SP is still gone, the “it’s a dry heat” trope is a lie during monsoon season, and we’re getting fucked over by idiot bankers. But that’s a story for a different day. Did I mention the monsoons? When I went out for a stroll this morning, well before sunrise, I was a bag of (((sweat))) within a minute. There are many things we’ll miss about Arizona, but the climate is not one of them.
Birthdays today include a composer who lived on the knife’s edge; a guy who was born one day too early; a guy who asked what “is” is; a guy who woke up as a cockroach; a guy who was very bored; a woman who was very hungry; a woman who got too close to the truth and paid the price; an heir who was something of a mixed bag to us; Mark Kelly’s spirit animal; a piece of shit who still inflicts himself on us; an attention whore who gives attention whores a bad name; a guy who recognized a dumbass when he saw one; a guy who is ridiculously accomplished; a piece of shit who strongly contributed to the enstupidation of America; a famous midget actor; and a guy who should have been given a Medal of Freedom instead of being persecuted.
OK, enough, let’s have some links.
Biden, of course, uses the kind with Velcro straps.
Nature continues refusing to follow panic porn models.
Ooooh, anonymous sources! Seems legit.
Interesting the names that are left out of this article.
It would have been nice if they did this for (((us))) back in the ’30s.
I… can’t… even… (h/t Nephilium)
C’mon, we know they can’t swim.
Old Guy Music features someone who is largely forgotten (emphasis on “largely”) but shouldn’t be. Besides having mad skills as a xylophonist, he was a superb drummer and a credible saxophonist. As one might suspect, despite the WASPish name, he was one of (((us))), born Abe Himmelbrand. Enjoy this remarkably fun bit. Yes, he DOES look like Mr. Creosote.
“a guy who asked what “is” is”
But what did he know about the Clintons?
” He argued that human knowledge of the world is limited both by the human nervous system and the languages humans have developed, and thus no one can have direct access to reality, given that the most we can know is that which is filtered through the brain’s responses to reality.”
Pretty sure the Hindus said the same thing a thousand years earlier.
“I think Joe Biden is setting up for this country to move dramatically back in the direction of fiscal sanity, back in the direction of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights,” Cruz added.
The Texas senator went on to argue that Biden and Vice President Harris “lurched to the left almost from the opening day of the administration,” adding that “they made the decision to hand control of the Democratic Party over to the radical extreme.”
Harrison, a frequent critic of the Texas senator, blasted Cruz on Twitter in response to his comments going after Biden on Fox, writing, “you aren’t qualified enough to tie his shoes let alone speak his name disparagingly.”
Nyah nyah nyah!
I don’t know if that DNC chair is aware of it, but he’s basically equating Biden to Jesus Christ when he says Cruz is unworthy to tie Biden’s shoes.
John the Baptist publicly stated that he was unworthy to tie Jesus’s sandals.
You, sir, are no Jesus of Nazareth.
I very much doubt he is aware.
There are many things we’ll miss about Arizona – where are you moving?
An undisclosed rural location. It’s an FBI thing, witness protection.
I notice every time I’m about to be in your corner of the country you pack up and relocate.
Hrmm…
An undisclosed rural location. – so Greenwich Village
We’ll welcome you in Podunkville, OM (and SP)
“Nature continues refusing to follow panic porn models.” We’ll be lucky to hit 80 degrees up here this weekend, too damn cold for me,
Is there a difference between (((sweat))) and goyim sweat?
(((Our))) sweat is circumcised.
Aren’t most goyim in the US circumcised also?
Making us a bit rare among the Gentile nations.
Back when I was growing up, the white guys in the school locker room were all snipped, the black guys intact. Later learned this was more economic — the docs figured the white families had insurance or money, so increased profits by automatically doing that to white infants. Latinos also tend heavily (heh) towards intact.
The first intact white male I encountered had been born on a military base overseas and the army didn’t pay for that optional service.
Sometime in the late twentieth century the hippy types stopped circumcising. Currently certain Christian fundamentalists have started making a big deal of circumcision as a religious duty.
