That’s right, the vegetarian Jew has to cook bacon and ham at his new job. But it’s money, so it’s all good. And at least I can hire someone else to actually off the pigs. And the birds. No shochet.
True (maybe related) story: Remember, we’re rural, but this is a college town, with everything that goes along with that. SP went to our poultry purveyor to cop some bird corpses and eggs. The place is only big enough for one customer at a time to go in. As she was pulling up, the driver’s door of a car in the lot opened, and a guy in full Muslim regalia got out, leaving his veiled wife in the passenger seat. As soon as he trundled in, she pulled the veil off her face. SP overheard the conversation:
Muslim Man: “I want some halal chicken.”
Poultry Guy: “Some what?”
Muslim Man: “HALAL CHICKEN!”
Poultry Guy: /Looks confused.
Muslim Man: /Goes off on a rant about how halal works, then demands the poultry guy start providing it. “I can’t find halal poultry here, you MUST sell it!”
Muslim Man: /Continues to rant that the Poultry Guy needs to not only provide halal chicken, but exclusively sell halal chicken.
Poultry Guy: “I’m sorry, we just don’t have it…”
Muslim Man stamps out, fuming. When his wife sees him, she immediately puts the veil back.
This really was far too true to the stereotype.
Speaking of stereotypes, there’s a remarkable shortage of notable birthdays today. Well, there IS some Kraut scribbler; a guy who has been imitated almost as often as Ed Sullivan; a guy who might have been on the spectrum; a scifi guy whose work never really moved me; a cartoonist who ditto; a piece of shit who wasn’t one of (((us))); some pop singer chick whom SP assures me was famous; another chick in the same category; and a guy whom I’ll always admire for killing Shirley MacLaine.
Oh yeah, Links.
“It was under the bed! How the hell are we supposed to know it’s valuable?”
I am all in favor of releasing a guy with a track record of shooting Kennedys and former AGs.
When everything is life or death, nothing is life or death.
You mean that the government printing a ton of money has a negative effect? Unpossible!
Somebody didn’t pay off somebody.
Old Man Music today is just fucking nuts.
Happy Saturday!
Born on this day in 1925
I’m pretty sure he rules for Halal slaughter are the same as the rules for Glaat Kosher slaughter. I know both Lubavitch Jews and Musselmen who will shop at each other’s stores in a pinch.
You think you’re getting Glatt Kosher in rural WNY?
Slaughter wise, it’s easy peasy… Whether or not there is a local Vaad to get paid for saying the magic words, or whatever it is they do (for local catering, one has to hire a couple fellows who stand around and smoke cigarettes @$20 per hour so JHVH doesn’t get cross) is another question entirely.
Also Slaughter
/you made it too easy
I would have gone with up all night.
As someone that works all night (like l0b0t), it gets old.
Are there rituals or prayers or anything?
There’s overlap, but they’re not identical. And of course, a shochet will not be acceptable to a Muslim.
Id argue that it depends on how hungry the Muslim truly is.
“Including volatile food and energy prices, the index rose 4.2% year over year, up from 4% in June and the highest reading since January 1991.”
Grocery store has finally resumed have sales on beef. They had stopped for months.
*having
?
I assume the sale prices are higher than the regular prices from a year ago?
And how! Our 80/20 ground beef is “on-sale” at $3.99 per lb..
My Kroger here has it too! And 3.49/lb whole brisket.
It’s a tricky benchmark. There was still a lot of dining bans a year ago. Prime grade beef was quite cheap during the early days of lockdowns.
Overall, you can say regular prices are noticeably up. Sale prices might be comparable to pre covid.
Yep, that’s about right. We’re struggling to make the budget work that was going fine last year. Not quite to the point of needing an extra 10%, but an extra 5% or so is about what our overage is.
The “core personal consumption expenditures price index” DOESN’T include food and energy?? What the hell DOES it include??
Disney+ subscription, cell bill and Starbucks card refill?
You know… the personal essentials (if you’re a hipster journalist….)
It includes things which don’t make the numbers look so bad.
