Tales of the Belt, Part 7: The Operation

by | Aug 30, 2021 | Fiction | 244 comments

“Leopard, this is Captain Madrigal of the MS13 La Bomba, reporting on station, in cloak, it appears we have some Minor company” I looked at the pics he sent me and sure enough, I knew them, minor indeed, I couldn’t figure out how they were planning on haulin it out of here, but the bigger question was how did they beat us to a place they knew nothing of? “Captain, what do you suggest?” I was in no hurry, let him figure it out. 

The Damned guy put it on me, I’m Security, not strategy and recon, so I spoke to our Miners and had them set up ops as normal, and see how the Scavs’ react. “Leopard, Maintain course and follow the Miners into the L points, I would like to just shake their cage a bit, we are in position” Well, that was that, six hours of burn and two breaking wide, we would be at our station for a few weeks.

Damned Miners burned in when weren’t lookin’ such as de Mylar wadn’t playin well today, we uns twere busy making fast the cargo, now was the deciding time. We could run wit what we got, or wait for our friends to get here, we gone carry on.

As soon as we Beaconed L1, the idiots sensors went off like an old time Christmas tree, Comms and Sensors were in stitches with the panic caused, we proceeded to establish the five points in peace. Did they really think we would be out here alone? There’s more going on than we can see, it’s only four hours til the Cat arrives, I think we can handle things until then.

Here we are, we took L2 for distance sake, and I made a Call, “Derelict scrapper, you are in violation of the Universal right of Claim, you have four hours to leave the area or you will be boarded and detained” At this point I was stalling for time, we had plenty, I wanted them to show their hand.

“Cap, we gotta stall til They get ‘ere or they’ll blow us oot of de skies ye knows?“ Me boy was right, the Cat gimme four ‘ours, may as well take it, so we slow rolled our tings to make a getout if we needed to, we thought we were so clever, then it happened.

“Madrigal, are you seeing this?”

“I am, kind of hard to miss, you did zoom lower left?” Then I saw the clear markings of a CCP ship, ah Fuck!

“Ideas?” I knew a few things, that’s how the scavs’ found us, and got here ahead of us, and the behemoth in my viewscreen was larger than any Craft I have ever seen.

“Leopard, they still don’t know we are here, but at the first sign of trouble, they are Galactic Toast, you have my word”

I guess it’s time to see what they want.

“It’s quite simple Mr. Fletcher, we want you to leave our claim, after all, we don’t adhere to your worthless treaties and claims, we were here first, leave now, or bear the Consequences”

By this point, our group was loaded and locked, the Miners had specialized “tools” that worked well at range, and we had the comfort of the main firepower reaching out from a cloaked position, my turn to tell them what the Fuck was up. 

“Communist Ship, We Claim rights to this ‘roid and will stand ground, leave now or cause a Planetary incident, and you will lose.”

We had already found the primary vents and weaknesses, and with targeting locks, we were ready. The Miners went in first, straight at the Scavs’ They overwhelmed the ship. Killed the Men and took the women and ship, intact. It was very messy  as boardings go, these guys fight with knives and axes up close.

I feinted towards the Pirate craft, swung wide and unloaded on the vents I knew I could hit, and nothing happened… Dummies!  MS found the real ones, and between us both laid down a path of fire directly to the engine room, bang! Typical CCP tech, she broke in two and proceeded to scatter 25k people and a Starship right through the Diamond Dust, destroying all of my work.

Cruel POV, maybe, but the CCP is the real scourge of the System, 25k dead sounds good to me, they only have 4 trillion more. I get to start from scratch, no Dust, no cash and a ton of debt,

I still have my ship and my wits, I’ll find more Diamond Dust I’m sure.

About The Author

Yusef drives a Kia

Yusef drives a Kia

Punctually illiterate But never late

244 Comments

  1. Ownbestenemy

    I read it like I am reading comic book panes. Good job Yusef!

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      OBE, that’s exactly how I’m writing it in my head, Thanks!

  2. Jerms

    Nice job Yusef, i like it. Hows your back tonight?

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Jacked up, but it happens as the Sun sets, almost like a Flu,
      Thanks for asking, Tall Cans!

  3. Ghostpatzer

    I’m getting a little Doc Smith vibe from this, lots of shit getting blowed up real good. I like!

  4. trshmnstr the terrible

    No one should be forced to get a jab. Pressure, where people may lose their jobs, is NOT acceptable

    DeSantis? Abbott? Tom Woods? Alex Jones? Nope.

    • Ghostpatzer

      Wow. Putin is a master troll, but still…

    • blackjack

      Just say Nyet to drugs!

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      LOL

      I bet Yarvin weighs in on this one.

    • rhywun

      Officials have been accused of underreporting fatalities, counting only cases when coronavirus was found to be the primary cause of death after autopsy.

      Um….