Currently certain Christian fundamentalists have started making a big deal of circumcision as a religious duty.
Fools they are.
Galatians 5
Today we stand at a crossroads. Our society knows how to afford young people grace and compassion, regardless of the crimes they are accused of committing or what they have done. We understand how to give a child the benefit of the doubt, and can accept that their youth makes them different and may shape their conduct. We can readily find proof in the way we talk about and treat white youths.
Something something more of what you reward.
“It would have been nice if they did this for (((us))) back in the ’30s.”
The article doesn’t describe who these immigrants are.
Also left out of the article is the age of these “children”
from a link in the article
Further, extensiveresearch documents that children’s brains areactively developing until 25 years of age, and thatchildren lack the ability to effectively engage inlong-term planning, regulate emotions, control impulses,and evaluate risk and reward
But voting age should definitely be lowered to 16
And sex ed now starts at pre kindergarden.
That is why children up to the age of 25 can still be on their parents health insurance.
“the impact of this draconian practice is felt mostly by Black children, who comprise more than 70 percent of those sentenced to life without parole since 2012”
That does seem unbelievably high.
The cheat: what’s the overall number of children sentenced to life without parole? 5?
Does “those sentenced to life without parole ” refer to children or everyone sentenced to life without parole ?
I’m reading it as “children”.
Well, then it’s believable, for whatever definition of “children” they are using.
Danielle Obe, the founding member of the Black Swimming Association, told the Guardian the ruling underlined the inherent systemic and institutional inequalities around the sport. “We believe that it confirms a lack of diversity in (the sport),” she said. “Aquatic swimming must do better.”
Now do basketball.
ROFZl.
Not that kind of equality…
I think they should just allow the caps. I doubt they provide any advantage.
Wait- is there such a thing as non-aquatic swimming?
Money Bin Swimming, duh.
+1 Scrooge McDuck
Just make all of the Olympic swimmers shave their head.
“For money, we can do anything”
/my contractor
You’re getting screwed over by (((bankers)))? You turned down the lox, didn’t you?
If the bankers were (((us))), they would be doing things right and making a profit from us. They’re doing it wrong and losing money. It’s incompetence at its finest.
The head (((bankers))) don’t deal with the general public.
They have the Shabbos goy out in the field dealing with the general public.
They all seem to have yacht captain hats, speak nasally with clenched teeth, and have names like F. Barrington Fortescu IV.
Definitely not (((us))).
Part of the notorious Romanian banking cabal?
I thought that was funny.
According to the sport’s governing body, Swim England, only 2% of regular swimmers are black. It found 95% of black adults and 80% of black children in England do not swim. While 79% of Asian adults and 79% of Asian children do not swim, black children are three times more likely to drown than white children.
I, uh…
Stereotypes exist for a reason.
Do Asians get special swimming caps?
With a distinctive fold above the eyes?
Danielle Obe, the founding member of the Black Swimming Association, told the Guardian the ruling underlined the inherent systemic and institutional inequalities around the sport. “We believe that it confirms a lack of diversity in (the sport),” she said. “Aquatic swimming must do better.”
No, they really fucking mustn’t.
It’s. Hair.
Crush it under a swim cap like every other athlete.
Racist!
You know what you need to swim? Some fucking water and a tiny bit of motivation. Swim all you want.
Only black women have natural big hair, you ignorant bigot.
It’s almost like this product was developed for the attention rather than to fill any demand. Nah, that’s crazy.
Razorfist has a good breakdown of the Cosby railroading adventure, check it out,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJvijmbWOvk
It is time to extend that same grace and dignity to Black and brown children. That means we commit to seeing children of color for exactly what they are: children. That means dispensing with the worldview that renders them predatory, irredeemable, older than they are, and worthy of being tried as adults and sentenced to die in prison, and standing in solidarity with those who were sentenced to extreme terms as children. And we must mirror that shift in thinking with a dramatic shift in policy.
The American legal system is notorious for arbitrary and capricious race-based outcomes, completely divorced from the actual facts and specific circumstances in any given case. Most of the time, a trial is unnecessary. The Court Phrenologist makes a sentencing recommendation based on a thorough examination of the accused.