This is actually one of my intellectual hobby horses. The core number is a technical number. And it is useful for certain technical purposes. But the media wildly overuses it. Citing it in any way as a measure of well-being is absurd.
I didn’t see this in yesterday’s PM links, the overnight thread, or this morning’s thread.
Two of everybody’s favorite bugaboos, the Olympics/Paralympics, and self-driving vehicles.
Which was being driven manually…
I look forward to the day when robots that identify as human are the only competitors in the Olympics.
Yeah, but what will their pronouns be?
Whatever they are, failure to properly use them will be a felony.
Skylord and Skylady.
Buried lede!!! There is a blind judo guy?!? That’s bloody awesome!
Russell Redenbaugh – blind jiu jitsu champ
“Well, he’s blind. Of course it didn’t see him.”
Rav4 = Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal?
An amazingly stupid creature, but VERY ravenous
HOLY MACKEREL! How many episodes of Perry Mason was Colonel Klink in? At least in this one (S06E18) the most beautiful actress who ever lived (Lisa Gaye) also features.
When I looked it up, I think it was three.
The mose surreal part was not hearing the voice he used on the other show.
+1 DISSSMISSED !
Australia
Morning.
I finally figured out what those half-shaved styles reminded me of – unfinished haircuts. I only realized it when I looked in the mirror when I mistakenly thought I’d gotten all my hair. Turns out half of it had decided to lay down and avoid the clippers. It did not escape notice.
Sadly, I’m waiting for the battery on the clippers to recharge.
I hate cutting my own hair. Only upside is that it’s cheap.
I use one that plugs into the wall.
I expected this one to. then it turned out to be “I only work when charged and not plugged in”
Just wait till you’re my age, and have to inspect ear & nose hair, too.
Tell me about it.
I had a hair cut last year after I was really starting to look like a dirty hippy. I was a bit taken aback when there was an 8 inch hair that had some how grown off the tip of my ear.
The rate of nose hair and ear hair growth is absolutely astounding.
No wonder it’s stopped growing on the top of my head.
Side note, my Dad’s favorite bald joke usually goes something like this;
My dad while talking to a rando: “I’m really excited about the family pictures coming up. My hair’s growing back on the top of my head. I’d never thought I’d get it back!”
Rando: “Really, that’s great! How’d you get it to grow back?”
Daddo: “We moved the head of the bed away from the wall.”
… I don’t get it.
If the hair on my head grew like the ones in my nose i’d be a real fuckin looker.
Hair, like people, migrates to warmer climes with age.
Barbers charge too much for a clipper cut. A “3 on top, 1 on the sides” should not cost $20.
I get mine for free, and even get to flirt with the girl who cuts my hair without getting in trouble.
Copping a feel will still get my hand smacked, though.
What’s worse – pineapple on pizza or bragging about cutting one’s own hair?
(Not that you were bragging, UCS, but I’ve seen/heard people do it.)
I’m always convinced I missed a spot.
That’s why I avoided cutting my own hair for 25 years, since that happened to me as a teen and everything is soooooooo embarrassing in those years. But I did it this summer, and it was nice to not have a stranger touch my head and try to make small talk.
“US drone strike kills ISIS-K planner in Afghanistan a day after Biden ordered revenge for Kabul airport suicide bombing that left 13 US troops and 170 others dead”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9934849/Pentagon-launches-drone-strikes-Islamic-State-Afghanistan.html
“‘Who ARE the evacuees?’ Tucker slams ‘unvetted’ Afghan evacuations and claims they are allowing terror cells into the US after pilot says he was not allowed to see his own plane’s manifest”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9934855/Tucker-Carlson-Sean-Hannity-claim-Afghan-refugees-coming-U-S-unvetted.html
This shit is never going to end, is it?
The pilot couldn’t see the manifest, but the Taliban got lists?
The arrogance, incompetence and mendacity?
No, it will never end.
And how many other people?
The useful idiots on the right are ranting about how we should go in and kill them all and we can’t negotiate with terrorists and they still hate us for our freedoms, etc….
It’s dumbasses and mislearned lessons all the way down.
