Dear The Powers That Be,
I would appreciate it if you would run this by The Power That Rapes before publication. It’s intended to be complementary but I suppose Cryptids can be cryptic and I don’t want to get on TPTR’s bad side with the result of him getting into my backside. Thank you!
[Note from TPTB – STEVE said “HIM FUNNY, STEVE SMITH RAPE HIM LAST!”]
After the resounding thud[1][2] of my last article I thought I’d better up my game. I present a little ditty[3] composed in honor of my favorite[4] Glibertarians contributor: STEVE SMITH, Prominent forest lawyer.
Sung to the tune of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”:
STEVE SMITH the Big-Dicked Sasquatch,
Has a very lengthy dick!
And if you ever saw it,
You would even say it’s thick!
Try not to see STEVE SMITH though.
Avoid him like a shaven ape!
He has a way with hikers.
You could even call it rape!
When one balmy Summer’s Eve,
STEVE SMITH came to camp.
There the hikers took a fright (at)
“STEVE SMITH RAPE ALL YOU TONIGHT!”
Then all the hikers got some.
The bruising was so sad to see!
STEVE SMITH the Big-Dicked Sasquatch,
Please stay far away from me![5]
Footnotes:
[1] The 7pm GST[6] slot is a tough one.[7]
[2] I belatedly realized that my last article didn’t have any footnotes. It seems the popularity of one of my articles is a direct function of the number of footnotes.[8]
[3] Clearly destined to become a campfire favorite.[9]
[4] After SP, of course.
[5] In the music video the last line goes:
(up tempo)
Please stay far away,
Please stay far away,
(down tempo and with increasing harmony)
Please Stay Far A-Way From Me!
[6] Glibs Standard Time
[7] All the comments are “When’s the Zoom start?” and “Who’s doing the Zoom?” Never mind the content prior to the comment area. Then the Zoom starts[10] and everyone goes away.
[8] Poll! Does this footnote make this article more interesting to you?
[9] But for some reason taught only to other people’s kids. Preferably ones too young to understand what it’s all about.
[10] May I suggest a joyful group activity for this evening’s Zoom?
This is like a long Nabakovian poem.
Kuddos for the footies.
Re footnote 10, does it involve a Sasquatch?
Only if singing about HIM conjures HIM up.
CANDY SMITH?
Damn it!
SWEET SMITH is the better joke.
“HIM FUNNY, STEVE SMITH RAPE HIM LAST!”
So I got that going for me, which is nice.
Dear Richard,
We’ve needed some culture around here for a very long time. You have brought out of the very Dark Ages with not only some music we can sing around the campfire but take with us when we travel or work
This a tough, sophisticated crowd, as you well know, but I think you have captured their musical tastes with your originality. Thanks for lending a little dignity for what at times is a little to uncouth for those of us that are of a more genteel upbringing. Thanks for your presentation. Can I call you Tulpa?
Well you know, in these difficult times, if you can’t joke about rape, what can you joke about?
I take great pleasure in being called Tulpa. Fortunately it happens to me lots.
Other mustard cultivars pressed for oil?
It”s actually an ok flower
/deliberately missing the point.
I’m reminded of the old CHM Top Gear episode where they plant a field of oilseed rape. They used to be really funny.
If we’re sophisticated, does that mean we can not get the ‘vid?
Oh, we can get it but it’ll be top shelf vid, the best, blue ribbon, only for macadamians and stuff..
Real bonaroo people.
My butt puckered. ?
Addressing footnotes:
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Makes me think of Fire Straights
Any time is a good time, IYKWIMAITTYD
Que??
Yes
I won’t have anything to do with goats. Goats are mean.
Toobin’?
Edit: *Dire* Straights.
Bah.
Fire Straights sounds like something Jason and the Argonauts had to traverse.
Goats are good eatin’
They seem pretty chill?
IFL this
Thanks! Now that it’s published maybe I can get the earworm out of my head.