I see the /sarc, but the reality is that the first step to being involved in the American criminal justice system is for the cops to decide you’re guilty. They think they have down to a science. All science is scary nowadays. The cops actually probably are right about 80% of the time. Think about what that means for the other 20%. The cops will do anything to secure a conviction once they’ve deemed someone guilty, up to and including lying and fabricating evidence. Sometimes people fall under their suspicion just by bad luck. Even after proving innocence, the Kamala’s of the world still fight with all their might to keep people in prison. The realities of the “correctional” system often mean that people can never fully be free of it’s grasp. Parole is designed to return them to prison as often as possible. The political motivation is too strong. Do you want to be the guy who lightened up on a criminal who later commits a heinous crime? And then face reelection? Nobody does. Therefore, anybody who get’s convicted will get harangued for the rest of his life, just on the off chance he’s going to do something newsworthy later. It’s the opposite of 100 men going free rather than one innocent going to jail.
We pile on cops but I don’t think prosecutors get the attention they deserve. They’re more political, too. A cop’s job is just to feed the prosecutors.
+1
That was my experience as a criminal defense attorney.
Honey Mustard Party Balls was my nickname in college.
Shut the fuck up, sloper.
There, now I can get on with my day.
Ratatouille in a Michelin 3-star French restaurant with Martino Ruggieri – Alléno Pavillon Ledoyen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZUvh-uPgTc
I could only understand 5% of the Italian (need SP here for translation), but the procedure looked pretty clear. I think I can pull it off.
Italia Squisita has English subtitles but where is the fun in that?
Because of SP’s Italian practice, we see a lot of Italian cooking videos as nightly entertainment. So by osmosis, I understand a lot of the cooking terms.
Past that, her job.
The knifework was, of course, excellent. The part that made me say, “Whoa, I can’t do that,” was the two handed pan flipping in the prep of the traditional version.
I don’t really attempt one pan flipping I am not the handiest of people
Thank you for sharing that, Pie; it was great watch. What are those cooking surfaces? Are they some sort of induction or are they flat-tops?
no idea I assume induction
Best Pixar movie.
I deeply regret I couldn’t get a coffin-shaped office.
Reality based solutions are what we need
Of course, air conditioning is a poor response to a warming world. Washington state lawmakers have taken more substantial action on climate change, and recently created a cap-and-trade system similar to California’s as well as new rules meant to constrain transportation pollution.
On Thursday, the Washington state senator Rebecca Saldaña, whose support proved crucial to passage of the cap-and-trade plan earlier in the year, said the heatwave demonstrated the need for climate action, particularly for people already living with pollution. Saldaña believes a new racially aware anti-pollution effort in Washington may prove consequential.
Imagine no more heat waves
It’s easy if you try
And another $0.50 added to a gallon of gas.
gas should be at least 10$ per gallon if it is any less it needs to increase
They are completely correct. A/C is a poor response. It’s bad for the environment. Let’s outlaw it in Arizona. They seem to be the people who use it the most and have the most to lose by global warming. I’m sure they’d really appreciate the gesture.
Known as a problem solver and tireless advocate for racial, social, and economic justice, she brings 16 years of experience as an organizer with SEIU Local 6, the United Farm Workers, and Oregon’s farmworker union, PCUN. Before joining the Senate, Rebecca served as the Executive Director for Puget Sound Sage – a nonprofit that promotes affordable and equitable housing and transportation policies, environmental justice and workers’ rights. (pretend i know how to make this in italics)
So she’s never actually done anything. Okay. Got it.
“lives in Rainier Beach/Skyway with her husband and two youngest children.”
so her older children don’t count or what?
They moved out – and as far away as possible – just as soon as they could be legally emancipated?
Now try the cold. Heating systems are a poor response to a cooling world.
Blankets and cuddling are sufficient.
Next stop, Utopia. Just like California!
