Wow. When we adopted our first two from the shelter they ran through our apartment like little horses and then hid. One came out after a few hours. The other took about a day. After a couple of days of food, water, and fresh litter they warmed right up.

  19. Yusef drives a Kia

    Holy crap ,this Cat is a big Machine, Killer of all the dares enter the /house pf Yusef, 30 pounds of Thunder,
    /Currently asleep

    • hayeksplosives

      What kind of critters does she chase? Birdies? Mousies? Bugs?

      She looks like a big kitteh who could pride herself on successful kills!

      My Molly cat went outside today in the warm sun and chased lizards today! It warmed right up today so the little lizards gamboled about .

      A pair of house finches ( the ones with red streaked breasts and reddish gray other feathers) has decided that a junction box right under the eaves by the sliding back door. So Molly has that nest to watch for hours.

      Molly rarely kills anything, but she has caught a number of lizards and caused others to drop their tails.

  20. Gustave Lytton

    The Land O Lakes boxes look awful in the dairy case. A big open space with something missing. As if they deported the Indian maiden.

  21. Chafed

    Blackjack I saw your comment upthread about your union jerking you around about leaving. I believe the California Policy Center is assisting public union members leave their unions. I think, but am not certain, they are helping to connect members with pro bono counsel when litigation is necessary.

    • Chafed

      Check out mypaymysay.com.

      • Q Continuum

        Facialized.

    • Toxteth O'Grady

      CPC, I know who you mean. Weekly. ๐Ÿ˜‰

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        ยกMetalachi!

  22. grrizzly

    Glenn Reynolds responds to my claim that he wanted the lockdowns without the exit plan here.

    • Broswater

      Always liked Reynolds.

      Any man can be wrong, but it takes quite a man to admit he was.

      Who among us were behind that ”2 weeks to flatten the curve”, were ok with taking the kids out of school for a while, just in precautionary motions, until we figure out what we were facing?

      Who among us looked at the theater going on in China and Australia and thought ”this will never happen here, people will fight back!”

      I know I was and I did.

      I think we we were all insufficiently cynical.

  23. Gustave Lytton

    Thank you Amazon for letting me know where you stand on anti Asian violence. I was on the edge of my seat waiting for your virtue signaling.

    • Plinker762

      Why won’t you wear the ribbon?

  24. Yusef drives a Kia

    Sup Glibs? another Monday, the weather is confused, and so am I…..
    why am I doing this?

    • TARDis

      Mornin’ Yu. I couldn’t sleep, so I came to work early. What good does it do me to go to bed early if I can’t sleep all the way to the alarm?

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        yep, 4:30 is an illusion, I’m awake by 4

      • Gender Traitor

        Mornin’, TARDy! I often wake up before the alarm goes off, even though I habitually stay up too late.

    • Gender Traitor

      You’re doing it so you can feed the kitteh, of course!

      Good morning, Yu!

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Fat cat can open cupboards, then sleeps inside, shes neat,

  25. Sean

    Another surge in cases!

    Two moar weeks!

    Wear your masks.

    ?

    Man, these fuckers keep working overtime…

      • Sean

        Nice.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        Never seen video before now, so thanks?

      • Festus

        XTC was a good band.

      • rhywun

        ?

        I haven’t heard this one in forever.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      AlGore would be proud,

      • Sean

        ?

    • TARDis

      Mornin’, Sean. Good tune, haven’t heard it in a while. Now that I am socially distanced in my own space, I can listen to tunes while working.

      See, I said something positive about this effed up situation.

  26. Gender Traitor

    It’s 30 degrees F and clear here. That probably means frost on my windshield. And our magnolia tree – the last one left in the front yard – had been getting ready to bloom. I hope the cold/frost doesn’t wreck the buds. ๐Ÿ™

    • TARDis

      Good Morning, Glibred! Our cherry trees have already bloomed out and losing their petals already. We had to turn on the AC early again. I hope the weather stays nice for our upcoming staycation. I still expect the usual April cold snap.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      23, and a touch of frost, clear skies, youll be fine

      • UnCivilServant

        The windy part is a problem since I’m trying to dispose of styrafoam by the mthod that is not “have it littered all over the neighborhood”. That method was “place it in a clar plastic bag next to the trash”. But after the wind decided it didn’t like that placement, I had to wedge the bag between the trash can and the telephone pole. Hopefully the wind won’t dislodge it before the garbagemen come by and take it away.

      • Gender Traitor

        Are you having better luck keeping your neighbors from “donating” to your trash can?

      • UnCivilServant

        So far, the lock has been doing its job.

      • Sean

        Trash can was on it’s side this morning. Fortunately, trash was not ejected.

      • UnCivilServant

        Lucky.

        The truck is already coming down my block here, so it looks like everything will work out.

  27. Gender Traitor

    My goal for the next few days: Refrain from breaking my new phone while I’m waiting for the case I ordered to arrive. I’ll try not to break it AFTER the case arrives, too, but ideally that won’t require as much effort and vigilance.

    • Festus

      Hah! Same issue. My new one has the back and sides covered but the screen is the problem. Clam-shells on order. Pretty happy with newer phone even though I’ve not sussed it properly. It’s lightning quick like a Glibs fingers on the keyboard.

    • Toxteth O'Grady

      GT, has it been noted before that you are among the most cheerful of Glibs? (and of Glibettes subset). Much appreciated anyway.

      • Festus

        We love the Red Woman! This is known, Khalessi!

      • Gender Traitor

        Thanks! I don’t recall seeing that, but I’m glad you believe that’s the case. I think Tundra is most cheerful of all, and you’re not half bad yourself. ๐Ÿ˜‰

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        Sorry about yourses phone woes. I understand.

        I think our local Dr Who might be the most sanguine. Avatar checks out.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        (and aw, a belated sororal hug.)

      • TARDis

        That’s just cause he gets the most action. ?

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        Ugh, he is a braggart.

    • Gender Traitor

      Personally, I wouldn’t find the butt-floss styles comfortable, but I certainly understand why you admire them.

      • Festus

        Enh. I’m an old dog running in his sleep after those rabbits. Still think it’s funny that I watched one or two and next thing I knew they pop up all of the time. No complaints.

  28. Sean

    Coworker was telling me about his boating accessory purchasing over the weekend. He told me where he went. I asked how busy they were. New hire #1 chimed in that they’re always busy. He’s going to fit in here very well.

    • Festus

      ^your avatar. Hard to find the like-minded nowadays.

      • Sean

        I’ve found myself giving double thumbs up IRL a couple times recently. Mildly disconcerting.

      • Festus

        #metoo. It’s the masks. I’m The Fonz, lately. Extra crinkling of our eyes to show a smile is going to prematurely age us. I want to see and read faces again.