      • db

        I saw and shook my head at the same thing

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      I like him, a leader, maybe not the one we want, but a leader, and a badass!

    • blackjack

      This is timely. I have an appointment at my doc’s to argue about him allowing me an exemption tomorrow. I’m gonna demand a written recommendation either way. I want him to say that I should get it even after I told him about having an allergic reaction to the flu shot and losing consciousness during a cortisone shot. Maybe it’ll liability shame him. Maybe. He’s probably not going to give me my exemption. I’ll have to argue based on my deeply held belief that I don’t need it.

      • blackjack

        Not that I want him to say I should get it. I want him to give me an exemption. If he won’t then I want it in writing. With a full explanation.

    • wdalasio

      “ Officials have been accused of underreporting fatalities, counting only cases when coronavirus was found to be the primary cause of death after autopsy.”

      The horror!

      • blackjack

        Of, not with? How dare you deflate the panic balloon!

    • Brochettaward

      Honestly, I don’t see what makes Putin any more of an asshole than the average American president. He’s killed a few dissidents. Ours use cruise missiles to bomb wedding parties in third world shitholes. He’s held onto power for a long time? Like that cunt Obama wouldn’t declare himself emperor if he had the chance. His foreign adventures have been far tamer and less disastrous than his American counterparts.

      He’s the leader (most of) the Russian people want.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Agreed,

      • blackjack

        So, you’re saying he is an asshole, but he’s not the first?

      • Brochettaward

        I would never sully the title of First by giving it to a politician.

      • Ownbestenemy

        No that is below…

      • Ownbestenemy

        Well that is embarrassing…you were responding to the asshole.

      • blackjack

        It was a joke with layers of depth, but if I have to explain it, it won’t really be funny.

      • JaimeRoberto (shama/lama/ding dong)

        And by Russian standards he’s been pretty tame.

  5. DEG

    I’m Security, not strategy and recon

    I guess he’s not a doctor either.

    Then I saw the clear markings of a CCP ship, ah Fuck!

    “Ah Fuck” is right.

    CCP is the real scourge of the System

    Yes.

    I like it.

    • Ted S.

      He’s as much of a doctor as Jill Biden.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      “I’m Security, not strategy and recon”
      You got the joke, Bravo!

      • DEG

        🙂

    • UnCivilServant

      “I’m a Doctor not a Doct… Dammit! Okay, I’ve been lying, I’m not actually a doctor either.”

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Not looking at the sideboob, nice asses!

  6. Yusef drives a Kia

    “and the behemoth in my viewscreen was larger than any Craft I have ever seen.”
    I wrote this before the CCP anouncement about their new Giant ship, proff of my Time travel? Hmmm

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Post this next week, it really applies to the next one,

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      And that was really good

      • Ownbestenemy

        Sometimes my kids share fun YouTube…other times its…scary.

    • hayeksplosives

      See, this is the kind of stuff I’d never find if it weren’t for you guys!

      • Ownbestenemy

        He is very alliterative in his raps and it is addicting. See the one above that I posted it is a literary playground.

  7. Brochettaward

    No more Mr. Nice Bro. You shitstains are going to get Firsted so hard you’ll be shitting sideways through next Tuesday.

    • Spudalicious

      “And Lameness was thy name.”

    • Fourscore

      Good, Mr B, you tell ’em.! There are a lot of folks that don’t understand that by being first you don’t contribute anything. Sort of like being homeless, everyone knows you’re there, annoying as hell. The brother-in-law that shows up at a party uninvited. We understand though ,if it makes you feel important.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Sick! 4x, you tell it Sir!

      • Brochettaward

        You know what your problem is, Fourscore? You’ve been the sugar business for so long, you’ve forgotten the taste of real honey!

      • Fourscore

        That’s what I mean, you’re that brother-in-law that shows up for the booze and wants to take some of the food home

    • Hyperion

      So, who’s going to get out of bed in time to do that?

      • Brochettaward

        I have three alarm clocks set.

      • Hyperion

        And all three are only right twice a day?

  8. blackjack

    The Bee, bringing it!

    • blackjack

      “Sometimes we need to spend millions of dollars to remind minorities what’s best for them,” said Newsom. “Right now, what’s best for them is being locked in their homes and given forced vaccinations. Larry Elder will try to come in and offer to lower their taxes, give them jobs, and heal their communities, but the thing that really matters here is that he wore blackface.”

      Those guys are the best.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      The ‘Fro!

    • Chafed

      OMG that is great!

    • one true athena

      That is one righteous ‘fro. Hope it’s real.

      Kaep tried to bring it back but he just looked like a cake pop.

      • Mojeaux

        LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!

    • blackjack

      I just don’t know anymore. I’d like to think that even a senile old coot can handle stupid shit like this. Of course he’s an idiot, he’s been one forever and a day. He’s only gotten worse. This is just way too extreme of an about face by the media. They’re such liars and so blatant about it, that they would happily paper over this whole thing if it were in the interests of the party. That tells me that having Joe look like a doddering old fool is now in the interests of the party. Meaning something much worse is coming right on his heels. It’s all just too perfect.