This x 100. 9/11 gave us the Patriot Act among other things. I can’t wait to see what comes out of this.
Thanks for the reminder of the upcoming anniversary. The “Discovery Family of Channels” is probably going to be unwatchable for the next two weeks. ?
A few years ago my son had a history class assignment which required a visit to the WTC memorial in NYC. Since I have some personal experience with that event I figured I’d go with him to provide some context.
In that memorial is a gift shop where a tourist can select from a dizzying array of overpriced memorabilia. I had a strong urge to go full Jesus on the vendors by smashing the displays to bits. Not to mention the hordes of grinning tourists taking selfies next to the items commemorating the victims. I’m sure the Discovery Channel will get great ratings for the next few weeks.
Can you buy a collapsing twin towers snow globe?
Remember, this happens at nearly every sacrosanct site.
The soldier who guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has to yell at visitors from time to time to shut the fuck up when they cant read the sign reminding visitors to respect the site by keeping quiet.
“Bernie Sanders has long argued — but not proved — that his big government populism can win over voters in the largely white, rural communities that flocked to Republican Donald Trump in recent elections.”
Yeah right, make sure to tell them what you think of AR-15s while you’re at it Bernie.
He was against gun control for most of his career.
He had to be for largely rural Vermont but that was an affectation.
Unfortunately, communism doesn’t work well without gun control.
Of course, it doesn’t work well with gun control either.
Ironic: 3 of my stocking calibers are commie calibers.
I love the combloc stuff.
Which three?
5.45×39
7.62×39
7.62×54
The gf maintains a small supply of 9×18, but that’s not my thing.
You have an AK-74?
Yes, unless she was in the PNR or something, I don’t see why she just wouldn’t shoot 9X19.
Perhaps. ?
I even scored some 7N6 last week at a good price.
“Diversity is our strength.”
She does shoot 9×19 and .380 too.
/pew pew pew
Did you see Kalashnikov-USA’s new marketing strategy? Buy a KR-103 rifle and a KP-9 9mm ‘pistol’ and they throw in a free tracksuit.
https://kalashnikov-usa.com/product/brothers-in-arms-kit/
Also worth looking over: https://www.luckygunner.com/lounge/m1-carbine-versus-sks-milsurp-showdown/
*squats*
Lol @ the tracksuit
LOL
*breaks into spontaneous Cossack dancing to some Russian hardbass; several others join in, and Yusef is DJing*
+1 gopnik
Heels down, comrade found!
You dont know how much I would give for a viable PCC in 7.62×25. About the only thing out there are the semi-auto PPS-43s.
I dont keep a stockpile of it, but Im also always on the lookout for 7.62x38r.
“Portable MORGUES are sent to Florida as state’s record-breaking 212 daily deaths and 21,534 daily cases on average this week sees crematoriums and hospital morgues at capacity
Portable morgues have been sent to 14 hospital systems in Central Florida as hospitals and crematoriums hit capacity due to a surge in Covid cases linked to the highly-contagious Delta variant.
During a Covid-19 update on Thursday Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said: ‘The Florida Hospital Association is reporting over 16,700 people are currently hospitalized in the state of Florida. The Hospital Association also reports that this number is nearly two thirds higher than the previous peak of hospitalizations in July of 2020.
‘Thirty six per cent of all patients and hospitals have the coronavirus. In addition, 55 per cent of those in the ICUs, or intensive care units, have the disease.'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9934991/Portable-MORGUES-sent-Florida-states-spiraling-Covid-cases-crematoriums-capacity.html
Seems a bit suspicious.
“‘Thirty six per cent of all patients and hospitals have the coronavirus.”
So….more than 2/3 dont. Or did I read that the wrong way ?
But it is really bad. Now hospitals are catching it. If they die, where will we treat patients?
Staph infection has some competition.
That makes no sense.
And of those 36%, how many are there for something else, but tested “positive” but were asymptomatic.
This is the exact question to ask.
Better yet, if 36% of all deaths are from/with COVID, then it means the overall number of deaths is 588, which would make it an average day in 2019.
