I’m still laughing at all the people who kept asking me if our latest move was my “retirement.” 50 hours last week on the clock, another ten or twenty off the clock. Catered lunch for 25 on top of our biggest Saturday lunch rush, all in a kitchen the size of three bathtubs. Did I mention the cook calling in sick? Oh, and my writing gig. And two consultancies… I’m fucking exhausted and questioning my life choices.
I’m not questioning the amazingly rich array of birthdays today, as opposed to yesterday. Today’s riches include one of our spiritual forefathers; a guy who really should have had a vasectomy; a master of distribution; a king of screwball comedy; a chick who seems to have fucked EVERYBODY but me; the father of my favorite musical genre; a guy whose first name was Mister; a true piece of shit who was a worse pilot than Otto; a guy who was even worse than Christie; a guy who survived fucking Barbra Streisand; the spirit animal for Gabby Gifford; a very good player who had the misfortune of replacing the best ever; a mixed bag but a generally good guy; a complete fucking freakshow; a self-styled Smartest Guy In The World; and easily the best Supreme Court justice in my lifetime.
Links, before I run out of energy.
Grown-ups in the room. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
We respect and honor the press.
“Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!”
Old Guy Music today about a Birthday Boy. It got overtaken by events after its release (2008), but still, delightful.
So, is shakshuka on the menu at the cafe?
No way. Too time consuming for short order.
Sad though understandable.
whaddup doh
“The failure of the Biden administration to name the two Islamic State terrorists killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan on Friday has led some experts to conclude they were not high-value targets.”
They probably weren’t.
I’m not entirely pulling this number out of my ass, but it seems like Obama managed to kill somewhere along the lines of 15K during his last year.
There had to be a Mullah or terrorist in that group someplace.
“‘Vaporised’ on a tuk-tuk: Two ISIS-K Kabul bomb plotters were killed by US drone strike while riding on the back of a three-wheeled motorbike in northern Afghanistan”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9936341/Two-ISIS-K-Kabul-bomb-plotters-killed-drone-strike-riding-tuk-tuk.html
Those tuk tuks are dangerous. The government should mandate seat belts.
Wonderful links and birthdays as always, Old Man. You set a high standard.
But the links themselves. Damn I need. A fucking drink.
News seems worse the last few months, both in the reporting and the events happening.
Right here, right now, we have more access to the tools and knowledge that allows us to make our own business or hobbies that allow us to circumvent or overcome the stupidity of government.
I would rather be here than 1865
or 1914
or 1965
If only the world were waking up from history
I dunno, they might be fun to visit, in descending order.
How’s the old red (?) sod?
Conversely, it’s never been easier for the U.S. Government to oppress you.
Isn’t that strange?
Where has the “Youre not the boss of me!!” natural spirit gone???
We boxed it up and shipped it to France.
Bur has there bern a time (other than the civil war) where states have grown he balls to tell the government to fuck off quite as much? States now seem to routinely tell the government to take a hike on immigration, drug and gun laws it seems. I don’t remember thats so much in the 60s-2000s. Protests weren’t so much at the state level back then as the individual level. Seems like progress against as overreaching government.
Dammit. That sidebar blocks my vision to correct spelling errors.
I made my coffee boozy this morning. I’m happy I did so.
Morning all:
Just want to thank Yusef and Hayek for offering to help with my AC, it was the capacitor, and it was under warrantee. Fried my skin mowing yesterday, and really enjoying the dawn.
Be safe doing your gib fit people.
Woot woot! Starter cap FTW!!
Dammit I had a longer comment but WordPress ate it.
It was supposed to say:
*rips Jersey off and takes victory lap in a sports bra*
*Cheers in hetero*
Its great when something works.
🙂
I think Yufus helped me sort out the a/c once, too. Solid dude.
Turns out, it wasnt the thermostat.
Dang thermostat!
Behind every stereotype is truth.
Hawt.
12$ out the door, Winning!
“I’m fucking exhausted and questioning my life choices.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh8zcbC_Dcw
“A Stanford University professor who claimed parents’ opposition to mask and vaccine mandates is caused by their ‘whiteness,’ has been accused of racism.
Hakeem Jefferson, a black political science professor at the California university, tweeted on August 17, when he claimed the protests are inspired by ‘whiteness,’ while applying the same logic to the January 6 Capitol riots.
‘Whiteness is the most pressing threat to the nation that isn’t climate change,’ one of Jefferson’s tweets read.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9936193/Stanford-professor-claims-parents-opposition-mask-mandates-caused-whiteness.html
“accused”
“Accused” and thus ruined.
I’m increasingly convinced that my new job is simply my little role in the inevitable Armageddon.
This world situation is unsustainable, and I don’t mean that in the granola way.
Nah, he won’t be ruined. He’s black.
Hmmm… Rinso Soap, the tagline for which was “Rinso gets clothes whiter that white, brighter than bright, and newer than brand new!”, sponsored The Amos & Andy Show for many, many years. I think Hakeem Jefferson is on to something big.
So, your saying Big Soap is behind it all?