      • rhywun

        something much worse is coming right on his heels

        Kamala?

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        The K in ISIS-K?

      • blackjack

        I’ve thought about maybe this is what it takes to make her seem palatable. I just tend to doubt that she’s even palatable to the dems. She didn’t get a single vote in the primary. She’s even hated out here in her home state. I guess it’s possible, maybe they think that we’ll warm up to her if we see her govern for a few years. The reality is, she always gets worse than she seems and she seems pretty bad to start with.

      • Hyperion

        She should just get on the 101 and keep going until she’s out of there! Maybe antifa will kidnap her. Nah, not even they will want her.

      • blackjack

        No. That broad needs to head out east on the 10 and not stop until it hit’s the other ocean. Those people will know what to do with her.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        “It’s all just too perfect.”
        But it’s in the best interest of the Country!
        Civil War, here we come,

      • Hyperion

        Well, the doddering old fool has not a clue what is going on. It’s just the current democrat/commie regime running things. Illegitimate as hell and even more disastrous in their actions.

        Are these people stupid or evil? Both of course.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        I like my Tales, at least we GTFO this Planet,

      • Hyperion

        I’m actually going to read your article now, bro. It’s been a long day…

      • Chafed

        I think you give them too much credit. Biden is a very real problem for the party. Kamala is widely disliked within Democratic circles. This is a clusterfuck of their own making. It’s going to cost them.

      • Hyperion

        When they can cheat in elections with impunity, why does it matter?

      • Chafed

        Show me the hand recount that swung a state for Trump and I’ll believe the last election was stolen. Until then, the Dems are getting nervous about 2022 because they have a reason to be.

      • Hyperion

        Call it intuition, whatever you want. They cheated.

        There’s tons of evidence, coming out by the day. But because the legacy media and social media control the narrative, nothing can be done about it.

      • Suthenboy

        There is a reason the dems are always pushing to make it easier to cheat in elections: They want to cheat in elections. Most of the time things really are just what they appear to be.
        They cheated as sure as the sun comes up in the morning.

      • trshmnstr the terrible

        It’s going to cost them.

        With who? The mythical centrist independent out there who was swayed by all the white supremacy race baiting, economy pilfering, and naked corruption?

        Who is out there going “Biden looked so damn good last year, but he’s suffering dementia now, and I hate Kamala, so I’m gonna vote R in 2022.”?

      • Chafed

        You overstate the case among independents. Many held their nose and voted for Trump over Hilary in 2016. Many held their nose and voted for Biden over Trump.

      • trshmnstr the terrible

        I’m an adherent to the turnout model. I don’t think there’s this huge, unattached, eagerly voting independent middle that’s swaying elections. I think most of the changes from election to election are determined by how many of the base and other reliable layers of voters get out to the polls.

        That’s why the only “legitimate” win I see having happened for Biden was the mail-in lowering the barrier for a bunch of unmotivated leftists to vote. Of course, even that mail-in shit was illegal as hell, but it’s a “respectable” illegal, I guess.

      • Chafed

        I agree with you the mass use of mail in voting was bullshit. But it wasn’t illegal. I want to see it curbed too.

    • Jerms

      They might have thought the K in isis-k stood for “kids”

      • Hyperion

        Also known as ‘collateral damage’ or another weapons sale. Good shoot!

    • kinnath

      the
      adults
      are
      in
      charge

  9. Suthenboy

    Blah blah blah Biden meets with families of slain service members and honors those service members blah blah blah
    /MSM

    Family members are saying it was less than disappointing. Biden spent the time talking about his own son, kept looking at his watch, etc.
    Consensus from those families is that Biden doesnt care. One family member described it as disgraceful, Biden was disrespectful, and one said after the 4th time Biden looked at his watch he refused to look at Biden.

    This presidency is a disgrace all around.

    • Hyperion

      Stolen elections can lead to that.

    • Chafed

      I couldn’t stand Bush the Younger. But when that SOB went to Dover AFB to meet with military families he paid attention and genuinely wept with him. He was a shit stain but somewhere inside he had a soul.

      As you said Suthen, Biden is just an embarrassment. I increasingly wonder how aware he is of his surroundings.

      • Hyperion

        He was an embarrassment in DC for 50 years. Not he’s a part of a treason.

      • Chafed

        ?

      • Hyperion

        Now, sorry, I’m tired, time to get off the internet for the night.

      • creech

        Biden knows the personal tragedy of losing loved ones – first wife and kid in traffic accident, Beau from cancer. How could he not care in a situation like this? Even a huge narcistic “look at me, I’m the important guy here” Trump wouldn’t have behaved this way.

      • hayeksplosives

        Biden has, on paper, suffered more than his fair share of family tragedy.

