I left the gym. I got into my car. I turned it to SiriusXM Octane (37) as I am wont to do, and discovered Metallica let Weezer do a cover of Enter Sandman…
Weezer is an embarrassment to my generation—and I say that as a millennial! We’re a collective embarrassment.
Metallica is dead to me.
A Mexican politician flees the country:
López Obrador has never liked Anaya much. The two sparred angrily in debates for the 2018 election, with López Obrador dubbing Anaya with a nickname that means “little rich kid.”
Ha! He called him a white guy.
Coming to a taco shack near you!
Wait, since when did Reuters have a paywall? Whatever, the headline suggests they have a beef with USMCA. Which probably makes the new Ford mini truck relevant.
I know we all like our guns here, but would it kill you to NOT send them to Mexico? Geez.
Okay we get it BBC: Haiti. Haiti. Cuba. Haiti. Haiti. Haiti. Haiti. Cachaça!
Brazilian Trump asks their health bureaucrats for an end date on masks. The press predictably loses their shit.
The only thing disappointing about Ozzy is watching him deteriorate.
Metallica was over when they fired Mustaine.
Or when they torpedoed a revolution of technology because they didn’t understand the future.
LARS SMASH!
FIRE! BAD!
Gays against the Sheens,
That really did it for me. What clowns.
(see comment #3)
More successful without him.
Thank God, We got Megadeth!
/Fuck you James!
^^^
Those douchebags were just holding him back.
Marty Friedman> Kirk Hammet
Dave> James
The Four Horsemen > Whatever stupid version Megadeth has.
Agreed on the first; Hammet is a bit overrated IMO.
On the second… kind of a tough comparison. Very different players. Mustaine is a better lead/technical player, but it’s really hard to beat Hetfields precision in the rhythm department. Just a monster.
I believe anyone can cover a song without permission.
Difference being this is an official Metallica cover album for the 30th anniversary of the black album.
Je me souviens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb_jLAisPzk
Oh Jesus…haven’t seen that in forever. I miss nightshift in the military.
Reading the article, the guy they interview is a rabid anti-gun-rights guy. So, fuck him.
Once they’re 18 I can’t tell them where to go. So far, mine are happy to stay in the basement. I hear some set off for the big city. I guess some also want to see the world.
And sometimes they drown in tragic boating accidents. ? It’s a cruel world.
Speaking of SKS’s and swimming lessons…
Oh man, TedS’ is gonna be on me like white on rice. SKSs, OK?
First thing I thought of. I really want to get over there one weekend and help you find it, but I’ve been so damn busy.
One would like to hope he interviewed Obama and the rest of the crew that cynically shipped guns to Mexico in hopes they’d wind up being used in crimes against Americans.
Or one would if one were not a surly cynic.
Just make whatever the cartels are doing to get the money for the guns illegal. Problem solved!
Yeah, that’s the problem. Not the drug war or anything.
They always sing the same old some and use the same appeals to emotion.
Spellcheck…is song not a word?
Damn, did again. I had to force it.
My favorite cover of War Pigs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEFSGALk4f8&list=LL&index=1
This one is more my speed.
The Gen X version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caINuHPKkFQ&ab_channel=zecob
Nobody remembers the Faith No More version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4oZXfrf18Y
I do.
As do I, released on Nativity in Black as a live version, with the singer forgetting the lyrics at one part.
Wasn’t he perpetually on acid?
Then release a studio version instead of a live version showcasing fucked up lyrics.
Nice.
I didn’t realize Mike Patton forgot the lyrics. I thought he was mocking Black Sabbath. Either way, fuck him and that cover.
Ooh, that’s tasty.
Counterpoint: They also let Chris Stapleton cover Nothing Else Matters.
Redeemed.
That sounds like it should have been on Justified or No Country for Old Men. Well done.
We just saw him a few weeks ago. He’s fantastic live.
That’s pretty good.
I like Metallica, Weezer, and the cover song. And I don’t hate the Maverick.
Next you’ll tell us about the wonder that is pineapple deep dish.
How dare you, I do draw the line there.
I want to see the bed of that truck filled with third-world guerillas.