Got my brick of machinable wax to practice milling. It’s so purdy it’s almost a shame to start machining it.
What kind of mill did you get?
I got a cross-slide vice for my drill press. So not as good as a dedicated end mill, but a lot cheaper.
Hence the need to practice and see what results I get.
Worst case, it has too much slop for milling and is just useful for holding stuff to be drilled.
Okay, worst worst case it doesn’t work at all and is just dead weight.
I bought one of those 80% polymer receivers a few years back. They had two different kinds of plastic. If you milled out the white you where fine. If you started getting black shavings, you went too far.
Two months later the company was raided by the ATF.
/pretty sure I’m on an ATF list – THIS WILL GO DOWN ON YOUR PERMANENT RECORD!
/ I should finish the damn thing
That’s just step one. I did it back in ’95. You should just buy a smallish mill. You’re going to eventually, if your first toe dip is any indication.
Right now I’m missing two things – money and space. I’ve got nowhere to put more tools.
Well, milling wax shouldn’t be a huge problem, but you got an endmill right? Or are you going to use a drill?
I have an end mill bit. It came with [REDACTED], but shouldn’t wear out on practice wax.
It might stay in place in a drill chuck with the wax, but it will absolutely not with even aluminum. You need an endmill holder or collet system. Even for shallow cuts. The endmill will slip out of a drill chuck.
I only need it to stay in for plastic.
I’m not planning on working aluminum.
Pro tip: drop the “bit” bit. I know it’s hard, we all grew up calling “twist drills” “drill bits”. But endmills are just endmills. And there are a lot of different drill types, but none of them are “drill bits”.
And no, the endmill will definitely not wear out on wax, but the bearings in your drill press will sooner or later. Like blackjack said, look for the proper machine. Trying to mill with a drill press will only introduce unnecessary frustrations into your new hobby.
Well, maybe it’ll work. As long as it doesn’t need to be too precise.
Jeezus, I re-read that and I sound like one of those asshole machinists I hate.
If all you are doing is milling plastic and wax…it might be good enough. Just realize when/if it isn’t working as you hoped, it could very well be the machine, and not the tooling, workholding, or speeds/feeds.
It’s okay. I realize that the inaccuracies of common usage can get annoying.
Currently I only have one project in the queue. I will bear in mind that the press is designed around vertical motion and not built for the lateral forces of milling.
Most drill presses have too much flex in the head for really hard and deep* cuts, so make lite passes that are very shallow. Take your time. Even my big 15″ drill press is has a lot of movement when pressed laterally.
Yeah, and you cannot use an endmill in a drill press chuck. It is possible to use an endmill holder in some drill presses, but it’s not really worth it. Even a cheap Chinese mill will at least actually mill things. Just get one of them, if you wanna try milling things. You’ll end up selling it within a year or two in order to get a bigger and better one, but at least you’ll be actually doing the thing you want to do with some degree of effectiveness.
I have a milling attachment for my lathe, with is great for small things, like an 80%, but I am keeping my eyes open for a good benchtop lathe. Maybe a Sherline, maybe a Taig.
I have a Rockwell. It’s about 2/3 the size of a Bridgeport. It can be moved by tow people with a dolly. I fucking love that thing! It has a Servo powerfeed and I’m working on a decent DRO system for it. Cannot recommend one enough.
My shop is only 11’x13′ and in the basement. A bench top mill is about all I have room for.
My machine room is 6′ x 12′. I have a 1948 Clausing 12 x 40 lathe and my Rockwell mill in it. I moved both with one buddy and a dolly. I also have a huge tooling cabinet in there. My main garage is filled with motorcycles. Under the shed, I have a blast cabinet, a vert/horizontal band saw and a few more motorcycles. Also, in the garage I have Oxy/ace tanks and a nice mig welder with a DC tig setup and a spool gun. I used to make a lot of custom parts.
It’s worth pointing out – you can do all the drilling operations you’d ever want on a cheap mill, but milling on a drill press is sad and miserable.