        But his response all along the way, even before senility, has been to leverage those tragedies into political advantage so that he could climb higher and amass more power.

        As much as you’d like to believe in a scrap of human decency in there, he is the worst kind of selfish, immoral scum.

      • Chafed

        HS gets it.

    • Fourscore

      “Biden spent the time talking about his own son”

      ,Hunter is a good son, a little mischievous maybe, but he’s young, he’ll outgrow it

    • straffinrun

      Being able to convincingly portray oneself as a sympathetic human vs not being able to do that. If the person is a POS politician, I think I prefer the latter.

  10. hayeksplosives

    Another great sorry installment, Yusef!

    Thanks for doing these.

    • Fourscore

      err, story

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        She’s right 4×20, think of the Tales as a serial Comic book, then you will know Grasshopper!
        I have plenty more,

      • hayeksplosives

        Lol, thanks for excusing my embarrassing typo!

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Glad you enjoy them,

      • hayeksplosives

        “La Bomba” made me grin.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        I love playing with Time,

    • hayeksplosives

      Next Tucker will be “investigated” for fomenting revolt because he ends the segment remarking that when leaders don’t take responsibility or show contrition for their mistakes, people revolt.

      Mark Steyn has made similar remarks regarding the election “shenanigans”: if people don’t think their vote counts, or when people aren’t allowed to use speech to express and settle differences, they have no choice but to resort to violence.

      • Suthenboy

        Incitement must be immediate. I know, I know, they don’t care.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        No future, nothing to lose, the people will rise up, unlike the rest of the Dominion, we kept our guns,

  11. Suthenboy

    I thought the Americans who made it to the airport were told to leave?

  12. Suthenboy

    OT: trash fish such as geaux (white bass) and bowfin make very good eating. Bake them, remove the skin, debone them and break into large crumbs Mix with bread crumbs, egg, garlic, salt, a dash of cayenne and finely chopped green onion tops. Form into patties nd deep fry. Very good with roumalade or tartar sauce. It is as good as any fish dish you will have. A really cold beer is an excellent addition.

    Alt: Instead of mixing green onion into the patties mix in finely chopped sweet onion put sauce on top of patties and garnish with green onion tops.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Only if I have to, I live in Fishlandia! Pike in my backyard? I have that,
      /Night hunters,

    • Suthenboy

      Another Alt: Use very coarse potato instead of bread crumbs. Cook potatoes and crush once with a fork. Season potatoes with Tony’s.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Thanks Suthen, I have been wanted a fishing pole, haven’t fished in years but hey Water everywhere, I have a nice Kayak, and a big Bayou to play in, why not!
      https://photos.app.goo.gl/hFmyN2wDUTojS2XX9

      • KSuellington

        You are in the right place to fish. Kayak fishing is a blast, you can maneuver into perfect positions for casts or just get a rod holder and troll around as you are cruising.

    • Aloysious

      That sounds amazing.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        My plan is to load my camping gear in my 2 man and jump in my one man kayak and go upriver for a camping/ fishing trip before summer is over. and see if my neighbor Rick will still tow me up, Hell Yes! If nothing else, I’ll be sleeping on sanbars and and fishing some nice water, pics for sure.

      • KSuellington

        Give a man a fish and he will eat one day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Yep!

      • KSuellington

        Early to bed
        Early to rise
        Fish all day
        Make up lies

        (I obviously like to fish and like silly sayings)

      • hayeksplosives

        Lol!

      • Aloysious

        I guess we know what you’re going to cook.

        Fish balls.

        Don’t make them too tasty, or you might turn around and find yourself face to penis with STEVE SMITH.

  13. Gustave Lytton

    Clickbait is surprisingly good. So is Moontrap (in a low budget cheesy way).

    • Ownbestenemy

      My favorite, which is more recent –

      https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/08/politics/trump-alexander-vindman-firing-ukraine-impeachment/index.html

      There is no question in the mind of any American why this man’s job is over, why this country now has one less soldier serving it at the White House,” Pressman said. “LTC Vindman was asked to leave for telling the truth. His honor, his commitment to right, frightened the powerful.

      Versus

      https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/28/politics/stuart-scheller-marine-relieved-afghanistan/index.html

      This is obviously an emotional time for a lot of Marines, and we encourage anyone struggling right now to seek counseling or talk to a fellow Marine. There is a forum in which Marine leaders can address their disagreements with the chain of command, but it’s not social media,

      Fight!

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Run Away!!!!

      • straffinrun

        My wife and CNN: Being able to slide shamelessly between contradictory positions without acknowledging the contraction.

        However, my wife doesn’t fire me for Toobin.

    • straffinrun

      As if they can control the Karens they created. Hell, even Mao had trouble controlling his Youth brigades.

    • hayeksplosives

      Sadly, because my new job will be in a federal facility, I’ll have to engage in mask theater.