Big Soap
Im gonna hate myself for this, but….
Darky Toothpaste
Talk about covering your progressive bases…
They are both imaginary threats.
Most threats are.
You can tell the imaginary ones. They’re the ones that need a flock of media-educational operators to tell you about them.
“You can tell the imaginary ones. They’re the ones that
need a flock of media-educational operators to tell you about them.you go on Twitter to bitch about.”FTFY
Climate change > Whiteness? That does sound racist.
???
Why do these asshats still have jobs?
I’m betting a significant percentage of the heads of the universities don’t buy into this bullshit.
Having spent my entire life around the university system in one way or another, they absolutely believe it.
It’s a religion, but not at the Jim and Tammy Faye stage.
Yet.
I enjoyed the music today, and I’m quite happy that the cafe is busy. My dead scouser musical tastes run more towards The Meatmen – One Down, Three To Go!
[EF fixed your tagging. Put the em tags outside the link tags or omit altogether.]
One down, one to go
Thanks, EF. I blame the Bourbon.
“CDC’s ‘woke’ new language guide proposes replacing ‘dehumanizing’ words like inmate, poor and ELDERLY”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9937093/CDCs-woke-new-language-guide-proposes-replacing-dehumanizing-words-like-ELDERLY.html
You assholes have nothing better to do?
“Elderly” is dehumanizing?
Whatever, gramps.
I think I’m younger than you, but in any case, get off my lawn.
My dad hated when a neighbor called him old man
Can’t find the Neil Young song with expository intro, re his ranch hand. Bah.
Tres Version 2.0 often calls me “Pops”.
Im still not sure I how feel about that.
I’m Pops and the Old Man, depending on who’s talking,
also Bobbio, as in Fabio,
Im more like ‘Flabbio’
Public health is infested with SJWs.
If only California’s weather would migrate to Texas.
I never come across these sorts in the wilds of 92xxx, thank dog. Selfie types, OTOH…
oblig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktTfFveufMs
1. Why do you need to take them off oxygen before they are recovered?
2. What kind of ‘breathing equipment’ is this? If they are talking they aren’t intubated or in an iron lung, right?
It’s horseshit. Why would the hospital be telling them that if they take them off the ventilator they’ll be dead in minutes? That would be an implied threat.
They have to take them off so that they can tell a long sob story about their regret for not having been vaccinated. Or something.
So, Suthen! How’s the weather?
“More than a thousand anti-vaxxers march on New York City streets to protest de Blasio’s vaccine mandate which forces everyone 12 and older to show proof of vaccine to get into restaurants, bars, entertainment and gyms”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9936429/Its-war-call-Thousands-flood-New-York-City-streets-protest-vaccine-mandate.html
As much as I am against vaccine mandates, I’m not against vaccines. So calling them anti-vaxxers seems misleading.
It’s not just misleading, it’s propaganda.
There is a bit of that going around.
Only a bit?
Just the tip.
Which gets you a little bit pregnant.
Ahh, but that’s the trick, isn’t it?
When people accuse me of being an anti-vaxxer, I like to ask them when they got their last Tetanus booster. I got stuck in 2018, because Tetanus is an actually deadly disease, and I was going off to do something that risked getting minor skin injuries in a highly unsanitary environment.
The look of cognitive dissonance on their faces just makes my whole day…
Heh. Not since high school, here. But I would trust that vax if I needed it, pneumonia if I were prone to it, varicella if I hadn’t already had it…
The Tetanus vaccine has a long and well-documented history of results. I trust results.
#metoo, got a Tetanus booster about a month ago, gardening is a great way to get exposed to soil-borne organisms like Tetanus.
August 2017
Treble hook and a trout. Put the damn thing right through my thumbnail while try to unhook him.
Somehow politics, really bad medicine, and propaganda have been woven together in perfect harmony. Unlike any other vaccine ever – you have to get the shot AND convince everyone else to get it, including people who have already recovered from the illness. Or else it won’t work because science.
https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/083/398/821/original/728084d3588df85d.jpeg
It’s religion, I’m telling you. Once you think about it that way, it all makes sense.
The whole progressive stack, the mask, the vax, it’s like saints, crosses, and sacraments.
And of course, just like the medieval Catholic Church, it’s rife with hypocrisy. The leaders are living however they damn well please while preaching at us lowly serfs to rigidly adhere to all their rules. And yes, simply obeying is not enough – you have to also convert others and attack those who refuse to convert.
I bet you deny climate, too.
thicc?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9936091/Demi-Rose-shows-sensational-figure-holidaying-Ibiza.html
Can you imagine being the writer for her?
I think they just recycle the same four or five articles, maybe run them through a thesaurus randomizer algorithm for some variety.
Needs more GUNT.
I’d split that in two like a piece of dry hickory.
Do I need to remind you ?
Today on Glibs, I learned:
Very pretty but theres no way that girl can keep herself clean and smelling nice down below. Way too much friction going on. I would—but id have to bathe her myself beforehand.