According to JHU Sick Map, Florida had 4,900 “SARS-COVID19 deaths” in the last 28 days. 175 per day.
As of Census 2020, Florida has 21.5 million residents. According to CDC, Florida has ~157,000 residents die each year.
You and your math is killing people!
So let me get this straight, a year ago, when they weren’t admitting patients unless they were Kung Flu patients, hospitals had fewer patients than now, when they are admitting patients. This truly is a frightening world in which we live.
DISNEY WORLD HERE I COME!!!!
(seriously)
Have fun!
Your timing is probably perfect. The panic will intensify over the next few weeks.
I look forward to being an extra zombie in all of the film makers running around Disney world taking surreal stock footage for future films.
It seems like the same warmed-over bullshit from March of 2020. I know that the Vox Populi isn’t known for its attention span, but this is just insulting.
The 219 # is from August 10.
53 as of yesterday.
The big lie with hospital capacity is how many of the patients are in the hospital BECAUSE OF SARS-COVID19? The Propagandists are implying or outright saying that these people are in the hospital BECAUSE OF the virus. Most of them are in the hospital for other reasons and they tested positive. Additionally, states have large differences in busy hospitals. Florida might have super busy Miami hospitals while Tallahassee hospitals might be nearly empty.
Same type of lie is being used for Morgues. How much extra room do morgues really have? Morgues are probably built based on estimated body count per day/week. In other words, there is a steady supply of deceased coming in, bodies being processed, and bodies leaving to be buried or cremated. Any change in that steady flow will likely result in not enough capacity.
The liars in the media know how to spin stories to fit the Narrative. The Narrative is that Florida residents will all die because they are not run by Democrats. All stories must fit Narrative.
“Surprise: Former US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, 73, who has been a long standing ally of the LGBT+ community, was awarded the Global Ally award after joining the ceremony via video”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9934433/Anne-Marie-Melanie-C-smiles-lead-star-studded-winners-LGBT-Awards.html
OFFS!!
Yes, the woman who opposed gay marriage until it was politically useful is a long standing ally.
I know that whenever the hatred and oppression get me down, I look to Hillary’s generous allyship over the years and feel a warm glow in my heart.
She should really trademark the term “Super Predator” before 20th Century Fox gets any ideas on a new movie.
An alien in a cape is a dumb idea.
Don’t give them ideas.
Invincible was a pretty awesome show…
Superman would like to have some words with you. They’ll probably all be nice, but still…
Has Ron Paul received his award?
Morning OM,
Great links as usual.
My guess then, is that those of the Jewish faith and practicing Muslims are not buying hunting/fishing licenses? What about “Road Kills Meats”, franchises are available?
Come to think about it, I’ve seen more Buddhist types in the woods/water/casinos than the others.
/Small control group
There’s a definite population segment here that favors road kill, especially venison.
The Road Kill Restaurant: “From your grill to ours”.
Grille
Lok
Gives more meat to the term farm to table now doesn’t it
Good morning, Old Man!
And good morning to the rest of you crazy fuckers.
I would be uncomfortable entrusting my life to someone who didn’t know how to deal with dogs.
Also:
For all of its power, the Cathedral is really retarded. Or maybe it’s us.
Anyway, I hope y’all have a fantastic Saturday!
Mornin’!
“tugged the dog’s tail”.
If he keeps that up, there may be no need to invoke the 25th amendment. That doggo has an interesting track record.
“Maloney said that a defense-hired expert in pornography valuation, Dr. Victoria Hartmann”
That’s a doctorate worth a lot more than Dr. Jill’s.
Also: I wonder if that chick has ever been on Pawn Stars?
…and what’s her secret?
https://mynorthwest.com/3111295/rantz-homeless-encampment-seattle-school-sex-offenders-broadview-thomson/
Sex offenders>children
Sure some kids end up getting unwillingly finger banged but think of the upsides of having a homeless encampment in your neighborhood. Maybe it’s worth it.
Seattle parents need to rediscover pitchforks and torches.
Mornin’, Old Man. Thank for the music link, Bela kicks ass.