      Even though the real PPE we will be wearing (and I had to wear even as a visitor) is a tool belt equipped with a special mask in case of fire down in the tunnels, a hard hat with lamp, safety shoes, and safety glasses.

      The mask thingy was weird and is kind of heavy. We had to watch a video on how to use it to get as much breathable air as possible while running to the exits to await evacuation. “The mouthpiece will get hot and may begin to blister your lips and gums; You MUST resist the urge to pull off the apparatus until you are above ground.”

      But sure, cloth masks for Covid is way more of a safety measure. Got it.

      • hayeksplosives

        This thing is what everyone has to wear (or be within 20 feet of if you take it off for a break or in a sit down lab area).

      • hayeksplosives

        I must clarify: you have to wear the rescue device on your hip at all times, not on your face! That’d be a dealbreaker. 🙂

        I just hope that my body can still fight off cancer. I was pretty stoic about the possible lingering radiation in the general area, but that video linked yesterday in which the doctor explains how the covid “vaccine” impairs the body’s immune response against cancer cells is disconcerting.

      • KSuellington

        Damn, now that is a mask! 500 bucks. At least it probably works.

    • Gustave Lytton

      It just bothers me that the “problem” is paying customers telling them to fuck off and mind their own business, not the dictator in Salem nor her goons. Nor defending businesses that aren’t putting up with this. And the funding is coming from the lodging tax slush fund and certain large companies.

  14. KSuellington

    Excellent longer article that does a deep dive on lockdowns and other illiberal responses that Western governments have implemented thanks to our elites infatuation with China.

    “ Everything since “15 days to slow the spread”—from the fear propaganda to the masks to the school closures and vaccine passes—has been a cover-up of the catastrophe that was the original lockdowns and denial of the insanity of trusting scientists and billionaires who treat information from China as real.”

    https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/masked-ball-cowardice

    • straffinrun

      Remember all the pics of dead bodies laying randomly in the streets of Wuhan back in early 2020? For some reason, that hasn’t played out anywhere else in the world since this pandemic began. ?

      • Ownbestenemy

        You can’t see our dead bodies because we have an army of Karens on top of them telling us to sit down and shut up.

      • hayeksplosives

        I’ll wager that the piles of bodies happened to include people who weren’t the biggest fans of the CCP…

      • KSuellington

        I remember all of those videos back in January 2020. The article discusses those and how CCP social media propaganda enthralled the media, elites and bureaucrats here and most other places. It’s been pretty obvious from the beginning that we were following the plan of the Chicoms. It’s amazing that this is still very much a minority view.

      • straffinrun

        Yeah, and that is also when people like Molyneaux and Styxhexenhammer were pounding the table about this new killer disease. Fine, they didn’t know the govt would use this as an excuse to go authoritarian. My thought since the beginning has always been to fear govt more than anything. It’s not always the right filter to view the world, but it has a better chance of being right than the average human has of dying from Covid.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        The Government is the disease, not just the virus,

      • straffinrun

        Can’t prove ya wrong.

      • one true athena

        What is amazing to me is that it was pretty widespread that those were propaganda. It wasn’t a conspiracy on 4chan that they were fake. But the media can’t resist fearporn and then the powerful grabbed the bait and we were off. Now half the damn country is psychotic.

        I just watched the first day of school video from my kid’s school today. Masks everywhere, even the littlest kids. And what’s worse is knowing this is better than most of LA county’s schools have. It’s so freaking insane.

      • straffinrun

        They could’ve asked the vulnerable to quarantine, been honest about potential treatments and found a way to handle all this peacefully. Oh, who am I kidding? They weren’t capable of that.

      • hayeksplosives

        Remember the big show the chicoms made of welding doors shut to enforce quarantine?

        Why does the West defer to the “Eastern wisdom” in spiritual and philosophical issues? Hollywood practically saints every far eastern self described wise man. When I was in school, it was the Japs that were going to overthrow our economy and run the show. Now it’s the Chicoms.

        If we were still allowed to be proud to be Americans, products of a Judeo-Christian Western culture, maybe our leaders would have said, “Wait a second—let’s discuss this alleged Covid thing before we copy the Chicoms.”

      • straffinrun

        What’s mind blowing is the Japanese said the couldn’t do lockdowns because it’s “unconstitutional”. They are a complete nonstarter here.

      • KSuellington

        My general sense is the same straff and yes, it does seem to yield a remarkably correct prognostication rate. From day 1 of the lockdowns it did not smell right to me, and I was highly distrusting that we would ever be rid of restrictions. After several weeks it became utterly obvious. Most of my worst case fears have come true.

        Athena, yeah I really hate seeing little kids forced to wear masks. It makes me very sad and angry at this whole shitshow. It really did not need to be this way.

      • hayeksplosives

        I’ve noticed most of the voluntary mask wearers around here (in SD where it’s no longer mandatory) are under 30s and their little kids.