Pssh, they understand Toyota reliability.
I sold my rusty but trusty 1998 T-100 with 210k miles to a friend, who gave it to his wife to drive. It soldiered on year after year as her winter driver, only killed by the Michigan road salt. Finally scrapped last year.
❤️? T-100!
Will not sell well to the AK crowd. It’s front wheel drive and wheezy. Also turbos and sand don’t mix well.
it appears there is only space for a single gorilla.
Metallica let Weezer do a cover of Enter Sandman,
Someone is gasping for relevance.
Probably somebody mentioned this already, but whatevs:
Having seized Kabul, the Taliban can tap into government databases and communications data to go after U.S. allies who don’t get out.
I saw a video report saying that they were already using this stuff door to door to track people down, though I don’t know how reliable it was.
In 10 minutes, Biden will sign their death warrant.
but would it kill you to NOT send them to Mexico?
The Taliban has a detachment in Mexico?
Speaking of Haiti, I mentioned that my Nephew was on the short list to go to Afghanistan for the USMC?
He got diverted to Haiti.
Which is probably gonna suck pretty hard, too.
Diverted good. Humanitarian mission is less dangerous.
Marines get sent there once every 10 years,
Ha! It sure seems that way.
Let’s. Go. Toobin!
https://bigthink.com/sex-relationships/health-benefits-of-masturbation
Now I shan’t hear Dick Dale’s “Let’s Go Trippin'” ever the same…
Dick Dale hit on me on Facederp years ago. Maybe he was lookin’ to go Toobin’.
That’s awesome.
It was pretty weird. It was back in the days before FB “pages”, so celebs would just have their own profiles like any Joe Schmo. When I “friended” him, he slid into my DMs. LOL
” he slid into my DMs.”
Phrasing?
“Hey baby, I’m the King of the Surf Guitar!”
No wonder she’s so healthy!
https://guidetoiceland.is/nature-info/the-complete-guide-to-geldingadalur-volcanic-eruption
It’s been cloudy for days in Iceland…haven’t seen her nocturnal emanations since the weekend!
Nailed it: Every American Life Saved After Chick-Fil-A Takes Over Kabul Airport Evacuation
Nah, with Chik Filet lines they would never get everyone out.
“Toyota Tacoma has dominated mid-size pickup share in California, Florida and Texas,” said Dawn McKenzie, Ford truck communications manager. “The all-new Ford Maverick is America’s first standard full-hybrid pickup with city fuel economy that beats a Honda Civic, plenty of towing and hauling for weekend trips or do-it-yourself projects, and it starts at $19,995.”
This sounds too good to be true.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation and the National Rifle Association responded to the lawsuit saying that the Mexican government is responsible for the criminal boom in the country. What are your thoughts on that?
Grillo: The United States does have a great responsibility in the trafficking of arms and the violence in Mexico.
Grillo can go fuck himself.
With bars and restaurants across Brazil closed for long periods since last spring and households not allowed to mix, sales slumped by almost a quarter in 2020.
Who could possibly have predicted this?
Bolsonaro long ranting against their use and frequently refusing to wear one in public despite a legal requirement to do so.
Good.
Alternate take on “Crazy Train”, which I think had been posted on Glibs before.
Tacoma is body on frame. Maverick is unibody. Nothing wrong with that for lighter duty, but it’s an apples and oranges comparison intentionally done by Ford.
Still sounds a bit too good. We’ll see if it gets 40 mpg when the EPA and safety police are done with it.
It’s a mild hybrid FWD. On an EPA cycle it stands a chance. In real world I’d actually expect it to be lower.
Hybrid isn’t available on AWD.
plenty of towing and hauling for weekend trips or do-it-yourself projects
That’s the key and probably very true. Most people are not towing 30′ campers or trailers full of stone. How many trucks are actually pushed to their full capabilities?
For a laugh, compare the original size of the Tacoma to the one made today.
Right? It seems like all of these trucks originally designed to be small, inexpensive, and practical slowly morphed into bro-dozers. I’m glad to see Ford try and at least acknowledge those bygone days with the Maverick; the new Ranger is basically the size of an old F-150.