Not to say that you shouldn’t keep rolling with your [REDACTED]. You should. But you’re going at it the hard way.
If you ever visit the NoVa wastelands, drop me a line and I’ll set you up on pop’s Tormach 1100M…
“…pop’s Tormach…”
*starts drooling uncontrollably*
Yeah, I try not to brag too much, but it ain’t easy.
I REALLY want a Tormach.
Your dad has an 1100? Cool. for fun or business? Or both?
NoVA isn’t too far, depending upon where, it could be a single day’s driving.
I almost bought a 770. Not enough room and kinda intimidating what with the CNC learning curve. I probably should just bite the bullet and get one, anyway.
@MikeS – Fun business. Dad’s retirement hustle is working as a gunsmith, doing custom milling, CNC engraving for NFA hardware, and one-off replacement parts. I help out around the shop (or use it for my own stuff) from time to time.
@UCS – Seriously, let me know. Lots of Glibs and Glib-sympathizers around these parts, which still surprises even me…
@Evil – good for him. I am in a similar situation. I own a Haas TM-1 and a Haas TL-1. It’s currently my nights/weekend gig with an eye towards it being my early retirement plan.
@blackjack – Do it. Seriously. The CNC learning curve these days is tiny, and the 770 is incredibly powerful and easy to use even when you use it as a manual machine. You won’t regret it.
Agreed. The Tormachs are a phenomenal introduction to CNC. And they’ve been out long enough you can probably find a decent used one.
@MikeS – Aw yas…What’s your line?
A few years ago, I went to a local tuner shop to have the turbo in my WRX rebuilt. The kid who ran the shop had a TM-1 set up in his two-car garage in suburban VA – I immediately knew that I had come to the right place…
At the moment I have one customer paying the bills. Parts for an agriculture equipment company. Simple plates (pre-cut on a plasma table by my customer), bushing and pins. All with pretty generous tolerances. It’s been a great way to get used to my machines and pay for them (and tooling) at the same time. I’ve been pretty lucky in that regard. Had the right knowledge and knew the right people, at the right time.
“…my big 15″…”
Zwak is a sizest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gweUVWUYYQ8
Heh. Back in college, I lived in the biggest dump in town and one of my roommates was a former Catholic priest. Queer as a three-dollar bill, and a bit of a size queen apparently.
He and I would drink whisky and talk Umberto Eco for hours, which drove the other roommates crazy.
Ooh! If you can mill your wax* into something interesting, you can use it to make a mold for metal casting! All you’d have to do then is find a jeweler or sculptor who gives lessons in lost-wax casting. (For anything larger then small items of jewelry, I’m thinking you’d cast in brass?) Less sweltering and exhausting than “forging in fire.”
*Totally not a euphemism.
I don’t think it’s the right wax for that, as they had a different category for jewlery and casting waxes. It might be that the kind I bought doesn’t hold the same level of detail.
+1 Plaster Caster
Indeed
I missed the earlier “what are we reading” thread.
I finally got around to reading Sowell’s Basic Economics.
I’m finally slogging all the way through The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, on audiobook this time. Previous attempts have stalled out around the beginning of Volume II, this time I’m almost halfway through Volume III.
Also reading MIcrosoft Azure for Dummies, because I’m dumb and I just got thrown into a project involving quite a bit of Azure stuff.
Unrelated: here’s some Rush beer.
Nice – I like getting thrown into new projects. I’ve been on the same one since I was hired about a year ago. In fact they assigned us some training this week. Yay, something different!
DEI training?
I missed the reading link as well due to an early meeting (“Thanks DC for forgetting about time zones.)
A hat tip Hayek for the “Savage Continent” recommendation. Another hat hit to the Glib who recommended “Men at Arms”.
Do not read “A Fatal Thing Happened On the Way to The Forum: Murder in ancient Rome” by Emma Southon. The author ruined a book on an interesting topic concerning by her “overfamiliar with my readers and I don’t want to seem smart” style.