Nope. Jaw-dropping cleavage.
busty / leggy display, pins, ?…
We have hit the mannerist stage of beauty. Big fake boobs, heavy make-up, silicon ass cheeks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannerism
Mornin’. Was expecting a Bird music link, but laughed out loud at the last surviving Beatle. Took a bit of the edge off the links.
Obligatory Bird link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gIqygr9UVrc
Also mandatory Bird.
Word!
Originally, I was thinking something like Koko or Donna Lee, but every fucking one of them was set to give the Black No Embed screen. I have a workaround for that, but it’s time-consuming. So I figure, Southpaw always makes me smile, go with him.
Okay, okay, I’m awake!
Shower, coffee, trash, and off to the range. I have two shotguns, a new lower for my AR-22, and a couple fifteen-round magazines for my Glock 48 that need testing…
no one needs 48 glocks
True. They’re boring.
I only have 3. Small, medium, and large. (26/19/21)
I only have four myself. Two G48s, two G34s. Honestly, as carry guns go, I shoot the Smith and Wesson M&P2.0 a lot better.
But those 15-round flush magazines from Shield Arms make the 48 a lot more titillating. Assuming that they run.
I also just completed an inventory of all my ARs and AR parts, which has flung me into a deep funk that only more shooting and a large raise will cure…
Right. You need at least 50.
On this note, yesterday at the gym I saw a VW in the gym parking lot with a Grateful Dead sticker and a Glock sticker.
It reminded me of the days in my early twenties when I had a pony tail and would wear tie dye to gun events and the gun range.
today in youtube recommends dog grooming
POWERFUL GUARD DOG needs a spa day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL7Fa8-tSbI
I occasionally watch a farm youtube channel with a white livestock guardian dog and at first thought it was a great pyrenees like this video but turn out it is a maremma shepherd and now my question is which one would win in a fight?
Ok Michael Vick
look if you had a duck and goose farm you would want the best dog for protection
Morning Old Man
We seem to have forgotten that when you lose a war you don’t get to dictate the terms of surrender.
I don’t think the Taliban have forgotten. I’m afraid it might get worse for those left behind after Tuesday.
And this is why I fell off the wagon this year.
I try to focus on the hummingbirds, the blue skies, sweet pet cat, good music…
But my brain won’t let go of the real world.
So I’ll get up in a couple of hours, slap on some make up and a smile, and present a cheery demeanor to help brighten everyone’s day while I quietly go insane with anger at Satan.
Totally get it
To be clear, by “we” I am speaking of Western society and especially our Dear Leaders. Not the Glibs.
After dinner last night – when it was slightly-less-sweltering enough to turn on the oven – I baked up a batch of zucchini brownies in a desperate attempt to keep up with our garden’s zucch production. Verdict: Not bad. A much lighter, cake-like texture than regular brownies, and nicely moist. I’d skipped the suggested nuts and cream cheese icing. I could stand for them to be chocolatey-er, so next time maybe I’ll stir in a bag of chocolate chips.
So how’s that low-carb going for you over there ?
Not so well.
One of the vendors at the neighborhood farmers’ market yesterday had the delightful human snack known as “puppy chow.”
What could I do??
?
Do tell.
In this case, Rice Chex (I’ve seen other cereals used, most notably Spoon-Size Shredded Wheat) coated with a mixture of peanut butter, semi-sweet chocolate chips, butter, and vanilla, then coated further in powdered sugar.
And now that I’ve brought the (small) bag out to check the ingredients, I’m going to have to eat some. After all, it IS, at its core, breakfast cereal…
Muddy Buddies is what we call them,
You sweet-toothed peoples…
https://www.chexmix.com/products/chex-mix-maxd-spicy-dill/
But! But! Peanut butter AND chocolate!!!
For GT, with Diane Franklin of Better Off Dead fame:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJLDF6qZUX0
Yes, I, too, have been known to eat peanut butter straight from the jar. Please don’t judge.
What happened to the crunchy Reese’s??
Sorry, didn’t mean to yuck your yum, as they say in midtown NY.
(Have you ever noticed that verbing weirds language? 😉 )
That which was done by you in that place was perceived by me in this place.
Try subbing out the Rice Chex with ISIS-K.
I think I might as well just plan to resume my lower-carb diet after gardening and farmers’ market season is over.
Then its 3 holidays in a row. You’re setting yourself up.
Do me & The Dozer need to come have an intervention ?
Well, we go out to eat on Halloween/Beggar’s Night to avoid the trick-or-treaters, so I’m safe until Thanksgiving.
But someone is bound to bring some Dorothy Lane Market pumpkin roll in to the office at some point.
Avoid them ?
How many kids can you possibly have over there ?
zucchini -eeewww
Sounds yummy! There is one more ingredient which is rumored to enhance the brownie experience, but I can’t seem to remember what it is for some reason …
So do the brownies offset the… extra ingredient’s munchie-inducing effects to achieve craving equilibrium?
More like an infinite loop, I think.
It will wreck them if you use it wrong, my Cookies were, suboptimal
Cream cheese icingon brownies?! Woman, are you MAD?!?!?
aren’t all women really 🙂
No more than men. ?