        Some of them had already no appreciation of the importance of eye contact and human interaction with strangers, fellow travelers on this rock.

        I must conclude that they really like the masks, just like they prefer texting to talking.

      • hayeksplosives

        Even Eurotrash soccer players can take more convincing dives than that.

        Come on, man!

      • KSuellington

        Cheap CCP propaganda that got eaten up by the media. Amazingly effective, evidently.

  15. straffinrun

    So, I’ve read dozens upon dozens of great novels depicting war from the view of the average soldier. Tolstoy, Hemingway, Tim O’Brien, even Vonnegut etc. The thing they all have in common is that the soldiers who got tossed into the war realize eventually that the stated goals of their leaders are not ever what they see is happening around them. It’s always BS. Some shit never changes.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Good story idea, thanks Straff!

      • straffinrun

        Honestly, Yusef, those books depressed me more than I expected. Even years later, I can’t bring myself to read them although I’m trying to summon the will to read All’s Quiet on the Western Front. From what I’ve heard about it, it’s the granddaddy of them all.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        I’ll do it Space opera, a little lighter, but i understand the cost of War, believe it,

      • Chafed

        I read that book decades ago. Very sad as I recall. If you really want to depress yourself. Listen to 1918 by Motörhead while you read it.

        /yes I’m serious

      • rhywun

        I have it auf deutsch and haven’t summoned the will to read it since I got it in HS or college.

      • straffinrun

        Thx.

  16. Ownbestenemy

    Sitting here thinking about it…I am thinking that the ‘fly’ that landed on Mike Pence during the debates was a digital fake.

  17. Yusef drives a Kia

    My little gang doesn’t play Mask, I have never seen the kids with one, and it’s a good thing. We don’t even discusss it, we are all aboot Fun, and the Game. We have no time for silly virii and Cloth, it’s Ace Runs!

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      That may sound flippant, but We are a defiant Group, and don’t obey! I love Manistee!

      • Ownbestenemy

        We have a merry band here in Nevada. It is almost like a fucking hush-hush society.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Shhhh, Glibville, coming soon,

  18. Yusef drives a Kia

    I see a lot of older folks wearing masks while shopping, but why the 20-30’s kids? they are the least vulnerable, but the most frightened, what has our society created?

    • Ownbestenemy

      Fear of Missing Out, ‘influencers’, constant bombardment through the many media/digital channels they are constantly watching, carefully crafted narratives that are designed to strike fear into their feeble minds?

      Pick your poison.

      Our teens said they wanted to the get the vaccine. While I oppose it, it is their body. My only rule was you must do your research on the issue and talk to a doctor. You cannot just go to the clinic and have some nurse stab you. They haven’t gotten it yet. Maybe it is teenage laziness, but I like to think that those ground rules had them think about it.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        I think I dodged a Life Bullet, Daughter is 33, no vax for her or those 4 Grandkids, 29 year old son, 5 Grandkids, no vax for them. My kids are Tin foil hat Bred,

  19. Ownbestenemy

    Another sitting here moment. The media learned that outright ignoring and censoring a story wasn’t the right path. The right path is to provide crumbs of feigned outrage to ride out the storm and narrative that you are paid to protect. Hence Afghanistan and the lack of any accountability.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      ” I understand she is of a different class and subject to different rules,” errmm? OK
      Screw it

      • Ownbestenemy

        Just the reality. The political class has quite shown their colors regarding rules for them and for us in a very obvious light these past 18 months.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        All this has become very tedious, I admit to being a politcal whore, but I can’t deal anymore, I want to quit, but once the door is open, you can;t walk away, in good consciounce sp?

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        And I can’t spell, Jeez,

      • Ownbestenemy

        Know what is awesome about the human brain? As long as the frsit ltter and lsat ltetr are the smae, we can siltl raed it like nroaml. Unless you are Biden, then that all just is due to a stutter.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        hey! I like Puddin’ cups!
        /Well iasd

    • KSuellington

      Imagine if we had real reporters actually getting to ask these politicos real questions.

      “Through your words and regulations you have enjoined people to wear masks, socially distance and not gather in groups, yet you have in your actions done the opposite. Would you have other people follow your words or your actions?”

      • Ownbestenemy

        It is quite clear we are in the no accountability phase of our governance unless someone needs to be made an example.

    • grrizzly

      Don’t wear a mask. Just like that. I was asked today to put on a mask in a grocery store within a walking distance from the house where Warren lives. I said no and that was it.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Exactly. That is what people need to do if that is their choice to do so. We have that here. We are required to mask, but people are choosing what they feel their risk level permits.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      At least there is still beer to buy…

  20. Ownbestenemy

    Was talking with screw up teen about conflict and confrontation. Trying to explain my beliefs that they are not negative traits but something that drives us to compete and better ourselves. It is when we move that conflict from debate and discussion to a closed off mind do we move into a dangerous area. It was hard for me to explain it to him.