Do read “The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompey lost and found” by Mary Beard. She digs waaaay deep into the modern archeology of many familiar and many more exquisitely unknown aspects of life under the shadow of Vesuvius in 79ce.
It’s hilarious; I go to my company’s training site and the first five or six videos are “diversity” crap.
None of that is mandatory, yet.
My general problem with audiobooks or podcasts is I cannot do a second thing when they are going, so I might as well just read a transcript of the book.
But, in the vein of your post and having missed the What are We Reading today, I am rereading Ellroy’s oeuvre of the LA Quartet and I will move on to Underworld USA afterwords. I have read all of them, but never as a monolith before, and HOLY SHIT there is some serious power in the build-up and unrelenting removal of all safe spaces, lit-wise. Highly recommend.
Also, picked up a copy of Harold Lamb’s Cossack stories, The Curved Saber. Good stuff if you like historical pulp.
I’m not sure what you mean by that. Sure I mainly listen to them while walking/driving, but I’m not sure what they’re exclusive with other than items that make noise or require too much concentration.
I can listen to podcasts when driving, as I don’t get distracted in the way that I mean, but just putting them on, I focus too much on woodworking or something like that, or get bored and start reading.
Walking the dog. Distance driving. Folding laundry. Floor sweeping. Etc.
Yeah, mindless stuff.
I’m with you. I tried podcasts on my hour drive to and from work, but I just can’t stay focused. I’d much rather spend 30 minutes reading the transcript.
The [1] made me [B]
[1] footnotes
[B] hard
I was told there would be no math
Nice little ditty. Back in high school a few of us collaborated on a similar rated R version of Rudolph. Ours was Randolph the Red-Dicked Cowboy.
To keep our Family Friendly rating, we need to add the childrens’ accompaniment.
STEVE SMITH the Big-Dicked Sasquatch, (Sasquatch)
Has a very lengthy dick! (Like a hose!)
And if you ever saw it, (saw it)
You would even say it’s thick! (Like Demi Rose!)
*uproarious applause*
Well done, Richard.
It’s been nine whole years since your remains were discovered in a parking lot. How do you feel about that?
I don’t know about Rich, but I was there, and I gotta bone to pick with him.
Drinking with Straffinrun will do that to you but 9 years is a long time to sober up.
Had to pop out the CMOS battery for the first time in my life this morning. Was stuck in a loop booting into safe mode BIOS to boot up Windows in safe mode, but Windows kept wanting to restart to get to safe mode and every second boot failed to post. I have no idea why, and no idea what caused it, but resetting BIOS finally got me squared.
I am now:
Trying to figure out why putting Windows to sleep leaves on the fans and RBG at full blast, and I can’t wake my PC up from sleep
Why is Windows only showing 16gb of RAM available, while BIOS shows four 8GB sticks
Why does every boot take me to BIOS, where I have to choose my boot drive to initialize Windows
Also, the 3080ti is a goddamn furnace.
I have never seen windows disagree with the BIOS on available memory. So that’s a new one.
Does your motherboard have a windows driver? Might it need that to coordinate with the fans?
Not new…it happens a lot. Usually RAM will pass POST but Windows will tag a portion as reserved. Typically its a problem with the memory controller and/or Windows installation…but usually the memory controller of the MB
I was trying to say it was new to me.
/Unix Admin
In my experience, that has meant the whole thing is about to die an ignominious death.
You seem to have quite a bit going on. So you have 32gb of RAM but Windows is only recognizing 16gb? Lets start there
“It looks like you’re trying to attach a file. Click here to start a troubleshooter.”
LOL! All I can think of now is Clippy
To share your misery, apparently, my work computer hard drive crashed this evening, which means I have to go into work (wearing a mask) on Monday. If they can’t fix it — I’m betting they can’t, I will get a new computer. Which means it will take me 3 weeks to get the software I need to do my job. That will be fun.
Yeah, you never want Ruth Bader Ginsberg on full blast. Metamucil really stinks.