It’s in the recipe – remember, these come out more cakey than brownie-y – but I DID skip it, so THAT, at least, is not evidence of my madness.
I can’t speak to zownies, but the best topping for zucchini, banana, and pumpkin bread is butter and a slice of extra sharp cheddar.
Sounds delicious for the breads, but I’m not so sure about cheddar and chocolate – two great tastes, but do they taste great together?
Yeah, that’s why I said I couldn’t speak to the zownies. Never had zucchini brownies.
https://www.nj.com/news/2021/08/a-string-of-incidents-at-six-flags-raises-questions-about-amusement-ride-safety.html
All amusement parks must be closed immediately. We cannot continue to put our children at risk. /Gauleiter Murphy
We had ISIS (not the goddess played by Joanna Cameron in the 70s), the Taliban, then Daesh.
Is ISIS-K the new variant that TMITE is playing up like all the upcoming seasons of CoVid theater and it’s varied flavors ?
Good stuff, OM.
I can agree that getting old is not for sissies. DeCinces retired at 37, what does that tell you.
To paraphrase an old Army recruiting ad, “I get less done between 8 AM-8PM than most people before breakfast”
It doesn’t matter, I still get tired before the time runs out, without accomplishing anything. I need an assistant.
I hear that, I can barely stand and do my dishes, so I sit, and wait
Paper plates, luv?
In Jugsy’s absence, I embrace paper plates. Or as my family would say “just grab ya a paper dish.”
Still have to wash silverware. Im not quite briar enough to use plastic cutlery yet.
If you want to ship me some, I’m trying to stay above water right now,
Use one of those frisbees you throw around.
Im sure it would hold some pizza. Or flounder. Maybe pancakes if you’re careful with the syrup.
I don’t own any frisbees, my discs will give you a concussion if I hit you with one, doing about 50 mph upside of your head
Managing my assistants is a full time job.
I have an entire group of 30 year olds to manage, Fucking kids!
/I love them all,
Earlier this morning, I was trying to repair my cheap WOW-Mart reading glasses w/o the benefit of reading glasses. I couldnt find my jeweler’s screwdrivers, and use a box-cutter blade for a screwdriver. Its a miracle I didnt lay a finger open.
That’s why you need 2 pair of glasses, one pair to find the other pair. I put my glasses on the night stand, I can see well enough to take care of the night business, as long as I remember where the equipment is and so far, so good. I have a new prescription on the way somewhere, big changes since the last time, I’ll know where I’m going when I’m driving, (I hope).
Even the big print is small print anymore.
Distance is either friend or foe. Either things need to be pulled it closer or held at arm’s length.
Ding ding ding.
I keep old pairs of glasses so I have spares. It’s come in handy a few times. The old glasses aren’t great as my eyes change, but it’s better than no glasses.
I also embraced magnifiers for when I work on my guns. This and this are great.
Since its Sunday……Kojak covers Kris Kristofferson.
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Cigarillos and guns! what a badass!
“Combed my hair”
Yeah, right, Telly, I need another laugh
“The beer I had for breakfast wasn’t bad so I had one more for dessert.”
Good idea. I’m having more boozy coffee.
Fuck. Another Kabul explosion.
Just like Biden predicted !
Maybe not. Only showing on Twitter so far
DDG is pulling up some results from other outlets.
NY Post now reporting. https://nypost.com/
Rocket or Mortar.
But they don’t have a counter battery setup.
Bad news for the next low value drone target on the list.
So an up date on my “nothing left to cut” tour. First, wife and I are eternally grateful to HE for everything. Thank you all for getting me this far.
They browbeat me on the gofundme thing. We will use that toward a specific prosthetic for fine woodworking functions should the VA not cover it, and to buy servos and sensors to build a functional thumb and finger.
On to the fun stuff. Last pain meds were at 2200 CDT, just ibuprofen, ice, and herbal remedies only since. Pain level has been adjusted to somewhat.
Palm and fingers are bruised to hell. I can move all remaining digits, and have full sensation.
Still not able to move the index finger stump much, but that is from the swelling and bruising.
Thumb stump I can move but I’m not other than twitches, as I don’t want to move the sutures.
I have plans to star a weekly series of the shop setup, the bench build, the Incident, the recovery, the mods I make to tools, workflow, and life. Then the observatory build (I think I’m going to sell large prints of astrophotos on metallic paper in frames I make from pallets as fine art prints for income over the VA disability.
Let me know thoughts on any or all of this.
Thanks, Don
browbeat?
How far does $2000 go for you?
I don’t know yet honestly but a long way.. My initial follow-up with surgeon is Wed, Thursday I see the VA primary care doc and the wife and I are going to talk to their bean counters to find out what if anything they will cover. There was a service-connected issue that contributed to the incident…
Dude, you’re getting cybernetic limb replacements? Wild!
We can rebuild him. We have the technology.
+ Oscar Goldman
I would demand that every time I grab something with that hand, the ‘bionics ‘sound from that show should play.
nunununu…..
Yes!