I’m coming out as a Tardigrade Bear,
The sea is on fire but some people *still* think capitalism can be managed.
https://twitter.com/LauraPidcock/status/1411236165378789378
I don’t think the sea is actually on fire.
Fuck that beaver-toothed commie.
you sound like a pemex apologist
Capitalism in its final form.
That’s an… interesting… chain of “logic”, there.
This day in 1944, German Field Marshal von Rundstedt was sacked as commander of the Western front and replaced by Günther von Kluge.
The day before, von Rundstedt said in a phone conversation with Field Marshal Keitel: “Make peace, you idiots! What else can you do?”
https://twitter.com/WWIIpix/status/1410972729428303873
so was this cancel culture or just accountability?
Powerline,
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/07/the-week-in-pictures-goddess-in-stilettos-edition.php
https://i1.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-02-at-6.39.32-PM.png?resize=768%2C544&ssl=1
Heh.
I can’t swim… so where’s my reparations?
Do moolies have dualing halves when immersed in water? Does one side paddle around while the other flails or just hangs there?
They probably just go in circles I guess.
so when does my check get here?
Do you owe yourself reparations ?
Bachelorette Party
Whom should we believe? A guy who works for a bunch of profiteering right wing propagandists, or somebody from a noble nonpartisan nonprofit?
Carlson then tied his allegations to a frequent theme on his program, claiming that the Biden administration is a threat to Americans’ freedom and is unfairly labeling many “patriotic Americans” as domestic terrorists and white supremacist saboteurs.
PEN America, a nonprofit that advocates for freedom of expression, said that the allegation that the NSA was spying on an American media figure was “a matter of concern,” but questioned whether claims from Tucker Carlson could be considered credible given his track record.
“In this instance, though, the allegations were made without proof, and have now been denied by the NSA. Tucker Carlson’s record for veracity, as assessed by credible fact-checking sources, is poor,” said PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel.
“Absent further details and substantiation there is no basis to judge this accusation as credible.”
Not credible. The article says it could never have happened because the NSA is prohibited from spying on Americans.
That’s like going into court and basing your murder defense on the claim it couldn’t have happened because murder is illegal.
“have now been denied by the NSA”
When did that happen?
Fake news. They said he wasn’t an intelligence target or some such bullshit.
They didn’t deny shit.
Even if it wasn’t true at all, they still would give a vague and non committal answer.
We already saw this with Trump. The IC will close ranks and cover its ass but absolutely no definitive conclusions can be drawn, because any and all relevant information is classified. They will say just enough to give the press a fig-leaf and then move on, leaving the press and the blue-pilled to take care of the rest.
I see the /sarc, but the reality is that the first step to being involved in the American criminal justice system is for the cops to decide you’re guilty.
You’re absolutely right, Blackjack. The American “Justice” system isn’t.
But the implied premise of that little plea for mercy is that there are millions of sad-eyed black eight year olds doing hard time alongside America’s most wanted. As OMWC asked above, how many of these cases are there?
As flawed as the system is, there was probably something specific and special about the facts of the case (other than skin color) to get that special bump. You don’t get twenty years in Folsom for stealing candy bars.
Good morning, Old Man!
Teddy could play a mean xylophone, so I looked him up and found this:
I also found this.
What in the WORLD is “Black+”?
https://twitter.com/thomaschattwill/status/1411092239195987976
Whatever the person who uses the term wants it to be.
Remember Atheism+? Same thing, but blacker.
And-
The Anti-Defamation League has demanded Fox News sack Carlson, saying he defended a white supremacist theory that claims whites are being “replaced” by people of color.
Carlson’s “rhetoric was not just a dog whistle to racists — it was a bullhorn,” the head of the ADL, Jonathan Greenblatt, said in an April letter to Fox News.
He says stuff we disagree with.
Off with his head.
You will commit cultural suicide und you vill enjoy it.
The Bad Pun Barber | Foil Arms and Hog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZvqWdaDLKc
not that there is such a thing as a good pun
There is so! It’s any pun that you thought of yourself.
So SP and OMWC are thinking of leaving Arizona right when I’m thinking of going there.