The boot thing is either bad sectors on the HD or corrupt files. See if a windows repair disk fixes it. The ram is weird- unless you are running 32 bit windows.
Tomorrow, i got new shoes for the Kia, cameras and discs, I’m going ti the top of the thumb, all the way to Mackinac strait, then back, unless I burn out and get a motel,
I have no real friends here, so I journey alone,
Since I came to MI, I have tried to do things right, job, a house, a bit of credit, then one injury wrecks it all, Why did I bother?
I’ll see my little bit of the world, but I wish it wa just over, I’m tired,
To keep moving forward, which you have.
^that is the answer^
Chin up, Bob. You got this.
I do get tired, but No Stopping!
FURTHER!
/from the destination sign of a certain miscreant’s school bus
I’m going North for a photo shoot, and will sell the photos for profit, also some lunch and disc, but mostly pictures for business,
I won’t stop OBE, no Fucking way,
I know brother. Good luck in the photo shoot! You are always having another gig and its awesome to read that.
I have gone Renessaince, 5 things in the works from small to Huge! Art, Consulting, Music, I hope it all pays the bills,
Thanks Brother!
What Mallory said. “Because it’s there.”
A hero of mine, crazy as it seems,
That doesn’t seem crazy at all.
i have freeclimbed to the very edge, the Push or die,I always wanted a Himalyan peak, best I got was 11k,
Still the shit!
If this is true, then we have reached a whole new level of assholery. This is so bad I’m betting it will be quietly changed.
Is the CiC going to sic CornPop on anyone who “disses” him?
I wonder how many times that email/letter had to be sent under previous Presidents?
As far as I know, this has been in the UCMJ for a long time. It was not enforced from Jan 2017 to January 2021, because reasons, but it has been there. Can any military here verify?
Yeah, I thought this was SOP.
I knew the active duty weren’t allowed to criticize or be partisan (which makes perfect sense, have to maintain discipline within the chain of command), but I hadn’t heard of such restrictions extending to retired persons, which the email claims.
Stuck in airports all day.
Good ebooks I read this week – Powers of the Earth by Travis Corcoran
Dream of the Iron Dragon by Robert Kroese
Need to get the sequels for both of those but will also see about getting hard copies in the future.
Also reread short stories of Clark Ashton Smith. Nice weird fiction stuff – but despite some references definitely not on the same level as Lovecraft, Robert E Howard or even William Hope Hodgson.
It’s funny, there are some who feel Clark Ashton was the best, some who loved Lovecraft, and some who favored REH. My tastes have moved around between the three, although Hodgens sea stories are also great.
Niven/Pournelle
Brin
Bova
Fight me,
Love Nova.
Edit: Bova
?
I gave up on declaring a best or favorite. They’re just different.
On one of the collections I listened to, there was a story that got written by being passed from author to author, between a couple of people I don’t remember, Lovecraft, and REH. It was obvious where it changed hands because the writer’s voice and the whole tone of the tale changed at each transition point.
They all have their strengths and weaknesses.
All the Tumult is bringing me down,
Gonna get up, and get outta town,
Calm down, haters. We killed a guy…
https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/us-airstrike-targets-islamic-state-member-in-afghanistan/
“Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden’s promise to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport, the U.S. military said it used a drone strike to kill a member of the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate Saturday.”
…..
“The speed with which the U.S. military retaliated reflected its close monitoring of IS and years of experience in targeting extremists in remote parts of the world.”
Yep. Our guys are nimble. On top of it.
Something something lessons NOT learned. I’m sure that guy was intimately involved.
Second in command, probably.
We still have plenty of people still at the airport waiting to get out don’t we? If so this was not good even if we did nail who we claim he was.
I’m just riffing off the fact that, back circa 2003-2010, there were monthly news stories about how this-or-that attack in Iraq/Afghanistan knocked out al Queda’s “second in command.” It became a bit of a running joke.
I remember.
I remember too, I know you’re one of the good ones B.P.