The anti-consumer 25% ‘chicken tax’ on truck imports has insulated Big 3 from foreign competition for 50+ years
Why make small low margin trucks when our mid and full size trucks will cost the same as imported small ones.
They can’t even make small trucks anymore. The safety regs pretty much make it impossible.
In high school I drove my mom’s 2WD 1984 Nissan truck everywhere, no matter the weather. It eventually became mine when I moved to college. That light RWD truck taught me a lot about winter driving. Thank goodness it was so underpowered.
Same with 1994 Nissan truck that I bought used after college. It was a little workhorse that helped us move, haul junk, do home renovations, etc. We only got rid of it because it sucked for family duty once a baby was in the picture.
The bed on that thing is miniscule, though.
54″ is what I can put in my trunk in my Cobalt.
And then if I put the seats down, I’ve managed 10′ boards.
I used to have a Sport Trac. Same thing, but if I needed to tote something that wouldn’t fit in the bed I had access to a small trailer I could easily tow.
Seems like Ford had another vehicle named Maverick. I’m guessing it too did light duty for a while.
another good one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxJhDlz4jxM
That is awesome.
“500 Miles” and “Every Breath You Take”
Wow, that is the best Metallicka* song since Ride the Lightning.
My college girlfriend’s name for them. And, as a Gen Xer, remember that was 30+ years ago. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a new Rolling Stones.
Oh, there is one good Metallicka song post Black:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Tl18T38P4&ab_channel=Pamzol
Still not as good as the original though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P51IVqf28Hs&ab_channel=NickCaveandtheBadSeeds
One place I stopped at down in Dayton was playing Beck – Loser in the place. I mentioned it to the young barstaff, and they referred to the song as a “Classic”.
Another ten years and it will be an “Oldie”
I just call it “Crap”.
^^^
Any better?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVay-RfNGv8
Gah. No.
Eh, you’re no fun.
(Sorry; really.)
“Weezer is an embarrassment to my generation”
Pinkerton is great. #changemymind.
Beat me to it. It’s a fantastic album.
Just don’t listen to that guy in any other capacity. You’ll roll your eyes so far back in your head they’ll detach themselves from their optic nerves.
It was near-universally hated when it debuted.
*manical cackle*
“There’s no question there will be and should be a robust analysis of what has happened, but right now there’s no question that our focus has to be on evacuating American citizens, Afghans who worked with us and vulnerable Afghans, including women and children,” Harris said. “That has to be our primary focus and where we are placing our attention on the issue of Afghanistan. And to that end, we have seen a successful drawdown of the embassy. And thankfully, without any American casualties.”
When did those goalposts move?
Apparently, the Cackler wants over half of Afghanistan to move here. Afghanistan’s demographics trend young, so that would be probablly 2/3s of them, call it 20 – 25 million.
Wouldn’t it be easier to make them the 52nd state?
There is an upside to everything…if we did move them we wouldn’t have to spend so much transporting soldiers, equipment and gear half-way around the world.
Reopen NH Chairman Andrew Manuse writes an op-ed
Government bureaucrats and errant leaders around the world have decided to go to war with the people they are supposed to protect, and President Joe Biden in utter madness wants to add on to the medical tyranny train. Following his ill-considered idea to intimidate people at their front doors with the propaganda they had already rejected from their telescreens, he now wants to team up with corporate America to force employees into taking the jab of spiked poison.
Sadly, the disinformation surrounding COVID-19 and the experimental jab that was laughably approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Monday using false or incomplete data has so clouded people’s thoughts that some of you won’t read past the word “poison” and another group won’t read past “false data”—but will be sure to comment on my opinion using the language of hate. Another portion will read on, but disregard every word, even if I were to waste my time backing up everything I write with facts. And there are plenty of facts.
Don’t you know this division is intentional? You’ve heard the phrase, “Divide and conquer,” I’m sure. We’re really in quite a bind, aren’t we?
their telescreens
what was done there was not missed
But sadly will be missed by most of the cud-chewing masses.
He does good work.
I was recently told “Facts don’t matter”
First domino?