  21. Ownbestenemy

    Jesus..I can’t sleep. I worked a better part of 6 years building up to get this promotion and it didn’t hit me until now. Tomorrow is gonna be rough and a lot of coffee.

    • Tres Cool
    • CPRM

      Will this lady be treated as well by the press as Cindy Sheehan?

      • Tres Cool

        w/e happened to that broad, anyhow ?

      • Tres Cool

        Someone has to feed the machine with taxpayer money, so the defense contractors can keep making donations to your campaign.

      • Suthenboy

        She is no longer useful, nor are the anti-war astroturf. The instant Obumbles got the office they all blew away like smoke in the wind.

  22. Tres Cool

    Why cant Straff be around for once and come in handy ?

    As an impulse purchase (based on drunkenly watching Danger 5), I bought one of those “waving cat” things, a Maneki-neko.
    It arrived with a sheet of stickers in some asian scribbling. I need a translator.

    • Gender Traitor

      Good morning, homey! That’s quite the toadstrangler we’ve had comin’ down outside.

      • UnCivilServant

        … wait… I can understand Tres’ comment, but not make heads or tails of GT’s.

        Did I wake up in an alternate timeline today?

      • Gender Traitor

        Would it be clearer if I referred to the hard rain outside as a Tennessee Goosegrinder? (Tres, I think that was a Bruce Asbury-ism – local weatherguy back in the day, driven out of town by a drug scandal. Wish I could remember the charming name of his Kentucky hometown.)

      • Tres Cool

        Who was the broad that killed someone in the car wreck? Her husband was either city or county commissioner.

      • Tres Cool

        Nevermind. Natasha Williams.

      • Tres Cool

        “toadstrangler”….since they live on the ground, and you get enough water that they cant get to a higher place.

        Toad-Drowner kinda works, but isnt so folksy.

      • UnCivilServant

        Alternate timeline confirmed.

      • Tres Cool

        Heh….wear your rubbers.

        Seems we’re getting the remnants of Ida.

    • Ghostpatzer

      Mornin’. It says “Love you long time”. Duh.

  23. l0b0t

    Good morning everyone. So I’ve been both inspired by GlibFit (thanks Chafed and Sloper) and shamed/frightened by other people and things. Operation: l0b0t Doesn’t Want To Die At 49 has begun. I just failed to complete the crossed leg stand-up thingy; I can sit with ease, but have to throw my torso forward to rise. Also, I can no longer complete a single pull-up/chin-up. I did knock out a push-up and a sit-up; I could likely do a few more before getting all wobbly, but I want to do the one-a-day thing (thanks, Ozy?). I aim to reduce carbohydrates in my diet (but I love carbohydrates), consume only cane sugar, maple sugar, and honey and cut down drinking to less than my current handle of Wild Turkey 101 every week; also get out and move more. Despite having a rather physical job, I’ve become quite sedentary. I’m still well within a healthy weight range, 6′ tall & 185lbs., but the bulk of that mass seems localized as a sallow, lardy gut. Yesterday I ate a boneless ribeye and a 2 egg/sharp cheddar omelet at 10pm. I plan on a sirloin strip and couple of sunny-sides at 6pm tonight. I’m craving starches and carbs right now… dreaming of bagels, toast, English muffins.

    • CPRM

      I was slowly losing weight until around the time I started getting my B12 injections. Not sure if they are related or if because of the foot problems I just started doing less. But then as I put on weight my back problem flared up again, which makes it even harder to do stuff. For now I’ve resigned my self and will deal with it later when the world isn’t making me feel so crazy. (HAaahahaha, like it’s going to get any better!)

      • l0b0t

        Sigh… Yeah, I’m generally unfond of modernity and the here-and-now is mindbending. Combine that with my love of sublimating stress by eating pastries, cakes, and such. The result is bad.

      • Festus

        6 foot 185 ain’t bad at all! You just need to adjust your diet like I have. Moar beer and ciggies! Moar fast food! I kid, feel better, Friend. I’ve had a terrible cough for about the last two weeks every morning. Mother made it to 66 so I’m probably good for another 9-10 years.

      • Pine_Tree

        Were they like really, really big injections? That’d do it….

    • Ghostpatzer

      Mornin’. Looking forward to your 50th birthday, are you? I’ll drink (a fine cup of coffee) to that!

    • Gender Traitor

      I understand your breadlust. I gave up my favorite Dave’s Killer Bread toast on Saturday mornings, and I miss it.

      Right now, I have leftover eggs from the dozen I bought for my zucchini brownies. (I could have sworn you could buy just a half dozen, but they were not to be found) so I can indulge my love of scrambled eggs with cheese.

    • Sean

      I think I walked more than UCS yesterday.

      • UnCivilServant

        You did. I stayed inside and listened to the rain.