Am I not doing the California exodus thing right?
(Caveat: I still haven’t applied for any jobs so I’m likely staying put in San Diego)
have you not heard about the heat?
Some like it hot.
That’s a great movie.
And some sweat when the heat is on.
That’s what air conditioning is fir. Besides, the home prices are wasaasu better than what we have in California.
And I can buy ammo.
I do fear that Az is going to become a blue state permanently though.
I hate living indoors all summer as it is. I can’t imagine having to do it yearlong.
Warning: Arizona has gotten expensive. And add in a large chunk for A/C bills. Gorgeous, though.
Everywhere has gotten expensive.
This is the house I’m thinking about. https://click.mail.zillow.com/f/a/T9mVtg9lBDerPsk-Bd8_YA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRivMNHP0UbZW1vLWNvc2hvcGhvbWVzYXZlZC1hZGRyZXNzBFcGemlsbG93Qgpg1Ec-2mDEzet_UhhqdWxlaWdoLnBlcm9uYUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zillow.com%2Fhomedetails%2F67138453_zpid%2F%3FcoShoppingInviter%3DX1-ZUw2dtjg4hia6h_2dooi%26coShoppingInvitee%3DX1-ZUwgnmw0352qrt_a9fjw%26utm_source%3Demail%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Demo-coshophomesaved%26rtoken%3D1f131c72-5721-414e-a20b-9e625cf204ce~X1-ZUwgnmw0352qrt_a9fjw%26utm_content%3Daddress
*looks at sign for local cookie cutter subdivision that says “From the upper $400s to $2.4M”*
Ayup. The bubble has to pop soon, doesn’t it?
That’s kind of why I want to sell my CA house NOW.
Ideally, sell now, rent til the bubble pops, and then buy.
But i have to get the job situation squared away first.
That’s what we ended up doing, although not necessarily strategically. We just couldn’t find a house, period.
If the feeding frenzy dies down, we’ll start to look.
I like that house, I like the price, I’m just not sure I could stand the heat.
At least it has a 3-car garage to keep the vehicles out of the blistering sun.
Ideally, sell now, rent til the bubble pops, and then buy.
*nods inconspicuously from my rental*
A year ago, we guessed that it would be 18 months to 2 years until the bubble pops. I’m leaning a bit later than that now, given how much money has been pumped into the economy and how long it usually takes the concomitant inflation to take hold. We’re gonna extend for one more year (3 total) and then buy.
However, as SSD mentioned, the prices may end up being inflated back to equilibrium instead of the prices crashing. Either way, we’re planning on saving until, at latest, June 2023 and buying whenever our down payment fund crosses the 20% barrier on a house we want.
Ayup. The bubble has to pop soon, doesn’t it?
I had hoped so, but I’m becoming concerned these prices are going to be the new baseline as inflation sets in.
My husband unit has been experiencing knee pain lately, so last night I suggested a 5mg THC gummy.
He took 10. It’s been so long for him that he was knocked right on his butt by it. I had to help him to bed.. He just woke up and he’s still high from yesterday!!
50mg?!? Holy shit!
I’m actually kind of impressed.
I should have been clearer. He took 10mg (he says).
However, evidence left at the scene of the crime indicates more like 20 mg were taken.
And munchies were definitely nommed in the kitchen…
Well, at least overdosing is impossible.
Gee, all we got for Tom T’s current bum knee is a bunch of lidocaine patches, graciously offered and delivered by Tres his own bad self (with a bunch of White Castle coupons to sweeten the deal.) Of course, TT has to be able to load gear in and out AND stand for our 45-minute set at a friend’s benefit today, so the THC might not be such a pretty good idea for his circumstances.
I’m wearing patella bands on both knees during work most of the time – definitely helps with stairs. Need to try some more stretches for the thigh muscles they attach to though.
Good luck to TT with his benefit concert!
And with the knee pain. CBD is supposed to help with pain but not get you high. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Thanks! He’s so eager he’d already hauled all our gear – including my congas – up from the basement into the “dining room” by the time I got home from work yesterday.