Being Al Qaeda’s second in command is like being Spinal Tap’s drummer?
Excellent reference! 11!!
Pretty much.
Ha! Thanks Stinky. My dog likes me anyway.
OOOh, be afraid, until Tuesday,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uejh-bHa4To
Oh shush
The thing is, right or wrong, the Taliban didn’t get a chance break the peace deal, Biden did it first, and only because OMB!
C’mon Man!
Yep, you’re correct: We bailed on the deal, not them. These consequences were to be expected, should’ve been expected anyway.
We fucking knew, Bagram closing Early? Mil spec BS.
Yes, this too but I suspect the State Dept overruled the brass but they were too pussified to resign and bring it to light. In other words, simple incompetence paired with cowardice.
Or they could be even more evil than my cynical ass could imagine but I hope that’s not the case.
reflected its close monitoring of IS…
So…you monitored the bombings then? CIA was in country just prior…
I thought the benefit of a console was that the known hardware meant you could tune your games to get good performance.
Unless it’s a lazy port and the video effects lag the switch to hell and back.
Are you playing a console port on a PC? Yeah, there are a lot of lazy ones of those. The original platform is always going to get the most attention.
No it was lazily ported to the Switch. I don’t know what the development platform was.
Ah. Well, same principle.
Zebroski’s Macrolife, my first dreams of living forever, we can do it!
https://www.amazon.com/Macrolife-Masterpieces-Science-Fiction-Zebrowski/dp/B000RHDQGG/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=zebrowski+macrolife&qid=1630119554&sr=8-2
All this rape talk fills me with nostalgia.
Grew up on a canola farm?
Haha! Headline from my local paper back when I was a kid: “Runaway Girl Located In Rape Field”
Did you used to hang out with Ron Jeremy? Is he as creepy in real life as he was on his vids?
He was quite personable on that episode of Hoarders.
I found the origin story of all my tales, Macrolife, come see,
https://www.audible.com/library/titles?ref=adbl_dp_bb__lib
As in, I lost it, then Amazon found it for me,
Judi and I are tense right now. She’s even more het up than I am about the mandates. Now she’s angry at me. Run! Run for your lives!
Judi, Judi, Judi…
Why do some people become so combative when they drink? Drinkin is fun! FTW and everyone’s a jolly old fellow. I don’t get it.
Y’all should switch to weed.
Lately I just get tired and surly.
Two drinks tonight and I’m ready for the sack.
There’s the rhywun! Feelin frisky! Rhy and colaaaa! Cola for the Rhy!
Marine Lt Col blows the whistle on the A’stan fiasco…
“Politico and others later in the day Friday confirmed that not only was Scheller quickly relieved of command within 24 hours, but that action is being taken which will lead to discharge from the service altogether, likely pending UCMJ proceedings.”
…and gets shitcanned.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/i-demand-accountability-marine-commander-fired-viral-video-ripping-inept-afghan-war
Saw that earlier today. Deplorable.
If he gets tossed at 17 years he just sacrificed his entire pension. He knew what would happened and he did it anyway.
Them’s the rules when it comes to civil disobedience: Knowingly disobey, suffer the consequences, larger message delivered. The Marines will be a lesser force without the likes of Scheller.
Yeah, I’m sure he knew the consequences but the system sucks. As it stands now it selects for asskissers and wussies.
I’m sure all systems/entities aren’t supportive of being called out in a public forum by middle managers. In this case the system/entity will suffer for losing quality talent (assumption). Unfortunately this particular entity has a pretty important mission that impacts us all. He took a stand and I wish him well.
I don’t see a problem with any discipline he receives. He knew exactly what he was doing.
Sure but it sucks to be us.
No matter how much you and/or I agree with what he said, you can not allow that kind of subordination in the best military in the world. Full stop.
Agreed and the LTC agrees he should have been canned…but ONI putting out this kinda puts that all into question as to what is the military trying to shore up.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-active-duty-retired-naval-intelligence-members-told-they-cannot-disrespect-biden-over-afghanistan-debacle
Again, I don’t see anything in that article I disagree with.