Do the Astrophotos! I’m doing something similar, you will succeed! Go Iron Man!
Too soon for a penis joke?
I was gonna link the John Wayne Bobbitt pr0n, but we’re FamilyFriendly®
Hahahaha!
Wow, you’re more upbeat about this than I suspect I would be. Continued wishes for a speedy recovery.
Were you using any kind of push stick or push block when the accident took place? I know those things aren’t accident proof either, just curious.
Me too, I just aboot threw up when I heard, I’ve come close before,
Yes. I’ve almost done this so many times, if my fingers were cats, they’d have died twice already. I’m lucky I can still do the Johnny Cash pose.
“Wow, you’re more upbeat about this than I suspect I would be. Continued wishes for a speedy recovery.” – Seconded!
As someone who spends a bit of time with saws and wood, reading about it and seeing the pictures gives me that leg-crossing-wincing-willies feeling. Also curious about what happened? Did it kick the board up and pull your hand into the blade?
Hidden knot on rough cedar I was ripping for quartersawn boards. About a foot from the end. When I went back in I saw that I actually finished the cut so to speak when it dropped back with my hand on it
That would be a good topic for an article, not for grisly amusement but to educate others about how to improve powertool safety.
In short. Yes, with my right hand, standing offset to the left of the board
Damn.
Sorry, dude. As others have said, I’ve had my share of close calls.
Good luck with the rebuild and recovery.
Sorry about what happened.
Me too. I hate to see friends hurt.
I blame this asshole. ( Not really, but he sure is an asshole.)
I would like to read about you recovery & shop plans, Don. Heal soon!!
Best wishes on your recovery.
The specific prosthetic for woodworking sounds like a really good idea.
Thanks, one and all. Injury area was stinging pretty bad, so ended up taking a 5mm oxymoron. Not too bad. At least I know I’m good on all of those cut-off-the-finger yakuza/mafia scenes. ?
Nap time
S/b badly,mg
Ocycodon good grief, guessing autocorrect “update”
I was guessing the oxy’s were kicking in.
I like “oxymoron.” ?
Glad to hear you still have stumps, even a little nub makes a big difference in adapting, Anyway welcome to the club, and rest assured you’ll be back at it in no time even if it seems pretty shitty and a long way off right now.
it is walnut season and soon there will be hazelnut season. this is not good for my waistline
Eat more zucchini.
NO
Hazelnuts: the king of nuts. ?
Pretty certain that title belongs to Peter North.
Shagbark Hickories would like a word *commences annual attempt at harvesting whatever the squirrels fail to gather*
? Tastiest of nuts, followed by pecans.
Why do you have to make this so easy?
I cant even…
If it’s that easy then kindly do explain, Mr. Cool.
pee-CAN or pee-KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN?
peh-KON, ah reckon.
+1 Nutella
Yah!
I think I ate too many am feeling slightly sick. Also had a couple of beer to wash them down
Sounds like you need more alcohol.
I will try a little scotch to settle the stomach
BEWARE THE PUMPKIN SPICE.
https://nationalfile.com/video-joe-biden-slumps-over-appears-to-fall-asleep-during-meeting-with-israeli-pm/
This was funny for a while. Now it’s getting worrisome.
ISTR this sort of thing from the Soviets in the 80s.
Presidenting is boring AF.
CDC embraces Newspeak.
https://nypost.com/2021/08/28/cdcs-inclusive-health-equity-guide-tackles-anti-vaxxers-smokers/
“Poor people should be referred to as “with self-reported income in the lowest income bracket (if income brackets are defined).””
IIRC, a sizable number of very wealthy folks don’t report any actual income. It’s good to be poor.
Do they embrace drugs falling out of people’s asses?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/kamala-harris-poses-front-communist-ho-chi-minh-bust-worst-photo-op-american-country-since-jane-fonda-donned-helmet-1972/
*puts feet up and waits for the Hyperbole to arrive*
Tho photo made me sick for a second.
Your feet up comment made me larf.
How big of a moron do you have to be as a politician to do that?!? And then you start thinking, you could only do that if you gave no fucks about optics at all. If you either knew or believed that (a) the propaganda shops would carry water for you, and (b) fuck those proles back home.
It really is one of the dumbest political acts I’ve seen in years.
In the middle of a bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan which is creating comparisons to the fall of Saigon, the VP poses in front of a statue of the leader that ran us out of Vietnam.
How politically stupid do you have to be to do that?
Everybody has to have some kind of skill. Her skill is offending people.
Maybe by being even more awful it keeps Joe in office?
Alex Berenson banned from Twitter for tweeting on the Israeli natural immunity study:
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/twitter-permanently-bans-alex-berenson-after-viral-tweets
Follow the science doesn’t really mean follow the science does it?
You have to follow the proper science. The kind that supports your position. The rest is just propaganda.
Probably the intro is the only misleading thing. It does not stop infection or transmission, but it significantly lowers both (which is left unsaid).
That is debatable and remains to be seen. If the people warning about ADE are correct, each successive variant will become more dangerous to people who were vaccinated.