“David Werking 43, sued his parents after they threw away what a judge called “a trove of pornography and an array of sex toys.”
What I really need to know is, what is his middle initial? Might explain a lot.
In a sane world his relatives would take him out back and beat him until he dropped the case.
Ehh. In a sane world, Davey would have enough savings to not have to move in with his parents post-divorce, but here we are. That doesn’t give his parents the license to destroy his property because they think it’s icky.
Wonder why he got divorced…
Probably the same reason for the huge porn collection – his wife decided she didn’t like sex anymore.
? Chicken, egg… Who knows?
I agree, I’m just being flippant. It does rub me wrong suing one’s parents over something like that though.
Yeah, that whole familial relationship definitely has some soft spots.
https://twitter.com/AndyRichter/status/1431373252782268422
CWAA
Cause and effect, what the fuck is that? The guy is a submoron.
There’s nothing quite so endearing as multi-millionaires whining that the government doesn’t provide everything for their children so they don’t have to.
See also: Jimmy Kimmel
I mentioned last night that I think it’s illegal to ask for more (NTTAWWT) than first, last, and perhaps deposit, but nothing to stop a perspicacious student or family from offering larger sums.
I don’t know how suburban kids manage in that rough neighborhood , besides renting in Glendale.
Now why would a landlord ask for that much up front when the government has had eviction moratoriums in place for the last year and a half? I’ve got no fucking clue.
Silicone Saturday’s alias is Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the United Federation of Planets.
https://archive.li/nBPP4
Nice collection! Dr. Hartman approves.
#7 has a Count Potato vibe.
It’s a strong collection overall.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/trudeau-campaign-event-canceled-protesters-coronavirus
“A campaign event for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was canceled over safety concerns after angry coronavirus protesters rallied against the liberal leader. ”
Umm no.. they’re protesting government lock downs you fucking idiot journo. So sick of these absolute fucking retards.
It’s not stupidity, it’s intentional.
What is the fucking obsession with the ‘vaccine’?
Marines are in the crosshairs.
Ozy has his work cut out for him. No shortage of clients, though.
What is the fucking obsession with the ‘vaccine’?
As its efficacy dwindles, it becomes more useful as a religious talisman.
It has progressed to the religious talisman level of ridiculousness hasn’t it? It’s mass hysteria and the witch burnings are just around the corner.
COVID-19 vaccination rates are on par with, and in some cases exceed, those for the flu, and this generally holds in various demographic cross-sections. This is rather impressive for an experimental vaccine that’s only been widely available for less than 6 months. And this is after the 95%+ compliance with mask mandates that preceded it. We’ve been two weeks away from the end of the pandemic for 18 months now.
If we’re really lucky, this cult ends like Heaven’s Gate or the People’s Temple, but I have a feeling your prediction is more likely.
No link from the twatter, just an assertion.
It’s true. The DoD is doing what they always do in this kind of shit: they just straight up lie to the public to say they’re going to honor exemptions so that the parents don’t go ballistic, and then the word goes down from the Commanders to do any kind of deceptive shit to ensure that they don’t have to process a couple hundred thousand exemption requests.
Inveterate liars, every last one of them.
This is the audition for their political officers and future leaders; the SS didn’t have an application process, just opportunities to self-identify as zealots for the cause.
It doesn’t surprise me that this is actually happening; it just would be nice to have concrete evidence instead of just hearsay.
Well, as you might imagine, putting specifics to it would absolutely result in recrimination.
I have some docs that prove this is happening all over from my clients.
I have been overrun with calls. I could quit my day job today and have enough business for the next year. I’m not kidding, either.
I haven’t even answered all of the emails, FB message requests, LinkedIn messages, calls, etc., yet. I haven’t had time.
I’m trying to work from the top down, but I couldn’t say no to about 6-7 folks, so yeah, the whole thing is a goat-rope CF of epic proportions.
The SecDef came out and said that the medical exemption for prior immunity won’t be honored. He just rewrote the regulation (AR 40-562) himself – by creating a new distinction of “partial immunity” and “full immunity”.