If the issues is this being unevenly applied depending on who the CiC is, then yeah. I’ll listen. But in a political vacuum (as the military should be) I don’t’ see an issue here.
Agreed. Lax or strict from admin to admin is not a good look. I am trying to find where the article cites ‘retired’ personnel because that would be absolutely overboard in application. In uniform, you put your head down and do your job. However, blindly following and remaining silent shouldn’t have to be the status quo.
It’s a sad fact this type of discipline is necessary. The LTC is asking valid questions but he isn’t the one to publicly ask them.
TL;DR MikeS is right.
What discipline did the guy who blew the whistle on the USS Theodore Roosevelt coronavirus cases ultimately get?
Can’t he just identify as a whistleblower and be hailed as a hero? It worked for Vindeman.
Sure!
Worked great for Snowden and Assange, too.
Don’t forget Ms. Manning!
Serious question: what did Chelsea bring to the table?
If I recall correctly, and I may not, the video of the Cobra pilot shooting up about a half dozen journalists in Iraq.
Serious answer…I don’t think anything. He was a seriously disturbed individual who decided to take out his anger on his employer. How he ever passed a psych eval to get the clearance he had should be a point of congressional inquiry. But hey, they have more important things to do…I guess.
My customary Friday night fade is in full swing, so I bid you all a good night. I look forward to rising early and enjoying Tranquility Base for as long as I can before it becomes Tranquility Bake.
nighty night
Good night, Red!
Wonderful. Now she’s at the passive-aggressive stage. Just a couple more hours until tears. She puts up with my bullshit. I can’t complain overmuch.
I recommend staying clear and saying as little as possible.
Mum’s the word! She’s fired up tonight. Pray for Festus.
That could lead to a revisiting of one’s youth when there is such vigor about
I hate humanity. I’m going to that protest tomorrow. Daughter#1 has to wear a Guy Fawkes mask because she works for the Machine. I’m very proud of her! Might get a busted nose tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Lord help us. Robby Soave is right.
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/08/27/andy-richter-is-having-trouble-renting-his-son-an-apartment-near-usc-for-some-inexplicable-reason/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
The biggest question from this little kerfuffle is why the fuck anyone should give any shits what Andy Richter has to say. I mean seriously…Kathy Griffin has had far more success than this coat tail riding ass kisser.
I agree. I thought he was pretty good as Conan’s sidekick. His politics make me wretch.
I’m now enjoying him learn the Left eats it’s own.
I liked his short-lived sit com.
Agreed, though I don’t remember it that well now.
Controlling the universe has gone to his head.
ISTR that’s illegal under state law, but I could be wrong.
He cleaned up on Celebrity Jeopardy.
If the government won’t respect the law then neither will the citizens.
Landlords asking for deposit, first and last months rent plus 6 months rent before you can move in? I wonder what brought that on? It’s a mystery I tells ya’.
No wonder Q hasn’t posted much lately.
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/27/parents-pay-son-45000-after-getting-rid-porn-stash/
A few hours ago it looked like you could attend the US Open without a mask or vaccination as long as you avoided indoor dining. And now this.
Fuck them.
Don’t go. Don’t watch.
These fuckers need to bleed.
Amen.
Proudly did not watch even one second of the Olympics.
You’re not surprised are you?
Not at all. We drove to Cincinnati, OH last week–13 hours one way–to see an elite tennis tournament just one step below the US Open (in other words everybody was there but Novak) not to worry about this.
King Bill decreed several weeks ago that there will be strictest theater for all sporting events. I don’t know how the USTA thought they were going to get away with anything less.
I just got into a big arguement with my son, i didn’t take care of Wendy, we shouldn’t have been on the road, and I asked, what would you do?
Not an argument I want to win, He misses his mom
Those are tough. It is the human spirit reaching out to find some answers or to lay some blame.
https://kval.com/news/local/osha-files-complain-against-coos-county-commissioner
Fuckers are going against elected officials who defy them, under the guise of being an “employer”. These traitors need to start stretching some [redacted].