Seems to be pretty in keeping with the science we have that it lowers both infection and transmission.
We obviously can’t tell what’s down the road and that’s a good argument against any mandates.
The argument against mandates is sovereignty of one’s body. The infection itself is completely and utterly irrelevant.
?
Pretty sure Urthona was speaking from a public health perspective.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/textbased/health/text-9935671/JO-MACFARLANE-did-ill-Covid-Ive-jabs.html
Insert requisite Veronica / Heathers quote here.
The media, why are you pulling my dick?
And not in the good way.
“Because you’re an idiot?”
anyway…
CDC director saying the exact same thing about vaccines for which Twitter just banned Alex Berenson
https://mobile.twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1431786599239520257
Live by the algorithm, die by the algorithm.
“violations of our COVID-19 misinformation rules”
Misinformation = data that doesn’t fit with the preapproved narrative.
Also: how about instead of encouraging regulation and/or lawsuits against Twatter, STOP FUCKING USING THEM.
Speaking of the farm channel I occasionally watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0q-TJ-vpPc
what is the official glibertarian etiquette of hunting on private farmland? leave if asked?
Ask before you arrive.
you ask first. Always. And yes, you leave if asked.
Trespassing with weapons is generally frowned upon.
And illegal.
Hey Suth et al! UOK?
My CCW instructor went off on a tangent about the need to be courteous and leave zero mess whatsoever if you’re hunting/shooting on someone else’s land… He said “And don’t shoot the owner’s cattle… True story.”
North Dakota is similar to Vermont; land it considered open to hunting if it’s not posted. However, this seemed very close to a residence, in which case the “no shooting within 440 yards of a residence” clause would come into affect.
That’s the law. The etiquette is you ask first, and you leave no trace of your visit.
Slutty Sunday sez thicc?
https://archive.li/PwHbo
there are a few thicc’uns in there, Red looks pretty cute,
@pie if you’re still around. Are you familiar with Saperavi? Turns out there’s a 3 hectare planting a couple hours from here which I’m targeting to visit.
Saperavi is a Georgian grape planted also in the Republic of Moldova but not in Romania. Dark fruit a bit of spice good acidity
I had a couple of quite good ones and one of the worst wines I ever drank – made in Khazakstan that one so it is not the grape neccesarily. But I am not familiar in the sense that I know a lot about it.
the romanian varietal Negru de Drăgăşani which makes some nice wines is a cross between saperavi and a pre-phylloxera romanian grape called negru vartos
Pie, I was a bit cross with you the other day. Sorry.
I am not sure I remember honestly
Oh good. Buna soara!
seara
multumesc
ç
Wait, you made him tumescent?
ç – not a Romanian thing. you mean ț
I might be remembering how the mood came about…
How Pie Came to Be a Glib would be a good topic someday.
How Pie Came to Be a Glib would be a good topic – there is really not much to it
I’m curious anyway. To forums if you like.
I knew a Romanian lass. Oy gevalt. I hope she was an outlier. Do you know the slang “dingbat”?
short version I was lurking on reason as there are few Romanian libertarian sites and when glibs came about I made the move from lurking to posting
Good to know.
Forum topic?
I dont think i have been to the forum since the day it launched but maybe i will check it out
Georgia the country makes some good wines though from it. They call the higher quality stuff Mukuzani
Thanks for the info! I had a cheap Saperavi a few years ago, which was made in a sweet style. It didn’t inspire me to buy more. “Mukuzani” will now be my keyword.
Georgians make a good amount of wine sweet and not too good for the russian market
“pre-phylloxera romanian grape called negru vartos”
I’m gonna assume this is some kind of vampire code.
The worst wine I ever had was a “white Merlot”.
“Our journalists have an important job rooted in public service”
Public service??? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
Fucking propagandists. Fuck off.
https://twitter.com/alexkotch/status/1431244706642546690
CWAA
“I have an idea”
“You can’t debate that, people smarter than you have decided you’re wrong”
“That’s censorship”
“You’re always whining about censorship!”
Funny how the propagandists are uniformly referring to ivermectin as a horse medicine when it’s used in much smaller doses in dogs.
I’ve been taking dog medicine, glucosamine chondroitin, since 1989 when it was only available by RX from a vet; now it’s OTC. I fail to see how “horse medicine” is pejorative.
Maybe not horse medicine, but horse goo.
It could just as easily be a chewable, like my dog gets once a month, or something you add to coffee like splenda (our dogs got a liquid dispensed over their food with a pipette back when I was a kid).
Yep.
I still have a couple of Ivermectin heartworm doses left over from my bubby. I’m-a keep ’em. I also ordered doggie dosage from Amazon. I think people like the horse version because it’s apple flavored, and the THE SCIENCE™ crowd glommed on to that to poke fun & shame.
That Israeli study preprint just might find its way into a lawsuit…. can’t hide public court docs.
Authoritarians will spin it as propaganda from (((them))).
Anti-semitism is the perfect smokescreen.
I don’t think I have ever liked The Cars. As you were.