Not the first by a mile. Twitter has been banning people in job lots for questioning the vaccine.
Come on. This is the best Ozzy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0wp0cLdqTs&ab_channel=PuddlesPityParty
I forgot him! thanks,
https://youtu.be/ifChhaavW0Q
[akunohana69]
from the sidebar — a modern day Partridge family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYheheoxYhk&ab_channel=LILIAC
Sweet. They are playing Harrisburg PA in August according to YouTube.
Tesla continues to live up to its quality reputation.
Tearing Down the Tesla Model S Plaid
All this can be yours for $130k. Although it DOES do the 1/4 mile in at around 9.24 seconds at around 154 MPH.
Gotta give them their love of Space Balls…between ludicrous speed and naming this plaid.
Plus Models S, 3, X Y.
The 3 was supposed to be an E, but they couldn’t get the trademark.
I’ll just continue with my 11-year-old Nissan
How does an electric car leak oil?
Well they still have gearing…
I don’t know about that, brushless motors can get pretty torquey,
They are geared. They have pump, filter and squirters in the case.
Bearings? crappy ones?
Probably quality bearings installed improperly and crushed the oil seals.
They employ British engineers?
Although I honestly think BMW has the new crown.
Seems legit.
Iterations Man, gotta blow stuff up to see what works,
Michael Keaton must run their assembly plant.
Gedde Watanabe = underrated comic actor
As noted the other day, sexy girlfriend. 😉
Must be something fierce right now in the WH with the President postponing his Afghanistan update and now late for the 1630ET time…to be a fly on that wall. It is, I am guessing, making all previous administrations look calm.
The Aricept® isn’t working anymore
Hello is there anybody in there. Nod if you can hear me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km8QHSxDc8c
I like this clip from the movie.
I had forgotten Hoskins was in the movie.
That’s what I was looking for. Thanks.
I don’t care about votes on YouTube…but 4.4K dislikes and 480 likes….what a fucking disaster.
Joemala coming.
I like Weezer! I’ve seen them 3 or 4 times, the most recent about 10 days ago.
Nah. I’ll pass.
Virginia’s Democrat gubernatorial candidate is calling on businesses in the commonwealth to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for their workers following the Food and Drug Administration’s full approval of the Pfizer vaccine on Monday.
“Following the full FDA approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this morning, I’m calling on EVERY Virginia employer to require all eligible employees to be vaccinated,” McAuliffe said in a tweet. “We need every eligible Virginian to get vaccinated to beat this virus. Together, we’ll get it done.”
President of my company sent the vax mandate out last night. If they take a hard line, I’m fired in a couple weeks.
This is going to wreck the economy harder than any lockdowns.
I cannot believe they are poking this bear.
it’s like they want violence and upheaval. In fact, its getting hard to think this isn’t an intentional push to destabilize our society.
I can.
They’re desperate and lazy.
I can.
They think it’s the icky flyover country class not getting the vaccine, and they want to punish that class.
They’re well aware that 70% of black NYC residents aren’t vaccinated.
Their problem is that the vaccines are failing. They’re terrified that if they acknowledge that fact, the lynch mobs are coming for them. They still think that confidence in the public health institutions can be salvaged, so they’re doubling down and praying for salvation.
More than half of NYC cops are not pricked. And they just got the mandate, too.
Something like a third of hospital staff – also under threat.
Who knows how many teachers. Etc. etc.
It’s isn’t just flyover country they hate.
I encourage Terry to stay on this path of self-destruction.
My doctor is requesting I take Moderna or J&J due to health reasons probably will be said a lot.
Unless every state and every company…read that as Federal compulsion of vaccine adherence, and you close off your state’s borders, your mandate does nothing.
Yeah, good luck with that closing off state borders thing. Most states don’t have enough state police (highway patrol, whatevs) to close off the interstates while maintaining other police functions. Sheriffs in rural counties with many small road border crossings will wipe their asses with orders from the governors. Highway speeding will go out of control Crime will soar because people know the state troopers are elsewhere.
“Highway speeding will go out of control”
I can see you haven’t been in PA lately.