Guess which one is which? Only the VAXX creates “FULL IMMUNITY!!1!!” Then the Israeli study came out and took a shit on him.
They’re all fucking retards; we are absolutely being led by morons with mental illness. It’s great.
I would take any vax refuser’s case to court-martial – and I will beat the living bag out of some AF captain in that courtroom over this mandate. Although given my past experience, the MJ will probably forbid any evidence that might get a jury to do the right thing.
Gotta say…it is pretty good timing that Feres Doctrine was finally thrown out last year – that precedent may be pretty valuable too.
When did that happen?! Okay, I just did some research. Feres has not been overturned.
There’s a small carveout in last year’s NDAA that allows members to sue in limited circs.
The Daniel case upheld Feres and Thomas dissented (again) and said Feres is awful and should be overturned.
Yeah…I may have been mis-remembering some things from last year (in conjunction with the midshipman rape case). Don’t know why this thing is still hanging on like a leech.
The epitome of David v Goliath. You have a large cheering section Ozy
What are you doing wasting time here then?
Can they afford to pay you?
(Didn’t mean to sound snarky, just curious about the clientele: E’s / O’s / rank?)
Across the board ranks and no, they’re not paying me…
Okay, I’ve taken a few hundred bucks and some starbucks gift cards just to ensure I’m “retained” but this is all on the house.
I have a day job, so this is my “hobby.”
And thanks, Mom, but I’m usually able to manage my time commitments.
Didn’t some George Mason professor just win based on prior immunity? Maybe that will help? Not a lawyer, have no idea.
The stupid NFL Rules. WHY WON’T CAM JUST TAKE THE DAMN VAX!? Prior immunity doesn’t matter, only VAX does.
But… Lamar Jackson tested positive both last year for the ‘vid and this year! PRIOR IMMUNITY DOESN’T WORK!
/ignores the piles of bodies of MLB, NFL, NHL, and NBA players.
It sounds like some of the TITANS group that tested positive was vaxxed, but that doesn’t matter, YOU MUST VAXX!
I believe he recently filed suit. No verdict yet.
I picked a standard colander full of red jalapenos, anaheims and red habaneros. I’m going to make fermented hot sauce. I’ll add grated carrots, onions and garlic.
Why would you pickle a colander? :-p
“red jalapenos”
Nice.
Hawt.
Did you wind up with a peck of them?
…needs more piper
Carrots Do Not belong in hot sauce or Salsa, that’s just Wrong,
I’m assuming it’s used to add a natural sweetness to it
Yep
at least shred them, the texture doesn’t fit,
I’m guessing grated? /not a cook
Fermented hot sauce.
Yeah, it says grated right there.
I prefer carrot to honey for the sweetness. Your sauces sound divine
Carrots are in most hot sauces with habaneros (or hotter) peppers.
Can I buy a bottle when it’s ready? I bet it’s delicious.
I may have enough to give away this year.
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/28/1031961327/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-trial-boyfriend-balwani-emotional-sexual-abuse
*the world’s smallest violin is warming up*
As trustworthy as she is for some reason I just don’t believe her.
“Holmes’ lawyers intend to call as a witness a psychologist, Mindy Mechanic…”
Is that a real name ?
At any rate, I hope she isn’t a Manic Mechanic.
She was a backup singer for Mike?
It’s a real porn name.
I’m starting to admire this bitch.
Whoops. I thought she was emotionally abusing the boyfriend.
“Taliban kill squad hunting down Afghans — using US biometric data
The Taliban has mobilized a special unit, called Al Isha, to hunt down Afghans who helped US and allied forces — and it’s using US equipment and data to do it.
Nawazuddin Haqqani, one of the brigade commanders over the Al Isha unit, bragged in an interview with Zenger News that his unit is using US-made hand-held scanners to tap into a massive US-built biometric database and positively identify any person who helped the NATO allies or worked with Indian intelligence. Afghans who try to deny or minimize their role will find themselves contradicted by the detailed computer records that the US left behind in its frenzied withdrawal.
The existence of the Al Isha unit has not been previously confirmed by the Taliban; until now the Haqqani Network, a terror group aligned with the Taliban, has not admitted its role in targeting Afghans or its use of America’s vast biometric database.