I do not like them either. I remember when they first came out, actually right before they came out, my mom’s friend was the mother of a child actor and she brought over a cassette tape of them all excited. She told us that we just had to hear this totally exciting new band. Popped in the tape and we just looked at her while it played, thinking “OK, she’s completely lost it..” Shoulda bought stock, if that was possible.
I didn’t like them in the 80s (too much synth) until they did “Drive” which was their least-Cars-like Cars song. I liked Drive.
Nowadays when “classic rock” stations serve up Cars from the 80s i enjoy it, but I think it’s just nostalgia. Like Duran Duran.
I can’t even.
Wait—you like synth?!?
And here I had thought we had bonded over our mutual love of cock!
(Clutches pearls)
?
I’m hoping that is the best John-o ever.
Epic.
Living in Stereo, maybe. (Cue Phoebe, youse…)
Among my favorite bands. I have loved them since the first time I heard them.
But hey, like me learned yesterday, there’s a lot of music out there!
I was drawn to them for their album covers. The music’s not too bad either.
#metoo.
Good morning, Old Man!
And a good morning to the rest of you wonderful people.
Fucking world is going crazy, but I’m glad I get to enjoy the collapse with y’all.
Have a great Sunday!
This past Christmas I got the ol man a card that had a happy Nast style Christmasy thing but said “Let’s ride out this shitstorm together.”
And that’s what we are doing.
Amazing how the snowball accelerates here at the end tho, isn’t it?
I love this quote.
I also love this.
Keep going.
Lol, great Twitter thingy.
What’s happening in the world now would be amazing if it weren’t so damned predictable.
If I saw myself now five years ago, I would do things very different,
I wouldn’t be proud of myself,
Slowly, then suddenly.
Gradually, if you are pulling the quote from The Sun Also Rises 😉
Camp Pendleton is booming today.
That usually precedes some interesting global events.
Hardly. Some Reserve arty unit doing their AT probably. I hope back to a peace time military where they practice occasionally with live ammo instead of saving it for battles.
Used to hear the artillery all the time during my summer ATs at Pendleton and Leguene in the 90s.
I live next to the infamous spook training facility. They usually precede a kinetic action with a couple of weeks of blowing shit up.
“A mind-blowing graphic in today’s Times on what $85bn worth of lost equipment means in practice for the Taliban”
https://twitter.com/_Will_Brown/status/1431912098590871553
Looks like the Second Amendment only applies to other countries.
You and I paid for all of (and our kids and and grandkids).
“Cook County judge strips mother of parental rights because she is not vaccinated”
CHICAGO – A Chicago mother says a Cook County judge has taken away her parental rights after learning that she is not vaccinated against COVID-19.
In what all parties agree is a very unusual and perhaps unprecedented step, a judge at Chicago’s Daley Center has stripped Rebecca Firlit of custody because she refuses to get a vaccination shot.
“I miss my son more than anything. It’s been very difficult. I haven’t seen him since August 10th,” Firlit told FOX 32 News in an exclusive interview.
That’s the day Firlit appeared in court via Zoom along with her ex-husband for a child support hearing involving their 11-year-old son. The two have been divorced for seven years and share custody and parenting time.
She says out of the blue, Cook County Judge James Shapiro asked her whether she had been vaccinated. Firlit told Shapiro she had not because she has had bad reactions to vaccines in the past.
Shapiro then ordered that Firlit be stripped of all parenting time with her son until she gets vaccinated.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cook-county-judge-strips-mother-of-parental-rights-over-vaccination-status
Some of the most offensive and tyrannical decisions come out of juvenile and family court. There’s really no limiting factor because it’s not based on rights.
Apparently this Shapiro is 100% Chicago (i.e. corrupt as fuck)
Noted twice already here, but yes, grrrrr.
Constitutionality?
I think I shall daydrink, stay home and melt in my corner, my back is toast.
Cheers l, my homie.
I keep saying the best way to learn the truth is to watch who gets censored.
Looks like Berenson was too close for comfort.
After my stomach allowed me ~2 hours’ sleep last night, today I shall watch the Weather Channel and play The Sims.
My trip to St. Maarten may be back on – the cruise line cancelled the cruise we had booked, but added a shorter cruise that stops in Phillipsburg. Bucket list item may be checked off after all.
I hope you feel better.
That’s good news about the trip. Hopefully you won’t have to wear a face diaper.
@Suthen,
That hurricane going to impact you?
If so, stay safe. You seem to be the prepared type so I’m not too worried, just checking in on ya.
Angry yet?
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/28/a-lesson-for-joe-biden/
Heh, 91X is playing a song linked the other day (Icicle Works). Eh, maybe not that remarkable.
Mornin bros and broettes. Well, it seems like morning, a full 2 hours before I dragged my arse out of bed yesterday.
Mornin, Ralph!
The Post’s impeccable headlines still reign supreme.
https://nypost.com/2018/02/27/buyer-pulls-out-of-home-sale-after-discovering-its-porn-past/
From 2018 but still funny.
Well, I mean ghosts and termites are things, but Pr0n? No, say it isn’t so!