He’s also trying to force Youngkin to respond to that. So far Youngkin seems to be running on not being McAuliffe, could work.
I’m eager to see them spar on this issue. I don’t think it’s going to play the way McAuliffe thinks it will.
Glenn Youngkin
@GlennYoungkin
I made the choice to get vaccinated and encourage everyone to join me in doing that, but ultimately it is a personal decision to do so.
^^^This is the winning move.
Hey, just like every other vaccine.
Hating on Weezer (and STP) is nothing more than musical virture signalling. They are perfectly good bands but the ‘cool’ kids aren’t ‘spose to like them. Now if you want a band/artist to hate for good reasons you always have The Beach Boys and Jimmy Buffet.
Get a load of the Dave Matthews simp over here.
LOL
Whatever you say, grandpa. 😉
I’ve never understood your hatred of the Beach Boys. As a band they were good, and Brian Wilson was an excellent songwriter, composer, etc.
without a doubt influenced pop music to this day.
Also, “Smiley Smile,” which was a study for his magnum opus “Smile.” I used to own a copy on vinyl which I believe ended up with my college housemate.
It’s the horrible, horrible music.
Don’t forget the Lawn Guyland answer to Jimmy Buffet, Billy Joel.
Buffet is, to this Florida boy at least, an artist that you love and know all the songs but would be fine not hearing them again. Although, anyone who can give us The Great Filling Station Hold Up can be forgiven a lot of things.
Also, if A Pirate Looks At 40 doesn’t get you a bit weepy, then you have no soul and are likely a landlubber.
My Dad was a Jimmy Buffett fan (before he got hugely popular). He was never into the Parrothead thing but really liked the music. He would have lived his life by and on the sea if he could have, I bet. We actually buried him with a copy of “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes.”
When I visit his grave I usually sing “Biloxi” or “Margaritaville” aloud while thinking of the good times with him.
That’s really nice, db!
+ He Went to Paris
For L: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJX2PEvP_ig
For L’s granny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2eGXPZZow
Ozzy!
Thanks, Señor! I was just talking to a buddy about Randy Rhodes the other day. It still makes me laugh how Ozzy scared so many people.
Good times.
You know who isn’t having good times?
Strawberry!
She is really terrible at this. Watch the squirming and body language.
Mark my words, there will media stories in a couple of years after she’s left the WH about how hard it was for her and how she persevered.
You need to give odds for anybody to take that bet.
It’s a given she is going to get somebody like Vanity Fair or the like to give her some huge puff piece after she leaves.
She went home, thought long about it….and declared war on the Union?
Remember if you play in a rock band avoid flying in small aircraft.
or athletes.
Poor Strawberry.
I simply cannot comprehend how they managed to pick her, of all people, for the job. Baghdad Bob in Ginger Spice drag would have been a better choice.
“She is really terrible at this. Watch the squirming and body language.”
For this Administration terrible is what is called “A qualification”.
If they want to leave? I should think any U.S. citizen still there isn’t holding out to time the real estate market or something.
We were supposed to be out in May. What the hell is any U.S. citizen not directly attached to the embassy or military still there?
You can’t ask that, might as well say the raped woman shouldn’t have been in that dark alley in that short skirt.
Sanctimonious, tyrannical prick.
But as is the case in all January 6 prosecutions, the government is showing no mercy; Reeder, not charged with anything close to “rioting” or mob activity, nonetheless is branded a criminal by Joe Biden’s Justice Department. “[I]t is important to convey to future rioters and would-be mob participants—especially those who intend to improperly influence the democratic process—that their actions will have consequences,” assistant U.S. attorney Joshua Rothstein wrote in the government’s sentencing memo. “Picketing, demonstrating, or parading at the Capitol as part of the riot on January 6 is not like picketing at the Capitol some other day, without other rioters present.”
Rothstein ticked off a list of notables who have lain in state at the Rotunda, including former presidents and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, then condemned Reeder for daring to enter such a sacred place. “[H]is very presence in the Capitol rotunda that day was a desecration of hallowed ground,” Rothstein wrote.
Hallowed ground on which you will not find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.