The Haqqani Network is “the most lethal and sophisticated insurgent group targeting US, Coalition, and Afghan forces,” according to the US National Counterterrorism Center.
The US separately has provided the Taliban with a list of Americans and Afghans it wants to evacuate from the country, a move one defense official told Politico was “just put[ing] all those Afghans on a kill list.””
https://nypost.com/2021/08/27/taliban-kill-squad-hunting-afghans-with-americas-biometric-data/
I feel better and better about our chances in the upcoming Troubles…
I wonder if it’s more deliberate than incompetent.
Occam’s Razor says incompetence.
My day is made.
Maybe my month.
The first two hours of MTV!
I remember the first few days. My buddy was the only one in the neighborhood with cable, so we pretty much lived there. Great memories.
Hey, neat…
I remember!
Heh…MTV was awesome in the beginning and got better with Yo! MTV Raps.
Back when singers like Dennis DeYoung actually had to have some pipes.
LOL. I had forgotten about Robert Palmer’s Billy Squier moment.
Heh, Juice Newton was the singer all the girls in elementary school wanted to be.
Because she was an angel…?
We didn’t get MTV in my town until I was in HS, around 1999…
Harvard’s new head chaplain is an atheist, unanimously elected by his peers
As long as he doesn’t demand chaplains under him to counsel from his position it isn’t as big a deal as it would seem.
Just making official what has likely been the case for decades anyway.
https://youtu.be/-nrZBtKWSfs
Ozzyman!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWO9inLZO18
Those guys playing the computer games is just nuts.
Powerline,
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/the-week-in-pictures-biden-brain-freeze-edition.php
https://i1.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2021/08/image-4-copy.jpg?w=1160&ssl=1
My favorite of the bunch
Hehe.
+1 3-fingered salute
we have a piece of equipment that when resetting the two channels we do a 2-finger salute when hitting their reset buttons.
Sorry I missed the replies to my weird fiction post last night.
I wouldn’t really rank writers from that period/style numerically, but I definitely stack them in tiers.
Of course, some folks were just insanely prolific – like REH – in a very broad set of genres (not just weird, but also western, sports, detectives, etc) – but their weird stuff still stands out really well – admittedly getting great collections/reprints – like the Del Rey Illustrated collections (featuring Gary Gianni, Mark Schultz, etc). (speaking of Gianni, Flesk just put out a new illustrated “Call of Cthulhu” edition.. I don’t like notes about edits to the text though but it’s still more Gianni – and I have an early version of this book with pencil illustrations that came out (IIRC) as a bonus for a previous kickstarter – I’ll have to compare the text when I get the new one – I don’t recall an edit note when that one was released).
I do need to read more Burroughs and look for long form editions from CAS and others too. WHH has some great mini-genres of weird maritime stuff or the dying earth (great settings, but his writing style is more wooden/repetitive for some of those long ones than Lovecraft and others).
It is nice that we’re getting more quality reprints – or in some cases just decent e-book versions (check the reviews for quality formatting, etc). I also recall some nice Arthur Conan Doyle weird fiction from the period, but I haven’t read them in a while.
Similarly, it’s very nice to see some themes carried over *well* from generation to generation. Not just the Cthulhu mythos itself, but listening to HPLs Charles Dexter Ward via ebook again reminded me of the “essential salts” story elements that Brian Lumley used in some of his Necroscope books (and Lumley has some good mythos stories as well – although Titus Crowe isn’t quite as good as some other newer ones).
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2021/08/28/father-of-slain-u-s-marine-delivers-heart-wrenching-rebuke-of-joe-biden-n434160
Meanwhile, the WH and DoD are exploring if they can bring back the Alien and Sedition Acts.
And then they shit canned him,
No one will be fired over this. The way this was handled was largely a political decision and they don’t want the fall guy to be out there running his mouth.
That became clear the Monday after it all went to hell.