It is either going to simmer down or we come to blows. I am going with simmer down but then again, people get into brawls over stupid shit all the time.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/27/illinois-gov-pritzker-orders-masking-of-toddlers-vaccine-requirement-for-teachers/
“Illinois will join several other states that have reinstituted statewide indoor mask requirements, regardless of vaccination status, effective on Monday,” Pritzker said. “Masks work. Period.”
I am pretty sure we have moved from ‘trust the science’ to ‘fuck you, do what you are told’
Sirhan Sirhan is getting paroled. He might have an idea or two about how to deal with authoritarian scions of rich families.
When he sees what’s become of the world, he might want to consider going back in.
Apparently I shaved off the “Festus Stache” in order to draw in young women. That’s a hell of a deal! I shaved it on a bet with one of you assholes! Then she gets angry because she thinks I look younger.
“and here I am, night after night with you.” sometimes that works…
Night After Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAMO_Tnr5Yw
It was a hand held up argument. Fuck that noise. Festus will be wearing a suit tomorrow!
STEVE said “HIM FUNNY, STEVE SMITH RAPE HIM LAST!”
Sounds familiar. Run!
Saturday is not good for Festus. Wish us luck!
You’re a better man than I, Gunga Din.
“Do you enjoy Kipling?”
“Not certain. Ive never Kippled.”
Hi!
I suck at campaign timing, but there it is.
Our dear friend Professional Beach Bum (Don) is suffering from his shocking table saw accident in which he lost his dominant hand index finger and thumb,
His spirits are high and his wife is awesome, but this is going to be tough and the financial impact is going to be felt before the “help” is.
Thus I have created a new GoFundMe for y’all. I will send the proceeds to PBB Don weekly as they accumulate. I have already Doxxed myself doing other GoFundMe for y’all, so I don’t care. If you can help, please do.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/professional-bb-glibertarian?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet
And yes I put a photo of a polydactyl cat on the GoFundMe because I am a snarky bitch.
ex-GF (OG-1X-OG) and I took a trip to the keys one year. The house we rented had two of those things outside.
Ill-tempered little bastards, they were.
My grandma had one too, and yes “ill-tempered” is exactly what that old beast was.
Not a picture of Harold Lloyd?
suh’ fam
yo whats goody
Its was a particularly painful night……TALL CANS !
Good morning, homey! It’s raining ever so lightly here at Tranq Base, which is unfortunate only because I see that I need to refill the bird feeders in the back of the yard. Maybe I’ll change from my “slipper sandals” into my grubby shoes to do that before the rain gets any harder.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/operation-pineapple-express-rogue-team-retired-us-vets-rescue-afghan-allies-secret-missions-conducted-behind-bidens-back/
Wow. ?
Sounds like one of them there white-power militias that General Milley warns about.
It’ll be interesting to see how this is compared to the generals actively lying to OMB about troop levels in Syria.
I went and got my apocalypse mullet trimmed up yesterday. None of the staff had masks, and about half of us customers were maskless.
Had to go to town…real town in another parish, not the nearby village and not a mask in sight in either way-mart or Lowes. Big signs everywhere about the governor’s statewide mask order yet nary a mask in sight.
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/lehigh-valley-experts-share-tips-for-keeping-young-childrens-masks-clean/article_6288df3a-0765-11ec-8d53-f7313f84291b.html
Have they tried using chloroform?
https://pix11.com/news/woman-wearing-purge-mask-taken-to-hospital-after-terrifying-mother-in-parking-lot/
Trippy. Tears, though…really?
I have been busy so I haven’t kept up much. What is this nonsense about 1T in natural resources in Afghanistan?
“There is a yuuuuge chunk of gold over there! Gold I tells ya’!”
Really. You have been over there for 20 fucking years, why didnt you pick it up?
I am sure there is but it might as well be on the dark side of the moon.