Oh. Wifey’s World.
I have some fond memories of her videos.
“Texas is poised to outpace California in industrial innovation.”
Musk it doing that all by himself. But at least Jack and Zuckerborg provide more wokeness, and isn’t that what’s really important?
I’m sure the Afghans think so!!
“Yang Tang is the chief technology officer at Houston-based GoExpedi.”
I ain’t makin fun of the dude’s name or anything. But how many times can you say that without laughing out loud?
Sweetpoon’s Bother?
lol
For context.
“Our resolution proposal aims to define a safe zone in Kabul, under U.N. control, which would allow humanitarian operations to continue,” Macron told French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche, according to Reuters.
UN control. So lots of ? Will STEVE SMITH apply for a position?
Here’s something you already know: California-based businesses – Tesla, Oracle, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and many others – have made Texas the state of choice when it comes to relocating headquarters and opening satellite offices for several years now.
The reasons? It’s cheaper to operate a business; there is no state income tax; there is an abundance of land, pro-business policies, lower cost of living, significant talent pool for hiring; and the list goes on and on.
Until they destroy Texas with their Proggy bullshit.
“Those are patients who are still awake right now, who are still conscious, so they are having these very difficult conversations with their doctors and their nurses, and facing that very tough reality that if that life-sustaining equipment that’s breathing for them is removed, as this hospital official described it for me, they could be dead in a matter of minutes,” CNN’s Polo Sandoval said.
Why do I smell bullshit?
On this day in history, Shay’s Rebellion begins.
Oh fuck.
There should be two links there. It looks like both are there but I just fucked up closing a tag.
This is why my links are never fancy. I have to apologize enough for my shit grammar and punctuation.
I blame the lack of boozy coffee. Time for more.
“Until they destroy Texas with their Proggy bullshit.”
Yep. Wait until they finally realize there’s nowhere left to escape to because of the their own idiocy.
Like I’ve always said of the left, they’ll have the most shocked faces when they’re up against that wall.
Yep. Wait until they finally realize there’s nowhere left to escape to because of the their own idiocy.
They usually realize well after metastasizing and infecting all of the surrounding areas.
@rhywun
Re: metv.com
I post from home on a Fire tablet. It doesn’t suffer from most pop up issues. Sorry for that.
Unabashedly chicky stuff: Just gave myself a manicure with these nail polish strips. Now I’m feeling nostalgic for when my friends from Miami U & I would go to the WEBN fireworks over Labor Day weekend. Gratified to see that it’s still going on, even “in these troubled times.” ::suppresses a barf::
Oh man, this place is turning into a hen house, we’re doomed!
Mrs. Grummun is a big fan of Color Street.
Obviously a woman of impeccable taste. After all, she married you, didn’t she?
::blushes::
She says “does she know the fall line is out?!” and asks what your favorite color is. Ha! She’s big on the sparkles.
Please tell her that yes, I’ve seen the new fall stuff, but haven’t started buying any yet. I just got turned on to these a few weeks ago, and I’ve already bought about a dozen sets! Of the new stuff, my favorites are this purple stony one and this cool graphic one.
Nice, I haven’t seen those (she always shows me the new stuff when her hook-up delivers). She recently had these on.
Oh, yeah! I have a couple of sample strips of that design, courtesy of my
pusher“stylist.”Hey, would you look at that?
Oh, I’m sure that’s just a coincidence./credulity
Would be great to be able to read all of that. Unfortunately, even in incognito mode, ain’t happening.
My browser’s “Reader Mode” beats it.
I… what? How is this happening?
There’s no conspiracy theory too wild anymore. Alex Jones is now just an early adopter.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-lab-security-experts-1.6059097
JFC where have we heard that before.
Attention, the West – they are the enemy. They tell us this constantly.
The Hair That Walks Like A Man™ has opined in the past that he admires China’s “basic dictatorship.” Most of our elite would openly bow towards the Forbidden City if they didn’t covet the Chinese ex-pat vote so much.
Planner and facilitator is Pashtun for random dudes with long beards. *wiggles fingers under chin*
*snort*
The way the news has been working out lately, I expect to find out they are teen aged sons of an American preacher.
Brooks Robinson wasn’t even the Best Third Baseman Ever.
Look at abandoned Soviet Ruskie mining town Pyramiden, featuring the world’s most northern Lenin head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQowGCVAgYE
I’m resisting making peanut butter cookies. Maybe I’ll walk to the bakery tomorrow and buy 1 instead.
Is it too hot to bake where you are?
No, I just don’t need to eat that much sugar.
::tries to find a place to stand to block view of baked goods from farmers’ market and fresh-baked zucchini brownies::
I might make some bacon brownies for my kid. I did chocolate dipped bacon a few years ago and it was not bad.
Bacon, crispy, candied with maple sugar.
My blood sugar and cholesterols are spiking just writing that.
The place in the shopping center by the Turkish restaurant? I need to go there more often.
Yes
RIP, Lou Grant
For those of you who didn’t get to church today but need a spiritual experience:
https://youtu.be/bnkCZ-ymmSc