I’ve said it before, the fact that not even some nameless analyst could be trotted out as the point of failure says something about it all.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/amazing-moment-republican-nyc-mayoral-candidate-embraces-homeless-man-interrupted-press-conference/
Cynical me sees this as a setup but compassionate me says good on you. Libertarian me says what the fuck is up with the beret?
Symbol of the Guardian Angels. He’s always worn it and gives him immediate recognition even if his face isn’t.
Gotcha. Thanks for that.
Isn’t that a beret from that street watching anti crime group, Guardian Angels or some shit? Either that or he’s a massive Rerun fan.
Curts Sliwa.
“Yo, wassup man?”….Republican….Beret...it all makes sense.
Quick question. The lights on my utility trailer are not working and think it’s a grounding issue. The grounding wire disappears into the trailer and I can’t find where it’s grounded. Is there any reason I shouldn’t just cut the ground wire and reground it to the frame?
You able to do a continuity test of the wires?
Here is a good little bit of info if your have a 4-pin plug
Er.. forgot the link
https://www.etrailer.com/question-23901.html
Thanks, this is helpful. I’ll see if I can get the wife out there to step on the brakes while I check. I’m pretty sure it’s the ground because the left side went out and the right flickers in and out.
Just buy a new trailer. /Trailer salesman.
if you have anything like unibody on your vehicle, good luck with the grounding.
I prefer a discrete wire directly to the battery, but that is just me.
I think the Pilot is unibody but I’m guessing the issue is on the trailer side.
Make sure to isolate your trailer from vehicle once you have verified that your pin out voltage is good. Don’t want to go chasing ground of your vehicle instead.
There should be no reason to not do that assuming it’s wired correctly to begin with.
What’s the trailer?
It’s a typical 5×8 utility trailer form Tractor Supply. It’s been running fine for about 5 years.
Probably rusted out on the connection then. Just reground it to the frame and paint over the connection for rust proofing.
Good morning!
I am a lazy Californian, so I just got up.
For any of youse guys who’d like to help Professional Beach Bum out a bit as he deals with the unplanned removal of his left thumb and index finger, here’s the link!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/professional-bb-glibertarian
Thanks for the link Hayek. ?….er toon soon?
HA!
Never too soon for a good joke.
Thanks for the link, and for setting this up.
For the Zoomers. Caption: “Zoom meeting done right.”
Switzy joined the chat?
It’s usually Tulip or Festus that shows a catbutt on zoom. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Swiss with a cat.
Yeah, with Swiss it’s the “NERD” sign.
Lol
First frost this morning. Rained all day yesterday, this morning we woke up to a beautiful, sunny day, frost on the grass and ice on the puddles outside.
August 28th. First frost. I love it up here.
I need to get above sea level. Summer is killing me. No point having a yard if it’s too hot to get outside other than necessities….
The problem I’m having this year is that I’m damn sure the borough land behind our neighborhood is swarming with grouse and snowshoe hares, but I don’t qualify for a resident hunting license until February. It’s frustrating.
Did anyone link yet to the New York Post article about the just married couple, who on Twitter said they sent an invoice for $250 to any no-shows who RSVPd to their wedding?
A Grand Haven couple has been ordered to pay $45,000 after disposing of their son’s pornography collection.
$45K? Impressive.
A day after the high court’s Thursday ruling, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, and Jimmy Gomez led over 60 Democratic colleagues in calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to work with them in extending the eviction ban. Their letter urged Congress to pass legislation on a new moratorium, saying the Delta variant “continues to claim thousands of lives” and now is not the time to leave renters vulnerable.
Go fuck yourselves.
Including volatile food and energy prices, the index rose 4.2% year over year, up from 4% in June and the highest reading since January 1991.
That seems low.
The Vermont senator is in Trump country this weekend, promoting a budget plan packed with progressive initiatives and financed by higher taxes on top earners. He’s targeting two congressional districts where Trump’s vote totals increased between 2016 and 2020.
Go fuck yourself.
Old Guy music is good.
Sean, on the last thread you asked for pictures of the rifle I received today. It’s the rifle in this thread. The listing on GunsInternational is now gone. I guess the guy that posted this thread on milsurps sold the rifle.