“A corrections officer from California who had sex with a prisoner in full view of 11 other inmates has been jailed for seven months.
Fresno County correctional officer Tina Gonzalez, 27, cut a hole in her uniform in order to make sex with the inmate at the jail easier, prosecutors said.
Gonzalez pleaded no contest to a felony count of sexual activity by a detention facility employee with a consenting confined adult, a felony count of possession of drugs or an alcoholic beverage in a jail facility, and a misdemeanor count of possession of cellular device with intent to deliver to an inmate.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9751939/Corrections-officer-cut-hole-pants-depraved-sex-sentenced-seven-months.html
No one else noticed she cut a hole in her pants?
“Hey! My eyes are up here!”
WTF
She needed prison dick?
*SMDH*
When pronhub becomes reality. Geesh
Arizona is not just Phoenix. They tell me Flagstaff is quite liveable.
the weather this week looks reasonable especially the nighttime lows
If having two commas in your home price and no work opportunity is “liveable,” sure.
“Manhattan’s median real estate prices hit an all-time high of $999,0000 as buying frenzy grips city despite spiraling crime – but 19% of office buildings are STILL empty as Big Apple faces biggest crisis since the 1970s
The buying frenzy comes despite a net 70,000 New Yorkers fleeing the city at the height of the pandemic – costing the city roughly $34 billion in lost income, according to estimates from Unacast.
Wealthy neighborhoods, like Hell’s Kitchen and the Upper East Side, saw the biggest exodus with nearly 11% of its residents fleeing, according to research from CRBE. Most of those are young professionals who work in financial hubs of Midtown and the Financial District, as well as creatives working in Broadway Theaters.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9750869/Manhattan-real-estate-prices-hit-999-0000-time-high-pandemic.html
Since when does anyone in the Upper East Side need a job?
so who is buying?
People tired of renting?
My money is on “foreign investors”.
Those damn Japanese!!
Chinese now. It’s way above my tax bracket but they are certainly bidding up the prices.
I was fondly reminiscing back to the 80s when it was a different asian country which was going to buy us out.
Yes, I remember.
I guess if they want to park their filthy lucre here, go for it; but let’s not pretend they aren’t a de facto enemy.
Since when is Hell’s Kitchen a “wealthy” neighborhood? Oh, it’s the Daily Mail.
Granted, it’s probably gentrified some in recent years but I can think of a dozen way wealthier neighborhoods just off the top of my head.
Isn’t Hell’s Kitchen where Daredevil lives, busting the perps robbing Cartier and Tiffany’s?
I… have no idea about that.
It is the area immediately to the west of Times Square, long notorious for its shabbiness and its prostitutes.
“AOC blames RACISM for Sha’Carri Richardson’s Olympic sprint ban after failed marijuana test and says anti-cannabis laws are an ‘instrument of colonial policy'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9751247/AOC-says-anti-cannabis-laws-racist-calls-let-ShaCarri-Richardson-run-Olympics-100m.html
No, they are an instrument of racist progressive policy.
Fuck Richardson. She knowingly and willfully broke the rules of her sport and though either she’d get a pass for whatever reason or she’s an idiot that though she wouldn’t get caught despite the mandatory drug screens. Lifetime ban pour encourager les autres.
Eff it.
Imma go make a screwdriver.
You ok? that’s a bit early.
*Checks BAC*
Never mind.I’m still good until noon.
I didn’t make a screwdriver after all; my car decided to lie down on my tummy so now I am unable to leave the bed.
Yikes! I hope you have AAA to call for a tow! 😉
Are you crushed under a ton of metal?
Did you accidentally press the “Come to me” Tesla button?
Lol. My CAT.
He’s not quite a ton but I can’t bear to disturb his nap time.
Maybe he wants a screwdriver too.
^^ Cat servant who knows her place and her role in the great scheme of things
That’s funny. The cat was the only being my wife would take orders from.
Maybe you just need to recharge it.
You sound like my wife! ‘Honey you are still in bed?’ ‘Yeah the cat is holding me down’