  24. Festus

    Mornin’ Glib-folk! Been away for a few days due to anger, physical exhaustion, frustration and angst. Hard to say nice things when you cant say anything nice at all. I decided to back away for a minute. Goddamn, I’m so pissed off.

    • Gender Traitor

      Good mornin, Fes! I was just wondering where you’d been. Glad you’re back. I hope for a little bit of the day, at least, we can provide a bit of respite.

    • Ghostpatzer

      Mornin’. What are these nice things of which you speak? /Jk

      • Festus

        I care about the people here? My namesake cat is still with me? 3/4 of The Spawn are Winning? They haven’t forced my hand quite yet on the vax? I could go on. Glad to be back.

    • Trigger Hippie

      Just did the same thing. Checked out on Thursday to give my rage and depression a few days off. Now here I am ready to despair all over again. I’m a glutton for bad news, I guess.

      • Festus

        Everything that I do is to feed my addictions. Nothing that I used to enjoy is fun anymore. I aged out of most of the physical activities and I can’t be arsed to hang out with dolts IRL. So I drink my beers and smoke my cigs, waiting around to die.

      • Trigger Hippie

        Dude, get out of my head.

      • Festus

        We need two more sad-sacks to make a sharing circle or at least a decent poker table.

      • Trigger Hippie

        We got Bob! Just need one more!

        We can play Pennies Poker!

        Shit, your Canadian….nickles poker?

      • Festus

        Rummoli!

    • CPRM

      At least you guys are getting a new PM soon….RIGHT??

      • Stinky Wizzleteats

        How is good old Justin doing in the polls?
        *checks*
        Ha! If he actually does lose after calling an early election Imma laugh my ass off. Maybe he can relocate to Cuba and take over the family business.

      • Festus

        I’ll believe it when it happens two weeks after 9/20. Think they won’t fortify this one too?

      • Festus

        ^ This was seen.

    • robodruid

      Very glad you are back Festus, Indeed anger is super heating….

  25. Sean

    My phone died this morning. I’ll post some more pics later today.

    Have a great day y’all!

    • Gender Traitor

      You do the same, Sean! Missed your links-before-the-AM-links and your tunes.

    • CPRM

      Sorry for your loss. When is the funeral?

    • Ghostpatzer

      Get a round in today, rest of the week ain’t looking so good.

    • Festus

      You’re golfing etc. right? That’s one of the few activities that I actually enjoy any more. I have no one to play with. All of my old partners either moved away or got tired of my shit. Maybe both.

  26. CPRM

    In my 20s I went to hard rock show that featured Seven Dust, Nonpoint and Filter. Filter, probably best known on this site for their song about Kurt Cobain Bud Dwyer ‘Hey Man, Nice Shot‘, had a mega pop radio hit with ‘Take a Picture‘, a slow sappy tune. I told my friend they were gonna play it because it was such a big hit. He didn’t think they would, because it was so opposed to the vibe of the show. They did indeed play it, and killed the whole vibe.

    /unmotivated story time

    • waffles

      As an aspiring vibe killer this story provides inspiration.

    • Trigger Hippie

      I saw Filter and Incubus at a show in the the late 90’s. Pretty good show from what I remember. I think they played Take a Picture but considering the lineup it wasn’t completely out of place.

      Side note: the first act, Atari Teenage Riot, is the worst band I’ve ever seen or heard.

      • rhywun

        Side note: the first act, Atari Teenage Riot, is the worst band I’ve ever seen or heard.

        LOL I like some of their stuff.

        It’s hard to take more than one or two tracks at a time, though.

      • Trigger Hippie

        Yeah, their live show was just a bunch of muffled talking and yelling overwashed by a 200 bpm drum machine with the volume set way too loudly. It started genuinely pissing off the crowd after a handful of songs.

    • Festus

      That is actually a good story! I saw April Wine when I was aboot 15 or so and they played a ballad near the end of the show and people started throwing stuff at the stage.

      • CPRM

        They were the middle band in the show. If they were the headliner and did a ballad as the closer that is one thing, but right before SevenDust comes on?

      • Festus

        Somebody needs a new Manager.

      • CPRM

        Sevendust did close with their popular ballad, if I remember. But even that is hardcore compared to Take a Picture.

    • Festus

      I’m literally hunkered, trying to wait this out.

    • rhywun

      I tried to read that but I was laughing so hard at trying to pretend anyone involved has any clue what they’re talking about.

    • CPRM

      The Associated Press reports that it is unclear if the content of the booster shots will be the same as the first two doses.

      Noted.

  27. Suthenboy

    I am so sick and tired of hearing about the Fauci virus and the not-vaccines.

  28. Gender Traitor

    ***SIGH!!!*** Accidents & slowdowns along my commute route, so I have to hit the road a little earlier than usual.

    Behave yourselves./not really

    • Ghostpatzer

      Will do. Bad behavior is still behavior, after all.

    • Festus

      Be safe, Little Red!